Salt Spring LTC Special Meeting Minutes
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Topics: Climate & environment · Forestry & trees — our classification, not the Trust's.
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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Special Meeting Minutes DRAFT 1 November 5, 2020 Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Minutes of a Special Meeting Date: Thursday, November 5, 2020 Location: Electronic Meeting 200-1627 Fort Street, Victoria Members Present: Peter Luckham, Chair Laura Patrick, Local Trustee Peter Grove, Local Trustee Staff Present: Others Present: Jason Youmans, Island Planner Shayla Burnham, Administrative Assistant Kate Emmings, Acting Manager Islands Trust Conservancy Sarah Shugar, Recorder Approximately 23 members of the public These minutes follow the order of the agenda although the sequence may have varied. 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Luckham called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and welcomed everyone to an electronic meeting of the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee. Chair Luckham introduced himself, the Trustees and staff and acknowledged that the Local Trust Committee is meeting within Coast Salish Territory. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA By general consent the agenda was approved. 3. BUSINESS ITEMS 3.1 Local Trust Committee Chair’s Welcome and Opening Remarks Chair Luckham presented opening remarks. He advised this Community Information Meeting is an opportunity for presentations and for members of the public to ask questions regarding the Protection of Coastal Douglas-Fir and Associated Ecosystems Project. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Special Meeting Minutes DRAFT 2 November 5, 2020 3.2 Planner Presentation on the Protection of Coastal Douglas-Fir and Associated Ecosystems Project Planner Youmans presented an overview of the Protection of Coastal Douglas-Fir and Associated Ecosystems Project. He reported a Science working group is meeting to assess whether present data and mapping is a sufficient base on which to build this project or whether more is required. The Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee has signed a contract with the Ecological Research Network to develop communication materials describing the link between Coastal Douglas-Fir ecosystem protection and biodiversity, freshwater sustainability, wildfire risk reduction and carbon capture and sequestration. Next steps include a community survey and a Salt Spring Island Advisory Planning Commission workshop regarding preferred approaches to Coastal Douglas-Fir ecosystem protection. 3.3 Guest Speakers 3.3.1 Darryn McMonkey, British Columbia Douglas-Fir Conservation Partnership Kate Emmings presented a PowerPoint presentation entitled “BC’s Imperiled Coastal Douglas-Fir Ecosystems” prepared by the Coastal Douglas–Fir and Associated Ecosystems Partnership. 3.3.2 Jemma Green, Islands Trust Conservancy Kate Emmings presented a PowerPoint presentation entitled “Coastal Douglas- Fir Ecosystems on Salt Spring Island”.
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