Executive Committee Regular Meeting Revised Agenda

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islands Trust Executive Committee
Revised Agenda
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Time: 9:15 a.m.
Location: Electronic Meeting, and a physical location to view the livestream of the meeting:
Islands Trust Victoria Office
#200 - 1627 Fort Street
Victoria, BC V8R 1H8
Pages
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3.1 Introduction of New Items
3.2 Approval of Agenda
3.2.1 Agenda Context Notes 8-8
4. RISE AND REPORT DECISIONS FROM PREVIOUSLY CLOSED MEETING
Chair Patrick to report that at the last in-camera meeting the Executive Committee adopted
the June 16 and July 8, 2026 in-camera meeting minutes.
5. ADOPTION OF MINUTES
For review and adoption.
5.1 Draft Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of July 29, 2026 9-17
6. FOLLOW UP ACTION LIST AND UPDATES
6.1 Follow Up Action List/Director/CAO Updates 18 - 26
6.2 Local Trust Committee Chair Updates and Reports on Local Advocacy Topics
6.3 Islands Trust Conservancy Liaison Update
7. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
8. BYLAWS FOR APPROVAL CONSIDERATION

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8.1 Bowen Island Municipality - Land Use Bylaw Amendment Bylaw No. 723 - Request for 27 - 39
Decision

THAT the Islands Trust Executive Committee advise Bowen Island Municipality that
Bylaw No. 723 cited as “Bowen Island Municipality Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002,
Amendment Bylaw No. 723, 2026” is not contrary to or at variance with the Islands
Trust Policy Statement.

8.2 Bowen Island Municipality - Land Use Bylaw Amendment Bylaw No. 726 - Request for 40-72
Decision

1. THAT the Islands Trust Executive Committee advise Bowen Island
Municipality that Bylaw No. 726 cited as “Bowen Island Municipality Land
Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002, Amendment Bylaw No. 726, 2026” may be
contrary to, or at variance with, the following policies of the Islands Trust
Policy Statement:

° 4.1.5 Local Trust Committees and Island Municipalities shall, in their
official community plans and regulatory bylaws, address the
preservation, protection, and encouragement of farming, the
sustainability of farming, and the relationship of farming to other
land uses.

° 5.7.2 Local Trust Committees and Island Municipalities shall, in their
official community plans and regulatory bylaws, address economic
opportunities that are compatible with conservation of resources and
protection of community character.

2. THAT the Islands Trust Executive Committee advise Bowen Island
Municipality that Bylaw No. 726, cited as “Bowen Island Municipality Land
Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002, Amendment Bylaw No. 726, 2026” may be
reassessed for consistency with the Islands Trust Policy Statement by
providing the following information:

° Clarification of how the cidery definition is consistent with the
agricultural use of the land and Rural Residential land designation.

TRUST COUNCIL MEETING PREPARATION

All items under this heading are for review and forwarding to the September Islands Trust
Council Quarterly Meeting agenda.

9.1 Executive
9.1.1 Chief Administrative Officer Quarte

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