South Pender LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Saturna Island Local Trust Committee 
Regular Business Meeting Minutes 
February 19, 2015 ADOPTED  Page   1 of 11  
  
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Saturna Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
February 19, 2015 
Saturna Recreation and Cultural Centre 
104 Harris Road, Saturna Island, BC 
 
Members Present:  Laura Busheikin, Alternate Chair 
 Paul Brent, Trustee 
 Lee Middleton, Trustee 
 
Staff Present: Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager 
Gary Richardson, Island Planner 
Lori Foster, Recorder  
 
Media and Others 
Present:           
There were approximately 35 members of the public present 
 
 
Regrets: 
 
George Grams, Chair 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Alternate Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 12:30 pm.  She introduced 
herself, the trustees, and staff members present.   She acknowledged that the meeting 
was being held in traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations.   
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Alternate Chair Busheikin stated that she supports respectful and engaged 
conversations. She welcomed newcomers.  
 
Morgan Yates commended Recording Secretary, Bev Lowsley for her thorough and 
complete minutes of the January 31, 2015 meeting. 
 
Priscilla Ewbank seconded Mr. Yates’ commendation asking the Local Trust 
Committee to summarize the community information meeting notes of January 31, 2015 
for the benefit of those present at today’s meeting.  She inquired about the Advisory 
Planning Commission (APC) membership positions which had recently expired. 
 
Trustee Middleton said the January 31 Special Meeting was held to generate community 
input with regards to Work Program priorities and identifying community needs. 
 
Trustee Brent commented that he would be summarizing the meeting for the Scribbler 
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Saturna Island Local Trust Committee 
Regular Business Meeting Minutes 
February 19, 2015 ADOPTED  Page   2 of 11  
  
Regional Planning Manager (RPM) Kojima addressed the question about APC 
memberships noting that 3 memberships were now expired. 
 
Trustee Brent commented that the LTC would be inviting those, whose memberships 
were now expired, the opportunity to renew. 
 
Janet Land echoed the previous comments on Bev Lowsley’s recording of the minutes.  
She asked that public submissions received at meetings be posted to the Saturna Local 
Trust Committee website and for public hearing binders to be posted as well.  
 
Regional Planning Manager (RPM) Kojima responded that correspondence regarding 
applications and projects is found in agendas attached to staff reports and that posting of 
public submissions has been discretionary in the past, moving forward there would be 
more postings after a vetting process including removing personal information. 
 
Carol Vogt asked about the tabled bylaws (CADR, Secondary Suites, STVR’s),  that it 
was unclea

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