Minutes

Brampton School Traffic Safety Council

The Corporation of the City of Brampton

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Council Chambers - 4th Floor, City Hall - Webex Electronic Meeting
Members Present:
  • Patrick Doran (Chair)
  • Wendell Cole
  • Renee Crone
  • Charles Gonsalves
  • Michael Gyovai
  • Zeenath Mahajan
  • Mohan Balasubramaniyam
  • Abdul Rashid
  • Pathik Shukla
  • Jashandeep Singh
  • Trustee Darryl D’Souza, DPCDSB
  • Trustee Kathy McDonald, PDSB
  • City Councillor C. Williams - Wards 7 and 8
Members Absent:
  • Max Kazman (Vice-Chair)
  • Baljit Mand
  • Mazhar Khan
Staff and Agencies:
  • Craig Kummer, Senior Manager, Traffic Services
  • Violet Skirten, Crossing Guard Supervisor
  • Kim Bernard, Team Lead Crossing Guard
  • Dave Marcotte, Peel District School Board
  • Chandra Urquhart, Legislative Coordinator

1.
Call to Order
 

The meeting was called to order at 9:37 a.m. and adjourned at 10:15 a.m.

2.
Approval of Agenda
 

  • SC001-2021

    That the agenda for the Brampton School Safety Traffic Council meeting of March 4, 2021 be approved as published and distributed.

    Carried

3.
Declarations of Interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act
 

Nil

4.
Previous Minutes
 

4.1
Minutes - Brampton School Traffic Safety Council - December 3, 2020
This item has attachments. 

1.Post-Meeting Minutes - BSC_Dec03_2020.pdf

The minutes were considered by Committee of Council on January 20, 2021 and approved by Council on January 27, 2021.  The minutes were provided for Committee’s information.

5.
Presentations\Delegations
 

5.1
Delegation from Sgt. Paul Dhillon, Peel Regional Police, re: Restructuring of Peel Regional Road Safety Services - newly adopted Community Safety and Wellbeing Model
This item has attachments. 

1.Delegation - Safety Council - 1.pdf
2.Presentation - Road Safety Services.pdf

Insp. Peter Danos and Cst. Claudia Wells joined Sgt. Dhillon for the presentation on Community Safety and Well-Being – Road Safety Services. The following was highlighted:

  • Framework and areas of focus – video presented
    • incident response
    • social development
    • risk intervention
    • prevention
  • Mobilization/Community Policing Operations
    • connections throughout the organization
    • integration with operations
    • coordinated activities, e.g. crisis response and schools 
    • Community Safety and Well-being activities, and situation tables 
  • Public Health Addiction
    • statistics on drug overdose deaths – 2014-2020
  • Fatalities and Life Altering Injuries – 2018-2020 statistics
  • Road Watch Complaints and On-line Process
    • details of high traffic complaint list - statistics for 2019 -2020 of top 30 streets hourly
    • complainants were contacted with next steps once complaints were received  

Committee discussion and questions on the matter included:

  • Inquiries regarding complaints for next steps include a letter being sent to complainant and a visit from an officer if required
  • Complainant maybe required to testify on certain offences such as dangerous driving
  • Inquiries regarding usage of photos/video footage as evidence were under consideration
  • Details on the process for ranking of streets/intersections on high traffic list and duplications
  • Statistics for intersections in the vicinity of schools and comments that this type of data can be provided at a future meeting
  • Overview of the process to complete on-line complaint forms
  • Clarification on the availability of information collected through Road Watch ( (RW) and whether it was shared within the system for officers on the road
  • Comment that City and Regional staff were in collaboration with Road Safety Services with the focus on how to utilize RW especially around schools
  • Explanation of the process if a witness may choose to provide an affidavit instead of attendance of court
  • Whether statistics provided include violations by scooters and comments on the difficulties to identify those type of vehicles
  • Indication that violations involving crossing guards while on duty also requires completion of the on-line complaint form process

The following motion was considered:

  • SC002-2021

    That the delegation and presentation by Sgt. Paul Dhillon, Peel Regional Police, Insp. Peter Danos and Cst. Claudia Wells, to the Brampton School Traffic Safety Council meeting of March 4, 2021, re: Restructuring of Peel Regional Road Safety Services - newly adopted Community Safety and Wellbeing Model be received.

    Carried

6.
Committees, Education and Promotions
 

Nil

7.
Correspondence
 

7.1
Site Inspection request by Tara Benson, Student Transportation of Peel Region (STOPR), re: Crossing Guard/Safety Concerns at intersection of Queen Street West and Creditview Road - St. Jacinto Marto, Catholic School, 5 Fallowfield Road - Ward 5
This item has attachments. 

1.Site Insp Request - Jacinto Marto CS School.pdf

Violet Skirten, Crossing Guard Supervisor, provided an overview of the request and advised that a site inspection be undertaken of the intersection of Queen Street and Creditview Road for overall safety.

The following motion was considered:

  • SC003-2021

    1.  That the site Inspection request by Tara Benson, Student Transportation of Peel Region (STOPR), to the Brampton School Traffic Safety Council meeting of March 4, 2021, re: Crossing Guard/Safety Concerns at intersection of Queen Street West and Creditview Road - St. Jacinto Marto, Catholic School, 5 Fallowfield Road - Ward 5 be received; and, 

    2.  That a site inspection be undertaken.

    Carried

8.
New School Openings
 

Nil

9.
Changes/Updates to School Boards/Student Population
 

Trustee K. McDonald and Trustee D. D'Souza advised that student population at both Peel District School Board and Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Boards have experienced a slight decrease due to the pandemic and changes at schools. 

10.
Other/New Business
 

Nil

11.
Site Inspection Report(s)
 

Nil

12.
Future/Follow-up Site Inspection(s)
 

Nil

13.
Site Inspection Schedule
 

The following site inspection was scheduled:

St. Jacinto Marto, Catholic School, 5 Fallowfield Road - Ward 5 -  Crossing Guard/Safety Concerns - intersection of Queen Street West and Creditview Road - Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 8:30 a.m - Renee Crone and Abdul Rashid- 3:30 p.m. - Report - Abdul Rashid

14.
Information Items
 

Nil

15.
Question Period
 

Nil

16.
Public Question Period
 

Nil

17.
Adjournment
 

The following motion was considered:

  • SC004-2021

    That Brampton School Traffic Safety Council do now adjourn to meet again on April 1, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.

    Carried
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