Safe  Communities  Wellington  County  Leadership  Table  Meeting    Wellington  County  Museum  and  Archives  

9:30  a.m.  January  18,  2017      

In  Attendance    Bill  Ste  Marie,  Minto  Safe  Community  Committee  Doug  Smith,  Puslinch  COPS  Blaine  Burman,  Wellington  County  Don  Senek,  Minto  Safe  Community  Committee  Brad  de  St.Aubyn,  Public  Health  Gregg  Davidson,  Wellington  County  Council,  Co-­‐Chair  Mary  Lloyd,  C.W.  Township  Councillor  Sandy  Parkinson,  Suicide  Awareness  Council  Jim  Potts,  Minto  Safe  Communities  Committee  Heather  Lawson,  Wellington  County  Barbara  Lusgarten  Evoy,  Parenting  CW,  UGDSB  Trustee  James  Wingate,  GET  Safe  Communities  Pasquale  Costanzo,  Wellington  County  Gabby  Ieropoli,  Mount  Forest  FHT  Christina  Barraco,  OPP  Myrna  Hutchison,  #GetInTouchForHutch  Michelle  Gow,  Guelph  Wellington  Paramedic  Service  Kristen  Drexler,  Big  Brothers  Big  Sisters  Centre  Wellington  Jennifer  McCoriston,  Public  Health      Christine  Veit,  Safe  Communities  Wellington  County      1. Call  to  Order  –  Co-­‐Chair  Gregg  Davidson  called  the  meeting  to  order  at  9:33  am.  2. Approval  of  Minutes  –  November  16,  2016  -­‐  It  was  Moved  by  Barb  Evoy  and  Seconded  by  Mary  Lloyd  that  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  November  16,  2016  be  approved  with  changes.  CARRIED    

3. Business  Arising  from  Minutes  I. Discuss  Options  to  become  a  Safe  Community  to  increase  clarity  –    

I. Christine  mentioned  the  importance  of  clarity  and  uniform  messaging  across  the  County  for  Safe  Communities.  Statement  was  echoed  by  members  of  the  Leadership  Table.  

   

II. Suggested  that  every  Community  group  becomes  a  Safe  Community  and  utilizes  the  same  Safe  Communities  logo  –  currently  looks  like  different  organizations;  especially  apparent  on  the  Distracted  Driving  poster.  

III. While  this  is  a  great  opportunity  to  have  clarity  across  the  County  within  the  Safe  Communities  Groups  and  COPs,  it  is  necessary  to  pay  tribute  to  the  COPS  groups  and  Safe  Communities.    Maybe  present  plaques  to  the  groups.    Necessary  to  thank  them,  but  this  is  also  a  great  marketing  opportunity.  

IV. Members  of  the  Safe  Communities  Groups  and  COPs  groups  to  bring  this  discussion  to  their  groups  and  determine  whether  the  uniform  branding  is  a  direction  they  want  to  proceed  with.    

V. March  meeting  we  will  discuss  and  finalize  decisions  that  were  made  by  community  groups.    

II. May  17th  Leadership  Table  Meeting  –  Venue  Change  to  CW  OPP  Detachment      III. Cross  Over  Legislation  

I. New  Cross  Over  Legislation  was  put  in  place  in  January  2016      II. It  is  necessary  to  raise  awareness  and  educate  drivers  (Cyclists  and  Automobiles)  

about  the  new  legislation,  because  it  is  clearly  not  being  followed  currently.  III. Presentation  to  the  Roads  Committee  will  take  place  in  February  to  start  the  process  

of  informing  County  Councillor’s  and  then  each  Township  Council.  IV. Christine  and  Heather  attended  Parachute’s  Vision  Zero  Conference.    Great  day  to  

find  out  the  direction  of  different  municipalities  throughout  Canada  to  reduce  and,  hopefully,  eliminate  all  fatalities  and  serious  collision’s  on  our  roads  in  Canada.  

V. Canada  is  adopting  the  Vision  Zero  Initiative  from  Sweden  http://www.visionzeroinitiative.com/        

VI. Both  Heather  and  Christine  agreed  the  conference  was  excellent  and  provided  a  variety  of  perspectives.    The  focus,  unfortunately,  was  on  urban  areas  vs  rural.  

VII. Heather  outlined  key  points  taken  from  the  Vision  Zero  conference  that  can  be  distributed  to  LT.  

VIII. How  will  Wellington  County  proceed?    More  enforcement?  Decrease  in  speed  in  certain  areas  that  have  a  high  instance  of  speeding?  

IX. Can  the  Urban  Vision  Zero  be  easily  transferred  to  Rural?  X. Krista  mentioned  her  assignment  for  the  last  few  months  has  been  on  running  traffic  

in  OPP  West  Region.    “Pedestrian  related”  collisions  are  very  low.  Our  focus  in  Wellington  County  will  be  proactive,  not  reactive.      

XI. Once  the  rollout  occurs,  strategies  like  “Positive  Ticketing”  may  be  a  great  idea  to  raise  awareness  and  educate  pedestrians,  cyclists  and  motorists.    We  can’t  just  implement  (Paint  lines).  We  need  to  have  an  education  and  awareness  piece.  

   

XII. There  are  some  great  examples  of  municipalities  that  have  already  implemented  the  new  cross  over  and  cross  walk  legislation;  Waterdown,  Milton,  etc.          

IV. Topic  Suggestions  for  joint  conference  in  April    

I. Youth  Resilience  (Barb  Evoy)  II. Collective  Impact  (Brad  de  St  Aubyn)  III. How  to  conduct  effective  meetings  IV. CrossWalk/Over  Legislation    V. Drugs  (specifically  Meth  &  Fentanyl)  –  Guelph  Wellington  Drug  Strategy  New  

Research  Report  for  Guelph  and  Wellington  County  VI. Saliva  testing  for  Opiate  or  Meth  VII. Suicide  Awareness  VIII. Project  Lifesaver  IX. Paint  the  “Big  Picture”    -­‐  Largest  used  substance  is  still  alcohol  X. Youth  Homelessness  (not  a  focus  for  SCWC  –  Focus  on  PAGs)      XI. Falls  XII. Decriminalization  of  Marijuana  

 • What  is  the  focus  of  the  conference?  • Originally,  the  OPP  ran  the  conference  with  focus  on  topics  effecting  policing.    Do  we  

want  a  broader  view?  • The  focus  is  to  have  all  of  our  groups  throughout  Wellington  County  and  even  beyond  

(like  neighbouring  Safe  Communities)  coming  together.  • Do  we  want  to  think  about  opening  it  up  to  the  general  public.  • There  would  be  a  financial  cost  –  historically,  OPP  has  paid  for  lunch  and  recently  Safe  

Communities  and  OPP.  • Gary  suggested  making  the  day  more  like  the  Ice  and  Snow  Symposium  –  Maybe  try  it  

in  the  Fall  • Speakers  are  given  lunch  and  free  registration  at  Symposium.  • Too  late  to  implement  this  grander  symposium  for  April.  Let’s  table  it  and  set  the  

ground  work  for  a  2018  symposium  • Great  discussion  on  topics  for  April.    We  all  agree  to  reach  a  greater  audience,  taping  

the  conference  this  year  is  necessary.    We  will  also  invite  above  and  beyond  our  Leadership  Table  and  Community  groups,  like  we  did  last  year.  

 

 

   

5. Reports  • Falls  PAG    

i. Analyzing  the  last  year,  the  question  is,  “  Is  anyone  Better  off?”    YES  ii. Successful  distribution  of  screening  tool  throughout  the  County  iii. We  provided  education  and  policy  swapping  iv. There  was  an  Environmental  Change    v. Recruiting  from  Family  Health  Team’s  vi. The  Falls  PAG  is  moving  to  Co-­‐Chair’s  vs  Chair  vii. Helen  Edwards  and  Julie  Kerkhof  are  Co-­‐Chairs  for  2017  viii. Series  of  educational  videos  have  been  recorded.    Brad  de  will  send  the  

links  to  Christine  and  Christine  will  post  to  social  media.        

• Motor  Vehicle  PAG    i. Norwell  and  Wellington  Heights  have  received  their  Distracted  Driving  

Video  Contest  packages  and  posters  ii. Christine  has  been  given  the  posters  and  packages  for  Centre  Wellington  

and  Erin.    She  will  drop  them  off  iii. Christine  and  her  judging  committee  (Heather  and  Krista)  will  judge  the  

Centre  Wellington  District  High  School  Videos.  iv. Gabriella’s  students  will  judge  Erin  District  High  School  Submissions  v. Norwell  and  Wellington  Heights  will  be  judged  by  Minto  and  Wellington  

North  Safe  Communities.  vi. Top  2  will  come  back  to  Leadership  Table  and  will,  hopefully,  be  viewed  

on  CITY  TV.  vii. Reminder  that  if  students  are  under  18,  they  will  have  to  get  a  parent  to  

sign  for  the  release  of  the  video,  otherwise  the  video  will  be  eliminated  viii. Can  UGDSB  see  the  video’s  at  a  trustee  meeting?    Who  did  we  get  the  

approval  from  to  run  the  contest?  Doug  morel  is  the  superintendent  who  approved  the  Video  Contest  for  all  County  High  Schools.    

ix. Are  the  school  resource  officers  able  to  speak  on  Distracted  Driving?  x. Jim  will  be  dropping  off  the  Distracted  Driving  posters  at  all  of  the  County  

Libraries.  xi. Outside  of  the  Distracted  Driving  Contests,  Bike  Rodeo’s  will  remain  the  

focus  for  2017  xii. Mary  Lloyd  suggested  contacting  The  Bicycle  Tailor  to  promote  

awareness  and  education  xiii. Utilizing  the  OPP  Bicycle  officers  will  be  a  great  idea.    Recently  purchased  

6  bikes  from  the  bicycle  tailor  and  20  officers  are  trained  as  bike  officers.  

   

o Great  opportunity  for  Safe  Kids  Week  for  officers  to  attend  and  educate.  

 • Intentional  Self  Harm  PAG    

i. SafeTalk  in  April  in  Harriston  –  Focus  will  be  on  coaches  to  attend  this  session  

ii. Continuing  to  add  to  the  Tool  box  –  smooth  stones    iii. Running  a  public  event  in  September  with  a  panel  of  experts  and  be  able  

to  ask  questions.  • Program  Coordinator  

i. Continuing  to  work  on  social  media,  updating  website  ii. Starting  to  ramp  up  with  the  joint  conference,  followed  by  Safe  Kids  

Week  and  then  onto  Safe  Communities  Day  5. Community  Groups  –    

   i. Minto  Safe  Communities  (Don  Senek)    

a. Focus  is  currently  on  The  Distracted  Driving  Video  Contest  b. August  4  –  7  –  Clifford  Homecoming  –  Completed  a  video  on  CTV  and  

it  will  be  aired  on  July  1    ii. Guelph/Eramosa  Safe  Communities  (Jamie  Wingate)  

a. Snow  angels  has  begun  o 6  trained  “Angels”  and  12  or  13  driveways  to  shovel  

b. Meeting  is  tomorrow,  so,  there  will  be  more  of  an  update  at  the  March  Meeting.    

iii. Puslinch  COPS  (Doug  Smith)  a. Last  meeting  was  cancelled,  so  there  is  limited  information  to  report,  

so,  will  differ  until  March  2017    

iv. Wellington  North  (Gary  Williamson)  a. Picked  up  new  members    b. At  the  first  youth  dance  at  the  Legion,  24  kids  attended  –  Grades  4  -­‐  8  c. The  hall  has  been  booked  for  2  more  months  to  determine  whether  it  

is  effective.  d. Looking  into  recruiting  Local  hockey  team  to  volunteer  and  collect  

volunteer  hours  e. Looking  at  running  a  workshop  through  OPP  for  Fraud  in  the  Older  

Population  

   

6. New  Business    i Thoughts  from  the  floor  ii Gary  Williamson  addressed  the  LT  stating  that  Christine  is  limited  right  now  

working  2  days/  week.    Receiving  sponsorship  to  increase  Christine’s  hours  iii Don  Senek  mentioned  in  Woodstock  and  organization  is  receiving  private  money  

from  Toyota,  maybe  we  can  discuss  sponsorship  with  Viking  or  Wightman  iv Krista  suggested  that  volunteers  step  up  to  help  out,  decreasing  the  amount  of  

time  for  Christine,  to  ensure  she  is  able  to  do  more  in  the  end.  6. Adjournment    The  group  was  adjourned  at  12:00  PM.  The  Next  Leadership  Table  meeting  is  scheduled  for  March  22,  2017  at  8  a.m.  (Priority  Advisory  Groups)  and  9:30  a.m.  (Leadership  Table)  at  the  Wellington  County  Museum  &  Archives.