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Appendix A—Record of Consultation IBI Group 5th Floor – 230 Richmond Street West Toronto ON M5V 1V6 Canada tel 416 596 1930 fax 416 596 0644 Memorandum To/Attention Region of Peel AT Steering Date June 16, 2010 Committee From Neluka Leanage, IBI Group Project No 27691 cc Brian Hollingworth, IBI Group Steno nl Norma Moores, IBI Group Dylan Passmore, IBI Group Subject Peel Region AT Study—Summary of Agency and Area Municipalities Workshop No. 1 Introduction A workshop with area municipalities and departmental representatives within the Region of Peel was held at the Region of Peel in Brampton on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 as part of the Region of Peel’s Active Transportation Study. The agenda was as follows: 9:30 AM Sign-in 9:35 AM Welcome and introductions 9:40 AM Opening remarks 9:45 AM Overview of AT Initiative: Phase 1 9:50 AM Overview of AT Initiative: Phase 2 • Purpose of the Plan • Policy Framework • Related Visions 10:00 AM Report on you and departmental activities • What are you doing to make active transportation safer, more comfortable and a viable choice to get around the Region? • Identify partners and discuss roles for the Region of Peel 10:45 AM Discuss opportunities and issues in the Region of Peel 11:15 AM Summation and next steps Seventeen people participated in the meeting representing 12 different organizations from across the region in addition to IBI Group’s consulting team and the Region of Peel Project Manager. A list of participants and their affiliated organizations is shown in Table 1. IBI Group Memorandum 2 Region of Peel AT Steering Committee – June 16, 2010 Table 1: List of Participants and Affiliated Organizations Name Organization Email Chris Tschirhart Brampton Transit [email protected] Louise Aubin Peel Public Health [email protected] Kant Chawla Town of Caledon [email protected] Jacqueline Svedas City of Brampton [email protected] Vi Bvi York Region [email protected] Steve Ganesh City of Mississauga [email protected] Wayne Chan Region of Peel [email protected] Peyun Kok Region of Peel Public Health [email protected] Allethia Francis Peel Public Health - Injury Prevention [email protected] Angela DeMaria Peel Public Health - School Health [email protected] Keri Hyde-Baxter Region of Peel - Transportation [email protected] Ashley North Region of Peel - Transportation [email protected] Scott McIntyre City of Brampton [email protected] Mike Bender Toronto and Region Conservation [email protected] Richard Roberts City of Mississauga Community Services [email protected] Kiran Ghai Peel Public Health [email protected] Michael Canzi Ontario Ministry of Transportation [email protected] Liz Brock Region of Peel [email protected] Diane Stuart Region of Peel, CDIP-School Health [email protected] Tom AppaRao provided a brief overview of the Region of Peel’s capacity for active transportation (AT), the study’s background, and main goals: • 2 in 10 trips currently are active modes yet 8 of 10 trips are less than 4km making them an easy cycling distance and potentially convertible to active modes • Peel Region AT Project Team is supported by Council and Council offers positive leadership and is cooperative • Peel Region AT Project Team is directing the AT Study – Phase I was the development of a marketing and communications strategy, with phase II being the development of an action plan (this is the phase currently underway) • Peel Region would like to build on what municipalities have already done or are doing and coordinate and plan development regionally • The deadline for the AT Study is Spring 2011 • This workshop is intended to hear about views, programs and policies, and to learn and adopt best practices IBI Group Memorandum 3 Region of Peel AT Steering Committee – June 16, 2010 Tom encouraged everyone to participate in bike to work week. Overview of AT Initiative: Phase I Eric Chan explained that the Region of Peel has been implementing recommendations from Phase 1 (the marketing and communications strategy) including: • Walk and Roll Peel website • presenting recommendations to Council (who provided useful feedback) • launching an online interactive map to plan route Eric introduced Phase 2, the AT Study, as a region-wide plan to complement AT systems in municipalities. Overview of AT Initiative: Phase 2 Norma Moores explained how regional AT plans differ from municipal AT plans and that remaining gaps and partnerships for implementation need to be identified. Norma Moores presented: • The AT Plan’s purpose and its three stages and its process • The provincial policy framework • Peel Region’s policies • Area municipalities policies and programs • Visions from other AT plans • The components of the pedestrian and bikeway system • AT-friendly policies, practices and programs A copy of the presentation is attached. Report on Departmental and Area Municipalities Activities Activities reported by departments and area municipalities have been grouped under 30 categories shown in Table 2. A black circle indicates that an activity is being undertaken while a white circle indicates that an activity is under development or in the process of being approved. Pathways Planning Site plans and Subdivision Approvals Cycling Master Planning Environmental Health Public Health Transportation Transportation Transit Strategic Policy Department and Area Municipalities City of Brampton: • • • City of Mississauga: • • Region of Peel: • • • Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Policy Town of Caledon Planning York Region Research and Data Data and Research ● New Ideas/Innovation Ideas/Innovation New ● Outreach/Events/Marketing Outreach/Events/Marketing ● ● ● Monitoring Progress Progress Monitoring ● Walking School Bus/ASRTS Bus/ASRTS School Walking ● Educational Programs Programs Educational ● Street Guidelines Guidelines Street ● Supportive Council Council Supportive ● Muni/Region Coordination Coordination Muni/Region ● Trails Audit/Design Audit/Design Trails ● Funding Funding ● ● Partnerships Partnerships ● ● Ped-Cyclist View View Ped-Cyclist ● Trail/Pathway Planning Planning Trail/Pathway ● ● ● Site Planning Review Review Planning Site ● Transit Integration Integration Transit Activities dvisory Group Group dvisory A ● Route/Trip Planning Planning Route/Trip ● ● Winter Maintenance Maintenance Winter ○ ● Safety Programs Programs Safety Table 2: Summary of Departmental and Area Municipalities Activities Activities Municipalities Area and of Departmental Table 2: Summary ● ● Trail Network Network Trail ● ● ● TMP with AT AT with TMP ● ● Multi-modal Planning Planning Multi-modal ● ● Official Plan with AT/Health AT/Health with Plan Official ● ● ● ● Policy Coordination Coordination Policy ● ● Quantitative Targets Targets Quantitative ● Signage Strategy Strategy Signage ● ● Promotional Programs Programs Promotional ○ ● Bikeway Network Network Bikeway ● indicates that an activity is being undertaken undertaken an activity is being that indicates of being approved in the process or development an activity is under that indicates T or Bike Master Plan Plan Master Bike or T A ● ○ ● IBI Group Memorandum 5 Region of Peel AT Steering Committee – June 16, 2010 Issues, Opportunities, Potential Partnerships and Roles for the Region Throughout the discussion, representatives identified their top issues, and opportunities as well as partnerships and roles that they’d like to see from the study itself and from the Region of Peel. These are listed below. Issues and Opportunities • Partnerships are important • Need for integration with nature • Show Councils that there may be funding from the health sector • Highway barriers pose a significant obstacle • Collaboration with health professionals is a positive experience • Need for funding • Need to work on societal change • Find “win-wins” • Opportunity to include air quality and benefits of emission reductions in promotion of the study • Funding is currently available from the Province, thus it will be important to complete the study on schedule in order to identify Peel Region funding needs as early as possible in case the fiscal climate changes Potential Partnerships • Working with Regional Health. What They’d Like from the Study • General recommendations and directions on how to best shape land use planning at a regional level that would impact transportation planning • Highway treatments and crossings, interchange standards • How this study will connect to all municipalities nearby despite different standards • Need a well integrated network • Need a comprehensive implementation plan What Roles They’d Like to See the Region of Peel Play • Facilitating partnerships • Providing funding • Facilitating knowledge sharing, idea exploration/innovation and implementation • Facilitate the development of an integrated network • Facilitate the development of a united front to address behaviour shift • Facilitating the development of consistent messages across the region • Working in partnership to develop a base of knowledge that is shared • Facilitate information-sharing on what is occurring across the region IBI Group Memorandum 6 Region of Peel AT Steering Committee – June 16, 2010 Next Steps Norma Moores summarized the workshop and identified the contact information for the project managers the following locations and dates for the public information sessions: Caledon Brampton Mississauga Albion Bolton Century Garden Mississauga Valley Community