Galiano LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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GL LTC CIM – dated March 8/14  Page 1 of 9 
NOTES OF THE GALIANO ISLAND  
LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE  
COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING  
HELD ON SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2014, AT 1:35 PM 
AT THE LIONS PARK HALL,  
GALIANO ISLAND, B.C. 
 
PRESENT:  Ken Hancock    Chair 
   Louise Decario   Local Trustee 
   Sandy Pottle    Local Trustee 
Kris Nichols    Island Planner 
Kim Farris    Planner 1 
   David Millership   Recording Secretary 
   
There were approximately forty-eight (48) members of the public present. 
 
Chair Hancock called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m. and stated that a Community 
Information Meeting (CIM) gives the public an opportunity make comment and/or to ask 
questions.  
 
Chair Hancock stated CIM rules and guidelines.  
 
4. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING 
 
 4.1 Short Term Vacation Rentals (STVRs) 
 
  Trustee Decario stated that today’s CIM is due to Bylaw Enforcement (BE) 
wanting to enforce against six (6) properties on Galiano that have had STVR 
related complaints. She noted that Galiano’s current bylaws do not 
address/permit STVRs and hence the Local Trust Committee (LTC) asked 
BE to put STVR enforcement in abeyance until such time as the LTC could 
see what the community would like to do regarding STVRs. She said that the 
LTC is asking the public for ideas on how to move forward.  
 
  Planner Farris provided information from the document Helpful STVR 
Information and outlined what an STVR is. She stated findings from the 
anonymous and non-scientific survey that had been responded to by the 
public via mail out and/or online survey provider, Survey Monkey. She noted 
that 244 people started the survey and 196 people finished it. The survey 
findings were presented on material panels at the beginning of today’s 
meeting and the document, Helpful STVR Information, would be posted to 
the LTC web page after today’s meeting.   
 
  Planner Nichols provided information from an STVR fact sheet and stated 
that such had also been part of the public mail out and online survey. He 
noted that the LTC is aware of approximately 30 currently active STVRs on 
Galiano. He outlined positives and negatives associated with STVRs and 
that STVRs are currently legal on South Pender, Saturna, and Hornby 
Islands. He said that Saturna Island currently permits STVRs of cottages as 
a home occupation and is in the process of considering STVRs to be 
permitted by use of a Temporary Use Permit (TUP) instead. 
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GL LTC CIM – dated March 8/14  Page 2 of 9 
Planner Nichols stated that Mayne Island permitted STVRs to be established 
via a TUP process. 
 
Chair Hancock invited the Trustees to ask questions and the public to make 
comment. 
 

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