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view 'is really needed.’ SAVIS Bleased with recommendations but says ‘it'SlUSt the start’ said he's in favour ofthe case review. , cases closed as unfounded. This plan mirrors the "Philadelphia i see ' team '9“ by victim advocates standard'forhowto improve police ' ' s-xual assault investigations. 'I am happy that the police are put- , ""9 forward these recommenda- m buthesaid helmagines Md I model.” which is seen as the 'gold tions but it’s just a start. There is In particular, she said the case re- a lot ofwork to be done," said Alma Arguello, executive director of Sex- ual Assault and Violence Interven- tion Services of Haiton (SAVIS). NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE #2 CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT STUDY Ninth Line (Regional Road 13) Transportation Corridor Improvements Dundas Street (Regional Road 5) to 407 ETR (Express Toll Route). Town of Oakvllle and Town of Milton PR-3036AlPR-3037A Study Halton Region is undertaking a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study (Class EA) to consider a wide range of options for transportation corridor improvements to satisfy future travel demands to 2031 on Ninth Line from Dundas Street to 407 ETR (approximately 500 m south of Lower Base Line) in the Town of Oakville and Town of Milton. In order to address both public safety and the future 2031 travel demand along Ninth Line, a number of road improvement alternatives have been examined as well as intersection improvements, active transportation and overall traffic operations. The impact of road improvements on social, cultural. economic and natural environments have been evaluated and assessed during the Study Process The Study is being conducted in compliance with Schedule C of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessth (October 2000, amended 2007, 2011 and 2015). which is approved under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act. A previous Public Information Centre (PIC) was held on June 16, 2016 to obtain public input. The final Public Information Centre to present the design concept alternatives, evaluation of alternatives and the recommended preferred design alternative has been arranged for: Date: Thursday. June 22, 2017 Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm. (drop-in meeting format) Location: Town Hall Oakville (Palermo Room) 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON Comments If you are unable to attend the Public Information Centre and would like to provide comments. please forward them to the project team by Friday, July 14, 2017. For more information on this project. please visit the project website at halton.caIEAprojects. (“fl MlSSISSAUGA The map shows the approximate limits of the Study area. Mr. Stephen Keen. P.Eng. Project Manager CIMA Canada Inc. (CIMA+) 3027 Harvester Road, Suite 400 Burlington, Ontario L7N3G7 Tel: 905-825-6000 ext. 7225 Tel: 289-288-0287 ext. 6834 Fax: 905-825-3270 Fax: 289-288-0285 Email: matt.krusto@halton.ca Email: stephen.keen@cima.ca mm Krusto Project Manager Halton Region 1 151 Bronte Road Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 11is Notice first issued on June 8, 2017. Arguello is among the team of po- lice, justice and social service rep resentatives who are part of the review team that helped inform the report. Her job is to advocate for survivors, who often don't want to r to lice. m heap; executive director Ju- lie Moscato said the team noticed a number of recurring barriers dur- ing their research. These include the need for training around rape myths, gender bias and the impact of trauma on the brain and memory: better collaboration among agen- cies including police, courts and so- cial services: and more accountabil- ity, especially when cases are closed as unfounded. The report also includes recom- mendations to host a sexual as- sault learning forum for police and victim advocates planned for June 21, establishing a sexual assault ad- visory committee that would report to the board annually, monitoring how crime statistics are recorded and updating the board’s sexual as- sault investigation policy to include mandatory ongoing training. Moscato said she expects all of the recommendations could be imple- mented quickly. with only the ad- vocate case review needing some time to set up. Halton police have already reviewed their 'unfounded' sexual assault cases from 2016 and Tanner said the service is working on reviewing other years going back to 2010. Currently. there are a number of reasons police might close a case as 'unfounded': sometimes it's be- cause the victim doesn't want to Pursue charges. sometimes there isn't enough evidence and some- times police don’t believe a crime occurred as reported. Tanner said police need new cat- egories to capture in better detail why a case might be closed. ing sexual assault or why they may have chosen not to report. Feedback will be captured in a sup- plementary report going to the lice board in the fall. po- To provide feedback. contact Julie Moscato by July 31 at 905-825-4747 ext. 5014 or Julie.Moscato@hal- 0...“..- -