Executive Committee Regular Meeting Minutes

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Executive Committee Business Meeting Minutes   Page 1 of 10 
April 14, 2021 ADOPTED  
 
Executive Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
April 14, 2021 
Electronic meeting, Public venue 
Islands Trust 
200-1627 Fort Street 
Victoria, BC V8R 1H8 
 
Members Present: Peter Luckham, Chair, Thetis Island Trustee 
 Sue Ellen Fast, Vice-Chair, Bowen Island Municipal Trustee 
 Laura Patrick, Vice-Chair, Salt Spring Island Trustee 
 Dan Rogers, Vice-Chair, Gambier/Keats Island Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Russ Hotsenpiller, Chief Administrative Officer 
 David Marlor, Director, Local Planning Services 
 Clare Frater, Director, Trust Area Services 
 Lisa Wilcox, Senior Intergovernmental Policy Advisor 
 Lori Foster, Executive Coordinator/Recorder 
  
Others: Trustee Johnston and one member of the public attended the meeting 
 
All participants attended the meeting electronically via Zoom.  The meeting was livestreamed and 
recorded.  The public could view and attend the meeting via web links which were posted on the 
www.islandstrust.bc.ca website. 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
At 9:03 a.m., Chair Luckham called the meeting to order stating gratitude to live and work on 
Coast Salish First Nations traditional and treaty territory. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
2.1 Introduction of New Items 
 
For consideration to add the following items: 
7.2.1.1 Electronic Meetings – verbal discussion 
8.1.1 Robert’s Rule of Order Book - verbal discussion 
8.1.2 Trustees presenting staff reports – verbal discussion  
8.1.3 Traveling to the Gulf Islands – verbal discussion 
9.3 Trustee Johnson correspondence date March 31, 2021, re: First Nations Wood 
 Licence (FNWL) on Lasqueti 
9.4 G. Scott Lasqueti Island Nature Conservancy correspondence dated April 1, 
 2021, re: FNWL on Lasqueti 
9.5 Sunshine Coast Conservation Association re Visual Quality Objectives 
 correspondence dated April 12, 2021 
12. A closed meeting session re: potential litigation, a minister meeting, and 
 employee relations  

 
Executive Committee Business Meeting Minutes   Page 2 of 10 
April 14, 2021 ADOPTED  
 
2.2 Approval of Agenda 
 
By general consent, the agenda was adopted as amended. 
 
2.2.1 Agenda Context Notes - None 
 
3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES 
 
3.1 March 24, 2021 draft minutes 
 
By general consent, the March 24, 2021, draft minutes were adopted as presented. 
 
4. FOLLOW UP ACTION LIST AND UPDATES 
 
4.1 Follow Up Action List/Director/CAO Updates 
 
Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Hotsenpiller gave verbal updates on: 
 forestry and tree-cutting powers advocacy, 
 COVID updates including provincial health order extensions, 
 Select Committee request for proposal status, 
 Service Grant application consideration. 
 
Director of Local Planning Services (DLPS) Marlor reported an large increase in 
applications and general planning inquiries over the last 5 years.  This has resulted in 
delayed processing times. 
 
Discussion on sending out messaging regarding the delays was 

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