Regional Planning Committee Regular Meeting Agenda
· Islands Trust Area · Meeting Documents · 2026
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[[page 1]] ea Islands Trust Date: Time: Location: Regional Planning Committee Agenda Friday, July 24, 2026 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Electronic Zoom Meeting 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. AGENDA 2.1 2.2 Review of the Agenda Late items, new items and re-ordering of the agenda Approval of Agenda 3. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 4. DELEGATIONS 4.1 Maxine Leichter - Friends of the Gulf Islands Society 5. CORRESPONDENCE None. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION 6.1 6.2 6.3 Draft Minutes of Previous Meetings For review and approval 6.1.1 Regional Planning Committee Draft Minutes of May 1, 2026 Regular Meeting Resolutions Without Meeting None. Follow up Action List For review 7. BUSINESS - WORK PROGRAM ITEMS 7.1 Freshwater Atlas Updates and Timeline - Briefing For information. Pages 12-15 16-17 [[page 2]] 10. 11. 12. 7.2 Freshwater Footprint Gabriola Case Study into the Official Community Plan Review - Briefing For information. 7.3 Monitorin g Progress on Ecosystem Protection in Land Use Planning - Initiative 3.2.4 Update - Request for Decision 1. That th e Regional Planning Committee forward this Request for Decision and its attachments to Islands Trust Council recommending that Islands Trust Council: Receive the Species at Risk - State of the Islands report; Endorse staff use of the Species at Risk - State of the Islands report, Land Information Screening Tool, and the model natural environment Development Permit Area as operational technical inputs when advising Local Trust Committees and preparing bylaw updates; Endorse staff use of the Terms of Reference for Professional Environmental Assessment Reports as a staff operational standard; Request staff to prepare an internal communications policy to improve how the methodology and rationale behind the Land Information Screening Tool are communicated in staff reports, presentations, and related projects; Request staff to expand and refine the Land Information Screening Tool content in the Housing Options Toolkit by adding a more technical summary of the tool's methodology, rationale, and intended use to complement the current plain-language version posted online as Tool 4 - Land Information Screening Tool. 2. That the Regional Planning Committee request staff to draft a business case with options fo BUSINESS - OTHER r retaining ongoing biological expertise. 8.1 Major Project Work and the Regional Planning Team - Briefing For information. BUSINESS - NEW WORK PROGRAM For review and referral to Trust Council before each quarterly TC meeting NEXT MEETING The next Regional p.m. CLOSED MEETING If desired: Planning Committee regular meeting is September 25, 2026 at 10 a.m. to 3 That the meeting be closed to the public in accordance with the Community Charter, Part 4, Division 3, s.90, (quote the pertinent section here, for example, (1)(a) personal information about...) and that the recorder and staff [attend/not attend] the meeting. 18-19 20 - 132 133 - 136 137 - 140 [
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