Salt Spring LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Regular Meeting – Adopted Minutes – December 12, 2013       Page 1 
 
ADOPTED 
MINUTES of the SALT SPRING ISLAND 
LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING 
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 9:30 AM 
Harbour House Hotel, Orchard Room, 121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island 
 
Members Present: 
Sheila Malcolmson, Chair 
George Grams, Local Trustee 
Peter Grove, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present: 
Leah Hartley, Regional Planning Manager (RPM) 
Carmen Thiel, Legislative Services Manager (LSM) (by telephone) 
Miles Drew, Bylaw Enforcement Manager (BEM)  
Justine Starke, Island Planner  
Stefan Cermak, Planner 2  
Kelly Gesner, Contract Planner  
Kathryn Luttin, Recorder 
 
Media and Others Present: 
Gulf Islands Driftwood Reporter 
Approximately 3 members of the public – a.m.   
Approximately 7 members of the public – p.m.   
 
These minutes follow the order of the agenda although the sequence may have varied. 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair  Malcolmson  called  the  meeting  to  order  at 9:30 a.m.  She  introduced  herself,  the 
Trustees  and  staff. She acknowledged  that  the  Local  Trust  Committee  is  meeting  in  the 
traditional territory of the Coast Salish People. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
The following changes were made to the agenda:  
 supplemental to Item 5.1 – Health Canada Licence to Produce Medical Marihuana - 
correspondence from M. Leichter dated December 9, 2013 and correspondence from 
W. Hewitt dated December 9, 2013; 
 add Item 5.3 – Booth Canal Advocacy; 
 add Item 5.4 – RW1 Watershed Zoning; 
 remove Item 12.2 – Delegations - Rollie Cook – Bullock Lake Cottages Development 
– SS-RZ-2013.5 – 315 Robinson Road. 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved, as amended. 
3. MINUTES AND RESOLUTIONS WITHOUT MEETING 
 
3.1 Draft Minutes of the November 14, 2013 SSILTC Regular Meeting 
 
By general consent the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Regular Meeting minutes 
of November 14, 2013 were adopted, as presented. 
 

Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Regular Meeting – Adopted Minutes – December 12, 2013       Page 2 
 
3.2 Draft Minutes of the October 17, 2013 Advisory Planning Commission 
 
The minutes were received for information. 
 
3.3 Resolutions-Without-Meeting Report 
 
The report was received for information. 
4. LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE PROJECTS 
 
4.1 Riparian Areas Regulation 
 
Planner  Cermak  reviewed  the  staff  report  dated  December  5,  2013  regarding feedback 
received from early consultations and material for the Community Information Meeting to be 
held in early 2014. 
 
By general consent, the LTC requested amendments to Appendix 1 of the staff report as 
follows:  
 page 5 – all references to “proposed bylaw” should be changed to “draft bylaw”; 
 page 6 - Participants – add excavators, septic installers, the contractors’ association, 
landscapers, realtors, foresters, and loggers; 
 page 7 - under “Applicability” – include an information note about soil b

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