Thetis LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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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 
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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. 
 
 

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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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