Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, June 5, 2025

[0:00:00] Voice 11: to order. Let everyone know we're live streaming the meeting and a recording will be posted

[0:00:08] Voice 11: on the Islands Trust website. I

[0:00:12] Voice 13: want to begin by acknowledging that we're fortunate to be

[0:00:16] Voice 13: able to gather here in the territory of many Coast Salish peoples, the stewards of these

[0:00:20] Voice 13: lands and waters since time immemorial. Land and territory acknowledgements are important

[0:00:26] Voice 13: today because colonialism is not just a historical problem, it's ongoing in present day.

[0:00:32] Voice 13: and uh also acknowledge that it's indigenous history month and i think it's important that

[0:00:40] Voice 13: we all strive to do better

[0:00:42] Voice 11: building

[0:00:43] Voice 13: meaningful relationships

[0:00:44] Voice 11: with individuals and indigenous

[0:00:46] Voice 13: governing bodies to listen carefully and to be good neighbors my name is uh peterson i'm elected

[0:00:54] Voice 13: on musketeer island and i'm the chair of this local trust committee joining me today our local

[0:00:59] Voice 13: trustees jamie harris and laura patrick and together we're the salzburg island local trust

[0:01:05] Voice 13: committee also joining us today our staff regional planning manager chris hutton legislative clerk

[0:01:14] Voice 13: rob pingel is that still correct i'm mad at many hats okay i know

[0:01:19] Voice 13: you another hat is on its way or

[0:01:22] Voice 13: coming and uh also uh uh our meeting administrator

[0:01:26] Voice 11: lisa millard uh helping us online uh with the zoom

[0:01:31] Voice 11: and um and our minute taking so we have an agenda before us trustees let's see yes trustee patrick

[0:01:43] Voice 11: um i'd like to add as a late item uh the letter from north salt spring uh water district uh

[0:01:50] uh chair brian piper to

[0:01:53] Voice 11: the minister uh ravi kalin dated may 16th 25th late item okay so

[0:02:00] Voice 11: have that at 17.1 and i was going to suggest that we um we

[0:02:13] Voice 13: do have the uh chair of the

[0:02:15] Voice 13: honest rest conservancies will be joining us online and

[0:02:19] Voice 11: so i'd like to reorder that item to

[0:02:23] Voice 11: in after the chair's report if that's acceptable and yes i guess i think we can discuss it during

[0:02:31] Voice 11: the update on the project but uh collaboration working collaboratively with crd on the data set

[0:02:39] Voice 11: okay so we don't need a new item there okay so can i take it

[0:02:49] Voice 13: by general consent we will adopt the

[0:02:53] Voice 13: agenda as amended then and um so that takes us to a town hall of questions

[0:03:05] Voice 11: town hall is your opportunity to speak we want to hear your questions and comments

[0:03:10] Voice 11: and uh this morning

[0:03:17] Voice 13: uh when addressing the local trust committee we request the director of comments

[0:03:22] Voice 13: to the local trust committee not the other members the public or staff speak about the issues not

[0:03:28] Voice 13: on other individuals be clear concise and respectful and

[0:03:33] Voice 11: so i'll look for a show of

[0:03:34] Voice 11: hands to see if there are members of the public who wish to address the local trust committee

[0:03:38] Voice 11: this morning

[0:03:41] Voice 13: delegations next right uh sir in front yeah same thing okay same thing okay so

[0:03:49] Voice 13: we have no one for town hall this morning that's all right um so next

[0:03:53] Voice 11: is delegations and uh

[0:03:57] Voice 11: Uh, Mario Wellman, the co-chair of Salt Spring Solutions is first.

[0:04:04] Voice 13: Um, if you like it, we have a microphone on this camera here.

[0:04:10] Voice 13: So if you get a little bit

[0:04:11] Voice 10: closer to that, then

[0:04:12] Voice 13: folks listening online or to the recorder.

[0:04:17] Voice 13: So later.

[0:04:21] Voice 8: Morning.

[0:04:22] Voice 8: I'm here to give you an overview of the outcome of our community engagement project.

[0:04:28] Voice 8: and to speak a little bit about the methodology for engagement as well as you know we sent you

[0:04:35] Voice 8: our homes for islanders framework for housing solutions two years ago and after we had

[0:04:43] Voice 8: published that and then held a workshop that included trust crd water district staff

[0:04:51] Voice 8: we looked at each other and said what's left to do on this and the piece that we hadn't done yet

[0:04:57] Voice 8: was check our recommendations with the public to see if they agreed and whether it aligned with

[0:05:02] Voice 8: their values for salt spring as a community so that's what we started planning to do

[0:05:08] Voice 8: the report is our contribution to finding housing solutions that balance affordability

[0:05:13] Voice 8: social equity and environmental preservation through this engagement project we took we

[0:05:19] Voice 8: aim to double back and ensure that our recommendations reflect the lived experiences

[0:05:23] Voice 8: and needs of community members, particularly those who are often too busy to participate in

[0:05:28] Voice 8: or are marginalized when it comes to traditional governmental decision-making processes.

[0:05:34] Voice 8: This is renters, local workers, employers, and equity-deserving communities. So this engagement

[0:05:40] Voice 8: process was critical to ensuring that the community's needs and priorities were reflected

[0:05:44] Voice 8: in our housing framework, and we were fully prepared to go back and reissue the framework

[0:05:49] Voice 8: work with changes if that was what we found through our process. We partnered with a professional

[0:05:55] Voice 8: public engagement company in Vancouver to execute the community engagement project late last year,

[0:06:02] Voice 8: October, November. We didn't want to conduct it ourselves because we didn't want any appearance

[0:06:08] Voice 8: of or actual bias in the results. And we

[0:06:12] Voice 8: needed the help of professionals to do the execution.

[0:06:14] Voice 8: So the engagement prioritized inclusivity, equity, and the empowerment of community members who get marginalized. With that in mind, we outlined the following goals and objectives for approaching our engagement.

[0:06:29] Voice 8: We wanted to validate community perspectives and gather comprehensive feedback, determine the extent to which solutions three through five in our report align with local needs, values, and priorities, and collect diverse input that accurately reflect the whole community.

[0:06:44] Voice 8: community. We wanted to ensure equitable participation and amplify those marginalized voices. And

[0:06:50] Voice 8: we wanted to inform and guide local and regional decision makers by collecting and synthesizing

[0:06:55] Voice 8: community feedback into actionable recommendations that could be presented to you, decision makers,

[0:07:01] Voice 8: including you, the CRD, the province, the water district and other bodies. So I'm going

[0:07:10] Voice 8: to speak a little bit about the process and then i'll talk a bit about the results um

[0:07:15] Voice 9: and just to

[0:07:17] Voice 8: remind you um the three things that we were consulting on were promoting clustered housing

[0:07:23] Voice 8: to protect rural areas ready in ganges village for increased housing and enabling accessory

[0:07:29] Voice 8: dwellings in appropriate locations so 42 island residents were hosted in evening focus groups at

[0:07:37] Voice 8: the library for renters employers workers and the insecurely housed we had 12 one-on-one phone

[0:07:44] Voice 8: interviews with landlords of legal and illegal rental housing developers and

[0:07:48] Voice 8: investors local

[0:07:49] Voice 8: and developers and investors recruitment was achieved with paid advertising on the salt

[0:07:55] Voice 8: spring exchange and facebook and recruitment wasn't easy it was interesting there was a real

[0:08:00] Voice 8: sense of pointlessness amongst the public that anything they say will ever be listened to they

[0:08:05] Voice 8: they had participated before and they hadn't seen any action. So trust has been eroded through a

[0:08:11] Voice 8: lack of implementation. We incentivized participation because asking working people

[0:08:16] Voice 8: and business owners and people who are struggling to get by to give of their time has to be

[0:08:21] Voice 8: reciprocated. We did that with paid participation in the focus groups with gift cards to the grocery

[0:08:27] Voice 8: store and a prize draw among survey participants for a gift from a local business, equal value.

[0:08:33] Voice 8: the focus groups and interviews were conducted by our professional third party to prevent bias

[0:08:39] Voice 8: they were hired after we conducted a traditional rfp process much like you do

[0:08:44] Voice 8: we invited eight firms to submit proposals two of which were local to provide wider community

[0:08:51] Voice 8: with an opportunity to also give feedback on our strategies at the same time we ran an online

[0:08:56] Voice 8: public survey over a two-week period which garnered 657 unique responses they were primarily

[0:09:03] Voice 8: homeowners, 67% of them. So within this engagement process, we got homeowners, we got renters,

[0:09:09] Voice 8: we got employers, we got workers, and we got folks who are having trouble finding housing

[0:09:13] Voice 8: on an ongoing basis. Combined with all of the participants, our engagement project actually

[0:09:19] Voice 8: reached 6% of the island's population. The interesting takeaway is that there isn't a

[0:09:25] Voice 8: huge difference in the responses. Some might think there would be, but homeowners and those

[0:09:30] Voice 8: who don't have a home are similarly aligned on what needs to be done. They care equally about

[0:09:35] Voice 8: the environment being protected and solving the housing problem. So the possible pathways to

[0:09:42] Voice 8: creating momentum can be seen in some of the suggestions from the focus groups because those

[0:09:46] Voice 8: dug a little deeper into people's ideas. A survey, it gathers quantitative data. The focus groups

[0:09:55] Voice 8: gather qualitative data. So the survey was a large representative sample that allows for statistical

[0:10:02] Voice 8: analysis and generalization to the broader population. It uses structured questions to

[0:10:08] Voice 8: efficiently collect broad opinions, and it provides anonymity. Focus groups offer in-depth

[0:10:14] Voice 8: qualitative understanding of participants' attitudes, beliefs, and motivations through

[0:10:19] Voice 8: open-ended discussions, and it allows the researchers to explore the why behind their

[0:10:23] Voice 8: opinions, uncovering nuances, emotional responses, and unexpected themes. Combining, using both

[0:10:31] Voice 8: methods together leads to a more reliable actionable set of insights by balancing

[0:10:36] Voice 8: statistical breadth with qualitative depth a survey of 657 people from our population of 12 000

[0:10:44] Voice 8: is a statistically robust and provides a high degree of accuracy in reflecting the community's

[0:10:49] Voice 8: opinions using standard sample size formulas and industry benchmarks for a population of 12 000

[0:10:56] Voice 8: A sample size of around 380 respondents is typically sufficient to achieve a 95% confidence level with a plus or five margin error.

[0:11:05] Voice 8: And that sounds like a lot of gobbledygook, but that's what professional survey companies aim to achieve is a plus or minus five.

[0:11:13] Voice 8: So our sample is significantly higher than that minimum, which means our margin of error is smaller.

[0:11:20] Voice 8: We were actually at 4% and we're at a 95% confidence level.

[0:11:24] Voice 8: So this means that if 60% of your sample supports an issue, you could be 95% confident that between approximately 60% and 70% of the entire population shares that opinion.

[0:11:36] Voice 8: It doesn't guarantee that you know what everybody thinks, but it gives you a really good sense of the wide community.

[0:11:43] Voice 8: So for our online survey, a high proportion, as I said, were 67% or 440 people were homeowners.

[0:11:52] Voice 8: And there is an alignment between the two groups.

[0:11:55] Voice 8: So I'm going to get into a little bit of the results, which are in your package, but I won't bore you with all of them.

[0:12:01] Voice 8: I just wanted to highlight a few things. For the survey participants, 70% support clustered housing to preserve rural areas.

[0:12:11] Voice 8: And when we asked them why they thought this was a good idea, they said that it emphasized ecological preservation

[0:12:17] Voice 8: and that it would help preserve green spaces and reduce land disturbance, protect ecosystems, and promote water conservation.

[0:12:27] Voice 8: Almost 70% of the respondents strongly or somewhat support the concept of creating special zoning for clustered housing

[0:12:33] Voice 8: to preserve undeveloped areas, effectively reallocating the density which might be spread over a large area into a consolidated cluster.

[0:12:42] Voice 8: This was also seen as a benefit for shared services and limiting sprawl.

[0:12:46] Voice 8: enabling accessory dwelling units in appropriate locations expanding opportunities for legal

[0:12:54] Voice 8: suites and adus receiving substantial support with 71 backing the initiative and only 11

[0:13:00] Voice 8: opposing it ready in ganges village for increased housing most respondents 73 percent believe

[0:13:09] Voice 8: increasing housing in ganges is necessary to address salt springs housing needs when asked

[0:13:14] Voice 8: Asked how Salt Spring should prioritize access to limited infrastructure and resources, such as potable water,

[0:13:21] Voice 8: the feedback indicates community preference for prioritizing non-market rental housing

[0:13:26] Voice 8: and cautious resource management to meet the most urgent housing needs without overburdening the infrastructure.

[0:13:32] Voice 8: The Salt Spring Water District has already done some really good work in this area.

[0:13:39] Voice 8: When asked what type of development is most appropriate for Ganges,

[0:13:42] Voice 8: Ganges, most of the respondents, 75% identified low-rise multi-unit buildings and mixed-use

[0:13:49] Voice 8: developments such as apartments above or adjacent to commercial businesses.

[0:13:53] Voice 8: There was strong support, 76%, for pre-zoning land in Ganges for housing.

[0:13:58] Voice 8: This would help streamline permitting and approval processes, of which 64% of respondents

[0:14:03] Voice 8: were in favour.

[0:14:04] Voice 8: And pre-servicing land in and around Ganges for housing also met with support, indicating

[0:14:09] Voice 8: that community sees value in preparing land for development with necessary infrastructure

[0:14:13] Voice 8: to avoid delays and improve housing availability.

[0:14:21] Voice 8: If we look at what the focus groups told us, there was some interesting alignment and more

[0:14:29] Voice 8: detail.

[0:14:30] Voice 8: For developers and investors, they basically said that there needs to be pragmatic streamlining

[0:14:36] Voice 8: of the processes that they need to go through to develop because the economic reality of

[0:14:43] Voice 8: of developing community housing are not reflected in the process that restrictive zoning impedes the

[0:14:49] Voice 8: implementation of housing solutions like tiny home villages co-housing neighborhoods eco-villages

[0:14:54] Voice 8: secondary suites these models could be creatively addressing our housing shortages and maybe by

[0:15:01] Voice 8: providing by right zoning with clear guidelines you could facilitate responsible development

[0:15:05] Voice 8: landlords of legal and illegal housing this is market rental said that formalizing illegal

[0:15:13] Voice 8: illegal suites would help increase the availability of safe compliant housing however the process is

[0:15:18] Voice 8: expensive and often raises landlords costs without supporting policies like tax breaks or grants

[0:15:24] Voice 8: formalizing these units might reduce affordability for tenants limiting the overall benefit so

[0:15:30] Voice 8: it's really important to watch for knock-on or unintended consequences for renters many of them

[0:15:38] Voice 8: support alternative housing models such as tiny home communities cooperative housing and legalizing

[0:15:43] Voice 8: more accessory dwelling units and we got a strong message for them to stop housing being used for

[0:15:48] Voice 8: purposes that don't serve the local community. Our organization recently lost our administrative

[0:15:54] Voice 8: support person who was born and raised on Salt Spring and has lived here for 30 odd years

[0:16:00] Voice 8: and finally gave up after bouncing from rental to rental trying to find something that was in

[0:16:05] Voice 8: her budget and has moved to Sydney and is now looking for employment on the Big Island because

[0:16:09] Voice 8: of this. The workforce focus group said that they would prefer living in co-op housing or

[0:16:18] Voice 8: intentional communities that are mostly prohibited by current zoning and they also support rules that

[0:16:23] Voice 8: guarantee affordability and secure tenure. Farm workers are priced out of the housing market

[0:16:29] Voice 8: but clustering small-scale housing on farms can provide housing security for workers and create

[0:16:33] Voice 8: more economically viable local farms and this ties into food security. Food security requires housing

[0:16:39] Voice 8: and security in our employer group they spoke about how you have to build housing into your

[0:16:45] Voice 8: business plan if you want to attract and keep employees and that they advocate for clustered

[0:16:50] Voice 8: housing near workplaces and villages to reduce community challenges and stabilize their work

[0:16:55] Voice 8: forces they also said housing is the most significant barrier to hiring and retaining

[0:17:01] Voice 8: workers for the insecurely housed that was a slightly different focus group we reached out

[0:17:08] Voice 8: out to and worked with Gabriel's Kitchen to conduct a focus group in a place where those

[0:17:12] Voice 8: folks felt safe. There was 15 people in that group. They said that a significant number of

[0:17:19] Voice 8: them had lost their long-term rentals because properties were converted to short-term rentals.

[0:17:25] Voice 8: They want tiny homes, clustered housing and shared resource communities, but regulatory

[0:17:29] Voice 8: barriers prevent these from being developed. And without zoning reforms, many affordable

[0:17:34] Voice 8: solutions remain out of reach. Many people are open to living in communal housing with collective

[0:17:40] Voice 8: spaces, workshops, and gardens. They would rather live in smaller spaces and share resources if it

[0:17:46] Voice 8: means they can stay on the island and contribute to the community. The knock-on effects of housing

[0:17:52] Voice 8: instability on mental and physical health were also discussed. The other piece that's included

[0:17:58] Voice 8: in our package is a report card. At the back of our original report, there was a list of action

[0:18:02] Voice 8: items for all of the various agencies that touch on creating housing solutions and we updated that

[0:18:10] Voice 8: action list with what had happened whether things had progressed or not so you'll see that in your

[0:18:15] Voice 8: package and

[0:18:19] Voice 11: then lastly so to

[0:18:38] Voice 8: wrap it up the engagement findings illustrate a community

[0:18:40] Voice 8: united by the urgency of the housing crisis but uncertain about how best to achieve solutions

[0:18:45] Voice 8: that balance growth with preservation there is broad support for innovative and sustainable

[0:18:51] Voice 8: housing models and concerns about regulatory barriers infrastructure gaps and potential

[0:18:56] Voice 8: development these engagement insights form the foundation for actions by governments

[0:19:01] Voice 8: and regulatory agencies that reflect the diverse needs and values of salt spring islands residents

[0:19:07] Voice 8: while emphasizing equity sustainability and community resilience and we wanted to we're

[0:19:13] Voice 8: going to submit all of this package as whenever your ocp process starts this will be our submission

[0:19:19] Voice 8: to that engagement process and um if during that process your staff feel like getting the whole

[0:19:26] Voice 8: package of data from our engagement would be helpful then we're happy to share that

[0:19:37] Voice 4: i

[0:19:38] Voice 12: just commented so thank you it's really frustrating to hear you speak about this

[0:19:43] Voice 12: this, because this is nothing new. This was an election issue. It's why I ran. It's been

[0:19:48] around for 20 years. Local NGOs, local radical NGOs, more than going to push false information

[0:19:56] and then stonewalling any, you know, any solution

[0:20:01] Voice 12: to the housing crisis, along with the

[0:20:04] Voice 12: trust of Stonewall for years. And, you know, we had a great public engagement in the last

[0:20:10] Voice 12: election. This is all, this is nothing new. And, you know, since the beginning of the

[0:20:16] Voice 12: the term. I don't know who's been listening or not, but I've been pushing for workforce

[0:20:22] ownership, housing, zoning, covenanted for that on specific

[0:20:28] Voice 12: zoning categories, as well

[0:20:33] as the bylaw 537, which got voted

[0:20:37] Voice 12: down. I've been stonewalled since the beginning of the

[0:20:39] term.

[0:20:40] Voice 12: We're going to be three years in. I don't see anything happening. It's talk, talk,

[0:20:44] Voice 12: talk nothing gets done um so very very frustrating to hear what you have to say but thank you for

[0:20:54] saying it i didn't you know you you mentioned 650 people were engaged in this you know the last

[0:21:02] election there was 1200 people or so that voted for for myself for trustee patrick um that's a

[0:21:10] a great public engagement in my eyes

[0:21:12] Voice 12: especially because

[0:21:13] Voice 11: housing was an election issue um so it's

[0:21:21] Voice 11: very unfortunate to bring it forward but so it just doesn't fall deaf ears or still us too

[0:21:30] because the term is going to be over soon and you know i'll say it i'm not running again

[0:21:35] what i've seen and what's you know what what

[0:21:40] Voice 12: i hear from people in the community i know a lot of

[0:21:42] Voice 12: of people you know i mean a long time ago i had a fire business close to my list and i you know i

[0:21:51] saw people every

[0:21:52] Voice 12: day different people for help you know i talked to a lot of folks people are

[0:21:56] Voice 12: so frustrated right now there's lots of people leaving the damage that's been done by holding

[0:22:03] Voice 12: this community back you're going to look at other communities where they you know whatever it's

[0:22:07] Voice 12: municipal structure whatever it is but people are proactive in the community housing's been built

[0:22:11] Voice 12: there's been workforce ownership housing in communities near us we're going to have to

[0:22:16] Voice 12: reinvent the wheel to do that kind of zoning a lot of these communities are doing just great

[0:22:21] Voice 12: but the damage that's been done here by holding us back like Ganges for instance the infrastructure

[0:22:26] Voice 12: under Ganges is a nightmare if anybody knew what was really going on there with water drainage and

[0:22:32] Voice 12: all the rest of it you'd be shocked so the money that needs to be spent to fix this place in the

[0:22:39] Voice 12: of time and we're going to be you know when you go on to roads and all the rest of it we're going

[0:22:44] Voice 12: to be seeing roads being turned back into gravel many of them at roads that will be close this is

[0:22:51] Voice 12: going to happen because the cost of doing anything now i'm so much especially it's it's um it's very

[0:22:58] Voice 12: very concerning so people that i talk to are so concerned they're leaving they're trying to plan

[0:23:04] Voice 12: an exit strategy because they know how long it's going to take to actually turn things around and

[0:23:09] Voice 12: And when people get into later years in life,

[0:23:11] Voice 12: is it even worth it?

[0:23:12] Voice 12: Life is short.

[0:23:13] Voice 12: They'll say, well, we're going to get out of here

[0:23:15] Voice 12: and go somewhere else where people have it together.

[0:23:17] Voice 12: We don't have this constant argument

[0:23:18] Voice 12: in local government that's dysfunctional,

[0:23:20] Voice 12: as we know from Glass Terms governance review

[0:23:26] Voice 12: done by the Islands Trust,

[0:23:28] Voice 12: independent consultants.

[0:23:33] Voice 11: So thank you for what you're putting forward

[0:23:35] Voice 11: and frustrated to hear.

[0:23:44] Voice 11: That's the fact.

[0:23:45] Voice 11: I thought I had the data results from the survey we had done last term that was based on the mail out that

[0:23:53] Voice 11: uh yeah no this morning I stopped to pick up a coffee and a long-time islander who has provided

[0:24:00] Voice 11: housing for people told me sold his house gone to the goodies um so more housing lost

[0:24:09] Voice 10: lost um the okay i guess my main

[0:24:13] Voice 6: question is there's this there's this uh narrative that

[0:24:20] Voice 11: there's housing advocates and there's environmentalists um i've heard it in your

[0:24:27] Voice 11: data but i'll ask

[0:24:27] Voice 11: it as a question did that really pan out is that really what exists on this island

[0:24:33] Voice 8: no it's a false dichotomy people who live here live here for a reason it's because they love

[0:24:37] Voice 8: the place they don't want to see it damaged but there's a kind of damage going on in the community

[0:24:44] Voice 8: the lack of housing that they are witnessing and people really believe that we're all smart enough

[0:24:51] Voice 8: to figure out how to do this how to put some housing

[0:24:55] Voice 8: in without damaging the environment

[0:24:58] Voice 8: so um it's not about paving paradise it's not about you know building out the whole island

[0:25:04] Voice 8: that that's not what we're talking about here and I found it really interesting that 67 percent of

[0:25:11] Voice 8: the survey respondents are people who already have a place to live they already have a home

[0:25:14] Voice 8: and they agree that we should be doing something about this and the folks who don't have a home

[0:25:19] Voice 8: agree that we should be protecting the environment while we do this so there is there's no divide on

[0:25:24] Voice 8: that the barrier is implementation this is you know there's no shortage of great ideas and

[0:25:31] Voice 8: we kind of feel like the time for advisory groups and summits and you know things where we come up

[0:25:40] Voice 8: with ideas is over we've come up with millions of ideas there's no shortage where it all breaks down

[0:25:47] Voice 8: is implementation and and so you guys need to join hands and jump off the cliff i'm grateful

[0:25:58] Voice 11: for your information timing is fantastic we're going to be getting an update on our ocp project

[0:26:02] Voice 11: I heard yesterday contracts were being signed.

[0:26:05] Voice 11: That was good news when I was in Victoria yesterday.

[0:26:08] Voice 11: So I think we'll be having an announcement on the team

[0:26:10] Voice 11: and I think we're finally going to make that leap.

[0:26:13] Voice 11: So thank you very much.

[0:26:14] Voice 11: Okay.

[0:26:15] Voice 11: You're welcome.

[0:26:16] Voice 11: Yes.

[0:26:17] If there is data studies, sometimes there are parties

[0:26:20] like yourself, with our communication engagement strategy

[0:26:24] does acknowledge that one of the earliest priorities

[0:26:26] of this project is to, is to reviews,

[0:26:30] use for your study by law plans that were taken so this study would certainly call into already

[0:26:35] complete um so um if you know you certainly it's your it's your privilege um to submit um

[0:26:43] that at the time of engagement however if you do wish to send it early um we could include this

[0:26:48] part of that package and possibly accelerate this speed process we got to sit with it

[0:26:54] so um but certainly

[0:26:56] Voice 11: encourage you to send it to our office right away and we'd be happy

[0:26:59] Voice 11: i

[0:27:00] Voice 8: think probably the best thing to do would be to connect you with the firm that did the work

[0:27:04] Voice 8: that was great yeah yeah you don't need us in the middle yeah okay thank you

[0:27:10] Voice 13: great thank you

[0:27:12] Voice 13: uh next we have uh delegation linda adams vice chair of the gulf island

[0:27:17] Voice 11: seniors residence

[0:27:18] Voice 11: association nice to see you again good

[0:27:23] Voice 9: morning it's nice to be on this side of the table

[0:27:26] Voice 9: thank you very much for the opportunity to speak to you and as i you mentioned i'm not here on

[0:27:33] Voice 9: behalf of gulf island seniors residence association or gizra um and we you might know we're a non-profit

[0:27:41] Voice 9: organization and we currently operate middlebrook which is a supportive seniors housing facility on

[0:27:47] Voice 9: on atkins road um i'm just reflecting on mary's presentation and some of the issues she phrased

[0:27:56] Voice 9: and i'm here to offer what we hope is a maybe one of the solutions should i carry on okay i'm sorry

[0:28:09] Voice 11: i don't understand what happened

[0:28:10] Voice 9: okay um okay uh we also own the property on king's lane where

[0:28:17] Voice 9: where the Salt Spring Island Health Centre is located

[0:28:19] Voice 9: and where the modular units are currently being used

[0:28:22] Voice 9: for temporary supportive housing.

[0:28:24] Voice 9: So just a stone's throw over there

[0:28:27] Voice 9: from where we're sitting, actually.

[0:28:29] Voice 9: And I wanted to give you a bit of an update

[0:28:30] Voice 9: about that property and what our current plans are.

[0:28:34] Voice 9: So we originally acquired that property

[0:28:36] Voice 9: with the intent to build another affordable seniors housing complex

[0:28:40] Voice 9: similar to Meadowbrook with 50 units.

[0:28:43] Voice 9: And the local trust committee rezoned that in 2020

[0:28:47] Voice 9: 20 to allow us to carry out that use as well as have a medical clinic there with a maximum of 12

[0:28:54] Voice 9: medical practitioners so that's what the zoning permits now however after a lot of attempts and

[0:29:02] Voice 9: a lot of research and a lot of community consultation we've concluded that that

[0:29:07] Voice 9: housing model is not viable for a lot of reasons limited demand for that specific type of thing

[0:29:14] Voice 9: and also the challenges of affordability and availability of funding

[0:29:19] Voice 9: to do that kind of project.

[0:29:21] Voice 9: At the same time, we all know that the need for affordable rental housing

[0:29:25] Voice 9: or sometimes referred to as workforce housing is urgent in our community.

[0:29:31] Voice 9: So housing for young families, health care workers

[0:29:33] Voice 9: and other essential service employees.

[0:29:36] Voice 9: And we believe our property is ideally suited to help meet this need,

[0:29:42] Voice 9: as was discussed in the previous delegation so that's why last week we submitted a rezoning

[0:29:49] Voice 9: application to you so you'll be seeing that in due course what we're doing is we're seeking

[0:29:55] Voice 9: to amend the current zoning that allows affordable seniors

[0:29:59] Voice 9: yourself.

[0:30:00] Voice 9: supportive housing to just allow affordable housing generally so not limited to seniors

[0:30:07] Voice 9: and these changes would help us pursue project models that are more in alignment with local

[0:30:12] Voice 9: needs we believe and also with the funding criteria that's available from senior government

[0:30:18] Voice 9: so we need to target our project to funding that's available there's also an existing

[0:30:27] Voice 9: existing housing agreement registered on the property to ensure affordability and we would

[0:30:34] Voice 9: like to keep that we want to keep the housing agreement in place but we also would like to have

[0:30:39] Voice 9: some language changes to that that will help the project succeed regarding the existing medical

[0:30:47] Voice 9: clinic on the property so that's the salt spring island health center so it's already playing a

[0:30:56] Voice 9: critical role in terms of providing primary care in the community there's a number of doctors that

[0:31:01] Voice 9: use that and have their practice in that building but we would like to have some modest amendments

[0:31:07] Voice 9: to the zoning that affects it so that it could expand and increase the number of doctors i'm not

[0:31:14] Voice 9: sure why it was originally limited to 12 but at this point we don't think having a limit is

[0:31:21] Voice 9: necessarily necessary um and we also our current thinking is that the zoning for the building

[0:31:28] Voice 9: maybe could even be more flexible and allow a range of types of offices so that

[0:31:35] Voice 9: perhaps maybe non-medical organizations could locate there or other types of things could

[0:31:42] Voice 9: occupy that space the more flexibility we have in terms of using that space the more

[0:31:48] Voice 9: chances we have of making the whole thing financially viable and and but overall the

[0:31:55] Voice 9: intent is to increase primary care services on the island um and then the last thing we're requesting

[0:32:03] Voice 9: are some amendments that would facilitate subdivision of the property so we think that

[0:32:10] Voice 9: over the long term we will probably want to subdivide off the clinic portion of the property

[0:32:15] Voice 9: and then retain the majority of the site for housing.

[0:32:19] Voice 9: So that would require some changes

[0:32:21] Voice 9: to the subdivision regulations

[0:32:24] Voice 9: and the subdivision service requirements.

[0:32:28] Voice 9: We'd like to ensure that the full density

[0:32:31] Voice 9: on the property that's permitted now

[0:32:34] Voice 9: is retained on the affordable housing portion.

[0:32:37] Voice 9: So we don't want to lose some of the permitted density,

[0:32:41] Voice 9: potential density by subdividing off the clinic.

[0:32:44] Voice 9: We want to keep it as much of it as we can so that we can maximize the affordable house and what we can build on the property.

[0:32:52] Voice 9: Because that would support us financially and help support the project financially and help it make sure it's got feasible feasibility long term.

[0:33:03] Voice 9: And we also understand that having a separate clear title by separating off that building improves our eligibility for senior government funding.

[0:33:13] Voice 9: So as simple and streamlined as we can make that property, the more likely we are to attract senior government funding.

[0:33:22] Voice 9: We're working with partners in the community, including Lady Mental Hospital Foundation and the Island Community Clinic Society

[0:33:30] Voice 9: to expand the medical clinic on Kings Lane.

[0:33:34] Voice 9: So we're in conversations with them, still at an informal stage. We haven't got formal agreements yet.

[0:33:41] Voice 9: um but the overall goal is to improve primary care services increase the number of spaces

[0:33:48] Voice 9: available for doctors and therefore improve healthcare for islanders so we're working

[0:33:55] Voice 9: with them and we have worked with them to ensure our application reflects their needs so when you

[0:33:59] Voice 9: see our actual application and keep in mind that it also is reflecting the needs of those parties

[0:34:05] Voice 9: that are trying to improve the number of doctors on the island.

[0:34:10] Voice 9: Overall, we think that this property is a key asset,

[0:34:13] Voice 9: one that accommodates badly needed workforce housing

[0:34:16] Voice 9: while helping to address the doctor shortage.

[0:34:19] Voice 9: So sort of addressing two major issues on Salt Spring Island.

[0:34:24] Voice 9: So we appreciate the leadership you've shown to date

[0:34:26] Voice 9: in advancing affordable housing and what's a difficult environment.

[0:34:30] Voice 9: We've studied Island's Trust housing toolkits

[0:34:34] Voice 9: and the policies related to housing in the OCP,

[0:34:37] Voice 9: and we've tried to make our proposal as consistent as possible with it.

[0:34:42] Voice 9: We also believe that our proposal is consistent with the vision in the OCP,

[0:34:49] Voice 9: particularly the parts that speak to affordable housing,

[0:34:52] Voice 9: available in health care,

[0:34:54] Voice 9: and clustering of development, care services, employment, and transit groups.

[0:34:58] Voice 9: So it's a really ideal spot.

[0:35:01] Voice 9: And it's already zoned for multifamily.

[0:35:04] Voice 9: We're not asking for an increase in density.

[0:35:06] Voice 9: We're just asking for a change so it's not limited to seniors.

[0:35:11] Voice 9: I also, I wanted to highlight one statement in your housing options toolkit that the adults

[0:35:17] Voice 9: tested out a few years ago.

[0:35:19] Voice 9: And it says that it encourages local trust committees to review all existing labs zoned

[0:35:26] Voice 9: for affordable seniors for similar housing and amend the zoning to be less specific or

[0:35:32] Voice 9: restrictive where housing hasn't been developed. Flexibility informed is key to adapt to changing

[0:35:38] Voice 9: market and funding conditions during the lag between zoning approval and construction start

[0:35:44] Voice 9: and that advice really resonated with us because as we're trying to move forward acquire funders

[0:35:52] Voice 9: meet different requirements of those funders and the realities of the financial arrangements

[0:35:58] Voice 9: So it's really important.

[0:36:01] Voice 9: So our application is asked.

[0:36:05] Voice 9: And then finally, we would respectfully request that you ask your staff to expedite our rezoning application and also a future review of our subdivision application when we make that and our development permit amendment.

[0:36:22] Voice 9: We have a development permit on the property now, but we won't amend it.

[0:36:26] Voice 9: um time is of the essence particularly because new funding opportunities are being made

[0:36:32] Voice 9: available from senior government just as an example bc housing just this last friday

[0:36:38] Voice 9: issued a call for affordable housing proposals so we just got the criteria last friday and

[0:36:47] Voice 9: they're taking the first ones in first applications are due at the end of july

[0:36:52] Voice 9: I realize that might be a bit ambitious,

[0:36:57] Voice 9: but our understanding is there's a provincial pool

[0:37:01] Voice 9: of funding and the first ones in the door,

[0:37:03] Voice 9: or perhaps the most ones most likely to be able

[0:37:07] Voice 9: to get some of that funding.

[0:37:08] Voice 9: We're trying to make our application, as I said,

[0:37:11] Voice 9: as consistent with the requirements of BC housing

[0:37:16] Voice 9: as possible to increase the chances that Salt Spring Island

[0:37:20] Voice 9: is going to get a piece of that provincial funding.

[0:37:23] Voice 9: There's a

[0:37:24] Voice 9: great deal of competition across the province,

[0:37:26] Voice 9: as you can imagine for this funding,

[0:37:30] Voice 9: but what we think is going to,

[0:37:32] Voice 9: what we know is going to make us successful

[0:37:34] Voice 9: is to have what they would consider a shovel ready project.

[0:37:37] Voice 9: So that's something with the appropriate zoning in place

[0:37:41] Voice 9: with a development permanent place

[0:37:44] Voice 9: or in process of life for close to,

[0:37:47] Voice 9: and ideally a subdivision application in process so these are all the things we need to do to get

[0:37:54] Voice 9: ourselves in the best position as possible to acquire this funding we uh just in summary we

[0:38:00] Voice 9: believe the property represents salt spring's best opportunity at this time to develop additional

[0:38:05] Voice 9: affordable workforce housing in the community and

[0:38:09] Voice 9: it's in a prime location

[0:38:11] Voice 9: we appreciate the assistance we've gotten from your staff to date and we want to continue to

[0:38:16] Voice 9: to work with you and with your staff

[0:38:18] Voice 9: to have a successful outcome.

[0:38:21] Voice 9: Thanks for your time.

[0:38:22] Voice 9: And I'm happy to answer any questions.

[0:38:25] Voice 9: Oh, and I did do a quick little summary up

[0:38:28] Voice 9: just some

[0:38:31] Voice 11: of the remarks if you wanna follow along.

[0:38:43] Voice 11: Thank you, Linda.

[0:38:44] Voice 11: Trustees, any questions, comments?

[0:38:46] Voice 11: Justice Proctor.

[0:38:48] Voice 11: So, no, thank you.

[0:38:50] Voice 11: and I feel like

[0:38:52] Voice 11: it would be nice

[0:38:54] Voice 11: to hear your concerns

[0:38:56] Voice 11: for all the work and contributions

[0:38:58] Voice 11: and conversations that I know have been going on

[0:39:00] Voice 11: for a long time

[0:39:03] Voice 11: but I was here last

[0:39:05] Voice 11: term when this

[0:39:07] Voice 11: rezoning was pushed through

[0:39:09] Voice 11: at I think it was one of the fastest

[0:39:11] Voice 11: rezonings we had ever done

[0:39:13] Voice 11: and

[0:39:14] Voice 11: we took a lot of hits

[0:39:16] Voice 11: and I know this

[0:39:18] Voice 11: wasn't this team

[0:39:19] Voice 10: so

[0:39:20] Voice 11: your predecessors

[0:39:21] Voice 10: um you

[0:39:23] Voice 11: know pushed us hard did not speak kindly in the paper we were always

[0:39:27] Voice 11: being blamed when we were moving at a record speed and our staff weren't very well respected

[0:39:33] Voice 11: in the process too so i just want to be able to say that it was there were some memories of the

[0:39:38] Voice 11: time that while we we carried through we pushed the rezoning and got it done um it was a it was

[0:39:46] Voice 11: a very awkward situation but no that's not the team that's in place now i i know we have

[0:39:53] Voice 11: high respect and a good working relationship with your team today so um i know we'll probably be

[0:40:01] Voice 11: having conversations with our cc project later uh lots of priorities for me conversations with stuff

[0:40:09] Voice 11: yeah and

[0:40:10] Voice 9: i yeah i didn't introduce uh harry barnes who's our executive director and also

[0:40:15] Voice 9: dana stoche is our consultant so thank you for them for being along with me today and and i i

[0:40:24] Voice 9: didn't know that background but i know we're committed to trying to work together and certainly

[0:40:29] Voice 9: appreciate um local trust meeting staff and putting what you can to help with this any other

[0:40:37] Voice 9: questions i can answer questions

[0:40:40] Voice 11: no well thanks again okay i wouldn't just say no the flexibility

[0:40:47] Voice 11: flexibility message is is loud and clear i think we're um i know we've had many conversations i

[0:40:54] Voice 11: don't know what the history was why zoning was done so tightly uh scripted but we know the housing

[0:41:00] markets going forward require ultimate

[0:41:02] Voice 11: flexibility that just going from concept to build to design to

[0:41:06] Voice 11: you know funding and everything to get lined up um and i've had conversations directly with

[0:41:11] Voice 11: housing myself they're saying you know flexibility the ministry is saying flexibility

[0:41:16] It's the more flexibility you can build in, the stronger

[0:41:21] Voice 11: likely the success of the applications

[0:41:23] Voice 11: are.

[0:41:24] Voice 9: In terms of excavating, I know probably everyone who comes here asks you the same thing.

[0:41:32] Voice 9: Is that something that you can consider or is that a resolution from the local trust

[0:41:36] Voice 9: committee?

[0:41:39] Voice 11: Mr. Chair?

[0:41:40] Voice 11: Yes.

[0:41:41] I just need to respond to that.

[0:41:43] would

[0:41:43] Voice 11: say that we have been working to uh make the resource available um lbc is much faster

[0:41:51] Voice 11: it would mean that climate q for example would not be prioritized

[0:42:04] so that's that is the challenge of this consideration um that being said we've

[0:42:11] Voice 11: sort of been judging the assignments in a way that allows us to do that while not

[0:42:15] Voice 11: lingering substantially basic services well in the near term

[0:42:28] Voice 11: probably the it's a substantial application there's a potential you know we've talked

[0:42:37] Voice 11: about some conditions that we've had around this so there's a fair bit of work to do

[0:42:42] Voice 11: by these types of applications so I don't have any operational objection to it at this time

[0:43:05] Voice 11: yeah that would be my recommendations it's time to think about it and have a kind of during the

[0:43:10] Voice 9: lcp project so and

[0:43:12] Voice 9: i certainly echo staff been really helpful and responsive today so

[0:43:15] Voice 9: really appreciate that okay thank you very much so

[0:43:22] Voice 11: next we have um the trustee reports section

[0:43:28] oh we did town hall did you

[0:43:31] Voice 11: trustees do you have a question

[0:43:35] Voice 11: okay let's go ahead um

[0:43:37] Voice 7: i just it's kind of a governance type of question so um say if if uh

[0:43:43] Voice 7: whose responsibility is it in terms of applying to the alc to have a property

[0:43:51] Voice 7: be able to come out of the alr alc like who is there a specific staff person because it's

[0:44:01] Voice 7: normally what we're understanding is it's a municipal task to apply to the province for a

[0:44:09] Voice 7: property to be able to come out of the alc restrictions but i just wondered in the staff

[0:44:17] Voice 7: body on salt spring is there like who is the specific person like what's what person would a

[0:44:23] Voice 7: person go to for this?

[0:44:26] Voice 11: I'll turn to our recent planning manager.

[0:44:29] Voice 11: Yeah, so we have a lot of applications that one of our planners can handle those. I would suggest

[0:44:35] you call the main

[0:44:35] Voice 11: line for the Salt Spring office and you can assign that. It's

[0:44:41] Voice 11: typically property

[0:44:42] Voice 11: dependent on the details that will determine that. So as far as the preliminary inquiry,

[0:44:48] Voice 11: the plan okay

[0:44:51] Voice 7: so that you have to call the main office south spring office and then a planner can

[0:44:57] Voice 7: assign that okay thank you thank you

[0:45:01] Voice 11: okay so on to trustee reports um today sure um just if

[0:45:10] Voice 11: If anybody's watching, there's a meeting coming up very shortly, the 15th, 18th, and 19th.

[0:45:19] Voice 11: They hope that people will come out and sit on the MLA Green Party.

[0:45:32] Voice 11: It will be there, Rob Botterell, Ian Widow

[0:45:41] Voice 12: -Driftwood, questioning the mandate of trustees.

[0:45:49] Voice 12: From the whole Island's Trust area, you

[0:46:03] Voice 12: look at the facts.

[0:46:07] Voice 12: We went on last term with the governance review with the letter that had been sent to the

[0:46:13] Voice 12: then minister, Colin possibly, and you know we were given that mandate, it was an election

[0:46:23] issue to

[0:46:24] Voice 12: things that MLA Vaughan was questioning in this article.

[0:46:30] Voice 12: We've heard similar language coming from Minister Jalen, privy

[0:46:40] Voice 11: to what's really going on.

[0:46:42] they assume that the minister and that they're using in regards to trustees mandate what we're

[0:46:55] doing so we really hope they voice their concern if they are concerned

[0:47:03] Voice 11: against 17th 18th and 19th

[0:47:05] Voice 11: this month will be in the harbor house okay thank you just a project um sure um well this week i had

[0:47:16] Voice 11: an incredible honor to witness the sale leadership stepping onto the traditional territory

[0:47:26] Voice 11: here on Salt Spring.

[0:47:28] Voice 11: I was especially honored to speak with Chief Pelkey

[0:47:31] Voice 11: and respected elder Pelkey

[0:47:33] Voice 11: during this significant moment to celebrate land back

[0:47:37] Voice 11: adjacent to their reserve here on Salt Spring.

[0:47:40] Voice 11: The Salt Spring Foundation has kicked off a campaign

[0:47:43] Voice 11: to raise funds for the parcel of land

[0:47:46] Voice 11: that has been acquired by the sale

[0:47:47] Voice 11: and are already a third of the way there.

[0:47:51] Voice 11: I would be remiss if I didn't recognize Brian Penn

[0:47:55] Voice 11: for all her work that she did to facilitate this community to community celebration that we had

[0:48:02] Voice 11: here this week on salt spring it's been a very busy meeting period which i think is every period

[0:48:11] Voice 11: for me now i attended the may 15th lcc meeting to listen to their delegation from the consultant

[0:48:19] Voice 11: they've hired for their developing housing strategy we discussed the data available in

[0:48:25] Voice 11: the housing needs assessments and its shortcomings and discussed working together on a common data

[0:48:31] Voice 11: set that we can both use i attended the lcc ltc joint meeting had participated in a couple of

[0:48:38] Voice 11: planning meetings uh with transition salt spring who emily botterall has asked to plan for an

[0:48:43] Voice 11: island visit with mr kalin regional planning manager chris hutton and myself also met with

[0:48:50] Voice 11: transition salt spring to discuss the ocp land use bylaw project and how they can work to support

[0:48:55] Voice 11: in our engagement. I chaired a special meeting of the Gabriel Hope Trust Committee on reviewing

[0:49:01] Voice 11: results of the focus groups that's working on their OCP land use update project and attended

[0:49:07] Voice 11: the protocol meeting with the regional district.

[0:49:10] Voice 10: At the trust council level, I attended many

[0:49:14] Voice 10: meetings with the executive, the regional planning, and

[0:49:19] Voice 11: I attended the trust program

[0:49:22] Voice 11: committees multiple meetings they had to and who have made incredible progress on getting through

[0:49:28] Voice 11: the draft policy statement which the community will be hearing much more of in the next months

[0:49:36] Voice 11: coming um also participating the ceo hiring committee who have been working on setting

[0:49:42] Voice 11: and reviewing the ceo's performance expectations in his first six months of employment which has

[0:49:49] Voice 11: uh and the committee the whole meeting on the topic of governance uh report and the second one

[0:49:55] Voice 11: tomorrow uh conversation um the tiny homes on wheels steering committee also met to discuss

[0:50:03] Voice 11: next steps uh now that the report's been held we're moving toward hopefully getting on a uvcm

[0:50:08] Voice 11: agenda to present that really good work in the regional district and i know it's really stepped

[0:50:13] Voice 11: up taking a leadership role in that and i gave a cbc radio interview on water conservation throughout

[0:50:22] Voice 11: regionally attended the southern globe island forum and also attended a cross-border planning

[0:50:28] Voice 11: meeting we're working toward a cross-border reform this fall and that's my report thank you

[0:50:35] Voice 11: trustee patrick um so next up is the chair's report i'll just start by saying that substantial

[0:50:43] The substantial amount of the meetings and such that

[0:50:48] Voice 13: I have attended that Patrick has

[0:50:52] Voice 13: just reported out on, including

[0:50:54] Voice 11: the Trust Programs Committee, the Committee of the Whole.

[0:50:59] Voice 11: I was going to add that we had a joint meeting with the Community Commission on May 2nd as

[0:51:09] Voice 11: as we're building relationships

[0:51:11] Voice 11: between the two organizations,

[0:51:13] Voice 11: which brings a positive step

[0:51:16] Voice 11: and hopefully setting precedent

[0:51:18] Voice 11: going into the future for cooperation.

[0:51:24] Voice 11: Yesterday's executive committee meeting

[0:51:26] Voice 11: was focused on the trust council meeting coming up,

[0:51:29] Voice 11: as mentioned here on Salt Spring.

[0:51:34] Voice 13: And Islands Trust 2026-27

[0:51:38] Voice 13: seven pre-budget consultation process

[0:51:40] Voice 11: is open.

[0:51:42] Voice 11: There's a survey available online

[0:51:45] Voice 11: that is open till June 28th

[0:51:48] Voice 11: to help inform budget decisions for next fiscal.

[0:51:51] Voice 11: This is new

[0:51:54] Voice 13: for Islands Trust

[0:51:55] Voice 13: to be opening a budget consultation this early.

[0:51:59] Voice 13: And I think it was recognized over the last couple of years,

[0:52:02] Voice 13: our previous budget consultations

[0:52:04] Voice 13: were coming very late in the game.

[0:52:06] Voice 13: and it was um it was difficult to assimilate public input um coming in at the end of january

[0:52:15] Voice 13: for a budget that was going to be approved in march so this is an attempt to change um

[0:52:21] Voice 13: fairly radically change our approach to a budget consultation with the public

[0:52:26] Voice 13: so i encourage uh anyone who's interested in this aspect to buddha's trust website

[0:52:33] Voice 13: find the survey, as I mentioned, I'll just say it again, it's open until June 28th.

[0:52:38] Voice 13: Tell your friends and neighbours who love doing surveys on Wednesday.

[0:52:43] Voice 13: And then finally, I just wanted to highlight that Seattle First Nation is hosting Islands

[0:52:50] Voice 13: Trust Council for Feast on June 16th, the day before the Trust Council meeting, and

[0:53:00] Voice 13: and uh we're looking forward to that opportunity to um build on our previous relationship building

[0:53:06] Voice 13: work and and have that uh that good connection with the nation and

[0:53:11] Voice 11: that is my report for today

[0:53:15] Voice 11: um next up

[0:53:17] Voice 13: we are joined by uh unstressed conservancy uh board chair lisa go over

[0:53:26] Voice 13: Govorel, also Galliano Island trustee and my colleague there. So welcome, Chair Govorel.

[0:53:36] Voice 2: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. I'm Lisa

[0:53:42] Voice 2: Govorel, elected on Galliano Island, where the sun is shining and where I'm zooming in

[0:53:46] Voice 2: from. Galliano is core territory to the Penelope tribe. I'm here as the chair of the Allens

[0:53:52] Voice 2: Trust Conservancy, and I'd like to begin by recognizing the people who make up our board

[0:53:56] Voice 2: and her team. Tanner Timothy is our vice chair. He is a provincial appointee to our board.

[0:54:02] Voice 2: Dr. Risa Smith is also a provincial appointee. She is a conservation biologist.

[0:54:10] Voice 2: We also have trustee Charles Conn, based right there in Salt Spring Island. He is our third

[0:54:16] Voice 2: provincial appointee. And there's trustee Susan Yates, elected on Gabriel Island,

[0:54:22] Voice 2: Island, and Toby Elliott from the Executive Committee. She is our liaison with the committee,

[0:54:27] Voice 2: and she is also from Gabriel Island. We're supported by our outstanding staff team,

[0:54:33] Voice 2: led by Acting Manager Wendy Tyrrell. Catherine Martel is our Ecosystem Protection Specialist.

[0:54:41] Voice 2: Gemma Green, Covenant Management and Outreach Specialist. Nuala Murphy is Property Management

[0:54:49] Voice 2: Management Specialist, Mike Richards, Strategic Development Specialist, Erica Wheeler, Species

[0:54:56] Voice 2: at Risk Coordinator, and Coraline Strachan is our Administrative Assistant, and then

[0:55:02] Voice 2: Michaela Yanni is our Communications Specialist, and she's been especially instrumental in

[0:55:08] Voice 2: helping us celebrate a very important milestone for ITC this year, which is our 35th anniversary.

[0:55:14] Voice 2: And, of course, our work is all supported by Director Clare Freider from Trust Area Services.

[0:55:21] Voice 2: We are a small but mighty team.

[0:55:25] Voice 2: As I mentioned, this year marks our 35th anniversary, and we launched a wide campaign to share our story,

[0:55:34] Voice 2: celebrate the lands that we've protected, and to connect more deeply with the communities across the Trust Area.

[0:55:41] Voice 2: area. Since 1990, the Island Trust Conservancy has worked very closely with landowners and

[0:55:47] Voice 2: communities and conservation partners to protect places that we all care about.

[0:55:51] Voice 2: To date, the ITC has 115 properties, including 34 nature reserves, 81 conservation covenants,

[0:56:01] Voice 2: totally more than 1,385 hectares of ecologically significant land. As part of our anniversary

[0:56:09] Voice 2: campaign where we've launched a 35th anniversary logo you'll see on the website and social media

[0:56:15] Voice 2: we did a media release last January we also celebrated with another online social media

[0:56:23] Voice 2: campaign that reached 40,000 people which is pretty great we promoted the anniversary

[0:56:29] Voice 2: in local island newspapers and we were scheduled to have ITC booths at the fall fairs on Pender

[0:56:37] Voice 2: Salt Spring, and on Gabriola.

[0:56:39] Voice 2: And we'll be attending as many events,

[0:56:42] Voice 2: additional community events as we can find them.

[0:56:45] Voice 2: We also launched the Eyeless Trust Conservancy Journal,

[0:56:50] Voice 2: which is a new blog that everyone can participate in.

[0:56:54] Voice 2: It features stories and reflections.

[0:56:57] Voice 2: And we invite people to share their memories and their messages.

[0:57:01] Voice 2: And there's a short Survey Monkey survey on the website

[0:57:05] Voice 2: site where you can sign in and leave your story. Last week, we released the spring edition of the

[0:57:15] Voice 2: Herring Newsletter, and both summer and fall editions of the newsletter will celebrate the

[0:57:21] Voice 2: 35th milestone. And at page 173 of your agenda today is the highlights from our March 18th

[0:57:28] Voice 2: meeting. And keep an eye on time. I'll try to go through them briefly. Importantly, the ITC staff

[0:57:35] Voice 2: staff met with the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs to discuss land disposition

[0:57:39] Voice 2: to Indigenous governing bodies. The Minister recommended that ITC develop formal policy

[0:57:46] Voice 2: for inclusion in our upcoming five-year plan. Under by-law referrals, which we see quite

[0:57:51] Voice 2: a few of, ITC confirmed there's no concerns with Salt Spring by-law number 541. We also

[0:57:58] Voice 2: reviewed North Pender by-law, where we provided some feedback for updating species at risk

[0:58:04] Voice 2: information and refreshing the raptor and herring habitat mapping. Also at our March 18th meeting,

[0:58:14] Voice 2: Chair Patrick joined us to help shape the agenda for the April 23rd Executive Committee and ITC

[0:58:21] Voice 2: joint meeting. Under the budgeting and reporting, our 2025-2026 ITC budget was approved by Council

[0:58:30] Voice 2: and we received a summary of that report at the meeting.

[0:58:33] Voice 2: And under conservation financing,

[0:58:38] Voice 2: the board sent a letter of thanks to the organizers

[0:58:41] Voice 2: of the Funding Our Futures workshop.

[0:58:44] Voice 2: I believe Chair Patrick attended that one as well

[0:58:47] Voice 2: and expressed interest in continuing a collaboration

[0:58:50] Voice 2: on the development of regional conservation funding.

[0:58:54] Voice 2: Trustee Smith from the board attended the workshop as well

[0:58:57] Voice 2: with support from the board.

[0:58:59] Voice 2: and for First Nations engagement planning where our board is discussing opportunities

[0:59:04] Voice 2: and seeking provincial support for Indigenous engagement and consultation.

[0:59:11] Voice 2: Looking ahead, we are in the early work for a potential conservation fund

[0:59:18] Voice 2: with an emphasis on co-creation from First Nations. A conservation fund working group is

[0:59:24] Voice 2: This is an informal joint initiative of the ITC and Executive Committee of the Amish Trust.

[0:59:30] Voice 2: And it's formed to explore the creation of a new regional conservation fund.

[0:59:36] Voice 2: It's still in its early stages.

[0:59:39] Voice 2: We're just exploring possibilities and very, very high, high level, kind of that 34,000 foot view down what this funding could possibly look like.

[0:59:53] Voice 2: like. The goal is to develop a shared vision of what a conservation fund could look like.

[1:00:00] Voice 2: It supports permanent land protection, of course, restoration and community-based stewardship, all while advancing co-governance with First Nations.

[1:00:10] Voice 2: As always, ITC work is always rooted in relationships with landholders, communities and Indigenous nations and all of you that are listening today.

[1:00:20] Voice 2: So I thank you for inviting me to speak today.

[1:00:22] Voice 2: I'm always happy to share ITC work

[1:00:25] Voice 2: as we continue to support conservation

[1:00:27] Voice 2: and connection here on Salt Spring and across the trust area.

[1:00:30] Voice 2: Thank you.

[1:00:32] Voice 13: Thank you so much for joining us today, Chair Gouvereau.

[1:00:36] Voice 13: I see Trustee Patrick has a comment or question.

[1:00:39] Voice 11: I just wanted to say,

[1:00:41] Voice 11: it's an honor to serve on Trust Council

[1:00:45] Voice 11: with Trustee and Chair Gouvereau

[1:00:49] Voice 11: and to now be working my new function

[1:00:52] Voice 11: the executive committee and i think you really are lifting the island stress conservancy up

[1:00:58] Voice 11: and representing it well and thank you so much for being here today thank

[1:01:05] Voice 2: you very much the

[1:01:06] Voice 2: future is very bright okay have a good day guys have a good meeting

[1:01:10] Voice 13: excellent thanks so thanks

[1:01:12] Voice 13: again okay so next up we have the space where we would usually have crd director and uh the local

[1:01:22] Voice 13: the community commission chair uh but i am aware they are having

[1:01:26] Voice 11: a meeting at this time um so next

[1:01:31] up we have the draft minutes of the may 8th uh regular meeting for adoption and i'll look to

[1:01:38] trustees to see

[1:01:39] Voice 11: if there's any amendments to the minutes are done okay can i take it by general

[1:01:49] Voice 11: consent we'll adopt those minutes as presented then moving on

[1:01:56] Voice 13: uh we

[1:01:58] Voice 11: have a few items of

[1:02:00] Voice 11: correspondence starting with the uh letter from uh minister kaylon regarding the uh ldc request

[1:02:09] Voice 11: opt into the principal resident requirement to trustees to see if there's any action on this

[1:02:16] Voice 11: received for information there's no actions to share it's just an update so it sounds like we're

[1:02:23] in the um we're up and running um as i've mentioned um our manager of course groups

[1:02:33] having access portal see what the numbers are uh

[1:02:43] Voice 11: that system great thank you there we have a couple other pieces of correspondence

[1:03:02] I don't know if there's anything we can do, but it's ridiculous what's going on down there.

[1:03:06] Because

[1:03:08] Voice 11: this Peter Prince guy, he hasn't been there for as long as I can remember, which

[1:03:12] Voice 11: is over 30 years, 35 years.

[1:03:16] Voice 11: And now we want to ban.

[1:03:18] Voice 11: The silence went crazy.

[1:03:22] Voice 12: Anyway, so is there something we can do to send our concern for this type of action?

[1:03:28] Voice 11: and that's it basically well it's certainly not um certainly not jurisdiction uh i think it uh

[1:03:39] Voice 11: uh uh i know it's not our jurisdiction but say as a group what do you think this is another good idea

[1:03:47] Voice 11: certainly um we could uh send a letter if that's desired or of course uh i would love to if you

[1:03:56] Voice 11: guys are up for it clearly we've got staff to do such a thing uh trustee patrick well i don't i

[1:04:02] don't know if this is a good habit to get into um you know the market has its own board it have

[1:04:10] has its own oversight and it's under the

[1:04:12] Voice 11: crb jurisdiction so i think it's uh

[1:04:16] Voice 11: well it's a new board to be fair and um if we are if there is this connection now with the crd

[1:04:27] we could at least voice our concern if you guys are

[1:04:30] Voice 12: what's the

[1:04:30] Voice 11: same thought across the

[1:04:31] Voice 11: you know the same leaning

[1:04:33] Voice 12: as i am

[1:04:34] Voice 11: because this is not a good idea and unfair well this is an

[1:04:40] extent you know an extraordinary circumstance that our understanding usually we do it we

[1:04:45] believe to avoid this kind of thing clearly well

[1:04:49] Voice 13: uh i would say if you want to make a motion uh

[1:04:54] Voice 13: entertain

[1:04:54] Voice 11: it and i'll go to trustee patrick well again i'd be cautious because you know we're we're

[1:04:59] Voice 11: seeing motions coming from other bodies that are concerning that are being directed toward us so i

[1:05:05] Voice 11: think we've got to make sure we can't criticize other groups behavior and then turn around and

[1:05:10] Voice 11: do it ourselves if that makes sense so i'm just just uncomfortable i think individually we can do

[1:05:17] Voice 11: what we want as individual trustees we can write letters of support as long as we represent

[1:05:23] Voice 11: represent ourselves as individual trustees but I think as a body I'd be leery of stepping into

[1:05:31] Voice 11: another group's um issues such as this I mean if it had a strong land use connection or something

[1:05:39] Voice 11: we could tie into but I think we should stay out well I guess you know semantic you know it is

[1:05:49] Voice 12: they're using this land used they're doing that but we're you know it's at the park anyway um

[1:05:55] Voice 12: you know the letter doesn't have to be derogatory just say please consider this very carefully as

[1:06:02] Voice 12: we feel this is not fair to all the buses lines would ask look to staff to write that i'd be

[1:06:09] happy to make the motion if um if you would like to make a motion um that's fine i will say that

[1:06:23] Voice 13: I take trust in Patrick's point we wouldn't take kindly to CRD giving us

[1:06:36] Voice 11: you

[1:06:38] Voice 13: know making

[1:06:39] Voice 13: suggestions about items in our jurisdiction that we didn't feel were really their business

[1:06:44] Voice 13: so that that is potentially a concern but if you wish to make a motion well that's been

[1:06:49] Voice 11: going on for years here to be fair and then there is this connection clearly now with the lcc so

[1:06:55] Voice 11: you know i don't think it and again we don't be rude about it

[1:06:58] so i move that we request staff put together a letter of our concern asking

[1:07:09] Voice 11: whichever body we're auditioning to to please um think carefully before banning

[1:07:19] Voice 4: So

[1:07:29] Voice 11: is that motion sufficient, the wording?

[1:07:34] Voice 11: So you're looking to repeat the motion?

[1:07:37] Okay, I move that staff put together a letter voicing our concern

[1:07:42] for what the CRB has laid out.

[1:07:59] Voice 11: So, I mean, I would suggest that would have come from the Chair, just because

[1:08:03] there's really no Highlands Trust

[1:08:05] Voice 11: policy that we could think about

[1:08:07] Voice 11: that would necessarily give staff a policy rationale

[1:08:12] Voice 11: over that however um if it is a will of lpt to provide a certain message um message a polite

[1:08:19] Voice 11: message a polite message not anything that's so i think what the reef planning manager is saying is

[1:08:27] Voice 11: that that should be the that the chair write a letter rather than staff yeah to prepare a letter

[1:08:35] Voice 11: um obviously with the chair on those things but when it comes to the chair

[1:08:40] I'm happy for that motion.

[1:08:48] Voice 13: Let's just check in with our administrator and see, Lisa, what have you got for us?

[1:08:54] Voice 13: I know you're work magic there.

[1:08:57] Voice 6: Good morning, Chair Peterson.

[1:08:59] Voice 6: What I have so far is that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee requests the chair to write a letter of concern

[1:09:07] Voice 6: concern regarding the CRD's proposal about amplified music at the market.

[1:09:17] Voice 11: Okay, that's sufficient, yeah.

[1:09:21] Voice 11: To speak to that, just a moment, I'll second the motion, and then I'll ask for discussion.

[1:09:28] Voice 11: Go ahead.

[1:09:30] Voice 11: Oh, just, again, this has been going on for as long as, since I've been on the

[1:09:36] It was just 1990. It's been a wonderful thing on Saturdays and Saturdays. Again, we've had a letter from this correspondent from Peter Prince, so we're bringing it more to our attention.

[1:09:49] I realize this has been going on. It's nice to see

[1:09:51] Voice 12: someone saying something to us. This fellow has, you know, really nice, mellow music. It's not like we're just in Black Sabbath or something like that.

[1:10:01] Voice 12: um but um you know how this is something negative is beyond me and it just kind of

[1:10:10] Voice 12: sheds a light on the insanity that goes on in this island to try and ban something that is so

[1:10:17] Voice 12: possible so mr

[1:10:22] Voice 11: bengal just reflecting on what what was uh motion shared uh in the uh in the

[1:10:32] Voice 11: tigger lisa the the issue is with the salt spring island saturday market society they are

[1:10:41] Voice 11: coordinating so the letter may be better directed it could be a positive letter than rather than

[1:10:53] expressing concern

[1:10:54] Voice 11: expressing support by music thank you okay

[1:11:04] Voice 13: so that would be a recommendation

[1:11:09] Voice 13: well do we actually need that or can you sort of i mean i if i'm going to potentially be

[1:11:17] needing a draft i think that's that's a positive approach is probably yeah more helpful than a

[1:11:26] negative approach that's

[1:11:28] Voice 11: a bit of an emotional floor um so i mean substantive because i don't

[1:11:34] Voice 11: think that if you just see the friendly amendment if you'd like to go that way uh

[1:11:38] Voice 11: I'd like to appreciate the drop-in note.

[1:11:42] Okay.

[1:11:45] So welcome.

[1:11:47] All right.

[1:11:49] Well, I'll

[1:11:50] Voice 13: talk to, I think maybe just,

[1:11:52] Voice 11: that's probably appropriate,

[1:11:55] Voice 11: just change concern to support for Amplified Music.

[1:12:06] Voice 11: And I'll just check back in with Smilarda and see if we've got that.

[1:12:17] Voice 6: Okay.

[1:12:18] Voice 6: Excuse me, Chair Peterson, did you also want the letter?

[1:12:26] Voice 13: Oh, yes, and change it to the Saturday Market folks rather than CRDS.

[1:12:32] Voice 6: So the amended motion I have is that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee

[1:12:37] Voice 6: request the chair to write a letter of support to the Salt Spring Island Saturday Market Society.

[1:12:45] Voice 6: Excuse me, support for amplified music to the Salt Spring Island Saturday Market Society.

[1:12:50] Voice 6: Okay.

[1:12:52] Voice 11: That seems like that's what we're aiming for. Anything further? Trustee Cotter?

[1:13:00] Voice 11: I appreciate what Trustee Harris would like to do. And I just feel it's a little bit out of our wheelhouse. I would encourage Trustee Harris to write a personal letter of support on helping with the island stress letterhead.

[1:13:23] Voice 11: there's a letterhead that you can use personally to write letters of support for organizations.

[1:13:31] I give all the time for

[1:13:32] Voice 11: organizations that are looking for our support on various things

[1:13:38] Voice 11: as an individual, so I'll just stress that in the letter. I know the culture, the market,

[1:13:48] Voice 11: It is a long history

[1:13:51] Voice 11: in the music, and I do appreciate your passion toward the music.

[1:13:56] Voice 11: I agree, music is everything on this island, and I absolutely agree with the request here to allow this to continue as an aspect and culture of the island.

[1:14:10] Voice 11: But I just don't think it's something that our LTC needs to take the time to do right now.

[1:14:17] Voice 11: we have so much that we're doing and it's really not our business that's the earth you know thank

[1:14:26] you respectfully i don't see an issue with this and i don't i really don't think it's going to

[1:14:35] take trustee peterson very long to draft a quick letter of support for

[1:14:39] Voice 11: this this is something we

[1:14:41] Voice 11: could do as an elected body that cares deeply what they can do and we're not dictating anything

[1:14:47] Voice 11: think just voicing our support as a group showing that we're together on something that's very very

[1:14:53] positive such as the community the saturday market and um what actually looks good on the island's

[1:15:02] trust just putting in

[1:15:06] Voice 12: our two cents and it's not like we're doing this is probably we do this all

[1:15:09] Voice 12: the time it's a great

[1:15:11] Voice 11: opportunity to to just be positive with the community as soon as it's

[1:15:18] Voice 11: to be positive so i would ask trustee peterson to support this motion okay thank you for that um

[1:15:31] uh just want to check in with staff in terms of um if

[1:15:37] Voice 11: if i were to draft a letter um

[1:15:42] Voice 11: yes mr kringle i would be able to support you though okay so just in terms of actual

[1:15:49] Voice 11: staff resourcing if if i do the heavy lifting it won't be significant amounts of staff time

[1:15:57] no no okay i mean

[1:15:59] Voice 11: i'm thinking something fairly

[1:16:00] Voice 13: short to the point all right um anything further

[1:16:07] Voice 13: okay i'll call the question all those in favor any

[1:16:12] Voice 11: post okay

[1:16:17] Voice 13: so next we have a correspondence from

[1:16:21] Voice 13: steve

[1:16:21] Voice 11: ederson and anything on this one the formal request yes uh mr chair this is a

[1:16:39] Voice 11: It should not be a long-standing task, but it has taken some time.

[1:16:50] Voice 11: One of the things, primarily due to services staffing and a bit of in-depth work done on

[1:16:59] Voice 11: ground-truthing that data table.

[1:17:03] Voice 11: So it is in process.

[1:17:05] Voice 11: It looks like the next week is to schedule 17 to discuss that one, just to straighten

[1:17:15] Voice 11: out the last few anomalies.

[1:17:17] Voice 11: But we're looking forward to getting a map to them.

[1:17:19] Voice 11: So there's work underway.

[1:17:23] Voice 11: CRDC could be asking for another tool, regardless of using the same data.

[1:17:27] Voice 11: So this process is taking some time due to some challenges.

[1:17:38] That's what's happening to a

[1:17:43] Voice 11: great challenge.

[1:17:59] Voice 11: They're working on a housing strategy, which is supposed to be really an action plan.

[1:18:05] Voice 11: And they're only focusing on supported multifamily housing in Ganges.

[1:18:12] Voice 11: So I think this is just a task that staff continue to support with the CRD.

[1:18:20] Voice 11: I don't think it's moving forward at this speed again.

[1:18:26] Voice 11: Okay, so we can just accept this for information then.

[1:18:31] Voice 11: Let's see for information.

[1:18:32] Voice 13: And we have the follow-up action report on page 48.

[1:18:45] Voice 11: Did we add the correspondence?

[1:18:48] Voice 11: Oh, sorry.

[1:18:49] Voice 13: Yes, that's right.

[1:18:50] Voice 13: we have the oh i actually have but that is new business okay sorry so uh we're going to follow

[1:18:55] Voice 13: up action report and i'll look to staff to send

[1:18:59] Voice 11: you updates updates mr chair um the follow-up

[1:19:04] action list is getting somewhat shortened um repeated tasks here just um partly relating to

[1:19:12] short-term vacation rentals uh quarterly

[1:19:17] Voice 11: reporting um this is all you know we're also

[1:19:22] Voice 11: of advancing these things generally i think one of the biggest things of the birth item uh which

[1:19:28] is our our oldest item on this list is going back about a year uh regardless of the year so we got

[1:19:34] Voice 11: at least uh over to that conversation to construct a pilot um and something to look from so many

[1:19:48] Voice 11: things hinging on that um but overall thank you trustees anything on the follow-up options today

[1:19:58] Voice 11: okay

[1:20:03] Voice 4: then is

[1:20:13] Voice 11: the 540 rainbow two is over to planner bucket

[1:20:26] Voice 11: returning

[1:20:28] Voice 1: for final consideration today is the repeal bylaw for the housing agreement

[1:20:32] Voice 1: on 587 rainbow road the draft bylaw has now received three readings as well as executive

[1:20:38] Voice 1: committee approval staff have also been advised by the previous property owner that the foreclosure

[1:20:43] Voice 1: sale has now occurred section 43 of the housing agreement bylaw requires ltc to abandon the

[1:20:49] Voice 1: agreement upon foreclosure sale. Staff have advised the new property owners of the ongoing

[1:20:55] Voice 1: repeal process, including the goal of today's meeting. With this in mind, LTC may move forward

[1:21:00] Voice 1: today with the adoption of repeal bylaw number 540. Thanks.

[1:21:05] Voice 13: Trustees, any questions or comments? Trustee Patrick?

[1:21:10] Voice 11: Do we have any insight as to the new owner's intentions of the property?

[1:21:15] Voice 1: I have not received any response at this moment. We have reached out through their legal counsel.

[1:21:21] Voice 1: okay

[1:21:23] Voice 11: thank you of

[1:21:24] Voice 1: course okay

[1:21:26] Voice 11: anything else is fairly should be fairly well acquainted with this

[1:21:30] Voice 11: by now so there is a recommendation here that's the contract i

[1:21:34] Voice 10: move that the salt spring island

[1:21:35] Voice 10: local trust committee housing agreement repeal bylaw number 540 cited as salt spring island

[1:21:41] Voice 11: local trust committee bylaw number 540 be adopted moved seconded by trustee harris

[1:21:49] Voice 11: any further discussion seeing

[1:21:52] Voice 13: any i'll call the question all those in favor

[1:21:54] Voice 13: and that motion carries. Next up we have the Active Projects list starting on page 56.

[1:22:05] Voice 11: Turn it over to our PM Pat. Page 56 on our copy anyway.

[1:22:19] Voice 11: Yeah, so we have an Active Projects list. We've been working to keep this a little more up to date.

[1:22:26] Voice 11: have um in the last the last update is pretty much current with the uh project uh now the

[1:22:34] Voice 11: apc called so this one wasn't covered in the update later i'm going to say it now though

[1:22:41] Voice 11: because i think we're ready to hear it um the we have signed um a contract now with

[1:22:47] Voice 11: so it'll be our project consultants to undertake engagements and um and just project

[1:22:58] Voice 11: uh implementation so getting into the uh the plant draft and um mr buckham's report later

[1:23:06] Voice 11: we'll cover a bit more of it so we're excited to have this on board uh starting off with a kickoff

[1:23:19] Voice 11: internally um other projects on the list here we haven't had much to answer okay trustees

[1:23:42] Voice 11: I just want to say to the public, I requested staff, especially our former staff that worked

[1:23:51] Voice 11: on SWPA to work with Chris and Stata Henderson from the CRD to help just bring everybody

[1:23:56] Voice 11: up to speed on the history of SWPA, saying that we at least still have that staff person

[1:24:03] Voice 11: that's no longer working in this office, but to get the history, like I said, shared with

[1:24:09] Voice 11: all parties some important things were because there was a lot of progress made it just sort of

[1:24:13] Voice 11: broke some time so i hope that proceed forward without having to repeat things

[1:24:19] Voice 11: and i thank staff for working for that meeting okay thank you anything else on us before we move

[1:24:30] Voice 11: along okay

[1:24:33] Voice 13: so we have our futures future projects list at page 60 anything on that today change the

[1:24:40] name other than you want to change the name of the prerogative of lpc

[1:24:48] Voice 11: no not just the name of the report parking lot okay so next would be

[1:25:02] Voice 11: the building information public hearing uh applications we have a couple applications

[1:25:08] Voice 11: but i would like to start them at noon um so the applicants could be here we take

[1:25:21] Voice 13: we take one of one of the items um before our break here if you like mr chair i might suggest

[1:25:29] actually you're gonna uh you know the project update might be

[1:25:37] Voice 11: completed so uh just on the line

[1:25:40] Voice 11: there he is okay well

[1:25:46] Voice 13: let's do that then we have in the addendum package here we've got the staff

[1:25:51] Voice 13: It

[1:25:52] Voice 11: is online.

[1:25:56] Voice 11: Yeah, I was able to download it.

[1:25:58] Voice 11: Yeah.

[1:26:03] Voice 11: It's not a super long report, but find it.

[1:26:14] Voice 11: Email?

[1:26:20] Voice 11: It may have come by email.

[1:26:21] Voice 11: It's not a webcast.

[1:26:26] Voice 11: Okay, then perhaps it did come by email.

[1:26:28] Voice 11: It was emailed from Kayla yesterday at 12.13.

[1:26:57] Wait a minute.

[1:26:59] They

[1:26:59] Voice 11: did an ejection.

[1:27:01] Voice 11: Addendum for review, I think is the title of the email.

[1:27:03] Voice 11: You got one, too?

[1:27:09] Voice 4: No,

[1:27:09] Voice 11: I just threw it in.

[1:27:10] Voice 11: It was only 600, so.

[1:27:13] Voice 11: There.

[1:27:13] Voice 11: Here it is.

[1:27:14] Voice 11: I found it.

[1:27:15] Voice 11: Oh, you got it?

[1:27:15] Voice 11: Okay.

[1:27:16] Voice 11: Got it.

[1:27:17] Voice 11: Okay, so

[1:27:20] Voice 11: then I will turn it over to Planner Buchan to take us through the report.

[1:27:25] Voice 1: Hello again, trustees.

[1:27:27] Voice 1: Today's report is part of the ongoing quarterly updates regarding the Salt Spring Island Local

[1:27:31] Voice 1: Trust Committee's major project, the OCP and Land Use By-law update.

[1:27:34] Voice 1: date. So first, we've now concluded the RFP process and

[1:27:37] Voice 1: have secured a consultant for the project. While we're putting

[1:27:41] Voice 1: together a formal media release, the kickoff meeting between

[1:27:43] Voice 1: staff and consultant is expected to occur essentially

[1:27:46] Voice 1: immediately. On May 29, we held the first orientation for the

[1:27:50] Voice 1: Project Advisory Planning Commission. Members received an

[1:27:54] Voice 1: overview of the project themes, the project background and their

[1:27:57] Voice 1: responsibilities going forward. So they will be engaged

[1:28:00] Voice 1: throughout key milestones as outlined in the project Terms of

[1:28:03] Voice 1: a reference. Outreach letters to all First Nations with treaty or territorial interests have been

[1:28:08] Voice 1: sent. And while responses have been fairly low so far, some nations have confirmed deferral or

[1:28:13] Voice 1: initial interest. We are actively following up to explore opportunities for early and ongoing

[1:28:18] Voice 1: engagement. Looking ahead in this project, the following activities are scheduled or in

[1:28:23] Voice 1: development. So first being the kickoff meeting between the consultant and staff following the

[1:28:28] Voice 1: signing of this contract. Working with staff, the consultant will be developing an updated

[1:28:34] Voice 1: engagement plan that should be going through APC, I believe. Preparing development for a separate

[1:28:40] Voice 1: First Nations engagement strategy that is underway. Targeted community visioning activities

[1:28:45] Voice 1: will follow the onboarding of the consultants. And ongoing APC involvement is expected throughout

[1:28:50] Voice 1: this project. At this stage in the project, a few issues and opportunities were noted by staff,

[1:28:56] Voice 1: staff, first being the APC meeting format. During the May 29th orientation, staff and

[1:29:01] Voice 1: LTC members attending heard interest in a hybrid meeting option to improve accessibility

[1:29:06] Voice 1: and participation for Project APC members. Looking into this, Section 6.1 of the current

[1:29:12] Voice 1: Salt Spring Island Advisory Planning Committee by-law requires meetings to take place in

[1:29:17] Voice 1: a physical public facility. While there is support in principle, we have identified that

[1:29:22] Voice 1: that electronic attendance is not currently permitted

[1:29:24] Voice 1: under the Islands Trust Act.

[1:29:26] Voice 1: With this in mind,

[1:29:27] Voice 1: staff would not support implementing a hybrid meeting format

[1:29:30] Voice 1: due to the legislative restrictions.

[1:29:32] Voice 1: The second item we're looking to highlight here

[1:29:35] Voice 1: is First Nations Engagement Budget.

[1:29:37] Voice 1: The project budget currently allocates 26,000

[1:29:41] Voice 1: for First Nations consultation.

[1:29:42] Voice 1: Given the number of nations with an interest in salt spring

[1:29:46] Voice 1: and our responsibility to support meaningful

[1:29:48] Voice 1: and culturally informed engagement,

[1:29:50] Voice 1: engagement, this funding level may be insufficient. With that in mind, staff will continue to

[1:29:55] Voice 1: assess costs as First Nations engagement progresses, and we will report back.

[1:30:00] Voice 1: with further details on any anticipated challenges to fulfilling this part of the project.

[1:30:05] Voice 1: So, staff expect engagement to ramp up following consultant onboarding, and we encourage everyone

[1:30:11] Voice 1: to stay informed for project updates on our project webpage. Thank you, trustees.

[1:30:15] Voice 1: All

[1:30:16] Voice 11: right, trustees, questions, comments? Trustee Patrick?

[1:30:20] Voice 11: Well, one, I'm pleased to hear that you have signed the contract with NAPL, NAPL you mean?

[1:30:29] Voice 11: The interesting, exciting opportunity is that they're also doing the OCP retreat at Bowen Island at exactly the same time.

[1:30:37] Voice 11: And I think Bowen is doing some very innovative work.

[1:30:42] Voice 11: And I think, in particular, not only are they doing good work, their communications are great.

[1:30:49] Voice 11: And I think it really helps set the bar for us to just look at Bowen's website, see what they're doing.

[1:30:56] Voice 11: and i think this consultant can bring some strong recommendations to where you know where we're

[1:31:03] Voice 11: missing some opportunities based on you know not only the gap assessment the history of all the

[1:31:07] Voice 11: work that's already been done here but bowen's very recent successes have branded they've gotten

[1:31:13] Voice 11: an housing accelerator fund and they

[1:31:15] Voice 11: weren't exempt from the province's legislation even

[1:31:19] Voice 11: though they're in the islands trust but i think there's lots of warnings there and i'm excited

[1:31:26] Voice 11: the other on the budget for first nations i'm you know

[1:31:31] Voice 11: we knew it wasn't enough and i'm

[1:31:33] Voice 11: disappointed that we didn't push it through the budget process because we knew it wasn't

[1:31:37] Voice 11: but i'd still encourage you to to poke because now the 26 000 is coming from the grant funds

[1:31:43] Voice 11: from the province when back in 23 when we are the business case that we taxed on for this project

[1:31:51] Voice 11: had a line item of $26,000 for First Nations engagement.

[1:31:56] Voice 11: I'd argue we have $52,000.

[1:32:00] Voice 11: I know that's creative math,

[1:32:02] Voice 11: but where did that money go that we taxed for line item 23?

[1:32:08] Voice 11: Now we're getting it from the grant funds.

[1:32:10] Voice 11: So did we increase the project by $26,000

[1:32:14] Voice 11: or really is that money there?

[1:32:19] Voice 11: there. So I would encourage you, and

[1:32:22] Voice 10: I'd also encourage you, you

[1:32:25] Voice 11: know, if we need to make

[1:32:26] Voice 11: waves, I'm going to use that word. I've spent

[1:32:30] Voice 10: a lot of hours on the beach down at the

[1:32:32] Voice 10: Seattle Reserve this week, so we used a lot of puns that had to do with water, ebbs and

[1:32:38] Voice 10: flows, and we discussed making waves. If we have to use the community-to-community

[1:32:46] Voice 10: grant funds and you know yes it's got limits

[1:32:49] Voice 11: basically we put in an application for what we

[1:32:52] Voice 11: need um i'm really encouraging us to not restrict ourselves if we need more money to do the work

[1:33:00] Voice 11: that needs to be done um i think from a political standpoint i hope my fellow peers at the table

[1:33:08] Voice 11: would support that we make some waves and make the requests for the funding we need

[1:33:12] Voice 11: to do the engagement that we committed to i appreciate uh i appreciate that there and

[1:33:24] Voice 11: honestly because of uh the budget process um when i also believe that we were we asked for

[1:33:34] the secret requisition of 26 000

[1:33:36] Voice 11: for the project from trust council

[1:33:39] Voice 13: so i don't think your mouth is

[1:33:42] Voice 13: entirely creative whether uh we would then get an equal amount from the reconciliation

[1:33:48] Voice 13: funding is i guess a different question

[1:33:51] Voice 10: that's where it's budgeted now yes yes

[1:33:54] Voice 13: but if if we were to establish your point uh there may be uh some retrenchment on the amount

[1:34:03] Voice 13: amount from from the senior staff on that however um do you think it's important to

[1:34:12] Voice 13: reflect that in a general sense um first nations engagement that we are expected to do by the

[1:34:22] Voice 13: province um as well as uh uh trust council and just the ethical responsibilities um is huge

[1:34:33] And

[1:34:33] Voice 13: with Islands Trust, over 30 First Nations, several islands have over a dozen nations.

[1:34:46] Voice 13: And despite Minister Calon's letter asserting that we have the toolkit to do the work signed by the province and by the Act,

[1:34:59] Voice 13: I would push back that the toolkit without the financial resources

[1:35:05] Voice 13: is somewhat meaningless when it comes to First Nations engagement.

[1:35:11] Voice 13: There is no local government that I'm aware of

[1:35:16] Voice 13: that has a sheer number of First Nations

[1:35:20] that they're expected to engage with.

[1:35:24] um

[1:35:25] Voice 13: we're aware there's capacity issues with most nations in terms of their capacity to to be

[1:35:33] Voice 13: responsive to um our requests for their engagement on these projects and uh uh frankly uh despite

[1:35:41] Voice 13: mr kalon's assertions uh i i i think it's it's incorrect to say that we have the tools necessary

[1:35:50] Voice 13: especially when we look at the

[1:35:53] Voice 11: first nations engagement

[1:35:55] Voice 11: that needs to happen across the isles trust so um

[1:36:00] Voice 13: expect to hear that again from me i thought i

[1:36:04] Voice 13: would say because i think it's it's important to point out that that you know

[1:36:13] Voice 13: there's there's

[1:36:14] Voice 13: other things that could be said about uh the minister's letter but that one is the one in

[1:36:18] Voice 13: particular that i'm pointing out that i think is not accurate um sure yes sir um so i want to

[1:36:30] clarify the intent of this um what we've what we've indicated that we

[1:36:34] Voice 11: would like what we intend

[1:36:36] Voice 11: to do is develop an individual strategy with first nations and i mean that with first nations uh so

[1:36:42] Voice 11: we sent letters in mid-april and followed up with our clients uh we've had minimal feedback from

[1:36:49] Voice 11: But I think it's, I think there's no doubt that our budget isn't adequate, but without

[1:36:57] Voice 11: a clear understanding of, out of 14 patients we had, we need to consider which ones are

[1:37:08] engaging me, what expectations I have, what complicated, and from there, actually come

[1:37:15] up with a number.

[1:37:15] It's, I think it's fair to say we could ask for a blank check right now, but I don't know

[1:37:20] put in the answer would be on that

[1:37:22] Voice 11: so uh i i think it's important to quantify this i certainly take

[1:37:27] Voice 11: a note that an engagement strategy that's going to be a living document that needs to

[1:37:34] Voice 11: need to take into consideration what financial implications would be

[1:37:39] Voice 11: and that will be certainly to advise uh with that draft strategy that we're looking at an option

[1:37:48] Voice 11: Hopefully some requests for business cases on that basis, as well as looking at our current budget and other sources.

[1:38:01] Voice 11: Those are the two areas that are expected to see a two-pronged approach.

[1:38:06] Voice 11: What do we do this fiscal about promoting financial delay to see that budget more accurately?

[1:38:16] Voice 11: I understood that. I'm just trying to say we're here to support you, you know, and to make waves, I support making waves in any way we can inside outside this organization, the funding, an opportunity for success, modest

[1:38:45] Voice 10: success on this,

[1:38:46] Voice 11: this project, and we are kind of demonstrating how engagement should be done today.

[1:38:52] Voice 11: So if we enhance from ourselves, it's our job to help overcome that, not necessarily

[1:39:02] waiting here, rattle trees as we rattle troops,

[1:39:06] Voice 11: it's time to be, First Nations are encouraging

[1:39:12] Voice 11: us.

[1:39:12] Voice 11: I think they want to see us making waves too, if we just are complicit, but we're broke

[1:39:20] Voice 11: and put ourselves in and you know that that's not good enough that we need to at least be seen

[1:39:29] Voice 11: that's that's my message is i know i'll do as strongly as i can and i'm willing to

[1:39:38] Voice 11: draw outside the lines and rattle the trees if necessary in this area

[1:39:43] Voice 11: the only other question i have is um do we have an opportunity to meet with a consultant

[1:40:04] Voice 11: through

[1:40:05] Voice 1: the chair uh we we do have a meeting set for later this week uh so it is underway we just

[1:40:09] Voice 1: haven't had the opportunity to sit down and go over the project yet with

[1:40:13] Voice 11: us are you going to be

[1:40:14] Voice 11: talking about setting up meetings with us oh

[1:40:17] Voice 1: i understood uh following the the kickoff meeting

[1:40:20] Voice 1: I suspect we'll set up those meetings. Okay,

[1:40:24] Voice 11: trustee Harris. Okay, so I guess to start,

[1:40:30] Voice 11: I

[1:40:30] Voice 12: still do not support this

[1:40:38] Voice 11: OCP project and I believe, you know, as I've stated since the

[1:40:44] beginning of the term, the housing section of the OCP seems we're in a housing crisis

[1:40:50] and there's things we could have done,

[1:40:52] Voice 11: there's things we can do.

[1:40:59] Voice 12: Making waves, well, you know,

[1:41:06] i guess you could consider the things that i proposed beginning the term is making waves

[1:41:11] something there's an appetite to make some waves well we've got the opportunity to do that

[1:41:17] Voice 11: we can take into account what's good for this community and pass bylaws for zoning

[1:41:26] Voice 11: even if you know five bylaw 537 um so you know

[1:41:38] Voice 12: i still feel that that's the route we should be

[1:41:40] Voice 12: going we don't have to continue on with this thing you know the term is going to be over

[1:41:50] nothing spend money and more money and talk talk talk and have nothing of any real sense that's

[1:41:58] done

[1:41:58] Voice 12: because the ocp is ice i'm very concerned that it's going to be restrictive and not

[1:42:03] Voice 12: the issues that are happening and again there's a crisis waiting four years two months 537

[1:42:14] Voice 12: seven have never even transplanted. So a little time, let's carry on the First Nations engagement.

[1:42:20] Voice 12: Looks great. We're going to meet with Asawa. Well, how about the other 14 nations? And how

[1:42:26] Voice 12: long is that going to take? We're going to have 14 feasts. You know, I agree with consultation

[1:42:35] with First Nations, but there's also realities

[1:42:37] Voice 12: and consultation is different for different things

[1:42:41] Voice 12: that are going on. When it comes to a housing crisis and amending a housing portion of the OCP,

[1:42:47] We can't expect to have consensus. We have to do what we feel is right as elected officials when

[1:42:56] Voice 12: taking into account why we were elected, what the election issues were, and the public engagement that happened with the election.

[1:43:06] Voice 12: And so going on to, going back to the First Nations engagement, we can do as we've done.

[1:43:19] Voice 12: Letters can be sent.

[1:43:20] Voice 12: It can be time to be extended as it has been done to have feedback from First Nations.

[1:43:25] Voice 12: And most of the time, we see that the majority of First Nations say this is no, we have no effect to them.

[1:43:33] Voice 12: um so again

[1:43:40] Voice 11: you know and i very my point your point is very well taken

[1:43:43] on the need for more consultation on the trust area as a whole but again that's something

[1:43:53] different compared to an ltc and all the different things that go on within an ltc

[1:43:57] definitely don't require the exact same amount of consultation because

[1:44:05] Voice 12: in order to do that

[1:44:06] Voice 12: that will be 14 years later.

[1:44:09] Voice 12: It's like people's lives have already lived their life.

[1:44:13] Voice 12: Going back to what I said earlier

[1:44:16] Voice 12: with the seltzering solutions.

[1:44:19] So way too long.

[1:44:23] This isn't helpful.

[1:44:24] Talk, talk, talk, nothing gets done.

[1:44:26] Again, I'm not, I'm not for this project.

[1:44:29] I suggest it gets halted.

[1:44:31] Voice 12: Just a minute, I was in a session with you.

[1:44:33] Voice 12: Do as staff has said to us,

[1:44:35] Voice 12: we could have procedurally amend that within two months i'll leave it

[1:44:41] Voice 11: at that thank you

[1:44:41] Voice 12: okay

[1:44:44] Voice 11: anything further um for today sure okay well thank you mr bucking and i think well it's just about

[1:45:00] Voice 11: yes mr brinkle just a consideration yeah new camera more dingman is available

[1:45:08] but I understand that we spent project in

[1:45:12] Voice 11: running it and running out we might want to save the

[1:45:15] Voice 11: discussion so we're not rushing it yeah I I

[1:45:18] Voice 11: was preparing for recess and for applications

[1:45:24] Voice 11: all right okay well let's let's recess and we'll return here uh for 12 o'clock for the applications

[1:45:40] Voice 11: And we're going to be pretty close to, it's going to be fairly short, I think, and we'll

[1:45:47] Voice 11: have the closed meeting up to that.

[1:45:51] Voice 11: Thank you, everybody.

[1:45:52] Voice 11: We will return at noon.

[2:28:42] Voice 4: okay and i believe

[2:28:43] Voice 4: lisa is there all

[2:28:46] Voice 13: right welcome back we're from uh and we're in

[2:28:53] Voice 11: section 15

[2:28:54] Voice 11: applications and referrals first up a development looks like on page 63 for cyprus v road and let

[2:29:12] Voice 11: me turn it over to planner karuba to start us off thank

[2:29:15] Voice 10: you mr chair the staff report presents

[2:29:18] Voice 10: a development variance from its application for subject property located at 116 Cypress

[2:29:24] Voice 10: B Road.

[2:29:25] Voice 10: The applicant is seeking variance to relax the setback on water body from 15 meters to

[2:29:30] Voice 10: zero meters for the installation of culvert on an unmarked water body located on the subject

[2:29:36] Voice 10: property.

[2:29:37] Voice 10: The application is as a result of bylaw enforcement regarding installation of the culvert, the

[2:29:42] Voice 10: citing of which is not in compliance with subsection 4.4.1 of the land use bylaw, which

[2:29:48] Voice 10: states that no building or structure except a fence, a pump house, or a boat house may be sited

[2:29:53] Voice 10: within 15 meters of the natural ecology of the water body, therefore requiring a variance to bring

[2:30:00] Voice 10: this activity was in compliance with the Land Use By-law.

[2:30:03] Voice 10: In accordance with Section 499, Subsection 3 of the Local Development Act

[2:30:07] Voice 10: and Salt River Island Development Procedures By-law,

[2:30:10] Voice 10: statutory notice of the proposed variance was mailed to all owners

[2:30:13] Voice 10: and tenants in occupation of properties within 100 metres of the subject property.

[2:30:18] Voice 10: Several correspondences were received from the neighbours

[2:30:21] Voice 10: regarding the potential impact of the development on neighbouring properties,

[2:30:24] Voice 10: copies of which have been provided to the LTC.

[2:30:26] Voice 10: see. Staff recommends that the LTC approve regions of development variance permit PLDVP

[2:30:32] Voice 10: 2025-0078 as this will bring the development into compliance with the land use bylaw

[2:30:38] Voice 10: and the proposed variance doesn't challenge the intent of the regulation.

[2:30:42] Voice 10: Alternative recommendation is to request for further information prior to making a decision

[2:30:47] Voice 10: or deny regions of development variance permit PLDVP 2025-0078. Thank you.

[2:30:56] Voice 10: but

[2:30:57] Voice 11: thank you and the applicant here and wish to add anything yeah quick things one is myself my

[2:31:06] Voice 11: wife Sarah and contracting various engineer geotechnical experts to go to the process

[2:31:13] Voice 11: making sure that all the concerns in terms of the installation of all work oh say we've also

[2:31:21] Voice 11: been in communication with both the property owners that are directly impacted so we had

[2:31:26] Voice 11: a sit-down discussion with the property above us and went over what we're going to do and

[2:31:31] Voice 11: we're in agreement as well as the same discussions were on the property below us

[2:31:38] uh i had a telephone conversation with that individual and

[2:31:42] Voice 11: again hopefully both the people

[2:31:45] Voice 11: have been uh updated on the current status of where we're at so i have pricing them right with

[2:31:50] Voice 11: emails and they obviously come back to me okay thank you trustees any questions for staff or

[2:32:00] Voice 11: no questions trustee patrick so this is installed it's so yeah so this is it's already existing

[2:32:10] Voice 11: as well yes

[2:32:11] Voice 4: yeah

[2:32:12] Voice 11: i do recall having conversations on this couple of times here so um

[2:32:23] Voice 11: and i guess so that was it i guess you retained a contractor to do the work just putting in a

[2:32:30] Voice 11: driveway or what yeah we uh originally we put a driveway in because our original plan actually

[2:32:37] Voice 11: had a driving well inside of the property which would have created like an eight what pertaining

[2:32:42] Voice 11: so we actually tried to put the driveway through a more of an easier way and it actually

[2:32:54] Voice 11: We were going by the original development drawings, and it had a setback.

[2:32:59] Voice 11: So everybody in that neighborhood, including us, were designing our buildings around that

[2:33:04] Voice 11: developer.

[2:33:05] Voice 11: So what I had done is I actually called up the trust and said, well, what's this drawing

[2:33:09] that they've done?

[2:33:10] And they said, oh, we don't have that on our system.

[2:33:12] Oh, OK.

[2:33:14] And as things go, this is not on any maps or any riparian area.

[2:33:19] Voice 11: So, lo and behold, we put the driveway in and we had this pile of soil.

[2:33:25] Voice 11: Well, rather than hauling that soil somewhere else, we said, well, why don't we keep it on the property?

[2:33:29] Voice 11: So we

[2:33:31] Voice 9: asked permission.

[2:33:33] Voice 11: So I think it was a misunderstanding in terms of what we were trying to do, because lo and behold,

[2:33:39] Voice 11: we thought we had some sort of permission. We proceeded to do the work.

[2:33:44] Voice 11: I understand. Thank you for that. I have no other questions.

[2:33:50] Voice 11: all right uh there's no further questions we have a recommended resolution in front of us

[2:33:59] Voice 11: someone like to make the motion i move that the salisbury island local trust committee

[2:34:03] Voice 11: approve issuance of development variance permit uh pld vp two zero two five zero zero seven eight

[2:34:11] Voice 11: seconded by trustee harris any further discussion not seeing any alcohol question all those in favor

[2:34:17] Voice 11: and the motion carries. All right, thank you. So, next up on page 77, we have another development

[2:34:27] Voice 11: variance permit, Narrows West Road, and this is coming to us from Planner.

[2:34:38] Voice 11: Thank you, Mr. Chair.

[2:34:42] Voice 5: The applicant is requesting to increase the maximum allowable

[2:34:46] Voice 5: float size from 35 square meters or 375 square feet to 136 square meters or 1463 square feet

[2:34:55] Voice 5: to allow construction of a non-commercial group moorage on a common property within shoreline

[2:35:03] Voice 5: six zone. The application was referred to the Islands Trust Conservancy due to proximity to

[2:35:11] Voice 5: to a property owned by the ITC.

[2:35:14] Voice 5: The board confirmed no impact on their interest,

[2:35:18] Voice 5: but recommended that First Nations be consulted.

[2:35:22] Voice 5: A referral to First Nation is a free consideration

[2:35:24] Voice 5: for LTC to make, and input received from the referral

[2:35:28] Voice 5: could be considered by LTC in such applications.

[2:35:31] Voice 5: Typically, First Nation referrals are provided

[2:35:34] Voice 5: with a 60-day response window.

[2:35:37] Voice 5: though. Staff have provided boarding as an alternative recommendation. Applicant has also

[2:35:44] Voice 5: applied for a shoreline development permit for which a separate report will be prepared and

[2:35:49] Voice 5: submitted to director of local planning services for consideration. A professional assessment by

[2:35:57] Voice 5: Australia Consulting indicates minimal habitat loss and the design includes best management

[2:36:02] Voice 5: practices to mitigate environmental impacts. A statutory notice was sent to

[2:36:09] Voice 5: property owners and tenants within 100 meters. No public responses have been

[2:36:14] Voice 5: received to date, but the applicant confirmed that the representative would

[2:36:19] Voice 5: attend the meeting to talk about the proposal. Although the variance is not

[2:36:24] Voice 5: minor, the staff recommendation is to approve the variance application as it's

[2:36:29] Voice 5: generally consistent with the intent of the regulation. The proposed float will

[2:36:34] Voice 5: serve as shared access for a 10-latt strata development. Additionally, no

[2:36:40] Voice 5: vegetation clearing is anticipated as part of the project and stable

[2:36:45] Voice 5: materials will be used in construction to prevent water degradation. As

[2:36:51] Voice 5: alternatives, the LTC may consider to refer the application to First Nations,

[2:36:56] Voice 5: applications, to request further information, or to deny the application.

[2:37:02] Voice 5: Thank you.

[2:37:04] Voice 13: Thank you.

[2:37:05] Voice 13: And the applicants with us today.

[2:37:06] Voice 13: Would you like to add anything, sir?

[2:37:09] Voice 11: Yeah.

[2:37:10] Voice 11: So this was a previously approved development.

[2:37:17] And just as

[2:37:18] Voice 11: things have moved along through time, it has been further reduced in size

[2:37:23] Voice 11: and so.

[2:37:23] Voice 11: So this is a big piece towards cumulative impacts and reducing impact, but also creating shared border job opportunities.

[2:37:30] Voice 11: So we feel that what we're asking for is reasonable and fits within the overall mandate of the province, but also reducing impacts.

[2:37:41] Voice 11: That's all I have to say about that.

[2:37:44] Voice 11: Thank you, trustees. Any questions?

[2:37:46] Voice 11: No questions. It looks good to me.

[2:37:53] Voice 11: I just have a question on the process so still the documents still need the

[2:38:00] Voice 11: provincial approval and is the prevent so provincial approval isn't that referring

[2:38:08] Voice 11: to First Nations provincial process there's a moratorium too isn't there well the moratorium

[2:38:15] Voice 11: only extends it to new applications not previously issued permissions so in this particular case the

[2:38:21] Voice 11: the permission has been approved as per the larger footprint and now that's being further reduced in

[2:38:29] size so it's just

[2:38:29] Voice 11: a variance to the bi-long grass oh so the dock was already approved yeah correct

[2:38:36] Voice 11: and how long ago was that there 2011 2011.

[2:38:43] Voice 4: okay um yeah no i mean i it's a bit odd but um mr

[2:38:57] Voice 11: i mean i do want to make sure i think we did a development product from last fall right um for

[2:39:05] Voice 11: for the aquatic material um so the you know i mean the application more or less rules

[2:39:14] Voice 11: um and so it's a larger document you know from an environmental perspective staff you see this

[2:39:26] is generally a good idea perspective um and

[2:39:33] Voice 11: um you know that the overall provincial the

[2:39:35] Voice 11: white provincial structure is is the opposite so it's pretty much squared so yeah thank you

[2:39:43] Voice 11: all right anything further i'll move that the soul spring island local trust committee approve

[2:39:57] Voice 11: any further discussion i'm seeing any i'll call the question all those in favor and that carries

[2:40:11] Voice 11: so the new business at 17.1 we have the north salt spring waterworks district um letter for

[2:40:29] consideration and

[2:40:30] Voice 11: uh we'll match it today yes um she said letter i'm not quite certain why

[2:40:43] Voice 11: ourselves we didn't officially copy us on this letter but they readily provided it to us they

[2:40:48] Voice 11: did speak with our ceo about the letter and what they were trying to do um i i absolutely support

[2:40:56] Voice 11: just for history's sake the province decided long ago now almost 10 years ago plus to

[2:41:05] Voice 11: sort of phase out improvement districts but they're still here and this is the large one

[2:41:13] Voice 11: of the largest improvement districts on salt spring operating successfully

[2:41:18] Voice 11: and they're asking for a tool from the province to be allowed to prioritize connections toward

[2:41:25] Voice 11: the housing that we need um i think this is a incredibly important request i think this would be

[2:41:32] appropriate

[2:41:33] Voice 11: for all improvement districts providing water services throughout our islands

[2:41:37] Voice 11: that we are not the same as a improvement district in a more urban setting or elsewhere our water

[2:41:48] supplies are

[2:41:49] Voice 11: precarious and and giving them more tools to be able to direct any uh water just makes

[2:42:00] Voice 11: sense so my recommendation would be that we make a resolution to forward this to trust council as

[2:42:08] Voice 11: a late agenda item for uh june trust council and that we recommend support of this request

[2:42:21] Voice 11: Well, I can frame that motion. Lisa, sorry, I did not write something up. She's really

[2:42:29] Voice 11: good. She hears us. I don't know if there's advice from staff on anything different. So

[2:42:41] Voice 11: I would move that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee, we're drafting as we go,

[2:42:45] Voice 11: um request that this letter be added to trust council's agenda as a late item and that we

[2:42:56] Voice 11: recommend support sure yeah we've got to request that for the end of this consideration of course

[2:43:05] Voice 11: one portion of uh the trust council agenda and we recommend support okay um yeah that's um

[2:43:19] Voice 11: that's pretty we recommend the trust council support yes

[2:43:29] Voice 11: mr miller have you um you know the craft resolution this

[2:43:34] Voice 6: is what i have so far i'm

[2:43:36] Voice 6: through the chair that the salt spring island local trust committee request the north salt

[2:43:41] Voice 6: spring waterworks district request to the province letter dated may 16 2005 be added to the trust

[2:43:49] Voice 6: council agenda as a late item and that the salt spring island local trust committee

[2:43:57] Voice 6: recommends trust council support endorsement of the request sounds perfect

[2:44:02] Voice 11: i make that motion

[2:44:05] Voice 11: moved seconded by trustee harris any further discussion

[2:44:12] Voice 11: not seeing it i'll call the question all those in favor and uh all right thank you

[2:44:22] Voice 13: so moving on we have the policy and standing resolutions list at page 148 on that today

[2:44:33] Voice 11: seeing any uh the applications report starting at page 156 from staff on the application support

[2:44:41] today well mr chair we're just

[2:44:43] Voice 11: continuing um we do seem to be getting a bit of a rush on

[2:44:47] Voice 11: on permits and actually a few rezonings right now so just um for lpc's awareness we are

[2:44:54] Voice 11: i think we had seen a bit of a low in the last few months but that certainly kicked up very recently

[2:44:58] Voice 11: so um that definitely seemed a bit of a crush uh to um this may and june primarily

[2:45:08] Voice 11: variances in these openings with this probably be a more appropriate time to address the request from

[2:45:17] Voice 11: israel um the chair yes i guess you spoke about it this morning a bit but um

[2:45:29] Voice 11: what would be what would be the ramifications of prior or prioritizing their agenda uh their

[2:45:36] Voice 11: application um sure um right now we we have a really um a healthy workload um of applications

[2:45:47] um i've i've sort of shifted to a point where right now we have a mapping planner two

[2:45:53] and a Planner 1 on staff that are doing the majority of development applications

[2:45:59] as well as our plant technicians

[2:46:00] Voice 11: running our primarily built applications.

[2:46:06] Voice 11: We have the occasional ALR and soil applications going as well.

[2:46:12] Voice 11: But the vast majority of it is mostly development permits and development barriers permits

[2:46:16] Voice 11: and a handful of resounding applications.

[2:46:21] Voice 11: The Yaki Planner 2 is primarily assigned resounding applications

[2:46:25] Voice 11: as well as taking on the freshwater file, as well as anything that sort of shakes out

[2:46:36] Voice 11: of the OCP-LEP.

[2:46:38] Voice 11: There are side projects we're trying to avoid taking away from that core team on the OCP-LEP

[2:46:46] Voice 11: team.

[2:46:47] Voice 11: assigned as a rapid action by the consultant.

[2:46:53] That work is, that product should be expected in a couple

[2:46:58] Voice 11: of weeks, analysis, questions

[2:47:03] Voice 11: for priority action.

[2:47:06] Voice 11: So in that short period of time, do you think it would be possible to have the active planner

[2:47:15] Voice 11: to focus on this development application?

[2:47:18] Voice 11: If that's desired, I would now allow them to do a substantial policy analysis.

[2:47:26] Voice 11: It's not an uncomplicated application and it's going to be patient to do it.

[2:47:31] Voice 11: But we're, you know, one of one is also very capable of undertaking the presentation.

[2:47:42] Voice 11: Okay.

[2:47:48] Did you have something?

[2:47:49] Yeah.

[2:47:49] No.

[2:47:50] Sorry.

[2:47:51] Just about a different application.

[2:47:53] So,

[2:47:54] Voice 11: okay.

[2:47:56] Voice 11: Let's continue on this.

[2:47:58] Voice 11: Yeah.

[2:48:00] Voice 11: Yeah, I mean, this one is important because it's both dealing with medical clinic, which is going to hopefully be a location where we may have more doctors

[2:48:10] Voice 11: and it may help some housing to support the doctors that we may have.

[2:48:14] Voice 11: Speaking as someone who no longer has a doctor on this island, and I know I'm not alone, I think this is a project that's keenly important to the community.

[2:48:24] Voice 11: um and so do we have a number on that application or do we how would we refer to the place for

[2:48:34] Voice 11: speeding it up they're out there oh okay so i can i can get those or i guess it's just the

[2:48:44] Voice 11: i'll send those to miss miller to work into a resolution please

[2:48:51] Voice 11: the request for the development permit

[2:49:31] Voice 11: So let's recess in till 1227. Sounds good.

[2:49:46] Voice 11: We don't have one.

[2:50:47] We can

[2:50:52] Voice 11: say any associated permits, something like that in the motion

[2:50:59] Voice 11: and it's then it covers

[2:51:06] Voice 11: I've shared it with Lisa, it's PLRZ20250220.

[2:51:13] Voice 11: Okay, you're going to have to repeat that.

[2:51:15] Voice 11: Yeah.

[2:51:16] Voice 11: But

[2:51:16] Voice 10: Lisa has it.

[2:51:17] Voice 10: Okay.

[2:51:17] Voice 10: You'll say something.

[2:51:18] Voice 10: Sorry.

[2:51:18] Voice 11: No, that'll work.

[2:51:20] Voice 11: Thank you.

[2:51:22] Voice 11: Thanks, Patty.

[2:51:33] Voice 11: Lisa, if you could just confirm when you're feeling ready, that'd be great.

[2:51:46] Voice 6: Go ahead when you're ready.

[2:51:48] Voice 13: Yeah, I'll just note that we did say 12.7 and Trustee

[2:51:52] Voice 11: Harris is gone for a break.

[2:51:56] Voice 11: So we should just wait until that time.

[2:52:27] Yeah.

[2:56:45] Voice 11: Okay, we're about,

[2:56:56] Voice 13: at least if you can read us back what we have so far.

[2:57:02] Voice 6: Chair Peterson, I don't have anything so far.

[2:57:04] Voice 6: request

[2:57:16] Voice 11: stat two five P L R Z two zero two five zero two two zero and any associated

[2:57:26] Voice 11: applications thank

[2:57:33] Voice 6: you I have that I

[2:57:35] Voice 11: I so move moved and I'll second the motion um

[2:57:40] Voice 11: further discussion of Justin Patrick yeah I said uh we need housing I do agree this project is well

[2:57:50] Voice 11: well positioned although they have a lot of work to do quickly um and i also know the funding

[2:57:57] Voice 11: streams are going to be changing uh so this opportunity in this funding stream is the best

[2:58:01] Voice 11: fit for this project and uh she's been the best of luck to make it

[2:58:07] Voice 11: okay uh trustee harris is

[2:58:14] Voice 11: returning trustee harris we have a motion on the floor to prioritize the

[2:58:20] Voice 11: um the king's lane rezoning application and any associated applications just looking for

[2:58:31] Voice 11: any further discussion before i call the question all

[2:58:35] Voice 13: right then i will call the question all those

[2:58:36] Voice 13: in favor and that carries

[2:58:39] Voice 11: okay i would like to know the status on the development permit

[2:58:54] it over

[2:58:55] Voice 11: 2023.14 21.4 is that 2023.14 2023 point what page is that on

[2:59:48] Voice 11: it's on page one i just started 163 top page 163.

[3:00:38] Voice 11: What did you ask me about?

[3:00:39] Voice 11: The design and

[3:00:40] Voice 11: variance from a DBP.

[3:00:41] Voice 4: The

[3:00:58] Voice 11: application is in review right now.

[3:01:03] Voice 11: It's, yeah, it's been with us for some time.

[3:01:07] Voice 11: This application has gone back and forth a number of times through a number of alterations.

[3:01:12] Voice 11: It didn't have anything very recent on it.

[3:01:17] In fact, it's been imported into the decision making process.

[3:01:20] We do have some outstanding questions about it.

[3:01:25] than

[3:01:25] Voice 11: just trying to get some more clarity in the application.

[3:01:28] Voice 11: Why is it taking so long?

[3:01:30] Voice 11: Well, we put this to the applicant, and we've sought clarity.

[3:01:34] Voice 11: We haven't really gotten to a point where we have a clear request.

[3:01:38] Voice 11: So you're going to be careful?

[3:01:42] Voice 11: Yep.

[3:01:52] Voice 11: Anything else on the applications report?

[3:01:57] Voice 11: I just have a question as to what are you waiting to hear from the applicant?

[3:02:08] Voice 11: The application is apparently at variance to a servicing request,

[3:02:12] request.

[3:02:12] Voice 11: However, it's aligned with a subdivision application.

[3:02:16] Voice 11: ostensibly the purpose of this application is unfair, because

[3:02:20] Voice 11: the nature of the subdivision is not compliant or sensible in

[3:02:25] Voice 11: terms of application access, primarily, as well as just the

[3:02:31] Voice 11: intended use. We're still just trying to get more clarity on

[3:02:36] Voice 11: this application to support so but there's been quite a bit of

[3:02:42] Voice 11: back and forth he said yep and you're still not clear on what they have to do he's been in here

[3:02:57] Voice 11: the the primary issue with the proposed subdivision access is through an adjacent

[3:03:05] Voice 11: property over which there is no normalized access provision so the subdivisions are

[3:03:13] Voice 11: located in the landlocked area and has no road access has no real legal driveway

[3:03:24] Voice 11: No, there's no provision for driveway. There's no access to the driveway. There's not a rationale

[3:03:33] Voice 11: for this.

[3:03:36] Voice 11: So what are you waiting to hear from them?

[3:03:38] Voice 11: We're waiting to hear some clarity that these issues have been clarified, that those

[3:03:42] Voice 11: driveway sections have been clarified, that they have at least an intent to paint a right-of-way

[3:03:48] Voice 11: or somehow provide growth on both lots.

[3:03:55] Voice 11: well it is all along the road sunset but the subdivisions with the subdivision that this

[3:04:04] Voice 11: application proposes to support this those lot of the new parcels do not have room they don't

[3:04:11] Voice 11: it's interesting i was told something different thank you thank you okay so moving on then

[3:04:22] Voice 11: no expense report today the

[3:04:27] Voice 13: island trust conservancy

[3:04:29] Voice 11: board report was uh highlighted by

[3:04:31] i uh chair

[3:04:33] Voice 11: would appreciate her coming once again so we have a closed meeting scheduled next and

[3:04:50] Voice 11: i'll just look to staff anticipation of rising report in

[3:04:58] Voice 13: this meeting or

[3:04:59] Voice 13: just do it next meeting okay so then i will just state that the next regular meeting on

[3:05:04] Voice 13: salt spring island local trust committee is scheduled for 9 30 a.m july 10th 2025 right

[3:05:11] Voice 13: here at the legion meeting hall on salt spring island and then i will entertain the motion to

[3:05:17] Voice 13: close the meeting i

[3:05:19] Voice 11: move salt spring island local trust committee close this meeting to the public

[3:05:22] Voice 11: subject community charter section 91 act to consider a matter of law enforcement and staff

[3:05:27] Voice 11: stuff invited to remain moved exactly by chelsea harris any discussion seeing any i'll call the

[3:05:37] Voice 11: question all those in favor and the meeting is closed we'll just get a moment great some moment

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June 5, 2025 
     Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025 
Location: Meaden Hall 
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island  
  
Members Present: 
 
 
Timothy Peterson, Chair 
Jamie Harris, Local Trustee 
Laura Patrick, Local Trustee   
 
Staff Present: 
 
 
 
 
Others Present: 
 
Chris Hutton, Regional Planning Manager  
Chris Buchan, A/Island Planner (electronic) 
Milad Panahifar, Planner 1 (electronic) 
Oluwashogo Garuba, A/Planner 2 
Rob Pingle, Planning Technician 
Lisa Millard, Meeting Administrator/Recorder (electronic)  
 
There were approximately 5 members of the public present 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Peterson called the meeting to order at 9:32 a.m. He introduced himself, the 
Trustees, and staff. Chair Peterson acknowledged that the Local Trust Committee is 
meeting in the territory of the Coast Salish First Nations and recognized that June is 
Indigenous History Month. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
The following addition to the agenda was presented for consideration:  
 17.1 North Salt Spring Waterworks District Request to Province Letter Dated May 16, 
2025 
By general consent the agenda was adopted as amended. 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 There were no public comments. 
4. DELEGATIONS 
4.1 Mairi Welman, Co-Chair – Salt Spring Solutions 
The delegate provided an overview of the outcome of their community 
engagement project on housing and highlighted the following: 
 Topics of engagement included clustered housing, readying Ganges village 
for increased housing, and enabling accessory dwellings in appropriate 
locations; 
 Engagement methods included focus groups for renters, employers, workers, 
and the insecurely housed, one-on-one phone interviews with landlords, 

 
 
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developers, and investors, and an online public survey which garnered 657 
responses; 
 70% of survey respondents supported clustered housing to preserve rural 
areas, 71% supported enabling accessory dwelling units in appropriate 
locations, and 73% believe increasing housing in Ganges is necessary to 
address housing needs; 
 There is community preference for prioritizing non-market rental housing and 
cautious resource management; 
 Planners and developers indicated pre-zoning could help streamline 
permitting and approval processes; 
 Landlords of legal and illegal market rental housing noted formalizing illegal 
suites would increase the availability of safe and compliant housing; 
 There is consistent support for alternative housing models such as tiny home 
communities, cooperative housing, and clustered housing; and 
 They will submit a final report of their findings as part of the Official 
Community Plan engagement process. 
4.2 Linda Adams, Vice-Chair – Gulf Islands Seniors Residence Association 
(GISRA) 
The delegate spoke to the following: 
 the Association owns property on Kings Lane where the Salt Spring Island 
Health Centre is located along with modular units currently being used for 
temporary supportive housing; 
 The property was acquired with intent to build another affordable housing 
complex for seniors and the Local Trust Committee rezoned the property in 
2020 for that use plus a medical clinic with a maximum of 12 medical 
practitioners; 
 They have determined that housing model is no longer viable while at the 
same time understanding there is urgent need for workforce housing; 
 A rezoning application has been submitted seeking to amend the current 
zoning to allow affordable housing that is not limited to seniors, maintain the 
existing housing agreement registered on the property with some minor 
language amendments, allow a more flexible range of office types with intent 
to increase primary care services, remove the maximum number of medical 
practitioners permitted, and introduce amendments that would facilitate 
subdivision of the clinic portion of the property; and  
 Due to provincial funding application deadlines and urgent need for housing, 
they are asking the Local Trust Committee to fast track their rezoning 
application. 
5. TRUSTEE REPORTS 
Trustee Harris reported Trust Council will be meeting on Salt Spring Island June 17-19 
and MLA Rob Botterell will be providing a presentation. He invited interested members 
of the public to attend the meeting to express concern regarding MLA Botterell’s 
comments published in the Driftwood which critiqued Trust Council’s request for a 
governance review. 
 Trustee Patrick reported the following: 
 Witnessed the Tsawout First Nation leadership attend Salt Spring Island to celebrate 
land back adjacent to their reserve; 

 
 
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 Recognized the efforts of the Salt Spring Foundation campaign to raise funds for the 
parcel of land that has be acquired by the Tsawout First Nation; 
 Attended the May 15 Local Community Commission meeting to hear a delegation 
from the consultant hired for the Commission’s developing housing strategy; 
 Attended joint Local Community Commission / Local Trust Committee meeting; 
 Met with Transition Salt Spring to discuss the Official Community Plan and Land Use 
Bylaw project; 
 Attended Trust Program Committee, CAO Performance Evaluation Committee, and 
Committee of the Whole meetings; 
 Attended the Tiny Home on Wheels Steering Committee to discuss next steps;  
 Attended the Southern Gulf Island Forum and Cross Border Forum meetings and; 
 Participated in a CBC Radio interview on water conservation and drought. 
6. CHAIR'S REPORT 
Chair Peterson reported the following: 
 Ongoing attendance at Trust Program Committee meetings to continue work on 
Islands Trust Policy Statement amendments; 
 Attended  Committee of the Whole meeting to discuss the 2023 Governance Review, 
 Attended joint Local Community Commission / Local Trust Committee meeting; 
 Executive Committee is focussed on the upcoming Trust Council meeting being held 
on Salt Spring Island;  
 The 2026/27 pre-budget consultation engagement has commenced with an online 
survey available on the website; and  
 Upcoming attendance at Islands Trust and Tsawout First Nation Feast and 
Gathering. 
7. Islands Trust Conservancy Board Chair’s Report 
Islands Trust Conservancy Board Chair Gauvreau provided a report and highlighted the 
following: 
 The Conservancy has launched a campaign to celebrate its 35
th
 anniversary which is 
being promoted on the website, through social media, in local newspapers, and at 
booths at Pender, Salt Spring, and Gabriola Island fall fairs; 
 They are currently 115 properties under conservancy protection including 34 nature 
reserves and 81 properties with conservation covenants; 
 The spring edition of the Heron newsletter has been released; and 
 Highlights of the recent Islands Trust Conservancy Board meeting were provided. 
8. CRD DIRECTOR'S REPORT - None 
9. PREVIOUS MEETINGS 
9.1 Draft Minutes of the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee 
9.1.1 Draft Minutes of the May 8, 2025 Salt Spring Island Local Trust 
Committee Regular Meeting  
By general consent, the Salt Spring Island Local Trust 
Committee Minutes of May 8, 2025 were adopted. 
 9.2 Resolutions Without Meeting Report - None 

 
 
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9.3 Draft Minutes of the Advisory Planning Commissions - None 
9.4 Local Trust Committee Public Hearing Record - None 
10. CORRESPONDENCE 
Correspondence received concerning current applications or projects is posted on the 
LTC webpage 
10.1 Honorable Minister R. Kahlon Letter - Dated May 28th 2025 regarding SSI 
LTC's request to opt-in to the principal resident requirement 
Received for information. 
10.2 P. Prince Email - Dated May 14th 2025 to LTC with Saturday Market Society, 
CRD Administrator and MP - Regarding no amplified music policy 
Discussion ensued regarding the implications of providing a letter in response to 
a policy that is not within the Local Trust Committee’s realm of responsibility. 
It was MOVED and SECONDED, 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee request the Chair write a letter 
of concern to the Capital Regional District regarding their proposal about 
amplified music at the Saturday market. 
 
The Regional Planning Manager suggested an amendment to the motion to 
change word the word “concern” to “support for amplified music” and to direct the 
letter to the Saturday Market Society. 
The question on the following motion, as amended, was then called. 
SS-2026-066 
It was MOVED and SECONDED 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee request the Chair to 
write a letter of support for amplified music to the Salt Spring Island 
Saturday Market Society. 
CARRIED 
10.3 S. Henderson Email - Dated April 8th 2025 - Regarding CRD-LCC Request 
for Data analysis - Development potential 
Received for information. 
11. BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES 
11.1 Follow-Up Action List 
The Regional Planning Manager provided an update to the Follow-up Action List. 
11.2 Bylaw 540 – Rainbow Road Housing Agreement Repeal Bylaw 
The Planner summarized the staff report and highlighted the following: 
 Proposed Bylaw No. 540 has undergone three readings, was approved by 
the Islands Trust Executive Committee, and is being presented to the Local 
Trust Committee for adoption; and 
 The foreclosed property has now been sold and staff are not aware of the 
new owner’s intention for the property. 

 
 
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The Local Trust Committee had no questions or comments for the Planner. 
 
SS-2025-067 
It was MOVED and SECONDED, 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Housing Agreement 
Repeal Bylaw No. 540 cited as “Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee 
Bylaw No. 540” be adopted. 
CARRIED 
12. WORK PROGRAM 
12.1 Active Projects List 
  The Regional Planning Manager provided an update to the Active Projects List. 
A Trustee noted they requested staff no longer working in the Salt Spring office 
provide background information on the proof of water project to be shared with all 
parties to ensure duplication of previous work is not undertaken. 
12.2 Future Projects List 
  Received for information. 
13. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING - None 
14. PUBLIC HEARING – None 
Item 16 was heard prior to Item 15 
The meeting was recessed for a break at 11:18 and reconvened at 12:00 
15. APPLICATIONS AND REFERRALS 
15.1 PLDVP20250078 - R. Neff - 116 Cypress View Rd, SSI 
The Planner summarized the staff report and highlighted the following: 
 The application retroactively seeks a variance to the setback from water 
bodies for the installation of a culvert on the subdivision drainage ditch 
located on the property; and 
 The applicant previously installed a culvert on the subdivision drainage ditch 
as part of the ongoing development of the property; however, a culvert can 
not be sited within 15 metres of the natural boundary of any water body. 
 
The applicant was in attendance, spoke to the application, and noted they have 
spoken to property owners above and below their property to provide an update 
on the progress of the application. 
 
The Local Trust Committee had no questions for the Planner or applicant. 
 SS-2025-068 
It was MOVED and SECONDED, 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee approve issuance of 
Development Variance Permit PLDVP20250078 (116 Cypress View 
Road). 
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15.2 PLDVP20250029 - D. McKerrell - 212 Narrows West Road, SSI 
The Planner summarized the staff report and highlighted the following: 
 The application seeks  a variance to the maximum allowed area of a float for 
boat moorage from 35 square metres to 136 square metres to allow the 
construction of a non-commercial group moorage facility within the Shoreline 
6 Development Permit Area; 
 The application was referred to Islands Trust Conservancy who confirmed no 
impact to their interests; 
 The Local Trust Committee can determine if they wish to refer the application 
to First Nations; 
 No vegetation clearing  is anticipated as part of the project; and 
 There have been no responses received following the statutory notification 
period. 
 
The applicant’s representative was in attendance and spoke to the application. 
 
Discussion ensued and it was clarified that provincial approval for the dock was 
previously obtained in 2011 and a variance is required due to the dock size 
 
SS-2025-069 
It was MOVED and SECONDED, 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee approve issuance of 
Development Variance Permit PLDVP20250029 
CARRIED 
16. LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE PROJECTS  
 16.1 Official Community Plan – Land Use Bylaw Update 
The Planner summarized the quarterly progress report on the Official Community 
Plan – Land Use Bylaw Update project and highlighted the following: 
 A project consultant has been secured and there will be opportunity for the 
Local Trust Committee to meet with the consultant; 
 The Project Advisory Planning Commission (PAPC) met and were provided 
with the project overview and terms of reference; 
 The PAPC expressed interest in having meetings in a hybrid electronic / in 
person format; however, the Islands Trust Act requires in person meetings; 
 Outreach letters have been sent to all First Nations with Treaty or territorial 
interest and staff are exploring opportunities for early and ongoing 
engagement; 
 Budget allocated for First Nations engagement might be insufficient given the 
level of interest; and 
 Project updates will be posted on the project webpage. 
Discussion ensued and the following comments were recorded: 
 Staff were encouraged to look for additional funding opportunities for 
engagement as the number of First Nations that are to be engaged with is 
significant; 
 It is important to understand which Nations wish to engage prior to 
determining how much funding will be required and once known a business 
case for the next fiscal budget period can be developed; and 

 
 
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 A Trustee does not support the project as housing should be prioritized, the 
Official Community Plan work is a lengthy and expensive process that will not 
complete this term nor be helpful in resolving immediate issues of concern. 
17. NEW BUSINESS  
17.1 North Salt Spring Waterworks District Request to Province Letter Dated 
May 16, 2025 
Discussion ensued and Trustees expressed support for the North Salt Spring 
Waterworks District’s request. 
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It was MOVED and SECONDED, 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee request the  North Salt 
Spring Waterworks District request to Province letter dated May 16, 2025 
be added to the Trust Council agenda as a late item and that the Salt 
Spring Island Local Trust Committee recommends Trust Council support 
endorsement of the request. 
CARRIED 
18. REPORTS 
18.1 Policy and Standing Resolutions List 
Received for information. 
18.2 Open Applications Report  
Discussion was undertaken about the potential to prioritize the Kings Lane 
rezoning application. The Regional Planning Manager summarized the current 
workload and noted that while robust a Planner could focus on the application 
should the Local Trust Committee provide direction to do so. 
The meeting was recessed for a break at 12:22 p.m. and reconvened at 12:28 p.m. 
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It was MOVED and SECONDED, 
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee request staff prioritize 
PLRZ20250220 - 154 Kings Lane and any associated applications. 
CARRIED 
18.3 Expense Report - None 
18.4 Islands Trust Conservancy Board Report 
Received for information. 
19. CLOSED MEETING  
 19.1 Motion to Close the Meeting 
  

 
 
APPROVED 
Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee APPROVED 8 of 8 
Meeting Minutes  
June 5, 2025 
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   It was MOVED and SECONDED, 
That the meeting be closed to the public in accordance with the 
Community Charter, Part 4, Division 3, s.90(1)(f) for the purpose of 
considering: 
 (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 the Recorder and Staff attend the meeting. 
CARRIED 
19.2 Rise and Report 
 Chair Peterson will rise and report at the next regularly scheduled meeting. 
20. UPCOMING MEETINGS 
The next regular meeting of the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee is scheduled 
for 9:30 a.m. on July 10, 2025 at the Legion Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring 
Island. 
21. ADJOURNMENT 
By general consent the meeting was adjourned and closed to the public to go 
in-camera at 12:38 p.m. 
 
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Timothy Peterson, Chair 
 
Certified Correct: 
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Lisa Millard, Meeting Administrator/Recorder