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1 Halton Hills Dr., Halton Hills ON L7G 5G2 Tel.: 905-873-2600 Fax: 905-873-2347 NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING SEEKING COMMENTS ON PROPOSED NEW BY-LAWS The Towns Community Affairs Committee is seeking comments in writing or orally by September 18, 2008 or in person at the Community Affairs Community meeting on September 23, 2008 at 5:00 pm at the Town Hall on the following proposed new by-laws. 1. Proposed Community Standards By-law Public Meeting Time: 7:00 pm being a by-law to establish standards respecting yards, refuse, environmental hazards, nuisances, and noise in the Town of Halton Hills. 2. Proposed Property Standards By-law Public Meeting Time: 6:00 pm being a by-law to prescribe minimum standards for the maintenance and occupancy of buildings, properties and vacant lots within the Town of Halton Hills. 3. Proposed Pool Enclosure By-law Public Meeting Time: 5:00 pm being a by-law to regulate pool enclosures for all properties within the Town of Halton Hills These proposed by-laws are available on the Towns website at www.haltonhills.ca/bylaws and clicking on "New Proposed By-laws" or by attending at the Clerks Department at the Town Hall. Comments concerning the Property Standards By-law and the Pool Enclosure By-law should be submitted to Ron Stein, Municipal Law Enforcement Officer, Infrastructure Services by e-mail to rons@halton- hills.ca, by fax at 905-873-2254 or by phone at 905-873-2601 ext. 2334. Comments concerning the Community Standards By-law should be submitted to Debbie Edmonds, Acting Clerk/Manager of Standards & Licensing, Clerks Department by e-mail to debbiee@haltonhills.ca, by fax at 905-873-1431 or by phone at 905-873-2332. 92 ________________________________________ HOLIDAY CLOSURE SEPTEMBER 1, 2008 LABOUR DAY ACTIVAN - 905-873-2601 ext. 2617 - Activan Services will be available Monday, September 1, 2008 on an after hours basis. Please book your trip no later than August 28, 2008. The booking office is closed September 1, 2008. CANINE CONTROL - 905-877-6235 - Halton Hills Canine Control Services is open for emergency calls. CIVIC CENTRE - 905-873-2601 - Will be closed. FIRE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTER 905-877-1133 - Halton Hills Fire Protection & Prevention Services will remain open with the exception of Administration. INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES 905-873-2601 - Will be closed PUBLIC LIBRARIES (Acton) 519-853-0301 (Georgetown) 905-873-2681 - Both branches of the Halton Hills Public Library will be closed on Saturday, August 30th. RECREATION & PARKS DEPARTMENT SWIMMING POOLS Acton Indoor Pool 519-853-3140 - CLOSED Georgetown Indoor Pool 905-877-7721 CLOSED Gellert Community Centre 905-877-4244 CLOSED ARENAS Acton Arena & Community Centre 519-853-0020 CLOSED Mold-Masters SportsPlex 905-877-8488 CLOSED Georgetown Memorial Arena 905-877-9612 CLOSED OTHER TOWN FACILITIES Halton Hills Cultural Centre and John Elliott Theatre 905-877-7915 - CLOSED Acton Seniors Centre 519-853-5951 - CLOSED Georgetown Seniors Centre 905-877-6444 - CLOSED FOR EMERGENCIES - FIRE/POLICE/AMBULANCE: 911 94 ________________________________________ SUSTAINABLE HALTON GROWTH CONCEPTS TOWN PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE & FACILITATED WORKSHOP On Monday, September 8, 2008, the Town of Halton Hills will be holding a Public Information Centre and Facilitated Workshop at the Gellert Community Centre on the five Growth Concepts recently released by the Region of Halton as part of the Regions Sustainable Halton exercise. This Town Workshop is separate from the Regions Public Information Centre on September 16th, 2008. The Region of Halton is requesting comments from the Town on the five Growth Concepts in general and more specifically in the context of seven questions by the end of September in order to establish a short list of two or three growth options for further consideration. The Town Public Information Centre and Facilitated Workshop is being held to obtain public input and assist Council in developing a response on the Growth Concepts. More detail on the Regions Sustainable Halton Exercise and the Towns consideration of it is set out in a Discussion Paper prepared by the Town and available from the Towns Planning, Development and Sustainability Department at the Civic Centre or on the Towns Website, www.haltonhills.ca, or at the Towns Library Branches in Acton and Georgetown. The Public Information Centre will occur from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Workshop will take place from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Should you wish to participate in the Workshop, please register with Renee Brown of the Planning Department at reneeb@haltonhills.ca or (905) 873-2601 extension 2291 by no later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 4, 2008. Residents and other stakeholders who wish to participate in the Workshop are encouraged to review the Sustainable Halton Growth Concepts Discussion Paper dated August 2008 in advance. A Special Town Council meeting will be held on September 24, 2008 to formalize the Town response to the Region. For more information, please contact John Linhardt, Manager of Planning Policy at (905) 873-2601 ext. 2294 or by e-mail at johnl@haltonhills.ca or Steve Burke, Senior Planner-Policy at (905) 873-2601 ext. 2254 or by e-mail at stevebu@haltonhills.ca. DATE/TIME: Monday, September 8, 2008 Public Information Centre: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Workshop: 6:30-9:30 p.m. LOCATION: Gellert Community Centre TOPIC: Sustainable Halton - Town Response 95 10 Acton/Georgetown, Friday, August 29, 2008 Last weekend was something of a departure from the norm at home. You see, Saturday night The Sidekick and I ate dinner in the middle of the old orchard. Perhaps I should back up a bit here... About a year ago, I was approached by our friends and neighbours, Matt and Johanna, who had just become engaged. They were mak- ing their wedding plans, and wanted to hold it somewhere unique, with a distinct ambiance. They wanted to hold it at Brown Farm. In the history of the farm, as far as I know, theres never been a wedding held on the prop- erty. Its quite possible there may have been circuit riders come through in the early 1800s to tie the knot for young lovers (and some- times, history tells us, to baptize their first- born baby). But in the Brown family history, handed down through the generations, no one has ever mentioned a wedding on the property. After some discussion, The Sidekick and I agreed to host the wedding. On first thought, I figured having a wedding was a piece of cake. Cut the grass, slap some paint on the trim around the windows and spruce up the flower beds nothing to it. Not! There are zillions of little things that must be seen to in order to hold a wedding on the farm. Logistics come into play, like where are the guests parking, how and where will they be seated, and, the most challenging of all, what is the back-up plan in the event of rain. When we talked last summer, it was the dri- est summer on record unlike this year. So, in order to have a back-up plan, the kids (Matt and Jo) rented a huge tent, in which to hold the reception. In a pinch, if it rained, the ceremony could also be held under cover. Otherwise, the ceremony was to be held on the verandah, on the front of the old farm house my sanctuary for decades. There was one detail I never expected they had to remove the furniture from the verandah. For me to relinquish my chair on the verandah, albeit for a couple days, was down- right traumatic. (With counseling, I expect Ill recover.) The day came, the weather was picture per- fect, and all had a great time. With the exception of Jack the rooster crow- ing from the henhouse a couple times during the I dos, the only other small glitch was the late arrival of one guest who drove in the lane (past a field of parked cars) stopping his van with the motor running, a few feet from where the guests were sitting as Matt and Jo were exchanging their vows. Annoyed, I quickly approached him (camera slung around my neck) and pointedly suggest- ed in no uncertain terms, that he park it else- where like pronto. He was a bit snippy with me. Later, he complained to the grooms father how that damn photographer had a lot of nerve, ordering me around like that. The father smiled, responding with Well, you might want to do as that damn photogra- pher says it just so happens he owns the property youre standing on right now. As the day progressed, we all moved to the tent, under a sparkling ceiling with two huge chandeliers. The Sidekick and I joined with the other guests, enjoying the wedding reception, smack dab in the middle of the old orchard. History was made as we ate and drank in the same place my forefathers had planted dozens of apple trees, more than a century ago. And it didnt stop there. We made more history later that night, dancing the night away, out there, under the chandeliers right in the middle of the old orchard. (Ted Brown can be reached at tbrown@independentfreepress.com) Ted Brown Making history in the orchard