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2 Friday, September 27, 2024brooklintowncrier.com Brooklin's Community Newspaper Proud to be a Brooklinite Since 2000. Published 24 times per year. Editor, Richard Bercuson 613-769-8629 • editorofbtc@gmail.com • Circulation 8000 • Delivery via Canada Post Locally owned and operated. A publication of Appletree Graphic Design Inc. We accept advertising in good faith but do not endorse advertisers nor advertisements. All editorial submissions are subject to editing. For advertising information, contact: Email: mulcahy42@rogers.com Next Issue: Friday, October 11, 2024 Deadline: Friday, October 4, 2024 Brooklin TOWN CRIER.com The Town of Whitby is receiving more than $90,000 in funding through the federal My Main Street Community Activator Program to continue to revitalize Roebuck Street. The grant was announced by MP Ryan Turnbull, alongside Mayor Elizabeth Roy, at the Town's annual Harvest Festival. The funding will help support improvements along Roebuck Street and throughout Grass Park including lighting, a new bike rack, Muskoka chairs, an outdoor foosball table and cornhole games, solar-powered self-compacting garbage bins, and a vibrant "Field to Fork" mural by local artist Chrrie. These improvements will further the Town's Community Strategic Plan goals to invest in, promote, and strengthen the local arts, culture, heritage, and creative sectors, as well as to implement initiatives that help our downtowns thrive as vibrant destinations. "My Main Street" is built on the principle of supporting community economic development and creating vibrant and diverse neighbourhoods where residents from all backgrounds can benefit, enjoy and feel safe in their communities and on their main streets. "My Main Street" is delivered by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI), and supported by a Government of Canada investment through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) to foster the stabilization and revitalization of main streets across southern Ontario. Learn more about the My Main Street program at mymainstreet.ca. Feds Provide Funds For Roebuck Revitalization The Town has moved to a new system (called an Administrative Penalty System) with the goal to: • Improve safety around schools: the Town will have more parking enforcement officers on the streets, making sure that people are parking safely and legally. • Discourage illegal parking: repeat offenders will face higher Parking Penalties (the new name for parking tickets). The system will also change the way residents may receive or dispute a parking penalty (ticket) 1 - What is an Administrative Penalty System? An APS is a municipally administered program that replaces the current Court system with a faster, more flexible, and customer focused adjudication process for Municipal offences. One of the main objectives of an APS is to create a simple, accessible, fair and cost-effective system for dealing with violations. 2 - Why implement an Administrative Penalty System? Right now, the process for disputing Town of Whitby issued parking penalties (tickets) is through the provincial judicial system. Moving to an APS that is fully managed by the Town will create a faster and more flexible process for payment and dispute of parking penalties (tickets) issued by the Town. APS will create a consistent penalty (ticket) dispute resolution system and reduce the wait time to appeal a ticket from several months/years to a few weeks. Moving to APS will also allow parking penalties (tickets) to be served by mail after a violation is observed by a Municipal Law Enforcement Officer. The Town will also begin to utilize Licence Plate Recognition (LPR) technology for school zone enforcement. This will change how the Town conducts parking enforcement within school zones, freeing officers to enforce parking at multiple schools and addressing other important matters. 3 - How will I receive a penalty notice (parking ticket notice)? Parking penalty notices (parking ticket notices) may be served on the vehicle, delivered by hand, or sent by mail (the same way automated speed enforcement defendants would receive a Notice by mail). 4 - What are tiered and escalating parking penalty notices? Under the new APS, tiered and escalating parking penalties will be used to encourage compliance with the Town's Traffic By-law and discourage repeat offences/offenders. This system applies to the Town's Traffic by-law and is comprised of three tiers (e.g. Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3). Penalty amounts increase with each progressive tier. Tiered and escalating penalties (tickets) apply as follows: Parking infraction: If the same licence plate repeats the same parking infraction within 90 days from the previous infraction. For example: An individual who receives a Penalty Notice (Ticket Notice) for a parking infraction on June 1, 2024, would receive a Tier 1 Penalty Notice. If that individual (same licence plate) repeats the same parking infraction within 90 days from June 1, 2024, they would receive a Tier 2 Penalty Notice (Ticket Notice). If that individual (driving the same licence plate) repeats the same parking infraction within 90 days from the date the Tier 2 Penalty Notice (Ticket Notice) was issued, they would receive a Tier 3 Penalty Notice. Should the individual (driving the same licence plate) continue to repeat the same parking infraction within 180 days from the date the Tier 3 Penalty Notice (Ticket Notice) was issued, they will continue to receive Tier 3 Penalty Notice until more than 180 days have passed without the same infraction being committed. 5 - Does it cost anything to request a Screening or a Hearing of a Penalty Notice (Ticket Notice)? Yes, there is an adjudication fee of $25 should the penalty notice (ticket notice) be upheld and "no show" fees should you not attend. 6 - How are Screenings held? Review Screenings are completed via email. 7 - What happens if I do not attend my scheduled Hearing? The penalty will be affirmed. Additionally, the registered owner of the vehicle will receive a Hearing-No show fee of $100. 8 - What happens if I do not exercise an Option for the Penalty Notice (Ticket Notice)? Failure to pay a Penalty Notice (Ticket Notice) will result in more administrative fees. Additionally, the notice will go to the Ontario Registrar of Motor Vehicles for parking penalties. They will deny the renewal of existing or the issuance of new vehicle licence plates. (https://www.whitby.ca/en/ town-hall/parking-tickets. aspx#Administrative-Penalty-System-FAQs) Whitby Changes School Zones Parking Enforcement