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Staff, Islands Trust Conservancy Board, Islands Trust Council, Islands Trust Executive Committee, Denman Island Local Trust Committee, Galiano Island Local Trust Committee, Gambier Island Local Trust Committee, North Pender Island Local Trust Committee, Saturna Island Local Trust Committee. 7,265 lines across 29 meetings, 2021-01-26 to 2026-08-24. The longest three lines from each meeting are shown; the transcript page has every line, with its confidence mark, and the recording plays from any of them.

  1. Denman LTC regular meeting, 24 August 2026

    2026-08-24 · 237 lines

    • [1:07:32] “that correctly yeah so I can respond to that so you have up until the close of the public hearing to submit any comments concerns so that would be to the close of the hearing on September 15th so this meeting the end of this meeting is not the close of any sort of public commentary you have still”
    • [1:41:03] “it's in the staff report. That's the timeline. We're impacted by the local, you know, the local elections.”
    • [1:46:34] “no we're not bringing applications forward to that meeting so whether there's wiggle room in that and”

  2. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, August 4, 2026

    2026-08-04 · 636 lines

    • [0:27:50] “So this is the balance between what needs the protection of the natural environment and the cultural heritage that the nation would like the LTC to address versus the realistic uses of the land and the ability to guide development within that critical buffer or short buffer area.”
    • [0:56:30] “the development permit is across BC, the same principle, you either meet the guidelines or you don't. So that's why it's important to read these and understand how these are worded, because that's the check that happens from the planning staff.”
    • [0:11:39] “And protecting and restoring eelgrass is a top priority for the Islands Trust Conservancy, other conservation groups in the Howe Sound, to make this whole ecosystem function the way it had for millennia.”

  3. Denman LTC regular meeting, 23 June 2026

    2026-06-23 · 200 lines

    • [1:44:06] “The bylaws were forwarded to Islands Trust D.C. and the Minister, with Bylaw No. 255 receiving approval of the Minister on May 12 on all required approvals now to obtain.”
    • [1:43:54] “permit secondary to be in all units, and increase permitted floor area for dwellings and outbuildings to support the additional housing.”
    • [2:20:47] “Not the housing agreement, but there is ways, you know, through zoning that we could look at buffers, you know, setback kind of things.”

  4. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, July 25, 2025

    2025-07-25 · 294 lines

    • [0:23:52] “I would also say is that we have asked the consultant this time to be a little more detailed in the restoration plan information that they provide so that we can be more detailed and succinct in our permit so that it is easier to monitor and ensure that those conditions are met.”
    • [0:31:21] “It's pretty readily available. The 2005 guidelines were originally published, and those are what I probably triggered the work on Pender, along with Dave Manning's original interest and involvement, and then the updated guidelines building on that first set.”
    • [0:49:30] “But it does offer that Saturday opportunity. And hopefully with a mail out and some further engagement, we can continue to build interest and capacity in that work. And I'm expecting, you know, the suitable land analysis and the build out analyses.”

  5. Denman Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, May 20, 2025

    2025-05-20 · 180 lines

    • [1:37:19] “And we didn't get you to give me resolutions that you've reviewed that and so we don't mind. I'm just quickly getting those in the community.”
    • [0:37:12] “This report introduces three key bylaws associated with re-zoning application G2I-BED-2024.1 submitted”
    • [1:02:47] “The goal of the application is to reflect and formalize their current conservation-focused land use,”

  6. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, May 5, 2025

    2025-05-05 · 174 lines

    • [0:36:04] “They are trying to fast action this permit, and that's why they appreciate you considering this today, so that they can get work started as soon as possible within the window prior to fisheries work windows being implemented that make it far more complicated to do the necessary work from the barge along the shoreline.”
    • [0:35:52] “It's a really soft green shores approach, which is always positive, and the DP is attached for your consideration.”
    • [0:35:04] “Some portion of that within the intertidal zone or the DPA-2 zone, which is shown on page 36 of your staff report.”

  7. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, June 14, 2024

    2024-06-14 · 158 lines

    • [0:48:08] “And, for example, you could limit some future subdivision potential or you could require a section 219 covenants, you know, limiting future development on a portion of the property to the applicant who's here Joey he's, you know, been very open to wanting to do those things but you're right the timing of a variance application versus the process of a rezoning are a little bit different and so it would have been, you know, practically impossible for him to get all of that.”
    • [0:27:36] “That could certainly be part of your discussion in your project around, you know, accessory dwelling units and what form those take and maybe where, what areas or what requirements, you know, for example, requiring septic and water.”
    • [0:25:03] “And Fire Hall 2 and Magic Lake, the structure will be sited right in behind the hall, so it will be not visible from the road.”

  8. Saturna Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, March 26, 2024

    2024-03-26 · 213 lines

    • [0:06:15] “And so the public hearing is really the opportunity for the public to speak to the local trust committees as to their perspective on the proposed bylaw amendment, in this case, the resigning that is before them, along with the two letters that you have received as public submissions as part of the statutory notification period.”
    • [0:06:37] “The CIM is not statutorily required, but it is typical that we hold a CIM prior to any public hearing to allow the opportunity for the public to ask any questions of the applicant, myself, staff, or the local trust committee prior to the public hearing.”
    • [0:31:49] “is a waterway, I guess to Trustee Mudd's point, how does that impact the decision they have before them, which is whether to permit the increase in density of one to allow them to split their parcel and keep the remaining structures that they have?”

  9. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, February 23, 2024

    2024-02-23 · 207 lines

    • [1:33:17] “You could use your funding to hire a water taxi to go do a tour with trustees, potentially with bylaw enforcement staff, planning staff could attend to do, you know, maybe one or two different trips to go around some of these associated islands.”
    • [1:34:21] “We could also arrange a day where we go out to see some of the other islands that continue to come up on our radar anyways in terms of islands that are for sale or that have some kind of development scheme that's being proposed.”
    • [1:55:58] “If they had repaired and maintained in accordance with statute, they could have kept their bigger platform because it would have been not subject to your bylaw because it's legal non-conforming.”

  10. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, September 28, 2023

    2023-09-28 · 103 lines

    • [0:00:00] “actually be across all five southern gulf islands as i both both of you said i is what i understand”
    • [0:02:12] “local trust committee that's what we're discussing here today so uh i think all you would you would”
    • [0:03:10] “some point you'll have a meeting with your new board member uh you could you could have a meeting”

  11. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, September 13, 2023

    2023-09-13 · 153 lines

    • [0:17:41] “But there is section 3.310, which speaks to the allowance of chimneys, cornices, leaders, gutters, pilasters, belt courses, sills, bays, windows, ornamental features, steps, eaves, sunlight control projections, canopies, balconies, or porches that project beyond the face of a building.”
    • [0:29:17] “So it would be that the North Pender Vorta variants deny application NP-BOV, I think it's 2023.4, but we can clarify that.”
    • [0:31:36] “And they've done a lot of work to address some of the concerns you raised when you last met with them.”

  12. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, July 26, 2023

    2023-07-26 · 216 lines

    • [0:23:50] “But I guess, yeah, sorry, I guess the point I'm trying to make there, I'm not trying to derail your designer. It's just to Andrew's point, does this designer have the expertise to stand up and say that this design actually works on this site without all that engineering work to bolster that opinion?”
    • [0:36:26] “One thing you could do is start your application for a building permit, or at least go to the building permit inspection people and say, this is our proposed design.”
    • [0:23:21] “Stumbling on the words, but your designers, and I don't want to be flippant, but you're like their lack of consistency across their design pieces here.”

  13. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, February 10, 2023

    2023-02-10 · 19 lines

    • [1:49:00] “minutes to make sure but i'm pretty certain that uh we might have touched on talking about getting”
    • [1:49:06] “to that and then the meeting went a little bit uh uh tense there so no surprise if we moved off it”
    • [1:50:04] “meeting minutes that it was talked about in town hall but I guess it just says trustee Morrison”

  14. Islands Trust Executive Committee community information meeting, August 3, 2022

    2022-08-03 · 13 lines

    • [1:24:49] “at this point okay there's any questions thanks chair local thank”
    • [1:04:35] “Nothing in particular. I think Chair Rogers covered it well,”
    • [1:04:37] “unless you have any questions thank you chair look okay”

  15. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 7, 2022

    2022-03-07 · 205 lines

    • [2:26:32] “Mayor Mrakas, I don't know if it's going to cause my productivity, a little bit, but if not next meeting that the meeting after that, then, depending on we were I really have had no chance to to scratch the surface of it other than just a quick review and the applicant was keen to have this on it on the agenda, at least as a draft, so you can see progress is being made.”
    • [1:41:29] “Just to reflect at the last LTC meeting, LTC directed the applicant to come back to the LTC with adjustments to their rent structure in consideration of the concerns the LTC raised at that meeting with respect to affordability.”
    • [1:57:42] “And perhaps give you some comfort that moving towards at least putting this to the lawyer and I mean the other option, I mean the galley option is, is, it's, yeah, anyways, I'm just going to stop there I'll let LTC decide.”

  16. Islands Trust Council community information meeting, February 17, 2022

    2022-02-17 · 84 lines

    • [0:29:07] “And I think we still have some, some timeframe left to consider any other amendments that you might want to bring forward as long as they're of that minor nature and fit into the scope and nature of the project.”
    • [0:31:17] “And it says the use of a recreational vehicle or yurt as a dwelling or cottage is permitted subject to.”
    • [0:25:43] “national parks and uh and first nations relationship project few alternatives there for ltc to consider”

  17. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 7, 2022

    2022-02-07 · 498 lines

    • [3:17:59] “I just provide the clarification, although I think there's two separate issues here. One is OCP consistency test with whatever they are proposing with respect to rent structure, and then a second piece of work around actually reviewing the housing agreement with that included, but also all the other terms and clauses and finding agreement on that.”
    • [4:23:33] “July, June, July is very realistic. Yeah, I would think that with the respect to the covenant, we've done a lot of work to be ready to bring that forward. So that's practically ready. And as long as LTC agrees, and it will just be the, I guess the critical timeline there will be the lawyer, and when they can do it.”
    • [3:44:47] “There is an arborist report provided with a number of very specific tree protection zone recommendations as well as some more general recommendations and staff will bring those recommendations forward as part of that package of potential conditions, including this tree protection table.”

  18. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, December 6, 2021

    2021-12-06 · 335 lines

    • [1:44:33] “And there's also the rock quarry in the portion on the side of the road that's currently proposed to be donated so there could be some discussion with the applicants and LTC and perhaps with the province as well about whether that's an amenity and whether that's a usable resource that the community wants to retain or that the applicant may want to adjust their proposal to retain.”
    • [3:15:28] “and is there any further direction there from LTC in terms of wanting to proceed with what they're proposing or wanting to propose something different or just wanting to move on without a forest cover Covenant condition.”
    • [2:14:35] “and staff engagement with different agencies and First Nations and closer engagement with the consultants to consider some of those thoughts that you've expressed here in the meeting.”

  19. Galiano Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, October 23, 2021

    2021-10-23 · 214 lines

    • [0:19:46] “And just a point here, if water license approval was not completed in time or was not completed at the point where LTC is feeling they're ready to make a decision with respect to this application, LTC could choose to make the rezoning subject to water license approval.”
    • [1:58:57] “And so all of that work can proceed over the next several months as we're waiting for that water report. So I would think the earliest that LTC would be in a position to consider first and or second reading and going to a public hearing would be early in the new year.”
    • [0:10:24] “So the new proposal by GALI is seeking to develop 20 affordable housing units on the subject property in a more traditional multi-unit building design, and there's no subdivision proposed.”

  20. Galiano Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, September 7, 2021

    2021-09-07 · 534 lines

    • [3:18:50] “So while you do have a number of users, you also have a centralized facility and the water use would certainly not be as great, in my view, as if you were at the Galliano Inn, for example, and everyone's got their own private bathrooms and facilities.”
    • [3:18:11] “So I just don't know what else we can be doing without some clear direction to bring back as something new to consider when really that's what I've done for the last two years is kind of grinding it, sharpening it to this point.”
    • [2:25:45] “So there could potentially be two or more development permits issued, one here at time of subdivision as a requirement of the bylaw, which would essentially just lay out the site plan and how it's going to be implemented.”

  21. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, July 5, 2021

    2021-07-05 · 256 lines

    • [2:35:09] “One of the recommendations we made was for an increase in emergency storage from the current 21,000 to 80,000 litres, and they've agreed to look at that and apply that to their plan, just to provide more emergency water in the case of issue with supply, a short term issue with supply.”
    • [2:44:09] “I just make the point that in the past, before COVID, most CIMs and public hearings of this nature would be held on a weekend. And so you may want to consider if you're thinking about an in-person meeting. And if, well, that's up to you, of course, but that's just a point to raise.”
    • [3:27:53] “And I think Robert's right that the specific particulars of central Okanagan and the West Bank and being such more or less a city for a long time forced the provincial hand there.”

  22. Islands Trust Conservancy Board community information meeting, June 14, 2021

    2021-06-14 · 373 lines

    • [0:21:57] “And just finally, the LTC has directed the applicant to develop a water management plan, updated ecological impact assessment and provide a revised site plan and so all of those things are coming to fruition, and the site plan will be talked about today as well as the results of the ecological impact assessment.”
    • [0:27:12] “They have a requirement that all subdivision where any of that DPA 5 is present requires a DPA so they would require a DP as part of subdivision and any future developments in these green parcels would potentially require a development permit in the future as well.”
    • [2:45:55] “So, as I described, they're not a residence and they're not going to have an address, they're going to be participating in a program that is for a set period of time and as part of the program they would be renting the lodgings within that hut.”

  23. Islands Trust Council community information meeting, June 1, 2021

    2021-06-01 · 547 lines

    • [4:15:48] “Can I just make one point? Can I just clarify that the water management plan speaks to the need for a water monitoring post construction where you would be monitoring use and ensuring that it meets, it's under the license requirements versus what the neighborhood is currently seeking,”
    • [4:51:30] “And so in my view, and what I'm hearing from William as well, is that everything that you can do to possibly look at ways to save and store and reuse water in this changing world are probably where we as planners and elected officials should be trying to get to.”
    • [2:13:53] “You would seek a voluntary agreement, compliance agreement for the application, the applicant to agree to a time period to not only modify that deck but also to demonstrate proof that they have had that covenant amended.”

  24. Saturna Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, May 20, 2021

    2021-05-20 · 121 lines

    • [0:31:35] “I think had he come seeking approval proactively, he probably would not have gotten it, or at least staff would not have recommended approval.”
    • [0:31:23] “And I guess at this point, given that it's there, do you make him completely remove it, which would probably cause more damage to the habitat?”
    • [0:48:09] “that industrial piece i think he's still waiting on an environmental assessment report for mr crooks”

  25. Islands Trust Conservancy Board community information meeting, April 12, 2021

    2021-04-12 · 400 lines

    • [3:34:10] “Sorry. Can I just make one point, Chair Rogers, as well, just to more comment on the risk of commercial development and just the point that the Crystal Mountain Society is a registered society and charity in the province of BC, and they have been since 1976.”
    • [3:37:56] “My initial thought on timing of a CIM would be potentially perhaps the second week of June, early in the second week of June, after the June meeting and prior to the July 5th meeting, when perhaps this application might be brought back to LTC again.”
    • [3:34:24] “So, as a registered charity they would no ability to do any for profit activity. And of course, the land zone land use zoning goes with the property not the user that's understood but in this case the user truly does have a not for profit background”

  26. Galiano Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, March 1, 2021

    2021-03-01 · 397 lines

    • [1:40:50] “And so in terms of actual requirements with respect to reports, I would say that those two pieces, well, the draft finalizing the water management plan and then receiving that septic report are the two outstanding tasks in a sense that are with the applicants at this point.”
    • [1:44:55] “implemented to minimize the risk of saltwater intrusion. And so that is obviously an important technical report to receive back from the provinces. The water question has been so key to this application. And so I think that is all that I want”
    • [1:40:23] “So staff need some time to look at that report and to probably provide some feedback, but it is a professionally developed report and that will be presented to LTC at a future staff meeting, or sorry, a future LTC meeting.”

  27. Saturna Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, February 18, 2021

    2021-02-18 · 39 lines

    • [1:40:24] “removed now the mr crooks uh uh mr uh ilio uh the one file uh i i contacted mr uh mr crooks or sorry”
    • [1:21:17] “on uh february 26 i believe and then uh uh if and when that is approved then i will vet them to the”
    • [1:40:43] “small portion of uh mr crooks is a lot to go to industrial and they're still uh having discussions”

  28. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 1, 2021

    2021-02-01 · 298 lines

    • [1:51:54] “So, the Kings could develop this one property now and then as the terms of reference in the staff report indicate, they do have the ability to have two other dwellings and so they could establish those all on the same property and have them as you know their other family members living in them, for example, or the grandchildren, or they could undertake the process, the next step of subdivision of those parcels and what staff or what the terms of reference in the staff report basically says.”
    • [2:03:45] “I would say that at this stage, your motion now will require the applicant to conduct a site inventory and ecological assessment, and it might be worthwhile to obtain that assessment or that assessment first. And then I think there's time to make that resolution. But certainly, you could make it now as well.”
    • [2:32:29] “LTC could decide to defer this staff report to the next meeting if you want more time to consider what you've heard in the public hearing today or proceed as recommended. Thanks.”

  29. Saturna Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, January 26, 2021

    2021-01-26 · 161 lines

    • [0:06:10] “So that's, in essence, the changes. And now I'm just going to jump here to the actual bylaw itself. So the OCP amendments, essentially, the OCP and land use amendments essentially create new land use designations to identify those as National Park Reserve and National Park Reserve marine lands.”
    • [0:20:16] “agenda package. Sorry. Jumping ahead. Sorry about that. There you go. Today's staff report for bylaws 129 and 130 post public hearing.”
    • [0:07:48] “First Nations received both a preliminary letter and the standard referral and no responses were received to any of those referrals.”