Trust Programs Committee Regular Meeting Minutes

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Trust Programs Committee Minutes of Meeting – May 16, 2011  1 
 
File: TAS/TPC-2 
ISLANDS TRUST COUNCIL 
TRUST PROGRAMS COMMITTEE 
 
MINUTES OF MAY 16, 2011 
LADYSMITH B.C. 
 
Present: Committee Members    Staff                                                     
George Ehring, Salt Spring    Lisa Gordon, TAS Director 
Jen Gobby, Lasqueti       Clare Frater, Policy Analyst     
David Greer, S. Pender (Vice-Chair, TPC) (by phone)     
Jan Hagedorn, Gambier (by phone) 
Tony Law, Hornby (Chair, TPC)   
Peter Luckham, Thetis (EC Rep)   
Susan Ann Morrison, Lasqueti  
Sheila Malcolmson, Gabriola (ex officio)  
Beverley Neff, Saturna 
 
Absent: Committee Members 
Jeanine Dodds, Mayne  
Sue French, Thetis  
      
The meeting was called to order at 11:08 a.m. 
 
1.     APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA  
 
By unanimous consent, the agenda amended to note that item 3.4 did not have a briefing provided. By 
unanimous consent, the agenda was approved as amended.  
 
2. PREVIOUS MEETING 
 
2.1 Approval of Regular Minutes of February 14, 2011 
 
It was Moved and Seconded that the Regular Minutes of February 14, 2011 be adopted as 
amended. 
 
CARRIED 
 
2.2 Follow Up Action List 
 
Lisa Gordon reported on the Follow-Up Action List items and gave a brief outline of tasks underway, 
some of which were assigned by other committees. After some discussion, by unanimous consent, the 
Follow Up Action List was amended to include only the items arising from the committee’s decisions.  
 
Trustee Hagedorn inquired about the status of the expansion of the Natural Area Protection Tax 
Exemption Program (NAPTEP) to the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD). Staff explained that 
a presentation to Bowen Island Municipality and to the GVRD Board is proposed for this summer. Staff 
explained that expansion of NAPTEP to Bowen Island and Bowyer and Passage Islands within the 
Gambier Local Trust Area would ideally be proposed to the GVRD Board at the same time. If for some 
reason, Bowen Island Municipality delays its decision about participation in NAPTEP, there could be a 
separate presentation to the GVRD Board for only Bowyer and Passage Islands. Staff further explained 
that discussions on Bowen Island about NAPTEP will need to take into account their municipal tax 
structure and that NAPTEP will have a higher property tax impact for Bowen Island landowners. 
 

Trust Programs Committee Minutes of Meeting – May 16, 2011  2 
 
3. COUNCIL REFERRALS 
 
3.1 Policy Statement Task Force final report  
 
Trustee Law provided an overview of the task force’s work and staff explained that the report was written 
by trustees and assembled by staff. Committee members expressed their appreciation to members of the 
task force and to staff for their work on the report. Committee members discussed that for several years, 
TPC had not been able to regularly review the topic inventory as required by the Policy Statement Topic 
Review Framework policy. As part of the task force`s work, the in

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