Saturna LTC Regular Meeting Minutes
· Saturna Island · Meeting Documents · 2026
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Topics: Bylaw enforcement · First Nations & reconciliation · Governance & budget · Marine & foreshore — our classification, not the Trust's.
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--- OCR PAGE 1: https://islandstrust.bc.ca/document/saturna-ltc-regular-meeting-minutes-23/ --- ADOPTED Islands Trust Saturna Island Local Trust Committee Minutes of Regular Meeting Date: September 28, 2026 Location: Saturna Recreation and Cultural Centre 104 Harris Road, Saturna Island, BC Members Present: David Maude, Chair Lee Middleton, Local Trustee Mairead Boland, Local Trustee Staff Present: Mary Storzer, Regional Planning Manager (electronic) Brad Smith, Island Planner Bruce Belcher, Planner 2 (electronic) Lisa Millard, Meeting Administrator / Recorder (electronic) Others Present: There were approximately 3 members of the public present 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Maude called the meeting to order at 11:02 a.m. 2. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Chair Maude acknowledged that the meeting was held on the territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 4. TRUSTEE REPORT Trustee Boland spoke to challenges related to the construct of Islands Trust as a governmental body, work done during the term while sitting on the Regional Planning Committee, Financial Planning Committee, and Chief Administrative Officer Hiring and Performance Evaluation Committees, and her view that the Islands Trust Conservancy operating budget should not be part of Islands Trust budget. Trustee Middleton thanked Trustee Boland for her work during the term and spoke to the need for different approaches on smaller islands versus more populated islands within the Trust Area. He highlighted work done through Local Trust Committee projects during the term. 5. CHAIR'S REPORT Chair Maude spoke to his experience as Chair of the Saturna Local Trust Committee and noted that work on the Trust Policy Statement amendment project will continue next term. Saturna Island Local Trust Committee Regular Business Meeting September 28, 2026 ADOPTED Page 1 of 7 --- OCR PAGE 2: https://islandstrust.bc.ca/document/saturna-ltc-regular-meeting-minutes-23/ --- 6. ELECTORAL AREA DIRECTOR'S REPORT - None 7. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERIOD A member of the public, who owns property adjacent 198 Cliffside Road, spoke to Temporary Use Permit application PL-TUP-2026-0292 and the following comments were noted: • The subject property is zoned Rural Residential and is occupied by employees carrying out commercial activities related to hydrophone monitoring offshore of the upland property • They have been informed the work performed at the subject property is done so under contract with the Federal Government under the direction of Transport Canada and Islands Trust received a legal opinion that suggested Islands Trust has no jurisdictional authority over a federal project • The project is a Boundary Pass underwater listening station which is to collect shipping noise and warning stems to support the protection of marine mammals • The project management plan stipulated the use of the upland property should comply with land us
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