Road Safety Committee

Meeting #:
Date:
Time:
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Location:
Online Video Conference
Members
  • Councillor Stephen Dasko, Ward 1
  • Councillor Pat Saito, Ward 9 (Chair)
  • Tony Power, Citizen Member (Vice-Chair)
  • Anna Phillips, Citizen Member
  • Anne Marie Hayes, Citizen Member
  • Sunil Sharma, Citizen Member
  • Abrarul Haq, Citizen Member
  • Sushil Kumra, (Traffic Safety Council Representative)
  • Suzanne Doyle, (Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee Representative)
  • Mark Jablonski, Citizen Member
Members Absent
  • Trevor Howard , Citizen Member
Staff Present
  • Allyson D'Ovidio
  • Reanne Kassar

1.
CALL TO ORDER - 9:31AM
 

2.
INDIGENOUS LAND STATEMENT
 

Councillor Saito, Chair recited the Indigenous Land Statement

3.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
 

Approved as Amended (A. Phillips)

Councillor Saito requested that an item be added to the agenda the Committee Report from the Road Safety Promotional Subcommittee 

4.
DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST
 

5.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
 

6.
PRESENTATIONS - Nil
 

7.
DEPUTATIONS
 

7.1
Jennifer Wang, Resident regarding a presentation on Technological Innovations in Road Safety - IYZ
This item has attachments. 

1.IYZ Pitch (1).pdf

Jennifer Wang, Resident provided a presentation on Technological Innovations in Road Safety IYZ. Ms. Wang spoke to The Vision, The Problem, The Solution, How it Works, The Product, Service Plan,  Integrated Platform, Web-based Dashboard and the Business Model.

Members of the Committee engaged in discussion and inquired about the console's functions, operation and its purpose. Ms. Wang responded to the Committee's inquiries.

DIRECTION: To be referred to the Transportation and Works Department staff for review and comment.

  • RECOMMENDATIONRSC-0001-2022
    Moved ByCouncillor S. Dasko

    That the deputation and associated presentation from Jennifer Wang, Resident regarding IYZ, be received.

    Received

7.2
Catherine Nguyen-Pham, Communications Advisor regarding a presentation on Speeding Consequences & Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Post-Mortem
This item has attachments. 

1.Speeding and Remembrance Presentation - RSC - January 2022.pdf

Catherine Nguyen-Pham, Communications Advisor provided a presentation regarding Speeding Consequences & Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.  Ms. Nguyen-Pham spoke the campaigns Overview, Project Goals, Communication Goals, Tactics, Creative, Mobile Signs, Social Media, Social Media Polls and the Vision Zero Video.

Members of the Committee inquired about the various statistical numbers regarding social media polls, the Vision Zero Video accuracy, and made suggestions for future videos. Ms. Nguyen-Pham and Councillor Saito responded to the Committee's inquires. 

Council Saito advised the Committee Members that next month Erica Warsh, Project Leader, Vision Zero will be presenting the Vision Zero survey results and spoke to the possibility of having the consultant group, from the Region of Peel present the Vision Task Force Survey results at the next meeting.

  • RECOMMENDATIONRSC-0002-2022
    Moved ByA. Phillips

    That the deputation and associated presentation from Catherine Nguyen-Pham regarding Speeding Consequences and Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Post-Mortem, be received.

     

     

    Received

8.
PUBLIC QUESTION PERIOD - 15 Minute Limit 
 

No members of the public registered to speak.

9.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED
 

9.1
Road Safety Promotional Subcommittee Report 1- 2022 - January 21, 2022
This item has attachments. 

1.Road Safety Promotional Subcommittee Report 1- 2022- January 21, 2022.pdf

Councillor Saito spoke to the Road Safety Promotional Subcommittee Report and the recommendations.

Anna Phillips, Citizen Member provided a brief overview to the Committee regarding the RSPS meeting and discussed the items.

Sunil Sharma, Citizen Member inquired about the campaign and prize money and suggested other prizes. Councillor Saito responded to Mr. Sharma's inquiry.  Mr. Sharma advised the Committee of the promotional giveaway inventory that he has on hand from past events.

Colin Patterson, Supervisor, Road Safety spoke to the road safety lawn signs, supply availability, re-design, distribution and will confirm with Transportation and Works the dates for Public Works Week.

  • RECOMMENDATIONRSC-0003-2022
    Moved ByA. Phillips

    That the funds in the amount of up to $5,000 from the 2022 Committee support budget be allocated to the Road Safety Promotional Subcommittee for the purpose of promotion for the 2022 Campaign in April, Let’s Move Mississauga, be approved

    Approved
  • RECOMMENDATIONRSC-0004-2022
    Moved ByA. Phillips
    1. That the funds in the amount of up to $5,000 from the 2022 Committee support budget be allocated to the Road Safety Promotional Subcommittee for promotional giveaway items for 2022, be approved.
    2. That the Road Safety Promotional Subcommittee be granted authorization from the Road Safety Committee to make final decisions regarding design work and promotional items on Road Safety campaigns when time is a factor and/or for events where promotional items can be distributed.
    Approved
  • RECOMMENDATIONRSC-0005-2022
    Moved ByA. Phillips

    That the amount of up to $200 from the 2022 Committee support budget be allocated as an reward for the Mascot contest design winner, be approved.

    Approved
  • RECOMMENDATIONRSC-0006-2022
    Moved ByA. Phillips

    That the Road Safety Committee Work Plan be listed as a standing item on all future Road Safety Committee agendas, be approved.

    Approved

10.
INFORMATION ITEMS
 

10.1
Citizen Member Updates (Verbal)
 

Thomas Barakat, Senior Policy Advisor, Ontario Good Roads Association spoke to the Good Roads event and provided the date. Councillor Saito suggested that Mr. Barakat get in touch with Erica Warsh, Project Leader, Vision Zero for collaboration.

Councillor Saito provided an update on the Region of Peel round table discussion with the Province and will provide details at a later date.

10.2
Road Watch Statistics
This item has attachments. 

1.Road Watch Statistics- January 2022.pdf

Constable Clauida D'Amico, Peel Region Police provided the number of driver complaints in 2021 through the on-line portal.

Councillor Saito inquired about Road Watch reminder tweets, Ms. D'Amico responded to Councillor Saito's inqury.

Anna Phillips, Citizen Member requested a comparison chart for 2020-2021 driving complaints. Ms. D'Amico to provide the comparison chart at that the next meeting.

Councillor Saito requested to include the stats from the previous month to use as a comparison with the current month stats.

Sunil Sharma, Citizen Member inquired about speed limit changes and public notice of those changes. Colin Patterson, Supervisor, Road Safety responded to the inquiry and will report back to the Committee.

  • RECOMMENDATIONRSC-0007-2022
    Moved ByA. Phillips

    That the verbal update by Constable Claudia Wells, Peel Regional Police with respect to the Road Watch Statistics Program, be received. 

    Received

11.
OTHER BUSINESS - Nil
 

12.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING - February 22, 2022
 

13.
ADJOURNMENT - 10:57 AM
 

(A. Haq)

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