Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee

Meeting #:

Date:

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Time:

5:00 P.m. - 7:30 P.m.

Location:

Online Video Conference

Members

• Councillor Chris Fonseca
• Councillor John Kovac
• Councillor Sue McFadden (Leave of Absence)
• Councillor Brad Butt
• Trustee Jill Promoli
• Miles Roque, Chair
• Tammy Coulson, Vice-Chair
• Aamira Alvi
• Domenico Renzella
• Faiz Ahmed
• Irene Chu
• Junaid Shah
• Louise Goegan
• Mario Matteazzi
• Peter Westbrook
• Sandra Thomson
• TJ Cieciura
• Vibha Sequeira

To Request to Speak on Agenda Items 

Advance registration is required. To make a Deputation please email Heleana Tsabros, Legislative Coordinator at or call 905-615-3200 ext. 7504 no later than Monday, April 28, 2025 before 12 pm.

Questions for Public Question Period

To pre-register for Public Question Period, questions may be provided to the Legislative Coordinator at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Following the pre-registered questions, if time permits, the public may be given the opportunity to ask a question on an agenda item. Virtual participants must pre-register.

Comments submitted will be considered as public information and entered into the public record.

Please note the Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee will be streamed and a video will be posted afterwards.

Contact

Heleana Tsabros, Legislative Coordinator
905-615-3200 ext. 7504
Email

Find it Online
http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/cityhall/councilcommittees
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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

INDIGENOUS LAND STATEMENT

“We acknowledge the lands which constitute the present-day City of Mississauga as being part of the Treaty and Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, The Haudenosaunee Confederacy the Huron-Wendat and Wyandotte Nations. We recognize these peoples and their ancestors as peoples who inhabited these lands since time immemorial. The City of Mississauga is home to many global Indigenous Peoples.

As a municipality, the City of Mississauga is actively working towards reconciliation by confronting our past and our present, providing space for Indigenous peoples within their territory, to recognize and uphold their Treaty Rights and to support Indigenous Peoples. We formally recognize the Anishinaabe origins of our name and continue to make Mississauga a safe space for all Indigenous peoples.”

3.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

4.

DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST

5.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

5.1

Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee Draft Minutes - March 26, 2025

6.

DEPUTATIONS

Any member of the public interested in making a deputation to an item listed on the agenda must register by calling 905-615-3200 ext. 7504 or by emailing [email protected] by Monday, April 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM.

Each Deputation to Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee is limited to speaking not more than 10 minutes.
 
Pursuant to Section 57.1 of the Council Procedure By-law 0044-2022, as amended:
Deputations shall be received and the matter shall be referred to staff for a report, unless there is a resolution or recommendation passed to “receive” the Deputation. After a Deputation is completed, Members shall each have one opportunity to make a preamble statement and ask questions to the Deputant(s) or staff for clarification purposes only, and without debate.

7.

PUBLIC QUESTION PERIOD - 15 Minute Limit 

Public Questions: Members of the Public that have a question about an item listed on the agenda may pre-register by contacting the Legislative Coordinator at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting . Following the registered speakers, if time permits the Chair will acknowledge members of the public who wish to ask a question about an item listed on the agenda. Virtual participants must pre-register.

Pursuant to Section 58 of the Council Procedure By-law 0044-2022, as amended:

Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee may grant permission to a member of the public to ask a question of Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee, with the following provisions:

1. Questions may be submitted to the Clerk at least 24 hours prior to the meeting;
2. A person is limited to two (2) questions and must pertain specific item on the current agenda and the speaker will state which item the question is related to;
3. The total public question period time is 15 minutes maximum and shall not be extended by the Chair; and
4. Any response not provided at the meeting will be provided in the format of a written response.

8.

CONSENT AGENDA

9.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED

9.1

Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee - 2025 Work Plan

DIRECTION REQUIRED

9.2

OTC Summit 2025 – Ontario Traffic Council - April 28 to May 2, 2025

RECOMMENDATION

1. That Junaid Shah and Mario Matteazzi, Citizen members of the Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee, be authorized to attend the 2025 Ontario Traffic Council Summit, on April 30 to May 2, 2025 in Muskoka, Ontario, and that the costs for registration, and travel of up to $5000 be allocated from the 2025 Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee budget.
2. That Louise Goegen, Citizen member of the Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee, be authorized to attend the 2025 Ontario Traffic Council (OTC) Summit, on May 2, 2025, in Muskoka, Ontario, where she will be recognized as an Honourary Life Member at the President’s Dinner, and that the costs for mileage and related expenses, not exceeding $600, be allocated from the 2025 Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee budget.
3. That the Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee members who attend the 2025 Ontario Traffic Council Annual Conference on April 30 to May 2, 2025 report back to the Committee, summarizing the sessions they attended at a future Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee meeting.​

RECOMMEND APPROVAL

9.3

Site Inspections Statistics Report - April 2025

RECOMMENDATION

That the Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee Site Inspection Statistics Report April 2025, be received.

RECOMMEND RECEIPT

9.4

Site Inspection Report - St. Helen Catholic Elementary School (Ward 2)

Site Inspection Report for the site inspection conducted on April 8, 2025 at intersection of Truscott Drive and Buckby Road, for the students attending St. Helen Catholic Elementary School. 

RECOMMENDATION

That the warrants have not been met for the placement of a school crossing guard in front of St. Helen Catholic Elementary School, at the intersection of Truscott Drive and Buckby Road, for the students attending St. Helen Catholic Elementary School.

RECOMMEND APPROVAL

9.5

Site Inspection Report - Briarwood Public School (Ward 4)

Site Inspection Report for the site inspections conducted on March 27, 2025 and April 15, 2025 at Burnhamthorpe Road East and Central Parkway East for the students attending Briarwood Public School.

RECOMMENDATION

1. That the warrants are no longer met for the retention of the two crossing guards at the intersection of Central Parkway East and Burnhamthorpe Road East for the students attending Briarwood Public School and that the two crossing guards to be removed at the end of the 2024 - 2025 school year on June 30, 2025.

2. That once the recommendation to remove the crossing guards has been adopted by Council, that the Principal of Briarwood Public School be requested to advise all parents and students that two crossing guards at the intersection of Central Parkway East and Burnhamthorpe Road East will be removed permanently at the end of the 2024 - 2025 school year on June 30, 2025.

RECOMMEND APPROVAL

9.6

Site Inspection Report - Mentor College (Ward 1)

Site Inspection Report for the site inspection conducted on April 1, 2025 at the intersection of Queen Street East and Woodlawn Avenue for the students attending Mentor College.

RECOMMENDATION

That Transportation and Works be requested to:

1. review the signage on Woodlawn Avenue at the intersection of Queen Street East and Woodlawn Avenue and replace faded signage.
2. paint ladder markings on Woodlawn Avenue at the south leg of the intersection of Queen Street East and Woodlawn Avenue.

RECOMMEND APPROVAL

9.7

Site Inspection Report - St. Richard Catholic Elementary School (Ward 9)

Site Inspection Report for the site inspection conducted on April 10, 2025 at the west leg of the intersection of Copenhagen Road and Joliette Crescent for the students attending St. Richard Catholic Elementary School.

RECOMMENDATION

1. That the warrants have not been met for the placement of a school crossing guard at the west leg of the intersection of Copenhagen Road and Joliette Crescent for the students of St. Richard Catholic Elementary School.
2. That Transportation and Works be requested to install "no stopping" corner prohibitions on Joliette Crescent, at the west leg of the intersection of Copenhagen Road and Joliette Crescent for the students attending St. Richard Catholic Elementary School.

RECOMMEND APPROVAL

9.8

Site Inspection Report - Divine Mercy Catholic Elementary School and Middlebury Public School (W9)

Site Inspection Report for the site inspections conducted on April 16, 2025 and April 24, 2025 at Burnhamthorpe Road East and Central Parkway East for the students attending Divine Mercy Catholic Elementary School and Middlebury Public School.

The Site Inspection report is currently not available and will be published at a later time.

10.

SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS - Nil 

11.

PARKING ENFORCEMENT REPORT

11.1

Parking Enforcement in School Zone Report - March 2025

RECOMMEND RECEIPT

12.

TRANSPORTATION AND WORKS ACTION ITEMS

12.1

Transportation and Works Action Items List - April 2025

The report is currently not available and will be published at a later time.

13.

OTHER BUSINESS

14.

DATE OF NEXT MEETING - May 28, 2025

15.

ADJOURNMENT