Letter of Understanding Ministry Environment

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‘LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
on
CROWN LAND ADMINISTRATION
WITHIN THE ISLANDS TRUST AREA

BETWEEN:
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, LANDS AND PARKS
LANDS REGIONAL OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT
AND:
THE ISLANDS TRUST
1.0 PURPOSE
1.1 The purpose of this agreement is to foster an ongoing consultative process between Islands
Trust and BC Lands to coordinate their respective roles within the Trust Area relative to Crown
Jands in‘accordance with the Protocol Agreement on Crown lands in the Trust Area between
the Ministry of Environments, Lands and Parks and the Islands Trust as endorsed by the
Minister of Municipal Affairs.
2.0 PRINCIPLE
2.1 This agreement acknowledges mutual respect for each agency’s policies and areas of
jurisdiction.
2.2 This agreement is consistent with the mandate of each agency, and conforms with and is
subject to the /sfands Trust Act, Municipal Act, Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act, Lend
Act and Greenbelt Act.
3.0 MANDATE AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

3.1

3.2

BC Lands is responsible for managing and allocating provincial Crown land, including aquatic
fand, in the interest of the public for conservation, recreation, commercial, settlement and
industrial uses. Entrusted with the authority to make decisions on the use of Crown land, BC
Lands considers the broad range of interests when allocating Crown ijands for the best possible
use of the land.

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 resident and property owners.

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5.0

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OBJECTIVES

Specific objectives of this agreement are to:

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

Provide an efficient decision making process that is perceived by all interested parties as
reasonable and fair.

Coordinate the inter-agency processes by which information is communicated and decisions are
made.

Standardize the process for communications and decision making within each agency.

Endorse a process for resolving disagreements on decisions.

DECISION MAKING

The following guidelines are endorsed for routine consultation between BC Lands and islands Trust on
matters of mutual concern:

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

An annual meeting between senior officials shall be held at the beginning of the fiscal year to
discuss initiatives, agency directions and items of mutual concern.

When planning activities are intended, early consultation will be initiated and terms of ref

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