FRIDAY JULY 11 2014 VOL. 41, NO. 27
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Visiting Leiben
Holy hoola-hoops!
An upcoming tour of a writer’s paradise
Bowen Island’s senior gymnastics team goes to Calgary
Homegrown coaches
Young Bowen Islanders will help you get on the water
Me to We participants Kassidy Wishart, Kamille Gruft, Greg Pennington, Mait Davis (in the background poking his head up), Chloe Jackson, Tara Pearman, Matias Broderick, Justin Walker. Meribeth Deen, photo
Proposed amendments to Official Community Plan (OCP) move forward following reviews by Advisory Planning Committee and Islands Trust MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
After reviewing the Economic Development Committee’s (EDC) suggested changes to the twenty-three sections of Bowen Island’s Official Community Plan, the municipal Advisory Planning Committee has approved a majority of the planned amendments. Similarly, the Islands Trust Executive Committee has advised the Bowen Island Municipality that the proposed amendments are not contrary to the Islands Trust policy statement. While members of the APC did not come to a unanimous agreement about all of the proposed DEE ELLIOT R001820059 BI03 FRONT PAGE BANNER
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changes, and the Islands Trust Executive Committee has asked for some clarifications, neither of these issues is likely to hold up the amendments process. APC chair Drew Rose says that many of the proposed changes to the OCP are about clearing up terminology, eliminating redundancy, and “housekeeping.” “For the most part it is about a change in tone, throwing the Island into a more positive light in terms of economic development,” says Rose. One of the changes the APC recommended to the draft OCP amendments relates to the development of Snug Cove, and is found within policy 175. The Economic Development
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Committee suggested that the statement, which previously relegated all development in the Lower Cove to the south side of Bowen Trunk Road (meaning the Orchard area) replacing the word “South” with “North.” Members of the APC agreed that new commercial development should be allowed on both the south and north sides of Bowen Island Trunk Road. “We thought it would be good to keep the possibilities wide open, and the specifics of any proposed project can be decided in the future through the planning process,” says Rose. continued, PAGE 6
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