990622 Special Council Meeting MinutesJUNE 22"',1999
MINUTES of the special meeting of the Municipal Council of the Town of Tillsonburg
held Tuesday, June 22nd, 1999 at 3:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, Municipal Offices,
Tillsonburg, Ontario.
PRESENT: Mayor C. McKnight, Deputy Mayor I. Horton, Councillors: D. Beres, B.
Carroll, S. Lamb, G. Leachman, S. Molnar, C. Rosehart and R. Smith
ORDER OF BUSINESS:
A. North Broadway Intersection
D. Morris, C.A.O., reviewed for Town Council the restoration project for North
Broadway at Concession Street and further advised that Town Council at their
meeting on June 14d', 1999 tabled the matter so that the Ministry of
Transportation Ontario and the Project Engineer, Cyril J. Demeyere, Ltd. could
further review the matter with Town Council.
In attendance at the meeting were John Wiebe, C.J. Demeyere Ltd., and Winston
r, Oostenbrug, Ministry of Transportation Ontario.
In response to a questions from B. Carroll, J. Wiebe stated that, with respect to the
intersection, standard turning radius templates were used as approved through the
Ministry of Transportation Ontario and the Municipal Engineers Association.
J. Wiebe explained the practicality of design of the intersection and the type of
vehicles were expected to use the intersection, being a tractor trailer with a total
length of 55 feet. He further stated that Broadway is an arterial road and it
functions as a connecting link south of Concession Street and a Kings Highway
north of Concession Street.
In response to a question from Mayor Cam McKnight, J. Wiebe stated that the
intersection could be made tighter if you were to compromise design integrity and
allow tractor trailers to mount the curbs. He further stated that intersection could
design so that the tractor trailers turning each on Concession Street could meander
into the left turn lane of those vehicles turning south onto Broadway from
Concession Street and that would impose further stacking northbound south of the
Broadway and Concession intersection. J. Wiebe further stated that Town
Council needs to maintain design integrity of the intersection and it is not
recommended to have trucks turning into oncoming lanes of traffic and effecting
00" vehicle storage of Broadway.
In response to a question from Mayor C. McKnight, Winston Oostenbrug stated PW%
that the MTO would like tolerability of the intersection at Concession Street and
Broadway in the design of that intersection and that the proposed drawings by
C.J. Demeyere Ltd. were acceptable to the Ministry of Transportation Ontario.
W. Oostenbrug went on further to state that a concern has also been raised with
respect to vehicle length and that the same analogy would work with school buses
and fire trucks, as well as the semi tractor trailers.
B. Smith stated that the emergency service vehicles from the Fire Hall use
Concession and Broadway as a major route to other areas of the Town of
Tillsonburg.
In response to a question from B. Carroll, W. Oostenbrug stated that, with respect
to the MTO policy on funding qualifications is that there are eligibility
requirements in the Connecting Link Agreement with the Ministry of
Transportation Ontario and they are not negotiable with the Town of Tillsonburg.
W. Oostenbrug stated that the design currently before Town Council is the one
that is needed by the Town of Tillsonburg.
Mayor C. McKnight stated that the Concession Street is a very important east -
west connection throughout the Town of Tillsonburg and needs to be designed .M%
properly.
In response to a question from Mayor C. McKnight, J. Wiebe stated that it is not
desirable to alter one corner of an intersection without altering the other comers
of that same intersection.
J. Wiebe further advised that the Town of Tillsonburg is at the lower limits of
intersection integrity as acceptable to the Ministry of Transportation Ontario.
R. Resolutions
No. 1 Moved by Deputy Mayor Horton
Seconded by Councillor Rosehart AND RESOLVED THAT Town
Council approve the design of the intersection of Broadway aro
Concession Street in the Town of Tillsonburg as proposed by Cyril J.
Demeyere Ltd.
"Carried"
Meeting adjourned at P.M.
Mav,6 Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk