Trustee Patrick

Trustee, Islands Trust Conservancy Board, Islands Trust Council, Islands Trust Executive Committee, Islands Trust Financial Planning Committee, Islands Trust Governance Committee, Islands Trust Programs Committee, Islands Trust Regional Planning Committee, Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee, Gambier Island Local Trust Committee, North Pender Island Local Trust Committee, Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee, Saturna Island Local Trust Committee, South Pender Island Local Trust Committee, Thetis Island Local Trust Committee. 80,052 lines across 283 meetings, 2021-01-13 to 2026-08-27. The longest three lines from each meeting are shown; the transcript page has every line, with its confidence mark, and the recording plays from any of them.

1. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee public hearing, August 27, 2026

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   • [5:04:00] “And I think if we had a robust, transparent list of issues that once a year staff went through and did a housekeeping on and went through and said, oh, these things should just be moved off the list, no longer relevant, or you know what, this one is important, or we need more information to even know what this is.”
   • [5:05:33] “I know that the SALTSPAN and local trust committee request staff to provide a feasibility assessment considering the operational and preliminary implementation options for the replacement of a future project list with a planning issues registry as the primary tool to identifying and evaluating future planning.”
   • [5:08:38] “I think it was in the meeting was a good point, but you know right now we've got staff finding these ramps not meeting with and they're not going to meet with so let's just at least admit that and move on till we can fix it or address it in a substantial way.”

2. Thetis Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, August 26, 2026

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   • [2:15:10] “I move that the executive committee request staff to prepare a report that sets out the chronology, the decisions made, and the status of the 2022 situation analysis recommendations, and the status of the implementation of the 2023-32 Salt Spring Island Watershed Protection Plan in relation to internalizing the Salt Spring Island Watershed Project work with the island's trust work on freshwater sustainable strategy implementation and related existing functions.”
   • [2:33:57] “Okay, that brings us to legislative and information services. Sorry, Director Cermak, you might be back if we have questions. So there are three items here. Item 851, the Director of Legislative Information Services Quarterly Report. 852, the Harmonization and Resolution Without Meeting Process. And 853, Information Systems Five-Year Plan. Any items that you wish to pull for conversation?”
   • [1:54:06] “good. That's what's important because I think it's, you know, seeing the Lummi First Nations step up and come to our cross-border issues and, you know, the passion of San Juan and county and their ability to bring in right up to the governor's office into these conversations is really a benefit for us. So thank you. Vice Chair Peterson.”

3. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, August 19, 2026

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   • [3:21:21] “I think the budget process, I think Director Coburn now bringing his ideas to the budget process. But I think the committee needs to be encouraged that the budget process could always be better. We always end up in March with half the trustees wanting to do something totally different than what the other half do. And it's like, we got to get to a stronger position that by March Trust Council, there should be general consensus built around a budget, not bringing new ideas still in March.”
   • [1:46:13] “So it's probably a procedural level request, but I think it should be a standing element in like every one of our terms of reference that we invite the vendor to identify missing elements or, you know, suggested improvements, price it separately, you know, the evaluation piece should just include how, you know, how that would be factored into an evaluation.”
   • [3:09:39] “What would be appropriate? But I think in this case, what's in there right now is about an individual trustee's behavior, how they cannot be a procured source of money against, you know, they can't provide services to the Islands Trust.”

4. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, August 5, 2026

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   • [0:00:26] “This meeting is being live streamed and it is being recorded and the recording will be available in a few days.”
   • [0:00:20] “I'm going to call this community information meeting of the Gambier-Keats Local Trust Committee to order.”
   • [1:26:21] “setback the setback remains the same 15 meters the setback is not moving this is a development permit”

5. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, August 4, 2026

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   • [0:01:15] “I apologize. I'm sorry. Shalini. I am bad with names. Shalini is a planning assistant and she's here to help us today too. So I'm grateful to the staff for being here. This is also a place of employment and our staff have a right to a safe and respectful workplace.”
   • [0:30:44] “We recognize that some members of the public may have questions or concerns regarding the draft land use subjectives order associated with the implementation of the 2025 Squamish Nation British Columbia Land Use Planning Agreement.”
   • [0:30:59] “The public engagement process for the proposed order has recently concluded, and we understand the community members may continue to have questions about the proposal and its potential implications.”

6. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, July 24, 2026

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   • [1:20:57] “So I think when we do, when Trust Council pays and sets up and authorizes a pilot, that I think it's really important that we have to ask those questions about what knowledge, tools, intellectual property and documentation must the Islands Trust own at the end of the project so that we can, you know, efficiently replicate the work, independently review the work and competitively procure it in the future.”
   • [2:10:01] “But the community needs to be brought along on that journey and their input needs to be considered. Where does the public need to be? So while I hear you, Trustee Boland, and saying that maybe remove number two, but I think where I'm concerned, and I know for Salt Spring we had in our work plan that no longer is it in there.”
   • [1:07:04] “a real connotation in BC. If it is about us making decisions, maybe it is a freshwater risk area or groundwater risk. We should be maybe specific, more specific and use the word risk. I don't know. I don't know. But I think that's something we should probably batter around a bit before we do expand it to other islands.”

7. Islands Trust Programs Committee regular meeting, July 23, 2026

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   • [0:40:38] “And so we still are back to we need a phase one process because it also needs to be built in cooperation with First Nations interests and others in these islands seeking partners, finding a way to create a system that will be ongoing and continue to work.”
   • [0:40:59] “So I think that's what we're at, is we need that phase one to develop this, to do that initial exploration and development of what this is so that we're not back five, ten years from now going, gee, we need to update this again.”
   • [0:39:46] “I remember this very well when it came to a regional planning committee and as we were in the business case developing process a year ago or a little less than a year ago.”

8. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, July 21, 2026

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   • [0:27:03] “Okay, I'm going to keep moving then. And the second application we have before us is item 10.2. This is a development variance permit 2026-0263 on Grove Road, beginning on page 53 of the agenda package. And again, this will be Planner McTaggart.”
   • [0:08:48] “All right. I don't have a lot to report other than that tomorrow, the Trust Council will be meeting as a committee of the whole. This is to review the agency referral responses to the draft trust policy statement.”
   • [0:18:01] “Okay, thank you. The next thing we have is the follow-up action list, beginning on page 11. Are there any additions or changes to the follow-up action list? Or any questions, I guess? Or anything, staff?”

9. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, July 9, 2026

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   • [0:48:27] “so I guess at this point, I think I'd encourage Bayside to work with staff and so that we can end up with a just type of a reasonable decision to because I would imagine a lot of older development permits would have made choices that would not be consistent with wildfire protection today.”
   • [1:07:02] “I think it's a good high-level section, but I think there's an opportunity to, while your staff report says the comprehensive review, it really doesn't say that crystal clear as much as it could in the purpose that it needs to emphasize that it is a comprehensive review.”
   • [0:56:31] “No. Once a year, we need to have an analyzed report that comes to this committee that helps decide, is there work here that needs to be incorporated into the current work? Is it a new project? How important is it? Should it be done next year or not?”

10. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, July 8, 2026

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    • [2:23:53] “I'm not opposed to moving forward with a business case, but I would also like to look at recommending that they try to pursue and do a bit of a study that's either similar to the one that was done on Salt Spring and that perhaps external revenue or grant funds could be found to do that quickly so that it could inform or allow them to consider options before this budget request were to be finalized.”
    • [1:58:00] “it's, you know, this is the conundrum, if I guess is the word, is as materials coming out, if you're not, if a trust council isn't providing kind of a how is this landing, but yet you're having conversations with First Nations, if there's already disagreement, then we may be moving into, you know, it just shows the complexity of the situation.”
    • [1:51:14] “So I think that's just an example of, you know, is that this Trust Council's advice or thoughts on going forward, or does it want to just let all this go and let the next Trust Council have their opinions on where, you know, what changes may need to occur or would be recommended in the future versions of the Trust Policy Statement?”

11. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, May 26, 2026

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    • [2:00:00] “So it already does that on page 39 on the draft, unedited draft, says reconciliation is a planning framework, and for the purposes of this plan, reconciliation and land use planning includes, and it has building respectful relationships, recognizing Indigenous rights and interests, supporting the protection of cultural, ecological, and archaeological values, and integrating Indigenous knowledge into planning and decision making.”
    • [0:55:30] “Okay, so I'm going to move on. We have minutes from our March 24th meeting for adoption on page four of the agenda package. Are there any additions or corrections to the minutes? Go ahead, Dr. C. Stanford.”
    • [0:22:46] “and how we look at multi-generational properties and the amenities and the things and the opportunities”

12. Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, May 21, 2026

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    • [1:30:00] “this across islands. So, you know, that's where I kind of look to staff to make these test case, you know, how do we share these across the other islands, because these cases might be rare in this island, but when you look at the entire crust area, it starts to become, you know, more of a possibility. So”
    • [2:30:00] “I know staff had to do the analysis for the impact of removing the building permit. I think that's the quandary we're in. Sorry, Lexi. Who needs to review this, the effect if building permits weren't required? What are the risks? What are the mitigations?”
    • [4:26:14] “Okay. So we'll go quickly then. We have a correspondence item, 11.1, an email from the Regional District of New Lima regarding the ferry tunnel, the fact that transportation links feasibility study, page 433.”

13. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, March 24, 2026

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    • [0:18:03] “So stay tuned. More work is coming on that. The second item is that the Stewardship Awards are open and they're open until April 26. This is a chance for you to nominate either an individual, an organization or a group who's meant something to you or your islands for invigorating stewardship projects amongst our islands.”
    • [0:17:39] “I just have a couple of items that I'll touch on in my report. The trust policy statement for Trust Council continues to move forward. We are waiting for the What You Heard report from staff, which we hope to have in May, and trustees will receive that and consider next steps for the draft trust policy statement.”
    • [3:51:06] “Well, we've got the trustee's expense report here, the local trust committee's expense report for your information, the adopted policies and standing resolutions as well, and that brings us to the active and future projects lists.”

14. Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, March 23, 2026

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    • [1:53:42] “And to have real work in this area, we have to work together and be sharing and working together. So I think that's something we need to spend more time doing, whether it's on this island or broader in the more regional context. I think it's very important.”
    • [1:41:08] “Now, I do see, Trustee Yates, you have your hand raised, but I also know that, William, that you had received over 60 questions in advance of the presentation that you've done some analysis and grouped that.”
    • [2:20:06] “and that we could also be much stronger in making recommendations to operators as well on the islands for water services.”

15. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 12, 2026

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    • [3:14:21] “Okay. So I'd ask everyone to lower your hands. It's a roll call vote. Yes, that's correct. Thank you for reminding me. I have a roll call list in front of me. So for that, I'm now going to call the vote. I'm going to ask you to verbally say in favor or opposed.”
    • [5:20:23] “No further there. So, trustees, I see that we're coming in on 2.30, getting close here. Do I have your permission to skip the Trust Council roundtable? All right. Please reach out and share. I'm sorry. Trustee”
    • [1:50:13] “All right, trustees, I'd like to return us back to, we're on item 13.2.2, which is the project update on the policy amendment project. We had a speaker's list going. We have Trustee Grahams, then Evans.”

16. Islands Trust Council public hearing, March 10, 2026

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    • [0:10:34] “Item, we're in new business at 10.1.1, which is the training funding request for on-house experiment, experiential workshop, request for decision on page 51.”
    • [0:09:49] “That brings us to the next one, which is 852, which is the ratification of the Accessibility Committee appointments on page 49.”
    • [0:09:39] “Any questions from Vice Chairs? Otherwise, through your general consent, can we forward this item, item 851, to Trust Council.”

17. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 10, 2026

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    • [0:17:54] “Thank you. One thing more before we proceed. If you are considering any resolutions or any items, please send them to motions at islandstrust.bc.ca. And I also encourage you to reach out to staff for any wording. This is going to be particularly important tomorrow in the budget session. If you can get your motions in ahead of time, that will really help us manage that session effectively.”
    • [3:10:48] “Thank you. Okay. Trustee Fast. I'd like to move the third recommendation. Please do. Now that we've adopted the amended policy, I'd like to move that number three on the list that Islands Trust Council bylaw number 207 cited as Islands Trust Council trustee remuneration 2013-14 repeal bylaw be read a first time.”
    • [3:44:41] “We will uphold cultural safety. We recognize that public processes have not always felt safe or welcoming for Indigenous peoples. We are committed to doing better. That includes giving space to Indigenous voices, being mindful of how our language affects people, and addressing harmful comments if they arise.”

18. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, February 26, 2026

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    • [1:24:10] “I just also want to point out, I think it's important to understand some data and information as well, because we don't want to make the equity issue worse. And I think there's a definite need to understand the program, what its effects have been, and what it might look like if it were to occur around Salt Spring. And like I said, does it make houses just more expensive?”
    • [1:21:06] “We did reference the letter from Chair Plant that you referred to from 23, and we said we generally agreed with the rationale, I think is the wording that's in our letters, stretched it as far as we could.”
    • [1:13:18] “So due to Federation versus Local Trust Committee issues, we have been unable to move forward and say, you know, please tax us or have that discussion at the Local Trust Committee.”

19. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, February 25, 2026

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    • [1:09:26] “there a second? Seconded by Vice Chair Peterson. Any discussion? I'll call the vote. All those in favor? Raise your hands. And that too carries. And this is the great excitement that I'm going to introduce the next item here, item 8.3, the Galliano Island Local Trust Committee Bylaws number 292 and 293, our request for decision on page 172.”
    • [0:01:53] “We recognize that public processes have not always felt safe or welcoming for indigenous peoples. We are committed to doing better. That includes giving space to indigenous voices, being mindful of how language affects people, and addressing harmful comments if they arise.”
    • [0:49:08] “Many are First Nations deferring to the First Nation with strongest interests in the area. But yet we didn't have necessarily a referral response from those First Nations. So I'm curious as to what steps were taken to address those gaps in the referral process in general.”

20. Islands Trust Conservancy Board community information meeting, February 19, 2026

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    • [1:28:16] “And today we're going to be looking or starting to talk about the process of this water footprint, which would be another layer to go into that information. Where is it appropriate to put additional density on this island? That is the primary work that we've been focusing on. Where is it appropriate?”
    • [4:43:38] “Yeah. We make good decisions when we have good material in front of us. Okay. So, um, then that moves us on to, uh, we, we dealt with the, um, special meeting for March 5th. Now we didn't say a date, but that is this thing.”
    • [0:55:40] “We are committed to doing better. That includes giving space to Indigenous voices, being mindful of how language affects people, and addressing harmful comments if they arise.”

21. Islands Trust Council special meeting, February 18, 2026

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    • [1:31:04] “I am not seeing any. So, sorry, Trustee Peterson. We're just going to then do a straw poll. And I like the negative. Is there anyone that would be, I guess, just raise your hands if you're strongly opposed to removing the $6,500.”
    • [2:46:26] “All right, I hope everyone's back. We need to pick up some steam here. We're aiming to finish at five o'clock, and we've...”
    • [1:31:33] “All right. I assume you all can see your screens and see the results. So I'm just going to move on to item two.”

22. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 17, 2026

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    • [0:40:44] “I just for just data wise, I don't know how, I don't think it probably matters too much. But the Southern Gulf Island electoral area director and the Salt Spring area director were originally paid the same, that the Salt Spring electoral area director took a voluntary $10,000 reduction in his salary to give that money to the local community commission.”
    • [1:02:31] “And I'd also like to hear from, like, Trustee Borthwick on what the numbers that are here, how, you know, how does that affect, you know, the barriers that they've experienced and would this help or not?”
    • [0:41:09] “So it kind of went against the staff advice and they didn't have a remuneration studies. That's why there's a differential between Salt Spring and the Southern Gulf Islands. So just wanted to note that.”

23. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 11, 2026

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    • [1:12:42] “So it's hard when, you know, I think we've all learned from this process, a two-term process makes it challenging to communicate to the community and to everyone that's provided input of how and when their input was considered, how it was considered, and how we have a draft before us.”
    • [1:01:13] “And I think as we are looking at the trust policy statement, and we're looking here as to, I think there should be some amendment concepts built right into the trust policy statement.”
    • [1:01:55] “so that it has its own amendment process built into it just sort of heightens that likelihood of seeing it happen rather than waiting another 20 plus years before it gets done again.”

24. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 6, 2026

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    • [3:34:37] “If it's going to be used to make decisions on Salt Spring so that the layers are developed, you know, in transparently and the public gets to weigh in as well to understand what information, what layers were brought to the table, why were they brought, how are they going to be used, and then the different weightings that go between it.”
    • [1:24:02] “The key is it's good to have it all. There's a lot of digesting. There's this land information screening tool. Now I see Salt Spring says it's ongoing, but I know Salt Spring's terms of reference for the OCP project also identified that we wanted it transparently created the layers of this work and through public engagement.”
    • [2:30:44] “But I think the last thing and most important is the coordination aspects. And I think that's something Salt Spring contributed greatly to through SWPA was that there's multi-jurisdictions involved. And to really do the work that needs to be done for the long-term resilience is we've got to be doing that coordination.”

25. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, December 4, 2025

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    • [1:51:50] “you. I'm realizing for this conversation, it would have been really handy to have a map up on our screens of these waters, because for everyone here, it's known as Turning Point, where all of these ships are turning, and if the turn is not met, it's right into the San Juans, and any spill of any type anywhere is all of our islands, too.”
    • [2:02:27] “I look to stop maybe a week. Yes, we could write letters, but I'm wondering if we should try to plan either some important guest speakers to come to an event that we could kind of one of our meetings or a joint meeting where we could have some of these important guest speakers or program leaders that we could query and talk to.”
    • [4:47:03] “Oh, sorry. They're just counting. He's keeping track. All right. We're of the items that we have in this afternoon's session that we're sorry that we're on the agenda is we can quickly ask about correspondence. Are there any of the correspondence items that need attention or can they just be all accepted for information?”

26. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, December 3, 2025

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    • [0:13:58] “was going to say, can we hold that? Because now we're going to go into the next round of questions because everybody had a chance. So if that's all right, we're going to proceed with an order of the recommendations for the general conversations. If that's otherwise, we'll hold right down a big, long conversation. So I don't want to do that.”
    • [1:51:55] “I'll call the vote. All those in favor? All right. Lower your hands. Any opposed? So 21 to 1, that carries. Trustees, please put that in your calendar right now and block that time out because that will be an important meeting to ensure quorum and ensure your participation so that this works.”
    • [4:54:29] “So the second motion is there's $83,000 that were collected from Salt Spring Island, plus change, that sits in a special reserve fund. And I'll talk to the actions for that one, but that's about tying the reserve fund to the work that includes working with First Nations.”

27. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, December 2, 2025

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    • [0:44:32] “Hey, so the next discussion item is the electronic versus in-person. I do note that the December, looking at whether or not to make any of those three meetings, which we know the first one cannot be, for the November 26 meeting must be in-person because that is the swearing in and the onboarding, that the December meeting is set by our meeting procedure bylaws for December.”
    • [2:25:50] “All right. Thank you very much, CIO Brony. We know we asked you to bring this report. So, trustees, I had given you fair warning, because I know you read my Sunday emails that I send out. We're going to pull out the alphabet list. We're going to go around. Everyone's going to have an opportunity. This is where you can have your comments or you can have a specific question.”
    • [0:16:09] “right. Any other questions before we get started? Okay. I'm going to keep on moving through the agenda then. We're in general business arising. Items 4.1 and 4.2 are here for your information. And by general consent, can we adopt the recommendations as presented for those two items, 4.1.1 and 4.12?”

28. Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, November 20, 2025

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    • [0:06:06] “The public hearing is being convened pursuant to section 465 of the Local Government Act in order to consider proposed bylaw number 318, Gabriel Island Community Plan, bylaw number 166, 1997, amendment number 1, 2024, and proposed bylaw number 319, Gabriel Island Land Use Bylaw, 1999, amendment number 1, 2024.”
    • [5:05:11] “it goes even further because a policy interprets through time. We were talking about that earlier. And by still having a draft policy not finalized yet, and your draft regulations together, you're being very clear with your interpretation of the policy for today.”
    • [3:12:31] “I understand maps, and I think Planner Chadwick explained there's a lot of maps that are being introduced for what land suitability is, you know, as far as how they have staff have made recommendations on how they're going to implement it.”

29. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, November 19, 2025

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    • [2:45:49] “Yeah, I mean, we can certainly talk about it and raise it as a discussion item through the community aspects of Trust Council in December, especially if an email has gone out, we can just repeat that and do our connections there for this year, and then add this to the policy list to be changed as we go forward.”
    • [0:15:49] “And I think when we look at our follow-up action list and everything that we aspire to do, our commitments to build these grounded foundational work to improve our relationships is critically important.”
    • [1:14:20] “I'm not talking about referrals. I'm talking about support of our OCP projects. And I see Vice Chair Elliott was going to, well, did you have something to add, Vice Chair Elliott?”

30. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, November 17, 2025

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    • [0:47:47] “there a second? Seconded by Trustee Borthwick. Is there any discussion? Call the vote. All those in favor of adjourning? I think I can say that is carried. All right. Thank you, everyone, for today and enjoy the rest of your day. And we'll see you at Trust Council coming up on December 2nd.”
    • [0:03:28] “you very much. With that, the next item is to go into a, did you have a question or are you going to make the motion, Trustee Peterson, to go into the closed session?”
    • [0:41:23] “Any discussion? Not seeing any, I'm going to call the vote. All those in favor, please raise your digital hand.”

31. Islands Trust Financial Planning Committee regular meeting, November 12, 2025

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    • [1:33:55] “Yeah, I appreciate Trustee Graham's sentiment there. But my concerns are we're a little out of sequence with hearing the results of the operational review. And I would hope that we would be looking at leaving the next trust council with as strong a position as possible to achieve what they need to achieve too.”
    • [1:05:34] “Because this is a case where the project was done under a grant, but now the liability exists on our books to remove or update the equipment or carry on this project. So it's just more of a warning as we enjoy these grant funds and create these programs that we must have a life cycle associated with it.”
    • [1:05:15] “And when we establish programs and buy assets, it's equipment that was used and put into the ground, that our projects should be complete, including the removal of that equipment or the maintenance of that equipment or the future use of that equipment.”

32. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, November 3, 2025

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    • [2:00:00] “You know, electing the leadership, we know we have an awful lot of authority that's been given through bylaw and policy to the executive committee. Do we look at that as its entirety, or do we just look at that under principle when we look at each policy that we're considering of, you know, what authority is being passed or delegated to the executive committee?”
    • [2:00:24] “I think this whole topic of how information is brought or how trustees bring requests to Trust Council, I think, is a good area of conversation. This is sort of the notice of motion concept. I think it needs to be broad, looked at, developed, and it shouldn't be necessarily reviewed.”
    • [3:33:55] “And I think, you know, do we have the material that is understandable to people who are considering running and for those who are already running to be better at their roles?”

33. Islands Trust Executive Committee special meeting, October 29, 2025

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    • [0:51:54] “All right. Any other questions? I know I had a couple. I know I've been talking with the chair of Islands Trust Conservancy, Lisa Gavro, about potentially inviting the board to join us if we are, in particular, if we can have the Island Coastal Economic Trust speak to us as well as potentially being present during the budget conversation, which we've not normally done.”
    • [1:25:36] “right. Thank you very much. Any other questions on any of these? I guess the only question I would have is, I know we did discuss this at Financial Planning Committee, but again, to understand the record management, the $55,000 was identified as a potential item that could be removed.”
    • [1:46:12] “you. I know I'd like to add my comments. I think my biggest concern is equity, that we want to hope that anyone wishes to run for office could be equipped to do their job to the best of their abilities.”

34. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, October 22, 2025

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    • [1:01:48] “Because we tend to just always have things that come in at the last second or, you know, we either miss intakes, you know, there's only two intakes in a year. But I think if we were more strategic and plan that into our business cases, not that it would lower the budget at this time, but at least give us an opportunity to lower it throughout the year.”
    • [3:38:57] “They are a broad range of areas. And is it more peer review of third party professional reports through the professional reliance model that we need to be examining and looking at? Because we get a lot of criticism from our constituents that we have more doctors per square kilometer than I think any other region.”
    • [4:59:47] “Director Moffs, thank you. That was going to be my suggestion, that there's no reason why our June and September cannot be virtual, and that allows the, and I think having the new term experience one of those meetings virtually, then”

35. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, October 16, 2025

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    • [0:23:48] “Okay. Well, I'm just trying to be clear that people that are signing your petition could misunderstand the statement. That's all. Because it sounds like we are doing something that's unnecessary and unsustainable when there's...”
    • [0:30:44] “The executive committee, through the executive committee, we met with the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs, Christine Boyles, back in September to discuss all the strategic actions of the Trust Council.”
    • [0:31:19] “It is amazing. If any of you ever get to Gabriola and see their recycling center, it's something that, boy, I wish we had it on Salt Spring. It is amazing. It has a store. It has a maker's space.”

36. Islands Trust Council community information meeting, September 29, 2025

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    • [2:14:31] “right. Super. I think that is bringing us into the homestretch here. Our next meeting is going to be October 27th here. I'm sure your chair, Elliot, will be back in the saddle, and you would have a second town hall, I see, still in your agenda, but I fear that there will be no hands raising at this time.”
    • [0:21:08] “But hopefully, I think there's going to be an implementation part to this document that we don't want to let this happen like this again, that it should be updated iteratively and more often, so that there aren't these like leaps in policy that it looks like.”
    • [0:00:20] “We are live streaming and recording this meeting. We always open by acknowledging how fortunate we are to be able to gather today in the unceded and treaty territories of many Coast Salish First Nations, particularly the Sartlip First Nation.”

37. Islands Trust Governance Committee regular meeting, September 18, 2025

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    • [2:10:35] “All right. Through general consent, can we approve 17.1.1 and 17.1.2 to adopt the recommendations as presented? Yes. All right. Thank you, trustees. So I'm going to first start with welcoming Director Mobs. We'll welcome you to your report. Any questions? And then we have 17.1.3. Over to you.”
    • [0:10:02] “Thank you. I want to thank the Governance Committee for putting forth a recommendation. I think that was the right place to start us. And as I had asked you to be prepared, we're going to go around the room to give everyone an opportunity to speak.”
    • [3:04:37] “think I'd say hold that thought for debate. I think that's a debate item for the motion. So let's wait till we have that. If that's, Trustee Elliott, is this the motion you were trying to, that you just read?”

38. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, September 16, 2025

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    • [0:16:53] “So you can look at this reference. It's a fantastic book that talks about the transition of local government as it sort of traditionally looked at how it made decisions, how it embraced the changes that are coming at each and every community that they're facing, how everyone has come to the realization that every decision we make is interrelated.”
    • [0:20:30] “you for noting that correction. Okay. So that was adding a new business item to read a notice of motion and to switch the order and to add the late item on the sponsorship request. Any other changes? Not can we approve the agenda as amended through general consent. Thank you very much.”
    • [3:28:24] “So there's going to be a timer up on the screen. I ask you to respect the time. We ask that everyone refrain from interrupting or engaging in a disruptive behavior. I ask that there's never any clapping or booing or any movement. We want everyone to feel comfortable and safe to speak.”

39. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, September 9, 2025

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    • [0:30:00] “Well, thank you. These are good questions. Ones I raised directly with Jason as well, following Gabriela, because it is important if we're going to have this lens, we need to be able to see what people are saying in the various means, because we're inviting people to participate in many ways. So it'll be a bit of a data hunting exercise, but I think we can do it.”
    • [1:24:18] “I know I'll add that I have been around Keats Island on a boat and have seen some of the work that is occurring there. I've also received a request from Trustee Bernardo, who could not be here today. He asked that I note that he carries on his opposition for the reasons that he had previously stated in previous meetings.”
    • [0:54:55] “Before Planner Zupanek responds, I'm wondering if there's a third resolution to your recommendations today about communications that we would request you to have a communication strategy prepared prior to the release of the agenda package or in tandem with the release of the agenda package.”

40. Islands Trust Regional Planning Committee special meeting, September 8, 2025

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    • [0:23:06] “And so if we're creating static systems and we're monitoring what's going on in our ecosystems, because this is about looking at not just the human number of people, but what's going on on the land, that our islands are going to continue to change and develop in ways with or without subdivision potential.”
    • [0:13:25] “have been giving this one a lot of thought. And part of this thought comes from our commitments to reconciliation, where we can work within the structure we have, where do we need assistance from the province for changes to be able to allow us to do what we would hope is a better approach into the future.”
    • [1:54:47] “I mean, our GIS systems may be contributing to a broader, bigger system of information that's being gathered, or there could be a new house for, you know, because we don't know what the outcome is going to be.”

41. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, August 20, 2025

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    • [3:58:32] “this being added as a guideline? Or is it being added to number 18, strategic plan projects? I'm just not, is this being added as a guideline? Or how, it just says prioritize, and we're discussing the guidelines and principles. So I was just looking for clarity on where this is going.”
    • [3:28:42] “Are staff just going to bring it to a future agenda or do we deem a motion to request that the conversation about potential new reserve funds?”
    • [3:11:32] “We couldn't use it. We discussed it, but it didn't affect the principal's assumptions. I don't know, something like that.”

42. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, August 13, 2025

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    • [0:59:46] “Well, I was going to say, is approved the right word? Because it will be the executive committee that will ultimately approve an RFD to go forward to Trust Council. So I think we're authorizing the chair to review the RFD.”
    • [0:18:07] “And we have the material that was presented with recommendation number one, and then you had A's and ones and twos.”
    • [0:17:53] “My recollection of the committee, the whole meeting was that the material was presented in a very complex way.”

43. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, August 6, 2025

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    • [1:59:17] “That's great. I hope that we're a lean, mean strike force in cooperation this time. So thank you. Okay, we're going to move on then. We're on to item 9.2.3. 9.2.3.1. I can get all the letters in there. This is the short-term rental accommodation principal residence opt-in update briefing on page 152. And I know, Director Cermak, that'll be you.”
    • [2:08:58] “Yeah, I think it's the opt-in option. Principal residence, I think, is the, and let's also be specific, it's the principal residence opt-in. So after accommodation, say principal residence, principal residence requirement opt-in. There we go. The right language. All right, staff, does that, is that suitable?”
    • [1:58:20] “And if, do we need a motion to, I think, or we could just, as part of the materials for preparing for the meeting, sort of an opportunities list that we could build between now and then, something that we could keep adding to as any of us find ourselves in opportunities to push certain ideas forward.”

44. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, July 30, 2025

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    • [1:27:53] “So I really appreciate us moving more into a systems approach, doing the work to really think about and work with First Nations and partners and others that we're not duplicating. We're doing data that helps, you know, that we also are contributing to our partners and that we're building a network. And so thank you.”
    • [1:43:20] “You know, that we really set up, you know, sustainable long-term programs, you know, so that we're not in these positions again in the future. So I think we can just frame it in a way right now that we are, we need to do, we really need to take our time to develop this right.”
    • [1:27:31] “If it's data that falls on us or our partners need to be doing it and that we might want to move to different types of funding, either reserve funds so that we are investing every year and then we don't have these big, oh, it's $120,000 to go do eelgrass.”

45. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, July 23, 2025

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    • [1:16:42] “thank you. I couldn't. You disappeared off my screen. So seconded by Vice Chair Maude. Thank you. Any discussion? I'll call the vote then. All those in favor? And that carries. And then we have one final motion if there is no further amendments. And that is on page six of the agenda package. I guess it would be as amended would be added. Would one of the vice chairs read that motion if they're prepared to do so?”
    • [1:40:32] “Yeah, I don't think we have to get into the rainwater catchment because that's in particular, but I think it's about leaving water in the environment. Rainwater catchment is a way of doing that by not extracting water from the groundwater. But if that makes sense to staff, if we could just leave it at, try to turn that sentence into more of the positive values for the watersheds.”
    • [2:05:10] “So, innovatively covering the costs, appreciate that. And in the long term, I'm looking forward to having better ways of covering our offices that if one office is having staff challenges over another, we should be looking at this organization as a whole and making sure that no geographic region is found lacking in sufficient staff to do the work that needs to be done.”

46. Islands Trust Regional Planning Committee regular meeting, July 18, 2025

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    • [3:52:56] “And, you know, is it, does it belong, does some of the work belong elsewhere? Or does it absolutely belong here? I think those are the questions that as elected officials, we need to have that, those answers so that then when the money does come forward, say we got to spend $120,000 to do this, this freshwater initiative, we see it in the plan, we understand it belongs to the Islands Trust, we don't have these questions of, is this some other agency?”
    • [1:01:44] “It opens with, you know, we've become aware that there's an operation of a non-permitted short-term rental. That's the first paragraph. And I believe that came from, you know, from the BC registry. So it's, when that's not, like I said, it sort of is a very accusatory right from the opening where an investigation may find there was an error, a mistake made, and that there isn't an infraction.”
    • [3:49:18] “Whereas, you know, Cowichan Valley Regional District, who has also a drinking water and watershed protection plan hasn't been necessarily an active partner in Thetis. So I think that's the opportunity of this would be a question of how do we push that? How do we make that happen? Or, you know, or have we picked up the work that maybe they should be doing?”

47. Islands Trust Executive Committee special meeting, July 17, 2025

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    • [0:14:15] “a theme. And so that's something to consider with the, with the consultant and, but of course have”
    • [0:14:04] “questions in advance would be a good idea, not limiting it to that, but having some registration”
    • [0:14:23] “the open, because I think we've done run it that way as well, where people can submit the new,”

48. Islands Trust Council special meeting, July 9, 2025

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    • [0:01:18] “I just want to do, I'm going to do a quick round of introductions. I'm going to do it myself sort of as a, so we know who's here. And then I'll turn over to staff, CAO Broney, to introduce the staff that are joining us today. I'm going to run down through alphabetical order because I think some trustees aren't here.”
    • [0:20:35] “think we kind of are. I think I see this as one section. I think the conversation has been about this section and what more information needs to be here. So this is all sort of part of the preamble of the document. So I think we're in the same area. So proceed, Trustee Getty.”
    • [4:38:15] “I think a question to staff to clarify would be that by just saying consistent with the ALR, but while considering downstream, that doesn't prohibit a local trust committee from being more restrictive where they're allowed, like maximum.”

49. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, July 2, 2025

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    • [0:48:07] “No, I think the only thing I'd add is I think guidance material, or I think as we move toward a brief guidance document, I know, again, the CRD has, like for the local community commission here on Salt Spring, they have a very small couple of page document that sort of highlights some of the key methods and of how they do the notice of motion.”
    • [0:29:27] “For Gambier, there's been a bit of, I guess, a cluster of complaints that the island is working through, and the local trust committee has made space for emerging issues in the OCP land use bylaw engagement project as it goes forward to allow some space to talk about these issues that have been raised.”
    • [1:00:55] “Vice Chair, any questions? All right. Just receive information for now. All right. Moving on, we have item, oh, wait, we need to, no, that's the next one. So item 831 is schedule a special meeting of the Executive Committee to review and approve the July 29th special meeting. Any comments?”

50. Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, June 26, 2025

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    • [1:58:23] “second application. Sorry, the 9.2, so that would and then take then take lunch to come back to 9.1. Would that be all right with staff? Okay, so thank you for letting me play with the agenda a little bit. We'll go to 9.2 then, which is the rezoning 2022.1. There's a stock report beginning on page 155.”
    • [2:14:17] “HAB-Masyn Moyer- With the how could the housing agreement be entered at the time of construction, rather than the time of resolving and the rezoning specific about saying it's an affordable housing unit.”
    • [3:17:45] “professional reliance model, shouldn't those clients be requiring their consultants to add further, you know, give us permission to rely on the report within those limited liability clauses?”

51. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, June 24, 2025

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    • [1:28:42] “we're going to do it as a sub, and everybody will come back for a subsequent meeting. So there'll be a third motion coming in a few moments. So, okay, carry on.”
    • [0:00:09] “I'm ready. Well good morning everyone. I would like to call this meeting a regular meeting of the Gambier-Keats Local Trusts Committee to order.”
    • [1:27:36] “-Masyn Moyer- You could then ask for a subsequent motion for further reporting that you could then amend the policy of the late state so.”

52. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, June 19, 2025

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    • [1:17:52] “And the reason why we moved it to the end is that it gives us a chance to reflect on any new direction that we gave staff in our meeting over this course of three days and how it relates to work that we had already given to staff to do.”
    • [1:10:08] “I do understand that the table at the back doesn't have dates in it, but we did make sure we put that trigger date into the policy that it must be filled out by April of each year.”
    • [0:11:53] “Okay, thank you. That is absolutely correct. We do not have to rush to do this, and I understand that, and that is the will of Trust Council.”

53. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, June 18, 2025

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    • [3:00:15] “How are you, trustees? Where did we leave off earlier before lunch? We were working. Yes, we are. We're working our way through the letter from Minister Kalin. I hope everyone had some time to think over the lunch break.”
    • [4:04:18] “And so I look forward to more conversations as to how we can dig deep into what structure is and how we can control and fix the structure that's within our control.”
    • [3:00:01] “right. It's always so uplifting. I'm so glad I'm awake. I almost feel like this morning after coffee. So thank you so much. That was a nourishment for our souls.”

54. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, June 17, 2025

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    • [0:30:31] “Okay, then correspondence. So we have the correspondence before us. And we have an additional three pieces that we have in the addendum. Are there any objections to forwarding all of those to trust counsel, general consent? That's easy. And that's it, then this meeting would go up. Go ahead.”
    • [0:00:56] “I come to the meeting today with a very warm heart after our feast last evening with Sayot over in Saanich, and it was a good reset, new beginning to working more closely with the Sayot First Nation.”
    • [0:03:45] “So rising report from the previous meeting that the executive committee had adopted the executive committee in-camera meeting minutes of April 23rd and May 14th”

55. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, June 17, 2025

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    • [3:58:37] “All right. So back into the room. Is there any additional speakers who would like to address us today? If you could either raise your hand or that would be great. So I'm going to let you kind of slowly monitor yourselves if you'd like to go first and then you can make your way behind. If you could introduce yourselves. Appreciate that. And we've got the three minute to the teeny tiny timer. You'll hear that little noise that it makes when it goes off. I think that's the best signal. So thank you.”
    • [1:58:25] “We don't have reports here, but I know those of us from the Southern Gulf Islands, I think we've had a couple of meetings and we're planning away other meetings that are coming and hopefully to have a forum in the fall with our counterparts from the San Juan Islands.”
    • [1:45:53] “Just for interest of press counsel, at both ABI-CC and UBCM, when the resolutions, which there are sometimes hundreds, are considered, many of them are dealt in one big block, but then they go through them individually.”

56. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, May 29, 2025

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    • [0:19:13] “If we could just present it instead of in just the paragraph form, if you could just present it that the object of the trust is to preserve and protect the trust area, line down, and its unique amenities, line down, and the environment.”
    • [0:18:57] “One would be to break the paragraph up like was done in the September 23 interpretation piece in many legal opinions.”
    • [0:04:20] “I'm here. I'm Laura Patrick coming from Salt Spring Island, the territory of many Coast Salish”

57. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, May 28, 2025

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    • [0:20:38] “Yeah, mine's more editorial. On page 19, under local trust committee projects, the bullets at the bottom of the page, the first one regarding SWPA, where it says the underspending primarily due to a lack of capacity, and it says, and no direction from the LTC to advance this work ahead of other significant priorities.”
    • [1:09:36] “But here's the thing. We hire a CAO and we hand the operational decisions like that over to our CAO. So I would warn us all to, yes, we could have our opinions, but let's let staff decide how they want to manage their time and track their time and record their time.”
    • [0:49:03] “My question is, what we just sort of talked about at the allocated financial statements is the application cost. Does that reside in another committee or what is financial planning committee's role in re-evaluating the application fees?”

58. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, May 22, 2025

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    • [1:17:26] “because we've been talking to a number of organizations that say, just be patient a little bit longer. I really wish we'd started, you know, this sooner, but we've got a consulting team about to start. Part of what they're going to do is sort of a gap assessment. I imagine they're going to kind of narrow down the field of questions so that we're not talking about, you know, the world, we're talking about, you know, a smaller scope.”
    • [1:22:08] “Because, you know, shelter and supported beds and houses is a very different group of delivery than, you know, supplemented rental or, you know, so I think that's where we need to get the clarity and get the numbers so that we're looking at a complete picture.”
    • [1:28:21] “So that's going to be another piece that we hopefully will be doing as part of the OCP project is looking at the land use bylaw regulations for short-term rentals and the home-based businesses of the bed and breakfasts.”

59. Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, May 22, 2025

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    • [0:19:04] “I was going to offer just some, the large farms are ALR, that's just one thing you have to work with, but I know on Salt Spring what we brought in, because we had some large farms that are not on ALR, and we brought in, if they were to exchange their subdivision potential for dwellings and that they were to cluster those dwellings together, then that large parcel stays together as a large parcel, but they can try to co-op it or do other things with more structures in the community.”
    • [1:18:13] “Further discussion, I'll call the vote then. All those in favor? And that carries. Is there any other discussion on these? Otherwise, we have to consider the motions on page five.”
    • [1:07:58] “My question was, though, if you didn't have a DPA, could you have additional environmental requirements on a subdivision potential?”

60. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, May 14, 2025

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    • [2:23:53] “Yes, I think an overall response would be appropriate from Trust Council on any future actions. But I think a request to meet without, you know, without any specific, you know, we're not, we don't need to elaborate, but I think the respect of meeting with the minister would be important. Vice Chair Elliott?”
    • [2:02:02] “Yeah. And I encourage us to think of how we could create either a focus group or a small group that we could use from time to time to get feedback and as well consider whether the trustees themselves are a feedback loop so that they feel that they've participated in it.”
    • [1:53:20] “Could there be a short version that gets us some of the general impressions or understandings or, you know, still gets that beginning part where we get some education out there as to what this document is?”

61. Islands Trust Regional Planning Committee special meeting, May 9, 2025

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    • [3:27:49] “Because we could see what was going to come. And I think it's important that, you know, suitable land analysis could have different layers to different islands because of the issues and concerns on those islands. There could even be social layers, not all environmental or, you know, but it needs, I think if the analysis was built from the beginning in a transparent manner, engaging your community along the way, then the results are going to be more acceptable.”
    • [3:38:49] “So that data is so important. And if we have that correct and we're collecting it and sharing it, that helps dispel that fear that everybody's going to do this. And so that's all I'm encouraging is that the data helps us tell those stories and hopefully helps us not have to stay up at night worrying like we all do about keeping the precious families that we need on these islands here.”
    • [4:51:05] “But I don't know what to do because basically we have nothing that will help us on Salt. This just doesn't even begin to help us on Salt Spring, what we've got now. And I'm sure it's similar on other islands. I totaled them up 33 units in the next 20 years over the entire trust area, I guess, minus Bowen. And we're at healthy rental levels. I just know that's not true.”

62. Islands Trust Programs Committee regular meeting, May 7, 2025

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    • [4:23:04] “If we're going to maintain 21 OCPs and 18 land use bylaws or whatever the numbers are that we have, we should have a program in place to maintain them. Maintain them up to date, maintain them current, maintain them compliant with the trust policy statement. And I think that's the opportunity that, you know, we should mature to that level. That is a change, doing things differently, that we organize and fund this work so that it gets done.”
    • [3:45:10] “I think the difference is really about timing. The idea of a context statement would be done following the completion of the trust policy statement, and LTC would go through a process, and yes, we have to create what that process is, to document how it complies or addressed, how it addressed the trust policy statement.”
    • [4:14:18] “You know, so they've boiled it down to some really key points. And I think that would be of high value. And I think it would be part of our reporting and really showing we're making progress. We're doing something that we're setting out to do. I think it would be important.”

63. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, May 6, 2025

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    • [1:37:09] “We preserve and protect the trust area and the unique amenities and the environment, three distinct areas, which, as we have learned in our detailed reviews of the legal opinions, have broad meaning, as well as many of the things that we had gone through in the previous term, saying the mandate means complete communities or sustainable communities, housing, all of that.”
    • [1:38:36] “And I think we do need to get very clear in our communications as to what we are, be proud of it, own it, be able to explain it. And I think the trust policy statement is a good place to do that. I think that's our opportunity that we have at hand in front of us in the near term here is to be able to get that clear.”
    • [0:05:58] “And for some background information, I just put together here on page 17 is really just some framing of the questions as to or the conversation that when we do have our conversations, we're really talking about how we make decisions as trustees, how we look at the mandate.”

64. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, April 29, 2025

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    • [2:18:35] “And I think that's the fundamental difference where the old policy that we looked at sort of opened with this. Here's how everybody takes a look at this, this, this, this thing. So I do hear what you're saying. And it's something to kind of give a thought to the way it's structured.”
    • [2:50:19] “was using specifically the word social, not gentrification. I just gave that as an example of what a social impact could be. Cumulative effects on environment and social is common science. It's part of many frameworks, and that's why I just brought up the word social.”
    • [2:18:15] “And I think the part four implementation, as it's presented here, is really about, it's directed to us. How does the Islands Trust and all of its associated bodies that have direct legislative authority implement this plan?”

65. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, April 9, 2025

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    • [0:42:41] “There could be redirection of who needs to be given the bulk of the work from Trust Council. So we need to be prepared for that. These are very high level. So I would expect next step coming back, any of these that are approved or put forward by Trust Council, that the next step would be a staff report coming back to them at some point saying, here's your options.”
    • [0:42:29] “So I think as the conversations unfold, there could be redirections. Some of these say they go to governance committees. Some of these say they go to the executive committees. Some of these say they go somewhere else.”
    • [0:42:07] “Yes. Well, no, setting up the conversation is going to be very key and a lot of planning and practice so that this can land and be understood.”

66. Islands Trust Programs Committee regular meeting, April 2, 2025

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    • [2:10:57] “So we have rectangular farm properties that are split zoned. So they'll have a piece that's ALR, they'll have a piece that's forest, they'll have a piece that's rural upland. And what happens is they get sold. And the first thing they do is they subdivide based on those boundaries of the split zoning.”
    • [1:36:47] “So I think Jason's answer is correct, that it is covered with other policies, but I think we could add clarification somehow as we implement the policies or as we look back at this entire policy back together again to make sure that these really apply to everything we do.”
    • [3:53:42] “So this is asking staff to do some analysis to consider context statements or something thereabouts is a way in which local trust committees tell trust counsel or how they understood the trust policy statement and how they incorporated it into their OCPs.”

67. Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, March 28, 2025

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    • [0:57:47] “So we can't get there without working with all the other jurisdictions. And our mandate also requires that we do work in cooperation with all those other jurisdictions. So it is hard work. It is very hard work. But I think we always have to have our mind of what is appropriate for an official community plan.”
    • [0:57:08] “Oh, complication is a good thing, though. That's what we are. And I know I did send you a comment earlier because that did stick out to me, the comments of what's in our jurisdiction, what's not in our jurisdiction.”
    • [0:57:21] “And this is a tough one, because an official community plan is a legislative document by the Local Government Act, and it says it's supposed to be guiding decisions on planning and land use management.”

68. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 26, 2025

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    • [1:25:20] “Okay. While she's working on that, I just wanted, my only comment is in the opening sentence, sort of the blurb, Trust Council highlights, it'd be nice if we could have like a one sentence that just sort of says, you know, Trust Council, the 26th body or, you know, the federated body or some kind of sentence that refers to who Trust Council is.”
    • [0:49:41] “I know staff have done quite a bit of work to research and answer on APCs meeting electronically, but we might need to push a little bit harder on this. Gambier is a unique island that has got multiple areas that are completely unconnected, and also landowners that live elsewhere.”
    • [3:05:41] “that was going to be my question to staff was just regarding work flow is that there is no, you know, the governance committee has the closest work under the secretariat piece, that there is no existing work that this is attached to. Vice Chair Peterson?”

69. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, March 25, 2025

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    • [2:10:59] “this is our discussion. So it's like this is a piece, but we're missing the, like, to go to the public, it's the questions of policy, as you're talking about, what's the policy language, what does it look like, are there options on policy, maybe you're seeing something of that nature that we could get feedback on.”
    • [0:00:52] “This local trust committee is committed to establishing and maintaining mutually respectful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, and we have made a commitment to reconciliation with the understanding that this commitment is a long-term relationship-building and healing process.”
    • [1:48:58] “I think that's what staff are attempting to do. I'm always frustrated with the endorsement language as well, because it's like, what does endorsement mean? This is not a bylaw. You're hearing again, I'm sensitive to the acronyms and things that we're using. We have no bylaws in front of us.”

70. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 13, 2025

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    • [2:56:07] “I just just want to you. Are you on? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Trustee Gavreau is on the committee and willing to speak if you want to. Yeah, I was going to suggest that Trustee Gavreau, but just comment”
    • [0:00:18] “And we are going to be going into an in-camera meeting this morning. I think we have everyone is joining us today, except for Grant Scott is is our only regret for today.”
    • [0:00:00] “We're going to go ahead. We're going to go ahead and open the meeting while we work on the technical issues, but the people online can hear us. We just cannot see them.”

71. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 12, 2025

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    • [6:47:59] “And then adding, if that's okay with those of you who have still your hands up, if that's all right, we're going to, Trustee Leckham's going to speak next. And then we're going to get a list up for something to start talking about items rather than just talking. So, Trustee Leckham.”
    • [4:41:38] “My understanding is trying to ask if this would replace the local trust committee's ability to have their local meeting procedure bylaws, and or this would have an opportunity to be commented on by the local trust committees, if I paraphrase that correctly.”
    • [0:54:55] “right. Well, thank you. I do. I did send staff for one, two, three to change that language that we talked about so that it's got the administrative fairness component. So I think Trustee Morrison agreed to that.”

72. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, March 11, 2025

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    • [2:45:04] “So both of those committees are made up of the executive committee members as well as the chairs of the governance committee, the financial planning committee, regional planning committee, and trust programs committee.”
    • [2:45:15] “So for the hiring committee, there are two items of business that were completed in February, and that was the CEO position description and the CEO performance assessment.”
    • [2:40:14] “All right. I know it's my name next to the Regional Planning Committee, but I'm going to call on Vice Chair Boffert to give us a report.”

73. Islands Trust Financial Planning Committee regular meeting, March 5, 2025

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    • [0:39:58] “no. It was just when he said that maybe this doesn't belong here, that it's back to the financial planning conversation. Some of the conversation we just had about how every area is a little different, there's going to be different things on your agenda, that is a bit of either humbling information that we should share and acknowledge that we are yet one line item on your property tax that you're going to get.”
    • [1:04:52] “Well, I think just saying, do you want, you know, do you support local land use services should be increased, decreased, whatever, just having one lump of land use planning services, I think it's, I think this is where should we be doing, you know, should we increase funding and, you know, long range planning versus, you know, just processing applications, that type of thing.”
    • [0:40:41] “So I would just acknowledge it and own it right up front. And again, I think this is a chance to do some education and to explain the process. So I'm not going to argue over this, but I think there is value to replace it with more of either a narrative or drawings or something different that talks more about the process that we go through to get to the numbers.”

74. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 19, 2025

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    • [3:22:54] “And sort of like legal, you can go over budget, but you'd have to consider that at the time you have your application in front of you in the circumstances before you. So, you know, I see Julia Mobbs going to say, no, you can't. But I know EC has done it in the past. But, you know, it's like we can't pre-guess what's going to happen next year. I think we do the best we can. $15,000 at least gets us some applications and we can deal with if we get more.”
    • [4:25:42] “As I say, if it's in regard to anything, the local trust committee and the local community commission meetings that will continue to meet jointly, I think as time goes on, the virtual attendance of the chair will be easier as we move into our forming stage.”
    • [4:14:22] “All right. So then I guess we would leave this as is. And like I said, there is risk the work won't be done, but hopefully there's a lot of interest in seeing watershed protection moved forward on Salt Spring. So I really hope we can make it work.”

75. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 18, 2025

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    • [0:51:01] “And I think that's where, oh, there, there, review and establish new goals, evaluation meeting. So either under the self-assessment, it's performance and progress and personal development, or I don't know, I'd look to maybe Ruben would have, I see his hands up. He'll have some great ideas of where we can put that.”
    • [1:03:57] “And I think, again, I'm going to turn to Ruben, because there must be another word there that growth is, it's, is it health? Is it, it's more about the health of the organization, not a growing organization. So I think there needs to be a better word there. And I'd be, I'm calling, calling a friend.”
    • [0:42:35] “I think when we were looking at this policy initially of kind of leaning toward using an independent party that we either retained for a four-year term or something so that they were kind of part of the team is to make sure we have that, it happens, that it does happen every year.”

76. Islands Trust Regional Planning Committee regular meeting, February 7, 2025

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    • [1:23:27] “And I drug all the MLA candidates that were running in the last election out on the same little tour to see, you know, see the housing situation that we have on Salt Spring. And I know that the census reports, you know, it's a very small number of who identified as living in inefficient, I forget the word in the census, but there's a question regarding your quality or lack thereof of your dwelling.”
    • [0:14:34] “I think that's establishing clear approval and reporting processes. Approvals being it aligns with the strategic plan, it aligns with your budget. There can be a whole bunch of things, and that could be figured out. We don't need to, I think, get into that detail unless you think it's important to put in there. But I would agree strategic plan alignment is where we're strongly headed.”
    • [0:15:08] “I'll move that the Regional Planning Committee recommend that Trust Council request staff to revise Policy 654, Grants and Donations Administration, to develop clear guidance for staff and trust bodies when applying for external grant funding opportunities by aligning approval limits with procurement policies and to establish clear approval and reporting processes.”

77. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, January 30, 2025

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    • [1:17:35] “I move that the Committee of the Whole recommends that Trust Council revise proposed Directive Policy 346 to read, identify areas and elevated risk of natural and climate change-related hazards, and restrict development within them, including but not limited to areas subject to flooding, sea level rise, erosion, slope stability, and wildfire.”
    • [1:46:13] “But if we're going to leave the housing agreements here, I know I have some language that Jason was kind enough to suggest back on how to perhaps improve this one to deal with flexibility and other issues that are critical to the importance of if you are going to use this tool, that they need to be flexible.”
    • [0:54:26] “I really want to thank the examples that were put in there and note that wild fire is the word and I am still vehemently opposed to the word fire houses burned down here all the time for wood stoves and electrical and all these other issues wild fire is the is the natural risk or the sometimes unnatural.”

78. Islands Trust Governance Committee regular meeting, January 29, 2025

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    • [4:38:49] “You know, we never know who it is we need. So do we retain them in-house or, you know, are they on Island's Trust side? Are they on Island's Trust Conservancy side? Are they, you know, consultants or subject matter experts that we rely on? So I think, to me, that's more of the issue of having, building that bench strength, so to speak, at the organization, but sort of sharing it better amongst the two agencies and between internal and external resources.”
    • [1:11:02] “Yeah, again, like I said, the recommendations are grouped in an unusual way, and I think it's our opportunity based on our experience and knowledge and what we've seen to group them in other ways, because there were a number of recommendations, recommendations two and three, which are recommended not to be addressed, which actually are related to this one, and I think the committee issue is a bigger committee.”
    • [4:38:22] “But they are also one of the places that they're building those strengths for different specialist approaches. I think the question is more, you know, it's better alignment of resources, but it's also the options of building in-house versus using, you know, external subject matter experts from, you know, from biologists to zoologists.”

79. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, January 22, 2025

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    • [2:47:42] “You know, and so, and we also have to understand, you know, while there are a couple of people who understand this organization, the majority do not. And I think we're trying to get people as many as possible to participate in these surveys and put the feedback back.”
    • [1:52:47] “I think we're missing a deliverable. The IEP2 promise to the public for consult level says we will keep you informed, listen to you, and acknowledge concerns and aspirations, and provide feedback on how the input influenced the decision.”
    • [2:47:25] “Yes. I just wanted to feedback on, I understand and hear, we need to be very careful in how we structure this and put this together and that we have to come from it from the angle of where do we, where does the feedback matter?”

80. Islands Trust Council special meeting, January 20, 2025

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    • [2:53:36] “And I think alone, Director Cermak, just as parking things as we go forward and we talk about training and trustee training and all of that, this is an area of, I think, significant importance in helping trustees start the term on understanding what this is, all of bylaw enforcement, but in particular, how discretion plays.”
    • [2:41:10] “Yeah, I think that's a very good point. So we would have, well, I guess that's jumping ahead to Section 10. So let's park that one for a second, and then capture that one, Rob, that we have a Section 10 opportunity to discuss or make that a little bit deeper, introducing the template as well as the screening officer.”
    • [0:17:44] “Thank you, Trustee Graham. But the ombudsman report was pretty clear in saying that the policy needs to be written in a way that's understood as well. So they didn't separate them out in their comments in the ombudsman report. It's clear that the policy itself needs to be well understood and easy to follow.”

81. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, January 13, 2025

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    • [0:09:11] “in doing annual performance reviews that we should ensure that that's covered by in in the budget”
    • [0:27:48] “they're you know younger people of color uh all all forms of diversity and that's the only thing”
    • [0:15:30] “to have some standard amount for a consultant i don't know how often we do a 360 that would have”

82. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, December 19, 2024

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    • [0:31:19] “So I think just be clear. And I think there's an expectation, of course, that it's not going to be one of the same. It can't be. The other is I yield caution and is the executive committee, while it does have the day-to-day role to not really truly embed the trust counsel process into even the ongoing review process to some degree, that's where separation starts to occur.”
    • [0:31:48] “And I think the idea is to not repeat what we've done for 30 years. This is really about finding a solid process going forward that, you know, when a performance review is given, you've got the confidence that Trust Council stands with it as the employer and that we're all on the same page, swimming in the same direction.”
    • [0:40:47] “Yeah, again, for the long-term policy, it is about making it work. It wasn't working before. I'm going to be blunt. It wasn't happening. And that has nothing to do about individuals. We're not doing the work. Every executive team is going to have their strengths and weaknesses.”

83. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, December 5, 2024

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    • [1:15:56] “And we're going to be back having this conversation over and over unless we do something about it. And I think we could deal with items four and five very interestingly with this issue. I think we need a stronger, stronger than a letter, some form of joint statement and in partnership with the many First Nations indigenous governance bodies in this area, because I think many of them share similar concerns.”
    • [2:56:34] “It would be lovely to say this happened quickly. I'm really proud of getting the attention from the other electoral areas.”
    • [2:55:24] “It is simply a steering committee of the work that was already approved by this to do the roundtables and workshops.”

84. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, December 4, 2024

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    • [6:25:15] “just want to note that all of the Salt Spring projects have been previously budgeted, taxed, and paid for.”
    • [4:23:07] “do we deal with that here or in the budget conversation? Let's deal with it here. Put it in the project”
    • [3:09:17] “Those of us that experienced last term, we lost the narrative. Groups got developed and they took”

85. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, December 3, 2024

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    • [1:31:02] “921, the second bullet says the draft policy generally meets the regional planning committee's understanding of the ombudsman's recommendations. I spoke with Vice Chair Bothrick, and the committee had not made that recommendation because there was no accounting of that report. So that bullet should be removed.”
    • [2:21:37] “This committee is doing great. And we have a contractor in place that's working to facilitate the roundtables and technical workshops. And a steering committee is in process to be formed. And we've attracted four electoral area directors from four different regional districts.”
    • [2:22:25] “If you have any questions in the meantime on this tiny but mighty project, please talk to Trustee Boland, Trustee Campbell, Trustee Elliott, or myself, and we'll fill you in on that.”

86. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, November 13, 2024

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    • [2:45:07] “think there's more opportunities to try to align and help work with our communities on the C2C funding grant, which is a provincial granting program for communities working with Indigenous communities and how we could really help to promote and get more involvement in our community level to community level granting.”
    • [4:02:14] “Generally, the funds are primarily coming from surplus because this project has been budgeted for three years in a row now and have not been able to get off the ground.”
    • [3:43:27] “just fully support co-op students. Jobs are so hard to come by and experience is important as a government agency. I just feel this is a minimum thing we can do.”

87. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, November 8, 2024

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    • [0:09:58] “So, I know I'm going to be recommending today that we, when we are having conversations on material, and we believe it's ready to go to Trust Council that we add additional resolution that very clearly refers what we're recommending through executive committee so that they put their eyes on it in the role that they play by sitting on this committee as well.”
    • [1:17:39] “Lower my hand. Anyone that voted against? Nope. So that carries. Excellent job. We can face the Financial Planning Committee and get through the next lengthy meeting of theirs. Okay. Moving back on to the agenda. How are we doing, folks? It's 1120. Keep going up until lunch hour. Director Cermak.”
    • [5:06:38] “HAB-Masyn Moyer- That contain up to see if five or five of us. Okay. Seconded by trustee Elliot any discussion. I'll call the vote. All those in favor. And that carries. Super. Okay, then we're going to move on because we got into this meeting 11.1 we have our”

88. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, November 5, 2024

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    • [0:27:36] “When the budget, if the budget's approved in March, there would then need to be a whole, you know, terms of reference created and go out. So, I think that's the next step. So, I think the question would be, is the $8,000 that's in here adequate for the type of breadth that is being talked about here? I think that's the question.”
    • [0:27:21] “Well, I think perhaps Director Mobs will be able to direct answer this. Today, what I think we're trying to make sure is that is the 8,000 that is in the business case adequate to do the work that we think needs to be done.”
    • [1:56:36] “manual. And there are a number of the policies or a subset of the policies that are more pertinent to”

89. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, October 24, 2024

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    • [0:43:52] “So, I think it's encouraged, I think we just have to find a way, members isn't the right word, but it's, you know, it's staff, it's employees, and it's even our partners and our, you know, and our constituents, or our islanders, our residents, or whatever.”
    • [0:43:33] “So I think it's we, you know, we're encouraging who? Employees and trustees, partners. But I've always said we play a role. Part of our work is also helping the community along on the journey of reconciliation.”
    • [0:02:36] “I know when we did performance review and evaluation of the previous CAO last term, when I was on the executive, all of that was done in camera, even establishing the performance measures.”

90. Islands Trust Financial Planning Committee regular meeting, October 23, 2024

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    • [3:39:56] “So, I'll let the debate carry on here, but I do have a motion that I would like to see the staff report reviewed by the Regional Planning Committee at our next meeting and all of these projects, because we only saw what ones were done by September 4th, so that we can comment on the entire package and, you know, come to an alignment on that projects, as well as the feasibility of the staff to get that work done.”
    • [3:39:34] “So that, you know, we can only have a budget for the money that's there now, but we should know, you know, by going out to tender, we'll have up-to-date information that we can have an accurate, you know, budget and understanding of what it'll take to finish this project this term with, you know, new numbers by going out to market.”
    • [2:13:29] “So some of that is going to have to be through, you know, article, it's going to have to be a package of materials that are shared with our community to bring them on that journey to where we end up, so that we can explain that and hopefully have their trust that, you know, we got here in a good way.”

91. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, October 10, 2024

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    • [0:57:12] “I welcome the review. When the province last reviewed the Islands Trust in 1987, it resulted in significant changes to the Act, and it sparked considerable actions to prepare the first trust policy statement, numerous protocol agreements with various ministries, the regional districts and others, and most of the internal policy and procedures that guide every action and decision that we make today.”
    • [2:27:55] “We want to be available. We want this information to get out there. I think I think it's going to be good information. But so I think we need to make sure there's some context pieces out there. I think there needs to be great if someone could write an article. I can't write an article because I don't I haven't been in on the process of what's been happening and what it looks like.”
    • [2:33:21] “I appreciate the work that's being considered here. I thought that the, sorry, I'm tired. Where this came from was about a neighboring floodlight shining into someone else's property. And that's not Night Sky's issue. That's nuisance. And that's not something that we, that's in our jurisdiction.”

92. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, October 3, 2024

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    • [1:51:26] “So we're missing that piece is where this is saying, you know, when you are going to be considering, and I like the wording here about your decisions that you're making, that's very different than now I'm saying, okay, well, I'm going to direct density to a certain place.”
    • [1:51:12] “Yeah, I'm sort of along where Judy was getting at. I mean, San Juan has two pieces, and I think that's what we're losing is they have the direct, you know, they're directing growth into containment areas. They call them containment areas.”
    • [1:51:43] “So I think we need to consider, and maybe that's a question to staff, I would vote for this one, but maybe ask, is there better wording along those lines of the direction of that density? That's all.”

93. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, October 1, 2024

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    • [1:30:00] “Back to the watershed coordination. Sorry, I'm just running through your report. I had to go through it in the order that it was in. It said that we indicated that we had signaled we no longer wish to administer SWPA. That's not true. In the project charter we approved, we specifically put in there that we will carry on coordinating SWPA until another entity takes it over.”
    • [0:28:27] “Um, so that's the only thing. And then by putting the consultant's work in here, I mean, it was mentioned in the other one. Um, I'm not getting the sense that the project management piece was picked up as, you know, we had recommended that project management be included in this, uh, not any way in any form of, of not recognizing staff's, uh, invaluable, uh,”
    • [1:20:48] “understand that, but I mean, you're going to be getting good numbers. We cannot commit to that additional funds until we have budget approval. But I think if the RFP is structured well, you could get that data and then revisit so that we don't get ourselves, like I said, I'd like to start this project and have confidence we're going to end the project.”

94. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, September 25, 2024

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    • [4:45:33] “Interesting. My only question is a drafting question because the guiding principles are quite clear. They guide all of our decisions and then the directive policies are, you know, so do we really need in each objective a reference back to a guiding principle?”
    • [7:27:46] “Thank you. And I think also it might be good to divide the work on the conversation here, because there are two motions. So I'll run into the second part, because I think they're distinctly different, motion one. So it might be good to get that done.”
    • [4:45:22] “It's interesting because I didn't pick these notes up before. I mean, I absolutely support the guiding principles and prioritizing environment. That's in the current trust policy statement. So this isn't new. It's already existing.”

95. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, September 4, 2024

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    • [3:05:23] “I understand the Ombudsman report. They said it was about our approach, not our policies. Our approach to bylaw enforcement needed to be reviewed. And so that was my question. And I guess that leads to the Ombudsman report has lots of suggestions in there. They use the word suggestions instead of recommendations. And there isn't a one for one analysis of the report or has that been done?”
    • [3:20:07] “I'm sorry, I have my video off. My Wi-Fi is not stable. My only question, again, is the readability and plain language piece. How do we do that? How do we get that feedback? How do we test it in some way to get that feedback on, is this readable?”
    • [3:02:20] “Sorry, it was in the ombudsman report. It said it suggested that a review of the current approach be undertaken to ensure that our current approach is reasonable and consistent with legal and fairness principles.”

96. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, August 22, 2024

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    • [0:33:33] “this policy statement done this term um and that we need to find genuine ways to help lead in our”
    • [0:08:50] “appreciate staff doing this i think this is it's some of this is really food for thought for some”
    • [0:33:19] “on this journey in every way we can um does it have to you know be in this statement so i'm i'm”

97. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, August 21, 2024

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    • [4:54:36] “My suggestion would be that we'll all get notice when the program is available and that we agree on what staff person that we could send to them, what our intended program that we're going to go to, and any questions that we've already got pre-planned for cabinet sessions.”
    • [3:54:23] “Council was considering such action at an upcoming meeting. So that kind of conversation is absolutely”
    • [4:09:51] “would like to meet with ministry staff on housing. Salt Spring has a letter that I sure hope has been”

98. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, August 15, 2024

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    • [0:58:15] “And this comprehensive review, I'm certain, will not just look at the Islands Trust. It has to look at the overall picture of what's occurring in the island. Who's doing what? Are we working together? The Islands Trust was initially supposed to be that coordinating body. We were supposed to be the conductor leading this and helping all parties coordinate in a fashion.”
    • [0:39:49] “We are not assuming legislation by this request that could be an outcome. There will be a report with lots of recommendations, and we're a long ways away from any proposal for legislative change. So I don't believe we have concerns with protocol agreements at this time, but that's all I'll make for comments right now.”
    • [0:57:55] “And I think is some of the root issues that Emily Olson was referring to. I think his office acts as a regional local government because he gets every issue, every problem, everything that's gone wrong in every one of the different governments that have been dealt a card to manage something in these islands.”

99. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, July 31, 2024

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    • [0:09:37] “And then the other thing I would like to talk more about is kind of as we go into the OCP project with a focus on housing that looking at the terms of reference or the work for the consultant, I think there's an opportunity at the end of that project to not just walk away.”
    • [0:21:06] “Well, thanks, Chris. And I know it's always hard to step into a project, but I know that even Leonard Yeomans had to step into, and that's hence why we made project management a key thing.”
    • [0:08:08] “And I'd like to see what they did, what they put forward, because I think it's worth seeing what they were thinking, because it might there might still be lessons to be learned in there.”

100. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, July 12, 2024

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     • [0:12:17] “Because I think, you know, the words that we heard from Adam when he spoke to us was pretty clear that, you know, the province asked for our input. What do we think about this motion? So I don't think we should, you know, put ourselves in a position where we're demonstrating that we can't figure things out. So let's just find the points that we all readily agree on and move on.”
     • [0:11:54] “And I think, you know, these points could be reiterated in the RFD. And I think it's beholden on us as we have these conversations to think about, you know, we don't need to work our way into knots. I think if we find that we're disagreeing or split over an item, just park that one. Let's move on and find the ones that we all agree on.”
     • [1:26:43] “There's reasons for it. We should talk in general about just the points of why do a review. I think trying to link point to point, point to point, we're going to get ourselves down rabbit holes. So we should just say, why are we asking the province to do a review of the act?”

101. Islands Trust Governance Committee regular meeting, June 20, 2024

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     • [0:19:33] “How do we, how and who we want to work on that letter. And I think there is an opportunity of, you know, I don't know what that is, but it's how, you know, I think the governance committee could use a couple of different mechanisms, draft the letter and then share it out for everyone to see, or do we want to have a smaller working group work on the letter?”
     • [2:15:18] “I know you're going to start to talk about the vessels, but I want to ask you a bit more about the doc segments.”
     • [2:15:41] “in Montague they're everywhere um and they are they I assume some are impeding with the navigation uh”

102. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, May 30, 2024

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     • [2:27:38] “I think, I know Trustee Stanford, you, I, others have sat through AVICC, UBCM meetings, where we sit in panels and hear from other areas.”
     • [1:28:12] “I'll use the term. But another very important role I believe we have to play is it's our job to also be enhancing the relationships”
     • [1:28:01] “And in particular, I think we're focusing on sort of the relationship between the island's trust and indigenous governing bodies.”

103. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, May 30, 2024

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     • [0:07:11] “So, there is going to be a public engagement process, and we want to hear from you. So I think that the voice, your voice is going to help direct what aspects of it. It's what needs to be corrected in the existing plans and regulations to help us. So, pay attention, engage and participate.”
     • [0:06:45] “Well, Anne, I think the fact that you're organized, Ag Alliance and others really help because the official community plan, it's going to be a public process.”
     • [0:33:23] “Farming for them, it's not using the word farming isn't appropriate, but food was grown on this island from time immemorial, and it is important.”

104. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, May 29, 2024

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     • [1:53:50] “This will take effort to really improve the way we communicate, not just our financials, but other things that are of interest to the community.”
     • [1:53:41] “They're two things, but we tend to lump them into one basket, but they really are two distinct things.”
     • [0:29:04] “be uh we always like to use these numbers as we we argue for for resources to address the uh immense”

105. Islands Trust Governance Committee regular meeting, May 13, 2024

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     • [0:42:58] “The other piece is to, I know I read through this and I could have easily have missed it, but most municipalities also have sort of a blackout period of during elections that, you know, comments are sort of put to the side and not addressed during an election period.”
     • [1:17:22] “We still allow six months, and I think that should be tightened up, that people should be encouraged to move a little quicker than waiting six months before they make a complaint on someone's behavior.”
     • [0:42:40] “And it's generally regarding the direct counselors themselves, the staff, and the volunteers associated with the various advisory planning committees.”

106. Islands Trust Regional Planning Committee special meeting, April 25, 2024

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     • [1:20:48] “I think we need to find a different way, and we started that conversation last time of how can we have the minor projects, which is run on a fund, that the major projects should be run sort of on a fund, too, that we're funding over the long term this work in a way that we can count on rather than have to battle for it every year in a different way.”
     • [0:48:31] “you, Trustee Elliott. And also, we weren't experiencing problems with your connection, or at least I wasn't. Excuse me. Yes, I think there's a lot missing here. Footprint, fingerprint, those type of words of what is the type of development that has occurred. Is that the type of development that should occur or continue to occur?”
     • [0:33:35] “I think the word tune up or check in or other words are probably more appropriate. I really like what San Juan County Islands did in the introduction of review of their what they call comprehensive plan instead of official community plan is they really acknowledge the work that had gone into the previous draft.”

107. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, February 27, 2024

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     • [1:10:34] “I think this group, I mean, your organizations will be pinged in what's going on with the complete communities, but I think there'd be a benefit of the joint group of us talking together before the report is made final so that we could talk through some of perhaps your, you know, what are you seeing or the reactions and things of that nature.”
     • [0:38:09] “And I know we've been talking about it at the Regional Planning Committee, which is the overall federation body that helps work with the land use planning, as to making sure that once we see this formula, that we can play with it and make sure that the data that we're collecting is useful to the islands.”
     • [0:50:39] “Do you think there's value to do sort of a community take a look and say, well, there's some parcels that are in the ALR that will never be farmed or that there are other parcels that are being farmed and we could reconcile and do a no net loss sort of one time correction or update?”

108. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 23, 2024

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     • [1:17:26] “So, of course, we're extremely interested in who gets elected as the vice chairs because we've delegated them all that authority. What's underlying that is all the delegated authority. Is it appropriate today with our modern techniques and being able to Zoom and talk and have decisions a little bit quicker?”
     • [1:17:09] “But I think this committee is going into what's the underlying issue regarding that. And I took the time to look at how much has been delegated to the executive committee from Trust Council, that in the history of this organization, we've essentially delegated everything to the executive committee.”
     • [1:17:58] “bodies and what's left at the trust counsel table for decision-making. So I think those would be the”

109. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 21, 2024

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     • [4:58:16] “So we're just going to keep nickel and diming, and we're not going to get at the problems that need to have resources given to them.”
     • [5:35:39] “This is what little bit we can do to help. And I think, you know, we all agree there's a housing crisis in our island.”
     • [5:35:33] “But housing, you know, the not-for-profits that are trying to build housing projects in these islands,”

110. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 16, 2024

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     • [0:30:27] “Thank you, Peter. I don't think anyone's saying we need a new charter. I think it's our job to really look closely at this charter. This charter is our charter. Staff have brought us a draft, and I think we always have to look at a charter and make any changes we think are necessary to reflect what we think. So I would encourage people to be looking at it in that way. Before I go to Trustee Boland, I'm going to trust, Trustee Elliott hasn't spoken yet on this topic, I don't believe.”
     • [3:11:14] “We're going to deal with that at the end, making this motion, we will, you know, we'll address the priorities and we will be looking to trust council for priority conversations. And if I understand the March meeting, they're going to be having the goal conversation before we have to talk to them about priorities. So I think it's all going to fit well, I hope.”
     • [3:20:36] “We had partnered with UBC, Dr. Tara Martin's lab, and they created the most amazing tool that took all the layers together, and it was an informational GIS database where you could pose different questions, it could pull from the different layers, it had LIDAR in there as well.”

111. Islands Trust Conservancy Board special meeting, February 1, 2024

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     • [0:10:01] “One of the criteria that's not in the example that was in the package today from District of Saanich, I don't know why it was missing, maybe it's because it's the 2024 guidance material, but they have a budget guideline that says council will consider budget reduction scenarios of one and two percent of the proposed tax increases.”
     • [0:09:00] “And it was actually a recommendation of their financial director that made the recommendations for the guidance with a very lengthy analysis memo in front of sort of what's expected, what's coming down the road in 24, what was committed in plans, and what are they facing for increases that you can't change versus where can you.”
     • [0:09:26] “And I think that's an important piece of that. I think as we're moving forward through, you know, improving our planning, there's opportunities, I think we talked about it before, having an IT plan that's, you know, more long term, having a long term staffing plan, having a long term OCP land use bylaw review and update plan.”

112. Islands Trust Conservancy Board regular meeting, January 24, 2024

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     • [4:07:19] “This is the challenge, though. I mean, we've got an office that's going to become empty. Granted, a lot of our staff don't live on this island anymore, and couldn't if they wanted to. You know, so I think this is an overall more complex problem. It's not a salt spring problem. This is our office problem. So I'm not helping.”
     • [4:06:31] “Now, the pandemic hurt it, but I would hope that we had data since then or before then that would help support that, because I did, for two years before the pandemic, hold office hours once a week at the Salt Spring office, and it was constant foot traffic, a steady amount of people coming in.”
     • [4:38:08] “will do my best. The OCP and Ganges projects are combined really into one project. And the water sustain are all from the SWPA work that's being incorporated into the local trust committee work, but that's all ongoing work under SWPA.”

113. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee public hearing, January 22, 2024

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     • [0:30:49] “But I'm going to be adding a comment in the policy statement issue, and the comment I'm going to want to add is that the current OCP and regulatory bylaws do not address Salt Spring Island's projected housing needs to sustain a healthy community.”
     • [0:09:42] “And I'm hopeful that we will have a spot zoning process created in the future that will help us consider how to expand this, as well as the OCP conversations that will hopefully come up with permanent solutions.”
     • [0:09:30] “I'm more than satisfied to move forward today with this bylaw, at least introducing the language that we need in the land use bylaw.”

114. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, December 14, 2023

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     • [2:46:08] “Mrakas, or I can make that i'll move that the salt spring island local trust me sports application SS al are 2023 point to and request to forward the applications, the agricultural land Commission for further consideration following consideration.”
     • [5:30:10] “And, you know, the guidance material that's out there, the complete community guide to geospatial land use and assessments for BC gives some of that context of a rural community that people travel to what they're needing.”
     • [6:36:21] “perfect um so the data is all being shared with the province or is there going to be, I see that in the Charter that there'll be more conversations with the province for integration of data.”

115. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, December 6, 2023

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     • [5:30:16] “And it is a very interesting piece of software. And they were demonstrating how every one of our land use bylaw requirements, each individual one will be part of that system so that the bylaw officer just has to go click and can pull it out of the system.”
     • [5:30:57] “Yes. So I'm just that's a question to has staff do staff feel comfortable that the quality of the land use bylaws that will be putting populating that system with are, you know, are good, I guess.”
     • [7:33:14] “is a municipality within an island and just want to talk about the relationship between the county government and the municipality on sort of the making these type of decisions.”

116. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, December 5, 2023

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     • [2:19:49] “Well, just last week, there was a local government, I encourage you guys, when they send out those emails saying, would you like to go to a meeting, there was a local government meeting last week for elected only on a presentation of the Barriers Project, which is about, it was a retention of women and others of how to be on councils.”
     • [4:11:44] “I move that the trust council request the regional planning committee to evaluate the short-term rental accommodation act to identify opportunities and challenges for implementation of the act on the management of short-term rentals in the trust area.”
     • [2:58:45] “So I think it needs to be matched with not just meeting the basic meeting notifications, but the quality of the information being written in an easy-to-understand way so people understand what's in our meeting that we're about to have.”

117. Islands Trust Regional Planning Committee regular meeting, November 15, 2023

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     • [1:20:22] “I mean, that's my point in use of the model. There are, you know, there are strengths and there are weaknesses, and there are a lot specific versus overall. And I think that just needs to be written and well documented so people don't misuse this information and trustees don't get, you know, taken off course by someone misusing the information when maybe it's improper use of the model.”
     • [3:34:23] “You know, so the discussion paper should include sort of an analysis of what was the, you know, what was the growth. And so it's not just the demographic information, but what has been the growth and what has been the patterns that, you know, has there been a divergence that's occurred from the OCP as it was envisioned?”
     • [0:04:47] “Toby, Lisa, and I worked on a draft letter for Minister Kaelin that was directed out of our trust programs, and we said rural islands cannot absorb significant population increases, but must maintain housing options to serve a broad spectrum and to maintain healthy communities.”

118. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, November 15, 2023

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     • [1:30:10] “So you can, as the homeowner, have justified that expense to make that because now you can recover your expense when you sell the place down the road because it's legal to units.”
     • [1:30:00] “And then the bylaw would allow them a path to complete the conversion so that both units are now functioning, working separate and it's legal.”
     • [1:30:56] “So as soon as you add a suite or an accessory dwelling to your well, you trigger requirements under the Drinking Water Act.”

119. Islands Trust Governance Committee regular meeting, November 9, 2023

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     • [0:26:14] “updated is my hope and desire um so yes if this is on the financial planning committee it probably”
     • [0:25:58] “i'll uh you can have that debate i was going to question the timing and i think that is and and”
     • [0:26:08] “trustee's job is and i think that's going to have a big role in what they get paid if that gets”

120. Islands Trust Financial Planning Committee regular meeting, November 8, 2023

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     • [0:51:19] “This time of year, I mean, every time of year, it's always behind. And that's one of the reasons why I'm a huge proponent of the corporate planning process that we're working on, is to get the work aligned through department planning and other activities.”
     • [2:13:33] “Let's just face it. Organizing an event of this nature is a huge, costly event. And our administrative assistant has done an amazing job pulling it off.”
     • [0:51:31] “When we don't start planning a project until April 1st of every year, we're always behind, and it won't get better until we implement that new program.”

121. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, October 18, 2023

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     • [1:37:37] “It was powerful. And getting groups from multi-agencies and multi-islands together in a room on a topic is a powerful moment. And we had a demonstration of the Housing Accelerator Fund from the CRD and the work that it's doing with the Islands Trust in cooperation with and showing how that created a much stronger application as a result of that work.”
     • [1:43:21] “So on the in cooperation with PART, as we determine the terms of reference for these type of studies, we should be working in close work with our regional districts to make sure the data that we're asking is the data that we need and the housing groups that are on the islands that will help support and strengthen their applications for the province.”
     • [3:41:07] “No, I understand the shortness. I mean, to me, it kind of falls on FPC to make, we would either make a recommendation to Trust Council. Trust Council would then act on it. If we can't have this information to Trust Council, then Trust Council will spend ad nauseum debating it and thinking about it. So”

122. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, October 12, 2023

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     • [4:03:35] “And to this day, we've got a seasonal cottage, which basically screams in its definition short-term vacation rental, which is in turn illegal, but we've still got these crazy seasonal cottages that have been enshrined in our OCP and protected when it's really unfortunate when we need homes for people.”
     • [1:32:35] “Okay, I know he rushed to get this to us by I told him we were meeting today so I mean this is, he couldn't be there board was meeting he was going to be here personally during the town hall this morning but therefore it was meeting.”
     • [4:37:01] “586 to no, and I wanted to add a notation when this gets shared eventually that I wanted to add a notation that the proposed bylaw will not address the housing needs to support the economic conditions or”

123. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, September 27, 2023

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     • [6:15:51] “But the Ministry of Water, Land, and Resource Stewardship oversees that funding, and they've made it clear that if you have a project that you have hopes of having funded through this, it must be jointly developed with First Nations.”
     • [6:15:38] “on page 271 of the legislative monitoring report for the Watershed Security Fund new investment, that $100 million, I know that gets all of our attention when we see grant funding out there.”
     • [1:52:48] “because when we first, before the break and before Eric Kelty spoke, we just had rural communities.”

124. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, September 26, 2023

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     • [1:46:16] “I wanted to talk on the motion. But since I have the red mic, I'm happy to talk about the amendment. A protocol agreement, which are also out of date and another conversation we should have, is the protocol agreement with Modi, which had from, I don't know, 1992 or maybe it was the amended amendment in 1994, that had an inter-jurisdictional task force to be working on these issues under the protocol.”
     • [0:08:40] “Yes, the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee passed a resolution without meeting last week asking for a late item to be added to the agenda on advocating the province for homes for people actions that support rural island communities.”
     • [2:07:15] “Maybe this does need to be sent to the governance committee to help structure a request that has a higher likely of success that could come from this body with what I would hope would be a unanimous vote.”

125. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, September 13, 2023

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     • [1:14:54] “Main Island, they brought in flexible housing, which was to deal with that. They've set a maximum floor area for kind of lot sizes. I think there's three different lot sizes and three different floor areas. And then you can have on the smaller lot size, maximum of two dwellings. You can divide that maximum square footage into what you want. One big one, two small ones. And then the larger properties, you can have three.”
     • [1:35:09] “find a way to limit the numbers to calm the people who are concerned that everybody's going to do it.”
     • [1:56:18] “we've got to fix some of this so that we can move on and do some more of the things that really will”

126. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, September 6, 2023

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     • [3:41:52] “And I'll take the kelp was a good example where there was a big die off up north and we didn't really know about it. So it'd be nice to have timely information that we know about the quality and the health of our ecosystems. But I think that's an in cooperation with part of our mandate. And I see Trustee Luckum's hand has been raised.”
     • [0:01:54] “I like Sam's words better, but they're saying the same thing. And I like their focus areas in their strategic plan. They're focusing on strengthening their First Nations relationships. They're allowing room for innovative problem solving and approaches and articulating Whistler's capacity constraints and future implications.”
     • [0:44:40] “And we have to be careful that we're not just saying, if we're dealing with affordable housing, now that they're the that's the class that has to deal with limited water resources. So I think it's, it's being clear in our language that are we talking about housing, all housing, all forms of housing that's being built?”

127. Islands Trust Financial Planning Committee regular meeting, August 30, 2023

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     • [2:41:41] “I wanted to respond to Trustee Graham. I said the intent that I was, what I was trying to reach at is not that there is one OCP project for Denman and Hornby. It's that the projects are coordinated in a way so that the staff are working together and using the shared elements that benefit and time it such that we're doing this on Denman and this is the time to do it.”
     • [1:52:43] “So I think this is our chance to put some pushback. Yes, it's a challenge to staff, but it's to maybe think a little differently in the presentation of these items so that our job is a bit easier when we have to do all the cutting.”
     • [1:52:33] “You know, if we have three OCP projects in three separate business cases, what would it look like if we had one OCP project in one business case that addressed three islands?”

128. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, July 31, 2023

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     • [1:40:38] “It did put out that Trust Council is not involved in the review of the CAO, and it also suggested that it should be setting objectives and targets.”
     • [0:46:54] “You know, disagreements on what we are. It really is, you know, it's the destination in your Google map search of where you're going, the address.”
     • [0:46:41] “It's really amazing that this organization hasn't had one and that our trust policy statement hasn't had one.”

129. Islands Trust Regional Planning Committee special meeting, July 27, 2023

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     • [1:49:44] “Oh, that's okay. Your feedback's very important. The intent was not to the media. It's content of a discussion paper or things that could be in a discussion paper that we're talking about. Yes, some of us are sharing our experiences in our individual islands, but it's what could be in a discussion paper to make it useful to each island, and it would be specific to the island. Absolutely.”
     • [0:05:25] “And so I always ask that we keep that in mind as the work we're doing today is about affecting change and making sure that we are able to know who our community is, who makes up a diverse community and what kind of housing they need and getting our bylaws to drive the kind of housing that actually houses a diverse community.”
     • [3:41:34] “think we probably, I think I wouldn't be on a limb if I said I think this, everyone on this committee would agree that when we, when Trust Council does get around to a new strategic plan, I would be absolutely shocked if housing was not one of the key priorities that came through that process.”

130. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, July 13, 2023

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     • [3:59:33] “But with a mind of work being done regionally, that what we do here can be reproduced or grown into regional programs, and that we could demonstrate that we're a community that could be worthy of working with the province on a tool like that into the future.”
     • [4:11:45] “They connect. Can you imagine that? We tried to demonstrate what a mature local trust committee should behave in a working inter-jurisdictionally with matters that affect our decision making and also from the federation to the local trust committee level.”
     • [4:02:37] “So like I said, I see that path of it going to the CRD, but I want to add that little bit of caution that we need to carry that ball along and work with the CRD to make sure that what's being designed and contemplated will really work.”

131. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, June 22, 2023

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     • [3:31:23] “And I think there should be some attempt, whether it's a neighbor-neighbor agreement, you know, I don't know what, there's probably thresholds there. Are you going to get 100% of your neighbors? Maybe not. But if there's something that just shows that there's really, there's stronger, you know, from my seat, I just hear from two neighbors. I don't hear from the ones that are there to support it. They're not here in front of us.”
     • [5:11:23] “the Sunspring Island Local Trust Committee close this meeting to the public, subject to Community Charter Section 90-F, Law Enforcement, if Council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the conduct of an investigation under or enforcement of or enactment, and that staff be invited to remain.”
     • [3:56:50] “We need to take the time, when I say we, it's the local trust committee, to meet with the new council of Seau as well and any other First Nations that we should take some time this summer and talk with them and make sure we understand each other and make sure that we've got their concerns have been addressed.”

132. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, May 31, 2023

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     • [0:20:34] “I understand the revenue nearly broke even, but for fees and sales, which would be our application fees, were under.”
     • [1:51:15] “are some aspects of development planning that will be on the staff side that would be built better in”
     • [1:50:51] “in one year affect decisions coming down the road in future years. And so it's going to help us look”

133. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, May 29, 2023

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     • [0:34:15] “I just said this does expand sort of what we've traditionally been paying attention to in our strategic plan, but it's not about stepping on toes. It's very much respectful of where the CAO has full responsibility for implementing something, where he may just report something to us versus it's completely in his control.”
     • [0:06:55] “wanted to start first with acknowledging the working group and that Christina Evans, Mayreed Boland and Julia Mops and Russ Hudson-Piller have been the working group.”
     • [0:33:43] “So there's a relationship versus, you know, making the workplace and being all those, that's completely in the CAO's responsibilities, but he tells us about it.”

134. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, May 18, 2023

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     • [4:45:04] “need to leave it more open, but it's the other way it's the housing action plan is the early phases of the OCP project is what I'm saying you're you're you are killing two birds with one stone is the old saying that that's what I'm encouraging is that we design the pursuit of the accelerator fund so that we're ticking the boxes down the path of the beginning of the OCP project.”
     • [1:15:25] “I mean, yes, we would have a good relationship with the chair, but I just think, I think staff are going to interpret things differently and see things differently and maybe could even ward off something that, you know, a trend that you're seeing is, you know, maybe the political voice didn't see that yet.”
     • [1:13:42] “So I was wondering if we could add like a D to your number two recommendation that when staff are meeting and talking with staff that, you know, that you would discuss, you know, any opportunities to clarify, you know, procedural or whatever word would make sense.”

135. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, April 17, 2023

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     • [1:53:42] “level meetings of the um regional district um i'm you know while i appreciate uh trustee middleton's”
     • [2:30:15] “So I don't think we need to maintain a projects list other than the matrix, I think is a replacement”
     • [2:30:00] “simply a list. And I think, you know, this is where we have the opportunity to show being different”

136. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, April 13, 2023

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     • [3:15:15] “But I expect the staff would report is that there's a trend, you know, there's a 10% is like the full use. So it's that the uptake of available lots resulting from adoption by law 530 would be less than 10% and direct staff to monitor and report back to the LTC two years following the adoption of bylaw 530, and that this direction would be added to the follow up action list.”
     • [2:11:00] “So I think we need to stress that, and if we proceed with referral, I think we need to go back to First Nations and make sure we have a cover letter that says that is our expectation, and is that, it's a best case between 7% and 10% uptake, and so the numbers aren't going to be there.”
     • [2:09:28] “forward. I know in the question we talked about the limiting the numbers of the units, and the one thing that is not addressed in there is just the reality of the limited number of units and and I point out the report that was done in 2021 the accessory”

137. Islands Trust Council special meeting, April 6, 2023

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     • [3:12:21] “I'm less saying that we have to say what the approach is. I think we should encourage the basic structure of a strategic plan be followed to at least, you know, to get to the, you know, to start to funnel the process down to setting the goals, the big goals, or the focus area or the theme, you know, find a word that works with our mind.”
     • [3:44:57] “I would, I would say the high, either the, I don't know if hierarchy is the right word, but, you know, attempt to follow the, you know, to include, it's not just the SWOT analysis, it's the external scan, you know, there should be an attempt to do the vision mission values.”
     • [3:10:36] “The elements that we're talking about, vision, mission, values, whether you call it an external or environmental scan, it's the same thing used in all the literature.”

138. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 28, 2023

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     • [0:29:35] “So I guess my question more would be regarding agreements. It is an interesting, you know, something that we're gonna have to map out and look at is, you know, do we have 36 agreements and we have this complex matrix of how we get involved?”
     • [0:29:50] “I think there's, I think this has got to be given some thought on the various islands that will have, you know, one nation may have interest in multiple islands and how do we make sure.”
     • [0:30:25] “I think it's more as we go into the future that we create a process that's going to be workable, understandable, not just from us as trustees, but from the people in our area.”

139. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, March 16, 2023

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     • [1:32:16] “So that we're not just responding to a project charter that have a conversation with staff about what each of the projects will be before we see the project charter but I'm open to hear what what was planned what what are we going to see for these two significant suit to”
     • [3:41:24] “Well, holding uncontentious public hearings during an afternoon of a weekday is one thing, but we did last term hold the majority of our public hearings in the evenings, and they were well attended and people appreciated the opportunities that we had.”
     • [3:37:34] “move that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee bylaw number 535 cited as Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Freedom of Affirmation and Protection of Privacy bylaw number 535-2023 be given first, second, and third reading.”

140. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 9, 2023

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     • [0:58:09] “giving it these powers uh in my research at ubcm at least three times and the answer all three times”
     • [0:59:03] “what what we hope to achieve if anything is to be considered because we we just sort of barrel down”
     • [0:58:37] “province needed to know what we wanted to do how it would be implemented and there was considerable”

141. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 9, 2023

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     • [2:26:06] “But one of the conversations that was a sidebar to that was the health of the forest in the areas where we have no tree cutting covenants.”
     • [2:26:12] “And what as a body might need to be done so that we can ensure that we have healthy forests in those coveted areas.”
     • [0:28:34] “there's a risk here we cut money out of the budget yesterday the local trust committee will need to”

142. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 7, 2023

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     • [0:33:19] “and to protect the environment and they're having trouble balancing that and you know they said that”
     • [0:33:40] “left for those who live here or for tourists. And Salt Spring, we're continuing to suffer some very”
     • [3:21:14] “province to check back in did it work we've got some issues we know with the geographic boundaries”

143. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 15, 2023

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     • [0:43:26] “Absolutely. And you can see there are a number of comments from the Piers Island Association was very, they're not happy about being included in the special tax requisition and it's understandable. And that's why we've asked for work to be done through this committee on tax requisitions going forward.”
     • [0:42:59] “So there is the feedback here, and I think there is some history and some understanding, and it relates to other items that are on our follow-up action list, that a special tax requisition is accounted for the entire local trust area, not specific islands within it.”
     • [0:45:25] “And those are some of the recommendations as we as we implement this new strategic plan is to try to bring the activities more under the local trust committee on Salt Spring to directed to Salt Spring, if that's where they are.”

144. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 14, 2023

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     • [4:07:06] “order would be beneficial. But that said, I think it helps solve some of the challenge we have right”
     • [2:44:41] “is tougher when you don't have that that slush so to speak to pull from i would say i think there's”
     • [2:44:13] “hobbled. We haven't had the opportunity to figure that out yet. In the past, there was a great deal”

145. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 10, 2023

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     • [4:06:22] “Couldn't the motion just be cleaner? I mean, we're requesting that this be started. I mean, it's the review of the report that needs to be shared with FPC. If we're saying we want to hear FPC's opinions of this staff report as well, or is it the intent that FPC and this committee work together with staff to create this?”
     • [3:24:46] “It's just taking that time. That is a meaty annex. And it's not all 100% just let regional planning committee and go work with planning staff to figure out what to do. Like I said, there are some really important things that get at how we function as local trust committees in there.”
     • [0:10:27] “The highest priority for me is the process of the strategic plan, because to me, that's whatever recommendations that we're going to be formulating will end up in the strategic planning process.”

146. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, February 9, 2023

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     • [1:43:34] “Like we were talking about earlier with water. And there's many things that need to be worked on. And it is keeping up with what's happening and keeping the pressure on the other agencies as well. And so I can't make commitments of this will lead to zoning on Salt Spring.”
     • [0:49:12] “I don't know if Trustee Harris should be given a copy of that because it's very important. And it includes the options of the CRD taking on this level of service. That's not going to happen overnight. We need at least another year to do this governance.”
     • [1:28:11] “Yes, I did. I know when we were doing appointments to various committees and so forth, I had raised this one and staff initially said that an appointment wasn't made, but I did find the resolution where an appointment was made last term.”

147. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, February 1, 2023

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     • [5:03:47] “If there was anyone opposed that I missed, this is your chance. No one's opposed. That's carried. All right. Good idea. Is there anything else from that? Or I think, I think from what, you know, Trustee Bollinger was saying for preparation, I think I'm going to speak for Trustee Borthwick and I as vice chair and chair, I think would work with staff to help make sure we have the materials in a format or the links to the information that we need to be prepared for that.”
     • [1:39:07] “Thank you, Trustee Cermak. I'm going to keep calling everyone Trustee. I can only have one title. I'm hoping that we do our in-person, that we could also talk about what the format of those reports are and make sure we're getting good information that we can use. But Trustee Allen.”
     • [0:02:56] “But one of the goals is to make sure we do give good direction on the 23-24 budget requests that are going to be before us. And also that we give good direction on what we need to know or what materials we want to have for our in-person meeting, which will be the next meeting.”

148. Islands Trust Governance Committee regular meeting, January 19, 2023

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     • [1:03:15] “of demonstrating some of the governance, you know, changes that may maybe end up being recommendations”
     • [0:35:47] “wanted to say what I had done with Annex 1 is really more related to the Regional Planning Committee.”
     • [0:36:09] “that and then there's questions each one of those observations or recommendations is do we understand”

149. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, January 19, 2023

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     • [1:02:30] “in circumstances where as a local trust committee, you become aware of a complaint related to bylaw”
     • [1:02:46] “And the bylaw officer will answer your question. You can grill them on details. What is it exactly?”
     • [1:03:12] “standing resolution and, you know, we'll stop this one and make a standing resolution so that”

150. Islands Trust Financial Planning Committee regular meeting, January 18, 2023

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     • [3:50:00] “So there may be further refinements to Salt Springs. I know Denman Island had noted that they hadn't had a chance yet to meet to even talk about their money. So there could be further refinements coming to that $250,000 item and likely refinements coming to the SWPA request as we get into the third quarter actuals of what we need for next year will become clearer with that information.”
     • [3:18:07] “I'll give you Saltspring, for example. We've had all of our recent work has been stopped because of our relationships with First Nations. It's stopped. And now you're looking at a community that has severe growth, probably contributing quite a bit to those non-market change dollars that are being there.”
     • [3:48:59] “We spent time yesterday structuring questions to staff. So we've made a motion that had a series of questions that we had for staff that we asked, this is the information we needed answers to so that we could make budget decisions at the February 1st meeting.”

151. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, December 8, 2022

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     • [3:43:13] “Thank you. I wanted to clarify that. For the benefit of my fellow trustee, again, remind us that Salt Spring has not met yet as a local trust committee this term.”
     • [3:43:25] “This was a special tax requisition that was started under the previous two terms ago, trustees prior to my first term in office.”
     • [3:43:34] “worked hard to get a we did two things two things one was a review of governance on swipa and there”

152. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, December 7, 2022

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     • [3:27:28] “I know that sounds really boring stuff, but it has a lot to do with making sure that your environmental impacts and risks were truly embedded into the governance system of the organization and that you measured it and you improved performance continuously.”
     • [3:26:47] “And with a higher performing trust council, we can begin to win back some public trust and confidence and work our way through a whole lot of important work to catch up on all of our OCPs and land use bylaws that are needing attention.”
     • [3:27:06] “I had a long career in public electric utilities and worked for YBR Airport, as well as had my own international consulting practice, and I was trained and practiced in developing environmental management systems to ISO 14001.”

153. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, December 6, 2022

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     • [1:49:40] “So just a request that we get an update on that. The second one being, I absolutely concur that in-person makes a huge difference. And I'm wondering if there's any contemplation of a strategic planning retreat versus a meeting, and that if that is such a thing that could be considered, that there could be some cost savings of having a quarterly meeting be virtual while we have a retreat in person.”
     • [3:13:39] “of that was increased by the decision to hold the the trust count all four trust council meetings in”
     • [0:55:25] “uh because i know there's an awful lot of work to do you know we're i'd like to say we're preparing”

154. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, November 19, 2022

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     • [1:54:04] “I guess I'd say it's probably a notice of motion, but I think it'd be a good idea to bring the request for decision from June back to the December Trust Council to vote on again.”
     • [1:56:36] “think you need to have that there for consideration at the december trust council meeting so i think”
     • [1:57:44] “No, I would say any new trustee, I encourage you to go back and read that if they aren't aware of”

155. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, November 18, 2022

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     • [7:38:12] “Could each of you just talk about what your technique would be if we were at a moment where we had like a 50-50 split, a lot of heat in the room? What would you do?”
     • [1:07:05] “bylaws are actually older um we have an engagement deficit how do we engage today with our communities”
     • [1:08:09] “that we are facing what what is it take that time i always say linger in the project definition phase”

156. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, October 12, 2022

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     • [1:02:48] “I know, for example, with Ganges Village planning, we were talking about the mandate of the Allen's Trust and its completeness, which is about working in cooperation with all the other agencies that touch, you know, touch on Ganges Village.”
     • [0:42:37] “So I just want to make sure that we're capturing those type of, you know, is a large OCP amendment special, but they should be happening regularly every five years or so.”
     • [1:02:39] “I swear these policies all kind of come together with where we're going at sort of the local planning services review and clarity there.”

157. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, October 5, 2022

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     • [1:04:56] “And so this was a way of addressing that by, because we, it does two things to try to keep those farms whole, but a lot of them have subdivision potential. So this offered them an opportunity to exchange by through covenant, sort of give up that subdivision potential and exchange that for dwellings in the hopes that it remains the farm whole and gives additional dwellings to allow that generational or farm worker housing.”
     • [1:57:00] “And I think of the referral process and is that the highest priority? Where are we going to move, address some of these major challenges? Because I know here on Salt Spring, we need to address how we communicate with First Nations, how we, at the early stages of our project, how we fix this referral process so that it's effective and working.”
     • [1:55:21] “Yeah, I look at the reconciliation, the communications, and I look at the positions that you had said aren't in the budget and underneath and, you know, our challenges and that we've added the communications and engagement as well as First Nations engagement to the assumptions and principles for the budget.”

158. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, September 22, 2022

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     • [0:56:29] “I can tell you BC Housing has just experienced that themselves, trying to build a supported housing complex here on Salt Spring.”
     • [1:57:16] “So that's my only comment is I think the next trust council needs to put their head around what is it that we're doing?”
     • [0:56:38] “And so this is really about trying to make sure the programs that are available fit in our islands.”

159. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, September 21, 2022

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     • [2:17:48] “I mean, I understand and get the working with Ministry of Agriculture and the ALC, but I also, you know, after spending time last week up at UBCM talking with the people on the Agricultural Land Commission and then other communities that there's that, the ALC is sort of one size fits all approach where we know our islands and the agriculture that is very different from other areas of BC.”
     • [2:19:36] “Yes. The other one, 4-4, is very specific about improvement district recommendations. But since this is a forward-serving document, the trust policy statement, I think there's really opportunities to explore more information from POLIS, which is the University of Victoria's group, because they're doing so much work on watershed governance and reconciliation, working with First Nations.”
     • [5:37:43] “Thank you. And I know when this came to the Regional Planning Committee, it was really clearly presented as a step that we're changing kind of the practices of the old and moving to a new way, and that this is a step in that direction.”

160. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, September 20, 2022

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     • [0:28:23] “And I would encourage my fellow trustees to do a little research and to look into strategic environmental assessment and how it's being used in regional settings for policy development and planning.”
     • [0:27:50] “And it's not just all the reasons that she presented. It's also that we have a tendency to hear from the usual voices and we need to work harder to hear, you know, a more balanced level of voices.”
     • [0:27:34] “And with vacation rentals, because while we each have our own experiences, I think we need to look at it more in a more comprehensive way.”

161. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, September 20, 2022

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     • [0:22:42] “that's great to hear on the trying to get the detail in the census data. I think it's important to make sure we're capturing the data of sort of the age demographic that the working class age or the working age group is what we're seeing on Salt Spring is dropping significantly. And I think that's an important one to watch.”
     • [0:29:45] “I just wanted to report exciting there's a park acquisition occurring here on Salt Spring, the community park that will have a recreational aspect to it and they are on the final push to raise the last three.”
     • [0:23:40] “start with that i want to thank uh laurie foster i'm sure losing a day of work yesterday on a week”

162. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee public hearing, September 6, 2022

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     • [0:39:42] “One of the principles for the Housing Action Program was that the LTC will, early and throughout the process, facilitate regular open dialogue with the full spectrum of the community and First Nations.”
     • [1:06:31] “have a few comments. I think one is thank you for the report. And I really see Lake Weston and the Colford Water Service and all of the issues sort of as an opportunity to advance.”
     • [2:14:40] “Chair Luckum is not with us today, and so I'm stepping in and I'm being the chair of this meeting as well as a trustee, so please bear with me as I try to double duty here.”

163. Islands Trust Governance Committee regular meeting, September 2, 2022

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     • [1:05:54] “Yeah, no, I support it too. I think the one piece that might be missing is the reporting out piece, because that's the bringing in the glue back together again. I think the rich conversations do occur in the smaller groups, but I think having a brief report back out gives the other, you know, because there may be differences between the groups, and I think it would be a rich, you know, sharing.”
     • [1:06:18] “The one comment I have is more on the first, the 45 minutes. And I think that that's going to take, I don't think we have to work out the details of that in this document, but I think there needs to be a careful consideration and perhaps we should give some feedback to who is going to facilitate that conversation.”
     • [0:20:40] “Yeah, I mean, this is our first cut at this and the committee will get operating and we're going to learn as we go along and we can always modify and, you know, correct things as we get experience under our feet or under the feet of the future committees.”

164. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, September 1, 2022

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     • [0:04:22] “be two options. One says to watch, the other says to attend. You do need to choose the attend button so that you can be in the webinar portion of the meeting. I was just double checking to make sure that it truly does say that at the bottom.”
     • [0:03:24] “to wrap up at two minutes. Oh, let me finish the agenda first. So were there any other changes that”
     • [0:40:59] “you everyone for your questions today I think it's important that the trustees now take the time to”

165. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, August 31, 2022

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     • [1:06:10] “So I'll have to read what I wrote. I basically took the same motion from above the exact same wording.”
     • [0:37:09] “more um structured way so that they're they're not left as you know sideways would that be something”
     • [0:36:57] “we direct that communications you know need to be factored into you know the project delivery in a”

166. Thetis Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, August 30, 2022

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     • [0:00:54] “And I always ask people that are listening us today that as part of your personal journey on reconciliation to take the time to understand what the residential schools were and did to the people, the Indigenous peoples, and especially for those of you on Thetis knowing that there was one of these schools so close to your shores, just on the island south of you.”
     • [1:35:28] “so it fell through the cracks there. So that's something we'll have to follow up on. And Marlis, I think there was a lot of good work put into that standing resolution. And I think the idea was, you know, while, you know, eventually the model protocol would be updated to include that kind of language.”
     • [0:02:23] “There's a number of staff that are joining us today. In the background, making this meeting run smoothly and to my great appreciation is Will Cottingham, an office administrator. Thank you, Will, for your work helping us today.”

167. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, August 29, 2022

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     • [2:41:26] “And, you know, rezonings, it's hard to say any one, any two rezonings can be average, you know, they're all very distinct and separate. So that area has the most uncertainty in what the average price is, but the others are becoming very accurate.”
     • [1:35:00] “decide how it wants to tackle that project, if they want to make it a, you know, an overall aim for a shoreline management plan, or whatever that was called, yeah, or keep them as discrete projects. So the”
     • [0:37:07] “An organization had submitted a delegation request too late for the agenda package had already gone out, and we just told them at the beginning of the town hall of the or the beginning of the meeting.”

168. Islands Trust Regional Planning Committee regular meeting, August 24, 2022

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     • [1:41:58] “There's this sort of like the community, there's the planning side of the equation of sort of that we got to make sure is equally being resourced on, you know, the demand side of the water issue, I guess, is a way to look at it and making good decisions on future equitable water use.”
     • [4:13:03] “And maybe that's another thing for your letter, even though we've finished up the conversation, is that we need to build communications into every project and the cost of that as well.”
     • [4:13:19] “So while I'm not a huge fan of just a parking place, and I don't think hurrying up and rushing, someone's having an emergency.”

169. Thetis Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, July 5, 2022

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     • [0:20:13] “I think it's a recognition that we are approaching our 50th anniversary, and it is a good time to reflect on what we faced in the 1970s versus what we face now, and are we as strong an organization as we can be to take on what we're facing.”
     • [0:38:07] “homes are very important, and we are working through Emily Olson with Minister Evie to try to encourage the province to take a more vigorous role to find a path to make tiny homes legal for full-time residential use.”
     • [1:49:46] “My point is, you shouldn't then do the, if you don't have the resources to also do the LUB at the same time, then you end up like Salt Spring, we have an OCP and we never, we have never updated the LUB.”

170. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, June 29, 2022

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     • [0:28:55] “And it's the time when if we are going to engage First Nations meaningfully, it's having those conversations early at the political level to understand what is it that they're thinking or where are they're directing so that we can translate that basically to, okay, where's this project going or how do we move forward with this project?”
     • [0:29:20] “So it's, you know, it's scoping, I guess you could say, from a political level is sort of the first step I'm really looking at so that we are giving clearer direction to staff before they come back with a project charter or, you know, there may be the first project.”
     • [0:21:12] “And that first activity should be engagement with First Nations and other interest groups, whether it's Mount Aerosmith or who, to scope the OCP review.”

171. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, June 21, 2022

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     • [3:14:22] “And I ask you, I know you guys put a lot of work into this, but let's find that strong place that we can all put our hands up for and be there because that's a better place to start from.”
     • [2:52:41] “woo of when the review came on the table. Take it or leave it, I think were the words that were used.”
     • [0:58:21] “cottage and suite rules than we do on Salt Spring. We still have the old seasonal cottage and that's”

172. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, June 21, 2022

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     • [0:36:46] “were a bit feisty um and um we had the adoption of the gabriola housing society rezoning and housing”
     • [0:38:14] “were looking for and again i thought that was a very interesting um approach for you know protecting”
     • [0:51:55] “probably a topic of discussion too for the ongoing work we're doing across the islands on that okay”

173. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, June 16, 2022

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     • [0:13:46] “It's a short check-in survey with questions about satisfaction with Regional District of Nanaimo's services and how to get information about Regional District of Nanaimo and their satisfaction level.”
     • [0:02:43] “We have a number of staff joining us today electronically here. We have Sonia Zupanek, if I said that correctly, and also Heather. Oh, we have, oh my goodness, we have more people.”
     • [0:11:55] “And there's more stakeholder meetings coming on that and she passes her thanks to Scott Colburn for his participation and draft will be available, coming in the next few weeks.”

174. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, June 8, 2022

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     • [2:55:58] “One of her key questions she had was that the new bylaw has a mechanism built into it for inflation increases, but if the fees are intended to represent average cost of processing applications, she was questioning, what was the mechanism that allowed that there could actually be a decrease if there was efficiencies being found and the costs were going down?”
     • [2:55:42] “sure. Thanks, Ben. And I think how my understanding how the North Pender Local Trust Committee expected this to come to Trust Council is just as it is a very simple report. I know Deb was prepared to speak, would be preparing notes to speak to the conversation.”
     • [4:00:04] “Well, I think my reason for bringing this up was like sort of an end of term where we're thinking beginning of next term when the strategic planning is happening, we need to build these things into every project.”

175. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, June 6, 2022

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     • [0:47:45] “It's more about what are the issues? What are the priorities? What are the challenges? Are we doing okay here or not here? And they get that feedback that they use to start the budget process, which, like I said, for us starts soon.”
     • [0:01:01] “And recently I had an opportunity to travel by boat with Laiacian elders to what they know as Laiacian Island or Valdez Island, as you know.”
     • [0:00:38] “All right. Well, good morning. I want to thank everyone for being here today and like to open this Laskiti Island Local Trust Committee.”

176. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, June 1, 2022

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     • [1:22:13] “and to think how how do we make sure this type of an earlier survey gets designed who does it belong”
     • [1:21:37] “no i think i think it's apples and oranges um and i think it is worth taking the time not it might”
     • [1:22:26] “for so that it can be done you know in subsequent years and have a much stronger process thank you”

177. Saturna Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, May 19, 2022

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     • [0:49:38] “Okay, with that we're going to turn on to the newest item which is our community information meeting aspect on the Feral Goat Winery and liquor license expansion application.”
     • [1:48:57] “It's just the second paragraph here. They didn't adopt new fee bylaws. So the and adopting new fee bylaws needs to be struck. That's all.”
     • [0:00:28] “I always begin with acknowledging how fortunate we are to be gathering in the traditional unceded territories of the Coast Salish people.”

178. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, May 4, 2022

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     • [1:21:34] “I mean, there's the policy statement, the governance review piece, and I think the strategic plan is, if I heard our CAO properly, was that there may be a need to have some discussion about expectations and of what can be completed.”
     • [1:21:12] “I felt a sneeze coming. I think it stopped. I was sort of looking at this as far as the big chunks. What are the big chunks of conversations that could potentially be there? And I think I agree with generally what Dan was saying.”
     • [1:21:57] “And if that should happen at this June Trust Council meeting or not, that could end up being a longer conversation, as well as if the intent is to bring the policy 591 for best management practices to the table.”

179. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, April 28, 2022

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     • [1:34:16] “tiny homes on wheels are a reality you're probably seeing them on the island i'm seeing them all over”
     • [1:34:45] “because those are you know they're an appreciating asset there's lots of positives they don't take a”
     • [1:11:34] “i put more expensive finish or i do this or that um it's it becomes part of the package of providing”

180. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, April 19, 2022

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     • [4:40:32] “And to me, the strata, and I'm not a water, so I know the Water Sustainability Act has changed since this was built, the relationship with shared wells, but, you know, to me, it's, it's, it's the strata's problem, strata's problem, strata's business, I guess is the better word to decide or to, that it likes or doesn't like the situation.”
     • [4:54:11] “So I think as we go into the referrals, and that's why I'd like to move forward is to go into the referrals, I would like to be very specific. I think we need to ask specific questions of the referral agencies, because we're trying to do this successfully.”
     • [4:55:00] “And then using a covenant as a tool, I look at Central Saanich uses the covenant to require that you confirm the dwelling is for rental housing purposes and doesn't allow the short-term use and that you can't have other accessory dwellings and so forth.”

181. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, April 13, 2022

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     • [0:10:46] “And just one observation I know I as trustee will be really leaning into in the next, you know, especially my local trust committee work is the in cooperation with part that tends to be, I think, some of the root of some of the frustrations that we have with some of the projects.”
     • [0:54:32] “I know I've talked about some of this in our between meetings, but for the public record, there were two housing meetings I went to.”
     • [0:54:38] “One was at AVICC the weekend before last, and the other one was this past Friday, another ministry workshop on employee housing.”

182. Thetis Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, March 30, 2022

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     • [0:01:02] “This, like I said, we are going to be discussing in-camera matters and we'll have a motion in a moment and that portion will not be available for this meeting.”
     • [0:01:34] “This meeting is an official forum for your local trust committee to make decisions about land use planning matters and discuss relevant business.”
     • [0:01:25] “And we have Willa Cottingham, our Office Administrative Assistant, who is making this meeting run smoothly.”

183. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, March 24, 2022

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     • [0:14:43] “report. We do recognize that trustees are eager to work on the governance report. And so we'll see if hopefully Trust Council will support getting a special meeting call to talk about just the next steps of getting getting that going. So I just wanted you to know that you to know that we are taking this very seriously. And that's my report. Okay, so this is your time to talk.”
     • [3:15:29] “Is this something staff have the time to do, or is this taking you away from doing something else that would support the overall land use bylaw project or others?”
     • [0:15:33] “And if there is one application that's on the agenda today, if you're the applicant and you're here, is the applicant here, by the way?”

184. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 23, 2022

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     • [2:27:05] “So that, to me, that's not an option forward. We need to strike a new group. And I think the sooner that group gets working, the better to bring people into this, you know, let's come together as a, we can't work together if we're separate.”
     • [3:30:59] “You know, this is an opportunity to change. And I would look at it as a positive and not dwell on the negatives.”
     • [3:30:53] “And to me, it's this report and the collection of reports that need to be dusted off and looked at together.”

185. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, March 15, 2022

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     • [0:02:04] “closed this meeting to the public subject to community charter section 91 a personal information”
     • [0:02:15] “employee or agent for the municipality or other position appointed by the municipality and staff”
     • [0:02:09] “about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer”

186. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, March 12, 2022

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     • [1:10:27] “Yeah, no, I'll follow up on Diane. I mean, these are, every opportunity should be taken by the Islands Trust working in cooperation with all of the organizations that affect, you know, building a home or building something on your property to make sure that the information is available in plain English, easy to understand, and that you can find what you need to know.”
     • [1:11:00] “And I find most people, the average person doesn't get up in the morning and say, gee, I'm going to break the rule. It's usually because they missed something. They didn't know they had to go ask for that. And so we all should work better together to make that simple and easy for folks to understand.”
     • [1:49:58] “So, what's important is, if you can't come to the meeting, please send your questions and comments in advance to the meeting so that we are aware of what you have if you can't participate in the town hall because we do want to hear from you.”

187. South Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, March 5, 2022

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     • [2:45:59] “I think I'm hearing well when we have the next community information meeting and the public hearing is to really clearly make sure we have some simple language slides to explain this.”
     • [2:12:57] “Okay, it is there. It is there. Nevermind. I can read. So then you want all the motions in our that are on page 13. And I'll look to you, trustee Thorne.”
     • [0:01:43] “This is an electronic meeting. We may have technical difficulties throughout the meeting, but we'll do our best to overcome them in a timely manner.”

188. South Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, March 4, 2022

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     • [2:25:25] “And so just language around that is so important that as a community that we're having that dialogue and trying to come up with what can we do to make sure we don't damage what's so vitally important to us here on the islands.”
     • [2:25:13] “But when I asked kind of what were your objectives, the speaker started speaking about how vitally important our shorelines are to the character of who we are and what's important about all these islands.”
     • [2:45:59] “I think I'm hearing well when we have the next community information meeting and the public hearing is to really clearly make sure we have some simple language slides to explain this.”

189. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, February 24, 2022

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     • [0:31:06] “Thank you for joining us. And do you have anything that you'd like to add to the staff report at this time? And then we may, we'll discuss and may have some questions, but this is your chance to speak.”
     • [0:11:36] “I do not keep a timer running, but if you are carrying on, I will ask that you wrap up your thoughts so that more people will have a chance to speak.”
     • [3:35:17] “that helps because that helps, I think, helps Kim prepare for the community information meeting of what type of questions could come.”

190. Thetis Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, February 22, 2022

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     • [1:27:27] “We're going in there an inquisitive point and then have a conversation afterwards of trying to move toward if there would be a better definition of what the project is starting to look like by the summer so that we know, is it a significant budget item or at least above the $5,000 mark that would require a budget request so that at least moving the project forward in that way.”
     • [1:27:08] “This is probably a good time to get you, Trustee Fenton, to talk about the C2C funding and the trip that's planned, because I think what I'm hearing is this is the next step is to do this activity that's being planned with First Nations, go into that with an open mind, because we're not going in there with here's what we're doing.”
     • [1:49:50] “Where are we kind of moving? And then once that decision starts to become a bit more clear that what you're talking about, Trustee Lockham, sort of a consumer package of information would and should be created when we start to, you know, have a better idea rather than a whole menu of things we could do.”

191. Islands Trust Council community information meeting, February 17, 2022

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     • [0:17:18] “Soon there will be an announcement and the public engagement will be kicking off and you'll have that opportunity to get involved in a lot more information.”
     • [0:18:41] “I guess, are there any questions on that or is there anything that Planner Smith, so are there any questions?”
     • [0:36:45] “All right. Any discussion? I'll call the vote then. All those in favor? And there we go. That's carried.”

192. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 16, 2022

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     • [1:15:06] “think it's vitally important that we have to recognize that our communities are going through extreme change. Now, yes, we can say it's happening everywhere around the world. We've all been in receipt of our assessment notices and have seen what's happened to the value of the houses.”
     • [2:41:28] “Now, that said, it's correct what Trustee Rogers said and you said that we need to work on how we fund our projects in a way so that we don't have these bumps up and down and that we aren't relying on surplus to pay for projects going forward.”
     • [2:41:47] “We know that's a significant problem. Here we are two years or a year and a half later after saying we would work on coming up with a way of doing that. And it's late in the game for solving that one.”

193. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, February 15, 2022

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     • [0:37:38] “But I think it may affect the likelihood of applications coming in, just due to the workload. I think, you know, saying that there could be two or something of that nature might just, even though there may only be one that comes in, gives a little higher hope and aspirations to those that are filling out the, or, you know, to apply, would feel more like there's a likelihood that they would get in rather than be competing with the”
     • [0:08:24] “but this is in relation that that was not no there's some motions that we added during the, during the pandemic the public when the public emergency was in order, regarding patios and boats parking at the docks and things of that nature.”
     • [2:27:36] “At the regional planning committee, we discussed mine and Scott Colburn's request for decision on asking the province to help form some kind of entity or program to help fund and support housing projects and solutions in the islands.”

194. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, February 10, 2022

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     • [0:21:34] “What we're trying to do is cast a wide net on allowing those type of structures primarily to create rental housing, you know, not, you know, so we're still going to be having conversations of how we use this, you know, how, what controls or how mechanisms, because we don't want to just have the outright use so they become a whole bunch of Airbnbs.”
     • [0:19:45] “So your voice, and I think, you know, take that time, be heard when the engagement is open and the opportunities are open on the policy statement, make it clear.”
     • [0:20:01] “I think the correction to the trust policy statement will be made readily to make it clear that agriculture in all zones is critically important.”

195. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 9, 2022

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     • [0:29:17] “And it's like I said, I think the policy only lays out that it's expected to happen and helps future local trust committees not quickly pass through that phase so that, you know, our projects are higher success and more in alignment with what we needed to have happen.”
     • [1:15:48] “And we talked about the problem being that it's about making existing structures available for rent that, you know, the rental market had disappeared and we were trying to incentivize and get people, you know, existing structures made available for rental.”
     • [2:45:36] “move that the Regional Planning Committee requests staff to bring back, we'll just leave it, simplified recommendation, or we can bring back issue identification and simplified recommendations.”

196. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, February 5, 2022

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     • [0:01:28] “So we together we make up your North Pender local trust committee. This is a community information meeting on the topic of the land use bylaw review project, and we'll be giving you some more information on that in just a few moments.”
     • [1:38:33] “and enjoy the rest of your day. All right. Let's see. Mike, I won't even attempt your last name, but Mike, there we go. Mike, if you can take yourself off of mute.”
     • [0:02:13] “This is an electronic meeting. We may have technical difficulty as we go through the meeting, and we'll work our best to overcome those when we do.”

197. South Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, February 4, 2022

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     • [1:06:02] “we don't have it's not in our OCP we have community amenities, I think we all have community amenities, but that was an added item I, it was the intent was that to be added for all islands with my understanding through the because I'm on the regional planning committee.”
     • [0:02:19] “I will go over the town hall and how you can interact with us in a few moments. But first, I'd like to introduce some of the staff that are joining us today. We have Robert Kojima, our regional planning manager. Good morning, Robert.”
     • [0:57:20] “And and as Trustee Wright said, it's saying that we now that this is in place, I think we do want to hear from the community and understand how to make sure we have guidelines that are reasonable and will work for the community.”

198. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, February 2, 2022

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     • [2:24:11] “right. Yeah, I mean, to me, the value we have to play here is the complexity of the system that we're in and make sure that the program and the fund that's being created catches, you know, appropriately catches us because we always tend to be missed.”
     • [1:01:58] “And I think that's something for the other vice chairs to be aware of, you know, if you are signed up as the host, because it was just not, you know, like I said, I wasn't expecting that for a virtual meeting after, you know, two years of”
     • [3:01:41] “But that it was not related to if we were either having an in-person meeting where we're trying to project the meeting or live stream the meeting versus a fully electronic meeting that would have interaction.”

199. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, January 27, 2022

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     • [1:29:28] “Absolutely. So, you know, I would be in favor of the alternative motion. That's what we use here on Salt Spring. It works. And we have to carry on the conversation with the CRD and decide how to best do that as a local trust committee, what our role is and how we communicate or, you know, do we lead, do we bring that group together or do we ask the CRD to lead and bring the group together? Somebody has to come up to the table and lead.”
     • [0:02:27] “We have a number of staff members that are joining us today. We have Robert Kojima, the regional planning manager. We have Kim Stockville, our planner. And we have Robin Elchuk in the background, who is helping us administer the webinar version of the meeting.”
     • [2:03:54] “right. Then there's no further on this application. The next application is DP2021.7, Brody. We saw this last time, and that's on page 111 in the agenda package. And who's going to give that report?”

200. Thetis Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, January 24, 2022

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     • [0:06:33] “Just for the benefit of Trustee Fenton, this conversation has been coming about in that this series of special meetings were primarily being designed to get and modify our meeting bylaws to allow for the electronic meeting component to be a permanent feature of our bylaw to allow us that option going into the future.”
     • [0:20:50] “It might be, instead of just saying, considering adding full, you know, being so specific about adding a full-time staff positions that perhaps it's asking the financial planning committee to consider the resources necessary to support electronic meetings.”
     • [0:21:09] “2023 budget so that we're not telling them it's hiring a staff, it's they can sort out the resources.”

201. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, January 18, 2022

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     • [1:22:27] “The more we can conserve our water, the more water that we can have cached around the island for wildfire protection is all related to keeping our ecosystems healthier because we're not drawing more away from the ecosystems at the driest time of year when they need it too.”
     • [4:46:34] “I, I think the applicant was attempting to solve a problem that was has been long standing and may have inadvertently created a new one but I would support the absolutely support this I think it's the safer, safer process forward to confuse this while we process”
     • [0:18:12] “I can't alone or Peter can't alone or you can't alone here, welcome, right, the public material that needs to be written to help put these projects into context to help people understand, you know while surveys are useful I think there's context”

202. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, January 13, 2022

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     • [3:42:09] “And the second would be sort of that project definition part is if one LTC, you know, yes, they might have the most out-of-date OCP and they need to get it done,”
     • [2:32:29] “So I was thinking that was that that I think makes a nice clean policy statement that the local trust committee should should do that.”
     • [2:32:21] “So that combined that one back up and then cut the next one where it says term comma and yeah, right there.”

203. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, January 12, 2022

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     • [2:33:24] “Well, we might not provide services. How far away are we from it? I just was in a meeting yesterday on discussions. It was about, it was a health society. And we were talking about roundtabling a conversation on senior needs.”
     • [1:11:52] “organizations missing and i think as we go forward we need to have a way of rattling um and collecting”
     • [2:49:43] “the people that need to um to speak to us and have messages to say uh that are important so um i just”

204. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, December 15, 2021

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     • [0:20:41] “But I think the objective needs to be soundly that we want to end up with a policy statement that is, you know, setting us on a path of where we are in the time. And I know deadlines create havoc with that, perhaps, but we need to be focused on that being, I think, the main purpose.”
     • [0:21:25] “So we're here and we have to move forward. And I think we need to earn back quite a bit of trust or gain trust through this engagement process that this engagement process is a place where the public can influence the outcome of the policy statement or influence what's in it.”
     • [2:00:43] “hybrid meeting, from the participant standpoint, the people that were on Zoom, the trustees on Zoom, just came across as a much higher profile than the trustees in the room.”

205. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, December 4, 2021

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     • [0:57:08] “Thanks again. So we're moving forward. We have a couple sets of minutes here. So we have our first set of minutes from a special meeting we had on October 22nd. Are there any additions or corrections that need to be made to those minutes? Can we approve those through general consent?”
     • [3:27:17] “Okay, um, uh, expense reports are here, your policies, standing resolutions which will have something to do with business. We'll talk more about. And then, um, so we have here the Islands Trust under 15.6.1. We have the Nighthawk Hill NAPTEC addition application briefing.”
     • [0:57:25] “Then we have our minutes from a regular meeting from October 28th. Are there any changes or corrections? And we can adopt those through general consent.”

206. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, December 1, 2021

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     • [5:16:12] “Zoning, subdivision, and other land use bylaws are powerful and foundational tools that we can use to proactively achieve diverse and sustainable supply of housing and to curtail residential development that is out of step with climate action and equity needs.”
     • [6:16:10] “They think that, you know, there's going to that. I don't know what they're expecting out of this thing, but we need to be encouraging that this is good for them to apply before the deadline.”
     • [5:16:02] “But remind you that the local trust committees were enabled and entrusted with the responsibility through the Local Government Act to direct the location, density, and form of all housing.”

207. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, November 30, 2021

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     • [0:30:06] “I'd be remiss if I didn't make a plea to my other trustees to help keep pressure on our MODI, the Minister of Highway and Transportation, and BC Ferries to ensure that islands are not left out of regional planning initiatives.”
     • [0:29:08] “Program which has already made some recommendations for immediate actions and they're now getting down”
     • [0:29:32] “and a really incredible relational uh geographical tool that layered a series of information like the”

208. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, November 18, 2021

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     • [0:58:36] “Okay. Despite other provisions of this bylaw where agriculture is permitted, principal use on a lot not in agricultural zone and complies with Section 3.5 and subsection and servicing requirements of Part 9 of this bylaw, additional farm workers dwelling units not exceeding 186 square meters corresponding to the subdivision potential of a lot may be constructed and occupied where a lot is classified as a farm under the”
     • [0:48:26] “So, the broader accessory building bylaws that, you know, will be becoming this project there may likely have a requirement for a housing agreement so that we know that that housing that's being created is being created, you know, not for Airbnbs or other uses that it's actually being directed toward housing islanders.”
     • [0:58:14] “All right. I move that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee amend draft bylaw number 526 by inserting clause 2.3 by replacing section 3.17, dwellings on large farms, with the following 3.17.”

209. Islands Trust Financial Planning Committee community information meeting, November 10, 2021

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     • [3:12:51] “there's an opportunity to even you know coordinate that work within that's that's direct planning work”
     • [3:12:45] “how many houses are being built what's being sold where you know there's data data data um so i think”
     • [3:28:36] “I'm starting to be like a broken record thank you Dan for your comment about you know we keep saying”

210. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, November 9, 2021

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     • [1:04:02] “Laura? This isn't duplicated work. I think transition was quite clear. Having the fire ecology, we just don't have that, those practices. Our practices have been focused on fire smart, which is the building protection, infrastructure protection.”
     • [3:33:12] “considered the supports for expediting and, that's not resourcing, but I feel like it's expediting, so just, yeah, so just remove the necessary amendments to trust policies out of that, because it allows us to look at more.”
     • [3:40:04] “drafting, but write something that is, you know, that it contains the limitations or steps that need to be considered without mapping, without limiting, because that's so important.”

211. South Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, November 5, 2021

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     • [0:49:38] “take on further review of shorelines. Is that okay? I'm hopeful that Shannon heard that and Shannon you can always pipe in if you look I've got thumbs up from Shannon. You can't see her but I could. Hello Shannon. Okay so should we can we adopt the minutes as amended through general consent?”
     • [2:54:40] “So, I always forget the second town hall. As you know, we are going to be wanting to rush to a ferry. We have not reworked decisions that we made today. Are there any additional comments that anyone would like to make to this second town hall?”
     • [1:14:18] “And they are taking the version two approach of looking at this closely with First Nations and the community to understand what the problem is and what are the best tools to go forward to solve it.”

212. Islands Trust Regional Planning Committee community information meeting, November 3, 2021

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     • [1:11:27] “Thank you. Then I'll, then I'll move that the, uh, uh, regional planning committee, uh, request staff, uh, to, um, amend version 10. Is it version 10 of the, uh, Islands Trust Freshwater Sustainability Strategy, uh, to amend references to freshwater sustainability, uh, needs to be”
     • [3:15:25] “I think this has to kind of come first and then the checklist second but I would look to my fellow trustees, how can we do this, how can we really workshop and end up with a document that we, we feel good about at the committee before we send it to Trust Council.”
     • [1:59:26] “And so I think we've got a long way to go for our own trustees to understand what this science and information is going to mean, how does it relate to the decisions that they're going to have to make.”

213. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, October 22, 2021

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     • [1:27:01] “I mean, I don't play in this political policy world very well, and I think that's one of the reasons why we have the problems that we have, because we look at things like, oh, let's fix this, check, next, and our ecosystems, and so forth, don't work that way, and I'm hoping that this project, I know sometimes staff, Jason's like, well, we're not getting anything done.”
     • [1:27:27] “I'm like, yes, we are. We're having conversations. Things are happening. And I think we have to be able to change our mindset and realize that, you know, yes, we have this political world that we're in, but we need to really set up the foundations to allow this work to carry on, be supported and funded.”
     • [1:15:29] “And I'd like to sort of get some ideas of what kind of tools or protections could we do that would inform the current people who already live here, but to also really inform the decisions we make as we develop anything new.”

214. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, October 22, 2021

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     • [0:18:15] “I think it's consistent messaging. And that would be something important as we talk about next steps that any of us that are in opportunities to have conversations, whichever way we go, that we're consistent in our messages so we don't confuse people.”
     • [0:00:43] “I always acknowledge how fortunate we are to be able to gather all across the Coast Salish people's traditional unceded territories.”
     • [0:00:33] “Well, good afternoon. I'd like to call this special meeting of the North Pender Island Local Trust Committee to order.”

215. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, October 20, 2021

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     • [1:16:25] “And when I look at Ganges Village Plan, we're talking about OCP and area plans, which are base things that we're doing versus coordinating a multi-jurisdictional approach, which is absolutely within the Islands Trust mandate to coordinate with others and a tool.”
     • [1:16:04] “And I think I know we're in transition of where we're going, but it seems to be a very long transition and one that I think we're all eager to get deeper into of the overall project approach.”
     • [1:15:46] “And so you might have one local trust committee that has three projects that are less than 5K that might be more than what Denman is trying to do.”

216. Islands Trust Council special meeting, October 13, 2021

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     • [0:13:48] “confirm your attendance. We are booking the hotel that, you know, because that's my concern is,”
     • [0:13:33] “have to keep the rwm clean when it goes out for the vote but i think there needs to be an early”
     • [0:13:27] “savings and that the hotel expires there at the 29th i i think that uh you know we have yes we”

217. Islands Trust Council community information meeting, September 29, 2021

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     • [2:41:41] “I move that the Regional Planning Committee request staff to review the budget estimates within the 2022-23 business cases to ensure they reflect the committee's discussion on September 29, 2021, and are adequate for the intended work.”
     • [0:36:39] “So I think generally we're getting there, but I think we need to sound a little bit more like we're working harder on this.”
     • [0:58:49] “and language um we started off talking about bonus density and now i've broadened out are we excluding”

218. Thetis Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, September 28, 2021

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     • [2:20:07] “So we're looking to, we know we're kind of between what's happening at the regional planning committee. So I think, you know, we're, we're trying to model things. So, you know, as, as we go forward on how, how we have these conversations at these initial stages and build support for something important to come.”
     • [0:50:26] “And when we call things a project, they're thinking of a project as like, build something, like a housing project. So it's language that gets complicated. And I see it more as it's kind of a topic that, to me, a project is when you make a decision that we need to amend the OCP, or we need to update a LUB,”
     • [1:46:34] “So there's opportunities to make it work. And I'd be okay with thinking that we plan for a workshop, as Trustee Luckin was explaining, either we're doing it in a room working the issue, and that perhaps an invitation to join us on the beach comes out of that conversation,”

219. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, September 23, 2021

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     • [0:38:55] “motion's fine as is it's it's assisting with the coast guard it might be also recognizing that it”
     • [0:39:00] “might be assisting with the regional districts that have that the emergency services capacity”
     • [0:13:40] “I have nothing new to report from the extensive report”

220. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, September 22, 2021

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     • [6:42:27] “I know if you remember, Laura Bushegan and I tried it at one of the last times we had a human interaction at a trust council meeting that we tried to collect people, get people to talk about it around the coffee hour.”
     • [2:46:07] “So this is an opportunity and I think we need to find how to plug in, especially on the smaller islands that don't have that those regional district services, highly active.”
     • [6:03:41] “And one of them was sort of the environmental lens wasn't really applied well as to which of the recommendations had the better environmental outcome to it and so forth.”

221. Islands Trust Council community information meeting, September 20, 2021

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     • [0:28:41] “there were there were definitely some workshops that were very uh beneficial um and uh look forward”
     • [0:28:17] “brief meeting with uh minister robinson on just just a high level conversation on uh on the impact”
     • [0:28:09] “to find one more meeting date that's been elusive uh for october um no i just uh just had a brief”

222. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, September 8, 2021

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     • [1:48:34] “I think that that that advantage needs to be explained somehow, I don't know where that gets explained, and I think that's the key things I have there.”
     • [1:48:26] “being able to say that I think in in a difference of just not saying not having in-person LTA events”
     • [0:33:43] “conversation to come. It's a lot of information to be kind of put all together into one presentation”

223. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, September 2, 2021

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     • [3:34:00] “Oh, no, I think it's important we're all there. I know I got a lot out of the last time we met in person with Minister Fraser at the time, and I think it shows strong support.”
     • [3:34:13] “Yeah, no, I think time is going to go quickly. I want to make sure that we have the time to have dialogue because I think that's where we get the most rich out of there.”
     • [1:04:35] “I can remember some of my first meetings here on the executive, and we were looking at the very, very, very long follow-up action list of trust program services.”

224. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, August 31, 2021

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     • [3:28:12] “I move that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee direct staff to include consideration of the following within the 2022-23 budget business case for the Coastal Douglas Fern Associated Ecosystem Protection Project in general accordance with the project outline described by Salt Spring Island Ecological Research Network in its delegation to the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee in its regular meeting of August 31, 2021.”
     • [5:01:26] “So I move that the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee request that staff report back on a communication strategy to better align, integrate, and guide the public engagement for the local trust committee planning projects with Trust Council's public engagement plans for updating the trust policy statement.”
     • [4:38:26] “If the wording of this means that, that's fine, but I just want to make sure that we are, you know, progressing through so that we're not waiting, you know, all that time, because then we're going to be just taking more time.”

225. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, August 4, 2021

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     • [2:25:22] “That is probably one of the biggest helps is that we need to find a way to be more responsive on some of these large, you know, very community passionate issues that unfactual information gets out there and very, very, very, very quickly.”
     • [3:15:49] “and water I thought that was you know generally it was a very thorough investigation and conversation”
     • [2:24:11] “to be launching our engagement on the housing and the ganges village all at the same time and i think”

226. Thetis Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, August 3, 2021

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     • [0:02:01] “This meeting is an official forum for your local trust committee to make decisions about land use planning matters and discuss relevant business.”
     • [0:02:07] “I also want to add that this is a place of employment, despite the fact some of our employees may be coming from their own homes.”
     • [0:34:49] “think we have to, we just have to be careful of how it can be taken out of so much being taken out of context these days.”

227. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, July 29, 2021

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     • [0:27:13] “So we are, staff I know are working very diligently to have that engagement plan prepared in time for the September meeting so that those decisions could be made.”
     • [0:09:08] “JL properties may write to the LTC requesting specific reconsideration of this agreement, which would have to be received and considered in an LTC meeting.”
     • [0:18:23] “think it was in an agenda package for the review select committee is where that document resides, if I am correct.”

228. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, July 27, 2021

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     • [1:15:28] “Yeah. Well, I saw we got one piece of the correspondence back from Piers Island. So I will have to, I know they're not keen on this, so we're still going to have to have a conversation with Piers Island. Maybe we'll have to go back and have a meeting there in the fire hall with them in the near future.”
     • [4:57:04] “HAB-Terry Palmos- i'm inclined just to do the one meter I think they are being so far over the property line going to it's you know that I understand their desire to want to keep it, it is a small piece of property and and I don't know how they can get cars off.”
     • [0:52:19] “The fact that we're partnering and have various organizations that, you know, that there was a group of people with a table set up in the Tuesday market last week with all those pictures that are up.”

229. Saturna Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, July 22, 2021

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     • [0:04:47] “And we did pass several topics, but in relation to the policy statement, because that's probably of highest interest, we did pass a motion directing staff to obtain some third party advice for working on the next phase of the public engagement, recognizing that the participative democracy is a best practice method for engagement.”
     • [0:22:36] “Exactly. All right. If there's no other questions on those two actions, then we'll go on to the top priorities list at 14.1.1, which is on page 37 of the agenda package.”
     • [0:01:32] “This meeting is an official forum for your local trust committee to make decisions about land use planning matters and discuss relevant business.”

230. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, July 21, 2021

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     • [3:48:43] “We're trying to bring the community along on reconciliation. We're trying to be aware of the impacts of our decisions on housing and equity and these things. So the more people that are with us, it's just going to make our jobs so much easier going forward.”
     • [3:52:42] “So the longer this train travels down the track, the more either misinformation that's going to spread, the potential that this thing is heading off in all these odd directions when we want it to go in a very particular one.”
     • [4:44:53] “And you think of all the conversations we're having with PMFL and others, to me, I read this as if there is something, an impediment to protecting the trust area, it's our duty to bring it to the attention of the government.”

231. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, July 15, 2021

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     • [1:29:09] “and passionate agricultural community and as well as South Pender. So I know their voice is very loud”
     • [1:21:23] “having agriculture being more important well there will be an election coming in just over a year and”
     • [1:32:58] “they extended the the geography for uh indigenous artists to be the traditional territory instead of”

232. South Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, July 9, 2021

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     • [0:06:04] “When addressing the local trust committee, we always request that you direct your comments to the trustees, not the audience or staff, and speak about issues, not individuals. Be clear, concise, and respectful. And you can ask to speak by raising your hand. It should be at the lower center of the screen. I don't think anyone's on the phone today.”
     • [0:05:38] “And there was a general consent that the chair rise and report that Richard Friesen had been removed by resolution from the South Penn Island Advisory Planning Commission.”
     • [0:05:15] “As Trustee Wright said, there will be lots of opportunities coming, both at the local and federation level for the conversations.”

233. Islands Trust Council community information meeting, July 8, 2021

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     • [2:51:53] “Hello. I can't support giving first reading. I would support delaying until December for a number of reasons. One, the power outage last night. I chair three of the four islands that lost power last night, and I know many of those people wanted to be able to speak to us and address us and feel quite unheard that we even carried on the meeting without hearing from them.”
     • [1:46:55] “sort of reflected the the 26 of us sitting sitting around here and um you know that it that it it was”
     • [5:26:08] “issues we're heading into the summer and um while i agree that it has to be a part of a comprehensive”

234. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, June 29, 2021

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     • [4:43:52] “I was wondering if we could make a motion to basically bring them aware of what we did with this application in a future scheduled meeting when we have something referred to them, just because I think it helps them to be consistent of what we did so that they're aware.”
     • [0:32:12] “I think the big thing here is to, and I don't know if we have to make it a second recommendation, is to ask bylaw enforcement to continue to monitor what is happening and what they're seeing in relationship to where people are finding they're having to live.”
     • [0:31:35] “And I do know that there isn't a business on this island that's not suffering right now with trying to retain, never mind fill, vacancies of positions that they have.”

235. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, June 24, 2021

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     • [3:08:41] “And that's how I even look at our own bylaws now in Salt Spring. It's like, if we're going to create a bylaw, what was it intended to do? And that we measure that, because if it's not doing what we've set it out to do, then did we just add needless administration for no purpose? So performance and monitoring is critical.”
     • [3:16:05] “All right. Thank you. Is there anyone else that wishes to speak to us today? Again, remember, your comments are important to the trustees, so please reach out and communicate your ideas, your comments, your suggestions, because they're always welcome.”
     • [1:19:53] “So that's super. Okay, so our next application is a temporary use permit 2021.5 for PGROM. And we have a staff report beginning on page 81. And, oh, it's like that's going to be Planner Testamal again.”

236. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, June 23, 2021

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     • [2:28:26] “And I think we had a very higher diversity speak in March because of the pre-meeting conversations and what was potentially occurring.”
     • [5:57:09] “We have to, because a lot of the confusion that we're seeing from some of the letters and the voices that we're hearing is from that.”
     • [5:56:52] “We can't assume anyone understands the difference between the Federation work, the local work, and all of that.”

237. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, June 9, 2021

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     • [6:38:36] “that that's getting muddied in the water so i just want people to be aware of how divisive this this”
     • [7:32:51] “too. So I want to be clear. I'm feeling that it's being directed to me and I'm offended with it and”
     • [6:38:21] “what's happening is it's creating a very divisive conversation when i don't think it's real i think”

238. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, June 8, 2021

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     • [4:26:24] “I think you're aware that I had raised a motion at the Executive Committee to ask staff to look at the Nature Smart Climate Solutions Fund and opportunities to partnership.”
     • [4:26:33] “Could you maybe talk about what opportunities would you see for the Islands Trust to partner with this grant intake in the fall?”
     • [0:55:03] “You're looking at the buildings where there's six four plexes that were built on only half of the acreage.”

239. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, June 7, 2021

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     • [0:19:16] “I did secure a copy of a letter that went from Central Senate to SAIL, and I share that with staff.”
     • [0:19:50] “be kind of an example of how to sort of, as I use the term, linger in the project definition phase”
     • [0:05:33] “in themselves either you know a recent conversation alluding to a recent conversation you know and”

240. Thetis Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, June 1, 2021

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     • [1:26:43] “That gives staff some direction to get going, but they may come back and have some recommended amendments pending their initial conversations.”
     • [0:52:24] “We're trying to find what the problem is and define what the tools are that we have to address that problem.”
     • [0:59:35] “the elder about what are those values what are the values they're saying um that it just it starts to”

241. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, May 27, 2021

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     • [0:01:36] “They never exclusively only spoke about water but how it played into the into everything and I spoke asked Harold Joe about the integration of it and he talked about being human and how being human is that responsibility of we have for in the place where we are, and I'm just so fortunate to be able to be part of, of having these stories hearing these stories.”
     • [0:35:11] “I didn't get a chance I should have had my notes here for, you know, the trustees asked me to bring up relationships with the CRD and infrastructure projects through the executive which I did yesterday, and they first step was they strongly”
     • [0:12:59] “So we put a resolution forward, but I was amazed by the number of resolutions that were related to climate change in the environment coming from communities in the Vancouver Island and coastal communities.”

242. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, May 26, 2021

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     • [5:22:57] “I'm concerned it was interesting yesterday I heard from one person that had put their name on something that they understood that us renegade trustees that didn't vote on that motion were amending the object of the act to include housing.”
     • [7:05:45] “point. We have a meeting this Friday with the Southern Gulf Island Forum. So I'm happy to bring it forward if I'm attending, but because of AVICC, but I'll make sure it gets messaged.”
     • [3:26:45] “So, Carmen and the staff that are all touching it, I understand the overwhelming, especially, I think it's been, since the pandemic started, it's just been more, more, more, more.”

243. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, May 25, 2021

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     • [1:46:15] “And I don't want to see that happen here. I want to see our task forces feeling engaged, part of the process. And that, you know, so that's just highest concern to me. So I just want to make sure that, you know, we're considering that. And I would encourage staff if there's, you know, if we need, I know we've created the guardrails of all the projects that we've created, but we created those guardrails.”
     • [1:45:52] “you so much. That's exactly what I just wanted to hear. And I am excited to see things getting going. And the reason why I wanted to ask is I'm very cognizant that when Gabriola's housing, whatever they called it, advisory planning commission, I think that's what it's called, ended up kind of walking outside of the Islands Trust to do their work.”
     • [2:25:52] “thank you, Peter, for talking about that. I know in last Friday's session with ASK, I too talked about the stresses of life today and admitted it's taking a toll on me. It's exhausting. It's difficult to be in this format day in, day out and not be able to sit and see people.”

244. Saturna Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, May 20, 2021

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     • [0:20:42] “Thank you, Trustee Brent. Well, I think it's wonderful that you're taking the integrated approach of the various transportation elements, and I applaud you for taking that approach and look forward to the outcome of this work. So any final questions for Justine? Trustee Middleton?”
     • [0:09:17] “Okay, so moving on to the agenda here, we have minutes that are here just for information and the resolutions.”
     • [0:02:30] “town hall in just a moment. We have staff joining us today. We have Maple Hung, our office administrator,”

245. Islands Trust Regional Planning Committee regular meeting, May 12, 2021

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     • [3:27:23] “And I think that's been my encouragement is I understand the cultural reasons that community, the context of the word brings up, and that I've encouraged us to let's just define it. Let's have our definition of what community is in the document. And if it's based on First Nations knowledge, that's what it's based on.”
     • [5:09:43] “Yes, I move that the Regional Planning Committee direct staff to prepare, in cooperation with the Regional Planning Committee Chair, a presentation to Trust Council to explain the process and anticipated impacts.”
     • [3:27:09] “And I think we saw a little bit of that this morning when we have the first goal of our water, freshwater saying, you know, all we care about is ecosystems.”

246. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, May 12, 2021

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     • [0:11:01] “Could I ask a question? I know one of the things I'm receiving a lot of pressure on is where we've got commercial unit or densities here on Salt Spring.”
     • [0:25:52] “I mean, this other concept that I was mentioning too, Squamish just is considering a proposal where they're going to reduce development potential,”
     • [0:02:17] “we're grateful for this ability to have electronic meeting trustees staff public don't have to travel”

247. South Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, May 7, 2021

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     • [1:04:37] “They're taking a slow approach as well, just trying to narrow down on what is the most important features that they're interested in and what's the best tool to enact the protection that they'd like to see.”
     • [2:11:17] “that fair and then yes meeting any Is there any objection to that stuff we do that just want to make sure i'm not seeing anybody raise that so no so go ahead and.”
     • [2:11:31] “close close this meeting, and then the public meeting and we're going to now close this meeting to the public and move into that one so.”

248. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, May 5, 2021

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     • [5:17:02] “just just remind you that while there is the Vancouver Island Economic Alliance that the the island economic partnership rural island economic partnership was bred out of this because they didn't feel they fit in, you know, that the islands were special so that if we do want to voice with this group that to remember that we do have that organization that is speaks very specifically on islands.”
     • [1:48:01] “So I just, that, that, that's my question of, you know, is there a point of question of any, you know, when, how much, is there a standard legal response or, or is there a choice to be made on the expenditures? That, that's all. I, I didn't really see that.”
     • [4:55:46] “Building on that work, they also have commitments from First Nations, the WSANUC Leadership Council in particular, for place-based opportunities to put this in place.”

249. Islands Trust Programs Committee regular meeting, May 3, 2021

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     • [2:10:25] “Right at section 1.3 in the present context, it refers to the affordable housing as being, as also throughout the province. So it kind of waters it down. Climate change is being experienced throughout the province. First Nations and reconciliation is being experienced throughout the province.”
     • [2:10:46] “I think this is about owning the issue as it's showing up in our islands, and that, you know, we need to own it, it does show up. It's also affordable housing, it's how and what we've done that's contributed to the inequities that's showing up as affordable housing.”
     • [2:11:19] “People who live here care deeply about the environment and the issues and reconciliation and all of that.”

250. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, April 29, 2021

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     • [1:21:39] “So, you know, this is an ongoing conversation, you know, farming is important to the community and for the resilience of the community. And I think, you know, we're not going to get it all done this time. I think we're going to have to make some choices and get started and then carry on this really good conversation, you know, into the, into the ongoing.”
     • [3:50:15] “When I think of all the islands up and down the coast that are being attractive for development and higher end development, that all of these areas should be protected.”
     • [0:01:13] “we're gonna i'm gonna whoops read the right screen on my computer here we are so good morning everyone”

251. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, April 27, 2021

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     • [0:38:44] “So it's a conversation. And right now, I'll be very clear, I will not support the engagement plan for the Coastal Douglas fir as presented. Simply doing surveys and is not going to work or to only look at some landowners. We need to engage all voices in this conversation and have it very meaningfully.”
     • [0:10:11] “So I just did want to report that Warren Digman felt that in the immediate timeframe, the standing resolution that addresses the COVID non-enforcement rules is in play, and that they'll continue to review and come back with a recommendation for a future resolution.”
     • [6:21:16] “I know I know Stefan just said that the like the Ganges Village Task Force isn't a referral agency, but I'm still hoping that the whole concept of development in this downtown core is part of the things that they're talking about of density and all of that.”

252. Islands Trust Conservancy Board community information meeting, April 21, 2021

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     • [0:09:19] “mean, maybe the simple, you know, it exists. I think, you know, the idea is there. So it either sits there as waiting for the appropriate opportunity to link with other conversations or something of that nature so that we do acknowledge that, you know, that it exists.”
     • [0:09:49] “And then if we get into a conversation in either community to community or with other nations, that this could be moved forward more quickly.”
     • [0:09:59] “So I think just it signals it exists, but certainly saying it's in progress or on hold might be a better word.”

253. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, April 14, 2021

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     • [1:32:21] “so these two bylaws are following up on the original bylaw that, not the original, but the previous bylaw that the trustees put in place to sort of put a moratorium on short-term vacation rentals.”
     • [2:19:17] “Are we doing housing? How do we do that in a respectful way to our mandate and address the needs of some of these unique or housing challenges that we have in our islands?”
     • [3:02:50] “He had a conflict at the last moment, but we did touch base about sort of the speculation vacancy tax and potential next steps and housing authorities and so forth.”

254. Thetis Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, April 13, 2021

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     • [2:41:54] “And I think that would be helpful. And we did that there at Salt Spring. It was very helpful. And one of them would be, as we said, to acknowledge that we are a federation and that one of the principles is we want to share with, work with, learn from and collaborate with the other, you know, other work at the other local trust committees and the regional planning committee as work is developed because we want to keep this project not unique, but into that.”
     • [0:13:11] “Thank you, Trustee Luckham. I just wanted to, again, for my report, just to touch on the March 2021 Trust Council meeting, just to sort of expand on what Peter just mentioned, but Trust Council affirmed its understanding that the mandate of the trust, which is embodied in the Islands Trust Act, includes the concept of the protection of a healthy, inclusive communities, including but not limited to housing and transportation.”
     • [2:23:26] “Well, I think this is we're back to the same. What are we trying to achieve? You know, what is it that you're concerned about and what is it you're trying to achieve? And then the tools become more obvious if we can be clear as to what it is we're concerned about. And if we don't have enough information, then it's requesting information and about learning more about our concern to be able to define it better.”

255. South Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, April 9, 2021

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     • [0:46:37] “it's what's sometimes frustrating. If you don't have those specifics, then you're going to get six months down the road and find that, you know, you're not, you didn't achieve or you're not going in the direction you think you are.”
     • [1:48:24] “Janet Callahan- That's all right. It makes it efficient. Is there any discussion. I'll call the vote, then all those in favor. Now we're kind of, I'm going to look to Robert here for resource questioning here with”
     • [0:01:32] “This meeting is an official forum for your local trust committee to make decisions about land use planning matters and discuss relevant business.”

256. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, April 1, 2021

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     • [0:17:02] “with the understanding that this commitment is a long-term relationship building and healing process”
     • [0:17:08] “and I that is you know true what Trustee Morrison just said we are also the leaders in our community”
     • [0:02:08] “don't have to travel and we're honoring the public health orders during this pandemic we appreciate”

257. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, March 26, 2021

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     • [0:01:58] “I'm thank you everyone for being patient. I would like to rise and report from our closed meeting that we did approve the the October to 2020 in camera minutes trustees. Is there any amendments to the agenda or anything we need to add to the agenda.”
     • [0:02:32] “HAB-Masyn Moyer- Okay, so add 3.4 addition to the agenda scheduling of a special meeting and now trustees is there someone that wishes to make a resolution.”
     • [0:00:17] “people. I'm Laura Patrick, elected on Salt Spring, Chair of this Local Trust Committee, and I'm joined”

258. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, March 25, 2021

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     • [2:15:52] “Well, just on that line, what it is, it's the opposite of affordable. People would use a short-term vacation rental to pay more than they can afford, which the price continues to go up. So it gets complicated in these issues. But as you're touching on it, there's so many touch points in which short-term vacation rentals have in our communities. So how would you like to proceed?”
     • [3:08:44] “And so, you know, to me, it's like we need a whole different type of professional communication help. What I was told, the executive was at our local trust committee, we should look at do we need resources to get that help in. And to me, I'm seeing something similar, what we're having on Salt Spring to what you're saying too.”
     • [2:23:07] “I'm just saying if the development permit area that goes with that contiguous mapping is of interest, then that model bylaw is being created. And when it's created, it could become a priority project and be adopted. And I'll look to regional planner Kojima on how model bylaws work in this realm.”

259. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, March 24, 2021

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     • [3:38:06] “was just questioning more, there's the policy statement, and I didn't, I actually didn't find, I remember taking the oath of office, but I don't remember, and I couldn't find a written version of it, but we have the policy that talks about the, is it conduct, or what, I forget what it's called.”
     • [4:07:50] “I mean, I will carry on doing my own personal research. I've been trying to research, you know, who in this world is leading in the BC region in this type of work, because we're not alone. This is not, you know, surprise, this is happening in Islands Trust and nobody else.”
     • [0:55:42] “I mean I was excited because it all kind of followed on my aha moment that that pre-planning aspect and project definition phase was so important and I was so pleased to see so many of the trustees latching on to that idea so I think that's exciting and rich work and”

260. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, March 23, 2021

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     • [1:46:05] “I'm looking forward to the freshwater strategy work we're doing at Trust Council and the outcome of our roundtable because these are all things I have clarity in the future.”
     • [1:25:34] “I mean, for the business owner, I understand and applaud you for trying to make a business out of this old building, and I want you to have success.”
     • [2:06:38] “No, I don't think we have to. I think that's just a recommendation. You know, they think he's got work to do.”

261. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, March 18, 2021

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     • [0:00:53] “we'll work to overcome them and so just we're going to take a 10 minute recess while we wait”
     • [0:12:00] “listening and just stand by we're just uh overcoming technical difficulties one of our”
     • [0:00:42] “Okay. Does that sound good? So we're going to folks that are listening in today,”

262. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, March 17, 2021

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     • [2:37:22] “And part of this is having the realistic conversation. There is, when we all in the financial planning committee have to go through all those, you know, pages of little numbers, there's the, you know, there's the planning expense numbers that tend to be, you know, clumped together into one big number.”
     • [4:25:07] “So those are the things I think that should be thought about at the strategic planning time laid out in sort of a four year plan, because if you are if it is going to be something that's going to be paid for by a strategic special tax.”
     • [3:59:43] “I'm excited about it, I'm aware about it, I can communicate with my constituents about it, that this is something that's on the horizon, it's coming, or I can see where I fit in a schedule, maybe it's next year or two years from now.”

263. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 11, 2021

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     • [5:52:22] “can speak for my island. I know we do have a serious rat problem on the island in that these products are readily available in most of the stores that are on the island and are used as primarily the first choice to deal with this issue.”
     • [4:36:34] “where we have denser you know smaller neighborhoods so there's particular tree cutting issues related”
     • [4:37:11] “housing in Ganges Village all kicking off now and they're all designed to kind of be intertwined and”

264. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 10, 2021

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     • [0:17:55] “I will be voting against this motion. We've heard from so many people at our table and from the people who addressed us last night about the importance of interconnections.”
     • [1:35:41] “So to say one is more important than the other, it's that relationship, and that relationship, you know, you have that conversation with your partner, who's more important?”
     • [4:52:14] “We gave, it was voted to give a predetermined group of people who predetermined the terms of reference permission to go contract something.”

265. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 8, 2021

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     • [0:06:06] “request i just said the subdivision uh application on james island was coming before the north pender”
     • [1:19:43] “without having to you know and then um if if trust council is serious about this then you're right it”
     • [0:55:40] “to be criticism criticized on process and in the public's opinion of of this nature of this type of”

266. South Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, March 5, 2021

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     • [1:36:59] “Yes, there's a phone. That's what we put up on the screen. There is a phone numbers that you can call in. There is one call in person here that is on that is on a phone.”
     • [0:07:05] “But we have two community information meetings. The first one is on bylaws 119 and 120, where staff will give a presentation.”
     • [5:01:11] “All right, Kathy, how are you doing? And I think he's making that motion. So how are you doing there, Kathy? Did you follow?”

267. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, February 25, 2021

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     • [4:35:39] “We do not rework any of the decisions that we have made today and so I remind you that to please speak to the two trustees that are remaining and do not talk about people and just issues and be brief, because we're exhausted, so I see Dale has his hand raised.”
     • [0:17:05] “I did ask them to be brief. So Michael, it would be helpful if you would speak of what you're hoping for from this subdivision here, just on your second point here on the conservation, and please wrap up.”
     • [4:34:19] “Like I was going to say, on Salt Spring, we've run into the same issue with our meetings becoming more complicated because of the applications and the projects and iTunes.”

268. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, February 24, 2021

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     • [0:31:47] “I believe it was more that they thought that the language that should be in the OCP should be similar or the same throughout the Southern Gulf Islands region.”
     • [0:32:00] “So I think that's what their interests were and maybe having a more robust conversation about what it should be in relation to the OCPs.”
     • [4:14:45] “But we suddenly have islands of marina islands throughout our harbor now with the surrounding of boats.”

269. Saturna Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, February 18, 2021

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     • [1:40:59] “Great. And I think if you could also follow up apparently having the former planners name listed somewhere on the Saturn a website page if you could find that as a trustee.”
     • [1:49:37] “I'll do homework between now and the next meeting and have my Robert's Rules of Order in order for that so I can answer that question better.”
     • [1:42:30] “coastal douglas fir work on salt spring uh they're producing um quite a bit of uh educational material”

270. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, February 17, 2021

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     • [0:31:16] “Yeah, I mean, this is going to, we're going to suck up a lot of time here. I mean, the two projects that we have to assist SWPA in doing a strategic plan is coordination. It's using the coordinator, it's getting assistance to help the coordinator do that.”
     • [3:41:04] “we want to do on SWPA is to get ourselves aligned and project ready across organizations to be going”
     • [5:55:38] “as amended as sort of a starting conversation so but i agree you know so can we have almost a hybrid”

271. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, February 16, 2021

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     • [5:01:19] “was going to suggest would one possibility be is for the applicant hydro professional to submit a plan for the for the test and let that professional deal with the alternative if a neighboring well can't be found that they're they just address that in their proposed methodology of what they're going to do so that we at least have a”
     • [0:40:06] “Director in the Southern Gulf Islands will have more interest. So I'm looking forward to the meeting and I think it's important that we continue to pursue working, cooperating with the other agencies to manage the short-term vacation rentals.”
     • [3:34:12] “and finding that there were different terms than restaurants to explain the different styles of, you know, from the bakery, the cafes to so forth, and that our bylaws only have a, you know, a restaurant, which is such a broad term.”

272. Islands Trust Council community information meeting, February 10, 2021

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     • [1:40:09] “And that percentage that are willing to pay that are the upper upper crust. So we're, you know, the gentrification issue is only getting accelerated. So that's unintended consequences. So that's why I think it's worthy of having a conversation. What really are we trying to achieve so that we can stand up at Trust Council and say, we have delivered this product that meets this need.”
     • [4:21:01] “Just a brief follow up. I hear you and you're saying exactly the right things. I'm just saying that when I read this fourth bullet on page 46 under phase three, it doesn't say that. And I think just making sure that we leave that open so that we don't, you know, that we are trying to share, you know, I understand it's a learning experience and things evolve as we learn.”
     • [4:15:15] “And so I think there needs to be some element put on that or be able to say, you know, I look at Saturna and I think, hmm, saltwater intrusion, you know, there's urgency to work on that issue and that the work that they would create would be beneficial to any other island that's experiencing saltwater intrusion.”

273. Thetis Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, February 9, 2021

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     • [2:19:53] “So, I think we have to make sure that, you know, I'm very happy to take this approach, but we have to make sure the public knows that, that we are not, you know, because sometimes the development permit area will become the story of the day and you'll be having to deal with that.”
     • [1:53:54] “So this was in particular addressing that specific area and recognizing that there may need to be some also land use decisions someday to fix that issue as well.”
     • [2:19:43] “But without having some community communication, the rumor got started that we had already made our mind up and we were implementing a particular tool.”

274. Islands Trust Programs Committee regular meeting, February 3, 2021

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     • [3:34:08] “think for me, it's semantics. If your objectives sound like we're seeking engagement, the term virtual open house and open house to me is sort of more one-sided. It's come and see what we've done. I'm showing off something.”
     • [4:34:15] “This water mapping project, Freshwater, as William, had to do the same presentation five times, whereas it really should have been one presentation in a group meeting shared once, not five times.”
     • [4:34:30] “We're missing opportunities for efficiency and to help bring attention to the trustees of where the work is similar and the same.”

275. Thetis Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, February 2, 2021

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     • [1:13:18] “indicated in the public hearing notice. Any person who wishes to present a written submission to the”
     • [0:05:07] “have an agenda for this special meeting and I call upon my fellow trustees. Are there any changes or”
     • [0:43:41] “good for me thank you i thank you i see that wayne has his hand raised will if you can activate this”

276. South Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, January 29, 2021

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     • [3:23:56] “so you're all right with that will carry on that conversation then yep Okay, any other Oh, we had to make that electronic meeting now maple you said there was a correction or something there sorry I just noted, as a small.”
     • [0:06:59] “Thank you. My report, right now, Islands Trust has two surveys that are open that people should be aware of. The first one is about the trust policy statement. I was suffering with words there.”
     • [2:06:11] “I know we've talked about trying to put in here something about avoiding the clustering of, I don't know if either of you have suggested words that would work.”

277. North Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, January 28, 2021

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     • [2:00:00] “So we'll carry on. Thank you very much. We're at 12.4 on the agenda. And this is a referral from South Pender. And there's a report attached at one page 134. Is that going to be Planner Stockville? And you're muted.”
     • [1:12:18] “I need a specific, to table it, we have to table it to a specific time in the agenda so that we put it to after 13.2. Is that what I'm hearing? So I need a motion as to that, to table it to that.”
     • [0:01:31] “I also want to add that this is a place of employment, despite the fact that many of our staff are coming from their own homes, they have the safe, a right to a safe and respectful workplace.”

278. Saturna Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, January 26, 2021

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     • [0:03:30] “But before we get into the public hearing, we're going to have what's called a community information meeting and staff will present, give us a staff report, followed by that, there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions.”
     • [0:12:31] “Third, I will not maintain a clock, but I will encourage you to move along if you're dominating the speaking time, and you can always come back and speak a second and third time if necessary.”
     • [0:12:51] “However, you're not required to state your name and address, but such information is helpful to the local trust committee in determining the relationship you might have with these bylaws.”

279. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, January 22, 2021

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     • [1:40:35] “I think Peter's correct that we should because Trust Council is a board of our adjacent areas as well as ourselves, and other local, just maybe other local trust committees so I'm, I will modify that we can just stick that in wherever it makes sense”
     • [1:20:27] “And so I think I'm leaning towards saying that I'd like to see some sort of an action plan of some kind, but through the development of that action plan, that there is the ability to move on immediate actions when they become, like I said, obvious,”
     • [1:06:00] “I think the gist of this is about, you know, as Peter said in the beginning, this is hard. This isn't easy. It's a problem. And it means we've all got to be open. You know, our minds are open to finding new ways. So that's what this is about.”

280. Islands Trust Financial Planning Committee regular meeting, January 20, 2021

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     • [1:23:19] “money that was collected from the special tax requisition of Salt Spring Island residents only.”
     • [1:23:12] “I just wanted to be clear on the SWPA, the draw from surplus for SWPA is from the surplus tax”
     • [2:30:50] “continued, the way that whole section read was like the first time ever if a new person was”

281. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, January 19, 2021

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     • [4:25:47] “I was just going to ask about this issue of I know that staff did have a meeting with realtors and I don't know are we missing any other opportunities to get the word out about what's required for developments in the waterfront areas so I was like I guess a question to staff”
     • [1:18:54] “So that's, I think, my biggest concern is that we make sure we have the language that it's open, that we are seeking, you know, the actions and I was looking at it, I was looking at the provincial website regarding, you know, what we're required to do in our community plan.”
     • [1:19:16] “But they also offer up housing strategies and housing action plans as being one of the recommended tools that we could use. So perhaps, you know, perhaps that's a better language for the name of the project is maybe it's developing a housing strategy and action plan.”

282. South Pender Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, January 15, 2021

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     • [2:21:07] “Oh, thank you very much. And for those of you that are listening, and please, please share with your friends and family that we have not made our decisions and we do want to hear from you. And, you know, so please reach out and, you know, southinfo at islandstrust.bc.ca is one method or directly to the trustees.”
     • [0:17:22] “Your questions and comments are valued and help us to decide what options to pursue and to make good decisions.”
     • [0:00:21] “All right. Just stand by. We're just letting the system get going and we'll open the meeting momentarily.”

283. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, January 13, 2021

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     • [3:57:41] “I would advise against the ice tea one. And the basic problem is the pie is only so big and the communities that are eating that pie right now don't want to offer another slice up. So if we go to vote on the floor, it could be detrimental.”
     • [4:12:44] “No, I think this could open the, I think it could be written in a way that reflects both our reconciliation declaration, but also our climate emergency declaration, so that I think it could just be kind of a high level along those lines.”
     • [0:46:17] “But I think there's an opportunity here to tell the public how much work we've been doing, how they can, you know, just a reminder of the mechanisms, where to find the information as to how to participate, and so forth.”