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CLARINGTON TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
Minutes of Meeting
Thursday June 15, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Glenn Wallis (Vice-Chair) Clayton Morgan
Councillor Don MacArthur David Duffle
Gord Lee Dave Rickard
Lisa Robinson Andrew Bouma
ALSO Leslie Benson, Manager of Transportation & Design
PRESENT: Stuart McAllister, Road Safety Coordinator, Durham Region
Ron Baker, Traffic Coordinator
Donna Van Schyndel, Recording Secretary
REGRETS Tony Cannella, Director of Engineering Services
Constable Keith Richards, Dirk Zinner,
Andrew Kozak(Chair)
Andrew Kozak was absent; therefore, Glenn Wallis chaired the meeting.
1.0 ADOPTION OF MINUTES
MOVED by Clayton Morgan; SECONDED by; Dave Duffle
THAT: "The minutes of the May 18, 2006 meeting be approved.
2.0 ITEMS FOR INFORMATION
a) Road Watch-(Ron Baker)
There was no update at this time. A meeting with the Durham Regional
Police will take place.
b) Traffic Watch Update-(Ron Baker)
The Traffic Watch Program has begun again for this year and 106 vehicle
licence plates have been recorded at two locations.
CTMAC Minutes 2 June 15, 2006
C) Highway 407 Update-(Leslie Benson)
The last meeting was held June 6th and MTO's consultant made the same
presentation as was outlined to the Committee at their May meeting.
3.0 AGENDA ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
a) 2005 Fatal Traffic Collision Presentation-(Stuart McAllister)
Stuart McAllister, Durham Region's Road Safety Coordinator, conducted
this presentation which outlined locations of fatalities according to
municipalities. Categories covered in the presentation included:
• Injuries to Involved Persons
• Safety Equipment Use
• Victim Vehicle Type
• Environment
• Control Type
• Involvement
• Time of Day/Day of the Week/Month
• Weather and Light Conditions
• Victim Age, and Sex
• Alcohol or Drug Use Recorded
• At Fault Actions
• Historical Data
• Emerging Trends
• 2006 To Date Collision breakdown
All members felt it was a very informative presentation.
4.0 NEW BUSINESS AT DIRECTION OF CHAIR
a) Items of Interest to the Committee
Relevance of Committee
Committee members discussed the mandate and role of the Committee and
agreed that this should be a topic of discussion for the next meeting.
Historically, the members have been very interested and involved in
community related issues and all are eager to continue in this proactive
role. This item will be added as an agenda item for the next meeting.
CTMAC Minutes 3 June 15, 2006
Liberty and King Streets
Ron Baker takes care of resident's complaints that deal with speeding
issues for both Liberty and King Streets.
July/August Meetings for the Committee
The constitution for the Committee states that, meetings will exclude
December and one month during the summer as selected by the Chair,
unless otherwise decided by the Chair. The Committee decided that they
would meet July 20th but there will not be a meeting held in August.
5.0 NEXT MEETING DATE
July 20, 2006—7:00 p.m. — Committee Room I—Enter via Municipal
Administrative Centre, 40 Temperance St. Bowmanville, through the north door
on Church St.
6.0 ADJOURNMENT
MOVED by; Clayton Morgan.
THAT: "The meeting be adjourned at 8:20 p.m."