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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-04-18 Minutes CLARINGTON SAFE COMMUNITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE April 18, 2013, 3:00 P.M. MEETING ROOM 1A Present: Mayor Foster Councillor Ron Hooper Len Creamer, Manager of Municipal Law Enforcement Gabe Gagnon, Durham Regional Police Services Erin Gorman, Peterborough Victoria Northumberland Clarington Catholic District School Board Sheryl Greenham, MP O'Toole's Office Rolf Kluem, Durham Regional Police Services Chris Newman, Firehouse Youth Centre Gord Weir, Director of Fire and Emergency Services Martin Wind, Durham Regional Police Services Also Present: Leslie Benson, Manager, Transportation and Design Patti Barrie, Municipal Clerk Mayor Foster chaired this portion of the meeting. 1. MINUTES Moved by G. Weir, seconded by L. Creamer THAT the minutes of the meeting held on March 21, 2013, be approved. CARRIED Mayor Foster advised that holding this meeting at Dr. G.J. McGillivray school proved to be too difficult, that Councillor Hooper was in attendance representing the business community and that the information regarding the citizen survey is not available at this time. 2. BUSINESS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETING (a) Election of Chair and Vice-Chair Mayor Foster opened nominations for the position of Chair. Moved by E. Gorman, seconded by G. Weir THAT Chris Newman be nominated for the position of Chair. Clarington Safe - 2 - April 18, 2013 Communities Committee Moved by L. Creamer, seconded by G. Weir THAT nominations be closed. CARRIED Chris Newman accepted the role of Chair and assumed the position for the remainder of the meeting. The Chair opened nominations for the position of Vice-Chair. Moved by Mayor Foster, seconded by S. Greenham THAT the election of the Vice-Chair be deferred to the next meeting. CARRIED (b) Graffiti — Canada Post Len Creamer, Manager, Municipal Law Enforcement has forwarded information pertaining to the graffiti by-law to Canada Post and has requested a meeting with them to discuss the matter. (c) Parking Around School Areas Leslie Benson, Manager, Transportation and Design, was present to address this issue. She and Len Creamer are investigating the possibility of introducing Community Safety Zones with double fines around schools and are working on a publicity campaign. The Durham Regional Police and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers have been working cooperatively in enforcing the parking by-law in school areas, particularly in the afternoons when it is the worse. Leslie indicated that an all-way stop can be installed at Meadowglade/Prestonvale and Prestonvale/Glenabbey in an effort to slow traffic. It is anticipated that sidewalks will be installed on the east side of Prestonvale next year. A public meeting, as directed by Council, is being held on Thursday, May 16, 2013, to review options for alleviating traffic congestion at Dr. G.J. MacGillivray and Lydia Trull Public Schools. Durham Regional Police, Municipal Law Enforcement and school board representatives are requested to attend. Details of the meeting will be sent to committee members, with the hope that some members will be able to attend. It was agreed that we need to determine why parents are driving their children to school and get parent buy-in for making the school areas safe for all. Mayor Foster has a meeting with the school board trustees scheduled for June 4 at which time these issues will be discussed. Moved by Mayor Foster, seconded by Councillor Hooper WHEREAS Dr. G.J. MacGillivray Elementary School has been overcrowded and currently has 11 portables on site with an enrollment of approximately 900 Clarington Safe - 3 - April 18, 2013 Communities Committee students while the school was build on a lot sized for 600 students; WHEREAS the overcrowding of the school has led to traffic problems on Meadowglade Road and the surrounding neighbourhood streets; WHEREAS the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board has indicated that it does not have the resources to participate in any solutions to provide for additional parking or kiss-n-ride areas; WHEREAS under the Planning Act, the municipality has no authority to regulate the number of portables; WHEREAS the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board intends to expand Dr. G.J. MacGillivray School to provide additional classrooms for all day kindergarten; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board be advised that the Municipality of Clarington is not prepared to issue site plan approval for additional classroom space until such time as the school overcrowding issue, reduction of the portables on site and the on-street traffic issue has been addressed. MOTION WITHDRAWN (d) Pitch-In Week Chris has arranged for the Committee to have a table at the Pitch-In Week event taking place at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex tomorrow, Friday, April 19. Volunteer sign-up sheets will be available. A clean-up of the Farewell and Black Creeks is being undertaken on April 27 at 9:00 a.m. for anyone wishing to assist. Also, the Rotary Club is undertaking a clean up of Baseline Road and members are welcome to assist. Following Pitch-In Week, we will follow up with the Rotary Club and the Operations Department to determine if there is another area of the municipality where we could undertake a clean up. (e) Community Survey The survey that the City of Oshawa completed will be circulated to members and will be discussed at the next meeting. Clarington Safe - 4 - April 18, 2013 Communities Committee 4. NEW BUSINESS (b) Durham Regional Police Trending Reports Rolf Kluem advised of the following: • The police are seeing a downward trend in traffic accidents on King Street between Green Road and Liberty Street • The Bloor Street/Prestonvale area is getting very busy • A huge grow op ($2.7 million in plants) was discovered and dismantled • They are working with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission in the area • Police are increasing their Ride programs randomly throughout the year • June 10 has been tentatively set for the ground breaking ceremony of the new police station • Two sexual assaults have occurred recently • An in-depth report on youth group homes has been prepared by a UOIT student working with the police; once it has been reviewed Rolf with advise of the findings (a) Emergency Preparedness Week Moved by Mayor Foster, seconded by G. Weir THAT we request Council to proclaim the week of May 5 to 11 as "Emergency Preparedness Week". CARRIED 5. OTHER BUSINESS There was no business considered under this section of the agenda. 5. DATE OF NEXT MEETING The next meeting is scheduled to be held on May 16, 2013. Clarington Safe - 5 - April 18, 2013 Communities Committee 6. ADJOURNMENT Moved by Mayor Foster, seconded by R. Kluem THAT the meeting adjourn. CARRIED Chris Newman, Chair Patti Barrie, Municipal Clerk