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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-04-19 MinutesLeacli~~g the j~T'ay Approved by committee members I - 4 CLARINGTON TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON Minutes of Meeting Thursday, April 19, 2007 PRESENT: Clayton Morgan (Chair) Shane Morris (Vice-Chair) Councillor Adrian Foster Gillian Bellefontaine Gord Lee Andrew Bouma Georg Krohn Barbara Montague Lisa Robinson Kerry Meydam David Reesor Elwood Ward ALSO Tony Cannella, Director of Engineering Services PRESENT: Leslie Benson, Manager of Transportation & Design Ron Baker, Traffic & Transportation Co-ordinator Constable Keith Richards Stuart McAllister, Road Safety Co-ordinator, Durham Region Donna Van Schyndel, Recording Secretary REGRETS: Alexander Lyall The meeting was brought to order by Tony Cannella to facilitate the elections of Chair and Vice-Chair. 1.0 WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS-(Tony Cannella) Tony welcomed everyone and each member introduced themselves and discussed their background and interest in the group. Tony explained that the Clarington Traffic Management Advisory Committee was created by Council to ensure that the community has an opportunity to provide their input into broad-based traffic management issues. 2.0 ELECTIONS FOR CHAIR & VICE CHAIR OF COMMITTEE According to the Committee's constitution the voting members shall review the position of Chairperson and Vice-chairperson each year. At the first meeting of the new year the voting members shall elect from their number a Chairperson and Vice-chairperson to serve for the coming term. Distribution of information packages • Meeting schedule for 2007 Member contact list-draft x ~ 14 ~. ~ „ 1~~ /~ • Committee constitution • Protocol-Appointed Advisory Committees Tony discussed the mandate of the Committee as outlined in the Committee Constitution and went over the Protocol for Council Appointed Advisory Committees, highlighting member responsibilities and obligations. Members were encouraged to read the information contained in the package at their leisure. If there are any enquiries or concerns they should bring them to the next meeting. Tony proceeded to conduct elections to appoint the CTMAC Chair and Vice- chairperson. Election of Chairperson First Nomination: David Reesor nominated Clayton Morgan as Chairperson; Shane Morris seconded. Second offer to nominate: There were no nominations. Third offer to nominate: There were no nominations. A show of hands showed that all were in favour of the first nomination and Clayton Morgan accepted the position of Chairperson. Election of Vice-Chairperson First Nomination: Clayton Morgan nominated Shane Morris as Vice- Chairperson; Barbara Montague seconded. Second offer to nominate: There were no nominations. Third offer to nominate: There were no nominations. A count of hands showed that all were in favour of the first nomination and Shane Morris accepted the position of Vice-Chairperson. Once the elections were concluded the meeting was then turned over to the Chair, Clayton Morgan. Clayton welcomed everyone and advised the members that he was confident that they would enjoy being part of the Committee. He explained that everyone should get involved and participate by attending regularly. Clayton mentioned that if members were unable to attend the meetings they should contact Donna Van Schyndel (recording secretary) to inform her of their absence. He also stressed the importance of raising hands and stating the member's name when moving, seconding motions or taking turns speaking about issues. The Chair will do his best to have the meetings finished by 9:00 p.m. 3.0 ADOPTION OF MINUTES-(September 21, 2006) The following motion was proposed: ` i ~~ THAT: "The minutes of the September 21, 2006 meeting are approved without changes." MOVED: by Gord Lee; SECONDED by Andrew Bouma. CARRIED 4.0 ITEMS FOR INFORMATION 4.1 Road Watch-(Gord Lee) The Road Watch Committee has created a new brochure, and purchased a new computer as well as a printer. Last week they provided both the Durham Regional Police and Municipal vehicles with Road Watch decals. Offences processed to date - (January to April 15th, 2007) - 23 in total. Interestingly, 14 of the 23 processed, were received through the Durham Regional Police Services website. Although there were 22 collected from the drop boxes, a number of them had incorrect information and were not able to be processed. Gord Lee, Chair of the Committee advised the group that when someone receives their first offence a letter is issued, 2"d offence a phone call from the Durham Regional Police Services takes place and with the 3'~a offence there is a personal visit from the police. Re- offenders are usually people who frequent the same route. Currently there are 7 Road Watch volunteers. Volunteer hours for the first three months of this year was 45 hours. With the small amount of complaints that are flowing from the drop boxes, the group is going to try a direct mail sampling with a covering letter and brochure. They will be mailed to two smaller communities (Enniskillen and Hampton), as a test area to see if they have a change in replies. In addition, an email was sent to Tim Kelly at Clarington This Week asking for a meeting with him to arrange for newspaper coverage. It was suggested by Committee members that the Road Watch Committee should attend the 175th Anniversary Orono Fair being held the last week in June. Road Watch is hoping to go on-line in the near future to report all incidents rather than using the drop-box method which would prove more cost effective. 4.2 Traffic Watch Update-(Ron Baker) Ron updated the new members regarding the radar gun with a radar message board that was purchased 5 years ago. Members of the public were encouraged to use it and educate neighbours; however, residents ,,, were reluctant to use it. To supplement the program a retired police officer was hired by the Municipality, who records license plate numbers of violators and this information is sent to Durham Regional Police and has proven to be very successful. In addition to the larger radar message board, there is another smaller hand-held unit and residents seem more comfortable using it. Both units are useful and when put to use people often find that motorists are not actually speeding. Ron Baker from the Engineering department (905) 623-3379 (extension 403) can be contacted to sign out the radar guns. 4.3 Highway 407 Update-(Leslie Benson) Leslie Benson brought the new map (draft) that is currently being distributed to residents outlining the short list of proposed routes for the 407 Highway, which is still in the environmental assessment stage. Totten Sims Hubicki is the main consultant for this project and it was they who developed the criteria which takes into consideration such things as the natural environment, social environment, land use and economics, cultural environment and technical considerations. Leslie predicts that it will be late 2008 before the final route determination is made. It was suggested that for detailed information the website can be visited at: www.407eastea.com 5.0 AGENDA ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION There were no items for discussion at this meeting. Clayton spoke about the history of the Committee and stated that the Committee started as a traffic calming committee and included road safety as part of the vision. The name was changed to Clarington Traffic Advisory Committee which is an advisory committee to Council. CTMAC Agenda Format Items on the agenda are usually referred by the Engineering Department; however, Council may refer issues after receiving a delegation along with individual Councilors referring items. Personal issues are not discussed. Item 6 of the CTMAC Agtenda-New Business at Direction of Chair Each member will have a chance to speak at each meeting and bring issues to the group where they will be able to discuss them in greater detail. 6.0 NEW BUSINESS AT DIRECTION OF CHAIR aloe of Committee Councillor Adrian Foster mentioned that the input of the Committee is very valuable and he extended his appreciation to all members. Claret Street/4-wa.~ Stop-Courtice A four-way stop has been approved by Council and should be installed this summer. Solina Road & Nash Road Intersection-Bowmanville Ron Balser advised that there will be studies conducted at this site. Nash Road & Green Road Intersection-Bowmanville Constable Keith Richards explained that the Nash and Green Road intersection has not caused any problems and he couldn't recall any collisions. Speed is not an issue according to the Durham Regional Police, therefore, he didn't feel that installing an all-way stop was necessary. The police have set up radar on Green Road previously and the volume of traffic did not justify the time spent in man hours. He mentioned that anyone can borrow the radar gun from Ron Baker if they would like to record speeds on this road. Hampton Public School When children are crossing Old Scugog Road there are no lines for them to cross. The general store generates extra traffic in this area and residents have been trying to come up with a solution for quite some time. A parking lot has been put in at this location which should alleviate parking on the street. Gord Lee will make the Committee aware of the fact that there are no Road Watch brochures at the general store. Constable Keith Richard recalls one collision at this site; but it was not a collision that would have been prevented by an all-way stop. Bicycle Lanes If residents want an issue such as bicycle lanes dealt with it would be best if they form a delegation and go through Council. Once it passes through Council then it would be referred to the Traffic Committee for members to look for solutions. Symptoms vs. Solutions Andrew Bouma thought that the committee should look at identifying symptoms rather than solutions might work out to be very constructive. Areas of Concern Some areas of concern with regards to speeding were, Firwood Avenue and Devondale Street in Courtice, Ochonslci Road in Orono and Highway 2 from Ovens Road, east to Newtonville. The speed was reduced from 80 to 60 KPH and people are still speeding. Highway 2 & Regional Road 57-Bowmanville Stuart McAllister, from the Region, stated that this area was one of the intersections that would be considered a high safety problem. The long term intent is to shrink the intersection down to a typical urban intersection to control speeds. This will tie in with the widening of Highway 57 and at that time the Region can re-engineer Highway 2 and 57. The majority of collisions are left turns (east to west). Keith Richards advised that enforcement is regular at this location. Simpson Avenue and Kind Street Countdown Light-Bowmanville Clayton Morgan visited this set of lights and found it difficult to make it across the street before the light changed. This was an issue that was brought up at the September 2006 meeting and should be re-addressed by the Region. Port Granb~Bridge According to Clayton Morgan who visited this bridge, it has been broken for approximately 3 years after a bus came into contact with it. The railing is broken and a pipe is hanging down. This is a safety issue and it needs immediate attention. Tim Norton's at Baseline Road and Liberty Street-Bowmanville Stuart McAllister advised that the Region will work co-operatively with TDL Limited (owner of Tim Norton's) to revise the site plan which should alleviate the _.. _` _. t ~~. I ~~~°~ __ ,,, . queuing problem that currently exists. It was discussed that if the stores were reversed inside the problem would be alleviated. Tim Norton's at Centerfield Drive and Hi hway 2-Courtice This site has queuing problems at certain times of the day but they are short in duration. Trulls Road and Pebblestone Road-Bowmanville The four-way stop at this intersection will be installed in May. Good Shepherd Catholic Elementary School-Courtcie Kerry Meydam will contact the school regarding the response to an email that Ron Baker is waiting for. Concession Road 8-Cables Missing-Leskard An all-way stop was installed in Leskard on Concession Road 8. Concession Road 8 also had replacement wood posts to stop vehicles from driving over the embanl~nent. Barbara Montague advised that the Operations department was contacted and stated that there is no funding for cables. She let them know that people have driven through the posts and feels that if there were cables installed it would stop vehicles from going completely through the posts. Leslie Benson will look into this matter. Best Road-Orono A new street light was installed which has proved to be quite beneficial. Due to the low volume of traffic at this location, stop lights will not likely be installed. Another light should be considered. 7.0 NEXT MEETING DATE May 17, 2007-7:00 P.M.-Committee Room 1C-Enter via Municipal Administrative Centre, 40 Temperance St. Bowmanville, through the north door on Church St. (Library entrance doors). 8.0 ADJOURNMENT MOVED by; Andrew Bouma. THAT: "The meeting be adjourned at 9:00 P.M."