North Pender LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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North Pender Island 
Local Trust Committee Special Meeting 
February 3, 2015 ADOPTED Page 1 of 7 
 
 
North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Special Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 (10:00 am) 
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 239 
1344 MacKinnon Road, North Pender Island 
 
Members Present: George Grams, Chair 
Dianne Barber, Trustee 
Derek Masselink, Trustee 
 
Staff Present: Justine Starke, Island Planner 
Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager 
Pamela Hafey, Islands Trust Communications Specialist 
Zorah Staar, Recorder 
 
Regrets: None 
 
Media and Others 
Present: 
David Howe, Capital Regional District Director 
Russ Smith, Senior Manager, Capital Regional District 
Thirty members of the public 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Grams called the meeting to order at 10:03 am, and made introductions.  He also 
acknowledged that the meeting was being held on traditional territory of the Coast Salish 
First Nations. 
 
2. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
Chair Grams invited comments or questions from the public. 
 
Sara Steil said that she supported having the Local Trust Committee continue with the 
Age and Disability Friendly Community Plan as a top priority, due to the resources 
already expended.  As for the longer term, she suggested a comprehensive Land Use 
Bylaw review, but moving forward with the precautionary principle in mind. 
 
Ursula Poepel said that there was now definitely a racoon problem on Pender, and she 
was wondering if anything could be done about this. 
 
John Corbett suggested that the Age Friendly Community project (as proposed) be 
terminated, because what would really make this island age-friendly was a growing 
economy, attracting young people to provide services for people his age. 
 
Jane Perch comments that we needed to look at what the new Trustees promised 
during the election process.  She believed that the three big issues were the local 
economy, housing and short term vacation rentals, and waste management. She hoped 
these issues would be kept in focus. 
 
 
 
 
 
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Oliver Gannon commented in opposition to the proposed Burdett waste transfer station 
on Hamilton Road, which was across the road from where he lived, and within 100 feet 
of Browning Harbour.  He said that most waste transfer stations were located away from 
centres populated by the public (e.g. due to smell), and that a more suitable Pender 
location would be near the Recycling Centre. 
 
Chair Grams noted that Burdett solid waste transfer rezoning application was not on the 
agenda to be considered today, and that there would be plenty of opportunities for 
community comment about it in future. 
 
Planner Starke said that the Local Trust Committee had decided to defer consideration 
of the Burdett application until after today’s meeting re: priorities. 
 
Bill Gannon commented in oppositio

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