 | AREA B ADVISORY PLANNING COMMISSION | |
| Monday, October 21, 2024 | ||
| Minutes of the Area B Advisory Planning Commission held on October 21, 2024 in the Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 3:32 pm. | ||
| MINUTES | ||
| Present: | ||
| Chair: | A. Gibson | Area B Advisory Planning Commission |
| Director: | R. Hardy | Lazo North (Area B) |
| Members: | D. Peardon | Area B Advisory Planning Commission |
| R. Esterer | Area B Advisory Planning Commission | |
| S. Martin | Area B Adivosry Planning Commission | |
| A. Rice | Area B Advisory Planning Commission | |
| Staff: | T. Trieu | Manager of Planning Services |
| A. Marginet | Planner I | |
| T. Wall | Branch Assistant - Planning and Development Services | |
| Absent: | ||
| Members: | C. Bouchard | Area B Advisory Planning Commission |
| E. Pearson | Area B Advisory Planning Commission | |
| CALL TO ORDER AND RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES | ||||||
| The Chair called the meeting to order and acknowledged that the meeting was being held on the unceded traditional territory of the K’o´moks First Nation. | ||||||
| RECEIPT OF MINUTES | ||||||
| R. Esterer/S. Martin: THAT the minutes of the Area B Advisory Planning Committee meeting held September 23, 2023 be received. [Item] | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| REPORTS | ||||||
| TELECOMMUNICATION ANTENNA SYSTEM - 1901 LARCH ROAD (BUTCHER) | ||||||
| A. Marginet, Planner I, provided an overview of the report dated September 26, 2024 regarding a proposal by Rogers Communications Inc. and SitePath Consulting Ltd. to construct a 53.0-metre-tall telecommunication antenna system on property located at 1901 Larch Road. [Item] | ||||||
| Brian Gregg, SitePath Consulting Ltd., was in attendance. | ||||||
| R. Esterer/D. Peardon: THAT the Area B Advisory Planning Commission support the proposal by Rogers Communications Inc. and SitePath Consulting Ltd. to construct a telecommunication antenna system on property located at 1901 Larch Road for the following reasons:
- The need for better Cell Coverage in this area exists; - Placement of the tower is in a suitable location - it is sited away from other homes and bordering the park; - Use of land is acceptable on the zoning of both RU-ALR and Tourist Commercial. - The committee recommends consideration of the Tower height being 50M (or 150 Ft) and how this location and the cell phone reception coverage for any of the areas north of the tower be impacted by the height of the trees (or potential height) in the adjacent Seal Bay Park. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| STATUS UPDATE ON APC RECOMMENDATIONS | ||||||
| T. Trieu, Manager of Planning Services, provided updates regarding Electoral Areas Services Committee and Board decisions related to APC recommendations. | ||||||
| TERMINATION | ||||||
| R. Esterer/A. Gibson: THAT the meeting terminate. | ||||||
| Carried | ||||||
| Time: 4:08 pm | ||||||
| Confirmed By: ____________________________________ Ally Gibson, Chair | |
| Recorded By: ____________________________________ Andrew Rice, Recording Secretary These minutes were received by the Electoral Areas Services Committee on the ______ day of __________20__. |