North Pender LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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North Pender Island 
Local Trust Committee Business Meeting 
January 22, 2015 ADOPTED Page 1 of 13 
 
 
North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
Thursday, January 22, 2015 
Pender Island Community Hall 
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, North Pender Island, BC 
 
Members Present: George Grams, Chair 
Dianne Barber, Trustee 
Derek Masselink, Trustee 
 
Staff Present: Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager 
Zorah Staar, Recorder 
 
    Regrets:                     Justine Starke, Island Planner 
 
    Media and Others      twenty-five (25) members of the public 
    Present: 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Grams called the meeting to order at 9:45 am, introduced himself as the 
new Chair for the North Pender Island Local Trust Committee, and described his 
background, and his role as a “process manager”.  He also acknowledged that 
the meeting was being held on traditional territory of the Coast Salish First 
Nations. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
By general consent the agenda was approved as proposed. 
 
Newly-elected Trustees Dianne Barber and Derek Masselink made brief opening 
statements, regarding community issues of importance to them as they entered 
this new term (see also item 12.7 below). 
   
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
Before the first Town Hall session began, Trustee Masselink noted that he 
needed to withdraw from the meeting during any discussion of  items 10.2 (Clam 
Bay), 10.5 (Burdett), and 10.6 (0697595 BC LTD), because he had a relationship 
with each of these applicants.  Trustee Masselink left the meeting at 9:56 am. 
 
Chair Grams invited comments or questions from the public. 
 
 
 
 
 
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North Pender Island 
Local Trust Committee Business Meeting 
January 22, 2015 ADOPTED Page 2 of 13 
 
Elizabeth Montague of South Pender said that before the Burdett rezoning 
application (item 10.5) was decided, there should be a comprehensive solid 
waste management plan for the Pender Islands, developed in cooperation with 
the CRD and others.  This should include a needs assessment, appropriate sites, 
and other guidance for land use decisions.  The Burdett proposal could have 
serious impacts on various parties, and community planning should occur first. 
 
Dale Henning of North Pender said that his only issue with the Burdett rezoning 
application was the assertion that a sewage system and water supply were not 
required on the proposed site.  Apart from that, he believed that this application 
should go forward as soon as possible, or else when the current solid waste 
temporary use permit at Medicine Beach ended, people might once again start 
throwing their garbage in various places around the island. 
 
David Rippner presented a submission on behalf of the Pender Island Recycling 
Society (PIRS), saying that there should be a local waste management committee, 
including PIRS as a participant with major experience.  This committee should 
help develop a Pender w

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