Islands Trust Conservancy Special Meeting Minutes

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Islands Trust Conservancy Special Meeting    ADOPTED Page 1 
August 24, 2021  
Islands Trust Conservancy 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date: 
Time: 
Location: 
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 
1:00 pm 
Electronic Zoom Meeting 
 
Board Members Present Kate-Louise Stamford, Chair 
 Doug Fenton 
 Linda Adams 
  
Board Members Regrets Sue Ellen Fast, Vice Chair 
 Donald Clarke 
  
Staff Present Kate Emmings, Islands Trust Conservancy Manager 
 Carla Funk, Acting Fundraising Specialist 
 Clare Frater, Trust Area Services Director, joined the meeting at 1:10 pm 
 Corlynn Strachan, Administrative Assistant/Recorder 
 Devin Hentschel, Conservation Technician 
 Julia Mobbs, Administrative Services Director 
 Kathryn Martell, Ecosystem Protection Specialist 
 Wendy Tyrrell, Species at Risk Program Coordinator 
  
Guests Lenora Lee, KPMG Auditor 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Stamford called the meeting to order at 1:00 pm and acknowledged that the meeting was 
being held in Coast Salish First Nations territory. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
The following change and additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 Move the Audit Report item 5.0 up to after item 2.0 Approval of Agenda, to accommodate 
the Auditor’s schedule 
 Addition of  item 6.4.1 Updates for information - Staff/Board Updates  
 Addition of item 6.4.2 Covid-19 Update 
 
By general consent, the agenda was approved as amended. 
3. MINUTES/COORDINATION 
3.1 Minutes of Meetings/Resolutions without Meetings 
3.1.1 Approval of July 13, 2021 Regular Meeting Minutes 

 
  
Islands Trust Conservancy Special Meeting    ADOPTED Page 2 
August 24, 2021  
By general consent, the Islands Trust Conservancy meeting minutes of July 13, 
2021 were adopted. 
3.1.2 Approval of the July 13, 2021 ITC-EC Liaison Meeting Minutes 
The following change to the minutes was presented: 
 Identify Trustee Fast as a member of both the ITC Board and the 
Executive Committee 
By general consent, the Islands Trust Conservancy meeting minutes of July 13, 
2021 were adopted, as amended. 
3.2 Follow-up Action List 
The Islands Trust Conservancy Manager provided an update on the following: 
 The Species at Risk (SAR) project charter will come to the Board in October since we 
now have the SAR Program Coordinator on staff. 
 The NAPTEP item requesting that Trust Council provide policy guidance on NAPTEP 
fees will go into the September Trust council package. 
4. RISE AND REPORT 
The Islands Trust Conservancy Board reported on the following items: 
1) The ITC Board requested staff to report on the potential of using notations of interest as 
possible tools for Crown Land conservation as part of the Crown Land discussion report at 
the October 5, 2021 Board meeting. 
 
2) The ITC Board directed staff to prepare an ITC Budget request, including the following items, 
and to return to the ITC Board for review in October:  
 Increases to the ITC budget to reflect the species at risk grant commitments, totaling 
$213,500; 
 An incre

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