Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee public hearing, June 11, 2026

[0:00:02] Voice 8: All

[0:00:07] Voice 6: right. Well, good morning, everyone. I'm going to call this regular meeting of the Salt

[0:00:12] Voice 6: Springs Island Local Trust Committee to order. Please be aware that we're live streaming

[0:00:17] Voice 6: this meeting and reporting will be posted to the Islands Trust website. I want to begin

[0:00:23] Voice 6: the meeting today by acknowledging we're fortunate to be able to gather in the territories of

[0:00:28] Voice 6: Coast Salish peoples, including the Shoshone and Alkamedum speaking peoples, stewards of

[0:00:34] Voice 6: these lands and waters since time immemorial. June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada

[0:00:42] Voice 6: and this month is an opportunity to deepen our understanding of Indigenous history and to honour

[0:00:48] Voice 6: the voices, knowledge, stories and traditions that have been carried forward through generations and

[0:00:55] Voice 6: continue to shape identities today. My name is Tim Peterson, I'm elected on Mesquite Island and I'm

[0:01:02] Voice 6: the chair of the salt spring island local

[0:01:03] Voice 6: trust committee with me today are local trustees jamie

[0:01:08] Voice 6: harris and laura patrick and together we constitute the local trust committee also with us today

[0:01:19] Voice 6: online is our meeting the administrators lisa millard um room care uh director marler uh

[0:01:30] Voice 6: sitting in for stephan today uh planner garuba and kind of thick and also joining us

[0:01:37] Voice 6: our lcc commissioner earl rook and uh director uh holman having you all here today this meeting is

[0:01:47] Voice 6: an official forum for the local trust committee to make decisions about land use planning matters

[0:01:51] Voice 6: and to discuss relevant business this is also a place of employment our staff have the right to

[0:01:58] Voice 6: you a safe and respectful workplace we have a opportunity for public comment coming up a little

[0:02:06] Voice 6: bit later but for now let's turn to the agenda and i will look to see if there are any amendments or

[0:02:15] Voice 6: additions uh desired for today's agenda trustee harris um i'd like to see a motion forward to

[0:02:24] remove the

[0:02:25] Voice 5: two letters regarding at the reserve and culprit at the end of the panic there's a

[0:02:33] Voice 5: letter from jervis look out forward and from we don't know who these are what we're adapting

[0:02:40] Voice 5: looks like from gary holman and the chief general almost i may be mistaken

[0:02:46] Voice 5: okay so

[0:02:46] Voice 6: these are this is the in the correspondence today um and

[0:02:54] Voice 5: you wanted to which

[0:02:56] Voice 5: um just you know take them out of the agenda completely okay um i

[0:03:04] Voice 6: think we can do that when

[0:03:05] Voice 6: we get there if that's what we need to do then okay okay uh anything else nope all right then

[0:03:16] Voice 6: i'll take it uh by general consent we'll approve the agenda as presented and uh next is the public

[0:03:24] Voice 6: public participation session.

[0:03:28] Voice 6: Remind everyone the public hearing for proposed by-law 546

[0:03:32] Voice 6: has been held and for the meeting procedure by-law,

[0:03:37] Voice 6: the local trust committee must permit the delegation

[0:03:39] Voice 6: to address the meeting of the committee regarding a by-law

[0:03:42] Voice 6: in respect of which a public hearing has been held.

[0:03:48] Voice 6: So this is opportunity for members of the public

[0:03:51] Voice 6: to address the local trust committee.

[0:03:52] Voice 6: we want to hear your questions and comments.

[0:03:57] Voice 6: Please direct your comments to the Local Trust Committee,

[0:04:01] Voice 6: not other members of the public or staff.

[0:04:03] Voice 6: Speak about issues, not individuals.

[0:04:05] Voice 6: Be clear, concise, and respectful.

[0:04:11] Voice 6: Ideally, items on today's agenda or in stream,

[0:04:15] Voice 6: or at the very least within Islands Trust jurisdiction.

[0:04:20] Voice 6: jurisdiction, acknowledge concerns without raising harm, we will uphold cultural safety,

[0:04:29] Voice 6: and we aim to keep the conversation constructive. So we thank you in

[0:04:36] Voice 6: advance for helping to create

[0:04:38] Voice 6: an environment where all participants feel safe, valued, and able to participate fully.

[0:04:43] Voice 6: So I'll look for a show of hands, okay, and if you can just come a little bit closer to the camera

[0:04:50] Voice 6: my phone here that'd be great thank you oh

[0:04:53] Voice 2: hi um i just i have to go to another meeting in town so

[0:04:58] Voice 2: i won't i won't be here very long but i really wanted to come here i i just want to say i really

[0:05:04] Voice 2: appreciate everything laura's done here and um it's it's been a really great vision that she

[0:05:10] Voice 2: set up and uh i really appreciate you guys here and i've been very busy so i'm sorry i haven't

[0:05:15] Voice 2: been able to come to that many meetings i'm hoping you're meeting in uh july and august i'm not sure

[0:05:20] Voice 2: of you are but i really like to be able to enjoy this certain format with this kind of a team

[0:05:26] Voice 2: going on and uh just just be able to like just enjoy it just enjoy listening to it and and being

[0:05:32] Voice 2: able to be part of it to be here and thank you i just want to say thank you yeah

[0:05:36] Voice 6: well just note we

[0:05:37] Voice 6: have a meeting scheduled for july 9th and uh for august 27th okay uh next my

[0:05:50] Voice 7: name is maxine

[0:05:52] Voice 7: Leichter, and I want to speak about two things. First of all, in the Driftwood this week,

[0:05:59] Voice 7: there was an article that a landowner just north of Ganges is hoping to build a very large

[0:06:07] Voice 7: development there, and this is a real opportunity for some more housing. But, you know, as you go,

[0:06:16] Voice 7: there's a limited amount of water and so the question is what kind of housing will be built

[0:06:22] Voice 7: there will it be the kind of housing you need rental housing affordable housing worker housing

[0:06:28] Voice 7: or will it be expensive condos and the only tool or the main tool that you have of course is zoning

[0:06:35] Voice 7: zoning. And that only matters if it's legally required. If you legally require rental housing,

[0:06:46] Voice 7: which you could do, you could zone that property for rental housing, or you can ask for a covenant

[0:06:52] Voice 7: for all or a portion of the housing to be affordable. But there'll be a lot of pressure,

[0:06:58] Voice 7: I'm sure, from the owner. Rightly so. There's a huge expense in building something like this.

[0:07:04] Voice 7: and there are a lot of costs for sewer and water service and the owner is going to be under a lot

[0:07:10] Voice 7: of pressure to uh to be able to afford to build this so uh i think there's one really important

[0:07:18] Voice 7: thing that you could do that would really help you to make a decision about what to do

[0:07:23] Voice 7: and that is we need to determine how many uh units are already approved by zoning that haven't been

[0:07:31] Voice 7: built in the north salt spring water district because if there are a lot of them that are

[0:07:36] Voice 7: eventually going to come in over time they will be in direct competition for that housing but if

[0:07:42] Voice 7: there are few then really where the water goes will be up to you to to determine by rezoning

[0:07:48] Voice 7: and so it's really important to have that information and i really plead with you to ask

[0:07:55] Voice 7: the staff to get that information i think the local community commission has asked for something

[0:08:00] Voice 7: something along that line. As far as I know, it's not received it. So I just can't urge you

[0:08:06] Voice 7: strongly enough to help the whole community and you make a good decision. We need that information.

[0:08:14] Voice 7: The other thing I want to say is about the OCPL UB review. There's a lot of information

[0:08:22] Voice 7: come in about what the consultant has heard, what the community has heard about what they want,

[0:08:28] Voice 7: want, but there are three items that have been left out. And it's really hard for me to tell

[0:08:36] Voice 7: people it's a fair process when these particular items are left out, because it kind of looks like

[0:08:45] Voice 7: you're only accepting comments if you agree. And so since we know that's not true,

[0:08:52] Voice 7: I urge you strongly to accept, first of all, the complete community survey.

[0:08:58] Voice 7: needs to be included. Also, Positively Forward has a report which we, they have, we, me, and they

[0:09:06] Voice 7: have asked numerous times to be included, and the Positively Forward petition. So I think it's

[0:09:11] Voice 7: really, really important for the way this looks to the community, that these items be included,

[0:09:18] Voice 7: and there may be more. Those are just the ones I know about. Thank you.

[0:09:30] I speak for no one but myself. I

[0:09:37] Voice 4: was told that after the May 14th meeting some new data

[0:09:45] Voice 4: was received from the McKellen consultant and it was, I see it in the package under

[0:09:50] Voice 4: Appendix 1. So I had a look at Appendix 1. Now it says in the Appendix 1 there are 142 inputs.

[0:09:59] Voice 4: Now 142. Each question says a total of 142. Some of those are skipped, so obviously people skip

[0:10:10] Voice 4: that question. But my question is why are there only 142 inputs? Because when I go back to the

[0:10:18] Voice 4: November 6th, 2025, update from McElhenney, he wrote there are 421 surveys completed and

[0:10:29] Voice 4: five are in paper form, but none of that is in the current Appendix 1.

[0:10:35] Voice 4: So, unless I'm mistaken, there's something not right about that Appendix 1.

[0:10:42] Voice 4: Appendix 1 does not even have the McElhenney name on it.

[0:10:45] Voice 4: it does not have its logo, it's just stuck in there. So I'm asking where's the name and the logo?

[0:10:54] Voice 4: Also missing, he did pop-ups around the community, he did a country grocer, he did it at

[0:11:05] Voice 4: wherever a tailgate talks. All these other interactions do not seem to be listed in

[0:11:11] Voice 4: in Appendix 1. There's a problem with this whole thing. He got the basic facts so wrong

[0:11:18] Voice 4: on his consulting report, from what I can understand, it cost $65,000. And if he got

[0:11:26] Voice 4: things so wrong, I'm asking myself, what did he tell people when he was out interviewing

[0:11:31] Voice 4: people in the community? We don't know. We can't tell from Appendix 1. Anyway, I'm just

[0:11:37] Voice 4: uh wondering if you have any uh enlightenment as to why there are only 142 on that appendix one

[0:11:47] Voice 4: because that's not the full report about public engagement data as far as i can see unless i'm

[0:11:53] Voice 4: sadly mistaken but um anyway that's my input and if you have any response to what i've just said

[0:12:00] Voice 4: I will gladly hear it.

[0:12:02] Voice 4: Trustee Patrick?

[0:12:05] Voice 6: We get to see the last

[0:12:06] Voice 6: month's agenda package. That'd be what we heard

[0:12:08] Voice 6: reported in last

[0:12:10] Voice 6: month's agenda package. I read it back.

[0:12:13] Voice 6: That's the report that contains

[0:12:14] Voice 6: the information.

[0:12:17] Voice 6: No data though.

[0:12:20] Voice 6: I'm just saying that's

[0:12:21] Voice 6: the report we have. You have everything

[0:12:23] Voice 6: that we have as trustees.

[0:12:25] Voice 6: So we'll be discussing the survey

[0:12:27] Voice 6: later in the agenda.

[0:12:29] Voice 4: it's the data i'm talking about today so

[0:12:31] Voice 6: thank you right uh anyone else everybody

[0:12:40] Voice 6: okay uh next then we move to trustee reports we'd like to go first

[0:12:46] Voice 6: um we'll go first nothing to report uh trustee patrick um i i'll just say i know everyone got

[0:12:57] Voice 6: their tax notices this past week or so in the mail and uh swallowing receiving it but i think

[0:13:03] Voice 6: it's always uh interesting to look at um at least i i keep a spreadsheet of my first tax by all the

[0:13:13] Voice 6: breakdown and that the the island's trust tax portion only represented 12 of the total property

[0:13:19] Voice 6: taxes on my bill which means 88 of the tax bill was collected for other services that are provided

[0:13:28] Voice 6: by uh crd the province and other and the fire department and others so just wanted to mention

[0:13:35] Voice 6: that um yesterday i was very grateful to have a tour of community services salt spring community

[0:13:45] Voice 6: services um services and facilities across the island and their activities um

[0:13:51] Voice 8: they

[0:13:52] Voice 6: have um 115

[0:13:54] Voice 6: people working for them really demonstrates how much service

[0:13:58] Voice 6: they are providing over 30 programs

[0:14:01] Voice 6: that support the well-being of the community this includes everything from food bank emergency

[0:14:06] Voice 6: shelter housing services recycling people children's programs parenting supports and

[0:14:11] Voice 6: and just so many other essential services that touch the lives of salt spring residents every

[0:14:17] Voice 6: day um this is what it took from 9 a.m to 1 30 yesterday just driving around looking at the

[0:14:23] Voice 6: And this was not lingering.

[0:14:25] Voice 6: We've got a lot of facilities here on the island.

[0:14:29] Voice 6: So I just really want to thank the community services for the work they do.

[0:14:34] Voice 6: And for the time, all the staff took yesterday to answer our questions and show us the great work that's being done on the island.

[0:14:45] Voice 6: um on may 16th i attended a panel discussion with former bc attorney generals andrew petter

[0:14:53] Voice 6: and jeff plant along with adam olson uh during that discussion both former attorney generals

[0:14:59] Voice 6: emphasized that people should not be fearful about private property rights um if you have

[0:15:04] Voice 6: an opportunity to watch that video i would really encourage you i see that adam olson's going to be

[0:15:10] Voice 6: here on June 21st for a forum to carry out a conversation about the Declaration of the Rights

[0:15:17] Voice 6: of Indigenous People Act. On May 22nd, I co-facilitated with Justin Paulson, the chair

[0:15:25] Voice 6: of the San Juan County Council. We co-facilitated a session on environmental resilience for the

[0:15:37] Voice 6: school preparedness um at the cross-border forum uh both the islands trust and san juan county had

[0:15:45] Voice 6: responded to the ocean protection plan asking for more school response capabilities in these waters

[0:15:50] Voice 6: there were two other sessions at that cross-border forum economic resilience fostering connectivity

[0:15:56] Voice 6: and collaboration across nations and honoring treaty rights it's great to see our ongoing

[0:16:02] Voice 6: relationship with our cross-border friends and going forward. I chaired the Gabriel and

[0:16:11] Voice 6: Gambier Island

[0:16:12] Voice 6: Local Trust Committee meetings. Gabriel received a draft OCP at their last

[0:16:17] Voice 6: meeting, if you're interested, you can find their website on their project site. I chaired

[0:16:22] Voice 6: an Executive Committee meeting and attended the Financial Planning Committee. I participated

[0:16:25] Voice 6: in the CAO Performance Review Committee. I also attended the Joint Local Trust Committee

[0:16:30] Voice 6: committee LTC meeting on May 20th and that's my report thank you so the chair's report

[0:16:44] Voice 6: avoid repeating the meetings I was at with Charles and Patrick but let's see I did

[0:16:56] Voice 6: I've attended

[0:16:57] Voice 6: I've been sending sessions of the BC Municipal Climate Leaders Caucus

[0:17:01] Voice 6: over the last couple of months, really great discussions and some really engaged people

[0:17:10] Voice 6: there and that's been really good sessions, really been enjoying the conversations there.

[0:17:17] Voice 6: Last week, I attended the Mount Arisman's Biosphere Region Roundtable in Walth Beach

[0:17:25] Voice 6: on behalf of Chair Patrick, along with the Alcantara House Sound, Island Stress Hoods

[0:17:32] Voice 6: two UN biosphere regions overlapping in the jurisdictional area. While I was there,

[0:17:39] Voice 6: I noted that the Pue'ete Liskiti Archaeology Project Touring Exhibition titled The Island

[0:17:46] Voice 6: in the Middle of

[0:17:46] Voice 6: Everywhere is currently being hosted at the Qualicum Beach Museum until October

[0:17:50] Voice 6: 8th, if you're up that way. It's a really interesting exhibition and I just wanted to

[0:17:57] Voice 6: mention um that there are opportunities for uh communities interested in hosting exhibition

[0:18:04] Voice 6: um if anyone's interested in pursuing that with me and i can help facilitate that for you i know

[0:18:11] Voice 6: that it's um they have some grant funding to uh make it so that community organizations such as

[0:18:21] Voice 6: like the local museum uh that may not have a lot of access funds can host that in a way that's

[0:18:26] Voice 6: affordable and just councils coming up next week a full agenda as usual we will

[0:18:34] Voice 6: get a project update on policy statement amendment project consider the

[0:18:40] Voice 6: recommendations from the May Committee the whole meeting will be looking at the

[0:18:46] Voice 6: Community Stewardship Awards which are now every four years last year at the

[0:18:51] Voice 6: terms so that'll be happening uh we'll be getting a presentation on the bc coastal marine strategy

[0:18:58] Voice 6: and be uh considering um this council will consider uh potential action

[0:19:06] Voice 6: one of which is to advocate for that uh green strategy to be trying to law

[0:19:11] Voice 6: um we'll be looking at the first nations referral procedures update and the indigenous relations

[0:19:18] Voice 6: action plan and in preparation for elections, including trustee onboarding with Trustee

[0:19:28] Voice 6: Patrick and myself as part of the trustee onboarding working group, which is really

[0:19:34] Voice 6: trying to improve that initial couple of months after the election, especially for new trustees

[0:19:43] is coming in and trying to navigate

[0:19:44] Voice 6: and we've been fortunate to have a number of trustees participate

[0:19:51] Voice 6: some with the reflection of just having been elected at the beginning of this term and some of

[0:19:57] Voice 6: this was a bit more long experience but I think combined I think we're going to be offering the

[0:20:03] Voice 6: new trustees post-election a better onboarding experience than we have had in the past and that's

[0:20:11] Voice 6: that's great um let's see and finally um trust council would be looking at a uh

[0:20:21] Voice 6: national tax exemption uh certificate uh for uh property here on salt spring and i'll just wrap

[0:20:29] Voice 6: with that um next we have uh lcc chair uh earl rook as always we appreciate you can come when

[0:20:44] Voice 6: when our meetings don't conflict and you can come and give some reporting thank you um yeah so the

[0:20:51] Voice 4: local community commission hosted the most recent um joint meeting of the local trust committee at

[0:20:58] Voice 6: the lcc on the 28th and we dedicated a bit of time to talking about

[0:21:04] Voice 5: our formal process

[0:21:07] memorandum of understanding our letter of understanding to the two organizations

[0:21:14] Voice 4: But we did make, I think, a lot of progress on talking about L2C health and social care

[0:21:20] Voice 4: health

[0:21:20] Voice 6: and the spread of COVID-19.

[0:21:27] Voice 6: So, both more meetings were recorded back to us, hopefully in August.

[0:21:33] Voice 6: This afternoon, we are dedicating another stretch of the pathway on Salt Spring,

[0:21:38] Voice 5: extending

[0:21:40] Voice 5: the current pathway network from Ganges towards Holloway to Merchant Mews.

[0:21:46] Voice 5: so we'll be dedicating that this afternoon at 3 30. it's part of sort of a steady

[0:21:51] Voice 6: behind-the-scenes

[0:21:52] Voice 6: effort to keep extending the pathways on the island to make um active transportation more

[0:21:59] Voice 6: accessible to to more of the population um we are having our regular um business meeting tonight

[0:22:06] Voice 6: at five o'clock at sims included on the agenda will be um the project chartered for the

[0:22:15] Voice 6: reuse of repurposing of Goldfire Hall site in downtown Canton. So a lot of interest in that

[0:22:21] Voice 6: and that's going to be something we'll be dealing with well into the next term I suspect.

[0:22:26] There are also a number of motions on the calendar on the agenda related primarily to the budget.

[0:22:34] Voice 6: Our entire budget process this year is moved up a lot due to the elections and so

[0:22:38] Voice 6: So rather than not meeting in August,

[0:22:41] Voice 6: we will be meeting heavily in August,

[0:22:43] Voice 6: including the full date meeting on the provisional budget

[0:22:45] to get a jump on that for the elections.

[0:22:49] The final budget, of course, will be determined

[0:22:53] by the newly elected commission

[0:22:54] Voice 6: next year, that's my report.

[0:23:01] Thank you.

[0:23:02] Director Holman.

[0:23:03] Yeah, thanks, Chair.

[0:23:04] Just to pick up on one of the comments made

[0:23:08] by the delegation regarding the Country Grocer proposal for 90 units.

[0:23:16] That's phase one.

[0:23:18] They're also suggesting there may be a phase two for total 150 units.

[0:23:26] The consultant for Country Grocer presented at the Angie Seward Commission,

[0:23:32] which agreed to accept an application for the 90 unit, the phase one.

[0:23:43] That doesn't mean

[0:23:44] Voice 6: that the commission has agreed to include every person in the service area,

[0:23:50] Voice 6: just receive an application, which will include,

[0:23:54] Voice 6: there's a requirement for the proponent to examine the sufficient capacity.

[0:24:09] the estimated demand that we saw in some of these documents it could take up a considerable capacity

[0:24:14] and even more concern chair for water

[0:24:19] Voice 6: again mentioned remind the local trust committee

[0:24:23] Voice 6: that the local community commission had recommended to the trust that you look very

[0:24:28] Voice 6: carefully at existing development potential in the maxwell service area to make sure that if

[0:24:35] It's taking on a new multifamily development in particular that we don't overextend.

[0:24:44] For example, as our salt stream has resulted in a water moratorium.

[0:24:51] There's been reporting in the Driftwood about recycling at the school district.

[0:24:57] And I just

[0:24:58] Voice 5: want to make clear that CRT is working with the school district to performance there.

[0:25:06] There are four school districts and half of the district.

[0:25:11] Voice 6: None of them barge unsorted materials out of the region to Washington State,

[0:25:19] which is what our school district is doing.

[0:25:22] But we're going to work with them.

[0:25:24] There's some grant funding available.

[0:25:27] Although the school district has over $31 million,

[0:25:31] which is about three times the entire C&D budget for South Springs.

[0:25:35] So they do have some resources as well, and just I understand that there was a resolution

[0:25:48] passed by the local trust committee recommending that the CRD implement a septic monitoring

[0:25:56] program, so there was

[0:26:03] Voice 6: a motion to that.

[0:26:05] Voice 6: I think the motion was for staff to work with your staff to see if there's, you know, what possible, if there are possibilities similar to what they do in the other side for us.

[0:26:18] Voice 6: That's good.

[0:26:19] Voice 6: That's the first conversation that's happened.

[0:26:23] Voice 6: Back in 2008, I had actually brought forward a septic water truck over

[0:26:30] Voice 5: on 4 Salt Spring, aimed at the drinking watersheds.

[0:26:34] Voice 6: i lost the election that year and the subsequent director uh did not take the program any further

[0:26:41] Voice 6: but there is um i will be asking staff to see if we can find the historical document that

[0:26:51] the watersheds were mapped uh all the properties identified in the watershed cost estimated but

[0:26:57] just never got the final reading of the board so that could be a starting point for that i would

[0:27:03] know that school uh i don't recall recommending a septic monitoring program but it's certainly

[0:27:10] worth considering and the first

[0:27:11] Voice 5: uh first thing to do is to have

[0:27:13] Voice 6: the staff conversation yeah

[0:27:16] Voice 6: the focus we were having was in regard to like the clam garden it was some of shoreline so it's

[0:27:22] Voice 6: it might be a different approach as to food security for those nations and others that

[0:27:28] Voice 6: yeah i think for for context um uh one thing the local trust committee sees on a fairly regular

[0:27:34] Voice 6: basis is request for variants of sent back to the sea in particular and um and uh you know

[0:27:42] Voice 6: from our understanding of the engineering uh there's uh there's sort of some leeway

[0:27:49] Voice 6: in terms of safety for those sightings but uh you know it was when when like a huge factors

[0:27:59] Voice 6: when septic systems are properly maintained um the you know the chances of negative impacts

[0:28:07] Voice 6: uh in those areas are much less so because we see on a regular basis these requests

[0:28:12] Voice 6: requests which we have thus far been generally permitting but also recognizing that you know

[0:28:22] Voice 6: cumulative effects are a real concern and if there was a monitoring requirement in place

[0:28:32] Voice 6: then that would help support those environmental goals in a way that actually might even exceed

[0:28:42] Voice 6: you know the the setbacks prior to various just because the reality of how those systems work

[0:28:49] especially as they age yeah thanks chair didn't want to just mention uh composting my understanding

[0:28:56] is that the farmland trust i

[0:28:59] Voice 5: don't think they already have or will be approaching the local

[0:29:02] Voice 5: trust committee about rezoning allowing the compost facility to sell product off-site and

[0:29:08] Voice 5: And that the CRD is in the process of rescinding the CRD composting bylaw because there are already

[0:29:15] Voice 6: overlapping provincial regulations.

[0:29:17] And rescinding that compost bylaw would allow the compost here to accept, for example, cooked restaurant food waste from the school.

[0:29:27] So that is in process on the CRD side.

[0:29:32] Hopefully, if both of those initiatives can be achieved, it will enable the composter

[0:29:40] to be a lot more viable.

[0:29:42] I'd like to share just one

[0:29:43] Voice 6: last little bit of actually quite good news.

[0:29:47] Voice 6: I reported here before about the Primary Care Network Initiative, which is a Ministry of

[0:29:53] Voice 6: Health initiative, and Sarah Bollmer is the coordinator for that.

[0:30:00] be making a public report on status, but I talked to Sarah a couple of days ago and there

[0:30:07] are 1,100 people

[0:30:11] Voice 6: on Saltspring now who are newly attached to a primary care giver since

[0:30:17] Voice 6: PCN started, which is really good news for the family.

[0:30:21] There's still a lot more people who don't have a family doctor.

[0:30:25] And also Sarah working with the hospital foundation and I would tell the hospital, they are working

[0:30:32] on recruiting physicians, they are having some success, and Sarah will be reporting

[0:30:38] more on that later in the year, but

[0:30:40] Voice 6: it's very good news for Salisbury, really has nothing

[0:30:45] to do with CRD, it's a provincial

[0:30:48] Voice 6: initiative, but really good news for Salisbury.

[0:30:52] Voice 6: Thanks, Chair.

[0:30:55] Voice 6: it's been mentioned now twice and it was on the front page of the driftwood

[0:30:59] Voice 6: i don't see any application has been received regarding any housing property south of town

[0:31:08] Voice 6: so there has been no application for rezoning received at the alice trust okay i'll talk to

[0:31:16] Voice 6: the farmland trust about that because that's farmland trust i was talking about the the 180

[0:31:20] Voice 6: 80 or 90 units phase one 180 units of housing yeah i don't think they have i think they're

[0:31:27] Voice 6: still developing the proposal update their first step i guess was to request inclusive hey thank

[0:31:39] Voice 6: you uh so next we have the draft minutes of the main 14th uh meeting correction to those today

[0:31:51] Voice 6: as presented and we have the draft minutes of the main 26 uh project advisory planning commission

[0:32:08] Voice 6: for review to take the opportunity to thank the members of that uh commission for the work they're

[0:32:23] Voice 6: doing on behalf of the community except those for information at this moment yeah okay now that

[0:32:37] Voice 6: brings us to uh correspondence of two pieces anything i know trustee harris had on the second

[0:32:47] one the first one

[0:32:48] Voice 6: yeah oh first just a moment sorry not the wrong one uh yeah no the first one

[0:32:55] Voice 6: is uh gathier around the housing definitions yeah that's not i apologize yeah uh yes i've been i

[0:33:07] Voice 6: I mean, I've been in conversation with the staff as well.

[0:33:16] Voice 6: And following my tour yesterday on Salt Spring,

[0:33:20] Voice 6: there's a number of housing descriptions here

[0:33:24] Voice 6: addressed in most municipal OCPs.

[0:33:34] Voice 6: And so I have a motion already on this one

[0:33:38] Voice 6: for us to look at how we can amend the land use bylaw

[0:33:42] to address sort of the small less than 10 percent

[0:33:46] Voice 6: community care facilities and transition housing

[0:33:51] Voice 6: sorry lisa i don't think i sent that to you so i'll speak slowly um i move that the salt spring

[0:34:00] Voice 6: island local trust committee requests staff to report back with options for amending the land use

[0:34:05] Voice 6: bylaw to accommodate community care facilities and transitional housing for no more than 10 persons

[0:34:13] Voice 6: in residential zones

[0:34:15] Voice 6: or just in appropriate zones?

[0:34:18] Voice 6: I'm sorry, I have one more to look to you for.

[0:34:22] Voice 6: Through the chair,

[0:34:26] Voice 6: appropriate zones or residential zones

[0:34:28] Voice 6: probably either of those.

[0:34:30] Voice 6: Okay.

[0:34:32] Voice 6: So we'll just leave it at residential zones for now.

[0:34:34] Voice 6: Okay.

[0:34:36] Voice 6: All right.

[0:34:37] Voice 6: And I'll just check with,

[0:34:40] Voice 6: Ms. Villar, did you capture that?

[0:34:42] Voice 6: I know you're amazing at this.

[0:34:44] Voice 9: I'll read it back.

[0:34:45] Voice 9: I might need a little bit of help.

[0:34:47] Voice 8: Thank you.

[0:34:48] Voice 9: uh that the salt spring island local trust committee requests staff to report back with

[0:34:52] Voice 9: options for amending the land use bylaw to accommodate community care facilities

[0:34:59] Voice 9: facilities and transition housing for no no more than 10 persons for residential zones

[0:35:05] Voice 6: in residential zones i think thank

[0:35:08] Voice 9: you great

[0:35:10] Voice 6: uh so move i'll second the motion discussion

[0:35:14] Voice 6: I think this is just a gap in our, our regulations. The province has provincial regulations, in

[0:35:24] Voice 6: particular for community care facilities that they have to be allowed. So it's just a pinging

[0:35:29] Voice 6: up our land use bylaws and making sure that it's in there, if that makes sense.

[0:35:36] Voice 6: Perfect, Mr. Harris.

[0:35:38] Voice 5: Well, so this is an amendment to the OCP?

[0:35:40] Voice 6: Land use bylaw.

[0:35:46] Voice 5: So that, I

[0:35:52] Voice 6: guess it just shows how easy it is to amend things, so I'll leave it at that.

[0:35:56] Voice 3: Hey,

[0:35:56] Voice 6: any further discussion?

[0:35:59] Voice 6: Not seeing it, I'll call the question.

[0:36:00] Voice 6: All those in favor?

[0:36:03] Any opposed?

[0:36:04] My opposition, Lord, please.

[0:36:06] And the motion carries.

[0:36:08] And so on to 9.2, Trustee Harris.

[0:36:15] This, yeah, I would just ask this be removed,

[0:36:18] Voice 5: and the Islands Trust doesn't accept this.

[0:36:22] Voice 5: What the First Nations do on their reservation

[0:36:26] Voice 5: is their business and if there's concerns about the road that's out of the violence trust

[0:36:33] Voice 5: jurisdiction on a side note if there's concerns about the road there should be concerns about the

[0:36:45] Voice 5: main road and one of the reasons that we have these failing culverts is because of the governmental

[0:36:50] Voice 5: system that we are under this two organization system that we've got so anyhow for the prior

[0:36:58] Voice 5: reasons i have to just be removed and stress doesn't accept us okay appreciate that and so

[0:37:06] Voice 6: i'll just look to staff um i don't know that i've read into this particular type of request before

[0:37:13] Voice 6: but any advice not really um just respond that it's on your agenda you want to get back i don't

[0:37:26] Voice 6: really have any advice as to what uh what can happen here this you know the the rules themselves

[0:37:35] Voice 6: and not the local trust committee, that's really because of transportation.

[0:37:38] Voice 6: No,

[0:37:39] Voice 5: I was thinking

[0:37:39] Voice 6: about procedurally, like, I think the request was to reject

[0:37:44] Voice 5: this piece of correspondence.

[0:37:45] Voice 6: Exactly,

[0:37:45] Voice 5: because we can accept more information, which

[0:37:48] Voice 6: we do not want to do.

[0:37:49] Voice 6: So reject is, that's a procedure.

[0:37:52] Voice 5: It's on the

[0:37:53] Voice 6: agenda, so you've already received it, and you can either just accept it and not respond,

[0:37:58] Voice 6: or you can ask staff to respond and say whatever you want to say,

[0:38:02] Voice 6: such as it's not our jurisdiction, it's on your agenda, so you've already received it.

[0:38:12] Voice 6: Right, we've received it, but you're not

[0:38:15] Voice 6: going to action it.

[0:38:16] Voice 5: That's why I wanted to remove it from the agenda at the beginning.

[0:38:19] Voice 5: And the Chair said we could remove it now.

[0:38:22] Voice 5: So, you know, just put it in the bin is where I guess it's not good.

[0:38:28] Voice 5: Trustee Patrick, do you have some thoughts?

[0:38:30] Voice 6: Well, I mean, the reason it's here is because it was addressed to a majority of us, so it's public.

[0:38:36] Voice 6: That's the challenge.

[0:38:39] Voice 6: I have been in communication with Chief Pelkey to express our support.

[0:38:46] Voice 6: We discussed exactly this case that we will receive information.

[0:38:53] Voice 6: People will come to us asking questions.

[0:38:56] Voice 6: questions. I know for anyone that's been emailing me personally, I've been responding back with

[0:39:01] Voice 6: a little bit of a couple of standard paragraphs of this is exactly that. It's their reserve.

[0:39:08] Voice 6: It's their project, and we're supporting it. So I think just being aware that this will

[0:39:20] will carry on to receive correspondence that will be addressed to us and i agree

[0:39:27] Voice 6: we're not taking

[0:39:28] Voice 6: any action and have been very public about our support and offering congratulations for the work

[0:39:36] Voice 6: that they're doing so i think what i heard from staff uh trustee harris is that if there's a

[0:39:43] Voice 6: desire to um return this to the writer uh with some rationale is that that basically yes that

[0:39:53] Voice 6: we can do that or you know if that's your if that's your preference sure um so uh what would

[0:40:01] Voice 6: you like the um would you like staff's uh response in terms of rationale to to be sorry send it back

[0:40:10] Voice 6: this does have no consequence to us so around jurisdictional which is sure so i think we

[0:40:17] Voice 6: require a motion to that effect um iso move um yeah

[0:40:32] Voice 6: well my only question is if by not responding you know is by if we were to respond back saying

[0:40:42] Voice 6: you know it's not our area or anything we just you know making more noise um on this issue

[0:40:49] Voice 6: it's addressed to multiple parties would it be just as effective to have no response

[0:40:59] Voice 6: yeah yeah through the chair that that is an option you could in the record of the minutes

[0:41:04] Voice 6: just in the paper this is not something for the trust committee and we're not going to respond to

[0:41:10] Voice 6: at that minutes uh that's the record great is that uh sure is that suitable okay so uh

[0:41:21] Voice 6: uh elisa did you did you capture that chair

[0:41:29] Voice 9: peterson um all i have at this point is that

[0:41:32] Voice 9: the salt spring island local trust committee request staff respond to the correspondent

[0:41:38] Voice 6: so i think we're we're going to take a different tack there can you just repeat what you're saying

[0:41:43] Voice 6: Yeah, can you hear me okay, Lisa?

[0:41:47] Voice 6: Just, yes.

[0:41:49] Voice 6: I might want to repeat that.

[0:41:52] Voice 6: Just request staff note in the minutes that the Local Trust Committee is not going to take any action on this as it's not within the jurisdiction.

[0:42:04] Voice 8: Thank you.

[0:42:06] Voice 6: However, they would like to work that.

[0:42:07] Voice 6: Yeah, no,

[0:42:08] Voice 8: I think that

[0:42:08] Voice 6: sounds about right.

[0:42:10] Voice 6: Okay, so that's been captured.

[0:42:15] Voice 6: Let's move on to the follow-up action list report.

[0:42:18] Voice 6: Sorry, so that's for the two letters or just one?

[0:42:22] Voice 6: Well, it's just considered

[0:42:24] Voice 4: one, I imagine.

[0:42:25] Voice 6: Yeah, okay.

[0:42:27] Voice 6: So follow-up action list starting on page 34, and I'll look to staff to see if there's anything you'd like to highlight to start with.

[0:42:37] Voice 6: Yeah,

[0:42:38] Voice 8: there's nothing I was asked to highlight.

[0:42:40] Voice 8: late

[0:42:40] Voice 6: okay so then trustees questions comments on items on full bachelor lists okay nope okay uh

[0:43:06] Voice 6: let's move on to the active projects list uh starting on page 40 then the updates from staff

[0:43:15] Voice 6: on these items uh we're on the active projects report i have nothing uh trustees at all i just

[0:43:32] Voice 6: have one item that's actually the major yes so i did there's one thing stephanie mentioned that

[0:43:42] Voice 6: he cleaned up the access projects list there's a lot of uh very detailed information so it's

[0:43:49] Voice 6: just simplifies but the relevant information is still there just to catch up the only um

[0:44:00] Voice 6: we may want to revisit item number three after we talk about the staff report later in the agenda

[0:44:20] Voice 6: So I just had a comment on items three and five, both identified target dates that have

[0:44:29] Voice 6: passed.

[0:44:30] Voice 6: So as Director Marner will probably be familiar, I like to see us update those target dates

[0:44:38] dates um for work that's still undergone

[0:44:41] Voice 6: uh underway um uh for for dates of the flowcast

[0:44:46] Voice 6: so that would be my request that those those target dates are updated i will pass that on

[0:44:54] Voice 6: okay appreciate that uh and then we have the future projects list on page 43 we can pass

[0:45:02] Voice 6: motion to do something different than that in the future okay so we're moving

[0:45:12] Voice 6: along very quickly our applications are let's just start at the name so I'm

[0:45:17] Voice 6: going to suggest that we jump ahead to other business and return so we can give

[0:45:24] Voice 6: those applicants the opportunity to come around the time that they think that

[0:45:28] Voice 6: that they might be happening um so we have the usb uh project update report uh page 186 and

[0:45:44] Voice 6: over to planner thick if you have um anything you'd like to say about the report today okay

[0:45:51] Voice 6: not to make comments the court just is providing uh

[0:45:55] on the project with

[0:45:59] Voice 6: a few notes on the data received from the consultation that was informed

[0:46:05] Voice 6: and the general update on the project.

[0:46:08] Voice 6: So raw engagement data, this was what was provided by the information that they had

[0:46:14] given to staff.

[0:46:15] So I know there was a comment earlier by a member of the public on it, but to be clear,

[0:46:21] this is the information that was

[0:46:22] Voice 6: given to the staff from this is all the information

[0:46:28] Voice 6: that we have and it's all the idea, you know,

[0:46:33] Voice 6: I've been really interested in further consultation

[0:46:36] Voice 6: on specific policy areas.

[0:46:37] Voice 6: We could see kinds of questions that were asked

[0:46:39] and maybe some of the questions that come in the future

[0:46:42] as the project continues.

[0:46:43] And also just to largely support transparency of the project.

[0:46:48] There's another section report that talks about

[0:46:51] project charter and regional planning team.

[0:46:53] I just thought this was important information

[0:46:54] for the LTC to receive.

[0:46:56] The Adams Trust has kind of recently been,

[0:47:00] I'm not sure if reconfiguring spray work,

[0:47:01] but probably reactivating and trying to work

[0:47:05] Voice 6: to better support major projects throughout the Islands Trust region. To this end, some additional

[0:47:11] internal Islands Trust staff have joined, they're not necessarily Saltiming Islands specific staff,

[0:47:16] but they've kind of joined to support the OCP out of these projects. We have experience from

[0:47:22] other roles that also outweigh the Islands Trust, we're very grateful to have Steve.

[0:47:27] This will help the project move forward in

[0:47:30] Voice 6: a manner to reduce our reliance on outside

[0:47:34] type consultants that we and

[0:47:37] Voice 6: it does also has highlighted the need to ensure that some of the

[0:47:41] Voice 6: foundational documents are updated. One of the things that is badly updated is the charter

[0:47:47] Voice 6: doesn't reflect the budget time staffing of the project and the process of updating that project

[0:47:54] Voice 6: charter to bring back to the LTC to reflect this new approach that we've been taking and also to

[0:48:01] Voice 6: revise the project timeline for current projections. Our plan is to bring this forward to the LTC

[0:48:07] Voice 6: meeting in July for consideration. We also anticipate bringing forward a revised draft

[0:48:12] Voice 6: communications engagement plan that will be focusing on some of the specific policy areas

[0:48:15] Voice 6: that were not really

[0:48:17] Voice 6: touched by previous engagements. So this communications will

[0:48:21] Voice 6: focus on next stages of engagements along with the business case. So not a lot of

[0:48:34] Voice 6: significant details in this report.

[0:48:45] Voice 5: Trustee Harris.

[0:48:47] Voice 5: So in my view, I know you weren't here at the beginning of the term. I had concerns

[0:48:54] Voice 5: about the engagement and the level of engagement,

[0:48:57] Voice 5: what the LTC would consider a successful engagement

[0:49:01] Voice 5: or a failure.

[0:49:03] Voice 5: And that was yet to be determined or defined.

[0:49:07] Voice 5: In my view, clearly the engagement so far has been a failure.

[0:49:12] Voice 5: You know, a lot of these issues that come up

[0:49:18] Voice 5: in the official community plan are things that myself

[0:49:23] Voice 5: and my fellow trustees, especially Trustee Patrick,

[0:49:29] ran and we were elected to do things for the

[0:49:32] Voice 5: community and thousands of people elected us

[0:49:37] Voice 5: and so when i see 140 people answering in an engagement how are we supposed to take that

[0:49:46] Voice 5: over and above the public engagement that we had during the election like to me that's a

[0:49:52] Voice 5: disservice of the people that elected us to just taking the words from a small amount of people

[0:49:59] Voice 5: like 140 um to me it's a feeling and we're failing as trustees to accept that so my question to you

[0:50:07] Voice 5: is how many people do you plan on engaging with and when

[0:50:13] Voice 6: question trustee um as far as how many

[0:50:17] people plan on engagement i don't really have a good answer that question because a lot of stuff

[0:50:21] depends on people actively engaging in the process so what we can do as staff uh is effectively

[0:50:27] Voice 6: to actually put opportunities out there

[0:50:29] Voice 6: where people can engage with us,

[0:50:30] Voice 6: whether they want to come and engage with us,

[0:50:32] Voice 6: this is their business.

[0:50:33] Voice 5: Exactly.

[0:50:34] Voice 5: So that's the problem.

[0:50:35] Voice 5: We will never have a better,

[0:50:36] Voice 5: this is to the end of the chair and my fellow trustee,

[0:50:40] Voice 5: we'll never have a better public engagement

[0:50:41] Voice 5: than an election.

[0:50:43] Voice 5: And so it was, you know,

[0:50:46] Voice 5: my view earlier on in this term,

[0:50:48] Voice 5: we shouldn't even be doing this public engagement

[0:50:51] Voice 5: because we're not going to get,

[0:50:52] Voice 5: when is it a success?

[0:50:54] Voice 5: It's not going to be a success

[0:50:56] Voice 5: if there's less people engaging

[0:50:57] Voice 5: aging than voted for us, we're failing the people that voted for us because we were voted

[0:51:02] Voice 5: to make these decisions for the community, these hard decisions. That's why we were elected.

[0:51:07] Voice 5: So I'm not sure if you can see the point I'm trying to drive home here, but I can try to

[0:51:16] respond to the chair. I think a lot of this is starting to get

[0:51:20] Voice 6: more into the political

[0:51:21] Voice 6: conversation, which I prefer to see out of hire not elected, of course. But I think one

[0:51:27] Voice 6: of the reasons that we do engagements on the community plan as distinct from the engagement

[0:51:33] Voice 6: that you speak about during the actual election uh part of it is legislatively required that is

[0:51:39] Voice 6: something that's just the local government action part is to do certain engagement and the other

[0:51:43] Voice 6: aspect of it is often uh through these engagement activities what we're hoping to do is kind of like

[0:51:48] Voice 6: get a little bit of a better understanding of very particular policies you know around housing

[0:51:52] Voice 6: around environmental protections around infrastructure i

[0:51:55] Voice 5: understand i just i

[0:51:56] Voice 5: understand but i'm sorry to interrupt

[0:51:59] Voice 5: but through the chair um this just solidifies the things i

[0:52:03] Voice 5: was saying earlier this term like it doesn't make any sense if it's legislative then um you know the

[0:52:10] Voice 5: ltc needs to do something about um about that and make some sort of moves and asking for uh some

[0:52:17] Voice 5: sort of change because this it doesn't work if you're having a small amount of people and i looked

[0:52:23] Voice 5: at their responses and i'm not sure if you noticed or staff noticed but a lot of them are worded

[0:52:28] Voice 5: exactly the same so somebody is either copied and pasted something to someone else like you know

[0:52:34] Voice 5: it's it's a sham to me um i would request it i think it's a disservice to the community the ltc

[0:52:48] Voice 5: is you know we

[0:52:49] Voice 5: should be rejecting this or asking for much much better because the engagement we've

[0:52:54] Voice 5: got now just doesn't cut it or this should go on to some sort of a um you know because there's

[0:53:00] Voice 5: something the ltc can do to say well this is needs to be an election issue

[0:53:06] Voice 6: guys remember

[0:53:08] Voice 6: get a better public engagement than that yeah i appreciate your your uh point there just here

[0:53:15] Voice 6: i feel like i think you've reinforced that quite clearly of course there is an election coming in

[0:53:21] Voice 6: just a matter of months exactly um trust patrick uh thank you thank you for the report um i'm i am

[0:53:30] Voice 6: glad to see that finally the regional planning team that was created might actually be servicing

[0:53:36] Voice 6: salt spring so it's been we have not been the beneficiary of that team um yet so i'm glad to

[0:53:45] Voice 6: see it including us that said there's a couple of things that i know i am the

[0:53:51] Voice 6: chair of gabriela trust committee and i know the process that's been undertaken with the ocp there

[0:53:58] Voice 6: and i am through the regional planning committee that i know they were hoping to use that process

[0:54:04] Voice 6: to be kind of a template moving forward um however i'm concerned that the approach being taken

[0:54:13] Voice 6: is there is that they're looking at the ocp as being only within the adults trust jurisdiction

[0:54:23] Voice 6: that's becoming a challenge, definitely Salt Spring, that is a challenge.

[0:54:28] Voice 6: And I actually believe that the trust itself, the work that we need to do goes way beyond

[0:54:37] Voice 6: our jurisdiction, so to speak, right in the mandate, we're supposed to cooperate, we can't

[0:54:44] Voice 6: preserved and protected, lest we do it in cooperation.

[0:54:48] Voice 6: And even in 1973, in the

[0:54:51] Voice 6: legislative floor,

[0:54:53] Voice 6: when they were making recommendations

[0:54:54] Voice 6: for the Islands Trust, they said,

[0:54:58] Voice 6: we emphasize that the proposed trust or condition

[0:55:01] Voice 6: must not be representative of a cooperating body,

[0:55:07] Voice 6: whose task is to bring together each group

[0:55:10] Voice 6: of the ABC department of government

[0:55:12] Voice 6: and act in the best interest of the Islands

[0:55:15] Voice 6: and the residents do regard broader province-wide interests as well as our legislation there's

[0:55:25] Voice 6: multiple sections in our legislation that are very clear that the intent is that we're supposed to be

[0:55:32] Voice 6: working with

[0:55:33] Voice 6: others section 35 that's great it says basically the regional district can't take

[0:55:40] Voice 6: take any work or bring in a by-law that is contrary to our by-law um so i'm my only concern

[0:55:51] Voice 6: is the regional planning committee is going to bring the ideas of um this limited approach

[0:56:04] that i think we're in trouble that's just not going to work that's also so i'm grateful staff

[0:56:11] Voice 6: I found some draft motions around this morning, and I did see that from yours.

[0:56:17] Voice 6: I know from Jason.

[0:56:19] Voice 6: From Jason?

[0:56:20] Voice 6: Yeah.

[0:56:20] Voice 6: Okay, good.

[0:56:21] Voice 6: Yeah, I have that.

[0:56:23] Voice 6: Just to kind of prompt that as you're developing the plans there, that we need to think broadly

[0:56:33] leave your own salt springs a population of 12 000 or much bigger we have to do the coordinated

[0:56:38] Voice 6: approach on the ocp and and lean into those powers that we have um i think it's important

[0:56:45] Voice 6: um the other thing i know we talked about in the last meeting resolution but you know we were

[0:56:54] Voice 6: encouraging through the local steering committee that was used on golden island that approach

[0:56:59] Voice 6: is you know how'd that work um appears to have been very successful um how many readings they

[0:57:08] Voice 6: get to their ocp this summer but uh it really seems to be well received by the community

[0:57:13] Voice 6: by going through that approach as well as the council table and so i think it's something

[0:57:19] Voice 6: we need to look at and learn as you look at the work plan going forward um you shouldn't be to

[0:57:27] Voice 6: me this is a reset you're new you're redoing these documents it's an opportunity if either

[0:57:34] Voice 6: either call it a project advisory planning commission but look at structuring it more like

[0:57:40] Voice 6: they did the steering committee from poland um i just hope you're

[0:57:44] Voice 6: looking at those things and

[0:57:45] Voice 6: being great to come back to us with we can do this better you know there's been a lot of learning

[0:57:51] Voice 6: you know the idea is to set the next term now up for success to get through this project um

[0:58:01] Voice 6: But I do have a motion that they did send to Lisa, that was reviewed by staff and Jason and our regional planning managers have been back and so I'll go ahead and make this motion.

[0:58:25] Voice 5: regarding the report it's clear that it's been a failure and for us to keep going down this road

[0:58:31] Voice 5: in my opinion is insanity the islands trust in 1973 and now vastly different times the issues

[0:58:41] Voice 5: that are plaguing salt spring island dials trust and the crd are incapable of dealing with those

[0:58:50] Voice 5: issues under the local government if we're serious about wanting to help this island we should be

[0:58:58] Voice 5: scrapping this ocp project and pleading with the provincial government to get a referendum on this

[0:59:06] Voice 5: next upcoming election to ask for a municipal council it's the only way that this island can

[0:59:11] Voice 5: be helped the roads infrastructure is failing everywhere including ganges the social issues

[0:59:21] Voice 5: that are plaguing us or beyond our capability to do anything with especially under the local

[0:59:26] Voice 5: government act with this to um organize organize the way this it's our local governance is set up

[0:59:34] Voice 5: with two organizations at the helm and um yeah i'm pretty sure i'll be opposed to whatever's

[0:59:42] Voice 5: coming down the pipe here but um why is that we can't ask for that as an ltc get staff to send a

[0:59:52] Voice 5: letter to whoever it is that needs to get a referendum about a municipality on this next

[0:59:59] Voice 5: election.

[1:00:03] Voice 6: I just wanted to make a brief comment around the working with others point.

[1:00:12] Voice 6: Just noting the February letter from the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs

[1:00:21] Voice 6: actually speaks directly to draft cooperation principles and draft policy statement.

[1:00:32] Voice 6: it and and one of the points that they make um fairly clearly is there um is that uh in

[1:00:45] Voice 6: accordance with the object of the trust um uh regional districts improvement districts amongst

[1:00:52] Voice 6: others that uh are are named in the object um that on stress is expected to uh expected to

[1:01:02] cooperate with and that uh from from that ministry standpoint uh that the letter signifies that they

[1:01:10] they hold that as uh as being

[1:01:13] Voice 6: currently uh an important aspect of of the of the mandate

[1:01:19] Voice 6: to make that point um just scratch it well you know yeah the

[1:01:25] Voice 8: the only

[1:01:26] Voice 8: thing i i

[1:01:27] Voice 6: would like to

[1:01:28] Voice 6: challenge the wording on the motion is we keep thinking of advocacy policies for other agencies

[1:01:35] Voice 6: are we restricted to advocacy policies that's what i'm pushing as we go forward you know section 35

[1:01:43] Voice 6: says regional districts cannot do work contrary to our bylaws that's powerful to me that means

[1:01:55] Voice 6: And while we don't deliver services, we could restrict them, we could prevent them, you know, we could allow them.

[1:02:14] Voice 6: So I think that's the best push I'm trying to say is as we are at this point where we're establishing sort of templates of those things going forward,

[1:02:27] Voice 6: have we really thought about testing?

[1:02:29] Voice 6: Because I think that's an example of our North Salt Spring Water District issue.

[1:02:35] Voice 6: Now, they're not a regional district, but they provide the same services as a regional district.

[1:02:39] Voice 6: They're looking to ask for help to establish prioritizing connections to the water service.

[1:02:49] Voice 6: We're looking at it as well, our only jurisdiction is zoning, zoning from Iowa, but you could

[1:02:54] Voice 6: establish policy that could direct where connections can go or not go.

[1:03:01] Voice 6: So that's the piece I'm trying to push us to think about.

[1:03:09] Voice 6: Yeah, I think you can, you definitely have to stick within your jurisdiction, which is

[1:03:17] Voice 6: the zoning and the official community plan.

[1:03:19] Voice 6: The official community plan is quite powerful.

[1:03:22] Voice 6: Things in there that you're going to do, like, indicate where you would like to see development

[1:03:27] Voice 6: and where you don't, so the densities and that kind of thing.

[1:03:31] Voice 6: And then the zoning will then pick that up more naturally, more specifically, so you

[1:03:35] Voice 8: know all that.

[1:03:37] Voice 6: and to me that is the limit of what a local trust can do. You've got heritage conservation

[1:03:42] Voice 6: as well and the PAP 15. So you know PAP 14 and PAP 15 is really your jurisdiction.

[1:03:51] Voice 6: You can also establish subdivision regulations around lot size density things like that.

[1:03:58] Voice 6: So where you can influence or restrict what a regional district is doing is only through

[1:04:05] Voice 6: zoning. Regional districts have to commit, they have to be consistent with zoning. Right now we

[1:04:11] Voice 6: rely on utilities and pretty well any zone like regional district providing utilities are pretty

[1:04:18] Voice 6: well committed anyway. So you can certainly provide more restricted zoning that will require

[1:04:23] Voice 6: them to work with you. If they want to provide connections like a water system that's not

[1:04:32] consistent with yours then that's another place

[1:04:35] Voice 6: that that value would be inconsistent with the zoning

[1:04:38] Voice 6: um but you can't tell a regional district what to do beyond that you're setting

[1:04:47] Voice 6: the rules from the zoning perspective and you're being as detailed as you're allowed to be so you

[1:04:54] Voice 6: can probably go more detailed and turn the eye in certain areas and have more control over that

[1:05:00] Voice 6: that. But same to a regional district. Yeah, you can put more than six connections in the

[1:05:10] Voice 6: year or something like that, because you want to slow the growth. That's really beyond the

[1:05:16] local trust committee. There's other ways to do that. Maybe the LCP sets out the growth

[1:05:21] and then you require rezoning, you restrict it to six rezoning

[1:05:24] Voice 6: a year, that kind of thing.

[1:05:25] Voice 6: it's under your control right so that's that's why in jason's response there uh it says work with

[1:05:33] Voice 6: them when there's a very clear overlap just say not limited to so that list is just an example

[1:05:39] Voice 6: there's probably a lot of other areas and staff can obviously include them and then for the ones

[1:05:44] Voice 6: where we're really just really outside is working on advocacy saying to them this is what our policy

[1:05:51] Voice 6: is we know we cannot tell you what to do but we really want you to follow this okay um

[1:05:56] Voice 8: all right

[1:05:58] Voice 6: yes

[1:05:59] Voice 4: yes i can do it no

[1:06:00] Voice 6: that's fine it's just i'm just encouraging that next that we do need

[1:06:03] Voice 6: to work together absolutely yeah we're trying to affect outcomes and if we're trying to protect the

[1:06:10] Voice 6: environment um and the community well-being we only have that slice of what we do we can only

[1:06:19] Voice 6: achieve the outcome yeah especially on salt spring yeah i never made sure you said this to me before

[1:06:26] Voice 6: um it's in the object of trust yeah cooperation we're stuck it makes sense yeah all right i have

[1:06:33] Voice 6: a motion when you're ready all right i am ready all right lisa i think you have it but um i move

[1:06:39] Voice 6: that the salt spring island local trust committee requests to amend the ocp project work plan to

[1:06:44] ensure that policies that relate to areas of jurisdiction of other agencies

[1:06:50] Voice 6: splash levels of government are developed in coordination with those agencies these subject

[1:06:56] Voice 6: areas include but are not limited to roads active transportation community water community sewer

[1:07:04] Voice 6: solid waste disposal indigenous cultural heritage and wildfire and second point ensure that the

[1:07:11] OCP retain advocacy

[1:07:13] policies to other agencies regarding

[1:07:15] the island's

[1:07:16] Voice 6: ecological systems

[1:07:17] Voice 6: and community well-being.

[1:07:22] Voice 6: You've sent

[1:07:23] Voice 6: that in.

[1:07:25] Voice 6: I'll second it.

[1:07:28] Voice 6: Discussion?

[1:07:30] Voice 6: I know that the staff

[1:07:32] Voice 6: are going to update the planning

[1:07:34] Voice 6: and I think this is just something important that I

[1:07:36] Voice 6: wanted to make sure is

[1:07:40] Voice 6: tweaked in there

[1:07:41] Voice 6: from a Salt Spring specific.

[1:07:42] Voice 6: And hopefully back to Gabriel.

[1:07:46] Voice 6: All right, nothing further, I'll call the question, all those in favour?

[1:07:51] Voice 6: Carries.

[1:07:52] Voice 6: Anything further on this item?

[1:07:57] Voice 6: No.

[1:07:58] Voice 6: Okay, we'll move on to the water sustainability project update.

[1:08:03] Voice 6: And then Miranda will start it on page 55.

[1:08:10] Voice 6: Daphnis, go ahead.

[1:08:13] Voice 8: If

[1:08:13] Voice 6: I may switch it?

[1:08:14] Voice 6: Yes.

[1:08:15] Voice 6: Yeah, so this was added on by the director of planning to try and bring you up to date

[1:08:21] Voice 6: latest to where we're at with the project. It's not totally

[1:08:31] Voice 6: comprehensive, it's definitely an overview. And the maybe

[1:08:35] Voice 6: things in there missing that you're obviously more interested

[1:08:38] Voice 6: in the Salt Spring Island. So if it's something you feel that

[1:08:42] Voice 6: you'd like to have more information on, you can ask

[1:08:46] Voice 6: them to bring that back to you. And yeah, I'll try and

[1:08:51] Voice 6: answer questions. I don't have a lot of background on this item, so it's really a great

[1:08:57] Voice 6: presentation.

[1:09:03] Voice 6: Trustee Patrick.

[1:09:05] Voice 6: Oh boy,

[1:09:06] Voice 8: do I have

[1:09:06] Voice 6: comments on this one. And I think this is the reference I made to the

[1:09:15] Voice 6: action or project, whatever they're called. Our list of projects, active projects, sorry.

[1:09:22] Voice 6: Sorry, brain's not functioning, was a little out of date.

[1:09:27] Voice 6: And this report just sort of propagates the out-of-date aspects of that list.

[1:09:43] Voice 6: There are two reports that we did last term.

[1:09:48] Voice 6: One is the situation analysis, and the second one was the watershed protection plan.

[1:09:58] Voice 6: The Watershed Protection Plan, which was endorsed by this committee, was also designed to be

[1:10:06] Voice 6: in concert with the Freshwater Plan for Trust Council.

[1:10:11] Voice 6: And between the two reports, the situation analysis was really about a lot of housekeeping,

[1:10:19] Voice 6: if you want to think of it in that way.

[1:10:20] Voice 6: um it coordinated the work that we need to do in alignment with the trust

[1:10:27] Voice 6: council uh freshwater plan which was a lot of the science and aspects that were

[1:10:34] Voice 6: being funded through trust council and um and really addressing some mistakes you could say

[1:10:47] Voice 6: that were created over time i mean while swippo is something we're very proud of um

[1:10:52] Voice 6: that has been in place since 2013 um the you know the situation analysis report made it pretty clear

[1:11:00] Voice 6: that you know we made it sound like it's a thing you know the salt spring island watershed

[1:11:06] Voice 6: protection alliance like it's a society it's a it's a it's a body that had authority when it

[1:11:13] Voice 6: didn't even exist so uh they had recommended a lot of steps to do some some housekeeping and staff

[1:11:22] Voice 6: implemented most of them some of them a little bit more abrupt than we were expecting um but um

[1:11:32] Voice 6: uh that work was taken like the website was removed it was

[1:11:36] Voice 6: It was made into the trust website and all those things to reduce that identity of a separate thing.

[1:11:45] Voice 6: And the watershed protection plan, again, its purpose was to acknowledge the various players that have jurisdiction in watershed and divide the work, make it clear, but under joint objectives.

[1:12:01] Voice 6: So we are responsible for the work that we can do and have been doing it with the exception of a few things here.

[1:12:14] Voice 6: So I just want to kind of that context is important.

[1:12:17] Voice 6: This report really kind of it's like a bunch of things that are laying out there.

[1:12:22] Voice 6: We have a plan now that brings the whole thing together. So it really should be coming from that plan.

[1:12:27] Voice 6: That plan is what drives our work now, not a bunch of things, if that makes sense.

[1:12:40] Voice 6: And there's also a lot of things that weren't looked at.

[1:12:44] Voice 6: There were some motions that were brought in here that said that the CRE is going to take over SWPA.

[1:12:54] Voice 6: Well, it would be the integration or the bringing people together part.

[1:13:02] Voice 6: actually what was missing was the project charter and the project charter for that we specifically

[1:13:10] Voice 6: added in there that until such a time another body takes on the coordinating role or steps

[1:13:19] Voice 6: into coordinating the salt spring island local trust committee will retain that role we put that

[1:13:24] Voice 6: right into the project charter we knew that the crd wasn't jumping up and down saying we'll take

[1:13:31] Voice 6: it um so we just said you know we know that there's another body that would be better off

[1:13:38] Voice 6: to have the coordinating role but until that happens it's us um so you know there were three

[1:13:45] Voice 6: project targets for the three uh specific projects of work which was uh the um water

[1:13:52] Voice 6: sustainability project which was and was very clear the plan it's written right in the in the

[1:14:02] Voice 6: And then it had the other pieces there, the whole groundwater information system and the

[1:14:14] Voice 6: proof of water.

[1:14:15] Voice 6: Each had their own project charters.

[1:14:24] Voice 6: Oh, this whole Weston Lake thing, I'm going to jump around, I apologize for that.

[1:14:31] Voice 6: up. It makes reference to a staff report. But what it misses

[1:14:37] Voice 6: is back in September 6 2022. We made additional motions that fell

[1:14:45] Voice 6: off the table. Here, for Weston Lakes, it makes reference to

[1:14:52] Voice 6: three follow up action steps, there was actually another one.

[1:14:59] Voice 6: and there was a motion passed that the local trust committee request staff to coordinate

[1:15:03] Voice 6: a discussion with the province crd islands trust and polis on the topic of watershed governance

[1:15:10] Voice 6: and the potential application of water objectives under the water sustainability act in the late

[1:15:15] Voice 6: western watershed specifically in reference to the name of the reports that were out there

[1:15:23] Voice 6: that motion just never survived or existed or landed on

[1:15:29] Voice 6: any follow-up action list which has

[1:15:31] Voice 6: been very disappointing for a long time the other items and i think it's missing the motions um

[1:15:39] Voice 6: you know it the way it's presented here is as if we are taking on the western watershed

[1:15:43] Voice 6: work that's not the motions that were passed the motions were that um

[1:15:51] Voice 6: We asked staff to work with the CRD to identify funding and project management opportunities

[1:15:59] Voice 6: to do the flow needs assessment.

[1:16:01] Voice 6: So we didn't take it on.

[1:16:05] Voice 6: We recognized that this watershed is managed by the CRD and that we were going to continue.

[1:16:13] Voice 6: That was the only

[1:16:13] Voice 8: other ongoing work on

[1:16:15] Voice 6: Weston other than this fantastic opportunity we could

[1:16:20] Voice 6: of use to look at implementing some provincial tools in that watershed as well so um so i'm just

[1:16:31] Voice 6: really disappointed to see that gone um and there's also missing from here was an entire

[1:16:42] Voice 6: the entire meeting that occurred this term was Jason the only one that attended, I can't remember if Chris was there too.

[1:17:00] Voice 6: I'm pretty certain it was Jason that was present. It was myself and Jason, it was North Salt Spring Water Service,

[1:17:09] Voice 6: there was their CAO and their chair, board chair.

[1:17:16] Voice 6: There was Gary Holman and the CRD staff.

[1:17:20] Voice 6: There was the electoral area

[1:17:22] Voice 6: director for the Southern belt violence as well.

[1:17:24] Voice 6: And their associated staff.

[1:17:27] Voice 6: And we were just talking about

[1:17:29] Voice 6: the ongoing watershed protection

[1:17:33] Voice 6: about the geographic area that would be appropriate

[1:17:39] Voice 6: for coordination, the room was pretty supportive

[1:17:46] Voice 6: of more kind of a Salt Spring

[1:17:48] Voice 6: and Southern Gulf Island jurisdiction

[1:17:50] Voice 6: or area geographic region that needed coordination.

[1:17:56] Voice 6: It was a great deal of interest,

[1:17:57] Voice 6: but nothing ever happened.

[1:18:00] Voice 6: So I think when I look at this, it's like for one,

[1:18:06] Voice 6: One, we have a consultant's report that was very clear to stop using SWPA.

[1:18:12] Voice 6: SWPA is a term we should no longer use.

[1:18:15] Voice 6: It was advised for confusing people by referring to it.

[1:18:19] Voice 6: And this whole report refers to it.

[1:18:22] Voice 6: So I think it's watershed protection is what we want to refer to.

[1:18:33] Voice 6: And then I think there's some, you know, the whole next step.

[1:18:38] Voice 6: But what's also missing,

[1:18:39] Voice 6: I want to be very clear what's missing,

[1:18:41] Voice 6: is under the watershed protection plan,

[1:18:45] Voice 6: we have all the science work

[1:18:46] Voice 6: that's been done on salt spray.

[1:18:50] Voice 6: We haven't seen it.

[1:18:51] Voice 6: I know it's been done.

[1:18:52] Voice 6: I think we paid for it.

[1:18:54] Voice 6: I know we budgeted it.

[1:18:56] Voice 6: And I know Gambier Island as well has been asking for,

[1:19:00] Voice 6: where's the work?

[1:19:02] Voice 6: So it's almost like we need,

[1:19:05] Voice 6: what we need is a report that looks at the plan,

[1:19:10] Voice 6: and says, where are we on these items?

[1:19:15] Voice 6: And what is the next steps to go forward?

[1:19:21] Voice 6: We know what happened.

[1:19:24] Voice 6: I'm not happy with them.

[1:19:27] Voice 6: And our CAO, Rosie, got a year full from me

[1:19:31] Voice 6: when this project was identified as being no new work.

[1:19:37] Voice 6: And I was like, no new work?

[1:19:39] Voice 6: It's been in place since 2013.

[1:19:40] Voice 6: It was a priority project, and it had approved funding.

[1:19:44] Voice 6: We did the political work on this side of the table to do everything we could to set

[1:19:50] Voice 6: this work up to be done.

[1:19:52] Voice 6: And then to see it identified as no new work, it really was disappointing.

[1:19:59] Voice 6: And so this is a chance to reset, again, like the OCP, this is a chance to reset and to

[1:20:13] Voice 6: to look at the work that's been done

[1:20:15] Voice 6: and really build on the work that was done.

[1:20:17] Voice 6: It was good work.

[1:20:18] Voice 6: It was meant to dovetail

[1:20:20] Voice 6: the freshwater sustainability plan.

[1:20:24] Voice 6: It was meant to put us in a stronger position.

[1:20:28] Voice 6: The key things that are falling through,

[1:20:31] Voice 6: how we structured the trust council motion

[1:20:37] Voice 6: was that there is about $85,000 remaining

[1:20:41] Voice 6: special tax recognition, that that work be dedicated to the more collaborative work pieces there, the action of 16, 17, 18, 19.

[1:20:53] Voice 6: That's when there is a body of resources able to go forward.

[1:20:58] Voice 6: I know it's recognized it says in here, well, there is no project charter.

[1:21:03] Voice 6: That's correct. We have a reserve fund.

[1:21:06] Voice 6: and it's tied to those projects

[1:21:08] Voice 6: when the day happens

[1:21:10] Voice 6: there's interest to move forward

[1:21:12] Voice 6: in those

[1:21:16] Voice 6: and

[1:21:19] Voice 6: I know

[1:21:21] Voice 6: we have a motion to rescind

[1:21:22] Voice 6: bylaw 154

[1:21:25] Voice 6: I don't know

[1:21:27] Voice 6: I was hoping we were seeing that too

[1:21:29] Voice 6: but

[1:21:30] Voice 6: the main reason is

[1:21:35] Voice 6: that the coordinate

[1:21:39] Voice 6: SWPA as it was

[1:21:41] Voice 6: was we were kind of out ahead of everybody else in 2013.

[1:21:54] Voice 6: Now we're lagging way behind.

[1:21:56] Voice 6: There's been so much work of watershed protection work

[1:22:00] in particular in cooperation with First Nations.

[1:22:04] And

[1:22:05] Voice 6: we've got the Cowichan Water Board over here

[1:22:08] Voice 6: is one of the best examples of coordination

[1:22:14] Voice 6: in the province.

[1:22:17] Voice 6: across the waters here so we are now falling behind in watershed protection um and in bylaw

[1:22:27] Voice 6: 154 and that approach is it's out of date and that's that's one of the reasons to that it

[1:22:33] Voice 6: doesn't need to be here we need to deal with some of these bigger issues that are identified

[1:22:39] in the

[1:22:40] Voice 6: in the watershed plant and see what comes out the other side gosh i hope it would be

[1:22:46] Voice 6: be something closer to like um and for just salt spring but those are my desires so i i look at

[1:23:00] Voice 6: this report and i'm like it just needs to be up to up to date and and built off of the watershed

[1:23:10] Voice 6: protection plan and um and informed by the situation analysis that we we did so that we

[1:23:17] Voice 6: have a clear steps forward than this i don't know what else to say i i don't even have a i can't

[1:23:30] Voice 6: even put together a vote it's like this is not helpful is that unhelpful to say it's not helpful

[1:23:47] Voice 6: director murder yeah through the chair i did uh have a quick discussion with the director

[1:23:52] Voice 6: of planning just around some of the highlighted concerns not the details um so a couple of options

[1:24:01] Voice 6: it's getting late in terms so whether you want to ask staff to put something together for this term

[1:24:08] Voice 6: or you could ask it to bring something that addresses all these concerns that you raise

[1:24:15] Voice 6: to the incoming local trust committees and trust councillors.

[1:24:20] Voice 6: So if, for example, requested staff give the incoming trust councillor

[1:24:27] Voice 6: an overview of what's happening and where we're at,

[1:24:30] Voice 6: but more important than the local trust committees that have invested in this.

[1:24:36] Voice 6: And as you indicated, I think the core would be focusing around

[1:24:40] Voice 6: the watershed protection plan.

[1:24:42] Voice 6: plan. So maybe that could be a resolution trust committee to ask staff to kind of rerecord

[1:24:49] Voice 6: to come back either to this term or the next term and report on the status of the watershed

[1:24:55] Voice 6: protection plan, what's been done and what are the next steps. So that's something that

[1:25:01] Voice 6: would help us to point out something that would be useful to you.

[1:25:09] Voice 6: yeah no i think that's this was good work and we did the right thing as a local trust committee

[1:25:16] Voice 6: you know to to examine what us has learned and where we were to bring ourselves support

[1:25:22] Voice 6: overall you know we really did some good things and it seems like it's gotten lost

[1:25:29] Voice 6: and um and i am concerned about that from a priority standpoint the one thing it's not

[1:25:35] Voice 6: gonna happen it's not budgeted but the liability is there is the monitoring program like so call

[1:25:42] Voice 6: it new here's equipment in wells in salt spring today uh that ain't old um and we don't even know

[1:25:52] Voice 6: who owns that equipment we it's uh julia mobs told me it's not on our assets and i talked to

[1:26:00] Voice 6: shannon cowan she thinks it might be crd um so we don't know who has that equipment on their

[1:26:08] Voice 6: their capital yeah whenever you call it um um but it is down private wells

[1:26:19] Voice 6: and that one does give me a heartburn factor i call it um that and i and i thought staff were

[1:26:28] Voice 6: going to try to remove that equipment before well we did have fine money last fiscal it didn't happen

[1:26:35] Voice 6: um and that's that is one aspect that you know that is an action is to um continue the monitoring

[1:26:42] Voice 6: it would be a great idea to continue the monitoring but if we can't continue the

[1:26:47] Voice 6: monitoring what liability are we carrying leaving the equipment in the well on somebody's private

[1:26:52] Voice 6: So that's, that one has some timeliness, setting up the next term, I think there needs to be a good rounding of the grant programs, the relationship of the

[1:27:08] Voice 6: the this action plan. And, you know, to deal with some of these

[1:27:15] Voice 6: bigger questions, that's going to take some brainpower to think

[1:27:20] Voice 6: about how to move forward. So yeah, just, well, I guess we

[1:27:25] Voice 6: could ask that there'd be a report prepared for the new

[1:27:29] Voice 6: term. Based on that. Yeah. To somehow figure out what to do.

[1:27:40] Voice 6: um i can wing a motion so at least i'm going to attempt a motion here we can

[1:27:46] Voice 6: worm smith it as we go so i'm going to let the salt spring on local trust committee request

[1:27:51] Voice 6: um revise the report but prepare a report for the for the next

[1:28:04] Voice 6: Next, our local trust committee?

[1:28:08] Voice 6: Oh yeah, maybe say the incoming local trust committee.

[1:28:12] Voice 6: Yeah, the incoming local trust committee

[1:28:16] Voice 6: on the status of the Salt Spring Watershed Protection Plan

[1:28:26] Voice 6: and options for next steps.

[1:28:29] Voice 6: I'm

[1:28:39] Voice 9: gonna read that.

[1:28:39] Voice 9: Thank you Chair Peterson, yes.

[1:28:44] Voice 9: Would you like me to read it back to you?

[1:28:46] Voice 6: Yes, please.

[1:28:47] Voice 6: that

[1:28:49] Voice 9: the salt spring island local trust committee request staff prepare a report for the incoming

[1:28:53] Voice 9: local trust committee on the status of the salt spring watershed protection plan and options for

[1:28:59] Voice 9: next steps

[1:29:00] Voice 6: all right i'll second the motion then uh further discussion

[1:29:18] Voice 6: Okay. All those in favour? And that carries. I just wanted to make one comment. While I

[1:29:26] Voice 6: remember, Justice Patrick, you were talking about resolutions that have gone the way of

[1:29:39] Voice 6: the Dodo. And I know why I brought this up at a previous South Spring Local Trust Committee

[1:29:44] Voice 6: meeting I think it's a matter of practice and and I know that we have discussed this with

[1:29:52] Voice 6: the previous regional planning manager in the in the northern out of the northern

[1:30:00] Voice 6: office the local trust committees there regularly receive a resolution log following local trust

[1:30:08] Voice 6: committee meetings which provides a way for trustees if nothing else to collect those

[1:30:18] Voice 6: resolutions as they're made and i mean i just happen for those northern islands that i've

[1:30:24] Voice 6: involved with i just have a resolutions log uh folder in the in the ltc folder and uh it's one

[1:30:32] Voice 6: way to keep uh keep abreast of uh keep track of those we have mentioned it to staff and uh

[1:30:39] Voice 6: but i see that that hasn't happened with those open local trust committee um so i'm not sure if

[1:30:49] Voice 6: you know if giving i feel like we've we at the very least asked staff to look into to providing

[1:30:57] Voice 6: that for for this local trust committee i don't know that we've gone as far as a resolution

[1:31:02] Voice 6: of course i don't have

[1:31:03] Voice 6: a resolution to follow it but um just wanted to sort of bring that back up

[1:31:08] Voice 6: because i think it's really useful for trustees in particular i could also see it being useful

[1:31:13] Voice 6: for staff um to have uh you know some track of these resolutions so we don't have situations where

[1:31:22] Voice 6: staff uh you know local trust committees have given direction to staff and then it's like well

[1:31:28] Voice 6: didn't we do that and then no one can find the resolution if we just have a simple um

[1:31:33] Voice 6: uh reporting that comes out on a really regular basis and just a list of the

[1:31:39] Voice 6: resolutions from the last local trust committee meeting comes as a street document

[1:31:44] Voice 6: and then then you can file away and so both trustees and staff can go back and easily find

[1:31:51] Voice 6: um those resolutions again i don't have a resolu uh i don't have a motion prepared but i just wanted

[1:32:01] Voice 6: to bring that back to staff's attention because it's a really useful tool certainly for trustees

[1:32:06] Voice 6: and I could see that it might be helpful for staff.

[1:32:08] Voice 6: All right, so are we ready to move on then?

[1:32:15] Voice 6: In section 17, we have the Walker Area

[1:32:18] Voice 6: Natural Protection Tax Exemption Program application

[1:32:23] Voice 6: here on Salt Spring Island,

[1:32:25] Voice 6: just looking at protecting a conservation covering

[1:32:32] Voice 6: on about two and a half hectares

[1:32:37] Voice 6: wetland riparian area mature forest that's you know one of the things that um

[1:32:46] Voice 6: that i would trust uh conservancy is really doing well to help protect uh and preserve and protect

[1:32:54] Voice 6: so this is great stuff for them it's not a decision item here it's uh information item but

[1:33:00] Voice 6: go ahead and just well it's interesting i mean this is one thing i mean i know things have

[1:33:06] Voice 6: have changed last term. I know because I was chair of North Pender. North Pender was the

[1:33:14] Voice 6: NAPTEC winner last term on the number of NAPTEC. Salt Spring seems to be pulling ahead this

[1:33:23] Voice 6: term. But there were RFDs that came to the local trust committee to support, to provide

[1:33:36] Voice 6: So I know we shifted to now we're just informed, which is good, but as I think there's some more opportunities, we have to work together and really show our support.

[1:33:57] Voice 6: So see the support for information.

[1:34:00] Voice 6: um depending on the policy and standing resolutions list which i will notice smaller than it used

[1:34:10] Voice 6: to be as a result of her good work the last round uh next is the open applications report

[1:34:19] Voice 6: anything from staff on that today i don't have anything just to patrick well i just i wanted

[1:34:28] Voice 6: to follow back on that uh rezoning that we have not got an application for and if if there's a

[1:34:39] Voice 6: project that's going to require rezoning and then they're seeking connections to sewer and

[1:34:44] Voice 6: water and they don't have rezoning it just seems odd am i seeing it odd uh through

[1:34:56] Voice 6: the chat can't

[1:34:57] Voice 6: really speculate on the business practice but maybe they just want to know they're going to

[1:35:04] Voice 6: get connections before they go through the process of working with the community on a

[1:35:08] Voice 6: rezoning proposal so maybe they just take that step first before they come to talk about zoning

[1:35:13] Voice 6: most people can talk about zoning and sometimes they'll talk to my sales team while they work

[1:35:17] Voice 6: this way so yeah i don't nothing can happen without the zoning change so you'll definitely

[1:35:22] Voice 6: to say something like that's their intent whether that will prove it or it's viable

[1:35:28] Voice 6: these own applications are quite costly for developing a certain level of drawings um they

[1:35:52] Voice 6: may be uh actually be provided to the yield to determine the project is kind of

[1:36:05] Voice 6: that may be their approach but um yeah it's confirmed why i said it will of course come

[1:36:12] Voice 6: before at some point it'll

[1:36:15] Voice 8: happen yeah we

[1:36:20] Voice 6: also have the expense reports i think from anyone on

[1:36:25] Voice 6: that standard um no island stress conservancy the board report today and um that can staff

[1:36:37] Voice 6: we're going to come back at noon for the applications uh should we go ahead and uh

[1:36:42] Voice 6: conduct a closed meeting uh at this time or do we have a longer break in consensus here

[1:36:51] i think we could probably conduct the closed meeting in fairly short order and then uh we

[1:37:01] Voice 6: just come back to the uh go through the applications and then we can return them so

[1:37:16] Voice 6: my knowledge okay then so uh i look for the motion to close give a moment and then just

[1:37:27] Voice 6: for the public we will be re-competing at 12 we'll have a rise in report and then we'll move

[1:37:33] Voice 6: to the application i move the salzburg island local trust committee so that the meeting be

[1:37:40] Voice 6: closed to the public in accordance with the community charter part 4 division 3 section

[1:37:44] Voice 6: Section 91 for the purpose of considering personal information

[1:37:47] Voice 6: about a identifiable individual who holds

[1:37:49] Voice 6: or is being considered for a position

[1:37:51] Voice 6: or an officer employee agent of the local trust committee

[1:37:55] Voice 6: or another position appointed by the local trust committee.

[1:37:58] Voice 6: Law enforcement or law enforcement

[1:38:02] Voice 6: if the council considers the disclosure

[1:38:04] Voice 6: could reasonably be expected to harm the conduct

[1:38:08] Voice 6: of an investigation under or the enforcement

[1:38:10] Voice 6: of the natural.

[1:38:11] Voice 6: and that the recorded staff invited to stay remaining okay no second the motion any discussion

[1:38:20] Voice 6: i'll call the question almost in favor motion carries we'll just take a

[1:38:25] Voice 8: couple moments to um

[2:06:50] Voice 8: okay

[2:07:03] Voice 6: so we are reconvening here all right we're coming back from our uh break and our

[2:07:15] Voice 6: in-camera session so i will rise and report from the in-camera session uh that uh we adopted the

[2:07:23] Voice 6: may 14th 2026 in-camera meeting minutes and silks bring down our local task committee has

[2:07:29] Voice 6: reappointed and i'm in tim hilts to the advisory planning commission for a period of two years

[2:07:35] Voice 6: effective June 1st, 2026. And George Ward to the Board of Barriots for a period of three

[2:07:41] Voice 6: years effective June 1st, 2026. Okay, so back to our main agenda. We're in the

[2:07:51] Voice 6: applications and referrals section and we're going to reorder at the request of one of the

[2:07:56] Voice 6: applicants who have to catch a ferry we're going to start with uh pldp uh 2026 uh zero zero six

[2:08:06] Voice 6: seven purdy dream king upper ganges road at uh page 127 and i believe this is planner fatino

[2:08:18] Voice 6: are you with us sir let's see mr patino online looks like we might have a short

[2:08:44] Voice 6: short delay

[2:08:44] Voice 6: getting our the planner online here we'll just take a moment for for that because i

[2:08:55] Voice 6: know you've got a vote to catch so yes i just had a note from you know he just says he's his

[2:09:25] Voice 6: computer's acting up and he just needs about a minute or two to okay another minute or two all

[2:09:29] Voice 6: right we'll just give him that time said to me about the lcc meeting that was mentioned earlier

[2:09:54] The LCC meeting

[2:09:57] Voice 6: that we mentioned earlier, that was tonight, did you have a public comment

[2:10:06] Voice 6: here?

[2:10:07] Voice 6: They do, but it's different.

[2:10:08] Voice 6: You have to register in advance.

[2:10:13] Voice 6: They can go into the meeting and ask Joe, but they have to vote on it.

[2:10:22] Voice 8: Yeah.

[2:10:24] Voice 8: There's Anthony.

[2:10:25] Voice 8: Here we go.

[2:10:43] Voice 6: Okay.

[2:10:45] Voice 6: Planner Patino there.

[2:10:46] Voice 6: Thanks for joining us. Sorry about the technology.

[2:10:50] Voice 6: So we are on the 319 Upper Ganges Road permit proposal.

[2:11:02] Voice 6: So if you can get on your report at the moment.

[2:11:12] Voice 6: Can't hear you.

[2:11:16] Voice 1: Can you hear me now?

[2:11:17] Voice 1: Yes, there we go. Go ahead, sir.

[2:11:20] Voice 1: Weird. It said I wasn't muted, but apparently I was.

[2:11:22] Voice 1: But yeah, apologies again.

[2:11:25] Voice 1: Zoom was proving to be difficult, but I'm here now.

[2:11:31] Voice 1: Yes, so today I'll be presenting on development permit PLDP-2026-0067, which is at 319 Upper

[2:11:41] Voice 1: Ganges Road.

[2:11:42] Voice 1: My recommendation on this application is that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee

[2:11:47] Voice 1: approve issuance of development permit PLDP-2026-0067.

[2:11:52] Voice 1: seven um the um the purpose of this application is or the proposal is um a um a build a new building

[2:12:04] Voice 1: on the site that already has existing buildings it's uh phase two of a development that we saw

[2:12:09] Voice 1: relatively recently within the past couple of years and this proposed building would include

[2:12:14] Voice 1: creative industry provide more flexible industry warehouse space auxiliary office areas and some

[2:12:19] Voice 1: storage. The rationale for this recommendation is that it satisfies the majority of the DP

[2:12:28] Voice 1: guidelines. And really the only DP guideline that it doesn't satisfy is for the lighting. And

[2:12:36] Voice 1: the rationale for the use of LED lighting is supported by staff. And the applicant is taking

[2:12:46] Voice 1: great care in the development of this application and the design of the building. I believe that the

[2:12:54] Voice 1: applicant is in Salt or on Salt Spring at the meeting right now and can speak to any in-depth

[2:13:00] Voice 1: questions that the LTC may have.

[2:13:03] Voice 6: Okay, great. Thank you. Did you want to add anything or just

[2:13:06] Voice 6: wait for questions? No, this is pretty straightforward. It's a reduction, RGG,

[2:13:13] Voice 6: you the budget uh of the previous approved application and uh i think it's pretty

[2:13:19] Voice 6: comprehensive and i wanted to unless you guys have any questions um no i mean i think it's

[2:13:29] Voice 6: i understand the reduction you can't build anything for the cost increases it's just

[2:13:39] Voice 8: you

[2:13:39] Voice 6: are building an incredibly beautiful place it's well attended my only comment i've said it

[2:13:47] Voice 6: i think every each and every time we've been here is that you know our own ocp has made a policy

[2:13:53] Voice 6: we're supposed to leapfrog ganges but i mean not your project your interviews and all of that is

[2:13:58] Voice 6: way ahead of you it's been leapfrogged and someday when we do what someday when a local trust

[2:14:05] Voice 6: trust committee does Ganges village planning this area cannot be you know excluded from that

[2:14:12] Voice 6: planning how you know because it's to me it's an extension of and part of uh Ganges and could be

[2:14:19] Voice 6: an exciting future between the two um so uh that that's fine I'm really looking

[2:14:26] Voice 6: forward to it yeah

[2:14:27] Voice 9: no I would

[2:14:27] Voice 6: assume too that they're being connected to Ganges and you know being all of one would just

[2:14:32] Voice 6: make so much sense someday somebody will do that planning well i hope so i'm i have no questions

[2:14:42] Voice 6: okay move forward yeah

[2:14:45] Voice 8: i know that

[2:14:46] Voice 6: sells me on local trust committee approved issuance

[2:14:48] Voice 6: and development permit pldp two zero two six zero zero six seven second the motion

[2:14:56] Voice 6: any further discussion i i'll call the question and all those in favor and the motion carries

[2:15:04] Voice 6: and thanks to the press

[2:15:06] Voice 6: and staff

[2:15:08] Voice 6: appreciate it

[2:15:12] Voice 6: we'll get going and we'll try to do a good job

[2:15:14] Voice 6: thank you

[2:15:16] Voice 6: thank you very much

[2:15:17] Voice 6: next we have the

[2:15:22] Voice 6: 2030 Smith Road

[2:15:23] Voice 6: rezoning application

[2:15:27] Voice 6: starting on page

[2:15:28] Voice 6: 50 and that's

[2:15:30] Voice 6: back to Planner Fittino

[2:15:31] Voice 6: and

[2:15:32] Voice 1: I won't be late to this one

[2:15:34] Voice 1: so

[2:15:36] Voice 1: so this is um as you as you the trustees are probably aware this came to the ltc in april

[2:15:43] Voice 1: and there was a few issues with the um the uh staff report and the ltc had made a resolution to

[2:15:51] Voice 1: amend the staff report and bring it back in may unfortunately we couldn't get it back to you in

[2:15:56] Voice 1: May, but now we've brought it back. And essentially, this just updates the discrepancies

[2:16:06] Voice 1: that were on the initial staff report. And the recommendation here is that the Salisbury Island

[2:16:13] Voice 1: LTC accept the amended preliminary staff report for application PLRZ 2025-0031 and request staff

[2:16:21] Voice 1: to proceed with referring the application as specified in LTC resolutions ss2026-45

[2:16:29] Voice 1: and proceed with all other resolutions from ss-2026-043 to ss-2026-048 and those resolutions

[2:16:39] Voice 1: can be found on page um starting on page 53 for um for memory refreshing

[2:16:48] Voice 6: thank you and

[2:16:53] Voice 1: if you need

[2:16:54] Voice 1: clarification on on some of the the updates that were made I can I can give

[2:16:59] Voice 1: those as well

[2:17:01] Voice 6: I was copied on the emails from the applicant to you that there's

[2:17:22] Voice 6: still feel that there's discrepancies in the report so that's that is that's a concern yeah

[2:17:29] Voice 1: sorry so

[2:17:31] Voice 6: i guess can you respond to what there

[2:17:34] Voice 1: is yeah through the chair so the the the discrepancies

[2:17:36] Voice 1: are from a um a table that's being used to uh to to lay out the um the square footage for all of

[2:17:44] Voice 1: the the proposed buildings so um i'm you know what we're willing or we're more than happy to

[2:17:51] Voice 1: to work with the the applicants what during the drafting of the bylaw to make sure that

[2:17:54] Voice 1: everything is um what they're envisioning but also it satisfies trust uh island trust policy

[2:18:02] Voice 1: and um makes for smooth uh uh a smooth rezoning i

[2:18:10] Voice 6: guess it's also um i know it's going to go to

[2:18:14] Voice 6: the advisory planning commission and i think it's uh you know make sure that they have the

[2:18:19] Voice 6: opportunity i know everyone's busy to make sure they have ample uh head uh notice of when the apc

[2:18:27] Voice 6: meeting is because i think it's going to be important that the applicant be there and to

[2:18:31] Voice 6: present to the apc because of the you know this is a this is not normal and there's like there's

[2:18:39] Voice 6: a lot of parts and pieces to this um this rezoning so um yeah that's all

[2:18:45] Voice 6: yeah

[2:18:46] Voice 1: no i didn't i through

[2:18:47] Voice 1: the chair i i totally agree trustee patrick that this is not uh the run-of-the-mill rezoning

[2:18:53] Voice 1: application and there's a lot of moving parts so uh we'll make sure not to you know move forward

[2:18:58] Voice 1: too quickly before um we we understand what the right thing to do is and we'll make sure that

[2:19:04] Voice 1: the applicant has uh more than enough notice to to be at those meetings and to present what they

[2:19:11] Voice 1: need to okay

[2:19:15] Voice 6: well in some way i mean the the idea of rezoning that one lot with for indigenous use

[2:19:21] Voice 6: and so forth is particular and i find that intriguing and i really want to start to hear

[2:19:27] Voice 6: the feedback from first nations too on on this approach because i think this is unique though

[2:19:32] Voice 6: whether the trust committee has got a rezoning like this um and it just puts another tool in

[2:19:39] Voice 6: the toolbox of how to you know how we could potentially approach um access to properties

[2:19:45] Voice 6: other than covenants so i'm i'm intrigued and want to see how that is received so i guess i

[2:19:57] Voice 6: think we can go forward then i'll move that this unless you have questions uh no i have no

[2:20:05] Voice 6: questions i'll move the salt spring island level trust committee accept the amended preliminary

[2:20:09] Voice 6: preliminary staff report for application PLR Z20250331

[2:20:16] Voice 6: and request staff proceed with referring the application

[2:20:19] Voice 6: as specified in LTC resolution SS202645

[2:20:24] Voice 6: and proceed with all other resolutions

[2:20:28] Voice 6: from SS202643 to 48.

[2:20:34] Voice 6: Move.

[2:20:35] Voice 6: Second that.

[2:20:36] Voice 6: Any other discussion?

[2:20:39] Voice 6: Seeing any, I'll call the question.

[2:20:40] Voice 6: all those in favor and that carries moving

[2:20:52] Voice 8: moving backwards to the next

[2:20:54] Voice 6: one um

[2:20:56] Voice 6: region five blackboard roads starting on page uh six zoning and this is over to planet garuba

[2:21:05] Voice 6: thank you mr chair um the focus on this remember i noticed to provide the local trust

[2:21:13] Voice 6: policy with an update regarding application PLRZ2024021355.1. So the resounding application

[2:21:25] Voice 6: is sticking to amend the Land Use By-law to permit the current uses on the subject property

[2:21:31] Voice 6: and bring it into compliance following the expiration of the Land Use Contract.

[2:21:37] Voice 6: And the application has been presented to the LTC several times for consideration.

[2:21:43] Voice 6: The proposed bylaw has been given a question to second reading, a public hearing has been held, a community information meeting has also taken place, and at the February 12th, 2026, public hearing, the LCC passed a resolution that the application did depart to the polling LCC meeting in order to allow staff to follow up with the outstanding question.

[2:22:08] Voice 6: nation regarding referrals and report back with recommendations on how to proceed with the

[2:22:16] Voice 6: application to the LTC. So staff met with the First Nations on March 13th to further discuss

[2:22:23] Voice 6: the application and staff are continuing to work through the concerns that have been outlined in

[2:22:29] Voice 6: their referral response and staff also participated in a site visit to the subject property and so

[2:22:36] Voice 6: So currently, staff is working on updating the proposed by-law to address the concerns that were raised during the public hearing,

[2:22:42] Voice 6: as well as the concerns from the representative of the British Water Service Commission

[2:22:48] Voice 6: regarding the impact of the rezoning of the Black-owned creek,

[2:22:52] Voice 6: given the significance of the subject property to community water supplies.

[2:22:57] Voice 6: So next step is staff will work with applicants to address the various concerns that have been raised.

[2:23:05] Voice 6: Once this matter has been addressed, the application will return to the LCC for further consideration as well as the recommendations on how to proceed with the application. Thank you.

[2:23:17] Voice 6: Thank you.

[2:23:25] Voice 6: Questions? Go ahead.

[2:23:29] Voice 6: it my only comment is it was the local trust committee that slowed the process down because of

[2:23:39] previous staff report had mentioned that the sales station had concerns

[2:23:46] and we had granted a longer

[2:23:49] Voice 6: referral window but those concerns weren't followed up on them this

[2:23:55] Voice 6: This is a comment to you, this is more about the islands.

[2:23:58] Voice 6: I know that the planning services is looking at referrals

[2:24:02] Voice 6: and looking at ways of improving how we keep track of

[2:24:08] Voice 6: and communicate communications with First Nations.

[2:24:18] Voice 6: So I think this is an example,

[2:24:21] Voice 6: I'm glad you're here, Director Marler,

[2:24:22] Voice 6: because I think this could be brought to

[2:24:25] Voice 6: to Director Surmack's attention that these are real examples

[2:24:31] Voice 6: where we could have delayed.

[2:24:35] Voice 6: I mean, this letter came two days after the,

[2:24:38] Voice 6: three days after we had public hearing.

[2:24:45] Voice 6: You know, that we could have saved a lot of staff time

[2:24:48] Voice 6: and community time if we had coordinated a bit better

[2:24:53] Voice 6: or waited just a bit longer for the response to come

[2:24:57] Voice 6: or to check to see if a response is coming because i'm sure the letter was written before the

[2:25:04] Voice 6: hearing um so that's

[2:25:06] Voice 1: i mean i

[2:25:06] Voice 6: think this is just an example of a case where

[2:25:09] Voice 6: it's a real real effects and um and our commitment to slow down um was the right move and um

[2:25:21] Voice 6: and to wait for for that response so yeah i would just add to that um in the conversations i have

[2:25:30] Voice 6: had the opportunities to have with uh first nations representatives from from various nations

[2:25:37] Voice 6: um that the processes that we have been following certainly the statutory uh direction from the

[2:25:48] Voice 6: provinces in our acquaintance of course trust council we acknowledge that in in um in directing

[2:25:58] the work um for the referral uh referral process to take place which i

[2:26:05] Voice 6: mentioned earlier trust

[2:26:06] Voice 6: council is going to be having a look at next week um and one of the things in particular

[2:26:12] Voice 6: particular that I have been made aware of more than once is also the methodology that

[2:26:21] Voice 6: we use for contacting First Nations and this notion that if we had sent an email or two

[2:26:34] Voice 6: and not got a response that we could infer something or another from that lack of response

[2:26:44] Voice 6: where in fact it's been brought to my attention in specific cases that for certain chief council

[2:26:54] Voice 6: members email is is is not something that the interface with well is is not a tool that they're

[2:27:02] Voice 6: commonly using and comfortable with and so the necessity to reach out in in other ways

[2:27:11] Voice 6: ways, whether by phone or seeking some opportunities to actually sit down together, which sort

[2:27:22] Voice 6: of speaks to what you're saying about slowing down a little bit, but if we want to be doing

[2:27:27] Voice 6: the engagement in a way that not just ticks the legislative requirement boxes, but is

[2:27:35] Voice 6: is actually respectful and appropriate,

[2:27:39] Voice 6: then I think it really behooves us to lean into

[2:27:43] Voice 6: or that communication in a way that is curious

[2:27:49] Voice 6: and inquisitive, you know, what methodologies do you prefer?

[2:27:55] Voice 6: If you prefer to get a phone call,

[2:27:59] Voice 6: then we should be asking those questions

[2:28:01] Voice 6: and then we should be taking note of that

[2:28:04] Voice 6: and and and acting upon that so this is a you know one one one example where slowing down it

[2:28:12] Voice 6: was a really good idea but i think it's more broadly um that's that's the method of of

[2:28:23] Voice 6: communication is something we need to really investigate uh i think in a lot of cases just

[2:28:28] Voice 6: a little bit more sensitively to to really work towards that respectful engagement

[2:28:34] Voice 6: engagement. Because yeah, having one methodology and trying to apply it broadly in all cases

[2:28:44] Voice 6: is not, it's not the appropriate way. It's not necessarily the respectful way. And I'm

[2:28:50] Voice 6: glad to, I'm

[2:28:52] Voice 1: glad that we're

[2:28:52] Voice 6: making strides, choosing to slow things down, choosing to

[2:28:57] Voice 6: reach out again. And that's important. And of course, as we build relationships, we do

[2:29:04] Voice 6: a better job of asking those questions whether it's elected officials or or staff when you have

[2:29:11] Voice 6: those opportunities just we shouldn't be counting on relying that whatever communication method works

[2:29:24] Voice 6: well for us necessarily works well for others make those comments just to that's definitely

[2:29:37] Voice 6: would have heard in some cases you know that phone call is much preferred uh so and we're just

[2:29:46] Voice 6: receiving this for information at this time it's there's more uh there's more communication work

[2:29:52] Voice 6: work with the African and the nation in this case to come.

[2:29:57] Voice 6: Appreciate the reporting.

[2:30:00] Voice 6: any further on this today trustee patrick

[2:30:06] Voice 6: well they will arrive in due course so i believe that that brings us yes go ahead

[2:30:17] Voice 6: we go back and look at the project's list oh sure we can go back to that episode on page 40

[2:30:30] Voice 6: morning okay what's your uh item once you're wanting to dig into that there well i wanted

[2:30:38] Voice 6: to go back to item three and correct um update that um a little

[2:30:57] Voice 8: bit um because

[2:31:09] Voice 6: if it is we should

[2:31:11] Voice 6: just i so i'd want to modify number three i think we should just reword that to make it clear

[2:31:19] at the top, I mean, this is old language, that major project, it would be the, you know,

[2:31:28] Voice 6: Salisbury Watershed Protection Plan implementation, or implementation. And then I think we should

[2:31:41] Voice 6: make reference to the action plan numbers. So like the first one says coordination of SWPA,

[2:31:49] Voice 6: that would be action 19, you know, continue to convene a multi-organizational forum and

[2:31:55] Voice 6: for communication and coordination about watershed protection activities. You know, so I, I think

[2:32:02] that's what it should be, you know, development of a proof of water is, uh,

[2:32:06] Voice 6: whatever number

[2:32:07] Voice 6: that one is. It's, um, so that it corresponds with the actions. The Western Water Lake doesn't

[2:32:15] Voice 6: exist in the water it was it didn't make the cut unless it exists as a science one of the

[2:32:22] Voice 6: William wants to identify it that way so I I think if we could update maybe we make a motion

[2:32:29] I guess keep it high level

[2:32:31] Voice 6: I don't have to words method um to amend I move the balance

[2:32:38] Voice 6: Salt Spring Local Trust Committee amend item three on the Active Projects Report to be a major heading of Salt Spring Island Watershed Protection Plan 2023, whatever the dates are.

[2:33:08] Voice 6: um and to align the activities or to reference the activities to uh action numbers in the plan

[2:33:17] Voice 6: like that does that make sense i'll just make it look like it belongs to the plan

[2:33:30] Voice 6: and they should be able to capture that chair

[2:33:38] Voice 9: peterson i have that the salt spring island

[2:33:40] Voice 9: and local trust committee request staff amend item three on the active projects list report

[2:33:48] Voice 9: to uh to be major project dash salt spring island watershed protection plan and to reference the

[2:33:56] Voice 9: activities to action numbers in the plan great

[2:34:01] Voice 6: all right i'll second the motion

[2:34:04] Voice 6: any further discussion all right i'll call the question all those in favor

[2:34:11] Voice 6: I don't know.

[2:34:11] Voice 6: I'm curious.

[2:34:13] Voice 6: Did you miss something?

[2:34:14] Voice 6: Yes, I did miss something, but I'll share it with staff.

[2:34:18] Voice 6: Okay.

[2:34:19] Voice 6: The Water Preservation Society had just offered to help out with some of the coordination

[2:34:23] Voice 6: or the convening of the Big Ten.

[2:34:28] Voice 6: I forgot to share that with all my comments ahead.

[2:34:34] Voice 6: No.

[2:34:35] Voice 6: Actually, today, though.

[2:34:36] Voice 6: No.

[2:34:36] Voice 6: Okay.

[2:34:38] Voice 6: All right.

[2:34:39] Voice 6: Is there any further business you need to attend to?

[2:34:41] Voice 6: I don't know.

[2:34:44] Voice 6: Okay.

[2:34:45] Voice 6: and i did the rising report so the next regular meeting in salt square island local trust

[2:34:49] Voice 6: committee is scheduled for 9 30 a

[2:34:52] Voice 6: .m july 9th 2026 right here at the legion meeting hall

[2:34:57] Voice 6: and uh let us move to adjournment then so long until we are returned thank you everyone

ADOPTED

Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee  
Minutes of Regular Meeting

Date: Thursday, June 11, 2026  
Location: Meaden Hall  
120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island, BC

Members Present:  
Timothy Peterson, Chair  
Laura Patrick, Local Trustee  
Jamie Harris, Local Trustee

Staff Present:  
David Marlor, Director, Legislative & Information Services  
Warren Dingman, Manager of Bylaw Compliance & Enforcement (electronic)  
Anthony Fotino, Island Planner (electronic)  
Peter Thicke, Island Planner  
Oluwashogo Garuba, Planner 2  
Lisa Millard, Meeting Administrator/Recorder (electronic)

Others Present:  
Earl Rook, Chair, Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission  
Gary Holman, Capital Regional District Electoral Area Director  
There were approximately 5 members of the public in attendance

1. CALL TO ORDER

Chair Peterson called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. He introduced himself, the Trustees and staff and acknowledged that the Local Trust Committee is meeting in the territory of Coast Salish First Nations including the Hul’qumi’num and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples.

2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

By general consent the agenda was adopted.

3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

A member of the public stated appreciation for Trustee Patrick and the Local Trust Committee and looks forward to attending future meetings.

A member of the public spoke to a potential large development and stated the Local Trust Committee has opportunity to zone the property for rental housing or request a covenant designating the housing be made affordable and it is first necessary to determine the number of approved dwelling units that have not been built but within the North Salt Spring Water District. They also urged the Local Trust Committee to include the Complete Community Survey and Positively Forward report and petition in the “What We Heard” report on the Official Community Plan/Land Use Bylaw engagement summary.

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A member of the public stated that they understood that new data was received from the Official Community Plan/Land Use Bylaw project consultant following the May 14, 2026 Local Trust Committee meeting; however, Appendix 1 in the staff report notes there are 142 inputs even though the consultant previously reported over 400 surveys had been completed. They asked why there are only 142 inputs and why the appendix does not include the name or logo of the consultant.

A Trustee replied the May 2026 agenda packaged contained the “What We Heard” report received from the consultant and that is all of the information that the Local Trust Committee had been provided.

4. DELEGATIONS - None

5. TRUSTEE REPORTS

Trustee Harris did not provide a report

Trustee Harris left the meeting at 9:42 a.m.

Trustee Patrick reported the following:
• Tax notices were issued and Islands Trust tax portion represented 12% of total property taxes on her personal tax notice with 88% of total taxes designated for other agencies;
• Toured Salt Spring Community Services facilities across the island and noted they provide over 30 programs supporting the well-being of community members;
• Attended a panel discussion about reconciliation with former BC Attorney Generals Petter and Plant along with Adam Olsen and during the discussion both former Attorney Generals emphasized that the public should not be concerned about private property rights;
• Co-facilitated a cross-border forum session on environmental resilience with members of San Juan County Council;
• Chaired Gabriola and Gambier Local Trust Committee meetings and attended Executive Committee, Financial Planning Committee, and CAO Performance Evaluation Review Committee meetings;
• Attended joint Local Community Commission/Local Trust Committee meeting.

6. CHAIR'S REPORT

Chair Peterson reported the following:
• Attended BC Municipal Climate Leaders Caucus sessions;
• Attended the Mount Aerosmith Biosphere Region round table;
• Provided agenda highlights from the upcoming Trust Council meeting;
• Participated in the Trustee Onboarding Working Group.

7. CRD DIRECTOR'S REPORT

Local Community Commission Chair Rook reported the following:
• The joint Local Community Commission/Local Trust Committee recently met;
• Will be attending pathway network dedication later today;
• Their regular business meeting will be held this evening;

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• The Local Community Commission’s budget process has moved up to begin work prior to fall elections.

Capital Regional District Area Director Holman reported the following:  
• The development proposal for Ganges Hill is for 90 dwelling units in phase 1 with possibility of a total of 180 units of housing and there is a requirement for the proponent to examine the sewage treatment facility;  
• The Capital Regional District is working with the school district to improve recycling;  
• The Local Trust Committee passed a resolution recommending the Capital Regional District implement a septic monitoring program and noted a staff-to-staff conversation will be the starting point;  
• The Farmland Trust will be approaching the Local Trust Committee about rezoning to allow the compost facility to sell products off-site;  
• The District is working with the Hospital Foundation on recruiting physicians.

Trustee Harris returned to the meeting at 10:02 a.m.

8. PREVIOUS MEETINGS

8.1 Draft Minutes of the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee  

8.1.1 Draft Minutes of the May 14, 2026 SSI LTC Regular Meeting  

By general consent, the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Minutes of May 14, 2026 were adopted.

8.2 Resolutions Without Meeting Report - None

8.3 Draft Minutes of the Advisory Planning Commissions  

8.3.1 Draft Minutes of the May 26, 2026 PAPC Meeting  

Received for information.

8.4 Local Trust Committee Public Hearing Record – None  

9. CORRESPONDENCE

9.1 J. Gauthier to Salt Spring Local Trust Committee - dated May 4, 2026 – Islanders Working Against Violence (IWAV) request to Local Trust Committee Re: Housing Definitions

A Trustee noted transitional housing is addressed in most municipal official community plans; however, the Salt Spring Island Official Community Plan does not speak to this form of housing.

SS-2026-086  
It was MOVED and SECONDED  
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee request staff to report back with options for amending the Land Use Bylaw to accommodate community care facilities and transition housing for no more than ten persons in residential zones.  

CARRIED

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Trustee Harris opposed.

9.2 J. Lukow to Trustee Patrick & Trustee Harris - dated May 29, 2026 - Road Safety and Infrastructure - Letter from Menhinick Drive Residents

A Trustee requested the letter be removed from the agenda as the matter is not within the jurisdiction of the Local Trust Committee and another Trustee noted the letter is addressed to a quorum of trustees; therefore, it is public information.

The correspondence will not be actioned as the matter is outside of the jurisdiction of the Local Trust Committee.

10. BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES

10.1 Follow-Up Action List

Received for information.

11. WORK PROGRAM

11.1 Active Projects List

A Trustee noted they might wish to revisit item 3 on the Active Projects List following discussion on item 15.2.

Items 3 and 5 identify target dates that have passed and it was requested that staff update the target dates.

Prior to the meeting being adjourned, discussion continued on item 3.

SS-2026-087
It was MOVED and SECONDED
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee request staff amend item 3 on the Active Projects report to be titled “Major Project – Salt Spring Island Watershed Protection Plan” and to reference the activities to action numbers in the plan.

CARRIED

11.2 Future Projects List

Received for information.

12. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING - None

13. PUBLIC HEARING – None

The agenda was reordered and items 15 to 18 were discussed after item 13.

15. LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE PROJECTS

15.1 Official Community Plan-Land Use Bylaw Project Update

The Planner summarized the staff report and highlighted the following:
• The report provides background data collected to inform the “What We Heard So Far” report;

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• The regional planning team is currently reorganizing to better support larger, complex projects across the Islands Trust area and is positioned to support the completion of the Salt Spring Official Community Plan-Land Use Bylaw Project;
• The transition from consultant to staff-led project delivery allows staff the opportunity to revisit and update the project timeline, Project Charter and Terms of Reference, draft an engagement plan and bring these updates forward to the Local Trust Committee at the next meeting.

Discussion ensued and the following comments were noted:
• A Trustee reiterated their previously stated concerns regarding inadequate and ineffective engagement and believes the process has failed and asked what the new engagement plan will entail and how many people will be engaged with.
o The Planner noted they can provide opportunities for engagement but can not guarantee how many will participate and engagement is legislatively required;
• While it is encouraging that the regional planning team will be working on the project the approach taken with Gabriola Island on their Official Community Plan is not suited to Salt Spring Island as Salt Spring Island requires multi jurisdictional cooperation and legislation is clear that the intent is that Islands Trust work with other agencies; therefore, a broad approach will be necessary;
• It was encouraged that staff look at the Bowen Island Municipality use of a steering committee during their Official Community Plan project in consideration of adjusting the structure of the Project Advisory Planning Commission;
• The letter from the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs speaks directly to cooperation principals with other agencies.

Trustee Harris left the meeting at 10:33 a.m.

SS-2026-088
It was MOVED and SECONDED
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust committee request staff to amend the Official Community Plan project work plan to ensure that policies that relate to areas of jurisdiction of other agencies/levels of government are developed in coordination with those agencies. These subject areas include, but are not limited to:
• Roads;
• Active transportation;
• Community water;
• Community sewer;
• Solid waste disposal;
• Indigenous cultural heritage; and
• Wildfire
and ensure that the Official Community Plan retain advocacy policies to other agencies regarding the island’s ecological systems and community well-being.
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15.2  Water Sustainability Project Update

The Director of Legislative and Information Services noted the memorandum provides an overview and status update on the project.

Discussion ensued and the following comments were noted:
• There were three project charters for each component of the project and they are missing from the summary;
• The Local Trust Committee had committed to retaining the coordination role until another body took it over;
• There were motions that were not actioned including a request to coordinate a discussion with the Province, Capital Regional District, Islands Trust and Polis on the topic of watershed governance and the potential application of water objectives under the Water Sustainability Act and another asking staff to work with the Capital Regional District to identify funding and project management opportunities to do the flow needs assessment;
• The overview does not mention the meeting that occurred with the North Salt Spring Water Service, Capital Regional District Director and staff, and Electoral Area Director to discuss ongoing watershed protection
• The results of the science work done on the Watershed Protection Plan have not been released;
• The report needs to be fully updated, informed by the situation analysis that was done, and provide clear steps forward;
• The monitoring program equipment remains in place in private wells, it is unknown who owns it, and it needs to be determined if there is any liability leaving the equipment in place.

SS-2026-089
It was MOVED and SECONDED
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee request staff prepare a report for the incoming Local Trust Committee on the status of the Salt Spring Watershed Protection Plan and options for next steps.

CARRIED

It was noted that it would be beneficial for Trustees to receive a copy of the resolution log following meetings so that they can track them more efficiently.

16.     NEW BUSINESS - None

17.     REPORTS

17.1   Walker Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Program (NAPTEP) - Application - Salt Spring Island

Received for information.

17.2   Policy and Standing Resolutions List

Received for information.

17.3   Open Applications Report

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Received for information.

17.4 Expense Report  
Received for information.

17.5 Islands Trust Conservancy Board Report - None

18. CLOSED MEETING

18.1 Motion to Close the Meeting

SS-2020-090  
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)(a) and (f), and for the purpose of considering:  
- (a) personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee or agent of the municipality or another position appointed by the municipality;  
- (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 be invited to remain.  

CARRIED

The meeting was recessed at 11:08 a.m. and reconvened at 12:00 p.m.

18.2 Rise and Report

Chair Peterson reported adoption of the May 14, 2026 in-camera meeting minutes and that the Salt Spring Local Trust reappointed, Anne Gunn, and Tim Hiltz to the Advisory Planning Commission for a period of two years, effective June 1, 2026 and George Ward to the Board of Variance for a period of three years, effective June 1, 2026.

The agenda was re-ordered and item 14 was discussed following item 18.2.

14. APPLICATIONS AND REFERRALS

14.1 PLRZ20240021 - D. Janyk - 355 Blackburn Road, Salt Spring Island

The Planner provided an update on the status of the application following the public hearing and subsequent Local Trust Committee request that staff follow up with Tsawout First Nation regarding for an extension on their response deadline. It was noted staff are working with the applicant to address concerns raised by Tsawout First Nation and will be updating the proposed bylaw to address issues raised by the Beddis Creek Water Commission after which the application will return to the Local Trust Committee for further consideration.

The memorandum was received for information.

14.2 PLRZ20250331 - E. FitzZaland - 230 Smith Road, Salt Spring Island

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The Planner stated the rezoning application was initially considered by the Local Trust Committee in April, 2026 and the purpose of the report is to provide amendments to the original staff report which contained some inaccuracies.

The Local Trust Committee made the following comments:
• The applicant had indicated that the report continues to contain discrepancies;
• The Advisory Planning Commission should receive adequate notice regarding the application and the applicant should have opportunity to attend their meetings.

SS-2026-091
It was MOVED and SECONDED,
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee accept the amended preliminary staff report for application PLRZ20250331 and request staff to proceed with referring the application as specified in Local Trust Committee resolution SS-2026-45 and proceed with all other resolutions from SS-2026-043 to SS-2026-048.

CARRIED

14.3  PLDP20260067 - S. Purdy - 319 Upper Ganges Rd, SSI

The Planner summarized the staff report and highlighted the following:
• The application seeks a Development Permit within Development Permit Area 2 (DPA 2) – Non-Village Commercial and General Employment to allow a third structure on the subject property;
• The proposal is considered to substantially meet DPA 2 guidelines with valid supporting rationale for the proposed lighting.

The applicant was in attendance.

The Local Trust Committee had no questions or comments.

SS-2026-092
It was MOVED and SECONDED,
that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee approve issuance of Development Permit PLDP20260067.

CARRIED

19.  UPCOMING MEETINGS

The next regular meeting of the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on July 9, 2026 at the Legion Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island.

20.  ADJOURNMENT

By general consent the meeting adjourned at 12:28 p.m.

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Tim Peterson, Chair

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Certified Correct:


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