Salt Spring trustees approve terms for OCP and land-use bylaw project
The committee also approved a project identity and advanced two freshwater business cases for budget consideration.
The Salt Spring Firestarter · Governance · 2024-10-01 · updated 2026-10-10 · Salt Spring Island
The Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee approved revised terms of reference for its Official Community Plan and Land Use Bylaw project, advancing it toward procurement. [1]
The committee also endorsed the project logo and brand identity. Minutes record discussion about keeping Complete Communities connected to the wider project and reviewing the colour balance. [1]
Regional Planning Manager Chris Hutton said the project required additional funding in the next fiscal year after staff refined the consultant scope and merged the Ganges Village Planning Project with it. [1]
The committee approved the major project business case for submission to the Regional Planning Committee and Financial Planning Committee for the fiscal 2025-2026 year budget. [1]
The committee forwarded business cases for a Watershed Protection Plan and a Salt Spring Island groundwater sustainability well-monitoring initiative for consideration in the Trust Council budget. Trustee Jamie Harris opposed the Watershed Protection Plan motion; the well-monitoring motion carried. [1]
The meeting recording shows trustees discussing whether election results could count as community engagement. Staff said the province expects a process and public engagement specific to proposed Official Community Plan amendments. [2]
The committee amended the October 10 regular meeting start time to 11 a.m. and did not support releasing a restrictive covenant connected to off-street motor-vehicle parking. [1]
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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Minutes, October 1, 2024
That the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee endorse the revised Terms of Reference attached as Attachment 2 in the report titled “Major Projects Update: OCP-LUB” to the Planner’s report, dated October 1, 2024.
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Transcript of the meeting recording (241001C)
The rest of the process needs to take place.
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