Laura Patrick

Local Trust Committee - October Update By Trustee Laura Patrick This report relates to the business of the Salt Spring Local Trust Committee (LTC), which is made up of the two local trustees and an appointed chair. The LTC’s responsibilities include regulating the development and use of land within the Salt Spring Local Trust Area, which includes Salt Spring Island and more than 25 associated islands including Prevost, Secret, and Piers islands. Official Community Plan and Land Use Bylaw Update Project Phase 1 community engagement for the Official Community Plan and Land Use Bylaw Update project has now closed. This important project aims to expand housing options and promote housing equity while protecting the environment, supporting climate resiliency, and respecting First Nations rights and interests. The LTC will be reviewing the next steps, which include further phases of engagement, at its upcoming meeting on November 6. More information about the project…

This report primarily relates to the business of the Salt Spring Local Trust Committee (LTC), which is made up of the two local trustees and an appointed chair. The LTC’s responsibilities include regulating the development and use of land within the Salt Spring Local Trust Area, which includes Salt Spring Island and more than 25 associated islands including Prevost, Secret, and Piers islands. I want to bring your attention to some important Trust Council business. Trust Council is the body of all 26 elected trustees and is primarily responsible for setting and adopting the annual budget for all of the Islands Trust’s activities, and for adopting a policy statement. The trust policy statement is a general statement of the polices of Trust Council to carry out the Islands Trust’s preserve-and-protect mandate. The policy statement is being updated for the first time in 30 years and recently received first reading. Trust Council wants to hear from you. There will be a …

By Laura Patrick, Chair, Islands Trust Council Islands Trust Council has been working on a much-needed update to the Policy Statement for years. This Policy Statement is a requirement of the Islands Trust Act and it contains the policies that guide the Islands Trust’s work to preserve and protect the Islands Trust Area. It also guides the development of the regulatory land-use bylaws of local trust committees and Bowen Island Municipality. At our recent Trust Council meeting on Salt Spring Island, Trust Council approved a plan for the next steps to advance the draft document. Under that plan, we will meet as Committee of the Whole on July 9 to review the draft with the aim of making any final changes and then, if we feel it is ready, we will advance it to first reading at a special meeting of Trust Council scheduled for July 29. It is important to understand that when Trust Council votes on first reading, we are not voting on a final approval of the Policy Statement. Fol…

Local Trust Committee May Update, by Trustee Laura Patrick This report relates to the business of the Salt Spring Local Trust Committee (LTC), which is made up of the two local trustees and an appointed chair. The LTC’s responsibilities include regulating the development and use of land within the Salt Spring Local Trust Area, which includes Salt Spring Island and more than 25 associated islands including Prevost, Secret, and Piers islands. Our next regular meeting will be on June 5th beginning at 9:30 AM at the Salt Spring Legion, Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Road. The agenda will be available on May 30th on the Islands Trust website. Office staff are available to help should you have questions about getting to our meetings or viewing them on-line. Please call 250-538-9144 or email ssiinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca for support. Please note that no in-person office is available on Salt Spring Island currently. Renovations will be commencing on a new office at 121 McPhillips Avenue, w…

Local Trust Committee April Update, by Trustee Laura Patrick This report relates to the business of the Salt Spring Local Trust Committee (LTC), which is made up of the two local trustees and an appointed chair. The LTC’s responsibilities include regulating the development and use of land within the Salt Spring Local Trust Area, which includes Salt Spring Island and more than 25 associated islands including Prevost, Secret, and Piers islands. Our next regular meeting will be on May 8th beginning at 12:30 PM at the Salt Spring Legion, Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Road. The agenda will be available on May 2nd on the Islands Trust website. Office staff are available to help should you have questions about getting to our meetings or viewing them on-line. Please call 250-538-9144 or email ssiinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca for support. Please note that no in-person office is available on Salt Spring Island currently. Renovations will be commencing on a new office at 121 McPhillips Avenue, …

Local Trust Committee March Update, by Trustee Laura Patrick This report relates to the business of the Salt Spring Local Trust Committee (LTC), which is made up of the two local trustees and an appointed chair. The LTC’s responsibilities include regulating the development and use of land within the Salt Spring Local Trust Area, which includes Salt Spring Island and more than 25 associated islands including Prevost, Secret, and Piers islands. We are looking for community members to join the Official Community Plan (OCP) and Land Use Bylaw (LUC) Project Advisory Planning Commission. This commission will consist of up to seven people to advise the LTC on community engagement plans, implementing communications strategies, connecting the project team with key interest groups, and promoting diverse community involvement in the OCP/LUB review process. We also have vacancies on the Advisory Planning Commission, the Agricultural Advisory Planning Commission, and the Board of…

This report relates to the business of the Salt Spring Local Trust Committee (LTC), which is made up of the two local trustees and an appointed chair. The LTC’s responsibilities include regulating the development and use of land within the Salt Spring Local Trust Area, which includes Salt Spring Island and more than 25 associated islands including Prevost, Secret, and Piers islands. Our next regular meeting will be on March 20th beginning at 9:30 AM at the Salt Spring Legion, Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Road. The agenda will be available on March 14th on the Islands Trust website. Office staff are available to help should you have questions about getting to our meetings or viewing them on-line. Please call 250-538-9144 or email ssiinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca for support. Please note that no in-person office is available on Salt Spring Island currently. Renovations will be commencing on a new office at 121 McPhillips Avenue, with intent to re-open to in-person service in Spring 202…

This report relates to the business of the Salt Spring Local Trust Committee (LTC), which is made up of the two local trustees and an appointed chair. The LTC’s responsibilities include regulating the development and use of land within the Salt Spring Local Trust Area, which includes Salt Spring Island and more than 25 associated islands including Prevost, Secret, and Piers islands. Our next regular meeting will be on February 13th beginning at 9:30 AM at the Salt Spring Legion, Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Road. The agenda will be available on February 7th on the Islands Trust website. Office staff are available to help should you have questions about getting to our meetings or viewing them on-line. Please call 250-538-9144 or email ssiinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca for support. Please note that no in-person office is available on Salt Spring Island currently. Renovations will be commencing on a new office at 121 McPhillips Avenue, with intent to re-open to in-person service in Spring …

Local Trust Committee November Update, by Trustee Laura Patrick This report relates to the business of the Salt Spring Local Trust Committee (LTC), which is made up of the two local trustees and an appointed chair. The LTC’s responsibilities include regulating the development and use of land within the Salt Spring Local Trust Area, which includes Salt Spring Island and more than 25 associated islands including Prevost, Secret, and Piers islands. Our next regular meeting will be on December 12th beginning at 9:30 AM at the Salt Spring Legion, Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Road. The agenda will be available on December 6th on the Islands Trust website. Office staff are available to help should you have questions about getting to our meetings or viewing them on-line. Please call 250-538-9144 or email ssiinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca for support. Please note that no in-person office is available on Salt Spring Island at this time. Renovations will be commencing on a new office at 121 McP…

Local Trust Committee October Update, by Trustee Laura Patrick This report relates to the business of the Salt Spring Local Trust Committee (LTC), which is made up of the two local trustees and an appointed chair. The LTC’s responsibilities include regulating the development and use of land within the Salt Spring Local Trust Area, which includes Salt Spring Island and more than 25 associated islands including Prevost, Secret, and Piers islands. Our next regular meeting will be on November 14th beginning at 12:30 PM at the Salt Spring Legion, Meaden Hall, 120 Blain Road. The agenda will be available on November 8th on the Islands Trust website. Office staff are available to help should you have questions about getting to our meetings or viewing them on-line. Please call 250-538-9144 or email ssiinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca for support. Please note that no in-person office is available on Salt Spring Island at this time. Renovations will be commencing on a new office at 121 McP…

This report relates to the business of the Salt Spring Local Trust Committee (LTC), which is made up of the two local trustees and an appointed chair. The LTC’s responsibilities include regulating the development and use of land within the Salt Spring Local Trust Area, which includes Salt Spring Island and more than 25 associated islands including Prevost, Secret, and Piers islands. The LTC will hold a special electronic meeting on October 1st beginning at 1:30 PM to address several business items. As with all of our meetings, it is open to the public and the meeting link and agenda are available on the Islands Trust website. Our next regular meeting will be on October 10th beginning at 9:30 AM. This will also be an electronic meeting that is open to the public, and a meeting link and agenda will be available on October 4th on the Islands Trust website. Office staff are available to help should you have questions about getting to our meetings or viewing them on-line. P…

Local Trust Committee July Update, by Trustee Laura Patrick This report relates to the business of the Salt Spring Local Trust Committee (LTC), which is made up of the two local trustees and an appointed chair. The LTC’s responsibilities include regulating the development and use of land in Salt Spring Local Trust Area, which includes Salt Spring Island and more than 25 associated islands including Prevost, Secret, and Piers islands. The LTC will hold a special electronic meeting on July 31st to finalize our input into the consulting services for the Official Community Plan – Land Use Bylaw (OCP-LUB) project. As with all our meetings, it is open to the public and the meeting link and agenda will be available on the Islands Trust website. A joint Salt Spring Local Community Commission and LTC meeting will be held on August 22 at 2:00 PM at the SIMS Boardroom. Our next regular meeting will be on September 12th beginning at 9:30 AM at the Salt Spring Legion, Meaden…

This report summarizes the meeting highlights for the Salt Spring Local Trust Committee May 16th meeting. For the official record and for more details, please refer to the minutes and/or view recordings of the meeting. At the May 16th meeting the following decisions were made related to land use applications and referrals. We: Approved a temporary use permit (SS-TUP-2024.1, Lot 2 Jackson Ave) for a period of three years for the operation of one food truck and two retail/office spaces. Approved a Development Variance Permit (SS-DVP-2023.20, 261 Fulford Ganges Road) to vary the rear lot line provision of 7.5 m in the Residential 9 – R9 zone to 2 m to accommodate an existing carport structure and two additional carport structures. Exempted the 10% minimum frontage requirement for a proposed subdivision (SS-SUB-2023.3, 784 Vesuvius Bay Road). Reviewed the Islands Trust Policy Statement Directives Only Checklist and determined that Bylaw 536 (rezoning of Section 50 Musgra…