Islands Trust Council regular meeting, June 21, 2022

[0:00:15] Voice 19: Okay, it's seven o'clock.

[0:00:24] Voice 3: Okay, so let us begin. So good evening, trustees. Thank you

[0:00:31] Voice 3: everyone for coming back and thank you for a great morning and day of Trust Council work

[0:00:36] Voice 3: and welcome members of the public that are joining us today. My name is Peter Luckham.

[0:00:44] Voice 3: I'm elected on Thetis Island, which I quite often like to think of as in the center of

[0:00:50] Voice 3: the Salish Sea, which I just want to remark about what a beautiful place it is and how

[0:00:58] Voice 3: culturally and historically rich it is with the First Nations stories and history.

[0:01:04] Voice 3: And it's an honor to be able to live and work here and encourage everyone to find out more

[0:01:12] Voice 3: about the Coast Salish people in your area

[0:01:15] Voice 3: and we'll be richer for it.

[0:01:20] Voice 3: I want to recognize that today

[0:01:22] Voice 3: is Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada

[0:01:27] Voice 3: and that's a significant day

[0:01:31] Voice 3: to observe and participate in festivities

[0:01:37] Voice 3: and celebration around the summer solstice.

[0:01:42] Voice 3: this day recognizes not just the Coast Salish people on the coast here but

[0:01:47] Voice 3: representing all First Nations as well as the Inuit and Métis and elements of the natural

[0:01:55] Voice 3: world that we live in and I'm thankful that we are nationally able to recognize that today

[0:02:03] Voice 3: that's the beautiful artwork right there that's been created for this day that symbolizes those

[0:02:08] Voice 3: elements that I just spoke of. So I'm just going to do introductions around the room here from what

[0:02:15] Voice 3: I see on my meeting agenda here, just so that those of you in the public that have come to

[0:02:21] Voice 3: address us today know who's in the room. And so I've already said myself, Peter Luckham, elected

[0:02:27] Voice 3: on Thetis Island. And perhaps I'll just call out the trustees. You might say where you're from,

[0:02:32] Voice 3: if you're inclined, and say hello.

[0:02:35] Voice 3: Trustee Brent.

[0:02:40] Voice 4: Hi, it's Paul Brent from Saturna Island,

[0:02:44] Voice 4: also known as Tic Tac Sin in the St. Charleston language.

[0:02:48] Voice 4: Thank you, Paul.

[0:02:49] Voice 4: Trustee Critchley.

[0:02:52] Voice 2: Yes, greetings, everyone.

[0:02:54] Voice 2: I'm from Denman Island,

[0:02:55] Voice 2: known to the Comox people as Clash Deitch.

[0:03:02] Voice 12: Thank you.

[0:03:02] Voice 12: Trustee Cahill.

[0:03:05] Voice 12: Good evening, and a very warm welcome

[0:03:08] Voice 12: Welcome from Bowen Island.

[0:03:10] Voice 12: Thank you.

[0:03:11] Voice 12: Trustee Wolverton.

[0:03:15] Voice 7: I represent Galliano, which is home to the Coast Salish peoples and, in particular, the

[0:03:22] Voice 7: Penelaket.

[0:03:23] Voice 19: Thank you.

[0:03:25] Voice 19: Trustee Allen.

[0:03:33] Voice 19: Trustee from Hornby Island, I'll just say.

[0:03:36] Voice 3: Trustee Fast.

[0:03:39] Voice 11: I'm from Bowen Island, also known as Nughlelequem and Qalakam in the Squamish Nation's territory.

[0:03:47] Voice 9: Thank you. Trustee Maughan.

[0:03:49] Voice 9: Greetings from Main Island.

[0:03:51] Voice 9: Thank you.

[0:03:53] Voice 9: Trustee Fenton.

[0:03:56] Voice 3: Good evening. I'm calling in from

[0:03:58] Voice 3: the territories of

[0:04:00] Voice 3: Penelope and the Laksons

[0:04:02] Voice 3: peoples.

[0:04:05] Voice 19: So Trustee McConkie.

[0:04:11] Voice 1: Hello from Stace. Hello.

[0:04:17] Voice 10: Trustee Patrick.

[0:04:19] Voice 10: Laura Patrick from

[0:04:21] Voice 10: Salt Spring Island, traditional territories

[0:04:23] Voice 10: for several

[0:04:24] Voice 10: Coast Salish nations.

[0:04:27] Voice 3: All right, thank you.

[0:04:28] Voice 3: Trustee Johnston.

[0:04:30] Voice 3: Agatay, Eliskeedi Island.

[0:04:33] Voice 3: Thank you.

[0:04:34] Voice 3: Trustee Langerhuis.

[0:04:37] Voice 15: Greetings from Gabriel Island,

[0:04:39] Voice 15: Sonamo Territory.

[0:04:46] Voice 19: Nice.

[0:04:47] Voice 19: Trustee Middleton.

[0:04:51] Voice 19: Evening from Sutren Island, Texan.

[0:04:55] Voice 19: Trustee Peterson.

[0:04:57] Voice 19: Good

[0:05:01] Voice 13: evening from Agatay, Eliskeedi Island

[0:05:03] Voice 13: and the traditional territory of many Coast Salish peoples

[0:05:07] Voice 13: and the treaty territory of the Tlayama Nation.

[0:05:11] Voice 13: Trustee Rockefeller.

[0:05:14] Voice 7: Good evening from Galliano,

[0:05:16] Voice 7: home of the Coast Salish People.

[0:05:18] Voice 19: Trustee Rogers.

[0:05:23] Voice 19: And you, Dan?

[0:05:26] Voice 19: Trustee Stamford.

[0:05:27] Voice 19: Oh, there

[0:05:27] Voice 3: you are, Trustee Rogers.

[0:05:30] Voice 3: No, still no audio from you there, sir.

[0:05:33] Voice 3: You didn't hear us.

[0:05:35] Voice 3: I'll just go to Trustee Rogers.

[0:05:37] Voice 3: You can back here.

[0:05:38] Voice 3: hello

[0:05:40] Voice 9: um i'm coming in from a child on which in i'll cut some house out

[0:05:49] Voice 3: thank you um did i get trustee rockville and deliano where you said hi okay so yeah my list

[0:05:56] Voice 3: is jumping around for some reason but i i think that captures anybody have i missed somebody

[0:06:00] Voice 3: trustee mcconkie perhaps oh no trustee allen

[0:06:06] Voice 3: You weren't there at the time, so great to hear you, Trustee Allen.

[0:06:10] Voice 3: Thank you.

[0:06:10] Voice 15: From Corby.

[0:06:12] Voice 3: So I think that covers it.

[0:06:14] Voice 3: So

[0:06:14] Voice 3: No, no.

[0:06:15] Voice 3: Whoa, whoa.

[0:06:16] Voice 18: You missed me.

[0:06:17] Voice 18: Hello.

[0:06:18] Voice 18: God's.

[0:06:19] Voice 18: God's.

[0:06:19] Voice 18: I don't

[0:06:21] Voice 3: even see you on my screen.

[0:06:23] Voice 18: I don't know.

[0:06:24] Voice 18: Reserve land.

[0:06:25] Voice 3: Okay.

[0:06:26] Voice 3: Thank you, Janine.

[0:06:28] Voice 3: Sorry about that.

[0:06:30] Voice 3: Okay.

[0:06:31] Voice 3: So welcome, as I said before, everybody, and thank you, trustees, for being here tonight

[0:06:36] Voice 3: to listen to our communities and we have four delegations this evening uh then when i in this

[0:06:43] Voice 3: order then climate action network uh patty willis friends of gulf islands maxine leicester we write

[0:06:50] Voice 3: the trust policy statement michael sketch and request for council's consideration request for

[0:06:55] Voice 3: council's consideration just simplistic and so we'll go in that order and then we'll go into

[0:07:00] Voice 3: to public comments.

[0:07:01] Voice 3: And if you're actively connected to set up as an attendee,

[0:07:06] Voice 3: and I see a few names there,

[0:07:08] Voice 3: I will call you to speak when we get to that section.

[0:07:14] Voice 3: So delegation time slots are 10 minutes

[0:07:17] Voice 3: and ask you to self-manage your time

[0:07:21] Voice 3: to allow us to get through all the speakers

[0:07:23] Voice 3: and provide opportunity for public comment.

[0:07:25] Voice 3: And public comment is set at about three minutes

[0:07:29] Voice 3: for each speaker if you have more to say you can certainly come back another time if necessary

[0:07:35] Voice 3: um just ask you to be respectful of everyone um in the room your friends and neighbors that are

[0:07:41] Voice 3: joining us online our staff that work for the island's trust they have a right to have a safe

[0:07:46] Voice 3: workplace and uh and of course all of your trustees in the room here um keep your uh uh

[0:07:54] Voice 3: your topic to the issues and try not to talk about individuals and let us continue with our

[0:08:07] Voice 3: session this evening. So let us begin with Denman Island Climate Action Network and it's

[0:08:13] Voice 3: Patty Willis, over to you.

[0:08:25] Voice 6: Thank you. My name is Patty Willis. I have lived on Denman Island

[0:08:30] Voice 6: Island for 52 years. This evening, I'm representing the Denman Island Climate Action Network. Our

[0:08:38] Voice 6: mission is to connect, empower, and provide structure for the Denman Island community

[0:08:43] Voice 6: to take action on the climate change emergency. Among our projects is to promote a fossil fuel

[0:08:53] Voice 6: non-proliferation treaty. Slide please. Oil and gas are responsible for 86 percent of all carbon

[0:09:07] Voice 6: dioxide emissions in the past decade. Slide please. Slide please. Antonio Guterres, Secretary General

[0:09:21] Voice 6: of the United Nations, recently said today's state of the climate report is a dismal litany

[0:09:27] Voice 6: of humanity's failure to tackle climate disruption. Fossil fuels are a dead end

[0:09:34] Voice 6: environmentally and economically. The only sustainable future is a renewable one.

[0:09:40] Voice 6: If we act together, the renewable energy transformation can be the peace project

[0:09:46] Voice 6: of the 21st century. Slide, please. The treaty would prevent the proliferation of coal, oil,

[0:09:57] Voice 6: and gas by ending all new exploration and production. It would phase out existing

[0:10:03] Voice 6: production of fossil fuels in line with the 1.5 Celsius global climate goal. It would fast track

[0:10:11] Voice 6: real solutions and adjust transition for every worker, community, and country. Slide please.

[0:10:20] Voice 6: A fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty could not only complement the Paris Agreement by

[0:10:26] Voice 6: by tackling climate change at the source of the problem,

[0:10:30] Voice 6: fossil fuels, but also play an important role

[0:10:34] Voice 6: in ensuring a just and equitable transition

[0:10:37] Voice 6: for countries, communities, and workers globally.

[0:10:42] Voice 6: Slide, please.

[0:10:44] Voice 6: It's already been endorsed by 230 legislators

[0:10:48] Voice 6: from 63 countries, including among our neighbors,

[0:10:53] Voice 6: Victoria, Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Richmond, Montreal, Toronto, and elsewhere, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Paris, Buenos Aires, Sydney, Australia, Bonn, Cambridge, UK.

[0:11:12] Voice 6: Slide, please. Local government plays a catalytic role in phasing out fossil fuels, transitioning to renewable energy and building momentum and collective pressure from below for national governments to endorse the fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty and undertake meaningful climate action.

[0:11:38] Voice 6: Slide, please. The Islands Trust Council declared a climate change emergency, committing to take urgent and fair climate action. That was in March 2019. Slide, please.

[0:11:55] Voice 6: How to endorse the call for a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty.

[0:12:01] Voice 6: Slide, please.

[0:12:03] Voice 6: Pass a resolution affirming the Islands Trust endorsement of the call for the fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty.

[0:12:12] Voice 6: Slide, please.

[0:12:16] Voice 6: Trustee Critchley will kindly present this resolution later for your endorsement.

[0:12:23] Voice 6: Whereas the scientific consensus is clear that human activities are primarily responsible for accelerating global climate change and that the climate crisis now represents an existential threat to our planet.

[0:12:37] Voice 6: And whereas the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has repeatedly reported that we must achieve net zero in greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of this century, if we are to have a reasonable chance of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

[0:12:56] Voice 6: Whereas change in the Islands Trust area's climate is already evident with hotter, drier summers, increased threat of wildfire, drought conditions depleting freshwater resources, rising sea levels, acidification of the marine waters,

[0:13:14] Voice 6: And whereas our entire community is impacted by the health and safety risks of fossil fuel expansion, particularly those who face socioeconomic and health inequities, including low-income families, those experiencing homelessness, people of color and indigenous people, youth, seniors, and slide, please.

[0:13:38] Voice 6: Whereas our youth and future generations have the most to lose from a lack of immediate action to stop fossil fuel expansion as they face major and lifelong health, ecological, social and economic impacts from prolonged and cumulative effects of climate change, including food and water shortages, infectious diseases and natural disasters.

[0:14:04] Voice 6: And whereas the Paris Climate Agreement is silent on coal, oil, and gas, an omission with respect to the supply and production of fossil fuels, the largest source of greenhouse gases, and that needs to be collectively addressed by other means.

[0:14:22] Voice 6: And whereas a new global initiative is underway calling for a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty that would end new fossil fuel exploration and expansion, phase out existing production in line with the global commitment to limit warming to 1.5 Celsius and accelerate equitable transition plans.

[0:14:44] Voice 6: And whereas in March 2019, the Islands Trust Council declared a climate change emergency, committing to take urgent and fair climate action.

[0:14:57] Voice 6: Now, therefore, be it resolved, the Islands Trust formally endorses the call for a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty.

[0:15:05] Voice 6: And further that, the Chair, on behalf of the Trust Council, sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Canada and the Premier of B.C., urging the Canadian and B.C. governments to support the global initiative for a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty.

[0:15:32] Voice 6: This presentation is dedicated to Louise Bell, whose celebration of life will actually be

[0:15:41] Voice 6: taking place tomorrow in the Denman Island Community Hall at 2 o'clock.

[0:15:46] Voice 6: We miss her tremendously.

[0:15:49] Voice 6: We miss her as our trustee.

[0:15:51] Voice 6: What a loyal and generous and smart person she was.

[0:15:56] Voice 6: slide please thank you very much for listening to my presentation okay

[0:16:05] Voice 3: thank you very much uh

[0:16:06] Voice 3: patty i'll just ask if there's any questions from trustees

[0:16:10] Voice 3: and show digital hand would probably be the most helpful way

[0:16:17] Voice 3: not see any so again thank you justin wolverton has i'll put her hand up sir how come i don't

[0:16:24] Voice 3: see your hand. Okay, Trustee Wolberton. Oh, there you are. Go ahead.

[0:16:31] Voice 19: You're muted, Trustee Wolberton.

[0:16:37] Voice 19: Yeah, thank you

[0:16:39] Voice 8: for the presentation. I was flipping back to the slides. I wondered

[0:16:45] Voice 8: what is meant by real solutions and a just transition? What your organization has in mind

[0:16:54] Voice 8: when you use that phrase?

[0:16:57] Voice 6: I think that phrase is coming actually

[0:17:00] Voice 6: from the fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty organization.

[0:17:05] Voice 6: And I think that's a work in progress

[0:17:08] Voice 6: that the text for an actual treaty

[0:17:11] Voice 6: has not been developed yet,

[0:17:13] Voice 6: but that would probably be under the auspices

[0:17:17] Voice 6: of the United Nations.

[0:17:19] Voice 8: Okay, thank you.

[0:17:20] Voice 8: Thank you.

[0:17:23] Voice 3: okay thank

[0:17:23] Voice 19: you very much

[0:17:24] Voice 3: so before i go on to the next speaker speaker i've just been reminded

[0:17:28] Voice 3: that those people that are viewing us via the webinar link or live stream

[0:17:36] Voice 3: need to ensure that you use the um the webinar link if you wish to address us today because

[0:17:43] Voice 3: the live stream doesn't support uh an interaction component and so if you want to address trust

[0:17:49] Voice 3: House Council during the community engagement portion of the agenda, please use the webinar

[0:17:56] Voice 3: link. So let me move along now to the next speaker, Friends of the Gulf Islands. And Maxine

[0:18:02] Voice 3: Leichter, nice to see you here again. We'll turn it over to you.

[0:18:09] Voice 5: Hello. You can see me and hear me?

[0:18:16] Voice 3: Hear you and see your slides, yeah.

[0:18:18] Voice 5: Okay. So I'm presenting on behalf of Friends of the Gulf

[0:18:24] Voice 5: Islands, and I'm here today to represent them and the 800 individuals who signed our petition

[0:18:33] Voice 5: asking you, trustees, as you revise the trust policy statement, to give clear priority to

[0:18:40] Voice 5: protection of the natural environment in all land use planning. Could I have the next slide, please?

[0:18:51] Voice 5: Since we presented the first group of signatures in December, the need to protect our island's

[0:18:58] Voice 5: environments has become even greater. As you can see from this table, the 2021 census showed

[0:19:06] Voice 5: that the population of the Southern Gulf Islands has increased almost 29 percent,

[0:19:12] Voice 5: compared with the provincial average of 7.6 percent, the national average of 5.2 percent,

[0:19:20] Voice 5: 29%.

[0:19:21] Voice 5: It should be noted that Maine, Galliano, South Pender, and Saturnas population increases

[0:19:28] Voice 5: were over 30%.

[0:19:30] Voice 5: The COVID pandemic and flight from crowded urban environments, the ability to work online

[0:19:37] Voice 5: from home, the escalating of baby boomer retirements, and our now Mediterranean climate

[0:19:43] Voice 5: will continue to draw people to the trust area.

[0:19:46] Voice 5: you. Therefore, we believe it is relevant to again present the petition that now has 800 signatures.

[0:19:56] Voice 5: Since December, you received the governance report that made important points directly

[0:20:03] Voice 5: relevant to your consideration of amendments to the trust policy statement. Population pressures

[0:20:11] Voice 5: measures make it even more important to consider this finding in the report. This is from the

[0:20:18] Voice 5: report. Comprehensive analysis using current data is needed on the ability of the islands to manage

[0:20:28] Voice 5: existing development and natural areas and to accommodate more growth in light of first the

[0:20:36] Voice 5: The effects of climate change, for example, increased water shortages, rising sea levels, greater wildfire risks, and impacts on species and ecosystems.

[0:20:46] Voice 5: Second, more stringent environmental protection regulations and standards, the increasing costs of delivering public services, and other considerations.

[0:20:58] Voice 5: This pressing need was acknowledged by Trust Council when it adopted the Climate Emergency Declaration.

[0:21:05] Voice 5: You can take the slide down now.

[0:21:09] Voice 5: Next, the report found that trustees do not agree on the object of the trust and how to implement the protect and preserve mandate.

[0:21:20] Voice 5: The report highlights as the first challenge reaching agreement on how to interpret the protect and preserve object.

[0:21:30] Voice 5: We are concerned that since the trust policy statement is the vehicle for implementing the trust object, if trustees do not agree on the object, the purpose of the trust, they cannot adopt a meaningful trust policy statement.

[0:21:48] Voice 5: Thirdly, we support the governance report's recommendation that trustees must understand their federal responsibilities.

[0:21:56] Voice 5: responsibilities. That requires them to think beyond the interests of their individual local

[0:22:01] Voice 5: trust areas and instead focus on the policies that benefit the trust area as a whole. We concur

[0:22:08] Voice 5: with the statement in a recent letter from the Gulf Islands Alliance to the trust

[0:22:13] Voice 5: executive that the governance committee's first task should be to clarify section three of the

[0:22:21] Voice 5: the Island Trust Act, and to confirm that as the governance review consultant stated in their

[0:22:28] Voice 5: address to you at the March Trust Council meeting, the Islands Trust is a special purpose agency,

[0:22:35] Voice 5: not just a form of local government, and that the mandate is to protect and preserve

[0:22:41] Voice 5: the natural environment for the benefit of all British Columbians. Thank you. Are there questions?

[0:22:49] Voice 5: Thank you.

[0:22:51] Voice 3: Are there any questions from the delegate?

[0:22:53] Voice 3: I don't think so, Maxine. Thank you for joining us today and bringing that message.

[0:23:01] Voice 3: Thanks for being friends with the Gulf Islands.

[0:23:06] Voice 3: Let us go to the next speaker, Michael Sketch, a rewrite of the trust policy statement.

[0:23:12] Voice 3: Michael, over to you.

[0:23:28] Voice 19: Can you hear me?

[0:23:32] Voice 1: yes we

[0:23:33] Voice 3: can hear you and we can see you oh

[0:23:35] Voice 1: good thank you a plane just flew overhead so i hope

[0:23:39] Voice 1: that hasn't uh yeah if you wouldn't mind taking that down please thank you very much counselors

[0:23:49] Voice 1: i speak to reason for rewrite of the trust policy statement bylaw and implementation of federation

[0:23:57] Voice 1: governance. I'll refer to Council's Trust Policy Statement by-law as TPS and the Islands Trusts Act

[0:24:05] Voice 1: as the Act. First, I'll address failures in the TPS, then the failure to implement Islands Trust

[0:24:13] Voice 1: Federation governance. These two failures are elephants at the Trust Council table. Yes,

[0:24:21] Voice 1: Yes, they were invited in your 1994 TPS bylaw, but never acknowledged and usually unseen, if seen, not recognized as troublemakers.

[0:24:34] Voice 1: This trustee term council has taken bold steps, commissioning and now implementing a governance review, together with TPS revision.

[0:24:45] Voice 1: My submission to you is germane.

[0:24:49] Voice 1: I'll start with a critique of TPS structure and content. I

[0:24:55] Voice 1: argue that the structure and

[0:24:57] Voice 1: content of Council's TPS by-law fails to ensure that Council implements requisite policies to

[0:25:05] Voice 1: carry out the object of the trust in and of Council's responsibility under the Act.

[0:25:12] Voice 1: In the preamble wording of directive policies, the TPS delegates implementation of trust area

[0:25:19] Voice 1: policies to local jurisdiction bylaws not only delegates but the TPS authorizes local area

[0:25:27] Voice 1: jurisdictions to give reason not to implement select trust area policies in their bylaws

[0:25:33] Voice 1: but authority to set aside council's trust area policies is council's purview. TPS content

[0:25:44] Voice 1: Content fails to give policy clarity to the essence of what is to be preserved and protected, the environment, nor is there policy to direct the administration structure necessary to implement a federation governance established in the Act.

[0:26:01] Voice 1: The local planning service retains 75% of the budget, but isn't accountable to trust area services.

[0:26:12] Voice 1: There is consequence for failure in the TPS council bylaw and the lack of checks and balances, which federal governance should give.

[0:26:21] Voice 1: Too often, trust area natural entities have been compromised, or the trust hasn't cooperated with provincial law or both.

[0:26:30] Voice 1: Consider shoreline protection for 450 trust area islands and islets. Intuitively a council

[0:26:40] Voice 1: responsibility, but policy and regulation are delegated to each local area jurisdiction and

[0:26:48] Voice 1: each of some 30 principal island and associated island bylaws. Each must be checked for compliance

[0:26:55] Voice 1: or that reasonable reason is given not to comply. The situation is quite different where a regional

[0:27:03] Voice 1: district requires that municipalities adhere to a regional growth strategy. There, each

[0:27:11] Voice 1: municipality includes an OCP statement that undertakes compliance with the regional growth

[0:27:18] Voice 1: strategy. The same simplicity should apply to council's direction to local area jurisdictions

[0:27:25] Voice 1: for trust area policies. I have submitted successive drafts of a TPS bylaw for council

[0:27:33] Voice 1: to deliberate and improve. I'll speak now to federal governance. Now, I'll give specific

[0:27:42] Voice 1: remedy for the lack of a two-level hierarchical federal governance established in the Act,

[0:27:48] Voice 1: and I'll introduce it in combination with the ubiquitous development permit area, DPA.

[0:27:57] Voice 1: DPAs are useful in many local area jurisdictions to protect ecosystems and natural entities. On

[0:28:03] Voice 1: On North Pender, groundwater recharge areas may be a current candidate for DPA designation.

[0:28:11] Voice 1: Prime agricultural soils, rare on trust area islands, should be another.

[0:28:17] Voice 1: Pender already has seven ecosystem DPAs and one for raptor and eagle's nests, each with mapping in the OCP.

[0:28:27] Voice 1: Arguably, there should be environmental entities within the DPAs, more.

[0:28:32] Voice 1: I say arguably because the administrative burden escalates as DPA regulation increases.

[0:28:42] Voice 1: For a landowner applying for a change in land use within multiple DP areas, development permit areas, registered professional reports are needed for each discipline.

[0:28:51] Voice 1: Not only has the professional reliance model been questioned, but trust planning staff don't usually have sufficient knowledge to assess the effectiveness of specialist reports in the context of protecting the subject land.

[0:29:12] Voice 1: I think there's a better approach, which could initially be implemented side by side with DPAs.

[0:29:20] Voice 1: Imagine trust area services led by a deputy chief administrative officer and enhanced by a board of registered professionals experienced in hydrogeology, biology, agrology, paralegal, rural environmental planning, the First Nations interest, and other as needed.

[0:29:43] Voice 1: then council could give direction that all trust area applications for change and land use

[0:29:48] Voice 1: be submitted to the board where they would be reviewed

[0:29:52] Voice 1: and flagged using the mapping data for each jurisdiction then return to the local plan

[0:30:00] Voice 1: service for application processing. An application approved by the local area jurisdiction would

[0:30:06] Voice 1: typically include conditions of approval binding upon the applicant. The local planning service

[0:30:13] Voice 1: would operate within its land use planning expertise, with oversight by specific expertise

[0:30:20] Voice 1: in trust area services, as is appropriate for a federation governance. Of course,

[0:30:27] Voice 1: Of course, councillors will be concerned at the cost of federation governance in land

[0:30:31] Voice 1: use planning.

[0:30:31] Voice 1: But I ask council, how can you afford not to improve your implementation of the act?

[0:30:38] Voice 1: Each time development is approved, which in one way or another offends preservation and

[0:30:43] Voice 1: protection, trust credibility is eroded.

[0:30:48] Voice 1: Council has authority to direct correction of manifest failure in the trust policy statement.

[0:30:54] Voice 1: If the province saw that council was cooperating to repair your TPS by-law, the province may be better disposed to fund the new Trust Area Service staff positions needed to implement Federation governance for land use planning.

[0:31:13] Voice 1: Thank you for taking my submission.

[0:31:18] Voice 3: Thank you, Michael.

[0:31:20] Voice 3: Are there any questions for the delegate?

[0:31:24] Voice 3: I see Trustee Langer has a question.

[0:31:29] Voice 15: yeah uh thank you for for this uh presentation it's interesting the concept of and as sort of

[0:31:35] Voice 15: a semi-independent board to overlook some of the development permit application hadn't thought that

[0:31:42] Voice 15: i was thought of putting forward specialist staff but this is it sounds like you're talking about

[0:31:48] Voice 15: something somewhat indeed independent in terms of their their composition but i'm not sure

[0:31:54] Voice 15: May

[0:31:57] Voice 1: I speak to that?

[0:31:59] Voice 19: Certainly can.

[0:32:00] Voice 1: Yeah, the idea is to implement, and in comparison with the governance structure of Canada and the Islands Trust, to compare the two,

[0:32:10] Voice 1: I'm really saying that in Canada, we look to the federal jurisdiction, to Ottawa, for some overview, oversight governance for the provinces.

[0:32:24] Voice 1: And there's a certain to-ing and fro-ing, usually in the courts, over the limits of the jurisdiction and the rulings from Ottawa to the provinces.

[0:32:36] Voice 1: And so to the federal governance within the Islands Trust, the federal level analogous to Ottawa is Trust Council, and the administrative structure is Trust Area Services.

[0:32:50] Voice 1: So I'm really suggesting that a board of expertise be retained by Trust Area Services specifically to give oversight over the applications that come before the Islands Trust for changes in land use planning.

[0:33:10] Voice 1: And I repeat, the advantage is that the individual landowner would not be saddled with a responsibility for half a dozen management consultants or environmental consultants reports.

[0:33:22] Voice 1: I think there's some merit to this.

[0:33:25] Voice 1: The trouble, of course, in principle, is the cost.

[0:33:28] Voice 1: And I do think the province would help if it was a genuine initiative to implement a long-standing shortfall in the federal administration and could be proved to be effective in carrying out the object of the trust.

[0:33:45] Voice 1: Is that a useful answer?

[0:33:48] Voice 3: Thank you, Michael, for the answer.

[0:33:51] Voice 3: Thank you for the question.

[0:33:52] Voice 3: So I don't see any more questions there.

[0:33:56] Voice 3: So I'll thank you, Michael Sketch.

[0:33:59] Voice 3: your uh presentation today we'll certainly take it into consideration as we advance that work

[0:34:05] Voice 3: and um i'm going to go to 5.14 this is a request for council's consideration from

[0:34:11] Voice 3: jacinth eastick and so jacinth eastick the floor is now yours hello

[0:34:22] Voice 18: everybody um

[0:34:24] Voice 18: i missed the whole day today i had a power outage at my house so i don't know what to place

[0:34:33] Voice 18: In terms of governance, would you support taking away the tiebreaker vote from an LTC chair when the decision involves an increase of residential density?

[0:34:49] Voice 18: Only when the decision involves an increase in residential density.

[0:34:54] Voice 18: Communities elect two local trustees, and when a chair from elsewhere breaks a tie vote,

[0:35:01] Voice 18: vote. A whole section of the community feels totally disenfranchised. And I must admit,

[0:35:09] Voice 18: I have felt disenfranchised for nearly four years, and I feel that something needs to change.

[0:35:18] Voice 18: I would accept the vote of three members of the executive committee acting as chair of

[0:35:25] Voice 18: local trust committee. In such instances, the trust council would take over the bylaw approval

[0:35:31] Voice 18: duty of the executive committee or something of the kind. I know that I am not and that Gabriela

[0:35:37] Voice 18: is not alone in thinking that in case of a tie vote among local trustees, the matter must go to

[0:35:47] Voice 18: a larger panel of decision maker, not just the one

[0:35:51] Voice 19: person for your consideration. Another topic,

[0:36:00] Voice 18: in terms of governance, you are no doubt keenly aware that often circumstances prevent a local

[0:36:06] Voice 18: trustee to consider a proposal due to a clear or perceived conflict of interest or due to

[0:36:13] Voice 18: an apprehension of bias. Can we make it possible for local trustees to appoint a local alternative?

[0:36:21] Voice 18: Each regional directors have been doing so for years, why not a trust? Once again it could be

[0:36:31] Voice 18: more democratic than allowing the chair from elsewhere to yield too much power

[0:36:35] Voice 18: on local planning decisions there has been several examples of this type of situation this term alone

[0:36:42] Voice 18: in the trust area something to consider thank you yet another topic did you know that on some

[0:36:53] Voice 18: islands an accessory residential unit is not considered a residential density

[0:36:58] Voice 18: and that on other islands it does count as a regional density in the federation it would

[0:37:05] Voice 18: be great if we all spoke the same planning language please consider adding a definition of

[0:37:11] Voice 18: a residential density in the island's trust policy statement which would be binding on all trust

[0:37:18] Voice 18: committees for your consideration in terms of management what would be the pros and cons to

[0:37:27] Voice 18: break away from the bc services act the great northern uh management consultants mentioned this

[0:37:35] Voice 18: in March meeting, but I have not seen an analysis in that regard

[0:37:43] Voice 18: because it was not requested.

[0:37:46] Voice 18: Maybe, would someone be willing to ask for such an analysis?

[0:37:52] Voice 18: Again, for your consideration.

[0:37:55] Voice 18: And my final point, having missed the meeting,

[0:37:59] Voice 18: maybe decisions have been made, so this might be already not,

[0:38:07] Voice 18: necessary to mention that to receive the terms of references from the great northern representative

[0:38:13] Voice 18: that the trustees received in march it was pointed out an executive committee meeting that they were

[0:38:21] Voice 18: never formally received and therefore remained in limbo whether you decide to use them or not

[0:38:26] Voice 18: is up to you so and so is the decision for you to create a standing committee on governance

[0:38:31] Voice 18: governance. My best in your deliberations, Josailiste. If you have any questions, let

[0:38:41] Voice 18: me know.

[0:38:42] Voice 3: Okay, thank you, Jacinthe. I don't have a question, but you will be pleased to know

[0:38:46] Voice 3: as the council did decide to strike a standing committee on governance and that work will

[0:38:51] Voice 3: proceed in due course. There's some more conversations to have yet, but that essential decision was

[0:38:58] Voice 3: made today.

[0:39:00] Voice 3: Thank you.

[0:39:00] Voice 3: Questions from trustees? No?

[0:39:05] Voice 3: No. Okay. Well, thank you, Jacinthe, for coming to council again. Appreciate it.

[0:39:10] Voice 3: I'm going to move to section 5.2, which is the public comment period, and I'm going to look to

[0:39:16] Voice 3: my attendees list here, and that's who I'll be asking to be promoted to the speaker. So just

[0:39:26] Voice 3: another reminder that if you're viewing this session on the live streaming component of the

[0:39:34] Voice 3: the website you will need to take yourself off of that and go back in on the web and use the

[0:39:41] Voice 3: webinar link and that will give you the opportunity to be promoted to a speaker so um again asking

[0:39:48] Voice 3: speakers to be respectful to everybody uh online and in the in their homes um and we'll carry on

[0:39:56] Voice 3: here so marybeth rondeau and um we do have a three minute limitation on speakers but we can come back

[0:40:02] Voice 3: if there's still time at the end for additional remarks.

[0:40:07] Voice 3: So Mary Beth Rondeau, I'll ask you for her to be promoted

[0:40:11] Voice 3: to speaker and we'll hear from her.

[0:40:14] Voice 14: Thank you, Chair Luckum.

[0:40:16] Voice 14: Can you hear me?

[0:40:17] Voice 3: You can.

[0:40:18] Voice 14: Okay, well, thank you.

[0:40:20] Voice 14: I'm appreciative of the trustees conversation this afternoon

[0:40:24] Voice 14: on creating a governance committee made up of trustees.

[0:40:28] Voice 14: Congratulations.

[0:40:29] Voice 14: And note that nearly or unanimous agreement among trustees on, you know, just to look at the governance. So it seemed like it's really important to everybody. I think the conversation also reinforced the idea of making that change from within is vastly challenging.

[0:40:50] Voice 14: So I would reiterate support for the concept that there has to be a component from the outside, from the province, as the original creators of the Islands Trust, after nearly 50 years of this experiment in governance, that it's the province that needs to come to the table and help your committee and all of us towards the goals of modernizing.

[0:41:17] Voice 14: And that the province should have an earnest review of its own, and that's outlined in, I think it's 9.2 of your agenda tomorrow afternoon, the request for decision for a provincial review of the Islands Trust. Thank you.

[0:41:36] Voice 3: Thank you for joining us today, and appreciate your encouragement.

[0:41:42] Voice 3: I'm going to go to the next speaker here, which simply says Comox Valley.

[0:41:48] Voice 3: So if you could, you'll get promoted if you could just introduce yourself, that would

[0:41:53] Voice 3: be very much appreciated.

[0:41:55] Voice 3: And the floor is yours.

[0:41:57] Voice 3: Hi,

[0:42:02] Voice 17: it's Theresa Clinton calling from Denman, Comox territory.

[0:42:05] Voice 17: Can you hear me?

[0:42:08] Voice 17: I'm here to support Patty Willis's request about Islands Trust joining the fossil fuel

[0:42:13] Voice 17: nonproliferation treaty.

[0:42:15] Voice 17: I just want to give a few more points.

[0:42:19] Voice 17: As many of you may know, Canada has done abysmally poorly

[0:42:24] Voice 17: with reducing its greenhouse gas emissions.

[0:42:29] Voice 17: It's done the worst of any of the developed countries in the world.

[0:42:33] Voice 17: Since the Paris Agreement, the greenhouse gas emissions

[0:42:37] Voice 17: have not gone down, they've gone up significantly.

[0:42:40] Voice 17: In fact, the USA has done better than we have.

[0:42:44] Voice 17: The other thing that's happened recently is our government and our environment minister just okayed the development of the Beidou Noir, which is an oil drilling rig off the coast of Newfoundland.

[0:43:01] Voice 17: And that's going to pump up billions more barrels of oil.

[0:43:07] Voice 17: And if you dig it, you will burn it.

[0:43:10] Voice 17: And we need to be cutting back.

[0:43:13] Voice 17: so I strongly ask that the Islands Trust endorses this.

[0:43:19] Voice 17: You made a commitment a few years ago

[0:43:21] Voice 17: that you would take the climate emergency seriously

[0:43:24] Voice 17: and Canadians need to change what they're doing.

[0:43:29] Voice 17: We need to take this seriously and we need to act together

[0:43:32] Voice 17: and I think governments of all levels

[0:43:35] Voice 17: need to stand behind our citizens and support this.

[0:43:39] Voice 17: Thank you very much.

[0:43:42] Voice 3: Well, thank you very much for joining us today and for your message.

[0:43:45] Voice 3: So, Mairead Boland is our next speaker. I'll ask you to be promoted.

[0:44:05] Voice 19: Hello,

[0:44:05] Voice 16: sorry, I was a little slow in unmuting. Hi, thank you very much for the opportunity to speak

[0:44:12] Voice 16: and thank you for your time. I was very heartened by the fairly well unanimous agreement to form a

[0:44:21] Voice 16: standing governance committee. I believe that this committee will be a key participant in

[0:44:27] Voice 16: and resource for the provincial review of the Islands Trust. That review is really necessary

[0:44:34] Voice 16: as the Act must be reformed. The scope of the review as described in the RFD is far-reaching

[0:44:41] Voice 16: and will bring clarity, allowing the Trust to function properly. I hope that trustees will

[0:44:47] Voice 16: support the request for decision and write to the province to ask for this review. Thank you for your

[0:44:53] Voice 16: time.

[0:44:56] Voice 3: Thank you, Maya Reid. I appreciate that message. Are there any other speakers today that

[0:45:03] Voice 3: would like to address Council? I see Jacinthe Eastick, Gabriola Island, and she was our Gallagher

[0:45:12] Voice 3: earlier today, but do you have something else to advise

[0:45:16] Voice 19: us today, Ms. Eastick? We're waiting for

[0:45:34] Voice 19: just simply stick to the

[0:45:37] Voice 18: south. Okay, sorry, it took a while. Yes, it's a completely different

[0:45:43] Voice 18: topic. The Local Government Act restricts the amendments that can be made to propose planning

[0:45:51] Voice 18: bylaws post public hearing. The Local Government Act does not restrict the amendments that can be

[0:45:59] Voice 18: made to propose the housing agreement bylaw that were subjected to public hearing. I understand

[0:46:08] Voice 18: that there are a few islands that have taken their housing agreement bylaw to public hearing

[0:46:14] Voice 18: along with the bylaws it relates to, but as an administrative bylaw, it does not require

[0:46:22] Voice 18: public hearing. In the absence of guidance from the local government act as to what type of

[0:46:28] Voice 18: of the amendments that can be made to a housing agreement

[0:46:32] Voice 18: post public hearing, perhaps trustees

[0:46:37] Voice 18: or local trust committee or perhaps council

[0:46:40] Voice 18: could give guidance to the local trust committee

[0:46:43] Voice 18: as to perhaps not recognizing a housing agreement

[0:46:50] Voice 18: post hearing bylaw and allowing the community

[0:46:54] Voice 18: to continue to discuss the ins and outs of the changes,

[0:47:00] Voice 18: some of them drastic, that may require the second first reading,

[0:47:04] Voice 18: just like it has happened on Gabriola.

[0:47:07] Voice 18: I don't know if it is making myself clear.

[0:47:10] Voice 18: In absence of guidance from the Local Government Act

[0:47:14] Voice 18: in regards to acceptable amendment to a housing agreement bylaw

[0:47:18] Voice 18: that has been subjected to a public hearing,

[0:47:21] Voice 18: hearing, perhaps we should not have them on public hearing or consider it a courtesy and

[0:47:28] Voice 18: allow the community to continue committing on changes to it.

[0:47:32] Voice 18: Thank you.

[0:47:34] Voice 3: Well, thank you for those remarks, and that's interesting, we'll look into that situation.

[0:47:42] Voice 3: So thank you.

[0:47:44] Voice 3: Any other speakers today that would like to address Trust Council?

[0:47:50] Voice 3: I

[0:47:51] Voice 19: see Michael Sketch also wishes to address us again.

[0:47:57] Voice 19: Over to you, Mike.

[0:48:06] Voice 19: Can you hear me?

[0:48:09] Voice 1: Yes.

[0:48:10] Voice 1: Yes? Can you hear me?

[0:48:12] Voice 1: Yes.

[0:48:15] Voice 1: Councilors, I've just had, and I'm very grateful,

[0:48:19] Voice 1: a number of trustees have written, emailed me to say thank you

[0:48:22] Voice 1: for a clear presentation.

[0:48:25] Voice 1: I acknowledge that there is a concern because council has not been able

[0:48:32] Voice 1: to come to agreement on how to fix the problems in governance there is a move to ask somebody else

[0:48:39] Voice 1: to give instruction and i am try i have tried very hard to demonstrate to trust council that

[0:48:46] Voice 1: the answer lies within and you councillors have the power to make those basic changes

[0:48:53] Voice 1: i really do believe if the trust policy statement did as the act requires and if there was a proper

[0:48:59] Voice 1: proper federation governance model in place, the intention of the Act would be fulfilled.

[0:49:06] Voice 1: And then, if there were problems, and of course there are a few amendments to the Act that are

[0:49:12] Voice 1: needed, but then you could ask the province. But please, as I said, there are elephants at the

[0:49:19] Voice 1: Trust Council table. Please address them and send them away. Then ask the province, not the other

[0:49:25] Voice 1: the way around thank you okay

[0:49:28] Voice 3: thank you very much michael any other speakers

[0:49:32] Voice 19: today that would like

[0:49:33] Voice 19: to address trust council all right not uh seeing any

[0:49:42] Voice 3: other speakers then i am prepared to call this

[0:49:46] Voice 3: session adjourned for the evening we'll recess actually trust council will recess at this point

[0:49:53] Voice 3: and we will be reconvening at uh nine o'clock tomorrow morning uh starting off with trust

[0:50:00] Voice 3: so thank you members of the public for joining us tonight and viewing and participating and

[0:50:06] Voice 3: thank you for being here and for your hard work today and look forward to working with

[0:50:10] Voice 3: you again tomorrow so i'll call the meeting uh today for recess thank you

Islands Trust Council Minutes ADOPTED Page 1 of 21 
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Trust Council 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date:  
Location:  
June 21 - 23, 2022 
Electronic meeting, Public venue 
Islands Trust  
200-1627 Fort Street 
Victoria, BC V8R 1H8 
 
Trustees Attending: 5. Alex Allen, Hornby Island  
6. Paul Brent, Saturna Island  
7. Laura Busheikin, Denman Island (regrets) 
8. David Critchley, Denman Island  
9. Jeanine Dodds, Mayne Island 
10. Doug Fenton, Thetis Island 
11. Peter Grove, Salt Spring Island  
12. Michael Kaile, Bowen Island Municipality 
13. Kees Langereis, Gabriola Island 
14. David Maude, Mayne Island  
15. Ben McConchie, North Pender Island  
 16. Lee Middleton, Saturna Island  
 17. Kate-Louise Stamford, Gambier Island 
 18. Jane Wolverton, Galiano Island  
 19. Steve Wright,  South Pender Island  
 20. Scott Colbourne, Gabriola Island  
 21. Peter Johnston, Lasqueti Island  
 22. Deb Morrison, North Pender Island  
 23. Timothy Peterson, Lasqueti Island  
 24. Tahirih Rockafella, Galiano Island  
 25. Grant Scott, Hornby Island  
 26. Cameron Thorn, South Pender Island  
 
Staff Attending: Russ Hotsenpiller, Chief Administrative Officer  (boardroom) 
Wanda Boden, Acting Director, Administrative Services (boardroom) 
David Marlor, Director, Local Planning Services (boardroom) 
Clare Frater, Director, Trust Area Services (boardroom) 
Kate Emmings, Manager, Islands Trust Conservancy  
Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager, South 
Heather Kauer, Regional Planning Manager, North 
Warren Dingman, Bylaw Compliance and Enforcement Manager 
Dilani Hippola, Senior Policy Advisor 
Lori Foster, Executive Coordinator/Recorder (boardroom) 
Executive  Present: 1. Peter Luckham, Chair, Thetis Island (boardroom) 
2. Sue Ellen Fast, Vice Chair, Bowen Island Municipality 
3. Dan Rogers, Vice Chair, Gambier/Keats Island 
 4. Laura Patrick, Vice Chair, Salt Spring Island  
  

 
 
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022 
 
The electronic meeting was livestreamed, recorded, and made available for electronic public 
attendance. When the meeting started, there were 2 members of the public present electronically.  It 
was noted that there were 68 live stream views on June 21. 
 
1. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT / CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Luckham called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. stating gratitude to live and work on 
Coast Salish First Nations traditional and treaty territory. 
 
There were 21 trustees deemed present when the meeting was called to order.  Absent: 
Trustees Thorn, Morrison, Wright, Colbourne (regrets) and Busheikin (regrets). 
 
It was noted that today is National Indigenous Peoples Day and that future June Trust Council 
meetings should avoid being scheduled during this week. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
Forwarded from the Executive Committee meeting held earlier today:  
 Port Optimization Session Outline/Presentation to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22 
and PowerPoint added as item 5.3 to Islands Trust Council Quarterly meeting 
addendum. 
 
TC-2022-037 
It was moved by Trustee Middleton and Seconded by Trustee Brent, 
That the agenda be reordered to alternate items 4.2.5 and 4.2.6. 
CARRIED 
By general consent, the agenda was adopted as amended. 
 
3. GENERAL BUSINESS ARISING 
 
3.1 Consent Agenda Items 
 
By general consent, Trust Council adopted the recommendations as presented in items 
3.1.1 to 3.1.3. 
 
3.1.1 March Trust Council draft meeting minutes 
 
The minutes be adopted as presented. 
 
3.1.2 Trust Council Follow-Up Action List 
 
Receive for information. 
 
3.1.3 Resolution(s) without Meeting Report 
 
Receive for information. 
 

 
 
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3.2 Discussion / Decision Items 
 
3.2.1 Trustee Roundtable 
 
Trustees gave verbal updates about their local trust areas.  
 
The meeting recessed for a break at 2:18 p.m. and reconvened at 2:33 p.m. 
 
4. EXECUTIVE 
 
4.1 Consent Agenda Items 
 
By general consent, Trust Council adopted the recommendations as presented in items 
4.1.1 to 4.1.3. 
 
4.1.1 Executive Committee Work Program Report 
 
That Trust Council approve the report as presented. 
 
4.1.2 Strategic Plan Quarterly Report 
 
Receive for information. 
 
4.1.3 Continuous Learning Plan 
 
Receive for information. 
 
4.2 Discussion / Decision Items 
 
4.2.1 Chief Administrative Officer's (CAO) Report 
 
CAO Hotsenpiller spoke to the report as presented. 
 
Discussion ensued on: 
 Implementation of an Accessibility Committee as required by new 
legislation, 
 Senior Intergovernmental Policy Advisor role, 
 Trustee laptops for new term and budget requests, 
 Meeting with Minister Cullen. 
 
Trustee Wright joined the meeting at 2:57 p.m. 
 
3 members of the public were present electronically. 
 
4.2.2 Islands Trust Election Procedures Bylaw, 2008, Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2022 – 
RFD 
 
DLS Marlor spoke to the request for decision as presented. 

 
 
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Discussion ensued on the electronic voting process, recording of votes either by 
electronic raised hands or roll call and, if a trustee is logged on but not shown as 
voting, they will be asked if they are abstaining.  When a vote is close, Chair 
Luckham will call for those in favour, opposed and abstaining by roll call. 
 
TC-2022-038 
It was Moved by Trustee Rogers and Seconded by Trustee Brent, 
That Trust Council give First reading to Bylaw No. 187, cited as “Islands Trust 
Election Procedures Bylaw, 2008, Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2022”.  
CARRIED 
 
TC-2022-039 
It was Moved by Trustee Brent and Seconded by Trustee Langereis, 
That Trust Council give Second reading to Bylaw No. 187, cited as “Islands Trust 
Election Procedures Bylaw, 2008, Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2022”. 
 
CARRIED 
 
TC-2022-040 
It was Moved by Trustee Fast and Seconded by Trustee Allen, 
That Trust Council give Third reading to Bylaw No. 187, cited as “Islands Trust 
Election Procedures Bylaw, 2008, Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2022”. 
CARRIED 
 
Trustee McConchie called Point of Order that trustees may have to abstain 
because of a conflict of interest or may not have enough information.  
 
Chair Luckham did not disagree. 
 
4.2.3 2022 Elections Agreements with Regional Districts – RFD 
 
DLS Marlor spoke to the request for decision as presented. 
 
TC-2022-041 
It was Moved by Trustee Stamford and Seconded by Trustee Wolverton, 
That the Islands Trust Council agree to enter into service contracts with the 
Boards of the Regional District of Nanaimo, Comox Valley Regional District, 
Cowichan Valley Regional District, qathet Regional District, Sunshine Coast 
Regional District, and Capital Regional District for the purpose of sharing the 
costs of conducting elections, and; 
That Islands trust Council authorize the Chair and Director, Legislative Services 
to sign the service agreements on behalf of Council that will be substantially 
similar to the attached template. 
CARRIED 
 
4.2.4 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Islands Trust Council Bylaw 
and Model Bylaw – RFD 
 

 
 
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Trustee Dodds left the meeting at 3:21 p.m. and returned at 3:31 p.m. 
 
DLS Marlor spoke to the request for decision as presented. 
 
TC-2022-042 
It was Moved by Trustee Fast and Seconded by Trustee Stamford, 
That Trust Council Bylaw No. 188, cited as “Trust Council Bylaw No. 188, 2022” 
be given First reading. 
CARRIED 
 
TC-2022-043 
It was Moved by Trustee Brent and Seconded by Trustee Fast, 
That Trust Council Bylaw No. 188, cited as “Trust Council Bylaw No. 188, 2022” 
be given Second reading. 
CARRIED 
TC-2022-044 
It was Moved by Trustee Brent and Seconded by Trustee Wolverton, 
That Trust Council Bylaw No. 188, cited as “Trust Council Bylaw No. 188, 2022” 
be given Third reading. 
CARRIED 
 
TC-2022-045 
It was Moved by Trustee Brent and Seconded by Trustee Fast, 
That Trust Council request all local trust committees to consider adoption of a 
new Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy bylaw based on the 
model bylaw. 
CARRIED 
 
Trust Council addressed item 4.2.6 next. 
 
4.2.6 Establish a Standing Governance Committee of Trust Council – RFD 
 
The trustee sponsored request for decision (RFD) was presented by Trustee 
Middleton. 
 
TC-2022-046 
It was Moved by Trustee Middleton and Seconded by Trustee McConchie, 
That a standing Governance Committee of Trust Council be established per 
Terms of Reference and Draft Policy attached with inaugural members elected 
June 23
rd
  by Trust Council. The inaugural committee will finalize relevant policy 
and prepare a list of initial recommendations for use by next Council term’s 
Governance Committee members.  
 
Discussion ensued. 
  

 
 
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TC-2022-047 
It was Moved by Trustee Fast and Seconded by Trustee Wolverton, 
That motion TC-2022-046 be amended to insert the words “the draft” before 
the words “terms of reference”. 
 
DEFEATED 
 
Trustee Thorn joined the meeting at 3:45 p.m. 
 
TC-2022-048 
It was Moved by Trustee Fast and Seconded by Trustee Wolverton, 
Amend motion TC-2022-046 that the word “select” be replaced with the word 
“standing” and that the motion be severed after the word established. 
 
Chair Luckham ruled motion TC-2022-048 was not in order as it would 
substantially change the motion’s intent. 
 
TC-2022-049 
It was Moved by Trustee Kaile and Seconded by Trustee Wright, 
That motion TC-2022-046 be amended by replacing "elected" with "who 
volunteer at". 
 
DEFEATED 
 
TC-2022-050 
It was Moved by Trustee Patrick and Seconded by Trustee Fast, 
That motion TC-2022-046 be severed after the word established. 
CARRIED 
 
TC-2022-051 
It was Moved by Trustee Middleton and Seconded by Trustee Peterson, 
That a standing Governance Committee of Trust Council be established. 
 
CARRIED 
 
Trust Council discussed the rest of the severed motion as presented: 
 
“Per Terms of Reference and Draft Policy attached with inaugural 
members elected June 23
rd
 by Trust Council. The inaugural committee 
will finalize relevant policy and prepare a list of initial recommendations 
for use by next Council term’s Governance Committee members.” 
 
TC-2022-052 
It was Moved by Trustee Scott and Seconded by Trustee Fenton, 
That Trust Council approve the severed motion as amended to read: The 
Standing Governance Committee create a terms of reference (TOR) and draft 
policy. 
CARRIED 
 

 
 
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TC-2022-053 
It was Moved by Trustee Brent and Seconded by Trustee Allen, 
Amend TC-2022-052 to add “And that the Standing Governance Committee be 
composed of seven members elected by Trust Council on June 23
rd
. 
CARRIED 
 
The meeting recessed for a break at 5:17 p.m.  
 
5. ENGAGEMENT 
 
Chair Luckham reconvened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. and welcomed members of the public attending 
electronically and watching live stream.  It was noted there were 23 live stream views during this 
evening session. 
 
5.1 Delegations 
 
5.1.1 Denman Island Climate Action Network - Patti Willis 
 
A PowerPoint presentation was shown requesting Trust Council endorse the call 
for a Fossil fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.  
 
5.1.2 Friends of the Gulf Islands - Maxine Leichter 
 
Presented a petition with 800 signatures requesting Trust Council give priority 
to the protection of the natural environment in all land use planning decisions 
as updates to the Islands Trust Policy Statement are under consideration. 
 
5.1.3 Rewrite of the Trust Policy Statement - Michael Sketch 
 
Spoke to his submission regarding Islands Trust governance, administration, 
legislation and draft rewrites of the Islands Trust Policy Statement. 
 
5.1.4 Requests for Council's Consideration - Jacinthe Eastick 
 
Endorsed the call to create a standing Governance Committee and requested a 
federation-wide definition of “residential density.” 
 
5.2 Public Comments 
 
Mary Beth Rondeau and Mairead Boland congratulated Trust Council on the creation of 
its new Governance Committee and endorsed the request for a provincial review.  
 
Teresa Clinton from Denman/K’ómoks spoke in support of the delegation request, that 
Trust Council endorse the call for a Fossil fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.  
 
Jacinthe Eastick, Gabriola Island, spoke to the Local Government Act regarding housing 
agreements, public hearings and bylaw amendments. 
 

 
 
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Michael Sketch encouraged Trust Council to address some of its governance issues 
internally before asking the province for a review. 
 
Chair Luckham heard no more requests to address Trust Council and recessed the meeting at 8:17 p.m. 
 
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 
 
There were two members of the public attending electronically when the meeting started. 
It was noted there were 82 live stream views on June 22.   
 
At 9:01 a.m., Chair Luckham reconvened the meeting with acknowledgment the meeting was being 
conducted electronically from the lands of Lək
̓
ʷəŋən speaking People, of the Esquimalt and Songhees 
Nations. 
 
There were 21 trustees present when the meeting started, absent were Trustees Wright, Thorn, 
Morrison, McConchie, Busheikin (regrets). 
  
Chair Luckham continued with the agenda as reordered by motion TC-2022-037. 
 
4.2.5 Review and Implementation of recommendations from the Governance Review, 
2022 – Briefing 
 
CAO Hotsenpiller spoke to the briefing as presented. 
 
TC-2022-054 
It was Moved by Trustee Patrick and Seconded by Trustee Brent, 
That Trust Council request the staff report 4.2.5 “Review and Implementation of 
recommendations from the Governance Review, 2022 – Briefing” be referred to 
the Governance Committee for consideration. 
CARRIED 
 
There was no objection when Chair Luckham addressed the March Trust Council 
tabled motion TC-2022-001/002, as now superseded by Trust Council’s work 
through yesterday’s motions TC-2022-051, 052 & 053. 
 
6. TRUST AREA SERVICES 
 
6.1 Consent Agenda Items 
 
By general consent, Trust Council adopted the recommendations as presented in items 
6.1.1 to 6.1.3. 
 
6.1.1 Trust Programs Committee Work Program Report 
 
That Trust Council approve the report as presented. 
 
6.1.2 Islands Trust Community Stewardship Awards – Briefing 
 
Receive for information. 

 
 
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6.1.3 Species at Risk Program Funding and Workshop – Briefing 
 
Receive for information. 
 
6.2 Discussion / Decision Items 
 
6.2.1 Director of Trust Area Services Report 
 
DTAS Frater spoke to the report as presented. 
 
Discussion regarding Policy 2.1.14 History, Heritage and Conservation Grants-in-
aid ensued noting the budget has been spent for 2022/23. 
 
DTAS Frater to amend item 6.2.4, the draft Annual Report, “Grants-in-Aid for 
History, Heritage and Conservation” adding that grant applications were 
received for the 2021/22 year with no funds dispersed. 
 
6.2.2 Manager of Islands Trust Conservancy (ITC) Report 
 
ITC Manager Emmings introduced Chair Stamford who spoke to the report as 
presented.  
 
Manager Emmings explained the sensitivities in mapping bull-kelp regarding a 
question about its decline.  
 
6.2.3 Policy Statement Engagement Summary Reports and Next Steps – RFD 
 
Amanda Kaiser, Community Engagement Manger with ISL Engineering spoke to 
the PowerPoint (see Trust Council Quarterly meeting addendum item 6.2.3.1) 
titled Islands 2050 Phase 3 Engagement Summary.   
 
DTAS Frater introduced the request for decision (RFD). 
 
Discussion ensued on possible amendments to the draft Trust Policy Statement 
Bylaw No. 183. 
 
TC-2022-055 
It was Moved by Trustee Critchley and Seconded by Trustee Dodds, 
That Trust Council request staff to reformat the draft Trust Policy Statement to 
separate the mandatory directive policies from the remainder of the text. 
  

 
 
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TC-2022-056 
It was Moved by Trustee Patrick and Seconded by Trustee Fast, 
That motion TC-2022-055 be amended to add “to simplify the structure and 
shorten the length to improve readability and understanding, for example” 
following “Trust Policy Statement” so that it reads: 
“....reformat the draft Trust Policy Statement to simplify the structure and 
shorten the length to improve readability and understanding, for example, 
separate the mandatory directive policies...” 
 
Vice-Chair Rogers call Point of Order that the amendment significantly 
changes the original motion.  Chair Luckham did not agree with the 
Point of Order.  Discussion ensued, the question then called. 
CARRIED 
 
TC-2022-055 (as amended by TC-2022-056) 
That Trust Council request staff to reformat the draft Trust Policy Statement to 
simplify the structure and shorten the length to improve readability and 
understanding, for example, separate the mandatory directive policies from the 
remainder of the text. 
CARRIED 
 
TC-2022-057 
It was Moved by Trustee Brent and Seconded by Trustee Allen, 
That staff rewrite the policies to remove desalination from the draft policy 
statement. 
CARRIED 
 
The meeting recessed for a break at 11:10 a.m. and reconvened at 11:25 a.m.  
 
6.2.3 Policy Statement Engagement Summary Reports and Next Steps – RFD 
 
Trust Council continued discussion on potential amendments to draft Bylaw No. 
183 Trust Policy Statement. 
 
TC-2022-058 
It was Moved by Trustee Luckham and Seconded by Trustee Wolverton, 
That Trust Council requests staff to include from the report (agenda package 
page 155) items 1.8, and 1.10 (First Nations Early & Meaningful Engagement) in 
the draft Policy Statement. 
CARRIED 
TC-2022-059 
It was Moved by Trustee Rogers and Seconded by Trustee Wolverton, 
That staff be requested to develop a Glossary of Terms used in the Trust Policy 
Statement to be an appendix to that document.   
CARRIED 
  

 
 
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TC-2022-060 
It was Moved by Trustee Middleton and Seconded by Trustee Wright, 
That Trust Council request staff to provide options for draft policy language for 
the draft Policy Statement to encourage preservation of forest cover in the Trust 
Area, this will include reference to sustainable forest management practices.   
 
CARRIED 
 
The meeting recessed for lunch at 12:25 p.m. then reconvened at 1:00 p.m. There were approximately 
8-10 members of the public in attendance electronically when the meeting resumed. 
 
Chair Luckham welcomed the scheduled 1:00 p.m. session, a presentation by the Vancouver Fraser Port 
Authority.  
 
5.3 Port Optimization Initiative Session Outline/Presentation 
 
Captain Shri Madiwal gave a PowerPoint presentation regarding the Port of Vancouver’s 
early engagement results and planned next steps for further public engagement on its 
active vessel traffic management plan.  (See Trust Council Quarterly meeting addendum 
package item 5.3) 
 
Chair Luckham thanked the presenters then continued with agenda item 6.2.3. 
 
6.2.3 Policy Statement Engagement Summary Reports and Next Steps – RFD 
 
TC-2022-061 
It was Moved by Trustee Colbourne and Seconded by Trustee Wolverton, 
That Trust Council reaffirm its Reconciliation Declaration of March 2019 and its 
inherent commitment to be responsive to First Nations engagement on the 
Trust Policy Statement as dictated by the Declaration on the Rights of 
Indigenous Peoples.  
 
CARRIED 
 
TC-2022-062 
It was Moved by Trustee Fenton and Seconded by Trustee Wolverton, 
That Trust Council directs that all recommendations for policies related to the 
Policy Statement are rooted in both current and emerging western science and 
Indigenous Knowledge. 
 
Trustee Morrison joined the meeting at 1:54 p.m. 
DEFEATED 
 
  

 
 
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TC-2022-063 
It was Moved by Trustee Fast and Seconded by Trustee Allen, 
That Trust Council request Trust Programs Committee to review recent 
engagement feedback from First Nations, referral agencies, and the public, and 
resolutions passed by June 2022 Trust Council and work with staff to develop 
recommendations for further amendments to the draft new Islands Trust Policy 
Statement Bylaw No. 183, and forward recommendations to Executive 
Committee for inclusion in the September 2022 Trust Council package. 
 
CARRIED 
 
6.2.4 2021/22 Draft Annual Report – RFD 
 
DTAS Frater presented the request for decision. 
 
Amend the draft Annual Report as discussed under item 6.2.1. 
 
TC-2022-064 
It was Moved by Trustee Peterson and Seconded by Trustee Brent, 
That the Islands Trust Council approves the 2020/21 Draft Annual Report, as 
amended, for submission to the Minister of Municipal Affairs. 
CARRIED 
 
7. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES / FINANCE 
 
7.1 Consent Agenda Items 
 
By general consent, Islands Trust Council adopted the recommendations as presented 
in items 7.1.1 to 7.1.4. 
 
7.1.1 Financial Planning Committee Work Program Report 
 
That Trust Council approve the report as presented. 
 
7.1.2 March 31, 2022 Fiscal Year Financial Results – Briefing 
 
Receive for information. 
 
7.1.3 March 31, 2022 Allocated Financial Statements – Briefing 
 
Receive for information. 
 
7.1.4 March 31, 2022 Audited Financial Statements of the Islands Trust Conservancy – 
Briefing 
 
Receive for information. 
 
7.2 Discussion / Decision Items 
 

 
 
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7.2.1 Director of Administrative Services (DAS) Report 
 
Acting DAS Boden spoke to the report as presented. 
 
7.2.2 March 31, 2022 Islands Trust Audited Financial Statements and Audit Report - 
RFD 
 
Acting DAS Boden spoke to the request for decision (RFD). 
 
TC-2022-065 
It was Moved by Trustee Grove and Seconded by Trustee Brent, 
That Trust Council approve the audited financial statements of the Islands Trust 
including the Statement of Financial Position, the Statement of Operations, the 
Statement of Changes in Net Financial Assets, and the Statement of Cash Flows 
for the year ended March 31, 2022. 
CARRIED 
 
8. LOCAL PLANNING SERVICES 
 
Trustee McConchie joined the meeting at 2:00 p.m. 
 
8.1 Consent Agenda Items 
 
By general consent, Trust Council adopted the recommendation as presented in item 
8.1.1. 
 
8.1.1 Regional Planning Committee Work Program Report 
 
That Trust Council approve the report as presented. 
 
8.2 Discussion / Decision Items 
 
8.2.1 Director of Local Planning Services Report 
 
DLS Marlor spoke to the report as presented. 
 
8.2.2 Policy 5.9.1 Best Management Practices for Delivery of Local Planning Services 
to Local Trust Committees (amendments) - RFD 
 
Regional Planning Manager (RPM) Kauer presented a PowerPoint to introduce 
the request for decision (RFD). 
 
TC-2022-066 
It was Moved by Trustee Rogers and Seconded by Trustee Critchley, 
That draft policy 5.9.1 be amended by adding the words “unless a LTC requests 
that they be provided” to the end of paragraph 6.2. 
CARRIED 
  

 
 
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TC-2022-067 
It was Moved by Trustee Fast and Seconded by Trustee Middleton, 
That Trust Council approve amended Policy “5.9.1 Best Management Practices 
for Delivery of Local Planning Services to Local Trust Committees” as shown in 
Attachment 1 and amended by motion TC-2022-006. 
CARRIED 
 
Trustee Wright left the meeting at 2:50 p.m. 
 
8.2.3 Delegation of Development Permits – RFD 
 
Regional Planning Manager (RPM) Kojima spoke to the request for decision 
(RFD). 
 
TC-2022-068 
It was Moved by Trustee Brent and Seconded by Trustee Langereis, 
That Trust Council adopt the draft ‘Land Use Permit Delegation Policy’ and that 
local trust committees be requested to consider adopting delegation bylaws. 
 
CARRIED 
The meeting recessed for a break at 3:05 p.m.  and reconvened at 3:20 p.m. 
 
8.2.4 Eelgrass and Kelp Mapping Projects Final Reports - RFD 
 
DLS Marlor spoke to the request for decision (RFD). 
 
TC-2022-069 
It was Moved by Trustee Allen and Seconded by Trustee Wolverton, 
That Trust Council refer the “Shoreline Polygon Mapping Summary Report: 
Eelgrass in the Islands Trust Area” and “Shoreline Polygon Mapping Summary 
Report: Bull Kelp in the Islands Trust Area” both dated March 2022 to local trust 
committees and Bowen Island Municipality, with a cover briefing/letter, for 
consideration in their land use planning decisions. 
CARRIED 
 
8.2.5 North Pender Local Trust Committee (NP LTC) Fees Bylaw – Briefing 
 
NP LTC members spoke to the briefing and request for plain language speaking 
notes/communications regarding the fee increases in the model bylaw. 
 
TC-2022-070 
It was Moved by Trustee Morrison and Seconded by Trustee McConchie, 
That the Trust Council direct staff to provide communication materials for 
understanding the changes in fees. 
CARRIED 
9. TRUSTEES REQUEST FOR DECISIONS 
 
9.1 Provincial Review of Islands Trust – RFD 
 

 
 
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The request for decision (RFD) was presented by Trustee Brent.  
 
TC-2022-071 
It was Moved by Trustee Brent and Seconded by Trustee Colbourne, 
That Trust Council request the Lieutenant Governor in Council for the Province of British 
Columbia to conduct a review of the Islands Trust's mandate, governance and structure. 
 
CARRIED 
TC-2022-072 
It was Moved by Trustee Colbourne and Seconded by Trustee Brent, 
That the Islands Trust Chair, on behalf of Council, submit a letter to the Lieutenant 
Governor in Council making the review request under Section 8(2)(e) of the Islands Trust 
Act that outlines the potential scope of a review, including, but not limited to: 
a. An assessment of the optimum governance model to preserve and protect the Trust 
area pursuant to the Province’s vision for the future of the Trust area. 
b. The object of the Islands Trust Act and clarification of the mandate of the 
organization. 
c. The governance structure of the organization. 
d. The alignment of decision-making processes and structures with the Declaration on 
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. 
e. The geographic scope of the organization and in particular authority over marine 
areas. 
f. The funding mechanisms provided to the organization in light of a clarified 
mandate. 
CARRIED 
 
9.2 Advocacy for Legislation to Protect Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Health - RFD 
 
Trustee Rockafella presented the request for decision.  
 
TC-2022-073 
It was Moved by Trustee Rockafella and Seconded by Trustee Wolverton, 
That Trust Council call on the Province of British Columbia, in partnership with 
Indigenous leadership, to develop and communicate in a timely way the process and 
timelines through which they will develop new legislation to protect and restore 
biological diversity and ecosystem health, in a manner consistent with the United 
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and with the involvement of 
local governments, civil society groups, Indigenous and scientific experts, and the 
concerned public.  
CARRIED 
  

 
 
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TC-2022-074 
It was Moved by Trustee Rogers and Seconded by Trustee Rockafella, 
That Trust Council request the Chair to submit a resolution to Union of British Columbia 
Municipalities September 2022 convention concerning a request to the Province for 
new legislation to protect and restore biological diversity and ecosystem health.  
 
CARRIED 
 
Chair Luckham discussed the elections process for the Governance Committee being held tomorrow. 
 
By general consent, at 5:05 p.m. the meeting recessed for the day. 
 
Thursday, June 23, 2022 
 
It was reported that there were 31 livestream views on June 23
rd
 with 2-3 public in attendance 
electronically. 
 
Chair Luckham opened the meeting to the public at 9:02 a.m. giving a summary of the order of business 
remaining on the agenda. 
 
24 trustees were deemed present.  Trustee Thorn – absent; Trustee Busheikin – regrets. 
 
10. CLOSED MEETING 
 
At 9:07 a.m., the meeting was closed to the public. 
 
TC-2022-075 
It was Moved by Trustee Rogers and Seconded by Trustee Fast, 
That the meeting be closed to the public subject to Sections 90(1)(b) and (k) of the Community 
Charter in order to consider matters of personal information about identifiable individuals who 
are being considered for a municipal award and, negotiations and related discussions respecting 
the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the 
view of the council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if 
they were held in public and, that staff attend the meeting. 
CARRIED 
 
At 10:30 a.m., the meeting was reopened to the public.  Chair Luckham welcomed those in attendance 
and those viewing the live stream. 
 
12. COLLABORATION / PRESENTATION 
 
12.1 Proposed National Marine Conservation Area Reserve (NMCAR) for the Southern 
Strait of Georgia 
 
James Gordon and Raven August from Parks Canada presented a PowerPoint titled 
“Briefing and Discussion Proposed SSG NMCAR Update and Next Steps”. 
 
Question and answer discussion followed. 
 

 
 
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11. RISE AND REPORT 
 
Chair Luckham reported that the minutes of the November/December 2021 Trust Council 
in-camera meeting were adopted as presented and announced the recipients of the 2022 
Community Stewardship Awards as follows: Individual Category - Keith Erickson, Galiano Island; 
Jeanine Georgeson, Galiano Island; Will Husby, Bowen Island; Kees Ruurs, Salt Spring Island; 
Ruth Waldick, Salt Spring Island; Organization Category - Salt Spring Natural Cemetery, Salt 
Spring Island; Other Category - Chris Straw (Posthumous Nomination), Gabriola Island. 
 
13. NEW BUSINESS 
 
Nominations and Election of Governance Committee Members 
 
DLS Marlor reviewed the resolutions passed yesterday (TC-2022-051, 052 & 053) and the 
nominations/election process.   
 
Nominations for Governance Committee membership were held. 
 
TC-2022-076 
It was Moved by Trustee Brent and Seconded by Trustee Langereis, 
To nominate Trustee Middleton for the Governance Committee. 
Trustee Middleton agreed to stand. 
 
TC-2022-077 
It was Moved by Trustee Wolverton and Seconded by Trustee Rogers, 
To nominate Trustee Rockafella for the Governance Committee. 
Trustee Rockafella agreed to stand. 
 
TC-2022-078 
It was Moved by Trustee Patrick and Seconded by Trustee Wolverton, 
To nominate Trustee Stamford for the Governance Committee. 
Trustee Stamford agreed to stand. 
 
TC-2022-079 
It was Moved by Trustee Stamford and Seconded by Trustee Rockafella, 
To nominate Trustee Peterson for the Governance Committee. 
Trustee Peterson agreed to stand. 
 
TC-2022-080 
It was Moved by Trustee Langereis and Seconded by Trustee Fast, 
To nominate Trustee Scott for the Governance Committee. 
Trustee Scott declined to stand. 
 
TC-2022-081 
It was Moved by Trustee Middleton and Seconded by Trustee Brent, 
To nominate Trustee Patrick for the Governance Committee. 
Trustee Patrick agreed to stand. 
 
 

 
 
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TC-2022-082 
It was Moved by Trustee Middleton and Seconded by Trustee Brent, 
To nominate Trustee Langereis for the Governance Committee. 
Trustee Langereis agreed to stand. 
 
TC-2022-083 
It was Moved by Trustee Brent and Seconded by Trustee Langereis, 
To nominate Trustee Critchley for the Governance Committee. 
Trustee Critchley declined to stand. 
 
TC-2022-084 
It was Moved by Trustee Brent and Seconded by Trustee Allen, 
To nominate Trustee Kaile for the Governance Committee. 
Trustee Kaile agreed to stand. 
 
TC-2022-085 
It was Moved by Trustee Luckham and Seconded by Trustee Rogers, 
To nominate Trustee Fenton for the Governance Committee. 
Trustee Fenton agreed to stand. 
 
TC-2022-086 
It was Moved by Trustee Brent and Seconded by Trustee Langereis, 
To nominate Trustee Allen for the Governance Committee. 
Trustee Allen agreed to stand. 
 
TC-2022-087 
It was Moved by Trustee Patrick and Seconded by Trustee Critchley, 
To nominate Trustee Rogers for the Governance Committee. 
Trustee Rogers declined to stand. 
 
DLS Marlor called 3 more times for any further nominations, hearing none he announced there 
were 9 trustees standing for membership on the Governance Committee and that an election 
would proceed after the nomination and election of a scrutineer. 
 
TC-2022-088 
It was Moved by Trustee Peterson and Seconded by Trustee Langereis, 
To nominate Trustee Wolverton, who agreed to stand, as scrutineer. 
CARRIED 
 
The meeting recessed for a break at 11:35 a.m. and reconvened at 11:45 a.m.   
 
The 9 nominated trustees were each given the opportunity to speak to why they chose to stand 
for the Governance Committee. 
 
After the 9 trustees presented, DLS Marlor emailed all 26 trustees the electronic voting ballots. 
 
The meeting recessed for 10 minutes while the scrutineer and staff determined the election results. 
 

 
 
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Director of Legislative Services (DLS) Marlor announced the 7 trustees elected to the 
Governance Committee as follows, in no particular and random order: Trustees Rockafella, 
Middleton, Allen, Stamford, Patrick, Langereis, and Peterson. 
 
CAO Hotsenpiller will follow-up with the Governance Committee regarding next administrative 
steps and its inaugural meeting. 
 
TC-2022-089 
It was Moved by Trustee Wolverton and Seconded by Trustee Colbourne, 
That Trust Council members be asked to forward their comments on the Governance Review 
Report to the new standing Governance Committee. 
CARRIED 
 
14. SUMMARY/UPDATES 
 
14.1 Trustee Updates 
 
14.1.1 BC Ferries Advisory Committee Chairs 
 
Trustee Patrick noted that some BC Ferries board and executive team members 
were on Salt Spring recently, liaising with the community. 
 
14.1.2 First Nations 
 
Trustee Colbourne spoke about Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee’s work on 
a housing agreement project regarding Snuneymuxw First Nation interests, 
Elder Geraldine Manson’s/C’tasi:a recently launched book titled 
“Snuneymuxw History Written in Places and Spaces: Ancestor’s Voices—An 
Echo in Time” and finally presenting to her, Islands Trust 2019 Community 
Stewardship Award in-person, delayed due to COVID. 
 
14.1.2.1  Xwe-etay/Lasqueti Archaeology Project - Trustee Johnston 
 
Chair Luckham thanked Trustee Johnston for his written submission, 
received for information. 
 
14.1.3 Gulf Islands National Park Reserve Advisory Committee (GINPRAC) 
 
Trustee Middleton noted that no meaningful outreach has occurred between 
GINPRAC and First Nations but that a trustee should continue to be appointed 
to GINPRAC each term while the Saturna Parks Liaison Committee continues to 
work with the National Park’s superintendent. 
 
Continue to note that this role is a trustee appointment and to flag this item 
after the local government election. 
 
14.1.4 Salt Spring Island Watershed Protection Alliance (SSIWPA) 
 

 
 
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Trustee Patrick noted that SSIWPA strategic planning is underway to create 
coordinated planning activities with a number of agencies with logos. 
 
14.1.5 Atl'ka7tsem/Howe Sound Community Forum (A/HSCF) 
 
Trustee Rogers reported that the A/HSCF subsumed administratively with the 
UNESCO Átl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound Biosphere Reserve which is looking for 
funding. 
 
14.1.6 Southern Gulf Islands Forum 
 
Trustee Wolverton noted the forum continues to meet however the most 
recent meeting, regarding anchorages, was postponed. 
 
14.1.7 Baynes Sound Forum (BSF) 
 
Trustee Critchley described a recently held BSF where Minister Osborne, of the 
new Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship (as well as Fisheries) 
attended.  He urged trustees to read the minister’s mandate letter, create staff-
to-staff relationships and review its new coastal marine strategy. Also, two 
presentations on herring were received and a Department of Fisheries and 
Oceans (DFO) project with K’ómoks First Nation called Area-Based Aquaculture 
Management was discussed. 
 
Trustee Scott mentioned presenter Denise Smith, Sliammon First Nation 
(Tla’amin Nation) who attended the forum and recognized the senior herring 
managers from DFO who also attended. 
 
Trustee Kaile left the meeting at 12:27 p.m.  
 
14.1.8 Freighter Anchorages Update 
 
Chair Luckham referenced yesterday’s Port Authority presentation, item 5.3. 
 
14.2 Trust Council Priorities Chart 
 
Received for information. 
 
14.3 Proposed September Trust Council Agenda Program 
 
The draft 3-day schedule was received for information. 
 
It was suggested to hold a longer trustee roundtable discussion/session and for trustees 
to send in agenda item requests to Executive Committee. 
 
14.4 Disposition of Delegations and Public Comment Requests 
  

 
 
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Regarding item 5.1.1 Denman Island Climate Action Network - Patti Willis delegation 
presentation. 
 
TC-2022-090 
It was Moved by Trustee Critchley and Seconded by Trustee Fenton, 
That the Islands Trust formally endorse the call for a Fossil fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, 
and further that the Chair on behalf of Trust Council, send a letter to the Prime Minister 
of Canada and the Premier of B.C. urging the Canadian and B.C. governments to support 
the global initiative for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. 
CARRIED 
 
 
15. STRATEGIC PLAN (Amendments) - None 
 
16. CORRESPONDENCE  
 
All correspondence, items 16.1 to 16.7, were received for information. 
 
16.1 Gulf Islands Alliance re: Governance Review letter dated March 29, 2022 
16.2 Gulf Islands Alliance re: Governance Review email dated May 17, 2022 
16.3 Minister Alghabra re: concerns about air pollution scrubbing and dumping from 
vessels in Canadian waters email dated May 19, 2022 
16.4 H. Holm submission to June 21-23, 2022 Trust Council dated June 2, 2022 
16.5 M. Rondeau re: June 8th EC Support for Letter to Lieutenant Governor email dated 
June 5, 2022 
16.6 M. Gang re: RFD suggesting a letter to the BC Lieutenant Governor email dated June 5, 
2022 
Same letter received from R. McCuaig, Denman Island June 5, 2022 
16.7 G. Leroux re: Governance Proposals EC MTG email dated June 7, 2022 
 
17. NEXT MEETING 
 
The next Trust Council quarterly meeting is scheduled for September 20 -22, 2022 to be held 
electronically. 
 
18. ADJOURNMENT 
 
By general consent, the meeting was adjourned at 12:43 p.m. 
 
 
_________________________ 
Peter Luckham, Chair 
 
Certified Correct 
 
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Lori Foster, Executive Coordinator/Recorder