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OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
40 TEMPERANCE STREET TELEPHONE 623-3379
BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO
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REPORT TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
MEETING OF JANUARY 11, 1982.
CLERK' S DEPARTMENT: CD-1-82
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT OF AN ADULT CROSSING
GUARD - ARTHUR STREET AND HIGHWAY #2
NEWCASTLE VILLAGE
OUR FILE: 77.2. 108
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended:
1. That this report be received;
2. And that the request for the placement of an Adult Crossing
Guard at Arthur Street and Highway #2, Newcastle Village not
be approved at this time;
3. And that the request for a sidewalk or stone pathway along the
north side of Highway #2 from Arthur Street to St. Francis of
Assissi School be referred to the Ministry of Transportation
and Communications for their consideration.
4. And further that Mrs. Judy Hooper, P.O. Box 472, Newcastle,
Ontario, be so advised.
BACKGROUND AND COMMENT:
A letter dated September 21, 1981, was received from Mrs. Judy
Hooper who was acting as spokesman for the residents of the Arthur
Street Subdivision and asking that the Town give consideration to
the placement of an Adult Crossing Guard at Arthur Street and
Highway #2, or in the alternative to the construction of a sidewalk,
or gravel pathway on the north side of Highway #2 from Arthur Street
to St. Francis of Assissi School .
Mrs. Hooper' s letter was referred to Durham Regional Police for a
report on the need for a guard and to the Public Works Department
for a report on the possibility of complying with the sidewalk or J
gravel pathway construction request. Constable Anderson reported
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to Mr. Simpson, that in his opinion a guard was not warranted, but
did suggest that a walkway should be considered. The Public Works
Department reported, that the portion of Highway #2 of concern to
the Arthur Street residents is outside the Town's jurisdiction and
the request for a sidewalk, or gravel pathway, should be referred
to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications for their
consideration.
I note from the file, that in October 1981, Mrs. Hooper had been
advised of the findings of Durham Regional Police, that in their
opinion the placement of a crossing guard at Arthur Street could
not be supported. Based upon Constable Anderson's conclusion that
the need for a guard had not been demonstrated, it is the Department's
recommendation that the request for an adult crossing guard not be
approved at this time.
Respectfully submitted,
David W. Oakes, A.M.C.T. ,
Town Clerk.
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cc: D. Smith, Administrator