South Pender LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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SPILTC  – dated June 18/13 ADOPTED 1 
MINUTES OF THE SOUTH PENDER ISLAND 
LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE BUSINESS MEETING 
HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013, AT 10:00 AM 
AT THE FIRE HALL, 8961 GOWLLAND POINT ROAD,  
SOUTH PENDER ISLAND, BC 
 
 
PRESENT:       Ken Hancock              Chair 
Mike Jones                 Local Trustee 
Elizabeth Montague         Local Trustee 
               Andrea Pickard             Planner 
               Robert Kojima              Regional Planning Manager 
               Kathy Gilbert              Recording Secretary 
 
 
There were five (5) members of the public present at the meeting. 
 
1.   Call to Order 
 
Chair Hancock called the meeting to order at 10:00 am. He acknowledged and 
expressed appreciation to First Nations for the opportunity to hold the meeting in 
traditional territory. 
 
 
2.   Approval of Agenda 
 
2.1.  Additions / Deletions 
 
At the request of the applicants Item 9.1: SP-DVP-2013.1 (Scott), Trustees 
agreed to vary the order of business to consider their application following 
Item 2.2: Questions from Public on Agenda Items and they also varied the 
order of business to consider Item15: Town Hall Meeting, in advance of Item 
13: Motion to Close Meeting. 
 
By consensus, the agenda, as amended, was approved. 
 
2.2.  Questions from Public on Agenda Items / Town Hall Meeting 
 
     As per Trustee Montague’s request to conduct Town Hall Meetings at the 
outset and at the end of Local Trust Committee (LTC) meetings, Trustees 
conducted a Town Hall session.  
 
     A member of the public commented on Item 10.2, APC Bylaw as follows: 
•  requesting clarification on whether or not conflict of interest guidelines 
apply to the Advisory Planning Commission (APC), as well as to LTC 
Trustees; 
•  whether the APC may receive conflict of interest training; 
•  whether the APC may receive legal advice from Islands Trust legal 
counsel on conflict of interest issues. 
 
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SPILTC  – dated June 18/13 ADOPTED 2 
It was noted that the draft APC Terms of Reference have provisions mirrored 
in the APC Bylaw, including references to the number of APC members. 
      
 
9.   Applications, Permits, Bylaws, and Referrals 
 
    9.1.  SP-DVP-2013.1 (Scott)  
 
Applicant representative, David Scott, was present together with property 
owners, the Pullens, to address any issues associated with the application. 
 
Planner Pickard referring to her staff report, presented application 
information. This is a development variance permit application to vary the 
permitted height of an accessory building from 4.6 metres to 9.2 metres.  An 
application was approved by Local Trust Committee in September, 2012, for 
the samestructure but in a different location on the subject property. 
 
Planner Pickard noted that this location should have fewer impacts on the 
neighbouring property owners on Gowlland Point. 
 
Planner Pickard reported that no responses following notification of 
neighbouring proper

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