Regional Planning Committee Special Meeting Agenda
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Regional Planning Committee
Agenda
Date:Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Time:1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Location:Electronic Zoom Meeting
Pages
1.CALL TO ORDER
2.AGENDA
2.1Review of the Agenda
Late items, new items and re-ordering of the agenda
2.2Approval of Agenda
3.PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
4.BUSINESS - WORK PROGRAM ITEMS
4.1RPC Work Program and Resources Update - Briefing
2 - 45
4.2Minor Project Criteria - Request For Decision
46 - 52
5.NEXT MEETING
The next Regional Planning Committee meeting is February 6, 2026 at 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
6.ADJOURNMENT
*Approximate time is provided for the convenience of the public only and is subject to change
without notice.
Islands Trust Briefing Page 1
BRIEFING
To: Regional Planning Committee For the Meeting of: January 13, 2026
From: Planning Services Date Prepared: January 5, 2026
SUBJECT
RPC Work Program and Resources Update
PURPOSE:
• To review local trust committee (LTC) 2026/27 business case submissions
• To review Planning Services Feasibility Assessment
• To review Regional Planning Committee’s (RPC) work program based on decisions made at the
December 2025 Trust Council meeting – notably adoption of recommendations within the 2025
Operational Review
BACKGROUND:
RPC’s regular business meeting scheduled for October 31, 2025 was cancelled due to BCGEU
strike action. As such, RPC was unable to provide input on proposed LTC business cases
(attached) and project feasibility (attached) before Trust Council met and approved a draft 2026/27
budget in December 2025.
At the same meeting, Trust Council approved recommendations in the 2025 Operational Review.
Included in the Operational Review is direction to not initiate any new projects in the 2026/27 fiscal
year not already underway or required by legislation or policy. The direction to not initiate new
projects supports conclusions in the Planning Services Feasibility Assessment whereby staff
conclude that there are not enough resources to meet demand.
After discussion regarding the above, Trust Council:
• Removed the permanent Biologist business case
• Supported the Financial Planning Committee’s removal of the Galiano LTC OCP Review Project
business case
• Reduced RPC’s Freshwater Sustainability Strategy Review and Implementation business case
from $25,000 to $15,000 by removing work on an implementation plan
• Requested staff to prepare a bylaw to rescind Trust Council Bylaw 154 (Trust Council delegation of
specific coordination authority to the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee) should staff be
unable to resource the coordination of the Salt Spring Watershed Protection Plan in the 2026/27
budget.
Work Program Impacts
The impact to RPC’s work program resulting from the BCGEU strike, approval of the draft 2026/27
budget, and Operational Review include:
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Islands Trust Briefing Page 2
• Bylaw Compliance and Policy Review: Minorly delayed.
o February 2026: RPC review final poli
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