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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-10-18 Minutes I — 1 Lading the�j'ny Approved by committee members CLARINGTON TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON Minutes of Meeting Thursday, October 18,2007 PRESENT: (Chair) Clayton Morgan (Vice-Chair) Gord Lee Gillian Bellefontaine Andrew Bouma Sandy Lyall David Reesor Elwood Ward Barbara Joan Montague Councillor Adrian Foster Georg Krohn ALSO PRESENT: Ron Balser,Traffic &Transportation Co-ordinator Constable Keith Richards,Durham Regional Police Services Stuart McAllister, Road Safety Co-ordinator, Durham Region REGRETS: Leslie Benson,Manager of Transportation&Design, Tony Cannella,Director of Engineering Services, Kerry Meydam ABSENT: Lisa Robinson 1.0 AGENDA ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION 1.1 Safety Initiatives-Durham Regional Police Guest Speaker, Sgt. Jeff Galipeau Sergeant Galipeau of the Durham Regional Police, who is stationed out of the Traffic Services Enforcement Unit from the Whitby branch, gave a presentation entitled "Leaders in Community Safety." The main focus dealt with the fact that "Collisions are not accidents", with items of concern such as: How to combat serious injuries and fatal collisions • Enforcement • Education • Engineering Calls for service various reasons for calls (Durham Re ig on) • Speeding-84.83% • Stop sign-7.80% • Carless-4.40% • Seatbelt-2.74% • Permit licence-0.23% Volume of Collisions-specific to area Common Trends that result in Serious Injury or Fatal Collision Impaired Charges-Alcohol vs. Drugs What they do to combat • Ride Program • Traffic Blitz • Educational Seminars-create videos as well • Attack Prohibited Drugs • Christmas Cards to Prohibited drivers • Festive Ride(November) • E-Ticketing-new tickets processed through computers for fewer errors starting in a few weeks Video of a collision entitled"Poor Decision"whereby Sergeant Galipeau was involved The presentation concluded with a question and answer period and Sergeant Galipeau commented how he appreciated the support from the committee and thanked members for malting his job easier. 2.0 ADOPTION OF MINUTES-(September 20, 2007) The following motion was proposed: THAT: "The minutes of the September 20, 2007 meeting are approved with no changes." MOVED: by Dave Reesor; SECONDED by Gillian Bellefontaine. CARRIED 3.0 ITEMS FOR INFORMATION 3.1 Road Watch-(Gord Lee) Since our last meeting 9 citizen complaints have been submitted through our drop box locations. An additional 12 were submitted by our active volunteer; Sandy Lyall. Interestingly, the Road Watch Drop Box in the Village of Newtonville has never received one complaint in the two years Gord Lee has chaired the Committee. However,both the Durham Regional Police and our local Councillor continue to get requests for radar and traffic calming strategies for this area. In addition, our traffic member, Sandy Lyall regularly submits aggressive driving offences that he observes. The residents do not utilize the drop box and continue to place general complaints by telephone but without plate numbers. 3.2 Traffic Watch Update-(Ron Balser) There have been 1253 violators reported to date. Committee members reviewed the most current violations from June 12 through October 10"'noting excessive speeds of over 100 kilometers in 50 KPH zones. A resident from Hampton borrowed the radar gun but unfortunately wasn't able to utilize it,but it is hoped that the resident will pick it up in the near future. Ron Balser informed the Committee members that the extended impact recovery arms on the Hamlet gateways have been removed by Operations. 3.3 Highway 407 Update-(Andrew Bouma) Andrew Bouma, who is a member of the 407 Committee, advised that the Technically Recommended Route drafted in June 2007 showed areas containing dead end roads. Convnittee members agreed to review the areas that fall into their ward. Every member will receive a list of the dead end roads at the November meeting. [Note: Council has already established a 407 Advisory Committee to review, among other things,the issue of dead end roads. Additionally, the Municipality has retained a consultant to review the issue of the impact of 407 on local roads including the matter of dead ends. There will be a 407 committee report to General Purpose and Administrative meeting on November 19"] 4.0 NEW BUSINESS AT DIRECTION OF CHAIR 4.1 Licence Plate Stickers Barbara Montague discussed with the members her personal incident where she purchased her licence plate sticker from the Ministry of Transportation and placed the sticker over several older ones. Days later the sticker had been taken off by someone. She had to pay money to purchase a replacement sticker. She was advised by the teller at the Ministry of Transportation that this type of theft happens often and she was told that when you purchase a new sticker, the old ones should be taken off prior to application of the new one; because if a new sticker is placed over top of old ones it makes it easier for vandals to remove them. 4.2 Tim Horton's-Baseline Road-Bowmanville On September 20`x'the Region met with TDL where it was discussed that a formal site plan submission would take place within 60 days and that they are committed to resolving the cueing issue at this location. Stuart McAllister advised that if the issue is not resolved to the Region's satisfaction, the access to Highway 57 will be closed. i 4.3 Yield Signs An article distributed suggested stop signs should be replaced by yield signs to reduce green house gases and fuel consumption. There are approximately 15 yield signs in Clarington on grades where it is safer to allow motorists to keep momentum in winter conditions. 4.4 Stop Signs Councillor Foster thought it would be an excellent idea for the Conu-nittee to get involved in stop sign education. Keith Richards from the Durham Region Police advised the Conm-ittee that stop signs are not always effective. He stressed that the radar gun is a great tool and thought that it should be used more often. He gave an example of a resident he dealt with that explained to him that the trucks traveling by her home were speeding. He proceeded to use the radar gun while she was present and it confirmed that none of the trucks passing by were speeding. The average speed was 63 KPH. 4.5 Trulls Road Ron Baker advised that there has been radar enforcement out to this area twice since it was resurfaced and there were not as many speeders as in the past. There were 21.2 violations per hour in 2005 (less than 70 KPH in a 50 KPH zone), 13.5 per hour in 2006 and 11.4 per hour this year(now 70 KPH in a 50 KPH zone). 4.6 Constable Keith Richards In January Constable Keith Richards will be changing positions and going to the Human Resources Department at the police headquarters in Whitby. He will unfortunately have to resign from the Committee. Clayton Morgan, Chair of the Committee congratulated Keith and wished him all the best in his new role. He also thanked him for his contribution and dedication to the Committee and all the valuable information he has passed along to us. He will be missed by all members. 5.0 NEXT MEETING DATE-November 15, 2007-7:00 P.M. Committee Room lC-Enter via Municipal Administrative Centre,40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, through the north door on Church Street(Library entrance doors). 6.0 ADJOURNMENT MOVED by; Elwood Ward THAT: "The meeting be adjourned at 8:40 p.m."