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The Islands Trust at 35 Governing for Sustainability Thursday May 21, 2009 9:15 10:30 Presentation Outline Introduction and history Linda Adams, Chief Administrative Officer Regional initiatives Linda Adams, Chief

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The Islands Trust at 35 Governing for Sustainability

Thursday May 21, 2009 9:15 – 10:30

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Presentation Outline

Introduction and history

Linda Adams, Chief Administrative Officer

Regional initiatives

Linda Adams, Chief Administrative Officer

Local planning

Mac Fraser, Director of Local Planning

A Legal Perspective

Bill Buholzer, Young Anderson

Working at the Islands Trust

Mac Fraser, Director of Local Planning

Future challenges

Linda Adams, Chief Administrative Officer

Questions

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Introduction

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The Islands Trust Area

The Islands Trust Area The Islands Trust Area covers the islands and waters covers the islands and waters between the BC mainland between the BC mainland and southern Vancouver and southern Vancouver

  • Island. It includes 13 major
  • Island. It includes 13 major

and more than 450 smaller and more than 450 smaller islands covering 5200 square islands covering 5200 square kilometres. kilometres.

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History

Inhabited for 2000-3000 years by the

Coast Salish people

First visited by Spanish explorers in

late 17th century

Settlement in the mid 1800’s by

farmers, loggers and fishermen

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20th Century

  • Early 1900s – rural areas with

small populations

  • 1960s – improved ferry access,

growing development raises concerns about destruction of the islands

  • Magic Lake Estates on North

Pender

  • Mudge Island
  • 1969 – ‘ten acre freeze’
  • 1973 – Select Standing

Committee of the Legislature

  • 1974 – Islands Trust Act given

royal assent

  • 1977 – increased powers and

structural changes

  • 1989 – current governance

structure created

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Islands Trust Act

Establishes the Islands Trust and its

governance structure

Transfers authority for land use planning and

regulation (Part 26 of LGA) from regional districts to the Islands Trust

Provides for an ‘object’ – to preserve and

protect the environment and unique amenities

Requires adoption of a policy statement

All island bylaws must be consistent with the policy

statement

Establishes a land trust (trust fund)

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Political Structure

Islands Trust Council

Islands Trust Executive Committee

Local Trust Committees Trust Fund Board

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Islands Trust Council

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Regional Tools and Initiatives

Islands Trust Policy Statement Islands Trust Fund Regional Conservation Plan NAPTEP Crown land acquisition program A Place in the Islands Waterscape Poster Measuring our Progress reports

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Islands Trust Policy Statement

Adopted in 1993 after extensive public process

and ministerial approval

All island land use bylaws must be consistent

with the Islands Trust Policy Statement

Includes policies to achieve the Islands Trust

  • bject

Three main goals

Ecosystem protection Stewardship of resources Healthy and sustainable communities

Includes advocacy policies aimed at others

agencies

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Goal 1: To foster the preservation and protection of ecosystems

Identify and protect

environmentally sensitive ecosystems

Plan for a network of

protected areas

Protect

unfragmented forest ecosystems

Freshwater bodies Coastal and marine

ecoystems

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Goal 2: To ensure that human activity and the scale, rate and type of development are compatible with the maintenance of integrity of ecosystems Preserving and protecting

agricultural land and farming

Sustainable forestry Fish and wildlife Freshwater resources Marine and coastal areas Soils and other resources

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Goal 3: To sustain island character and healthy communities

Aesthetic qualities Growth and development Transportation and

utilities

Disposal of waste Recreation Cultural and natural

heritage

Economic opportunities Health and well-being

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Policy Statement in action

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Islands Trust Fund

  • Established in 1990

Established in 1990

  • One of BC

One of BC’ ’s leading conservation trusts s leading conservation trusts

  • 19 properties owned

19 properties owned

  • 56 conservation covenants

56 conservation covenants

  • 975 hectares (2409 acres) protected

975 hectares (2409 acres) protected

  • Stewardship education and partnership

Stewardship education and partnership

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Regional Conservation Plan

Special Ecosystems & Places

“Preserve & Protect” legislation Rare ecosystems

Limited resources

Money Capacity (people)

Threats

Ecosystem Conversion Ecosystem Degradation Alien Species Climate Change

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Conservation Covenants

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Islands Trust Ecosystem Mapping (ITEM)

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Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Program

65 % property tax exemption in

exchange for land covered by a conservation covenant

Property must have specific

ecosystems or attributes to qualify

15 properties currently protected Baseline report and annual

monitoring to ensure covenants are respected

Landowners receive significant

property tax reductions

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Crown Land Profiles

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Crown Land Acquisition

'& ()*+ , %$-). /- ()*+,

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A Place in the Islands

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Waterscape Poster

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Measuring our Progress

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Interagency Agreements

Achieving the object by working with

  • thers.

Regional Districts – 17 agreements Provincial Agencies – 16 agreements Federal Agencies – 5 agreements First Nations – 2 agreements Trust Fund Board – 15 agreements Others – Bowen Island Municipality, San

Juan County, BC Hydro

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First Nations Agreements

Overlap with

traditional territory

  • f over 25 First

Nations

Protocol

agreements

Protection of

archaeological sites

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Land Use Planning in the Islands Trust

Mac Fraser, Director of Local Planning Services

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Georgia Basin & Puget Sound Population Growth

2009

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Canadian Age Distribution - 2006

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Wanted to move to the Gulf Islands over the past 15 years

Canadian Age Distribution

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Wanted to move to the Gulf Islands over the past 15 years Want to move to the Gulf Islands in the next 15 years

Canadian Age Distribution

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The Islands Trust Guiding Principles

leadership and

stewardship;

priority on preserving and

protecting;

importance of local

knowledge;

managing, and perhaps

limiting, growth;

  • pen, consultative public

participation;

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Holland Barr Report on GHG Emission Scenarios

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James Island Comparisons

Previous Zoning

island = 345 ha 210 lots on 103 ha commercial lands = 0.4% retail floor space = 969 sq ft Other commercial floor space =

200,000 sq ft +

conservation / park dedication =

7.2 %

New Zoning

island = 345 ha 80 lots on 101 ha commercial lands = 1.9 % retail floor space = 4576 sq ft Other commercial floor space =

35,000 sq ft

conservation / park dedication =

19.6% plus $1.5 M

First Nations Archeological

considerations

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Living in a sustainable way within the planet's limits will require that we really get to know Earth most intimately

David Suzuki January 2008

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2006

  • GM

2005

  • SA

2007 2006 2007 Imagery Orthophoto (+/- 10m) / Permits 2005 2005 2005 2007 2005 2007

  • 2007

2008 2005 Imagery Orthophoto (+/- 0.5m) / Permits

  • Terrain

2m Contours / OCPs

  • Terrain

DEM (+/- 0.5m) / OCPs

  • Ecosystems

SEM / DPAs

  • Ecosystems

SEI / DPAs

  • Ecosystems

ITEM / DPAs

  • Property

CAD Realignment / LUBs & Permits SP NP MA GL SS TH LA HO GB DE BM Class Dataset / Primary Use

South SS North

GIS Data Acquisitions

Getting it Got

it

Need it

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Sensitive Ecosystem Mapping

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So How do We Judge Success ?

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A Legal Perspective

BILL BUHOLZER

Young, Anderson Barristers and Solicitors 1616 – 808 Nelson Street Vancouver, British Columbia 604-689-7400 buholzer@younganderson.ca

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MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. v. Galiano Island Trust Committee

Scope of zoning powers

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-

  • txt/ca/95/04/c95

txt/ca/95/04/c95-

  • 0495internet.htm

0495internet.htm

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Denman Island Local Trust Committee v. Ellis

Mandatory injunction

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-

  • xt/ca/07/05/2007/bcca0536.htm

xt/ca/07/05/2007/bcca0536.htm

Komas Komas Bluffs, Denman Island Bluffs, Denman Island

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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee v. B & B Ganges Marina Ltd.

Jurisdiction over ‘ships’

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-

  • xt/CA/08/05/2008BCCA0544err1.htm

xt/CA/08/05/2008BCCA0544err1.htm

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Working at the Islands Trust

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What is it Like to Work at the Islands Trust ?

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What is it Like to Work at the Islands Trust ?

  • rewarding to serve the Islands Trust object
  • exciting to have the ability to control land use on

coastal waters

  • “ I greatly value the flexible work schedule, and

the opportunity to travel around the islands is pretty

  • cool. I pretty much have my dream job. “
  • unique to have a Trust Fund as a partner to the

planning service.

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What is it Like to Work at the Islands Trust ?

  • appreciate working in a large team setting and

having access to peer support (10+ planners in three regional offices), yet being given responsibility for working with a couple of small, distinct elected committees

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Islands Trust Employee Satisfaction

(percentage of staff who agree or strongly agree with the statement "I am satisfied with the Islands Trust as a place to work") 20 40 60 80 100 120

Yr 2006 Yr 2007 Yr 2008 Yr 2009

Staff Survey - 2009

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The Future...

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Adapting to Climate Change

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Reducing GHG emissions

Gathering emissions data

for each island group

Over 20 OCPs to amend Policies introduced into

Salt Spring and Denman OCPs in 2008

Existing policies in all

OCPs

Managed growth Protection of water

supply

Protected areas

networks

Challenge to maintain

rural character

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Economic Security

Food Security Employment

  • pportunities

Sustainable Tourism Transportation costs

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Amenity Migration

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Ecosystem protection

14% of land base is

protected

Goal for 2010 is 15% New Regional

Conservation Plan in development

On-going challenges

due to development and costs of land

Lack of regulatory

tools

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“ In the end our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy ”

John C. Sawhill President, Nature Conservancy 1990 to 2000

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