Gabriola LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Community Information Meeting  1 
June 25, 2012 
MINUTES OF THE GABRIOLA ISLAND LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE  
SPECIAL MEETING  
TO HOLD A COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING 
HELD AT 5:00 PM ON MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2012 
AT THE COMMUNITY HALL 
2200 SOUTH ROAD, GABRIOLA ISLAND, BC 
 
 
PRESENT
:       
David Graham    Chair 
Sheila Malcolmson   Local Trustee 
Gisele Rudischer   Local Trustee 
Chloe Fox    Island Planner  
Ken Zakreski      President, Gabriola Radio Society 
  Stephen Orgill    Recorder 
 
 
There were forty-one (41) members of the public and two (2) local media representatives 
present. 
 
 
1. 
INTRODUCTION 
 
The Gabriola Radio Society has submitted an application to the federal government 
(Industry Canada) to erect a radio communication tower on a property near Chernoff 
Drive on Gabriola Island. As part of Industry Canada’s application process, the Gabriola 
Radio Society is required to consult with the local land use authority. The Gabriola Local 
Trust Committee is holding the community information meeting to hear public feedback 
on the Gabriola Radio Society’s application. Notification of the meeting was published in 
both weekly newspapers one week prior to the meeting. 
 
2. 
OPEN HOUSE 
 
The Open House was scheduled from 5:00 to 6:00 pm with the Gabriola Radio Society’s 
displays and demonstrations setup on tables inside the Community Hall. An ad hoc 
community group display outside the entrance of the Community Hall presented the 
position that the proposed transmission tower is not a public necessity and that Gabriola 
is well covered for emergency broadcasts. The group’s position extended to include the 
statement that; “The tower application is a commercial venture, not a community 
venture.”  
 
Chair Graham called the meeting to order at 6:04 pm and introduced the Local Trust 
Committee, Islands Trust staff and the Gabriola Radio Society President Ken Zakreski to 
the public. He explained the purpose of the meeting and stated that the Local Trust 
Committee was not making the final decision on the application but was here to receive 
community input on the land use implications of the application and would make a final 
recommendation to Industry Canada. 
 
 
 
 

 
Community Information Meeting  2 
June 25, 2012 
 
3. 
PRESENTATIONS 
 
3.1 Proponent Presentation 
 
Gabriola Radio Society President Ken Zakreski addressed the public with a summary of 
the application. He described the mandate of the Gabriola Radio Society. He said that 
the 
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commissionhad recently 
awarded the society 98.7 FM and the CKGI call letters and the society has two years to 
establish its service as a broadcasting radio station.  
 
Ken Zakreski reviewed the letters of support the Gabriola Radio Society had received 
and noted that to date the society had raised $20,000 to secure the broadcast license. 
He continued his presentation with a description of the difference between commercial 
and community m

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