REVISED
Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee

Meeting #:
Date:
Time:
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Location:
Council Chambers, Civic Centre, 2nd Floor
300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, L5B 3C1
and Online Video Conference
Members
  • Councillor Chris Fonseca
  • Councillor John Kovac
  • Councillor Dipika Damerla
  • Councillor Sue McFadden
  • Councillor Brad Butt
  • Trustee Jill Promoli
  • Trustee Brea Corbet
  • Aamira Alvi
  • Faiz Ahmed
  • Irene Chu
  • Junaid Shah
  • Kathy Leff
  • Louise Goegan
  • Miles Roque
  • Peter Westbrook
  • Sandra Thomson
  • Seshagiri Pingali
  • Tammy Coulson
  • TJ Cieciura
  • Vibha Sequeira

To Request to Speak on Agenda Items - Advance registration is required to make a Deputation please email Angie Melo Legislative Coordinator at angie.melo@mississauga.ca or call 905-615-3200 ext. 5423 no later than Tuesday, June 25, 2024 by 12:00 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
Angie Melo, Legislative Coordinator
905-615-3200 ext. 5423
Email: angie.melo@mississauga.ca

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

 

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. 5423 or by emailing angie.melo@mississauga.ca by 12:00 PM on June 25, 2024.

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 Comments: Advance registration is required to participate and/or to make comments in the virtual public meeting. Any member of the public interested in speaking to an item listed on the agenda must register by calling 905-615-3200 ext. 5423 or by emailing angie.melo@mississauga.ca by Tuesday, June 25, 2024 before 12:00 PM.


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
Site Inspection Report - St. Gregory Catholic Elementary School and Britannia Public School (Ward 11)

This item has attachments. 
1.May 28, 2024.pdf

Site inspection report for the site inspection conducted on May 28, 2024 at the intersection of  Swinbourne Drive and Ewing Crescents for the students attending St. Gregory Catholic Elementary School and  Britannia Public School.


RECOMMENDATION

  1. That Transportation and Works be requested to:
    1. review the signage on Swinbourne Drive at the school crosswalk to replace the pole with school crossing sign (WC2) and tab with a regulation height pole or move signs to top of pole.
    2. paint ladder markings on Swinbourne Drive at the existing school crossing at the north leg of the intersection of Swinbourne Drive and Ewing Crescent opposite St. Gregory Catholic Elementary School.
    3. trim the trees on the west side of Swinbourne Drive opposite St. Gregory Catholic Elementary School.
  2. That Active Transportation be requested to work with St. Gregory Catholic Elementary School to promote walking/biking to school wherever feasible and to encourage parents that need to drive to park a few blocks from the school and walk the last few blocks.
  3. That Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee give consideration to drafting a letter to the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board requesting that they review the feasibility of requesting funding from the province in order to be able to offer busing to out of area French Immersion students.
  4. That Parking Enforcement be requested to enforce the "no stopping" zones on Swinbourne Drive opposite St. Gregory Catholic Elementary School at school dismissal, between the times of 3:15 - 3:45 pm.

RECOMMEND APPROVAL

9.2
Site Inspection Report - Sawmill Valley Public School and St. Mark Catholic Elementary School (Ward 8)

This item has attachments. 
1.June 4, 2024.pdf

Site inspection report for the site inspection conducted on June 4, 2024 at the intersection of Burnhamthorpe Road West and South Millway for the students attending Sawmill Valley Public School and St. Mark Catholic Elementary School.


RECOMMENDATION

  1. That the warrants have not been met for the placement of a school crossing guard.
  2. That Transportation and Works be requested to paint ladder markings on the south leg of the intersection of Burnhamthorpe Road west and South Millway.
  3. That Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee be requested to contact Student Transportation of Peel Region, St. Mark catholic Elementary School and Sawmill Valley Public School at the end of August to determine if there are more than five students that could cross at the intersection of Burnhamthorpe Road west and South Millway and if the schools will be implementing courtesy busing for the 2024-25 school year.
  4. That Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee be requested to re-inspect to determine if the warrants are met for the implementation of a school crossing guard if 3) indicates there are potentially more than 5 students that could cross at the intersection of Burnhamthorpe Road west and South Millway for the 2024-25 school year.

RECOMMEND APPROVAL

9.3
Site Inspection Report - Britannia Public School (Ward 11)

This item has attachments. 
1.June 6, 2024.pdf

Site inspection report for the site inspection conducted on June 6, 2024 at the intersection of  Douguy Boulevard and Ivandale Drive for the students attending Britannia Public School.


RECOMMENDATION


1.    That the warrants have not been met for the placement of a school crossing
2.    That Transportation and Works be requested to:
a.    Install stop signs and stop bars on Douguy Boulevard at the intersection of Douguy Boulevard and Ivandale Drive.
b.    Install "no stopping" corner prohibitions on Douguy Boulevard and Ivandale Drive.
3.    That once the signage is in place that the principal of Britannia Public School be requested to advise the parents and students of the new "no stopping" corner restrictions on Douguy Boulevard and Ivandale Drive.


RECOMMEND APPROVAL

9.4
Resignation of Citizen Member, Kathy Leff

This item has attachments. 
1.Resignation - Kathy Leff - MSTSAC_Redacted.pdf

DIRECTION REQUIRED

9.5
Traffic Safety in School Zones Policy (10-03-01) Review of Warrants 

This item has attachments. 
1.Traffic Safety in School Zones Policy Review of Warrants 10-03-01 (1).pdf

DIRECTION REQUIRED

9.6
Future Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee Meeting Format Discussion

 

DIRECTION REQUIRED

9.7
Site Inspection Statistics Report - June 2024

This item has attachments. 
1.Copy of MSTSAC TSC Statistics-June 2024.pdf

RECOMMEND RECEIPT

10.
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS - Nil

 

11.
PARKING ENFORCEMENT REPORT

 

12.
TRANSPORTATION AND WORKS ACTION ITEMS

 

13.
OTHER BUSINESS

 

14.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING

 

September 25, 2024

15.
ADJOURNMENT

 
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