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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/04/2006 Minutes• arm n Leading the Way I - 3 DRAFT MINUTES OF THE CLARINGTON HWY. 407 COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CAC MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair -Bradford Soles Vice-Chair -Linda Gasser Councillor Jim Schell Fred Biesenthal Mark Canning Staff in Attendance: Sharon Norris -Recording Secretary Absent: Gerald Brown, Bill Harford, Ross Libbey, Leslie Benson -Engineering Services Janice Szwarz -Planning Services DATE: April 6, 2006 RE: HIGHWAY 407 COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE April 4, 2006 Meeting No. 25 Ron Hooper Karina Isert (LACAC) George Khouri Murray Paterson ~~~~~~ t~l.E ~(_,..,... 'Fn« i' ti_: _ _ t~~---_._.. ._.~,,,, .~.. Agenda Item Discussion Action Welcome Meeting. commenced 7:00 p.m. Welcome b Chair. ~•~~ Review of Minutes moved, seconded and approved as is. Draft Minutes New member Dave Duffey joins the Highway 407 CAC Dave is also a member of the Traffic Committee. He is a Drilling Engineer and was a trader on the floor at the stock exchange for 26 years. Now retired and presently running for Council. Introductions all around. Review of It was noted that we are receiving short notice to deal with Materials materials provided to the Committee. Provided Permission was given by TSH April 3`~ for release of the Transportation Assessment and Problem Definition Report. Linda provided a copy, which was subsequently copied and fonivarded by mail to all committee members. The preferred alternative is to solve a problem. We need to look at this document in conjunction with the Factors and Criteria sheets and the list of alternatives at the next meeting. It was agreed that this meeting would be used to look at the Proactive Involvement Plan and a draft letter prepared by Linda Gasser to Mayor and Council. However, the Proactive Involvement Plan was not distributed ahead of time -Sharon to • ~~ Leading the Way DRAFT MINUTES OF THE. CLARINGTON HWY. 407 COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Agenda Item Discussion Action copy and mail to all members by end of the week -April 7 . Draft Letter Draft letter was read by all. Thought was that it contained all the Review necessary information but was a bit lengthy which may defer people from reading the entire document. It was suggested that the Project Team needs to decide ahead of time who will be attending workshops. At the February workshop there were no regulatory agencies in attendance. One Regional and one City of Oshawa participant were in attendance. Mark noted that the Project Team intends to advertise creatively to the public. In the past, PIC notices from 2003 and 2004 set out the top 5 issues in their advertisements. It was agreed that the draft letter include a line asking that the PIC notice list the key issues that the public should focus on at the meeting. PICs are scheduled for: May 30t" Garnet B. Rickard Complex May 31St Secorski Hall, Oshawa June 7t" Ajax (venue unknown) June 8~' Whitby (venue unknown) The Project Team has not committed to a "fixed° comment period. Now is the time to ask questions and decide if our concerns are addressed. Linda Gasser will re-draft letter with comments. We will request a "presentation° style versus adrop-in information centre again. We have done this in the past but the suggestion has always been declined. Presentations lend credibility to the Project Team and have proven helpful to our CAC. Letter will also ask if a preferred alternative will be identified at the first PIC. Council's request for workshop format would carry more weight and it should state their support of workshops if attended by agencies. The public invitees should be invited. Jim Schell advised that Council will probably request a presentation, but not at this point. They have no new recommendations and the mindset is that the 407 is desired. Linda noted that this a "corridor planning" exercise only - no im lmentation is bein discussed. ~~rr• l.~l~ Leading the Way DRAFT MINUTES OF THE CLARINGTON HWY. 407 COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Agenda Item Discussion Action Libby Racansky, meeting guest, advised that Ganaraska CA was not invited to the workshop and when she requested to invite them as her guest, the request was denied. CLOC were invited, but did not show u . Next Meeting Next meeting to be moved ahead one week to Tuesday, April 25~'. Sharon to mail notice to all members. This will allow committee members time to submit comments and have them reviewed in time to be included.