GAMBIER ISLAND ART SHOW AT THE COMMUNITY CENTRE
Saturday Sept 2nd 10am-4pm
Sunday Sept 3rd 10am-3pm
 
Come and support the local artists of Gambier Island at the 
annual art show.  There will local art displays, live music 
and tea and cookies served.  This year's feature is the 
life's work of Helge Johansen, folk artist.  On Sunday, 
beginning at 5pm there will be a Bavarian Barbeque Picnic 
by chef-meister Hemming Nielsen, and a special musical 
appearance by Bobby Bruce (Nearly Neal).  Tickets for the 
picnic are $10.00 per person ($5.00 for children under 12) 
and are available during the art show.

ANNUAL CHILDRENS FISHING DERBY
Saturday Sept 2nd 10:00am - 12:00pm
Catch and Release, Lots of Prizes and Lots of Fun
Hotdogs to follow.
 
Make a day of it and celebrate the last weekend of summer.

Live Music, Fun and Food
August 5, 2006, 6pm – 11pm
On the Gibney’s property.  (Same venue as last year)

100% OF NET PROCEEDS GO TO ALS
Research and Patient Services
EVERYBODY  WELCOME

A bylaw to adopt a land use bylaw to regulate the use, siting and size of buildings and structures, the provision of parking, landscaping and screening and the subdivision of land for Keats Island and surrounding area, including the surface of the sea, as a land use bylaw within the Gambier Island local Trust Area.
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• Amendment Bylaw No. 89 (Proposed)
• Amendment Bylaw No. 92 (Draft)
• Amendment Bylaw No. 94 (Draft)
• Amendment Bylaw No. 95 (Draft)

A bylaw authorising a land use contract relating to the convention of Baptist Churches of British Columbia, for District Lot 696, Keats Island, New Westminster Land District.

• Amendment Bylaw No. 90 (Proposed)

26 May 2006
Land Use Bylaw Amendments

Dear Contacts, 

Below is a link to the proposed agenda for the next regular business meeting of the
Gambier Island Local Trust Committee:

To be held in the Mainil Room, 
Gibsons Public Library, 
470 Fletcher Road, Gibsons, B.C. 
on Wednesday, June 7, 2006
at 10:30 a.m.

http://www.islandstrust.bc.ca/ltc/gambier/meetings/agendas/2006/gamltcagendajune072006.pdf

All meetings of the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee are open to the public and
public attendance is encouraged (regardless of which island you're from or where you
live). The meeting schedule, bylaws, meeting agendas and all adopted minutes of the
Gambier Island LTC are posted on-line at:
http://www.islandstrust.bc.ca/ltc/gambier/gambier03.htm

Please contact Islands Trust Regional Planning Manager, David Marlor (
dmarlor@islandstrust.bc.ca ) if you're seeking more information on any applications
or bylaws under consideration by the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee. Islands
Trust Senior Planner Felicity Adams has taken a new position within the Ministry of
Community Services. At our last meeting, the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee
thanked Felicity for her services to the Gambier group of islands and extended well
wishes to Felicity in her new endeavours.

For Keats Islanders, I'd like to draw your attention to a staff report recently
posted on the website under "Current Topics", under the heading "Keats Island
Planning Review Follow-up: http://www.islandstrust.bc.ca/ltc/gambier/gambier06.htm

    * "Staff Report dated March 29, 2006 regarding Keats Island Planning Review
Follow-up Project - Status Report"

This report (received at our last meeting) and some draft bylaws (also posted)
regarding commercial and industrial sawmilling, use of trailers and RV's as
residences or sleeping cabins in the Eastbourne (CR1) zone, and maximum floor area
for Private Institutional buildings in the PI (Private Institutional - Keats Camp)
zone are currently under discussion by the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee.

The Local Trust Committee plans to hold an on-island public information meeting on
Friday, July 7, 2006 at the Keats Camp Dining Hall to discuss these issues as well
as a recently received revised subdivision and rezoning proposal for D.L. 696 (Keats
Camp). Notices will be posted in June, when arrangements are confirmed. The LTC is
seeking public input on the draft bylaws and development proposals. Public meeting
attendance and/or written input is encouraged. Any change to the Keats Island Land
Use Bylaw or the Land Use Contract for D.L. 696 would require a public hearing. 

Please pass this on, post, or otherwise distribute, as appropriate.

Thanks again for your help in keeping islanders informed.

Kim Benson
Gambier Island Local Trustee
604-886-9868

26 March 2006
SCRD PORTS STUDY

Dear Keats Contacts,

Please see the forwarded email below.

As you may recall, in 2000 (after 6 years of tough negotiations and a public
referendum), the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) took over ownership
and operation of 6 Transport Canada "Government Wharves" (or "Ports") and one
DFO Wharf within the SCRD (and Gambier Island Local Trust Area). This included
the public wharves on Keats Island: Keats Landing and Eastbourne. 

The other Ports are: Gambier Harbour, West Bay, Port Graves (Camp Artaban), &
Halkett Bay (Camp Fircom) on Gambier; Vaucroft on North Thormanby; Halfmoon Bay
and Hopkins Landing on the SCRD mainland.  

It has recently come to my attention that the SCRD has appointed a "Ports 
Advisory Committee" (PAC), which includes SCRD appointed "representatives" for 
each of the "Ports". The appointed members of the SCRD PAC for Keats are: 
John Low (Eastbourne), and Joan Pedersen (Keats Landing). 

The SCRD is currently undertaking a review and "Ports Strategic Business Plan"
and is asking the SCRD PAC to provide input and recommendations to the SCRD on
the future operation, management, use, and funding of all the Public Wharves in
the SCRD (including Keats Landing and Eastbourne).

As a locally elected Islands Trustee for the planning area that includes Keats
Island, I encourage all stakeholders with an interest in the future of Keats 
Public Wharves to contact Chuck Steemers at the SCRD, as well as the Keats
appointed members of the SCRD PAC with their comments and concerns. Please 
contact Chuck Steemers to obtain more information about the SCRD "Ports Strategic
Business Plan" and process. 

I will be asking the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee to follow-up on this
issue with the Sunshine Coast Regional District Board under the terms of the
Islands Trust/SCRD Protocol Agreement to ensure that island-wide community 
consultation occurs as a part of the SCRD Ports Review. 

Please "cc" any of your communications with the SCRD and/or SCRD PAC to Islands
Trust Senior Planner Felicity Adams at: fadams@islandstrust.bc.ca , so that the
Gambier Island Local Trust Committee can also be aware of your concerns and issues.

Please pass on or share this information, as appropriate.
Thanks for helping to keep islanders informed.

Kim Benson
Gambier Island Local Trustee
604-886-9868

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Steemers [mailto:Chuck.Steemers@scrd.bc.ca]
> Sent: March 23, 2006 12:42 PM
> To: Steve Lee; Jandjlow@telus.net; K_mctaggart@sunshine.net;
> Joan_pedersen@sunshine.net; Mainsite@campartaban.com; John Marian (Home
> email); gower_point@dccnet.com; Smoxon@primus.ca; r_hopkins@telus.nt;
> ference@shaw.ca
> Cc: Swatson@phn.com; karenduddy@campfircom.bc.ca; Andy_harper@telus.net
> Subject: Ports Strategic Business Plan
> 
> 
> Hi Everyone
>    This is just a heads up for the upcoming meeting on March 27th  -
> 10:30am to 3:30pm for getting the Strategic Business Plan underway for
> the SCRD Ports.  Meeting will be held in the Cedar Room at the Sunshine
> Coast Regional   District Offices located on 1975 Field Road, Sechelt.  We
> will be conducting a SWOT analysis of the Ports function ( Strengths,Weaknesses,
> Opportunities and Threats ).  Information and agenda will be handed out
> at the meeting.  Don Ference of Ference Weiker & Company will be the
> facilitator.
> Lunch will be supplied.
> If you have questions or are unable to make the meeting , please contact
> me.
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Chuck Steemers
> Engineering Technician
> Sunshine Coast Regional  District
> 1975 Field Road, Sechelt
> British Columbia  V0N 1V0
> PH. (604) 885-2261  Fax  885-7909
> 
> 
>

Gambier Island Local Trust Committee Business Meeting Agenda

All meetings of the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee are 
open to the public and public attendance is encouraged (regardless 
of which island you're from or where you live). The meeting 
schedule, bylaws, meeting agendas and all adopted minutes of the
Gambier Island LTC are posted on-line at: 
http://www.islandstrust.bc.ca/ltc/gambier/gambier03.htm


Please contact Islands Trust Senior Planner, Felicity Adams (
fadams@islandstrust.bc.ca ) if you're seeking more information
 on any applications or bylaws under consideration by the 
Gambier Island Local Trust Committee. 

Please pass this on, post, or otherwise distribute, as appropriate.

Thanks again for your help in keeping islanders informed.

All meetings of the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee
are open to the public and public attendance is encouraged
(regardless of which island you're from or where you
live). The meeting schedule, bylaws, meeting agendas and 
all adopted minutes of the Gambier Island LTC are posted at: 
http://www.islandstrust.bc.ca/ltc/gambier/gambier03.htm


Please contact Islands Trust Senior Planner, Felicity Adams 
( fadams@islandstrust.bc.ca ) if you're seeking more 
information on any applications or bylaws under consideration
by the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee. 

The Queen of Coquitlam is being removed from Sevice for Emergency Clutch repairs
Wednesday January 18, 2006 on the PM shift. The Queen of Esquimalt will be relieving
on Rte 3. The Schedule for January 18, 2006 will remain as is but the Queen of
Esquimalt will run late in the afternoon. A revised schedule is in place for January
19-21, 2006.

Please find the REVISED Route 3 schedules for January 19-21, 2006. Please
note that the Queen of Coquitlam will be on the Route as of the 1430 ex Langdale
sailing on January 21, 2006. 

Please note the Queen of Esquimalt will be relieving for the Queen of Coquitlam, The
Queen of Esquimalt is a bit smaller and slower vessel, so the schedules have been
revised to reflect this.

Thanks, 

Joanne Doyle 
Planning Analyst 
Fleet Deployment & Scheduling 
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. 

Telephone: (250) 978-1322 
Fax:     (250) 388-9599 
email:  joanne.doyle@bcferries.com 

Hello all. 
With apologies for the late notice, here's information on an extra sailing to
accommodate the revised schedule on the route 3 vessel.

Regards, 

Ann 

Ann Carpenter 
Community Relations Manager 
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. 
Little River Terminal 
Tel:  (250) 890-7879 
Fax:  1-866-280-0165 
ann.carpenter@bcferries.com 
www.bcferries.com 

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ADDITIONAL SAILINGS
JANUARY 19 - 21
Langdale - Gambier - Keats

 The Queen of Esquimalt will be the temporary replacement vessel on the Langdale to
Horseshoe Bay route effective midday Wednesday, January 18, to Saturday, January 21.
  During this time, the Queen of Coquitlam  will be out service to facilitate
emergency clutch repairs.

 A revised schedule will in place for the Queen of Esquimalt for January 19 - 21. 
Accordingly, the Stormaway III on the Gambier/Keats route will provide the following
additional departures on January 19 - 21 inclusive:

·       1:05 pm departing Langdale

·       1:15 pm departing New Brighton

·       1:25 pm departing Langdale

The Queen of Coquitlam is expected back in service at 2:30 pm on Saturday, January 21.

      Contact:  Stormaway III  (604) 886-4420