Protocol Agreement BC Ferry Corp

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PROTOCOL AGREEMENT.

ON

FERRY SERVICE IN THE ISLANDS TRUST AREA

BETWEEN:

BRITISH COLUMBIA
FERRY CORPORATION

AND:
ISLANDS TRUST

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PROTOCOL AGREEMENT

on

FERRY SERVICE IN THE ISLANDS TRUST AREA

BETWEEN:

B.C. FERRY CORPORATION
AND:

ISLANDS TRUST
WHEREAS:

The legislated object of the islands Trust, pursuant to Section 3 of the Islands Trust
Act, is to preserve and protect the Trust Area and its unique amenities and environment
for the benefit of the residents of the Trust Area and the Province generally, in
cooperation with municipalities, regional districts, improvement districts, other persons
and organizations, and the government of the Province;

Pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Islands Trust Act, for the purpose of carrying out the
object of the Trust, the islands Trust Council may, subject to the approval by the
Minister of Municipal Affairs, enter into agreements with the Province and agents of the
Province respecting the coordination of administrative activities within the Trust Area;

The ISLANDS TRUST, through the following corporate entities is responsible for:

Trust Council - making recommendations to the Lieutenant Governor in Council
respecting the acquisition, use and disposition by the Crown in right of the
Province of land situated within the trust area, establishing general policies to
carry out the object of the Trust, ensuring proposed local planning activities
comply with the Trust object and policy statement;

Trust Fund Board - acquiring and holding land in perpetuity to protect
significant environmental sites and features; and

Local Trust Committees - providing local land use planning and regulation and
responding to the concerns of island residents and property owners.

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B.C. FERRIES is responsible for satisfying its customers’ needs for safe, efficient,
effective and ‘reliable ferry transportation services. As a publicly-owned Crown
Corporation, B.C. Ferries facilitates economic and social development within the Province.

Both B.C. Ferries and the Islands Trust recognize that environmental and land use
planning issues related to ferry transportation services are complex, often transcending
political boundaries, and thus require coordinated responses from the parties;

AND WHEREAS:

Both parties recognize the need to identify areas for cooperative efforts involving B.C.
Ferries’ responsibility for ferry transportation services, local trust committee responsibility
for land use planning and regulations in local trust areas and the Islands Trust

responsibility to preserve and protect unique amenities and the environment of the Trust
Area. ;

THEREFORE:

B.C. Ferries and the Islands Trust are committed to developing agreements and
procedures to promote interagency cooperation and consultation to enhance ‘their
respective abilities to achieve their mandates within the Trust Area in a manner which is

respectful of each agency’s jurisdiction and capability and based on the following
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