Thetis LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

Extracted text (beginning)

ADOPTED 
TH LTC Minutes July 24, 2013  1 
 
 
Thetis Island 
Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
__________________________________________________________________________________ 
 
Date of Meeting: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 – 9:15am 
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, Student Planner 
 Stephanie Cottell, Recorder 
 
Media And Others There were three (3) members of the public in attendance 
Present: 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Hancock called the meeting to order at 9:25 am, welcoming those present and 
introduced himself, the local trustees and staff.  He acknowledged Thetis Island’s 
location within the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. 
 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
Planner Brzozowski asked to have 2014/2015 budgets added as a new business item.  
The agenda was approved by general consent. 
 
 
3. TOWN HALL 
 
Dan Geisbrecht: spoke to concerns regarding Section 5.2.4 of the draft AIOCP 5.2.4 
which would prohibit private individual docks on Ruxton Island.  
 
Trustee Luckham: responded that a related amendment recently recommended by 
Planner Brzozowski will be discussed in the course of the agenda.  He asked for more 
information about the death related to limited dock access.  
 
Dan Geisbrecht: elaborated on the historical tragedy. 
 
Ernie Hunter: spoke to emergency access of the community dock on Thetis, not 
intended for everyday resident use. He supports fewer/shared docks.  
 
 

  ADOPTED 
TH LTC Minutes July 24, 2013  2 
Dennis Rutherford: expressed kudos on Jason Youmans' report, yet he felt it missed 
out interrelated land transportation infrastructure issues. 
 
 
4. MINUTES 
 
4.1 Local Trust Committee Draft Minutes of June 5, 2013 
 
The minutes of the June 5, 2013 Thetis Island Local Trust Committee were 
reviewed and adopted by consensus with the following amendments: 
 
 Change the date in the header from ‘2012’ to ‘2013’; 
 Item 16, page 6, delete the words ‘approximately $8000’ and replace with ‘is 
unknown at this time’; 
 Item 17, page 6, change the next meeting date to read July 24, 2013. 
 
4.2 Section 26 Resolutions Without Meeting Log Dated May 28, 2013 
 
Received for information. 
 
4.3 Advisory Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – None. 
 
4.4 Ruxton Island Advisory Planning Commission Draft Meeting Minutes Of 
June 19, 2013 
 
Received for information. 
 
 
5. BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES 
 
5.1 Follow Up Action List Dated July 16, 2013 
 
Planner Brzozowski presented the Follow Up Action list. 
 
Discussion followed regarding the timeline for working with Ian Ralston regarding 
options for the Riparian Areas Regulation (RAR).  Planner Brzozowski indicated 
that Staff was looking at Autumn 2013 for further work. 
 
5.2 Stewarding Our Sh

First 3,000 characters. Open the original for the whole document.