Executive Committee Special Meeting Appendix A

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Islands Trust Council Special Electronic Meeting
 
Date:Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Time:1:00 pm
Location:Electronic Meeting, and a physical location to view the livestream of the meeting:
Islands Trust Victoria Office
#200 - 1627 Fort Street
Victoria, BC V8R 1H8
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1.  CALL TO ORDER
2.  TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
3.  APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3.1  Introduction of New Items
3.2  Approval of Agenda
4.  PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
5.  CLOSED MEETING 
THAT the meeting be closed to the public subject to Sections 90(1) (i) of the Community Charter in
order to consider matters related the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege,
including communications necessary for that purpose, and that staff attend the meeting.
6.  BUSINESS ITEMS
6.1  Trust Area Services
6.1.1  Draft New Policy Statement - Request for Decision
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1)    THAT Trust Council Bylaw No. 183, cited as “Trust Council Policy Statement
Bylaw, 2025”, be read a first time. 
2)    THAT Trust Council request staff to refer Bylaw No. 183 to the agencies,
Indigenous Governing Bodies and organizations listed in attachment 2 of the
request for decision dated July 29, 2025. 
7.  NEW BUSINESS
8.  ADJOURNMENT

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Islands Trust  Request For Decision Page 1 
 
 
 
 
REQUEST FOR DECISION 
 
 
To: 
Trust Council 
 For the Meeting of: 
July 29, 2025 
     
From: 
Trust Area Services 
 Date Prepared: 
July 10, 2025 
     
SUBJECT:
  
Policy Statement Bylaw No.183 – Consideration of First Reading 
 
 
RECOMMENDATION:  
 
1)   That Trust Council Bylaw No. 183, cited as “Trust Council Policy Statement Bylaw, 
2025”, be read a first time.  
 
2)   The Trust Council request staff to refer Bylaw No. 183 to the agencies, Indigenous 
Governing Bodies and organizations listed in attachment 2 of the request for 
decision dated July 29, 2025.  
 
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER COMMENTS: Adopting a new Policy Statement for the 
Islands Trust is one of the highest priorities in Trust Council’s 2025-2028 Strategic Plan. The 
Policy Statement Bylaw presented here for consideration of first reading is the product of years 
of engagement, staff effort, and intensive review and revision by trustees. Giving first reading to 
the draft new Policy Statement is not the end of the process, but rather an incremental step 
forward, opening the way for a new phase of public engagement and referrals to Indigenous 
Governing Bodies, government agencies and local organizations. Declining to give first reading 
to the Policy Statement bylaw would put in jeopardy the already-tight timeline for bylaw adoption 
before the end of the current political term.  
  
 
1 PURPOSE: The purpose of this request for decision is to provide Trust Council with an 
updated version of the draft new Policy Statement for consideration of first reading that 
reflects revisions requested by Trust Council in September and October 2022, and 
September 2024, as well as additional revisions recommended by Trust Programs 
Committee (TPC) and Co

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