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Islands Trust policies are organized in eight sections, governing the following functions:
Islands Trust Council and Islands Trust Conservancy Board Policies - Combined
VIEW (PDF 25 MB) 1. Islands Trust Policy Statement
The following two policies and procedures spell out how Trust Council reviews, amends and implements the Islands Trust Policy Statement:
Policy 1.2.1 Policy Statement Amendment
VIEW (PDF 573 KB) Policy 1.3.1 Policy Statement Implementation
VIEW (PDF 273 KB) 2. Trust Council and its Committees
General
Policy 2.1.1 Statutory Rules of Conduct
VIEW (PDF 800 KB) Policy 2.1.2 Standards of Conduct
VIEW (PDF 516 KB) Policy 2.1.3 Governance Principles
VIEW (PDF 452 KB) Policy 2.1.4 Coordination Agreements Process
VIEW (PDF 510 KB) Policy 2.1.6 Legal Advice
VIEW (PDF 569 KB) Policy 2.1.7 Trust-Wide Administrative Procedures
VIEW (PDF 316 KB) Policy 2.1.9 Meeting Procedures Guidelines
VIEW (PDF 553 KB) Policy 2.1.10 Administration of Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Program
VIEW (PDF 726 KB) Policy 2.1.11 Administration of the Community Stewardship Awards Program
VIEW (PDF 693 KB) Policy 2.1.12 Administration of the Crown Land Acquisition Initiative
VIEW (PDF 555 KB) Policy 2.1.13 Acquisition and Disposal of Land Held by Trust Council
VIEW (PDF 427 KB) Policy 2.1.14 History and Heritage Conservation Grants-in-aid
VIEW (PDF 664 KB) Policy 2.1.15 Secretariat Services
VIEW (PDF 504 KB) Policy 2.1.16 Guidelines for EC sponsored or ITC Initiated NAPTEP Applications
VIEW (PDF 500 KB) Trust Council Meetings
Policy 2.2.1 Requests for Decisions
VIEW (PDF 448 KB) Policy 2.2.2 Council Meeting Preparation
VIEW (PDF 246 KB) Policy 2.2.3 Trust Council Resolutions Without Meeting
VIEW (PDF 563 KB) Council Committees
Policy 2.3.1 Council Committee System
VIEW (PDF 264 KB) Executive Committee
Policy 2.4.1 Executive Committee Terms of Reference
VIEW (PDF 700 KB) Policy 2.4.2 Executive Committee & Islands Trust Conservancy Board Resolutions Without Meetings
VIEW (PDF 581 KB) Policy 2.4.3 Executive Committee Election
VIEW (PDF 308 KB) Policy 2.4.4 Executive Committee Legislative Role
VIEW (PDF 694 KB) Policy 2.4.6 Executive Committee Meeting Preparation
VIEW (PDF 610 KB) 3. Islands Trust Conservancy
These policies are adopted by the Islands Trust Conservancy Board except Policy 2.4.2 which is mutually held by Trust Council and the Islands Trust Conservancy Board.
Organizational
Policy 3.1.1 Islands Trust Conservancy Board Member Appointments, Reappointments and Elections
VIEW (PDF 182 KB) Policy 3.1.2 Board and Committee Elections
VIEW (PDF 194 KB) Policy 3.1.3 Islands Trust Conservancy Board Roles and Responsibilities
VIEW (PDF 247 KB) Policy 3.1.4 Board Standards of Conduct
VIEW (PDF 201 KB) Policy 3.1.5 Board Member Attendance and Participation and Member Removal
VIEW (PDF 167 KB) Policy 3.1.6 Annual Budget Submissions
VIEW (PDF 195 KB) Policy 3.1.7 Fundraising and Donations
VIEW (PDF 213 KB) Policy 3.1.9 Funds for Partnership Acquisition Projects
VIEW (PDF 156 KB) Land Transactions and Property Management
Policy 3.2.1 Board Approval of Projects and Transactions
VIEW (PDF 206 KB) Policy 3.2.2 Assessing Conservation Proposals
VIEW (PDF 254 KB) Policy 3.2.3 Acquisition and Management of Land
VIEW (PDF 238 KB) Policy 3.2.4 Conservation Covenants
VIEW (PDF 231 KB) Policy 3.2.5 Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Covenants
VIEW (PDF 228 KB) Policy 3.2.6 Heritage Forest Land Acquisition and Protection
VIEW (PDF 191 KB) Policy 3.2.7 Disposition of Land
VIEW (PDF 228 KB) Policy 3.2.8 Covenant Enforcement
VIEW (PDF 204 KB) Policy 3.2.9 Management Plan Costs
VIEW (PDF 145 KB) Communications, Cooperation and Liaison
Policy 3.3.1 Islands Trust Conservancy and Local Planning Services Coordination
VIEW (PDF 230 KB) Policy 3.3.2 Communicating Information Regarding Covenant and Acquisition Projects
VIEW (PDF 193 KB) Policy 3.3.3 Relationships with External Groups
VIEW (PDF 240 KB) Policy 3.3.4 Islands Trust Conservancy Board Role in Partnership Acquisition Projects
VIEW (PDF 164 KB) Policy 3.3.5 Consulting Trust Council, Local Trust Committees, Island Municipalities, and Local Trustees on Trust Conservancy Board Matters
VIEW (PDF 187 KB) Policy 3.3.6 Research
VIEW (PDF 192 KB) Policy 3.3.7 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy - Routinely Released Information
VIEW (PDF 195 KB) 4. Local Trust Committees, Advisory Commissions and Advisory Groups
General
Policy 4.1.1 Local Trust Committee Chair Guidelines
VIEW (PDF 570 KB) Policy 4.1.2 Local Trust Committee Meeting Guidelines
VIEW (PDF 621 KB) Policy 4.1.3 Model Local Trust Committee Meetings Procedures Bylaw
VIEW (PDF 731 KB) Policy 4.1.4 Model Local Trust Committee Development Procedures Bylaw
VIEW (PDF 565 KB) Policy 4.1.5 Local Trust Committee Section 26 Resolutions Without Meeting
VIEW (PDF 563 KB) Policy 4.1.9 Inter-Local Trust Committee Community Planning Bylaw Referral
VIEW (PDF 243 KB) Policy 4.1.11 Local Trust Committee Referendum Guidelines
VIEW (PDF 543 KB) Policy 4.1.13 Guidelines for Executive Committee Sponsored or Local Trust Committee Initiated Development Applications
VIEW (PDF 670 KB) Policy 4.1.14 Model Development Permit Guidelines for Eagle, Raptor and Heron Habitat Protection
VIEW (PDF 711 KB) Policy 4.1.15 Delegation of Land Use Permits
VIEW (PDF 523 KB) Advisory Planning Commissions
Policy 4.2.1 Advisory Planning Commission Terms of Reference
VIEW (PDF 552 KB) Policy 4.2.2 Advisory Planning Commission Operating Guidelines
VIEW (PDF 568 KB) 5. Land Use Planning, Bylaws and Mapping
Community Planning
Policy 5.3.1 Holding Covenants and Rights of Way
VIEW (PDF 550 KB) Policy 5.3.2 Transfer of Density
VIEW (PDF 559 KB) Policy 5.3.3 Acquisition of Community Park Land under Section 510 of the Local Government Act
VIEW (PDF 683 KB) Policy 5.3.5 LTCs in Holding Conservation Covenants
VIEW (PDF 716 KB) Land Use Regulation
Policy 5.4.1 Land Use Regulation Guidelines
VIEW (PDF 635 KB) Policy 5.4.2 Procedural Fairness in Rezonings
VIEW (PDF 717 KB) Policy 5.4.3 Amenity Bonus Tools
VIEW (PDF 553 KB) Policy 5.4.4 Heritage Designation Bylaws
VIEW (PDF 431 KB) Bylaw Investigation
Policy 5.5.1 Bylaw Compliance and Enforcement
VIEW (PDF 527 KB) Applications
Policy 5.6.1 Application Processing Services
VIEW (PDF 721 KB) Bylaw Amendments
Policy 5.7.1 Policy Statement Directives Checklist
VIEW (PDF 695 KB) Mapping
Policy 5.8.1 Digital Information Distribution
VIEW (PDF 544 KB) Best Management Practices
Policy 5.9.1 Best Management Practices for Delivery of Local Planning Services to Local Trust Committees
VIEW (PDF 589 KB) Policy 5.9.2 Planning, Regulation and Advocacy Initiatives: Outer Boundary of the Islands Trust Area
VIEW (PDF 1 MB) 6. Operations, the Budget Process, Elections and Communications
General
Policy 6.1.1 First Nations Engagement Principles
VIEW (PDF 578 KB) Organizational Planning
Policy 6.2.1 Priority Setting/Review Guidelines
VIEW (PDF 496 KB) Budget Process
Policy 6.3.1 Budget Process
VIEW (PDF 605 KB) Policy 6.3.2 Special Property Tax Requisition
VIEW (PDF 625 KB) Financial Management
Policy 6.5.1 Reserves and Surplus
VIEW (PDF 551 KB) Policy 6.5.2 Budget Control & Adjustment Authority
VIEW (PDF 523 KB) Policy 6.5.3 Procurement
VIEW (PDF 568 KB) Policy 6.5.4 Grants and Donations Administration
VIEW (PDF 592 KB) Work Programming
Policy 6.7.1 Work Program, Follow-up Action List and Priorities Matrix
VIEW (PDF 380 KB) Legal Services
Policy 6.9.2 Legal Services Access and Management
VIEW (PDF 554 KB) Communications
Policy 6.10.1 Annual Report
VIEW (PDF 476 KB) Policy 6.10.2 Communications
VIEW (PDF 502 KB) Policy 6.10.3 Advocacy
VIEW (PDF 568 KB) Policy 6.10.4 Islands Trust/Islands Trust Conservancy Board Communications
VIEW (PDF 458 KB) Training and Development
Policy 6.12.1 Trustee Training/Conference Attendance
VIEW (PDF 686 KB) Policy 6.12.2 UBCM/AVICC Membership & Resolutions
VIEW (PDF 500 KB) Policy 6.12.3 Voluntary Staff Travel to Islands
VIEW (PDF 362 KB) Islands Trust Minutes Guidelines
Policy 6.13 Islands Trust Minutes Guidelines
VIEW (PDF 1 MB) 7. Administrative Activities Such as Finance and Freedom of Information
General
Policy 7.1.1 Administrative Fairness Principles
VIEW (PDF 518 KB) Policy 7.1.2 Handling of Administrative Fairness Complaints
VIEW (PDF 617 KB) Policy 7.1.3 Use of Local Trustee Letterhead
VIEW (PDF 781 KB) Policy 7.1.6 Corporate Logo
VIEW (PDF 537 KB) Policy 7.1.7 Receipt of Confidential Information from External Government Organizations and Agencies
VIEW (PDF 496 KB) Financial
Policy 7.2.1 Trustee Remuneration
VIEW (PDF 562 KB) Policy 7.2.2 Administrative Service Charges
VIEW (PDF 367 KB) Policy 7.2.3 Trustee Travel
VIEW (PDF 716 KB) Policy 7.2.4 Application Fee Refunds
VIEW (PDF 364 KB) Policy 7.2.5 Incorporation Study Cost Allocations
VIEW (PDF 602 KB) Policy 7.2.6 Municipal Tax Requsition Calculation
VIEW (PDF 681 KB) Office Operations
Policy 7.4.1 Incoming Local Trust Committee Correspondence: General
VIEW (PDF 578 KB) Policy 7.4.2 Chair and Executive Committee Correspondence
VIEW (PDF 511 KB) Policy 7.4.4 On-Island Trustee Offices
VIEW (PDF 375 KB) Policy 7.4.5 Carbon Neutral Operations
VIEW (PDF 514 KB) Computer Systems
Policy 7.5.1 Trustee Equipment Allocation
VIEW (PDF 378 KB) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy