March 16, 2021 - Islands Trust Council Approves 2021/22 Budget
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Topics: Fresh water & aquifers · Housing & affordability · Bylaw enforcement · First Nations & reconciliation · Governance & budget · Climate & environment — our classification, not the Trust's.
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Bowen, Denman, Gabriola, Galiano, Gambier, Hornby, Lasqueti, Mayne, N. Pender, Salt Spring, Saturna, S. Pender, Thetis March 16, 2021 – for immediate release 2021-07-IT Islands Trust Council Approves 2021/22 Budget Lək ̓ ʷəŋən, METULIYE/Victoria, B.C. – Islands Trust Council approved a budget of $9 million for 2021/22. "This budget responds to priorities expressed from across the entire Trust Area," said Islands Trust Council Chair Peter Luckham. "In total, 953 people provided input via survey and e-mail. Thank you to everyone who participated in the consultation. Your input was heard and considered carefully when we made final decisions on the budget that will guide the coming year’s work. This year, Islands Trust is grateful to have received a record $563,000 in grants in support of Islands Trust Conservancy’s work and the Regional Freshwater Sustainability project.” The approved operating and projects budget for 2021/22 ($9,059,919) assumes that Islands Trust will maintain existing land use planning service levels, add a full-time bylaw enforcement officer, a temporary community communications specialist, a freshwater co-op student, a Conservancy species at risk program coordinator, and a Conservancy co-op field technician, and will implement the following initiatives from Trust Council’s 2018-2022 Strategic Plan: • Islands Trust governance and management review • Islands Trust Policy Statement update that includes engagement with First Nations, the public, and referral agencies • Technology investments for online streaming of Islands Trust in-person public meetings to foster transparency and public engagement • Completion of a freshwater sustainability strategy for the Trust Area and implementation of freshwater projects for select local trust areas • Development of heritage preservation overlay mapping • Continued groundwater mapping and development of water budgets for groundwater aquifers in the Trust Area • Continued mapping of eelgrass beds in the Trust Area • Development of model bylaws for local trust committees and Bowen Island Municipality that address groundwater use, rainwater catchment, and greywater recycling to promote freshwater sustainability • Development of model bylaws for local trust committees and Bowen Island Municipality that exchange bonus density for affordable housing • Development of model development permit areas for local trust committees and Bowen Island Municipality to protect Coastal Douglas-fir and associated ecosystems throughout the Trust Area • Delivery of a secretariat program which gives administrative support to regional coordination groups • Development of climate change indicators specific to the Trust Area • Delivery of a stewardship education program News Release 200 - 1627 Fort Street Victoria B.C. | V8R 1H8 Telephone 250.405.5151 | FAX: 250.405.5155 Toll Free via Service BC in Vancouver 604.660.2421 | in B.C. 1.800.663.7867 information@isla
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