Salt Spring LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Regular Meeting – Adopted Minutes – February 27, 2014 - PM                         Page 1 
 
 
ADOPTED 
MINUTES of the SALT SPRING ISLAND 
 LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING 
Thursday, February 27, 2014 5:40 PM 
Orchard Room - Harbour House Hotel – 121 Upper Ganges Road 
 
 
Members Present:   
Sheila Malcolmson, Chair 
Peter Grove, Local Trustee 
George Grams, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present: 
Leah Hartley, Regional Planning Manager (RPM) 
Justine Starke, Island Planner 
Jason Youmans, Planner 1 
Torill Gillespie, Planner 1 
Neva Hohn, Recorder 
 
Media and Others Present:  
 Approximately 20 members of the public 
 
The  regular  meeting  of  the  Salt  Spring  Island  Local  Trust  Committee  reconvened  from  the 
afternoon recess at 5:40 p.m. 
 
1. COMMUNITY CONSULTATION FOR PROPOSED BYLAW NO. 471 (Temporary Use 
Permits) 
 
1.1 Project Overview 
 
Planner Starke provided an overview of the project and of the participatory exercises. 
 
2. EXERCISE ONE - DRAWING 
 
Participants  at  each  table  collaboratively  illustrated  a  plan  of  a  typical  Salt  Spring  Island 
property,  including  a  main  house,  one  (or  more)  illegal  housing  unit(s),  other  buildings, 
servicing infrastructure, and driveways, etc. and took turns presenting their drawings. 
 
3. EXERCISE TWO – ROLE PLAYING – NEEDS AND CONCERNS EXPRESSED  
 
Participants drew  a  “role”  from  the role basket.  Roles  included  landowners,  tenants, 
grandparents, gardens, septic systems, wells, etc. Participants were then asked to imagine 
what  the  greatest  need  would  be  of  the  roles  they  were  personifying.  Their  input  was 
expressed as follows: 
 
o Landowners want minimum  cost,  maximum rent, to meet building code minimally. 
Rental revenue from one or more buildings, to be responsible in managing property 
so the salmon-bearing creek can be kept safe; 
o Tenants want quality accommodations, affordable rent, warmth, good water, privacy 
and a reasonable landlord; 

Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Regular Meeting – Adopted Minutes – February 27, 2014 - PM                         Page 2 
 
o Person with illness or health crisis needs someone to live close by or in the house 
to give help; 
o A Family Member wants to move in because they need landowner’s help; 
o grandparents need affordable taxes,  closeness  to  grandchildren but  separate 
private dwelling; a garden, a nice safe place to be; 
o A Neighbour wants  privacy,  good  neighbourliness,  relief  from  too  many  other 
people, is worried about septic smell, too many cars on the roadway, lack of safety 
for  kids  who  are  walking,  lack  of  action  by  Island  Health  and wants  to  know  how 
much water is being consumed;  
o A Homeless Person needs a roof over their head; 
o that a Bylaw Officer needs to enforce bylaw and report to their supervisor, can also 
be a landowner, may be conflicted because they live close to the property and may 

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