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Safe Communities Wellington County Leadership Table Meeting Wellington County Museum and Archives 9:30 a.m. September 14, 2016 In Attendance 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, CoChair Mary Lloyd, C.W. Township Councillor Sandy Parkinson, Suicide Awareness Council Jim Potts, Minto Safe Communities Committee Christine Barraco, Wellington County OPP Heather Lawson, Wellington County Barbara Lusgarten Evoy, Parenting CW, UGDSB Trustee Doreen Cook – Falls Priority Advisory Group James Wingate – GET Safe Communities Glenna Smith – Puslinch COPS Christine Veit, Safe Communities Wellington County 1. Call to Order – CoChair Gregg Davidson called the meeting to order. 2. Approval of Minutes – May 18, 2016 It was Moved by Jim Potts and Seconded by Don Senek that the minutes of the meeting held May 18, 2016 be approved. CARRIED 3. Business Arising from Minutes I. International Plowing Match – I. Christine was just finalizing volunteers for the week – Barb Evoy mentioned she may be interested II. Safe Communities WC set up the booth at the IPM the day before – All of the marketing materials, banner and table wrap look great. Shaping up to be a great event III. Sandy Parkinson suggested we give out the Suicide Awareness Bulbs at the IPM

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

9:30  a.m.  September  14,  2016      

In  Attendance    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  Christine  Barraco,  Wellington  County  OPP  Heather  Lawson,  Wellington  County  Barbara  Lusgarten  Evoy,  Parenting  CW,  UGDSB  Trustee  Doreen  Cook  –  Falls  Priority  Advisory  Group  James  Wingate  –  GET  Safe  Communities  Glenna  Smith  –  Puslinch  COPS  Christine  Veit,  Safe  Communities  Wellington  County      1. Call  to  Order  –  Co-­‐Chair  Gregg  Davidson  called  the  meeting  to  order.  2. Approval  of  Minutes  –  May  18,  2016  -­‐  It  was  Moved  by  Jim  Potts  and  Seconded  by  Don  Senek  that  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  May  18,  2016  be  approved.  CARRIED    

3. Business  Arising  from  Minutes  I. International  Plowing  Match  –    

I. Christine  was  just  finalizing  volunteers  for  the  week  –  Barb  Evoy  mentioned  she  may  be  interested  

II. Safe  Communities  WC  set  up  the  booth  at  the  IPM  the  day  before  –  All  of  the  marketing  materials,  banner  and  table  wrap  look  great.    Shaping  up  to  be  a  great  event  

III. Sandy  Parkinson  suggested  we  give  out  the  Suicide  Awareness  Bulbs  at  the  IPM      

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II. Safe  Communities  Day  I. Safe  Communities  Day  is  on  track.    All  of  the  schools  have  been  contacted.    

Confirmations  are  trickling  in  slowly  –  Phone  calls  going  out  this  week.  II. Bussing  company’s  have  been  contacted  –  Waiting  to  figure  out  how  many  schools  

will  be  participating.  III. Falls  Prevention  Station  requires  2  benches  IV. Benches  for  all  vendors  that  are  inside  the  venue  V. Intentional  Self  Harm  PAG  wants  a  more  quiet  area    

 III. Wellington  County  Crossing  Walk  Legislation  

I. Gregg  Davidson  announced  that  all  of  the  letters  regarding  the  new  Cross  Walk  Legislation  have  been  sent  to  all  of  the  Mayor’s  in  each  Township  in  Wellington  County  –  We  are  waiting  to  hear  back  from  Mapleton  Township  Mayor,  Neil  Driscoll  

II. What  kind  of  markings?    Will  they  be  exclusive  to  School  Crossings?    Can  the  information  be  sent  to  Puslinch?  

III. Safe  Communities  WC  will  be  presenting  to  council  once  we  have  all  of  the  necessary  information  and  everyone  within  Wellington  County  is  able  to  attend.    Once  the  date  has  been  chosen,  we  will  inform  everyone.  

IV. New  Minto  Roundabout  has  the  proposed  markings.  V. Are  pedestrian  car  collisions  within  a  crosswalk  a  concern  within  Wellington  County?  VI. Does  Public  Health  have  these  statistics?  VII. Regardless,  this  is  a  necessary  action  to  prevent  increased  injuries  at  cross  walks.  

 5. Reports  

• Falls  PAG    i. Brad  introduced  Doreen  Cook,  a  member  of  the  Falls  PAG  ii. Falls  Prevention  Month  is  November  iii. www.fallpreventionmonth.ca    iv. “Takes  a  community  to  prevent  a  fall”  We  all  have  a  role  to  play  v. Great  Social  Media  Guide  #PreventFalls2016    @fallpreventON  vi. VON  SMART  Program  is  working  with  Wightman  to  produce  a  video  to  get  

information  out  about  exercise,  diet,  etc.  that  all  contribute  to  Falls  vii. Looking  for  a  group  of  older  adults  to  be  in  the  video  –  Ask  Brad  or  Doreen  for  

details  viii. Updated  version  of  Screening  Tool  Checklist  with  Safe  Communities  Wellington  

County  Logo  on  it.  ix. Next  meeting  in  November,  the  PAG  will  be  talking  about  strategies  for  2017  

   

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   • Motor  Vehicle  PAG    

i. Don  spoke  about  the  Minto  and  Wellington  North  video  contest  for  Norwell  and  Wellington  Heights  

ii. Gregg  suggested  getting  Gabriella  from  the  Wellington  North  Youth  Action  Committee  involved    

iii. Resource  officers  have  their  roles.  They  may  be  able  to  assist,  but  a  discussion  will  need  to  take  place.  

iv. Don  requested  $1000  from  the  MVC  PAG  for  the  Wellington  North  Video  Contest  

v. MVC  will  not  have  a  booth  at  Safe  Communities  Day  vi. Will  be  holding  another  Bike  Rodeo  in  the  Spring  during  school  

o Glenna  mentioned  that  the  advantage  of  having  it  on  a  Saturday  the  kids  are  able  to  bring  their  own  bikes  

o How  do  we  get  the  word  out?  Barb  mentioned  PSA’s  and  Interviews  on  The  Grand  101.1  and  on  The  River.  

 • Intentional  Self  Harm  PAG    

i. Mary  Mentioned  that  the  magnets  are  great  –  Every  Grade  6  student  will  receive  a  magnet  during  Safe  Communities  Day.  o Distribute  the  magnets  to  the  COPS  Committees  following  Safe  

Communities  Day  ii. The  Buddy  Bench  will  be  a  focus  during  the  Safe  Communities  Day  

presentation  –  encouraging  kindness  and  empathy.  iii. Buddy  Bench  is  struggling  in  the  schools  –  K  –  3  –  Great;  4  –  8  –  Stigma  

already  attached  to  it.  “Only  losers  sit  on  the  bench”.  iv. GLOW  Group  will  be  at  Safe  Communities  Day  v. Sandy  mentioned  Suicide  Awareness  Council  gave  our  tulip  bulbs  of  Hope  

for  World  Suicide  Awareness  Prevention  Day  –  Still  have  a  few  hundred  left    -­‐  Could  we  distribute  them  at  the  International  Plowing  Match?    

vi. Place  a  sticker  on  the  package  with  Safe  Communities  Wellington  County  logo  and  information  along  with  Suicide  Awareness  Council  that  is  already  on  bag.  o Maybe  attach  a  brochure  with  more  information  –  What  kind  of  

budget  do  we  have?  vii. Safe  Talk  was  cancelled  in  May  –  Early  November  will  be  another  

Workshop  at  the  Fergus  Library  

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viii. Mary  mentioned  an  event  through  the  Guelph  Wellington  Guelph  Strategy  on  September  28  –  Anti  Stigma  –  12  –  1  

6. New  Business    i Thoughts  from  the  floor  

a. Brad  de  St.  Aubyn  offered  public  health  to  do  a  presentation  on  Canabis,  similar  in  nature  to  the  Mental  Health  presentation  SCWC  just  had.  

b. Public  Health  has  Plasma  car  kits  –  Does  Safe  Communities  want  them?  Yes      

c. Christine  and  Gregg  mentioned  the  Vision  Zero  Summit  about  potentially  attending  to  receive  more  information  about  making  our  roads  safer  and  attain  specific  information  on  finding  out  how  others  are  implementing  the  new  Cross  Walk  legislation  –  Great  Networking  event,  but  there  is  a  cost  of  $250/each  for  the  summit.      

d. Don  Senek  made  a  motion  for  Safe  Communities  WC  to  send  and  pay  for  1  individual,  namely,  the  Program  Coordinator  to  attend  the  summit.  

e. Brad  de  St.  Aubyn  made  a  motion  to  send  both  the  Program  Coordinator  and  the  Motor  Vehicle  Collision  PAG  Chair  to  the  Vision  Zero  Summit  SECONDED:  Barb  Evoy      CARRIED  

f. Glenna  inquired  What  age  can  doctors  stop  telling  parents  medical  information  at  the  request  of  the  youth?  

g. Blaine  –  The  youth  has  to  understand  consequences  and  demonstrate  the  knowledge  

h. No  program  to  support  18  +  i. Blaine  –  Social  Services  has  16  year  olds  that  work  as  an  adult.    j. Barb  to  call  211  to  find  out  more  information  

 ii National  Teen  Driver  Safety  Week  

• Currently  setting  things  up.    We  will  be  talking  to  the  high  school  principal’s  and  School  Resource  Officers  to  implement  at  “Positive  Ticketing  Blitz”  at  each  County  High  School.  

• We  are  going  to  send  out  a  press  release  and  PSA’s  local  radio  stations  

• Officers  will  be  outside  handing  out  “Positive  Tickets”  to  students  driving  and  Christine  will  be  inside  collecting  tickets  and  reinforcing  the  messages.  

     

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5. Community  Groups  –        

i. Puslinch  COPS  (Doug  Smith)    a. September  28  –  Correctional  Services  Officer  speaking  at  COPs  

meeting    ii. Guelph/Eramosa  Safe  Communities  

a. Motorcycle  Awareness  Day  was  good  for  a  first  time  event  b. Golden  helmets  attended.  They  day  focused  on  education  

surrounding  bike  safety  c. Snow  Angels  is  starting  up  for  the  2016/2017  season  and  looking  to  

expand.    Looking  into  engaging  High  School  students  d. Mary  Lloyd  inquired  whether  there  is  training  involved  and  whether  

they  provide  vests,  toque’s,  gloves?      

iii. Christine  Veit  –  Program  Coordinator  a. Already  reported  in  New  and  Business  Arising  from  Minutes  

 6. Adjournment    The  group  was  adjourned  at  12:00  PM.  The  Next  Leadership  Table  meeting  is  scheduled  for  November  16,  2016  at  8  a.m.  (Priority  Advisory  Groups)  and  9:30  a.m.  (Leadership  Table)  at  the  Wellington  County  Museum  &  Archives.