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The City of Nia ara Falls, Ontario
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Resolution
February 11, 2008
No. 03
Moved by Councillor Pietrangelo
Seconded by Councillor Diodati
WHEREAS the Corporation of the City of Niagara Falls employs School Crossing Guards at
various identified crossings throughout the municipality; and
WHEREAS the Corporation is committed to ensuring the safety of any individual, especially school
children and crossing guards, at these crossings; and
WHEREAS at certain crossings in the City, there have been several vehicles that have not followed
the guard's direction and have travelled through the crossing while children were on the road; and
WHEREAS although the Province recently increased driver failure to yield to pedestrian offenses
to $150, these have not been enough of a deterrent.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Province consider increasing fines for failure to yield
to crossing guards to possibly as much as $500 to act as a true deterrent and preserve the safety of
our school children and crossing guards; and
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that this resolution be forwarded to the Honourable Jim Bradley,
Minister of Transportation, Kim Craitor, M.P.P. and the Ontario Traffic Conference; and
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the Niagara Regional Police continue to target problematic
crossings in our community, such as at Thorold Stone Road and St. James Avenue.
AND The Seal of the Corporation be hereto affixed.
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DEA O IDA R. T. (TEFL) SA.LCi[
CITY CLERK MAYOR