Comox Valley Regional District Board/Denman Island LTC/Hornby Island LTC Protocol Agreement

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REGIONAL DISTRICT /LOCAL TRUST COMMIMTTEE
PROTOCOL AGREEMENT

This protocol agreement (“Agreement”) dated for reference SEPT_& , 2011 is

BETWEEN:
DENMAN ISLAND LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE and
HORNBY ISLAND LOCAL TRUST COMMITTEE
(“local trust committees”)
AND:
COMOX VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT BOARD
(“regional district”)
(referred to as the (“Parties”
WHEREAS:
A. Under Section 24 (2}(c) of the Islands Trust Act, a local trust committee may enter into an

agreement with a regional district respecting the coordination of activities in a local area;

The Denman Island local trust committee and the Hornby Island local trust committee are
established under Section 23 of the Islands Trust Act for the purpose of preserving and
protecting the unique amenities and environment of the Denman Island local trust area and
the Hornby Island local trust area and has the authority to regulate the development and use
of land in this local area;

The Comox Valley Regional District is a regional district established by letters patent on the
15" day of February 2008 and has the authority to provide services in the Denman Island
local trust area and the Hornby Island local trust area; and

The parties consider it in the interest of the residents of the Denman Island local trust area
and the Hornby Island local trust area that the parties cooperate in the coordination of their
activities.

NOW THEREFORE the Denman Island local trust committee and the Hornby Island local trust
committee and the Comox Valley Regional District agree as follows:

PRINCIPLES

1.

‘The local trust committees and the regional district agree to the following principles

regarding interagency relations:

(a) recognition of each others’ jurisdictions and capabilities with a commitment to
promoting a spirit of partnership through joint legislative, policy, program and
communication initiatives;

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(b)

coordination of planning, servicing and growth management activities that is
responsive to the needs of the local trust areas and the electoral area of which it is a
part;

commitment by the regional district to consider the purpose of the Islands Trust,
which is to preserve and protect the area and its environment for the benefit of
residents and the province, in matters involving the local trust areas;

(d) commitment by the local trust committees to take the servicing functions of the
regional district into consideration in matters involving the local trust areas;
(e) cooperation through liaison, sharing of information, and notification of significant
initiatives that may impact the other party.
COOPERATION
2. (1) The parties agree to cooperate with respect to the implementation, coordination and
adnunistration of each party’s legislative authority that may impact the other party.
(2) The parties agtee to coordinate activities within the local trust areas / electoral 

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