Thetis LTC Regular Meeting Minutes
· Thetis Island · Meeting Documents · 2013
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Topics: Marine & foreshore · Fresh water & aquifers · First Nations & reconciliation · Governance & budget · Climate & environment — our classification, not the Trust's.
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ADOPTED Thetis Island Local Trust Committee Minutes ADOPTED 1 November 20, 2013 Thetis Island Local Trust Committee Minutes of a Regular Meeting __________________________________________________________________________________ Date of Meeting: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 – 9:15 am Location: Thetis Island Community Centre, Forbes Hall Hunter Room 292 North Cove Road, Thetis Island, BC Members Present: Ken Hancock, Chair Peter Luckham, Local Trustee Sue French, Local Trustee Staff Present: Aleksandra Brzozowski, Island Planner Jason Youmans, Planner 1 Janice Young, Recorder Media and Others Present: There were six (6) members of the public in attendance 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Hancock called the meeting to order at 9:32 am, welcomed those present, introduced himself and acknowledged Thetis Island’s location within the traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The following additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 9.4.1 Staff Report dated November 19, 2013 (replaces Memorandum dated November, 2013) 9.4.1(i) Memorandum to Local Planning Committee dated October 25, 2013 9.4.1(ii) Stakeholder Matrix for Potential Green Shores Pilot Project 9.4.4 Letter dated November 13, 2013 from Peter Barr By general consent the agenda was approved, as amended. 3. TOWN HALL Carolyn Askew asked if there are Trust programs dedicated to the natural restoration of eelgrass. ADOPTED Thetis Island Local Trust Committee Minutes ADOPTED 2 November 20, 2013 Chair Hancock and Planner Brzozowski responded that some islands have volunteer working groups trained by Seachange Marine Conservation Society. Information is available at seachangesociety.co m. Trustee Luckham noted that the mapping of eelgrass for Thetis Island and its Associated Islands was a Trust project. Bob Bingham referred to his letter to the Trustees, dated October 23, 2013 and his third point with questions regarding the drafted Marine Shorelands Development Permit Area (MSDPA) from 2011. A specific concern was the authority of the Local Trust Committee in the Development Permit Area process. Chair Hancock responded that Trustees would still make the final decisions on any development permit applications, and then spoke to the procedural differences between a development permit and a development variance permit. Peter Barr and Ian Ralston also spoke regarding concerns about the MSDPA. Ernie Hunter thanked the Local Trust Committee for the extended Town Hall discussion. 4. MINUTES 4.1 Local Trust Committee Draft Minutes of September 25, 2013 The following amendments to the minutes were presented for consideration: • Item 9.3.1, page 4, fourth line down add after “Staff”, the word “Trustees”. • Item 9.3.1, page 4, line two, change “2103” to “2013”. By general consent the Local Trust committee meeting minutes of September
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