Gabriola LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
Gabriola Island 
Local Trust Committee 
Special Business Meeting to Hold a Community Information Meeting 
April 3, 2014 ADOPTED 1 
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Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee  
Minutes of a Special Business Meeting to Hold a 
Community Information Meeting 
Regarding 
Draft Bylaw No. 273 
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Date of Meeting:  April 3, 2014 
Location:  The Haven – Phoenix Auditorium 
  240 Davis Road, Gabriola Island, BC 
 
Members Present:  David Graham, Chair 
Sheila Malcolmson, Local Trustee 
Gisele Rudischer, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present:  Sonja Zupanec, Planner 
Linda Prowse. Planner 
Jessie Sherk, Recorder 
 
Media and Others Present: Approximately (5) members of the pubic and (2) 
members of the local media were in attendance 
 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER  
 
Chair Graham called the Community Information Meeting to order at 7.05 pm. He 
introduced himself and thanked the public for coming. The agenda was addressed and 
adopted by consensus.  
 
 
2. INTRODUCTIONS AND OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR AND TRUSTEES 
 
Chair Graham stated that they would be looking at the climate change mitigation 
regulations that came from the 2010 addition to the Official Community Plan.  He noted 
that as a community, there were targets set that include a 33% reduction in greenhouse 
gas emissions by 2020 and an 85% reduction by 2050. He also stated that 
transportation is the number one contributor of greenhouse gasses. 
 
 Trustee Rudischer remarked that she was glad that they were here doing this as it has 
been in the works for four years. 
 
 Trustee Malcolmson thanked everyone for coming and spoke of the reductions that are 
happening at a community stewardship level such as the GERTIE bus. She also 
discussed possible zoning changes for the future noting that tonight they are only 
focusing on the things they can do with the Land Use Bylaw and what they can do with 
zoning in order to encourage less driving.   
 
 

ADOPTED 
Gabriola Island 
Local Trust Committee 
Special Business Meeting to Hold a Community Information Meeting 
April 3, 2014 ADOPTED 2 
 
3. DRAFT BYLAW 273 
CLIMATE CHANGE AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION 
REDUCTION IMPLEMENTATION 
 
 Planner Zupanec gave her presentation. She stated that Section 8 of the Official 
Community Plan is where the policy direction is coming from. She went over the 
rationale and presented some different scenarios to the public. She discussed insulation 
in buildings and what the existing and new regulations would be.  Also discussed were 
some of the existing regulations and new regulations for bicycle, motorcycle, scooter and 
small vehicle parking. She stated that the direction of the bylaw is to encourage these 
alternatives. 
 
Next she discussed permeable paving for parking spaces in village commercial zones. 
She stated that the current proposal involves only the parking space

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