Galiano LTC Regular Meeting Agenda Addendum

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STAFF REPORT 
 
Islands Trust Fund Staff Report 1 
File: Crystal Mountain Society  
Conservation Proposal 
  
DATE OF 
MEETING: 
November 21, 2017 
TO: Trust Fund Board 
FROM: Jennifer Eliason, Islands Trust Fund Manager 
SUBJECT: Conservation Proposal – Development related: Crystal Mountain Society, Galiano Island 
 Applicant: Crystal Mountain Society - A Society for Eastern and Western Studies (CMS)  
 Location: Lot 9, District Lot 90, Galiano Island, Cowichan District, Plan 31200, PID # 
000-851-035; and part of Lot A, District Lots 88 and 89, Galiano Island, 
Cowichan District, Plan VIP68079, PID # 024-351-041. 
RECOMMENDATION 
That the Trust Fund Board accept the updated Conservation Proposal from the Crystal Mountain Society, 
agreeing  to  accept  transfer  of  approximately  18.3  hectares  of  Lot  9,  District  Lot  90,  Galiano  Island, 
Cowichan District, Plan 31200, (PID 000-851-035) and part of Lot A, District Lots 88 and 89, Galiano Island, 
Cowichan District, Plan VIP68079, (PID 024-351-041), subject to: 
a. The  release  of  the  rent  charge  and  related  easements  on  the  title  of  Lot  A  and  any  other 
charges determined, through legal review, to be problematic for the Trust Fund Board; 
b. Establishing legal access for the Trust Fund Board to the most eastern part of Lot A;  
c. Receipt  of  $30,000  upon  transfer  of  the  land,  with  at  least  $15,000  to  be  held  in  a  pooled 
Nature  Reserve  Management  Fund,  and  $10,000  to  $15,000  to  be  put  towards  the 
development of a management plan and management activities for the nature reserve;  
d. Staff  reaching  mutual  agreement  with  the  water  licence  holders to  limit  the impact  of 
accessing and maintaining the permitted water works;  
e. Agreement  with the Society that  the  portion  of  the  proposed  Emergency  Access  over  the 
nature reserve would be used only in the case of emergency; 
f. Written agreement with the Society about the use and maintenance of the pagoda; 
g. Installation of boundary and corner pin markers at the time of survey at the expense of the 
applicant (locations to be determined in consultation with ITF staff); and   
h. Final  approval  of the Trust  Fund  Board of the  final  survey  plan,  transfer agreement  and  all 
other associated agreements.  
REPORT SUMMARY 
The Crystal Mountain Society – A Society for Eastern and Western Studies (CMS) wishes to rezone two subject 
properties to permit a year-round not-for-profit forest retreat centre. The proposal is to locate the buildable 
areas on 25% of the subject properties (~6 ha) and protect the other 75% of the properties (~18.3 ha) as a 
community benefit by transferring the land to the Trust Fund Board. The proposed nature reserve would be 

Islands Trust Fund Staff Report 2 
further protected with a conservation covenant held by TLC The Land Conservancy of BC. The Trust Fund Board 
has previously considered a conservation proposal to register a conservation co

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