Gabriola LTC Regular Meeting Addendum

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GBLTC – Late Items, Additions to Agenda – November 28, 2013 
 
 
 
 
 
GABRIOLA ISLAND  
LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE 
AGENDA
 
 
 
REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING  
OF THE GABRIOLA ISLAND LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE 
held at 10:15 AM on Thursday, November 28, 2013 at the Women’s Institute, 
476 South Road, Gabriola Island, BC 
 
 
 
LATE ITEMS, ADDITIONS 
 
 
AMENDMENTS/ADDITIONS 
TO ITEMS: 
 
3. MINUTES 
3.3 Local Trust Committee Special Meeting Minutes of October 23, 2013 – for adoption – New 
Page 5 inserted 
  
 
 
 
 
 

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Gabriola Island 
Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Special Business Meeting 
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Date of Meeting:  Thursday, October 23, 2013 
Location:   Gabriola Island Agricultural Hall, 
    465 South Road 
 
Members Present:  David Graham, Chair 
Gisele Rudischer, Local Trustee 
Sheila Malcolmson, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present: Courtney Simpson, Regional Planning Manager 
Jessie Sherk, Recorder 
 
Media and Others Present: Howard Houle, Regional Director 
Two (2) local media representatives and approximately five 
(5) members of the public were in attendance. 
 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Graham called the meeting to order at 10:17am. He noted that there will be 
no town hall session because the topic of this special meeting is post-public 
hearing. 
 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
 The agenda was approved by consensus with the following amendments: 
 
• Late item added to 3.1– October 22, 2013 Supplemental report 
 
 
3. Proposed Bylaw Nos. 265 and 266 
 
3.1 Staff Report dated October 15, 2013 regarding Riparian Areas Regulation 
Implementation – Post Public Hearing and Supplemental Staff Report 
dated October 22, 2013 
 
 Planning Manager Simpson explained how the post public hearing 
procedure. She spoke to staff recommendations for amendments to the 
bylaw based on input received before and during the public hearing. She 
explained that the supplemental report responds to input from the 
trustees. 
 
 

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 Trustees discussed at length, reducing the development permit area, 
pursuing a simple assessment, and other recommendations in the staff 
report.  
 
As requested from Trustee Malcolmson, Planning Manager Simpson then 
spoke about the different levels of mapping under the Riparian Areas 
Regulation.  She explained that this process was started by the Ministry of 
Environment to identify the boundaries of watersheds and designate fish 
habitats. In an initial staff report there were a number of options 
developed for Islands Trust that included designating the entire area as 
watershed designating the entire watershed as a Development Permit 
Area, however, the Local Trust Committee decided not to do that.  
Instead, Madrone Environmental Services Ltd. was h

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