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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSafe City - 1996-07-30SAFECI'I'Y~1996-07-30 SAFE CITY COMMITTEE MINUTES J U LY 30, 1996 The Safe City Committee held its meeting under the Chairmanship of Trudy Beaulne and Councillor Karen Redman with the following members present: Councillor Mark Yantzi, Nancy Brawley, Karen Taylor-Harrison and Rita Westbrook. Others Present: Brock Stanley, Julie Dean, Bob Arnot, Jean Ann Carscadden (Roof) and Avril Tanner (Minutes). Members Absent: Manuela Almeida, Philip Fernandez, Gregory Jahn and Bryan Stortz. Jean Ann Carscadden Avril Tanner Priority Working Group All Working Groups All Working Groups For the Next Meeting. When vacant positions in Safe City Committee Advertised. For the Next Meeting. For the Next Meeting. ONGOING Summarize Items found at the Toronto Safe City Resource Library in the Planning Department at the City of Toronto. Notify Committee Members when vacant positions will be advertised so they can solicit applicants. Prepare Financial Figures for the initiatives. Assign a Chair as a contact person and to give Working Group Reports at Committee Meetings. Notify Avril Tanner if your Working Group will be placing a motion at the next Committee Meeting to ensure that we have a quorum for that specific meeting. -145- , ADMINISTRATIVE , 1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA DATED JULY 30/96 It was moved to approve the Agenda dated July 30, 1996 with the addition of the following item: Jean Ann Carscadden to give a report on items found from the Toronto Safe City Resources Library (approximately 5 minutes) Moved By: Seconded By: KarenTaylor-Harrison Rita Westbrook CARRIED. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE JUNE 25, 1996 MEETING It was agreed upon that the minutes of June 25th were an accurate reflection of what took place at the meeting. Moved By: Seconded By: Coun. Karen Redman Nancy Brawley CARRIED. 3. UPDATE ON ADVERTISEMENT FOR NEW MEMBERS Brock Stanley informed the Committee that the advertisement requesting applicants to join the Safe City Committee will be placed in the newspaper soon. He added that it has taken a little longer than anticipated due to a problem that arose out of a concern from Clerks. Brock also reminded the Committee of their responsibility to invite people that may be an asset to the Committee to apply when the advertisement is placed in the newspaper, noting that Avril Tanner will notify all Committee Members when the positions will be advertised. -146- TORONTO SAFE CITY RESOURCE ITEMS - JEAN ANN CARSCADDEN Jean Ann Carscadden explained she went to the Toronto Safe City Resource Library in the Planning Department in hopes to find some information on how other cities have dealt with Safe City Initiatives concerning youth. She continued by saying that she did find some interesting articles, however, did not find anything that explained the steps taken to achieve their goals. Jean Ann Carscadden referred to and read several items from 2 different documents and was asked by the Committee to summarize the important factors in written form for the next meeting. She indicated she was hoping to receive more information and would like to talk to kids about what they would like to have available to them and if they have any solutions for some of the problems with youth in the downtown. It was noted that it would be very helpful to receive a detailed summary of how other cities dealt with similar problems. , WORKING GROUP REPORTS ', 1. PRIORITY WORKING GROUP REPORT Julie Dean referred to the document entitled "Safe City: Priorities 1996" (see attached) noting that the Priority Working Group identified Resources, Financial Resources, Lead Organization, Time Frame and Prioritized all initiatives for 1996. She indicated that they were not able to record financial resources for every initiative noting that in some cases the Working Group or existing staff would have a better idea of the costs involved for the specific initiative. Julie added that the Priority Working Group did not fully develop the initiatives in the Community Development Section as they did not foresee being able to deal with these items in 1996. It was indicated that the dates listed under Time Frame are start dates and not finish dates. Brock Stanley inquired if the Working Group would be able to identify Capital Expenses required by our next meeting. After some discussion on how to assign financial amounts it was decided that the Priority Working Group would allocate a certain amount from our budget to each initiative and submit these allocated amounts for the next meeting. It was mentioned that the Interdepartmental Resource Group has scheduled their first meeting for Wednesday, September 4, 1996. -147- 2. SAFETY AUDIT WORKING GROUP REPORT It was indicated that the Safety Audit for the Cedar Hills Neighbourhood was successful and that the Safety Audit Working Group is going over the Audit results and compiling the information. It was noted that information concerning Enforcement items is being collated in Planning and Development. It was also mentioned that one of the students in Planning and Development is creating a map that includes alleys and open walkways and is preparing a report suggesting areas that may be safer if gated. 3. LIGHTING WORKING GROUP REPORT Nancy Brawley referred to the document entitled "Safe City Priorities: Lighting" (see attached). She reviewed each item with particular attention being made on hiring a Lighting Design Consultant to help with the Lighting Pilot Project. This consultant would be valuable in helping with decisions and researching what other cities have done. Bob Arnot asked for a more detailed explaination regarding the Lighting Working Group Report and its recommendations for future action. It was his feeling that the report and course of action was not sufficiently detailed to facilitate the Committee in making a specific recomendation. Out of the discussion of hiring a Lighting Design Consultant a question arose concerning procedures to follow for recommendations from Working Groups. It was decided in the future a written report is to be submitted and that Avril Tanner must be notified approximately 10 days prior to the next meeting in order that it can be noted on the Agenda that a quorum would be required for that specific meeting. During the above noted discussion Councillor Karen Redman stated that she agreed with the hiring of a Lighting Design Consultant. Councillor Karen Redman, Councillor Mark Yantzi, Jean Ann Carscadden and Brock Stanley left the meeting. Julie Dean explained that sidewalk renovations were going to be completed by Public Works along King Street between Scott and Cedar streets and considering the sidewalk would have to be dug up to install a new lighting system the Lighting Working Group and the Department of Public Works thought that this would be an ideal place for a pilot lighting project. With the understanding that Councillor Karen Redman stated she was in support of hiring a Lighting Design Consultant before she left the meeting (Karen's stated opinion was required to make the quorum) a motion was made to accept and agree with the initiatives on the form entitled "Safe City Priorities: Lighting" that the Lighting Working Group put together. -148- Moved By: Seconded By: Nancy Brawley Rita Westbrook CARRIED. Due to the lack of attendance at the Committee Meetings recently it was suggested that we include a future Agenda item to revisit possible meeting dates. 9. PROPOSAL WRITING GROUP Julie Dean informed the Committee that this Working Group had nothing to report at this time. Trudy Beaulne requested that each Working Group assign a Chair to act as a contact person for that Working Group and to report back to the Committee at our monthly meetings. It was noted that September 3, 1996 is our next scheduled meeting date. Meeting adjourned 4:38 p.m. A. Tanner LIST OF ATTACHMENTS 1. Safe City: Priorities 1996 2. Safe City Priorities: Lighting