Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, July 11, 2024

[0:00:01] Voice 3: Okay, well, good morning, everyone.

[0:00:05] Voice 3: Here's Trustee Harris.

[0:00:07] Voice 3: I'll give him a moment to get in here.

[0:00:11] Call the meeting of the Salt Spring Island Low Printing Trust Committee to order.

[0:00:20] Voice 3: I believe they want to go live streaming this meeting,

[0:00:23] Voice 3: and that a recording of the meeting will be posted on the Islands Trust website.

[0:00:27] Voice 3: I want to begin by acknowledging that we're fortunate to be able to gather here today

[0:00:32] on the territory of Coast Salish people.

[0:00:37] Reconciliation is a priority of Trust Council and for me also a personal priority.

[0:00:46] I think there's

[0:00:50] Voice 3: been more movement in recent months,

[0:00:54] more opportunity to meet with chiefs and councils across the Trust area.

[0:01:01] I think that's a really positive step towards

[0:01:04] Voice 3: building relationships.

[0:01:06] Voice 3: My name is Tim Peterson.

[0:01:08] Voice 3: I'm elected off of Speedy Island.

[0:01:09] Voice 3: I'm the chair of the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee.

[0:01:12] Voice 3: With me are our trustees, Laura Patrick and Jamie Harris.

[0:01:17] Voice 3: And together we are the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee.

[0:01:23] Voice 3: With us today are our regional plan manager, Chris Hutton, Rob Pimble, the legislative clerk,

[0:01:32] Voice 3: and I believe online we have Lisa Millard doing the technical and minute-taking for us.

[0:01:39] Voice 3: This meeting is an official forum for the Local Trust Committee to make decisions about land use planning matters

[0:01:45] and to discuss for all the business.

[0:01:47] This is

[0:01:48] Voice 3: also a place of employment, and our staff have the right to a safe and respectful workplace.

[0:01:56] It's a town hall portion where the members

[0:02:01] Voice 3: of the public can address the Local Trust Committee

[0:02:03] Voice 3: and I'll speak more about that when we get there.

[0:02:09] Voice 3: So just acknowledge that with us today are CRD Director Gary Holman,

[0:02:14] Voice 3: and OCC Chair Errol Ruck.

[0:02:17] Voice 3: Appreciate you guys coming out to our meetings.

[0:02:21] Voice 3: We do have an agenda before us,

[0:02:23] Voice 3: and I'll look to trustees and see if there's any conditions.

[0:02:28] Voice 3: Trustee Patrick.

[0:02:29] Voice 3: Can we add a discussion on the housing accelerator funding

[0:02:33] Voice 3: to the agenda under item 15 of the business?

[0:02:37] Voice 2: 15.

[0:02:55] Voice 3: Accelerator.

[0:02:57] Voice 3: Possibly a

[0:02:58] Voice 3: I'm not sure if it would be in camera

[0:03:00] Voice 3: or enforcement

[0:03:07] that's happening there.

[0:03:10] It's enforcement that it should be in camera

[0:03:12] soon. Enforcement of what, sir?

[0:03:14] On walk 15 in Churchill.

[0:03:18] I think that might be, if it's referring to a specific

[0:03:20] case, I'd suggest it would be

[0:03:23] in camera.

[0:03:23] that the camera and as

[0:03:24] Voice 3: well and for this road strata is that also okay so we'll save those

[0:03:36] Voice 3: both for the end camera um and so i have a request from uh finance staff for uh new business item

[0:03:46] for travel

[0:03:49] Voice 3: expenses sale meeting and then also from staff about uh

[0:03:56] Voice 3: meeting dates so we'll add those so we have three items under new business and then those two would

[0:04:05] Voice 3: be in camera uh so can i take it by general consent that we approve the agenda as amended

[0:04:12] excellent so uh

[0:04:14] Voice 3: first up this town hall and questions and i'll look to members of the public

[0:04:28] Voice 3: Okay, so I have some comments about this item on fact 248. Well, Barry, the order to question

[0:04:38] Voice 3: to put a septic system closer to the ocean than 30 meters, which is an almost setback.

[0:04:44] Voice 3: that. I don't see how you can consider the environment without a lot of information just

[0:04:55] Voice 3: to hear. There's no explanation of why we have this rule. It says it's to protect the

[0:05:05] Voice 3: environment and habitat. But you know, that's a

[0:05:09] Voice 3: complete explanation of why we have this

[0:05:12] Voice 3: um there is no analysis of why this theater made 30 meter setback doesn't apply other than

[0:05:22] Voice 3: it's there's a problem with being near the web there's no there's no analysis for other

[0:05:29] Voice 3: possible locations really the one that the order has suggested um there's no

[0:05:37] Voice 3: consideration of a treatment plant that would require a higher level of protection

[0:05:43] Voice 3: um there are septic systems commonly used right in that area that do not require a field

[0:05:51] Voice 3: um there's no mention of that from discussion nothing so um i i just don't see how you could

[0:06:02] Voice 3: really show your mandate to protect the environment without this information

[0:06:07] Voice 3: and i would suggest to request it now it may be that the trust has no ability to require

[0:06:13] Voice 3: a higher level treatment system, but that's something we should all know, because that's

[0:06:18] Voice 3: a real problem.

[0:06:19] Voice 3: You know, if you're being asked, you can carry it, because you have no ability to require

[0:06:23] Voice 3: that.

[0:06:24] Voice 3: And just one more thing, it's true that one person, you know, putting the pollutants from

[0:06:32] Voice 3: this, which is, you know, it's a lot of nitrogen, into the ocean, one person, it doesn't make

[0:06:38] Voice 3: a lot of difference.

[0:06:38] Voice 3: It gets diluted.

[0:06:40] Voice 3: But this is the second one in the last few months like this, how many others are already there?

[0:06:46] Voice 3: There's no analysis of that. And so there's no consideration of the effects of this sort of thing.

[0:06:57] Voice 3: And often on these small lots, yes, it is more convenient to put the sentence in the poster,

[0:07:02] Voice 3: throughout but that doesn't mean that it protects environment like you know so that's fine that's it

[0:07:12] Voice 3: thank you very much thank you uh anyone else which wish to address the local trust yes

[0:07:20] can

[0:07:24] Voice 2: you hear me okay yeah

[0:07:25] Voice 2: dear

[0:07:27] Voice 3: trustees i am here today to urge you to protect all land that you

[0:07:31] Voice 3: zone for agriculture it's your own zoning you've already decided that it can happen on this land

[0:07:37] Voice 3: Now it's time to stand behind your choice and ensure that these areas are safeguarded against redefinition and overreach.

[0:07:46] Voice 3: Agricultural land

[0:07:47] Voice 3: is vital to our community's food security, economy, tourism, and cultural heritage.

[0:07:53] Voice 3: Your zoning decisions were made with careful consideration of the needs and capabilities of our land.

[0:07:58] Voice 3: By zoning these

[0:07:59] Voice 3: areas with a lot of agricultural uses, you have acknowledged their importance and suitability for farming activities.

[0:08:05] Voice 3: Allow the land that you consume for agricultural use the same protection as ALR land.

[0:08:12] Voice 3: The Right to Farm Act is immensely important and vital to sustain farming activities and

[0:08:17] Voice 3: farmers' rights on our island.

[0:08:19] This decision would support local farmers, foster sustainable food production, and help

[0:08:24] preserve the royal

[0:08:25] Voice 3: character of our islands.

[0:08:28] Voice 3: However, recent actions by the CRD to redefine agricultural areas to only include ALR land

[0:08:34] Voice 3: and threaten the integrity of your zoning decisions.

[0:08:37] Voice 3: The redefinition would exclude many farms

[0:08:40] Voice 3: that are currently zoned rural by the Islands Trust

[0:08:43] Voice 3: and are vital to our community.

[0:08:46] Voice 3: These farms represent a significant portion

[0:08:49] Voice 3: of our agricultural activity

[0:08:51] Voice 3: and are crucial for our local food supply.

[0:08:54] Voice 3: The majority of farms on Salt Spring

[0:08:56] Voice 3: and indeed across the Gulf Islands are not on ALR land,

[0:09:00] Voice 3: but are instead zoned rural.

[0:09:02] Voice 3: rural. These farms play a critical role in our food system and local economy. Redefining

[0:09:08] Voice 3: agricultural areas to exclude non-ALR land undermines your original zoning intentions

[0:09:13] Voice 3: and jeopardizes the livelihoods of many farmers. Additionally, agriculture is a massive tourist

[0:09:20] Voice 3: draw on this island. Visitors come to experience our local farms, taste fresh produce, and

[0:09:26] Voice 3: participate in agritourism activities. Protecting agricultural land helps maintain this unique

[0:09:33] Voice 3: aspect of our tourism industry, bringing economic benefits and fostering a deeper appreciation for

[0:09:39] Voice 3: sustainable farming practices. We must ensure that all agricultural land, as defined by horizontal

[0:09:46] Voice 3: is protected from such restrictive redefinitions. This protection is

[0:09:51] Voice 3: essential not only for the

[0:09:52] Voice 3: economical gain of our farmers but also for maintaining the resilience and sustainability

[0:09:57] Voice 3: of our local food systems in times of crisis having diverse and accessible resources within

[0:10:04] Voice 3: our community is invaluable therefore i implore you to uphold and defend your zoning decisions

[0:10:12] Voice 3: protect the land that you've designated for agriculture and support the farmers who rely on it

[0:10:17] Voice 3: by doing so you will be affirming the values and priorities that guided your initial zoning

[0:10:22] Voice 3: leave decisions and ensuring the continued vitality of our agricultural community it's time

[0:10:28] Voice 3: for someone to step up and protect farmers on salt spring island before it's too late thank you for

[0:10:34] Voice 3: your consideration thank you anyone else like to address the trust committee this morning okay i'm

[0:10:45] Voice 3: not seeing any more hands um thank you for that uh so we'll move on uh next section with you know

[0:10:52] Voice 3: delegations of trustee reports who'd like to go first trustee harris i wanted to thank a couple

[0:11:05] salt springers who had offered to meet with all the trustees when they had come to salt spring

[0:11:10] Voice 3: during quest council in june uh mike and sat down with a number of trustees to discuss his research

[0:11:16] Voice 3: and work on tiny homes and eric who gave denman and the real island trustees and myself a tour

[0:11:23] Voice 3: of housing issues on salt spring i want to thank um all the organizations people participated in

[0:11:29] Voice 3: providing input to staff and the consultant on the indicators for the community assessment project as

[0:11:35] Voice 3: expected islanders have a strong desire for a healthy community living in harmony in the

[0:11:40] Voice 3: environment i'm grateful to chief pelican and staff the sale impersonation for sharing a

[0:11:46] Voice 3: conversation and appeal with us these are good building blocks for learning and relationship

[0:11:54] Voice 3: I can't believe it took a year, but holding the first LCC-LTC joint meeting was good.

[0:12:01] Voice 3: It would be better when we refresh the protocol agreement and get to working closely together on issues facing the island.

[0:12:07] Voice 3: I want to bring to Earl and Mary's attention that I did add the Housing Accelerator fund to the agenda.

[0:12:15] Voice 3: I have reached out and talked to Justine before she's on vacation.

[0:12:24] Voice 3: And she, she agrees, I think it's an opportunity to look at the application that was made in

[0:12:30] Voice 3: southern Gulf Islands and look at tweaking that for potentially LCC or LCC, a local trust

[0:12:37] Voice 3: committee joint application.

[0:12:39] Voice 3: The housing accelerator fund was open again until September 13th.

[0:12:43] So I will probably be introducing a resolution later, asking our staff

[0:12:48] Voice 3: to please hear the

[0:12:48] Voice 3: staff and see if there's a chance to do that tight deadline but i think opportunity if we

[0:12:55] Voice 3: just revisit what they've already done jointly

[0:13:00] Voice 3: i attended the species at risk webinar where both federal and conventional government staff

[0:13:05] Voice 3: sharing the intent of the legislation

[0:13:10] Voice 3: had a conversation on the draft of the staff drafted building conduct at the governance

[0:13:15] Voice 3: committee. And for the CAO hiring committee, I participated in giving feedback to some

[0:13:20] Voice 3: of the consultants who weren't successful. I also participated in the committee of the

[0:13:30] Voice 3: whole discussion on the policy statement update. And I met with Earl Rook from the LCC, which

[0:13:38] Voice 3: we do monthly to discuss how we could work better together. And that's my report.

[0:13:44] Voice 3: Trustee Harris?

[0:13:44] Voice 3: Yes, very short. We did have a big Trust Council meeting recently. Some highlights for me from that was there was a consensus among the Trust Council that the priority going forward would be to have this letter drafted to the province in regards to the Atlas Trust mandate.

[0:14:12] Voice 3: There's a clear consensus by many, and there's some room for major improvement in the structure

[0:14:28] Voice 3: of the trust.

[0:14:30] Voice 3: I still stand behind some of my views as dysfunctional and incapable of dealing with, from what I

[0:14:37] Voice 3: can see, my experience, incapable of dealing with the problems that Solstice faces.

[0:14:45] Voice 3: As Chair Peterson mentioned earlier, we've also had some great meetings with some First

[0:14:55] Voice 3: Nations, which are local, and I've been hearing some news about some Islands Trust Conservancy

[0:15:04] Voice 3: land possibly going to First Nations, which is pretty monumental, really, in the scheme

[0:15:12] Voice 3: of things.

[0:15:12] Voice 3: And, you know, with that kept in mind, in conjunction with the opening up of the legislation

[0:15:21] Voice 3: and its trust by the province, we may see some big changes in, you know, as far as procedural

[0:15:30] Voice 3: time goes in a short time, which could still mean a couple of years or something, but that's

[0:15:36] Voice 3: short.

[0:15:37] Voice 3: As we've seen how things can take an immense length of time to get anything done as we

[0:15:44] Voice 3: suffering from housing crisis here for decades for a decade anyway are known about it nothing

[0:15:51] Voice 3: has happened and we're still ready to talk yeah so and yeah i'm very optimistic that we may see

[0:15:58] Voice 3: some big changes shortly i think first nations reconciliation will be the driving force to uh

[0:16:06] Voice 3: to really change the structure of the endless trust so i'm looking forward to that i'm hoping

[0:16:13] Voice 3: it comes to fruition very optimistic at this point there guys okay thank you next for the

[0:16:22] Voice 3: chair's report uh yes trust council was here on salt spring in june uh trust council recommends

[0:16:29] Voice 3: the 50th anniversary of the islands trust act and we welcome uh some past trust council chairs and

[0:16:36] former salt spring uh trustees um

[0:16:40] Voice 3: mla adam also presented the council on inclusive governance

[0:16:43] Voice 3: and the role of Future of the Islands Trust,

[0:16:45] Voice 3: which was, as Trustee Harris alluded to,

[0:16:48] Voice 3: was well received by trustees.

[0:16:51] Voice 3: Of course, MLA Olsen has announced

[0:16:54] Voice 3: that he's not going to run in the fall election,

[0:16:56] Voice 3: and I know that's a strong advocate for the Islands

[0:16:59] Voice 3: who will be missed by many.

[0:17:01] Voice 3: Also at June Council, we heard from Ryan Grebel,

[0:17:07] Voice 3: manager of the Navigate Water Protection

[0:17:10] Voice 3: for Transport Canada, speaking about the RACTA event

[0:17:12] Voice 3: and the hazardous vessels act um i met with mp uh elizabeth may yesterday and we discussed

[0:17:23] Voice 3: options around trying to bring federal representation to discussion

[0:17:28] Voice 3: regarding regulations for private war employees some would recall back in

[0:17:34] Voice 3: In May, we had the CRD hosted a workshop with local government and province, and the federal

[0:17:46] Voice 3: component was missing there.

[0:17:48] Voice 3: We have four levels of jurisdiction.

[0:17:51] Voice 3: My point of view is that it's important to get all four at the table so that we have

[0:17:57] Voice 3: a comprehensive and cooperative approach to whatever private moratorium regulation scheme

[0:18:05] Voice 3: team that we can do. So MPMA was hopeful that we could get some traction on that and we'll

[0:18:15] Voice 3: see how that goes, but that's certainly something I think is important to keep pursuing. Of

[0:18:22] Voice 3: course our Islands Trust CEO, Russ Hawson-Culler, retired at the end of June of the great years

[0:18:30] Voice 3: and I'm very pleased to have Julia Mobs appointed as interim CAO while the hiring process for

[0:18:40] Voice 3: the new CAO continues and I think I'll just wrap it up there and so the next section is

[0:18:51] Voice 3: uh uh crp director report and i'll go to earl rock lcc chair thank you um yes the lcc has spent the

[0:19:05] Voice 3: last couple of months um focusing on strategic planning and getting our plans in order for the

[0:19:15] Voice 3: remainder of our term as we're sorting out our private capital plan which doesn't sound very

[0:19:20] Voice 3: exciting but essential for laying the groundwork for how we're going to proceed over the next few

[0:19:26] Voice 3: years and we expect to be able to publicize that strategic planning effort fairly soon

[0:19:35] among the four or five areas of high priority one is related to

[0:19:40] Voice 3: governance which specifically

[0:19:41] Voice 3: speaks to the high importance of working with other government bodies with um adjacent or

[0:19:48] Voice 3: overlapping jurisdiction and that speaks well to our recent meeting with the local trust council

[0:19:55] Voice 3: which i think went well um the way through the needs of the court of policy agreements on

[0:20:01] perceived relations but i think in progress we're setting up another exact date but we're looking at

[0:20:09] some end of june i'm sorry end of august um and we

[0:20:15] Voice 3: will continue this more substantive issues of

[0:20:18] Voice 3: of priority housing, of course, among others.

[0:20:33] We'll use words where

[0:20:34] Voice 3: sitting down and getting

[0:20:36] Voice 3: into something and creating out these matters

[0:20:39] Voice 3: that have been pressing for so terribly long.

[0:20:41] Voice 3: Also like to thank the trust for including

[0:20:43] Voice 3: some of our membership in this assessment workshop

[0:20:48] Voice 3: on giving us an opportunity to put it together,

[0:20:53] Voice 3: even at a more fundamental level like that.

[0:20:57] Voice 3: Other updates on the transit philosophy,

[0:21:23] Voice 3: Finally, in relation to storing and charging CRDO, restoring our muscles, expand the fleet more space. That's another experimental long-term project.

[0:22:12] Voice 3: and chair um just to pick up on comments by trustees and one of the delegations uh on the

[0:22:28] Voice 3: the uh noise and nuisance bylaw uh does not redefine land use those bylaws have been in

[0:22:36] Voice 3: place for decades so there's there's no change in how they're being applied i do understand

[0:22:41] Voice 3: absolutely the concerns the frustration is the court case that's underway now

[0:22:46] Voice 3: My understanding, actually, is the court heard the Rooster case on July 8th, but it won't

[0:22:55] Voice 3: be making a decision until later this summer.

[0:22:57] Voice 3: So it is frustrating because it's difficult to make public comments when that litigation

[0:23:03] Voice 3: is underway.

[0:23:04] Voice 3: By the way, it wasn't the CRD taking the property owner to court, it was the other way around.

[0:23:11] Voice 3: And fair enough.

[0:23:13] Voice 3: i know the lcc it's not a delegated service that the noise and loosens bylaws are

[0:23:19] Voice 3: under the jurisdiction of the electoral committee the three electoral area directors

[0:23:25] Voice 3: so it's not a delegated service but the lcc i know will want to make recommendations about

[0:23:33] Voice 3: possible changes to that bylaw or or how the bylaws apply but i want to make it clear because

[0:23:40] Voice 3: because the term redefining was used several times

[0:23:43] Voice 3: by the delegate and there is no redefining,

[0:23:46] Voice 3: the bio must be in place for years.

[0:23:49] Voice 3: We can disagree about how they're being applied

[0:23:52] Voice 3: or whether they should even exist,

[0:23:54] Voice 3: but there's no change there as far as the city is concerned.

[0:23:58] Voice 3: To Laura's point of the Housing Accelerator Fund,

[0:24:05] Voice 3: I'm sure the LCC myself would be pleased to discuss

[0:24:09] Voice 3: how we can work together in applying to that funding absolutely and i may not be here later

[0:24:14] Voice 3: in the meeting when you deal with this agenda item but for sure let's talk about how we can

[0:24:20] Voice 3: collaborate uh on that uh just jamie's uh i just want to go back to the request that

[0:24:32] Voice 3: trustee harris made around septennial park and i had promised to

[0:24:37] Voice 3: um uh get both our security staff and the sergeant secret to respond in the email uh to uh trustee

[0:24:49] Voice 3: harris is concerned they have done that uh whether that satisfies the trustee harris or not it is a

[0:24:55] Voice 3: problem we still struggle with this absolutely but at least we're engaged and yesterday i witnessed

[0:25:01] Voice 3: this drunk people with alcohol in their hands harassing a young family trying to play baseball

[0:25:08] Voice 3: with their son and police or bylaw nowhere to be seen and they continue to drink alcohol

[0:25:14] Voice 3: and the day before i'm basically i'll call sometimes but other times i just

[0:25:19] Voice 3: throw my hands up in the air but what i witnessed yesterday was horrible and again we are incapable

[0:25:25] Voice 3: clearly of dealing with that with our current government structure well bylaw or rc can be

[0:25:32] Voice 3: every once in a while but that's part of the problem isn't it gary that we don't have enough

[0:25:36] Voice 3: policing okay because we're not a

[0:25:37] Voice 3: municipality you gentlemen to have this conversation outside

[0:25:44] Voice 3: so uh and with regard to uh harbor management the main workshop uh held by the crb was mentioned

[0:25:54] Voice 3: uh staff will be repairing preparing our report uh to go to the environmental services committee

[0:26:00] Voice 3: and ultimately the board with recommendations about next steps if any around club management

[0:26:07] Voice 3: so that will be coming later in the summer um with with respect to housing i would respectfully

[0:26:18] disagree that nothing has been done certainly again as with many communities in british columbia

[0:26:23] we do struggle with affordable housing issues not just salt spring

[0:26:27] Voice 3: many municipalities have

[0:26:30] Voice 3: have issues just as severe as ours. We have made some progress, but it is frustrating, takes time.

[0:26:39] Just two projects I can mention

[0:26:42] Voice 3: now, as evidence for that. The Ganges sewer committee has, well,

[0:26:50] Voice 3: has recommended that the CRD Board now has approved inclusion of the Seabreeze Inn in the Ganges sewer service area.

[0:26:58] Voice 3: So that property is being redeveloped for 17 units of health worker housing, and I've committed to them to assist at least somewhat with community works funding to help cover the costs of expanding the sewer line up the hill.

[0:27:16] Voice 3: One complication there is that Ganges Hill is being repaved.

[0:27:19] Voice 3: uh so uh the uh hospital foundation uh will be requesting MOT to delay that repayment so we're

[0:27:30] Voice 3: not we're not paving Ganges Hill and then tearing it up and putting in a sewer line

[0:27:34] Voice 3: and uh CRE staff and myself if necessary will be working to delay that if we have to delay

[0:27:42] Voice 3: the repayment for a couple of months uh in order to uh to coordinate those projects I think that's

[0:27:48] Voice 3: a weight that's um that would be acceptable to most uh also uh the community services uh is

[0:27:58] Voice 3: applying to be included in the ganji sewer area as well they're now septic well both those properties

[0:28:05] Voice 3: are on the septic field which are um failing it's too strong a word but problematic so and

[0:28:13] Voice 3: And I've mentioned this before, but the sewer system in Ganges, because we received $1.3 million in growing community funding,

[0:28:23] Voice 3: we're eliminating the pitch points in the collection system, which will free up capacity and allows us to include more properties in the service area.

[0:28:35] Voice 3: There's another housing project underway, an NGO was redeveloping a house in Lake Angie's

[0:28:46] Voice 3: area for a rooming house and that raises issues around building code and also trust by-laws.

[0:28:54] Voice 3: So that proponent is working with Syrian Building Inspection and I referred them to your staffer

[0:29:01] Voice 3: Chris Hutton around land use issues that may arise there. Rooming houses, i.e. basically

[0:29:11] Voice 3: sharing a single kitchen by a number of tenants is probably the least expensive way to provide

[0:29:17] Voice 3: affordable housing on Gandy's. This project, I don't want to mention the NGO, but this project

[0:29:23] Voice 3: will hopefully clarify the rules around that of a number of people that can be sharing a common

[0:29:31] kitchen, so that hopefully will be helpful in the

[0:29:36] Voice 3: future around these kinds of developments.

[0:29:41] Voice 3: The federal government has just announced the renewal of the Community Works Fund.

[0:29:46] Voice 3: Salisbury receives about $600,000 a year from the federal gas tax transfer.

[0:29:52] That fund will be renewed, it will be revised.

[0:30:00] guidelines

[0:30:00] Voice 3: hopefully they'll be a little more flexible than they are currently in particular

[0:30:04] Voice 3: around affordable housing projects they'll also be a bump in about 10 percent of the amount that

[0:30:13] Voice 3: local governments receive every local government of British Columbia receives

[0:30:16] Voice 3: many works funding on a per capita basis and salt spring is part of that

[0:30:22] Voice 3: that. UBCM, this year in the fall, it's an election year. And because of that, myself

[0:30:32] Voice 3: and the two other electoral area directors will be attending UBCM. So there's another

[0:30:37] Voice 3: issue that we could discuss in our meeting, I believe in August, about possible coordination,

[0:30:44] Voice 3: collaboration with the Science Trust at UBCM. We may want to have joint meetings. We're

[0:30:49] Voice 3: going to try to get the meeting for sure with um mot around road maintenance issues for example

[0:30:55] Voice 3: there may be other issues that we want to collaborate on there and we can we can talk

[0:31:01] Voice 3: about that in our ltc lcc um meeting uh also want to mention that the library is now a cooling center

[0:31:15] Voice 3: So again, with CWF funding, we upgraded the genothermal system there, so now it's not just heating, but it's providing cooling in the summer.

[0:31:27] Voice 3: The library is open six days a week, so there's another venue where folks can get some respite from the heat.

[0:31:36] Voice 3: heat if there is a we we didn't reach an extreme heat situation that was a warning but not a sort

[0:31:46] Voice 3: of a formal declaration if and when we do reach that point the library would be available

[0:31:53] Voice 3: for example on Sundays where it's not closed so that that's the the significance of that

[0:32:00] Voice 3: that investment, it provides another venue for people to, to

[0:32:04] Voice 3: cool down. And, Chair, just one last thing. Oh, yeah, there is a

[0:32:11] Voice 3: working group that's been established, the South Vancouver

[0:32:16] Voice 3: Island Rural Doctors, I always get their names confused, but a

[0:32:26] Voice 3: working group comprised of that organization, local doctors,

[0:32:30] Voice 3: island health myself will be applying to the ministry to establish a primary care

[0:32:35] Voice 3: network on salisbury the idea there being an integrated model where it's not just

[0:32:43] Voice 3: it involves a range of health professionals and ongoing funding that would include additional

[0:32:49] Voice 3: funding from nurse practitioners doctors and other health professionals and may potentially

[0:32:56] Voice 3: actually result in funding to establish a community health center on salt spring uh now

[0:33:02] Voice 3: that that's a perhaps a longer term prospect but it also could include funding for uh one of the

[0:33:09] Voice 3: ngos involved is the community health center society for salt spring and they're proposing

[0:33:14] Voice 3: a mobile clinic they've already done some funding that would be uh it would be an evan actually that

[0:33:20] Voice 3: that would reach more

[0:33:22] Voice 3: people at fixed locations.

[0:33:25] Voice 3: So those are some of the possibilities

[0:33:27] Voice 3: if the province agrees to provide

[0:33:31] Voice 3: those additional resources.

[0:33:32] Voice 3: There are primary care networks established

[0:33:35] Voice 3: throughout British Columbia and in the CRV

[0:33:37] Voice 3: and would be a significant step forward for Saltwater.

[0:33:41] Voice 2: Thank you, Chair.

[0:33:42] Voice 3: Thank you.

[0:33:44] Voice 3: So next up, we have draft minutes

[0:33:47] Voice 3: minutes of the June 6th regular meeting for adoption starting on page four any uh Corrections

[0:33:56] Voice 3: changes for those minutes nope seeing none I'll take it by general consent we'll adopt those

[0:34:06] Voice 3: minutes as presented and then we have the draft minutes of the June 17th special meeting for

[0:34:12] Voice 3: adoption on page 12 and trustee patrick i didn't see maybe i just missed it in there um i know

[0:34:21] Voice 3: sirius staff had offered to take the first cut at protocol agreements and that resolution wasn't

[0:34:29] Voice 3: needed but did offer to take a first look is that in there and i just missed it um

[0:34:35] Voice 3: i don't recall that there was a motion but i know that my discussion with uh stephen

[0:34:43] Voice 3: Uh, so, um, they both take in that direction.

[0:34:50] Voice 3: Correct. I didn't find that mentioned in the minutes. Did I miss it in the minutes? I mean, they both offered to take a look, but it's not in the minutes. I thought that was an important thing to capture in the minutes.

[0:35:01] Voice 3: Uh, it's a debatable motion to include that, um, that that was discussed. Um, I don't think we have a resolution or anything.

[0:35:14] Voice 3: Yeah, that's why I just resolution to provide some language.

[0:35:23] Voice 3: Great. I mean, I don't know what we have to do with my resolution, but it certainly are the minute taper would like to.

[0:35:32] Voice 2: Yeah, I don't know what it

[0:35:33] Voice 3: is that you'd like it to say.

[0:35:35] Voice 3: So I thought in the discussion, sorry, let's get to there.

[0:35:43] Voice 3: So I guess it was under item four in the minutes, which was the protocol of agreements, that if we could just add a notation that staff offered to work, I guess, together with Iowa Trust staff to review language.

[0:36:04] Voice 3: Okay, I'll just check in. Lisa, did you catch that?

[0:36:11] Voice 4: Good morning, Chair Peterson. Yes, I caught that. Thank you.

[0:36:14] Voice 4: okay

[0:36:14] Voice 3: thank you very much all right then so uh we'll take it by general consent that the minutes

[0:36:20] Voice 3: be adopted as amended then excellent so we have no resolutions without meetings report and no

[0:36:30] Voice 3: advisory planning commission minutes and so that moves us on to the correspondence section

[0:36:37] Voice 3: we have three items of correspondence and let's look to trustees and see if there's any of those

[0:36:44] Voice 3: that want to be raised uh for discussion otherwise we'll just give them for information

[0:36:49] Voice 3: justin patrick uh the first item regarding our culture i know i'm sorry there's everything

[0:36:55] Voice 3: back in the room i know gary mentioned that there's no um no changes being sought

[0:37:00] Voice 3: there is a concern we've heard it again today people are concerned that change happens um

[0:37:09] Voice 3: is there any way we can request that just to have a conversation with the crd staff to clarify

[0:37:14] Voice 3: clarify that there's no changes

[0:37:21] Voice 2: being contemplated,

[0:37:23] Voice 3: interpretations that are being potential because

[0:37:29] Voice 3: I know we did discuss that at the Agricultural Advisory Committee, that there was raised

[0:37:37] Voice 3: concern. So it's come up a couple of times from different ways. And there's nothing for

[0:37:43] Voice 3: us to act or decisions, but maybe just get some clarification that changes are not occurring

[0:37:50] Voice 3: in north um no further discussion on that point um i can respond to that we can we can certainly

[0:38:02] Voice 3: have a conversation however i'm a bit leery about you know the um you know appreciate uh

[0:38:09] being clear about about intentions um i think in any collective decision-making body um there's no

[0:38:18] what you know obviously it's um you're at will as is the crd to make decisions um when it chooses

[0:38:28] um so i don't know that much but you know at this time there doesn't appear to be any initiative

[0:38:34] to take on something to change um i don't know if there's a thing i can determine if staff are

[0:38:41] doing work on that but even staff don't make that decision right so you're doing it directly

[0:38:45] It

[0:38:45] Voice 3: may be sufficient just to take that for what it's worth, for something, and simply allow the student to take this course.

[0:39:00] Voice 3: The trustee clearly are not backing on this right now, but there's two separate forms of the situation.

[0:39:10] Voice 3: I would maybe caution LPC to consider whether it's necessary if you get involved with this

[0:39:16] Voice 3: item.

[0:39:16] Voice 3: Trustee Patterson.

[0:39:21] Voice 3: Trustee Patterson, I have a question.

[0:39:22] Voice 3: Why are we getting information from the community that's saying the opposite of what you're

[0:39:29] Voice 3: saying and what Director Holman was telling us this morning?

[0:39:32] Voice 3: I'm kind of confused.

[0:39:35] Voice 3: Do you realize that this precedent in this court case could literally eliminate farming

[0:39:40] Voice 3: on Salt Spring?

[0:39:41] Voice 3: Do you even care?

[0:39:43] Voice 3: Okay.

[0:39:52] Voice 3: I'm sorry if you're out of order, we have we have a time for the public to address us and this is not that time, but again back to my question. Yes. Why are we hearing different compare two sides of the story there's some way we can get some clarification, because we heard director woman saying one thing this morning and I heard a member of the committee say something like that.

[0:40:16] Voice 3: delegates kind of

[0:40:18] Voice 3: wondering something but the opposite

[0:40:20] Voice 3: so I'm concerned

[0:40:22] Voice 3: and if there's any way we can

[0:40:25] Voice 3: try and push for some

[0:40:27] Voice 3: justice or advocate

[0:40:29] Voice 3: for it I would be behind

[0:40:33] Voice 3: that as the LCC

[0:40:36] Voice 3: feels but do you also

[0:40:38] Voice 3: have questions I suppose when we're hearing

[0:40:40] Voice 3: two sides is that something

[0:40:42] well certainly and I

[0:40:44] Voice 3: think that as

[0:40:46] Voice 3: pointed out there's a

[0:40:48] Voice 3: there's a case before the courts and however that comes out that will certainly um have some impact

[0:40:55] Voice 3: on how the crp um enforcement uh uh regimen continues or not um and that is how it is so

[0:41:10] Voice 3: in regards to that um about the court case is there some way because i don't know who's suing

[0:41:16] Voice 3: who here we hear different sides to the story i've just heard that it's the um the person with

[0:41:23] Voice 3: the roosters is suing crd and then i heard that that's not true and it's it's the opposite so

[0:41:28] Voice 3: could we ask staff to give us some clarification um because i really don't i don't know what's

[0:41:34] Voice 3: the truth i'm hearing two completely different stories one from the crd and one from the

[0:41:40] Voice 3: community so i don't know well i think that that's one of those things that could easily

[0:41:44] Voice 3: be clarified because if it's case before the courts it's going to be clear in the court

[0:41:49] Voice 3: documents could we ask

[0:41:50] Voice 3: who's bringing them to be if it's that easy to find you have that brought

[0:41:55] Voice 3: to us and possibly help us we can i don't want to put staff on the uh on the spot here to find

[0:42:02] Voice 3: us information uh as before well not right

[0:42:05] Voice 3: today but i mean like certainly if you want if you want

[0:42:08] Voice 3: to make a motion to request staff to bring us uh for their information i'll entertain

[0:42:14] Voice 3: entertain that okay put that together um trustee patrick back to your uh initial discussion which

[0:42:22] Voice 3: is about uh uh pardon me which was about uh just requesting uh our staff to be in contact with crv

[0:42:34] staff about both of us again i don't know if we wanted to pursue

[0:42:38] Voice 3: that um i don't think it's

[0:42:40] Voice 3: related to when trustee harris is trying to uh pull together there too i think it's just

[0:42:47] Voice 3: i i hear concerns being raised absolutely not just by the delegation today but there are

[0:42:51] a lot of groups that we've met with absolutely had concerns

[0:42:55] Voice 3: so um i don't understand

[0:43:00] Voice 3: what this is um yet and how it relates there is a possibility of conflict between crd and

[0:43:11] Voice 3: I don't stress the bylaws. I'm hearing that's being a concern, in particular, into not just roosters, but agricultural use in general in rural properties.

[0:43:23] And so there's a perceived threat to community members. I understand their concerns.

[0:43:31] Um, and I am not

[0:43:36] Voice 3: informed from, you know, from the standpoint it's, it's a CRD action

[0:43:40] Voice 3: that's occurring right now, and I don't understand it and understand its implications.

[0:43:45] Voice 3: So that, that's where I'm sitting because I'm in a deficit of information, so I don't

[0:43:50] Voice 3: need to make any particular actions.

[0:43:52] Voice 3: It would be just nice to have, you know, is this concern, um, possible that it could further

[0:44:00] Voice 3: to restrict agriculture in general, not just poultry,

[0:44:06] Voice 3: in our rural lands.

[0:44:10] And so I'd like to know that.

[0:44:12] Is that possible?

[0:44:15] Voice 3: Then we would know if there's actions we need to take.

[0:44:18] Voice 3: But right now, I don't.

[0:44:21] Voice 3: There's a concern.

[0:44:23] Voice 3: Does it exist?

[0:44:24] Voice 3: And is it a true risk?

[0:44:29] Voice 3: So what I think I hear you saying

[0:44:31] Voice 3: is you'd like to get some reporting to the ltc about the implications of the ongoing uh

[0:44:40] Voice 3: enforcement actions and correct and implications on agriculture correct did you come up well i was

[0:44:47] Voice 3: just listening to trustee patrick and i understand that you're kind of intertwined so but there's

[0:44:53] Voice 3: also i'm i'm really keen to know about the court action that's happening and who is initiating what

[0:45:00] Voice 3: are the facts there because i really don't i don't know so is it a motion asking for i'm i'm reaching

[0:45:07] Voice 3: out for help yeah the chair is it a motion to just clearly ask clearly for facts on the um

[0:45:17] Voice 3: legal proceedings happening between the crd and the community members in question

[0:45:28] Voice 3: So is that something that makes sense if I'm trying to understand this, or I'm going towards

[0:45:36] the idea that trustee would like to be informed on this issue, what is the impact of it seems

[0:45:45] Voice 3: like there's concern about could this situation restrict agriculture or poultry on rural lands

[0:45:57] um on the island

[0:45:58] Voice 3: um you can summarize the court action or the overall concept here and the status

[0:46:04] Voice 3: of this court action with investing in uh decision perspective later this summer so depending on

[0:46:11] Voice 3: back to you um that decision may be out that's out summarize what we know at that time um and

[0:46:18] Voice 3: just understanding sort of what is the impact of the discrepancy island stress what's the legal

[0:46:23] Voice 3: the way of the land essentially right so what you see and um that's what i'm hearing from

[0:46:32] Voice 3: that's i'd love to hear that i also would like to you know for the record have some sort of um we

[0:46:38] Voice 3: heard director holmes saying today that um the crd are not taking the community members um to court

[0:46:45] Voice 3: it's the opposite it's the opposite i'll just ask you to confidence there can you can you please

[0:46:53] Voice 3: hold your comments i'm sorry i understand there's passion but that's actually not appropriate so

[0:47:01] Voice 4: so

[0:47:02] Voice 3: um anyways i would just like to know what's really happening and because we've heard

[0:47:07] Voice 3: gregor holman state something this morning and is that true or is that false if we could have

[0:47:17] Voice 3: something like that from staff that's on the record that we can see clearly um just to clear

[0:47:23] Voice 3: it up because at this point i don't know but i'm sure that that part's pretty simple and i can look

[0:47:29] Voice 3: into that outside um i think i just decided that i could provide you with what we know that's factual

[0:47:37] Voice 3: however i don't think that it's appropriate for staff i would trust to provide analysis

[0:47:44] Voice 3: can i

[0:47:45] Voice 2: please ask you to keep it down if you need to have a discussion

[0:47:47] Voice 3: if you guys need to have a

[0:47:50] Voice 3: discussion i'll ask you to leave the meeting space because we're trying to have a discussion here and

[0:47:55] Voice 3: it's distracting sorry go ahead so mr chair i just i would like to talk to you we can provide

[0:48:00] Voice 3: you with information summarize this um but i don't i would suggest that it's not a good idea for us

[0:48:06] to provide an in-depth level of analysis in terms of our opinion on the situation we're simply here

[0:48:12] provide the facts um and how it might relate to violence

[0:48:16] Voice 3: bylaws um and your jurisdiction possibly

[0:48:20] Voice 3: the kind of comments we can provide so facts i have a i have a draft motion prepared here and

[0:48:27] Voice 3: i'll run this by trustees and see if this is approaching what uh what you're looking for

[0:48:32] Voice 3: so it would be to uh request staff uh to provide reporting regarding crd enforcement on agricultural

[0:48:39] Voice 3: cultural issues and implication for island agriculture and potential conflicts between

[0:48:45] Voice 3: LTC and CRD policies. Does that kind of capture what? Capture some bylaws? Bylaws on policies?

[0:48:53] Voice 3: And I don't know if there's an additional one, but again, the reason I asked to hear this from

[0:48:57] Voice 3: staff, because I know you mentioned you can find out, but I would like to hear it on the record

[0:49:01] Voice 3: officially so we know this is what's happened as far as who's suing. So I don't know whether

[0:49:08] Voice 3: it that's clearly maybe it's a different um i mean i would kind of look to staff but uh reporting

[0:49:18] Voice 3: regarding crd enforcement agriculture is that broad enough for you to include that the information

[0:49:25] Voice 3: that trustee harris is assuming they're looking for analysis or opinion just with the facts like

[0:49:30] Voice 3: you mentioned what would you need we can comment on it to the extent that i'll i will just the

[0:49:37] the caveat that I will consult with, you know, the director of trust area services,

[0:49:40] governmental space, um, in order to ensure that we're, um, we're maintaining the priority here,

[0:49:47] um, to get information and to respect, you know, get involved in the conflict, you know, it's,

[0:49:55] that's, I don't think we're quite there yet. Um, but

[0:49:57] Voice 3: that's something that we're doing. So

[0:50:00] Voice 3: it's just to say that I will consult them if there's a limitation there that I'm not aware

[0:50:04] Voice 3: right now um and i will then we'll articulate that fair enough but that the draft motion is

[0:50:13] Voice 3: provides enough direction in terms of gathering that information i wonder if it's i mean you're

[0:50:18] Voice 3: looking for something i think you're looking for something sooner than later um so scoping

[0:50:22] Voice 3: that right side how much comment do you think okay

[0:50:25] Voice 1: well maybe the

[0:50:25] Voice 3: motion of agricultural well

[0:50:27] Voice 3: maybe

[0:50:27] Voice 1: we'll do two motions then maybe we'll do

[0:50:29] Voice 3: one specific to the to the legal action

[0:50:35] Voice 3: sure okay so what i'll do then is is i will make uh uh the first motion and then we'll put together

[0:50:42] Voice 3: a motion that's more specific um so i move that the local trust committee uh request staff um

[0:50:50] Voice 3: to provide reporting regarding crd enforcement on agricultural issues and implications for island

[0:50:56] Voice 3: agriculture including potential conflicts between local trust committee and crd bylaws

[0:51:03] Voice 3: and so I'll look for a seconder second and I'll just check in with the minute taker to make sure

[0:51:12] Voice 3: you've got that yes

[0:51:15] Voice 4: chair peterson I have that okay

[0:51:17] Voice 3: thank you very much so discussion on the

[0:51:19] Voice 3: motion announcing uh I'll call the question all those in favor and the motion carries so then the

[0:51:28] Voice 3: second motion would be um that the local trust committee requests staff to provide um brief

[0:51:36] brief summary of

[0:51:37] Voice 3: the legal action between, actually I don't know, I guess between the

[0:51:45] Voice 3: CRD and resident regarding roosters? Is that, if I just look at the detail or more detail?

[0:51:58] Maybe

[0:51:59] Voice 3: you want just a summary of the background leading up to case.

[0:52:03] Voice 3: Well, I just want to know who's suing who, because I've heard two different stories this

[0:52:07] Voice 3: morning and i'm not i'm not trying to be a sound brush i don't mean to i

[0:52:12] Voice 2: mean i

[0:52:13] Voice 3: don't know um

[0:52:16] Voice 3: just want to know who's doing who and i don't i don't know if asking the crd is the people

[0:52:21] Voice 3: that we want to be asking is there something that's going to the court itself well that's

[0:52:25] Voice 3: what i was that's what i was trying to say earlier that whatever because it's a case

[0:52:28] Voice 3: before the court there that information is going to be clearly available it's always laid out who

[0:52:35] Voice 3: is yeah and so if we can ask staff just to go through that area you're speaking out and just

[0:52:41] Voice 3: bring that and clear that just just the facts just the page here it is you don't need analysis

[0:52:47] Voice 3: something that's on the record yeah please uh just uh so then i'm not sure where i got with

[0:52:54] Voice 3: that because i didn't write that one down um so then that little trust in the request staff for a

[0:52:59] Voice 3: a short briefing on the rooster case the other current crd for that current crd or act

[0:53:10] you really want to say we're strong from where we're getting that information

[0:53:16] Voice 3: we're just asking staff but that well it will be clear because as i said that's

[0:53:25] that's accessible so

[0:53:27] Voice 3: um so i'll just check in one minute take care did you

[0:53:30] Voice 3: Do you get the second version of that motion?

[0:53:34] Voice 4: Chair Peterson, I have that it was moved

[0:53:36] Voice 4: that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee

[0:53:38] Voice 4: request staff to provide a short briefing

[0:53:40] Voice 4: on current legal action between CRD

[0:53:43] Voice 4: and local resident regarding roosters.

[0:53:47] Voice 3: That cover it?

[0:53:49] Voice 3: Okay, I'll look for a seconder for the motion.

[0:53:52] Voice 3: Trustee Harris, any further discussion?

[0:53:56] No,

[0:53:57] Voice 3: I would just like to ask staff,

[0:53:59] Voice 3: we understand this one on who is who and who so just as a little site very clear i think um all

[0:54:09] Voice 3: right so if there's no further discussion i'll call the question all those in favor

[0:54:13] Voice 3: and most curious okay we have two other pieces of correspondence before us is there any desire

[0:54:19] Voice 3: to raise either of them further than information all right uh not seeing any then we will move on

[0:54:29] Voice 3: to the follow-up action list starting on page 113. I'll look to staff to see if there's any updates on any of these.

[0:54:39] Voice 3: Mr. Chair, I do have a few updates for you. So the first that you alluded a number of times I think already this morning that staff at the LPC met with

[0:54:49] Voice 3: say our first nation back in the end of june um so um this this action was a follow-up to

[0:54:59] Voice 3: previous consideration of adoption file out by seven almost uh for accessory dwelling units um

[0:55:08] Voice 3: you know in follow-up conversations um well i haven't actually had any joke which the um

[0:55:14] Voice 3: reached out and say out yet, but I do have some calls in there.

[0:55:19] Voice 3: I have not gotten, suffice to say that I haven't

[0:55:22] Voice 3: gotten clear feedback on how sale money

[0:55:26] would be received. I don't

[0:55:29] Voice 3: think we quite came away with clarity

[0:55:30] Voice 3: around that. We met the resolution

[0:55:34] Voice 3: that LPC requested that we defer adoption until

[0:55:38] Voice 3: a meeting scheduled with sales presentation. What happened at that meeting?

[0:55:42] Voice 3: um so um the question uh comes back to byline um what to do um with that and i wanted to

[0:55:52] Voice 3: talk about that first um i do have some ideas uh and you know but i did want to flag it right now

[0:56:00] Voice 3: because i think it's something that um i know there's a desire to wrap this up um and move

[0:56:06] Voice 3: move forward. But your comment, Trustee Patrick,

[0:56:13] yeah, I know, after the meeting, discuss with the sale plans,

[0:56:22] person. And I know she,

[0:56:24] Voice 3: she felt she had the information she

[0:56:27] Voice 3: needed to review. And I know she said she was busy. That's all

[0:56:30] Voice 3: she would get comments soon. So that was that she would be

[0:56:36] Voice 3: reviewing material and bonding with staff on any help with that review so um that's what i was

[0:56:43] Voice 3: expecting yeah that was sort of my impression too um so we were talking about 536 yeah and and the

[0:56:54] Voice 3: um uh the land there's no land manager who's gonna have a look at that

[0:57:02] Voice 3: but you can have a look at what sorry at the bottom at the bylaw yeah which provided maps and

[0:57:17] Voice 3: yeah but we haven't gotten comment back which is not hard to describe yes um so in light of our

[0:57:26] successful meeting

[0:57:27] Voice 3: um and from what i you know what i heard from the chief i it seems like

[0:57:40] Voice 3: we could i think we could actually go with a much um more um what's the word

[0:57:49] Voice 3: heard a more aggressive by-law, like going back to 530 and perhaps taking a little bit

[0:57:58] Voice 3: of ground out of that equation near the reservation in Fulford. He seemed to be happy, as he stated

[0:58:08] clearly, he wasn't

[0:58:11] Voice 3: against housing and it was a pretty good meeting. Is that something

[0:58:15] Voice 3: that uh i think it might be good to hear back i think it might be good to hear back from the

[0:58:21] Voice 3: lands manager on the on the smaller version before we propose the more comprehensive version that's

[0:58:29] Voice 3: that's my personal take on it um well so long as we have word back well i just i i think it's a

[0:58:36] Voice 3: great conversation to be able to see that

[0:58:37] Voice 2: and

[0:58:38] Voice 3: um and i'm not keen on um you know personally i'm

[0:58:42] Voice 3: not been supportive of 537 as it is great to hear back from the landsman maybe we can get something

[0:58:47] Voice 3: together in preparation when we do and rather than waiting but i think i think for it to i

[0:58:58] Voice 3: think my sense is that's a little premature but uh yeah just

[0:59:02] Voice 3: just quick talking yeah you know fair

[0:59:04] Voice 3: enough fair enough seems like my community

[0:59:06] Voice 3: might like to hear this talk well i was i left there

[0:59:11] Voice 3: are quite optimistic yeah um did i see here yeah okay um any actions necessary i

[0:59:22] Voice 2: don't think there's

[0:59:23] Voice 2: this reaction

[0:59:24] Voice 3: at this time either uh but uh um so was there anything else you wanted to provide any

[0:59:30] updates on yes um chair um i did want to provide a quick update on the um so we had hoped to

[0:59:47] Voice 3: We've got a staff position so we're just moving into that and onboarding that wasn't able

[0:59:56] to come to this meeting so we talked about a special meeting.

[1:00:05] Voice 3: I did want to inform you, though, that we had previously considered that we had a trigger

[1:00:13] point, a time to complete the community's assessment, where procurement would happen

[1:00:18] Voice 3: after that preliminary result came in.

[1:00:22] Voice 3: In discussion, we realized that we really moved this forward, so the drafting is underway

[1:00:30] way um and we're looking to have that being the three uh the underlying scope of services

[1:00:36] the amendments requested um and i can really if that's approved we can certainly be sure

[1:00:42] Voice 3: um that's a pretty much i just wanted to update you on that status because i know that this is a

[1:00:50] project with the absolutely

[1:00:53] Voice 3: yes yeah there's a comment on this one market okay trust the pattern

[1:00:58] Voice 3: yeah and i mean my understanding of

[1:01:01] Voice 3: the terms of reference it was i didn't see it as a trigger

[1:01:04] Voice 3: point i thought it was a rolling um i saw the information that the community's set up being

[1:01:11] uh information that was input into but

[1:01:16] Voice 3: not a trigger point um because the schedule of the

[1:01:21] Voice 3: in the terms of reference and project keeps rolling forward with the engagement beginning

[1:01:27] Voice 3: in October. So it's a timing issue is what I saw on board,

[1:01:36] essentially, at the completion of the process,

[1:01:41] Voice 3: so that just

[1:01:42] Voice 3: kept moving. It wasn't a lapse in time. So that's my only

[1:01:46] Voice 3: concern is that after being involved in the CEO hiring

[1:01:49] Voice 3: committee, I'm going through that RFP and how long it took,

[1:01:54] Voice 3: and even our communities, we had that funding, we had the funding

[1:01:59] Voice 3: last september and we didn't have a contract signed until may um we're not quick as an

[1:02:07] Voice 3: organization but this isn't criticism of you it's just as an organization so that's my only concern

[1:02:12] Voice 3: is that um to get going as soon as possible or we risk not having consultants on board for

[1:02:24] Voice 3: quite some time um and that'll be a huge we're running out of time so sure man we have scheduling

[1:02:33] Voice 3: a special meeting on the agenda now so we will get there um there was something else sir just

[1:02:39] Voice 3: the one last thing with the ministerial letter uh you have requested this a while ago um and i know

[1:02:44] Voice 3: that i've spoken uh one or two of you uh about this uh privately but i didn't want to be like

[1:02:50] that um that letter is in draft um we're working with trust areas so um i am hopeful that we will

[1:02:57] have a um a draft of the chair peterson uh in response to uh the climate um including that's

[1:03:07] been built from before that

[1:03:09] Voice 3: letter is um without us having very clear directions what we're asking

[1:03:15] Voice 3: for it's tricky to write so i'm going to be looking to uh mr chair to sort of coordinate

[1:03:22] between the trustees on the content of that letter and how it speaks so um but

[1:03:27] Voice 3: i just didn't want to

[1:03:27] Voice 3: write that up if it is something else um ruling process so all of that okay well thank you for

[1:03:38] Voice 3: the update and uh certainly those if we get that we can have a look at it see if it's meeting our

[1:03:46] Voice 3: expectations and centers uh trust power um in general on the follow-up action list i don't

[1:03:53] Voice 3: understand why we only have one month's worth of material. I

[1:03:57] Voice 3: wouldn't double check some of the other local trust

[1:03:59] Voice 3: committees like the skitties upcoming agenda. And they've got

[1:04:03] Voice 3: follow up action items back to April 2022 on their follow up

[1:04:06] Voice 3: action. So I don't know why our list is being so short. And I'm

[1:04:13] Voice 3: concerned again that it was hard to keep track of emotions when

[1:04:18] Voice 3: they fall off. I know they're marvelous.

[1:04:21] Voice 3: But we're not seeing

[1:04:22] Voice 3: the french version um it's it's something i've had in the past for a while and it's a bit of a

[1:04:29] Voice 3: part of our administrative staffing shortage and the inability to sort of move forward but

[1:04:34] um we do

[1:04:36] Voice 3: need to bring the way we manage the fuel internally it works externally for reporting

[1:04:43] Voice 3: purposes doesn't work um which means it doesn't really work for anybody um so um so it is it's

[1:04:50] Voice 3: work that i i do hope you get to uh in the next month or two uh historically we have a six-month

[1:05:03] Voice 3: background on fuel items um right now to be sure but i think it's actually just had a lot of

[1:05:13] Voice 3: sort of three to four-month-old items so we haven't completed the level um there is some

[1:05:19] Voice 3: older stuff they like another one

[1:05:27] Voice 2: of those items

[1:05:27] Voice 3: um i know jason was in the process of trying to

[1:05:31] Voice 3: plan a swap meeting of some form um and i know we were aiming to do that like in january now it's

[1:05:40] Voice 3: july we're six months into it um so i i know we had conversations with the invited guest speaker

[1:05:49] Voice 3: but we sort of separated that because the guest speaker wanted to do the time in september for

[1:05:56] Voice 3: the lecture she wanted to provide um which was uh i agree it was good timing for her

[1:06:02] Voice 3: talk but we still need to get a meeting organized which that might be september

[1:06:09] Voice 3: the the freshwater program um

[1:06:13] It's not that we're lacking it out,

[1:06:19] Voice 3: it's something that we're not likely to do, but

[1:06:22] Voice 3: there's a crescent range of projects that we have prioritized, but that's to some extent

[1:06:34] Voice 3: freshwater.

[1:06:36] Voice 3: And then I'm just wondering, when you kind of get some of this story down about fallout

[1:06:49] Voice 3: back from us just uh if there's a way we can just have a uh section maybe in the web dev for

[1:06:57] trustees uh rather than having a long list necessary on every agenda um or something like

[1:07:05] that just just a thought don't

[1:07:07] Voice 3: need uh action on that today just just as a reference if nothing

[1:07:11] Voice 3: else i think we can take that in general direction mr chair uh or uh just an earlier resolution

[1:07:24] Voice 3: I know some LTCs post follow-up action lists are on WebDAB and then trustees can make their

[1:07:37] Voice 3: own sort of compilation documents and find that helpful and those LTCs that do that.

[1:07:44] Voice 3: Alright, so is there anything further on the follow-up action list today?

[1:07:50] Voice 3: Not seeing any, we'll move on.

[1:07:52] Voice 3: we have a housing agreement bylaw number 447 uh starting on page 18. we have a staff report

[1:08:00] Voice 3: and so we'll turn it uh back over to was it's uh coming from the planner bucket today uh

[1:08:08] the money bucket is

[1:08:09] Voice 3: uh away unfortunately today so i have the joy of covering uh

[1:08:22] Voice 3: The decision will be familiar to you all.

[1:08:32] Voice 3: We did a similar, we did one part of this in November upon the key part of it.

[1:08:41] So back in November, LDC received a report from Leonard Pitino

[1:08:46] indicating the request to discharge the covenant on the title describing the house.

[1:08:55] That Covenant does not in itself, the file, of course, is

[1:09:01] a piece of paper that

[1:09:03] Voice 3: in a box somewhere. So Stan is not being appealed. So

[1:09:11] following this process,

[1:09:20] Voice 2: we need to create

[1:09:24] Voice 3: a draft appeal bylaws in order to appeal bylaws

[1:09:30] Voice 3: This is that just pretty much is that the follow up on the decision for a debate section

[1:09:36] paperwork,

[1:09:37] Voice 3: but it is decision that LTC needs.

[1:09:41] Voice 3: Thank you.

[1:09:42] Voice 3: Any questions on this item?

[1:09:45] Voice 3: So this is going to allow what the initial intention was prior to the LTC.

[1:09:52] So at this point, if I'm understanding it correctly, the request comes at the come to

[1:09:59] the request of a potential purchaser as a desire to essentially the zoning right now is for

[1:10:05] affordable housing the condition being that you have an affordable housing bylaw like this

[1:10:13] in place and you can develop 10 units on the property or under that a housing agreement

[1:10:20] otherwise it allows for a single family dwelling nothing about that changes however the structure

[1:10:28] And this is kind of dependent kind of age like milk because

[1:10:32] Voice 3: they don't typically respond

[1:10:35] Voice 3: to funding and reasons of the day essentially they're looking for that that 10 year mix

[1:10:41] Voice 3: of the day, quite often, so this this other agreement simply isn't functional or the marketing

[1:10:47] Voice 3: of it or other would be affordable housing developers, but discharge this so that it

[1:10:53] can be transferred and uh if somebody wanted to purchase it in the market or just a single family

[1:10:58] home that's possible uh if somebody wants to develop affordable housing on it um we go back

[1:11:04] to

[1:11:05] Voice 3: the we go back into that housing process to helping what the important is and adopting the

[1:11:12] Voice 3: bylaw right so my recollection is that we discharged the covenant but we failed to

[1:11:18] Voice 3: discharge the the housing agreement yeah right right okay i moved at the salzburg local trust

[1:11:27] Voice 3: committee direct staff draft file to repeal helen 7 2010 which auspices the housing agreement

[1:11:34] Voice 3: property by location zero five eight five four six nine eight so moved seconded by trustee patrick

[1:11:46] Voice 3: i know when we met with um uh band city and the representatives at the time that they

[1:11:55] Voice 3: we are taking a risk by by doing this because while the zoning is in place it does allow

[1:12:04] Voice 3: for a family home to be um they they said they were not marketing property that way they were

[1:12:14] Voice 3: marketing as a portable housing project so i'm still hopeful that

[1:12:19] Voice 3: is the method in which they're

[1:12:21] Voice 3: marketing it i know a number of portable housing groups have tried to pursue purchasing the

[1:12:28] Voice 3: property and there's a lot of challenges so uh i think the risk still remains that this could end

[1:12:36] Voice 3: that the single family property but um that's the reality of the market you know the property but

[1:12:45] Voice 3: now i guess i would just say um so this because somebody has come to me recently about um i wonder

[1:12:56] Voice 3: if this is disconnected some asking what they're putting in there if this is going to make it

[1:13:08] Voice 3: easier it wouldn't say it makes it easier or harder but it does clean up the title and that

[1:13:20] Voice 3: provides a lot of assurance um in terms of ability to understand what the building is and um as i

[1:13:27] mentioned the housing doesn't stand for simply one day so it's sort of a bit that way um a new

[1:13:35] housing would be required so

[1:13:38] Voice 3: that's still you know that works still required in the future

[1:13:40] Voice 3: something you want to develop regardless of whether it looks like it's on there or not

[1:13:44] um it can still be developed as a single family home

[1:13:49] Voice 3: so choose to just go out of the house here

[1:13:52] Voice 3: that's you know no matter what you decide um you know either they they discharge it or amend it

[1:14:01] Voice 3: later um and or they'd be bad okay anything further on this motion uh not seeing any i'll

[1:14:14] Voice 3: call the question all those in favor and motion carries okay no community information meeting

[1:14:22] Voice 3: today in a public hearing uh for both bylaw 536 is cancelled and the application has been withdrawn

[1:14:31] Voice 3: drawn by the applicant which also goes uh for item 13.1 so that brings us to item 13.2

[1:14:42] um period's permit that's starting on page 121. yes

[1:14:51] the applications we do have advertised not occurring until

[1:14:56] we didn't know if the applicant

[1:14:58] Voice 3: had intended to be here today for this um for this application

[1:15:04] Voice 3: for this one or for the previous one uh no he's not so that's all i actually see applications

[1:15:20] Voice 3: uh starting at 10 45 on this agenda package well oh but you know what this is this is the revised

[1:15:44] We are likely to be adjourned after the in-campus session, today I would say so, yeah?

[1:15:50] That's fine.

[1:15:52] Sorry,

[1:15:53] Voice 3: my agenda was the original version, so.

[1:15:56] Okay.

[1:15:57] So we do have a staff report starting on page 121, and over to Leonard Belcher.

[1:16:05] Voice 3: Yes, this is a new development variance permit application for a variance to the natural boundary setback for the construction of a new sewage disposal field.

[1:16:16] Voice 3: Subsection 4 requires that no sewage disposal field may be located within 30 meters of the natural boundary of the sea.

[1:16:28] Voice 3: And the applicant is proposing to vary the 30 meter setback to allow the sewage disposal field within 10 meters.

[1:16:34] Voice 3: The proposed property is located at 248 Welbury Drive, and it's an undeveloped rural zone lot with an area of 0.19 hectares or 0.48 acres.

[1:16:51] Voice 3: The plan to develop the lot and construct a single-family dwelling will require that a switch is constructed prior to getting the building permit.

[1:17:04] Voice 3: it the reason it was located it's proposed to be located where it is is there's an existing well

[1:17:12] Voice 3: that's located in the north corner of the lot and due to the lot size the 30 meter setback required

[1:17:18] Voice 3: by the sewerage system regulation for well heads makes the siting of the sewage disposal field

[1:17:27] Voice 3: difficult within the plot size the requested variance would keep the sewage disposal field

[1:17:33] Voice 3: field in compliance with the sewage system regulation.

[1:17:36] Voice 3: The shoreline development permit area

[1:17:39] Voice 3: covers part of the area where the proposed sewage disposal

[1:17:42] Voice 3: field would be, which is a 10-meter buffer

[1:17:44] Voice 3: from the natural boundary.

[1:17:46] Voice 3: And if you see on the site plan, they show where the DPA is.

[1:17:51] Voice 3: And it actually shows up differently

[1:17:53] Voice 3: than where the survey shows the 10-meter.

[1:17:55] Voice 3: The reason is that the survey was completed in 2022

[1:17:59] Voice 3: and just had a different natural boundary

[1:18:01] Voice 3: than the original dpa would map it the applicant has confirmed that no tree removal

[1:18:08] Voice 3: field placement resulting in uh uh over nine meters squared of soil of exposed soil will occur

[1:18:19] Voice 3: and therefore the work would be exempt from the dp and any future works proposed in the development

[1:18:25] Voice 3: from an area would need to be reviewed to determine if the development is required

[1:18:30] Voice 3: The decision to bury the natural boundary setback was made following engineering and

[1:18:36] Voice 3: geotechnical assessments of the site, which determined that due to the sedimentary rock

[1:18:40] Voice 3: and aquifer in the area, sewage disposal fields would pose a risk to well contamination.

[1:18:49] There's an attached applicant letter which provides more details on the field's design

[1:18:53] Voice 3: and engineering report.

[1:18:55] Voice 3: The 30-meter setback greatly constrains the developable area on the property, given that

[1:19:05] Voice 3: staff considers that the rationale for the variance is reasonable, and it's recommended

[1:19:10] Voice 3: that the Salt Spring Highland Local Trust Committee approve issuance of the development

[1:19:15] Voice 3: application.

[1:19:16] Voice 3: It's

[1:19:22] Voice 2: unable to retain the property.

[1:19:29] Voice 3: Thank you.

[1:19:30] Voice 3: Trustees, any questions?

[1:19:31] Voice 3: Trustee Patrick?

[1:19:38] Voice 3: I do.

[1:19:39] Voice 3: I do. I know one of the last ones that we had considered or I recall considering was over in the Vesuvius area that we had a similar situation.

[1:19:49] Voice 3: And the professional report increased the septic design to whatever the higher, not a septic person, but the higher level of treatment was done to have it into the closer one.

[1:20:14] Voice 3: in this report i don't see it they talk about you know parts per millions and things that they

[1:20:20] Voice 3: tend to achieve right but it doesn't indicate that i don't know there's different sorry

[1:21:15] i

[1:21:15] Voice 2: know there's

[1:21:17] Voice 4: like there's different scales to the design um

[1:21:23] there so anyway i can't find the

[1:21:28] Voice 3: type of section yes it doesn't say have they been

[1:22:42] Voice 3: I know that when developing a septic field, those recommendations will need to follow

[1:22:56] Voice 3: and in regards to the size of the field and what you can take and absorb, and that will

[1:23:14] Voice 3: be i would be taking care of that star already i feel confident i you know i've read about the uh

[1:23:25] Voice 3: first nations archaeological branch reached out to them to be okay there um so to support the

[1:23:40] Voice 3: recommendation it's a pertinent to trustee patrick's uh questionnaire do you want to do

[1:23:54] Voice 3: I don't like that there's no reference to the type of system, but in the reporting that we have, all we have as

[1:24:03] Voice 3: a report is the answers to some additional questions that were made to staff. So we don't know what the design of the system is. That's all. I just noticed the different levels. And this one doesn't say which level it's being designed to. Is it the higher standard, the higher protection? That's my question.

[1:24:27] Voice 3: You know, I know every time you talk about these, I bring up, you know, I do need to revisit, and I don't think it's an option, I don't think it just belongs to Salt Spring, but I think as an organization, we should be revisiting placement of setback to the ocean for septic systems in general,

[1:24:54] Voice 3: in general and review of sea level rise and other issues that will be affecting our setbacks

[1:25:02] that we have existing as sea

[1:25:08] Voice 3: level rise occurs.

[1:25:09] Voice 3: There was a

[1:25:11] Voice 3: grant opportunity not too long back that would have been ideal for doing

[1:25:16] Voice 3: this work, especially in cooperation with First Nations who have raised the concern

[1:25:21] Voice 3: are protection of the shellfish beds and things out there so um we keep putting it off

[1:25:31] Voice 3: and i think

[1:25:31] Voice 3: it's going to be a time where that for us trust we've got to find out how do we do this how do

[1:25:36] Voice 3: we really update you our setbacks from the sea overall across all the islands um have the same

[1:25:44] Voice 3: issue science and understanding i think we're out of date yeah it occurs to me as i'm listening to

[1:25:58] Voice 3: talk there's there would be potential for uh sort of setting a standard when there's a

[1:26:06] variance requested setting a standard

[1:26:08] Voice 3: for as you say a different level of construction

[1:26:21] Voice 3: trustee harris um yes you know clearly there's a reason most of what certain percentables

[1:26:33] septic

[1:26:33] Voice 3: fields are really come a long way technology just 10 15 years ago so i know there

[1:26:50] Voice 3: that installers are held to a high there's two of the highest standards you know again i'd be

[1:27:12] Voice 3: approving this um this recommendation but it you know brings to you know so we're speaking

[1:27:18] Voice 3: well it's interesting to hear uh speak speak about first nations and shellfish

[1:27:25] Voice 3: and CERN and yeah we ought to be but we have this other glaring thing that's right in my face

[1:27:34] Voice 3: the boats that are in harbours all around not just Ganges harbour

[1:27:41] they'll make raw sewage buckets of it daily

[1:27:44] Voice 3: into the harbour so something like this clearly is

[1:27:48] Voice 3: not like that and this is actually a proper way to deal with that yeah I'm in agreement

[1:27:56] Voice 3: and some septic sort of we had to look at that and I think the first place to be looking is

[1:28:01] Voice 3: right in the harbor with the boats that are but I also understand that we don't the jurisdiction

[1:28:10] Voice 3: we're in a flux time at this point because our first nations are subject I need to be yeah

[1:28:19] Voice 3: it's a reality that there's sometimes coming down coming down the way from the province

[1:28:28] Voice 3: controlled by the seabed. So yeah, this seems fairly simple to me, this one. I'm very keen

[1:28:45] Voice 3: to make headway with raw sewage being dumped in the harbors, in the waters, in the shellfish

[1:28:54] Voice 3: grounds for those issues. Can I add something? So Mr. Chair, with the report, it's not explicitly

[1:29:08] Voice 3: So the person who prepared that letter may be able to advise you whether or not a change

[1:29:27] in the system type would actually change the setback,

[1:29:30] Voice 3: would eliminate the adverse setback

[1:29:32] Voice 3: or in any way.

[1:29:34] Voice 3: I can't say I'm a coach of a wastewater expert in any way, but I, you know, but it's suffice

[1:29:41] to say that it is sort of a basic you know um to a modern standard a type one system um which is

[1:29:49] Voice 3: kind of your your simple your basic system and then a more complex very obligating um

[1:30:00] Voice 3: decision today um you i mean you can defer consideration selfies possibly but um you know

[1:30:08] or you can

[1:30:09] Voice 3: possibly try to get the

[1:30:12] Voice 1: the

[1:30:14] Voice 3: output um try to get the questions you have

[1:30:21] Voice 3: um around the technical nature um the reality if i could just comment on the requirement for this um

[1:30:33] Voice 3: Mr. Belcher has indicated that as far as development permitting is required, this doesn't fall into that category.

[1:30:42] Voice 3: So this variance is not intended from a policy perspective to be an environment protection variance in that sense,

[1:30:50] Voice 3: not proposing to uphold environmental safety or purpose of protection that would be in our development permitting.

[1:30:58] Mr. Belcher indicated in that area.

[1:31:04] Voice 3: So, so it's in any case, we don't have the ability to acquire all the information variants.

[1:31:17] So,

[1:31:18] Voice 3: so there's, it's a question of, you know, how much do you want to consider this and

[1:31:25] Voice 3: if you have the ability to build a higher quality system and not require those variants,

[1:31:32] Voice 3: your position about this, to some extent, has an impact on that outcome.

[1:31:36] Voice 3: I can't really advise a movement like that on a situation like that.

[1:31:44] Voice 3: Go ahead.

[1:31:44] Voice 3: Thank you.

[1:31:45] Voice 3: Trustee Kerr?

[1:31:47] Voice 3: Yeah, you know, I really don't want to waste more staff time or use it up.

[1:31:51] Voice 3: There's some pretty easy things to see here.

[1:31:55] Voice 3: They're trying to protect ground water, right, and keeping it away from the well.

[1:32:00] Voice 3: That's something that we're all concerned about, I keep hearing, you know what it is.

[1:32:07] Voice 3: again septic fields and installers are held to a standard it's not some standard type of

[1:32:16] Voice 3: field being put in and they're also you know depending on the home and size there's more

[1:32:23] Voice 3: standards and regulations they need to meet there so and that but that isn't something that we

[1:32:27] Voice 3: control but it is it's there you know you hear it all the time septic serious business and it's done

[1:32:35] Voice 3: right now so i'm prepared to make a motion moved at the salt spring island local trust committee

[1:32:47] Voice 3: improvements of dbp application pld bp two zero two four zero zero three zero the secondary

[1:32:58] Voice 3: seconded uh further discussion yeah it's not that i'm questioning this particular one i think

[1:33:07] Voice 3: it's we've seen this time and time again we set where someone said a 30-year setback at some point

[1:33:14] Voice 3: for a reason um and we approve them every time they come in so uh either we need to revisit

[1:33:26] Voice 3: and i think it needs to be done broader not just us i think there is an island's trust

[1:33:31] issue of setback to the sea and with

[1:33:37] Voice 3: climate change and sea level rise I think it's something

[1:33:40] Voice 3: we should revisit and say you know did we did we act appropriately it's 30 meters still right

[1:33:47] Voice 3: maybe it's bigger now I don't

[1:33:49] Voice 3: know maybe with the latest and greatest new systems and designs but

[1:33:54] Voice 3: I don't know that's all I'm saying so I just think you know I'm not going to argue over this one

[1:34:02] Voice 3: one again, but it's overall we need to review our rules so that we've got clarity on when we're going to capture that, how we capture that.

[1:34:17] Voice 3: This is one of the most important things that we keep coming up against. We're not making progress on improving our decision making.

[1:34:26] Voice 3: me curious to me that perhaps they may to uh look at this from a violent trust wide perspective

[1:34:33] Voice 3: like planning committee but uh wouldn't uh presume to suggest what their priorities might be

[1:34:42] Voice 3: um and uh trustee harris yeah i don't know i'm just thinking of again this you know this is kind

[1:34:50] Voice 3: of um well speculation as far as this isn't about this i shouldn't be saying this but we're not

[1:34:58] Voice 3: this isn't about this application. It's about a conversation. The setbacks that are trying to

[1:35:04] Voice 3: deal with possible sea level rise. Well, the sea level has already risen on those boats. So

[1:35:09] Voice 3: there's boats in the water all over the coast here, Ganges Harbour, Burglane,

[1:35:16] Voice 3: other places in the area that are dumping raw sewage data. And instead of even talking about

[1:35:23] Voice 3: out was at this point you know we should do what the task at hand is you know we should hammer the

[1:35:30] nail

[1:35:30] Voice 3: in that's sticking out rather than talk about how we're going to have we're in the next day

[1:35:35] Voice 3: 10 nails after this one this one so i could be sorry okay anything further on the motion

[1:35:45] Voice 3: not seeing any i'll call the question all those in favor and looking curious next up we have the

[1:35:56] the major projects update I would like to take a short break before we get into that

[1:36:01] Voice 3: um five minutes

[1:36:07] Voice 3: ten minutes good okay come

[1:36:11] Voice 2: back at uh ready to go Mr Pringle yes okay thank you so we're back from

[1:36:39] break and we're on section 14.1 major projects update and ties in with consideration about

[1:36:49] special meeting dates. So over to staff. Mr. Chair, you've discussed the

[1:36:57] Voice 3: OCPB project as well

[1:37:00] Voice 3: fresh water the other portion of the region. We have no specific place and we expect that

[1:37:22] Voice 3: So given that, should we just go on to the new business section then?

[1:37:26] Voice 3: All right, so the first piece under new business is the housing accelerator.

[1:37:33] Voice 3: Turn that over to you, Justice Patrick.

[1:37:37] Voice 3: Yeah, I think we should have all seen the UBCM newsletter and update that the Federal

[1:37:46] Voice 3: federal government is opening again another round for the housing accelerator funding which is good

[1:37:53] Voice 3: news uh they did drop some hints in the program they're saying uh you know learn learn from the

[1:37:59] Voice 3: best practices of those that were successful in getting funding your resubmissions of your

[1:38:05] Voice 3: applications um i'm not encouraging your resubmission of our applications i think

[1:38:11] Voice 3: kitchen sink plus, but I think Bowen Island was successful in getting 1.5 million or thereabouts

[1:38:22] Voice 3: from the housing accelerators. I think there's something to learn from Bowen. What did they do?

[1:38:27] Voice 3: But there was also the Southern Boat Island application, which was designed to be more

[1:38:35] in line with the security. It was one, it was a joint application with the security

[1:38:43] Voice 3: and it was tied to the housing program that was here. I did reach out to Jostin Stark and said hey

[1:38:54] Voice 3: housing accelerator

[1:38:55] Voice 3: fund is open again is this an opportunity that perhaps the trust committee

[1:39:00] Voice 3: and the LCC

[1:39:01] Voice 2: could work

[1:39:03] Voice 3: together on and her advice

[1:39:06] Voice 3: was it'd be great to take the southern

[1:39:09] Voice 3: and south island submission we get for salt spring so um i have a motion i uh prepared i've sent it

[1:39:18] Voice 3: to lisa and those want me to make a motion uh that would be appreciated i move that salt spring

[1:39:27] Voice 3: island local trust committee requests staff to review best practices from the previous housing

[1:39:31] Voice 3: accelerator ground in particular review bowman islands and the southern oak island submissions

[1:39:37] Voice 3: and consider options for a joint CRD, LCC, and LTC submission by the September 13, 2024 deadline.

[1:39:47] Voice 3: So moved. Seconder?

[1:39:49] Voice 3: I'll second.

[1:39:51] Second. Excellent.

[1:39:53] Seconded. Further discussion?

[1:39:55] I think

[1:39:56] Voice 3: I generally spoke about it.

[1:39:58] Voice 3: I'd love to.

[1:39:59] Voice 3: yeah you know it all sounds great we're talking more staff time and housing accelerator and all

[1:40:06] Voice 3: these buzzwords and things that you know it just doesn't seem like anything's happening

[1:40:11] Voice 3: we need density we need zoning here that's what we need to do it's the purview of a power we

[1:40:19] Voice 3: completely have could have done so much by this point and um and this is great let's do some more

[1:40:25] Voice 3: so you know we're talking two years now we're all losing some money to talk about it some more so

[1:40:29] Voice 3: So, you know, I won't be, you know, just sort of, you know, my beliefs and where I'm coming

[1:40:38] Voice 3: from, I won't be in favor of the motion.

[1:40:41] Voice 3: I feel we could be doing things now and we could be utilizing staff time.

[1:40:45] Voice 3: We are in a crisis and in my opinion, we ought to be looking at it at a technical level.

[1:40:54] Voice 3: So, yeah, absolutely.

[1:40:55] Voice 3: Thank you.

[1:40:56] Voice 3: Great.

[1:40:57] Voice 3: Well, I'm going to speak in favor of the motion.

[1:40:59] Voice 3: i think that uh the notion of having a joint application um using less than third from last

[1:41:09] time is a good idea and uh certainly when we look at the amount of uh funding that for example bone

[1:41:17] uh just patrick uh received that could go a long way towards um some of the issues i know there's

[1:41:25] some projects

[1:41:25] Voice 3: here and uh funding is a major uh major stumbling block at this point so back for

[1:41:34] Voice 3: now just about the southern gulf islands the submission they had was working with the crd

[1:41:41] Voice 3: and the housing to provide forty thousand dollar uh supplements to people who wanted to build

[1:41:47] Voice 3: uh suites and the other accessory weather units so um this could potentially provide significant

[1:41:55] Voice 1: and

[1:41:55] Voice 3: money to people who provide this type of mental health services if it was successful.

[1:42:01] Voice 3: If it was successful, yes. Trustee Harris?

[1:42:04] Voice 3: Yeah, and please don't get me wrong. Yes, I would. I love that idea. But my point that I'm just

[1:42:09] Voice 3: making is that there's things we could already have done and things we ought to be doing. And

[1:42:15] Voice 3: of course, funding. Great. I hope it happens. But again, I just I won't be in favor of it because

[1:42:26] Voice 3: we stand so i see him now it's had such a negative effect and i continue a negative

[1:42:37] Voice 3: all right i need further discussion on the motion i'm not seeing it i'll call the question all those

[1:42:48] Voice 3: in favor any votes and motion carries so the next item under new business is uh stay up meeting

[1:43:00] Voice 3: travel expenses discussion with senior staff request to bring this to this

[1:43:09] Voice 3: meeting so I will make the motion so I know that salt spring on the local trust

[1:43:21] Voice 3: committee approved travel expenses for trustees for the co2 meeting seconded

[1:43:37] Voice 3: discussion as i'm not sure i'm picking up on this this is just this is something you've already had

[1:43:42] Voice 3: yeah it's actually well it would be all three of us right so be your i don't apply for it i don't

[1:43:49] Voice 3: i've never not to say better or worse than i've never once submitted any expense from

[1:43:58] Voice 3: applications or forms that that actually means that i won't be looking for any

[1:44:06] Voice 3: a remuneration so i remember something well that's that's certainly why wouldn't it already

[1:44:11] Voice 3: certainly certainly your option um uh i just had a request from staff to to bring a motion to

[1:44:19] Voice 3: to the local trust but you can't do it already on the web well no i mean i can do it it's just that

[1:44:25] when we when you

[1:44:27] Voice 3: when you submit a uh expense claim to um the finance staff they like to know

[1:44:35] Voice 3: was this did the did the lc ltc make a motion like because you remember the ones we did for

[1:44:44] Voice 3: the crd workshop and such in the past where we improved the expense my travel expense right

[1:44:50] Voice 3: finance what likes to see a resolution and that's it's essentially uh you know checking the box for

[1:44:59] Voice 3: finances i guess but your choice of whether you want to submit or not has been turned out

[1:45:05] Voice 3: yeah anyway so staff staff advice is that they'd like to see a resolution

[1:45:19] Voice 3: um and uh so that's why that's why i bring this today because i had heard that from staff

[1:45:25] Voice 3: obviously it's up to trustees whether or not we want to submit those expenses obviously it's not

[1:45:32] Voice 3: as much i'm just trying to point it out because my understanding is the even that's applying for it

[1:45:37] Voice 3: i don't know yeah so it's

[1:45:41] Voice 2: just going to do what you said

[1:45:42] Voice 3: yes yeah this is

[1:45:45] Voice 3: essentially to make

[1:45:45] Voice 3: finance staff um satisfied that they're checking the correct boxes yeah

[1:45:50] Voice 2: um so anything further

[1:45:55] Thank you. I'll call the question then. All those in favor?

[1:45:59] Voice 3: The motion carries.

[1:46:01] Voice 3: Trustee

[1:46:01] Voice 4: Peterson? Yes.

[1:46:03] Voice 4: Could you clarify which meeting in June that was, please?

[1:46:07] Voice 3: That was the meeting with the CAO chief. That was June 25th.

[1:46:14] Voice 4: Thank you.

[1:46:16] Voice 3: Okay.

[1:46:18] Voice 3: Okay, so special meeting dates.

[1:46:24] Voice 3: Staff, do you want to start on this, or should we have a discussion?

[1:46:29] Voice 3: We have potentially set aside some dates and of course the LCC still requires some information

[1:46:37] Voice 3: from their end for scheduling the LCC part, but the other part is the Trust Commission.

[1:46:43] Voice 3: Yeah, so graciously and sincerely, there's offers to organize this meeting, but because

[1:46:48] Voice 3: it breaks up the core of the LCC, you need to pass a resolution indicating the date and

[1:46:57] Voice 3: time uh at which you will need to go ahead and schedule that uh publish notice please um so

[1:47:06] Voice 3: and my understanding is you know my perception of the situation is that we kind of have two ideal

[1:47:11] Voice 3: dates um there are other dates for uh a separate special ltc video well um but that kind of is up

[1:47:21] to you all to kind of decide your scheduling um i think our we have some idea of what would be

[1:47:28] workable dates for that um but essentially the first priority is probably to figure

[1:47:34] Voice 3: out the crd

[1:47:34] Voice 3: date um then the crd uh after that resolution um publish notice work with crd to schedule that one

[1:47:51] Voice 3: Okay, and I am in conversation with Chair Rook about that and we heard earlier, of course there's some staff on vacation, so we're not going to be able to resolve that today, but there's no particular reason we can't do that by resolution without meeting, in my view.

[1:48:12] So we can leave that for now.

[1:48:16] Voice 3: I think sooner we can schedule that meeting when staff are prepared to talk to us about

[1:48:23] Voice 3: that.

[1:48:23] Voice 3: This is the timing for that meeting, so getting that out as soon as possible, every day, is

[1:48:33] Voice 3: going to make a difference.

[1:48:36] Voice 3: Yeah.

[1:48:37] Voice 3: And so staff had indicated a couple of potential dates earlier, I'm wondering if there are

[1:48:47] are other potential dates that may be prior to the

[1:48:52] Voice 3: 15th so is there anything on the calendar

[1:48:54] Voice 3: that's suitable and that will be an electronic meeting and there would be yeah that'd be a

[1:49:06] Voice 3: for the for the ltc not for the joint meeting yeah yeah

[1:49:14] Voice 3: um i'm i'm flexible on the timing

[1:49:20] Voice 3: during business hours probably preferable but uh yeah looking at the staff and committee

[1:49:30] Voice 3: calendar um it seemed like tuesdays have been reasonably successful for us in the past as a

[1:49:38] Voice 3: group um i think we've had more special meetings on tuesdays and online as well

[1:49:48] Voice 3: well. I would still think the earliest should be like the week of July 30th. We are still preparing

[1:49:58] a report and we

[1:49:59] Voice 3: want to make sure the quality brought up for you. That's kind of the indication

[1:50:07] Voice 3: that it really is probably sometime in the week of July 30th. I'm seeing Tuesday or Wednesday

[1:50:21] Voice 3: a 30th of the 31st,

[1:50:24] Voice 3: certainly options.

[1:50:27] Voice 3: Both of those dates are

[1:50:28] Voice 3: good on my calendar.

[1:50:35] Thursday, March 30th.

[1:50:37] Voice 3: 30th of the 31st.

[1:50:39] Voice 3: It's Tuesday or Wednesday

[1:50:40] of July.

[1:50:46] Voice 3: Be an electronic meeting,

[1:50:47] Voice 3: I assume, somewhere in that two-hour range.

[1:50:49] Voice 3: Yeah, I'm just conscious of our

[1:50:51] Voice 3: people, conscious of our

[1:50:53] Voice 3: availability of minute figures.

[1:50:54] Voice 3: I would actually suggest

[1:50:55] Voice 3: afternoon of the 31st.

[1:50:57] Voice 3: afternoon at the 31st there's no other committee meetings at that time okay should be able to find

[1:51:04] Voice 3: them i'm going to suggest uh do we want to leave it open as the afternoon or i'm going to hone in

[1:51:12] Voice 3: on something tighter than that 1 30 work for you 1 30 wednesday the 31st sounds good to me

[1:51:21] Voice 3: i would like a motion to that effect i move that the salt spring island local trust committee

[1:51:28] Voice 3: schedule a special meeting or Wednesday July 31st at 1 30 pm electronic uh moved uh seconded by

[1:51:44] Voice 3: trustee Patrick um any further discussion not seeing any I'll call the question all those in

[1:51:51] Voice 3: favor and motion carries thank you for that uh right then that moves us on to the report section

[1:52:01] Voice 3: We have the policies and standing resolutions listed at page 142, 151, active projects on

[1:52:17] Voice 3: 154, expense report on 158, and trust conservancy board report on 159, and with that, that brings

[1:52:40] Voice 3: this is up to our uh closed meeting we do have a motion before us to close the meetings

[1:52:51] Voice 3: all right

[1:52:59] Voice 3: the ocp project all right so i move that the salt spring island local trust committee closed

[1:53:10] Voice 3: this meeting public subject community card charter section 91 a part of council meeting

[1:53:16] may be closed to public subject matter being considered relates to or is one or more of the

[1:53:22] following f law enforcement council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected

[1:53:28] Voice 3: to harm the conduct of an investigation under or enforcement of an enactment and that staff

[1:53:34] Voice 3: be invited to remain seconded by trustee patrick uh any discussion all the questions all those in

[1:53:45] Voice 3: favor carries and take a moment to close the meeting you can take us to the end of the agenda

[1:53:59] Voice 3: package with those two notes okay so we are returning from the closed meeting um add the

[1:54:09] Voice 3: citation uh for the motion to close um to include the acquisition disposition or expropriation of

[1:54:18] Voice 3: land or improvements and crd director holman would like us to correct his statement about the court

[1:54:27] Voice 3: case uh he wants to be clear that the crd is taking the property owners to fork over noise

[1:54:34] Voice 3: complaints and he apologizes for the horror of the error um so uh and that the next regular meeting

[1:54:48] Voice 3: of the salt spring island local trust committee is scheduled for 9 30 a.m september 12th

[1:54:55] right here at the legion maiden hall and with that i will call for adjournment thank you much

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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date:  
Location:  
July 11, 2024 
Meaden Hall 
 120 Blain Road 
 Salt Spring Island, BC 
 
Members Present: Timothy Peterson, Chair 
 Jamie Harris, Trustee 
Laura Patrick, Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Chris Hutton, Regional Planning Manager 
 Bruce Belcher, Planner 1 
 Warren Dingman, Bylaw Compliance & Enforcement Manager (electronic) 
 Rob Pingle, Legislative Clerk 
 Lisa Millard, Recorder (electronic) 
  
Others Present: There were 10 members of the public in attendance. 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
“Please note, the order of agenda items may be modified during the meeting. Times are provided 
for convenience only and are subject to change.” 
Chair Peterson called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. He acknowledged that the meeting was 
held on the territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 The following additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 Item 15.1  Housing Accelerator Project 
 Item 15.2  Travel Expenses 
 Item 15.3  Upcoming Meeting Dates 
By general consent, the agenda was adopted as amended. 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
A member of the public commented on the 248 Welbury Drive application for a setback 
variance. The speaker indicated that the Local Trust Committee can not consider the 
environmental impact without additional information including why the usual setback does not 
apply, analysis of potential other locations for the sewage system, and consideration of a 
treatment plan. 
A member of the public read a statement urging Trustees to protect all land that is zoned for 
agriculture and not just land in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). They spoke to agricultural 

 
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land being vital to food security, local economy, tourism, and cultural heritage, that the Capital 
Regional District’s actions to redefine agricultural areas to only include ALR land threatens the 
integrity of the Local Trust Committee’s zoning decisions, and that the Local Trust Committee 
needs to protect farmers on Salt Spring Island. 
4. DELEGATIONS – None 
5. TRUSTEE REPORTS 
 Trustee Patrick reported the following: 
 Thanked local residents who met with Trustees attending Trust Council and offering to 
provide Trustees a tour of housing on the island; 
 Thanked organizations and individuals that provided input on the indicators for the 
Community Assessment Project; 
 Thanked Chief Pelkey and staff of the Tsawout First Nation for meeting with the Local Trust 
Committee; 
 Noted the first joint Local Community Commission / Local Trust Committee meeting 
occurred; 
 Attended Species at Risk Webinar; 
 Provided update on Governance Committee and CAO Hiring Committee work; 
 Participated in the Committee of the Whole discussion on the draft Islands Trust Policy 
Statement; and 
 Met with Earl Rook from the Local Community Commission as part of a monthly meeting. 
 Trustee Harris reported the following: 
 Attended Trust Council and noted consensus to prioritize drafting a letter to the Province 
regarding Islands Trust mandate and structure; and 
 Met with local First Nations leaders and staff.   
6. CHAIR’S REPORT 
 Chair Peterson reported the following: 
 Attended Trust Council and highlighted Islands Trust 50
th
 Anniversary, MLA Adam Olsen’s 
address on inclusive  governance, and a presentation on wrecked, abandoned and 
hazardous vessels; 
 Met with MP Elizabeth May to discuss establishing regulations for private mooring buoys; 
and 
 Noted the retirement of Islands Trust CAO Russ Hotsenpiller and appointment of Julia 
Mobbs as Interim CAO while the hiring process continues. 
7.  CRD DIRECTOR’S REPORT 
Local Community Commission (LCC) Chair Earl Rook reported the following: 
 Working on strategic planning and a five year capital plan; 
 Organizing a joint meeting between the LCC, the Capital Regional District (CRD), and the 
Local Trust Committee and hopes to discuss issues such as housing, water, and village 
planning; and 
 Thanked Islands Trust for including the LCC in the Complete Communities Assessment 
workshop. 
 

 
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Capital Regional District Director Gary Holman reported the following: 
 Noise Nuisance Bylaw does not redefine land use; 
 Decision in the rooster court case will not be made until later in the summer and he can not 
make public comments at this time; 
 The CRD is not taking the property owner to court over the noise bylaw complaint but the 
other way around; 
It was noted at the end of the meeting that CRD Director Holman corrected his 
statement about the court case and wanted to make it clear that the CRD is taking the 
property owners to court about noise complaints, and he apologized for the error; 
 CRD Security Staff and the RCMP have responded to Trustee Harris’ request to follow up on 
concerns about activities in Centennial Park; 
 CRD Staff will be preparing a report to the Environmental Services Committee in follow up 
to the May workshop about derelict vessels in the harbour; 
 The Ganges Sewer Committee has recommended that the Sea Breeze Inn property be 
included in the Ganges Sewer Service and noted the property is being redeveloped for 17 
units of housing for health workers; 
 NGO is working on developing a rooming house and the proponent will be looking a building 
code and bylaw implications; 
 Library is a now a designated cooling center; and 
 Working group being established that will be applying to the Ministry to develop a primary 
health care center. 
8. PREVIOUS MEETINGS 
 8.1  Draft Minutes of the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee 
  8.1.1 Draft Minutes of the June 6, 2024 SSI LTC Regular Meeting 
By general consent the Local Trust Committee meeting minutes of June 6, 2024 
were adopted. 
8.1.2 Draft Minutes of the June 17, 2024 SSI LTC Special Meeting 
The following amendments to the minutes were presented for consideration: 
 Item 4 Protocol Agreement add notation that Capital Regional District staff 
offered to work together with Islands Trust staff to review Protocol 
Agreement language. 
 
By general consent, the minutes were adopted as amended. 
 
8.2 Resolutions Without meeting Report – None 
8.3 Draft Minutes of the Advisory Planning Commissions – None 
8.4 Local Trust Committee Public Hearing Record – None 
Trustee Harris left the meeting at 10:05 and returned at 10:08 
  

 
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9. CORRESPONDENCE 
9.1  D. Saffel to LTC w/ Trustee Harris reply - Dated 31 May 2024 – Regarding Agriculture 
Discussion ensued and the following was noted: 
 Conflicting information is being received from the Capital Regional District Staff and 
residents of the community; 
 Concern about implications of a noise bylaw court action on agriculture; and 
 Staff can provide factual information about the court case but not analysis or 
opinion. 
SS-2024-065 
It was MOVED and SECONDED 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee request Staff to provide reporting on 
Capital Regional District enforcement on agricultural issues and implications for island 
agriculture including potential conflicts between Local Trust Committee and Capital 
Regional District bylaws. 
CARRIED 
SS-2024-066 
It was MOVED and SECONDED 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee request Staff to provide a short 
briefing on current legal action between the Capital Regional District and a local resident 
regarding roosters.  
CARRIED 
9.2  A. Walter to LTC - Dated 1 June 2024 - Regarding Notification of Cannabis Licensing 
Received for Information. 
9.3 B Milne to LTC – Dated 7 June 2024 – Regarding Agriculture 
 
 Received for information. 
 
10. BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES 
 10.1 Follow-Up Action List – Report dated July 2024 
  The following updates and comments were provided: 
 The Local Trust Committee and Staff met with Tsawout First Nation staff at the end 
of June and are awaiting comment back from their Land Referral Manager on Bylaw 
No. 557; 
 Ministerial letter has been drafted and will be available for Chair Peterson’s review 
soon; and 
 Staff will look at providing Trustees with the entire Follow Up Action List for 
Trustee’s information. 
 10.2 Housing Agreement Bylaw No. 447 – Staff Report 
RPM Hutton summarized the Staff Report. 

 
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Discussion ensued and it was clarified that the covenant on the property was previously 
discharged but the housing agreement attached to it was not discharged. The property 
is being marketed as an affordable housing project and if sold as such it would require a 
new housing agreement. 
SS-2024-067 
It was MOVED and SECONDED 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee direct Staff to prepare a draft bylaw to 
repeal Housing Agreement Bylaw No. 447, 2010, which authorizes a housing agreement 
the property at 584 Rainbow Road (PID: 015-854-698). 
 CARRIED 
11. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING – None 
12. PUBLIC HEARING – Cancelled 
12.1 Proposed Bylaw No. 536 - SS-RZ-2022.1 - 1172 Musgrave Road 
Withdrawn by applicant. 
13.  APPLICATIONS AND REFERRALS  
13.1  SS-RZ-2022.1 - M. Gelb - 1172 Musgrave Road 
Withdrawn by applicant. 
13.2  PLDVP20240030 - B. Fossen - 248 Welbury Drive - Staff Report 
The Planner summarized the Staff Report and highlighted the following: 
 Siting variance is proposed based on location of existing well and lot size; 
 Regulations for well heads result in the siting of the sewage disposal field difficult 
within the lot size; 
 Requested variance would keep the sewage disposal field in compliance with septic 
system regulations; and 
 Engineering and geotechnical assessments determined that due to the sedimentary 
rock and aquifer location the sewage disposal field would pose a risk to well 
contamination if placed within the setback area. 
 
Discussion ensued and Trustees noted the following: 
 There isn’t a reference to the septic design system or if it has been designed to a 
higher standard; and 
 The variance protects ground water and septic system installers are held to a high 
standard. 
 
SS-2024-068 
It was MOVED and SECONDED 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee approve issuance of Development 
Variance Permit application PLDVP20240030  
 
 CARRIED 
The meeting recessed for a break at 11:07 a.m. and reconvened at 11:20 a.m. 

 
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14.  LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE PROJECTS 
14.1  Major Projects Update 
To be considered at a special meeting in August. 
15.  NEW BUSINESS 
 15.1 Housing Accelerator Project 
Trustee Patrick stated that Housing Accelerator funding is coming available again and 
that Bowen Island and the Southern Gulf Islands previously had successful submissions. 
SS-2024-069 
It was MOVED and SECONDED 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee request staff to review best practices 
from the previous Housing Accelerator round, in particular review Bowen Island’s and 
Southern Gulf Island’s submissions and consider options for a joint Capital Regional 
District / Local Community Commission and Local Trust Committee submission by the 
September 13, 2024 deadline.  
CARRIED 
15.2 Travel Expenses 
Chair Peterson stated that senior staff requested he bring the topic of travel expense 
approval to the meeting so that the finance department has a resolution to look to 
regarding the expenses. 
SS-2024-070 
It was MOVED and SECONDED 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee approve travel expenses for Trustees 
for the Tsawout First Nation staff to staff meeting held June 25, 2024. 
CARRIED 
 15.3 Upcoming Meeting Dates 
It was noted that a Local Trust Committee Special Meeting needs to be scheduled and 
potential dates were examined. 
SS-2024-071 
It was MOVED and SECONDED 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee schedule a Special Electronic Meeting 
for Wednesday July 31, 2024. 
CARRIED 
16.  REPORTS 
16.1  Policy and Standing Resolutions List  
Received for Information. 
  

 
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16.2  Future Projects Report - Report dated July 2024 
Received for information. 
16.3  Active Projects List - Report dated July 2024 
Received for information. 
16.4  Applications with Status Report - None 
16.5  Expense Report - Report dated May 2024 
 Received for information. 
16.6  Islands Trust Conservancy Board Report - Report dated May 2024 
  Received for information. 
17. CLOSED MEETING 
17.1  Motion to Close the Meeting 
SS-2024-072 
It was MOVED and SECONDED 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee close this meeting to the public subject 
to Community Charter Section 90 
(1) A part of a council meeting may be closed to the public if the subject matter 
being considered relates to or is one or more of the following: 
(f)  law enforcement, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be 
expected to harm the conduct of an investigation under or enforcement of an 
enactment; 
and that staff be invited to remain. 
CARRIED 
 
The meeting was recessed at 11:36 a.m. and reconvened at 12:40 p.m. 
17.2  Rise and Report 
Chair Peterson reported that the Office Relocation item requires public notification and 
that the motion to close the meeting also address Community Charter Section 90 (1) (e)  
the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council 
considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the 
municipality. 
18.  UPCOMING MEETINGS 
The next regular meeting of the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee is scheduled for  
9:30 a.m. on September 12, 2024 at the Legion Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island. 
19.  ADJOURNMENT 
By general consent the meeting was adjourned at 12:41 p.m. 
 

 
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_________________________ 
Timothy Peterson, Chair 
Certified Correct: 
 
 
_________________________ 
Lisa Millard, Recorder