Saturna LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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Saturna Island Local Trust Committee 
Special Meeting Minutes  
August 15, 2019 ADOPTED Page 1 of 6 
 
 
Saturna Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
August 15, 2019 
Saturna Island Community Hall 
105 East Point Road, Saturna Island, BC 
 
Members Present: Paul Brent, Local Trustee 
Lee Middleton, Local Trustee 
 
Regrets: 
 
Staff Present: 
Laura Patrick, Chair 
 
Ruth Daber, Recorder 
 
Guests: Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO): 
Nicole Stamnes, DFO, Ocean Protection Plan Coordinator (Support) 
Lee Harber, DFO, Marine Mammal Coordinator (Support) 
Elly Chmelnitsky, DFO, Senior Marine Environmental Quality 
Advisor (Speaker) 
Mandy Ludlow, DFO, Fishery Officer, Detachment Supervisor for Georgia 
Basin South and the Whale Protection Unit 
Willi Jansen, DFO, Fishery Officer, Whale Protection Unit (Speaker) 
Jeffrey Quigley, DFO, Fishery Officer, Whale Protection Unit 
Jordan Bromwich, DFO, Fishery Officer, Whale Protection Unit 
 
Parks Canada (PC): 
Richard Lamy, PC, Parks Warden 
Craig Bolton, PC, Parks Warden 
Athena George, PC, Parks Interpreter 
 
Transport Canada (TC): 
Sonja Henneman, TC, Clean Water Policy Manager 
Michelle Sanders, TC, Clean Water Policy Director (Speaker) 
 
 
Public: 
 
There were approximately (55) members of the public present. 
 
 
 
 
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Saturna Island Local Trust Committee 
Special Meeting Minutes  
August 15, 2019 ADOPTED Page 2 of 6 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Trustee Middleton was assigned as the Acting Chair and opened the Special Meeting at 6:41 
p.m.  He introduced himself and Trustee Brent. He explained that the Islands Trust was 
facilitating the meeting. 
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Parks Canada and Transport Canada were represented as 
listed above to provide information and answer questions. 
The panel introduced themselves (marked as “speaker” or “support”). 
Trustee Middleton acknowledged that the meeting was being held in traditional territory of the 
Coast Salish First Nations with the Islands Trust area going out to the US border. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
The Trustees explained that Elly Chmelnitsky and Nicole Stamnes would coordinate the 
information session and Trustee Brent would facilitate the question and answer sections. 
3. SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCA RECOVERY PLAN 
3.1 Presentations 
3.1.1 Information Sharing re: Objectives Plans for Enforcement of the Sanctuary Zone 
Around Saturna Island 
A slide show was presented with the title:  
Information Session: 2019 Management Measures to Support the Recovery of 
Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW). Hosted by Fisheries and Oceans 
Canada, Transport Canada, and Parks Canada. 
Nicole Stamnes presented meeting objectives and ground rules followed by an 
agenda to the information session: 
 Overview of 2019 Measures; 
 Short Question Period; 
 Outreach & Education; 
 Monitoring Effectiveness; 
 Compliance & Enforcement; 
 Observe, Record & Report; 
 Short Question Pe

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