Hornby LTC Regular Meeting Minutes
· Hornby Island · Meeting Documents · 2012
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Topics: Fresh water & aquifers · Housing & affordability · Agriculture & the ALR · First Nations & reconciliation · Transportation & ferries · Governance & budget — our classification, not the Trust's.
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ADOPTED HOLTC MINUTES ADOPTED 1 March 16, 2012 MINUTES OF THE HORNBY ISLAND LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING HELD AT 12:30 PM, ON FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012 AT NEW HORIZONS, 1765 SOLLANS ROAD, HORNBY ISLAND, BC PRESENT: David Graham Chair Alex Allen Local Trustee Tony Law Local Trustee Sonja Zupanec Island Planner Vicky Bockman Recorder There were eight (8) members of the public in attendance. 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Graham called the meeting to order at 12:38 pm. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was adopted by consensus. 3. MIMULUS BIOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS PRESENTATION – STREAM MAPPING ON HORNBY ISLAND Michele Jones of Mimulus Biological Consultants provided background on the Riparian Areas Regulation. She commented that it was enacted under the Fish Protection Act, is enforced by local bylaws, and is intended to prevent harmful alteration, disruption or destruction of fish habitat from land development activities. She reported that the Ministry of Environment identified watersheds where Riparian Areas Regulation would apply and on Hornby Island these included Ford and Beulah Creeks. She explained that the purpose of the report was to identify and map all streams within the Ford and Beulah Creek drainage areas. She clarified that for this regulation, a stream is defined as a watercourse, whether it usually contains water or not, a pond, lake, river, creek or brook; and a ditch, spring or wetland that is connected by surface flow to a watercourse, pond, lake, river, creek or brook that provides fish habitat. She advised that the term “ravine” in this report is being used as a land form description. Additional surveys will be required to complete the stream identification and mapping within the upper Beulah Creek drainage area. She presented the stream identification report, commenting that within the watersheds all watercourses, wetlands, and ditches were assessed as to whether they meet the Riparian Areas Regulation criteria for a stream. She explained that this information will allow the Islands Trust to accurately identify ADOPTED HOLTC MINUTES ADOPTED 2 March 16, 2012 the Riparian Assessment Area for the watercourses. She added that any proposed development inside a Riparian Assessment Area would cause implementation of the Riparian Areas Regulation process and that development within the Riparian Assessment Area would require a Qualified Environmental Professional to complete and submit an assessment. The chair opened the floor to questions, which are summarized as follows: Clarification was requested regarding the term “ravine” used in the report versus the term as defined in Riparian Areas Regulation. The formula used to determine stream gradient was questioned. Michele Jones clarified that the use of the term “ravine” in her report is used as a term referring to a land form and is not the same as that defined u
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