Ballenas-Winchelsea Local Trust Committee special meeting, August 21, 2026

[0:00:09] Voice 2: Thanks, Chair. We should be ready to go.

[0:00:11] Voice 1: All right. Well, thank you. And good morning. I'm going to call this special meeting of the Executive Island Local Trust Area, which is also the Belenus-Winchelsea Islands, to order.

[0:00:25] Voice 1: We are live streaming and recording this meeting, and the recording will be available in a few days.

[0:00:30] Voice 1: I begin with acknowledging with respect and humility that the lands and waters of the

[0:00:34] Voice 1: executive local trust area, the Bolinas-Winchelsea Islands, have been home to Indigenous people

[0:00:40] Voice 1: since time immemorial.

[0:00:41] Voice 1: Their deep connection to these islands continues to this day, and we honor their enduring presence,

[0:00:47] Voice 1: constitutional rights, and responsibilities.

[0:00:51] Voice 1: I'm Laura Patrick.

[0:00:53] Voice 1: I'm elected on Salt Spring Island, the chair of trust council and the chair of this local

[0:00:57] Voice 1: trust committee.

[0:00:57] Voice 1: And I'm joined today by trustee David Maude and trustee Tim Peterson and trustee Toby Elliott.

[0:01:05] Voice 1: And together we make up the local trust committee for this area.

[0:01:10] Voice 1: I'm going to turn the floor over to CAO Broney to introduce the staff that are joining us today.

[0:01:15] Voice 2: Thank you, Chair. Joining us on the staff side today, we have manager of bylaw compliance and enforcement, Warren Digman,

[0:01:21] Voice 2: and Director of Legislative and Information Services,

[0:01:25] Voice 2: David Marler, and Rob Croker and Catherine

[0:01:28] Voice 2: are supporting us on the administration of the meeting.

[0:01:30] Voice 2: Thank you.

[0:01:32] Voice 1: All right, thank you.

[0:01:33] Voice 1: And thank you very much for being here today.

[0:01:35] Voice 1: This meeting is an official forum

[0:01:37] Voice 1: for your local trust committee to make decisions

[0:01:39] Voice 1: about land use planning matters

[0:01:41] Voice 1: and discuss relevant business.

[0:01:43] Voice 1: This is also a place of employment

[0:01:44] Voice 1: and our staff have the right

[0:01:45] Voice 1: to a safe and respectful workplace.

[0:01:50] Voice 1: So trustees, we have an agenda before us.

[0:01:52] Voice 1: are there any additions or changes to the agenda not seeing any we can approve the agenda through

[0:02:01] Voice 1: general consent all right working with one screen here uh did we have any people from the public

[0:02:10] Voice 1: here this morning no no it doesn't appear we did so i don't need to uh uh read into that so then

[0:02:19] Voice 1: let's continue on with the business we have a closed meeting to attend to and i need someone

[0:02:24] Voice 1: I

[0:02:25] Voice 3: can read the motion, but did we want to approve minutes?

[0:02:28] Voice 3: No, it's not on the agenda, but there are minutes attached.

[0:02:39] Voice 1: I don't have minutes in this.

[0:02:42] Voice 2: Sorry, I believe those are the in-camera agenda.

[0:02:44] Voice 1: There are no minutes for this meeting.

[0:02:47] Voice 3: So I'll move that meeting be closed to public subjects of sections 91, F, G, and I of the

[0:02:53] Voice 3: community charter in order to consider matters related to law enforcement.

[0:02:56] Voice 3: If the council considers the disclosure can reasonably be expected to harm the conduct of an investigation or enforcement of an enactment, litigation or potential litigation affecting the Islands Trust and the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communication that's necessary for that purpose, and that staff attend the meeting.

[0:03:16] Voice 1: Thank you. Is there a second to this motion? Seconded by Vice Chair Peterson.

[0:03:20] Voice 1: is there any discussion call the vote all those in favor please raise your hands

[0:03:27] Voice 1: that carries i'm going to give staff a few moments to lock down the meeting thank you

[0:03:42] Voice 3: chair the meeting is locked now it

[0:03:44] Voice 1: still says we're still says we're live streaming here we are

[0:03:47] Voice 3: all

[0:03:53] Voice 1: right thank you everyone we've returned from the in-camera meeting where i'd like to rise and

[0:03:57] Voice 1: report that we approved the june 3rd in-camera meeting minutes with that this brings us to the

[0:04:04] Voice 1: the end of our meeting. I look to a motion to adjourn. Vice Chair Elliott's moving to adjourn

[0:04:13] Voice 1: and seconded by Vice Chair Peterson. So we are adjourned. All right. Thank you everyone for

[0:04:18] Voice 1: your time this morning and enjoy your weekend. So bye-bye. Thank you. Bye.