Trust Council Special Meeting Agenda
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Topics: Marine & foreshore · Bylaw enforcement · First Nations & reconciliation · Governance & budget · Climate & environment — our classification, not the Trust's.
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Islands Trust Council Special Electronic Meeting
Date:Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Time:1:00 pm
Location:Electronic meeting, Public venue
Islands Trust
200-1627 Fort Street
Victoria, BC V8R 1H8
Pages
1.CALL TO ORDER / LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2.APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3.BUSINESS ITEMS
3.1Protocol Agreement between Islands Trust Council and Snaw-naw-as First Nation - RFD
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4.ADJOURNMENT
Islands Trust Request For Decision Page 1
REQUEST FOR DECISION
To: Trust Council For the Meeting of: March 28, 2023
From: Executive Committee Date Prepared: March 20, 2023
SUBJECT:
Protocol Agreement between Trust Council and Snaw-naw-as First Nation
RECOMMENDATION:
1. That the Islands Trust Council approve the Protocol Agreement between Islands Trust Council
and Snaw-naw-as First Nation and request staff to forward the Protocol Agreement to the
Minister of Municipal Affairs for approval.
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER COMMENTS: Approval of a protocol agreement with Snaw-naw-as
First Nation demonstrates Council’s commitment to building collaborative relationships with First
Nations in the Trust Area.
1 PURPOSE: To request that Trust Council approve a Protocol Agreement between Islands Trust
Council and Snaw-naw-as First Nation.
2 BACKGROUND:
On September 7, 2022 Snaw-naw-as First Nation sent a letter (attached) to the Lasqueti Island
Local Trust Committee regarding Snaw-naw-as interest in engagement with Islands Trust. This
letter followed a September 2021 letter from Snaw-naw-as First Nation regarding Snaw-naw-as’
concerns with the Lasqueti Island Local Trust Committee’s Official Community Plan Amendment
Bylaw No. 98. The Lasqueti Island Local Trust Committee Chair wrote back stating that the
Lasqueti Island Local Trust Committee was very interested in working together with direct
engagement, specifically on the shared priority of the proposed Official Community Plan
amendment Bylaw No. 98, and more broadly on a Protocol Agreement in furtherance of a
government-to-government relationship.
As indicated in s. 9(1)(e) of the Islands Trust Act, the Islands Trust Council can enter into
agreements with First Nations on its own behalf, or on behalf of one or more local trust
committees.
A protocol agreement sets out how parties will work together and can underpin a positive,
cooperative relationship. The Islands Trust has a protocol agreement with Snuneymuxw First
Nation (2008) and a protocol agreement with Lyackson First Nation (2000), and many provincial
agencies and regional districts.
Snaw-naw-as First Nation and the District of Lantzville announced a memorandum of
understanding in 2021. Staff understand this memorandum and the working group established
through it have contributed to an excellent relationship between the two governments.
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Islands Trust Request For Decision Page 2
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