Hornby LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
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April 20, 2011 
MINUTES OF THE HORNBY ISLAND LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE 
SPECIAL BUSINESS MEETING 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011 AT 12:15 PM 
IN THE NEW HORIZONS 
1765 SOLLANS ROAD, HORNBY ISLAND, BC 
 
 
PRESENT:  Louise Bell  Chair 
    Fred Hunt  Local Trustee 
    Tony Law  Local Trustee 
    Brodie Porter  Island Planner 
    Miles Drew  Bylaw Enforcement Coordinator 
    Vicky Bockman Minute Taker 
 
 
There was one (1) member of the public in attendance. 
 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Bell called the meeting to order at 12:20 pm.  She welcomed the public and 
acknowledged that the meeting is taking place in the traditional territory of the 
Coast Salish First Nation. 
 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
The agenda was adopted by consensus. 
 
 
3. NEW BUSINESS 
 
3.1 Vacation Home Rental 
 
Planner Porter provided a summary of the Staff Report dated April 19, 2011 
regarding Vacation Home Rentals.  He presented the options available to the 
Local Trust Committee to address the issue of Vacation Home Rentals and 
outlined challenges associated with the process. 
 
 
3.1.1 Review of Draft Vacation Home Rental Policies 
 
Trustee Law said that at recent Community Information Meetings the 
community clearly expressed what is desired and did not feel the 
Status Quo approach provided certainty to those dependent on the 
activity.  He stated he supports the Staff Report Option b: Lawful 
Recognition of Vacation Home Rentals in the Land Use Bylaw with 
restrictions established.  He said the possible concerns of the 

 
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Executive Committee with this approach need to be addressed. 
 
Trustee Hunt noted that there were some letters concerning vacation 
home rentals that had not been included in the material for the April 27, 
2011 Local Trust Committee meeting agenda and that he would 
identify those for Planner Porter who will follow up.  
 
Trustee Hunt noted that a theme that arose at the Community 
Information Meetings was that the many years of stress from this issue 
has contributed to a general distrust of Islands Trust. He stated this 
perception needs to continue to be addressed through discussions, 
meetings and possibly at least one more Community Information 
Meeting.  He suggested that there are people who do not wish to see 
vacation home rentals as a lawful use but have not made their 
opinions known.  He stated that if Option b is chosen as the proposal 
to advance, additional community meetings would be desirable. 
 
Chair Bell said the three Community Information Meetings were 
valuable with the different locations providing different opinions.  She 
commented that it does not appear that the complexities of the issue 
are understood by many and that there is a failure to understand how 
the Local Trust Committee operates according to the Islands Trust Act.  
She shared a schematic of how decisions are made by local 
government groups as bein

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