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1. Call Meeting To Order. The Regular Meeting of April 9, 2003 was called to order at 7:07 p.m. 1A. Roll Call. Present were Pam Blackburn, Helen Smith, Mike Larsen, and Malcolm Taggart. Absent was Pat Shaw. Approximately 14 observers. 2. Adoption Of Agenda. Motion # 1. Motion by Helen Smith to adopt the agenda as posted. Second by Mike Larsen. Vote: 4 in favour. Motion # 1 Carried. 3. Adoption Of Previous Meeting Minutes. Minutes of the March 12, 2003 meeting were read by Gloria Johnson. Motion # 2. Motion by Helen Smith to accept the minutes with the following amendments. In item #6 change “AGM” to “General Meeting” and in Motion #7 add MP Larry Bagnell to list of recipients of copies of letter to NWTel. Second by Pam Blackburn. Vote: 4 in favour. Motion # 2 Carried. 4. Public Discussion of Pettifor application for commercial purposes, Army Beach. This application was originally reviewed at the LAC meeting in October 2002. The new amended application no longer subdivides part of the property to develop and sell, but it does include motorized paragliders within the business plan. The applicant has included 7 letters of support, but none are from adjoining neighbours to the applied for land. Army Beach residents attending this meeting expressed similar concerns to this application as they did to the previous one, including: The questionable suitability of the marshy land for any form of development, environmental concerns over the filling of the marsh area, its use by waterfowl and nesting birds, increased traffic through the subdivision and noise from motorized sports equipment. Motion # 3. Motion by Pam Blackburn to reply to LARC repeating points from the previous letter and referring to residents’ continued concerns. Again request that LARC defer any new commercial land applications until the Marsh Lake Land Use Plan is in place. Second by Helen Smith. Vote: 4 in favour. Motion # 3 Carried. 5. Marsh Lake Land Fill Subcommittee report on April 2nd public meeting. Councillor Helen Smith chaired the special meeting and Sue Greetham presented the report from the subcommittee. Two proposals were approved to be brought to tonight’s meeting. Motion # 4. Motion by Helen Smith that the Council give approval to develop an Environmental Management System which will include policy, principals, procedures, objectives and training guidelines, prior to applying for a Non-profit Society Status for the Marsh Lake Landfill. Second by Mike Larsen. Vote: 4 in favour. Motion # 4 Carried. The second proposal of the subcommittee is to submit an application to establish Registered Local Non-profit Society for resource management and the management of the Site at the Marsh Lake Landfill. A subsequent application for permitting of a Registered Recycling Depot, and for acquisition of Core Operations Funding will be addressed when the management policy is completed. Council wishes to express their gratitude for a job well done, to the members of the Marsh Lake Landfill Subcommittee, Terry Cole, Don Ford, Sue Greetham and John Jensen. 6. Marsh Lake Community Society request for letter of support to do land/building study. Donna Larsen of the Marsh Lake Community Society presented plans to obtain funding to do a feasibility study of the land next to the skating rink in Judas Creek for a possible location for a community centre. In the future a conceptual design and financial options to maintain this centre will also be looked into. Motion # 5. Motion by Pam Blackburn to write a letter of support for the Marsh Lake Community Society to obtain funding for a feasibility study of the land in Judas Creek to be used for a multi-use community centre building. Second by Mike Larsen. Vote: 4 in favour. Motion # 5 carried. 7. Report From the Chair & Correspondence. Correspondence: Sent: Letter to Judy Linton of Community Development Branch, requesting a copy of a map showing the Marsh Lake Boundaries be sent to Mr. Abbott at Yukon Bureau of Statistics. Sent a letter to DIAND replying to the Campion lot extension application. Letter to Paul Flaherty, President of NorthwesTel, concerning the black out area for High Speed Internet in Old Constabulary. Chair Taggart requested that an additional copy of this letter be sent to Elaine Taylor of Connect Yukon. Letter to LARC requesting recent land application decisions and meeting minutes. Letter to Dennis Shewfelt, asking for update on House Numbering project. Received: (Agenda item #4) Pettifor commercial land application in Army Beach. Received a mailer from DIAND “Talking About Yukon Land Claims”. Received a mailer from YTG Community Services about the new TDD/TYY Device. Received a reply from Kwanlin Dun First Nation concerning LAC’s letter about Land Use Planning. Old Business: Land Use Planning. There was a discussion over the stalled start-up of the Land Use Planning Steering Committee and difficulties with YTG, and the First Nations groups agreeing on how to proceed with a Marsh Lake land use plan. There is no agreement on the scope of the plan, the area to be planned, and the make-up of the steering committee. Lack of a plan is postponing economic development in the community, and development pressures are not slowing down. Council should like to see at a minimum these points: Discussion of possible restrictions of land use on existing lots (i.e. possible zoning). Planning for what the community as a whole should look like over the next 10 to 20 years, including such issues as: location of a community center, possible locations for commercial and light industrial nodes within community boundaries, and, possible location(s) for future residential development. Motion # 6. Motion by Helen Smith to write a letter to George Stetkiewicz of Community Planning, expressing Council’s concern over bringing YTG and the First Nations together with the Land Use Planning Committee, and a listing of what the Council feels is minimum issues that must be addressed in the near future. Second by Mike Larsen. Vote: 4 in favour. Motion #6 Carried. 6. New Business. Mr. Steve Caron of Lot 27 Army Beach brought to Council his concern that the Army Beach Neighbourhood Plan did not deal with one access trail used to get to the garage on Lot 27 through the access trail. There appears to have been an agreement between 3 landowners to divide up the land of the trail, circumventing the LARC/LAC consultation process. This issue will be looked into further and reported back to the Council. 7. Adjournment. Chair Taggart adjourned the meeting at 9:13 p.m. |
