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1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Tel: 905-825-6000 Toll Free: 1-866-4HALTON TTY: 905-827-9833 The RegionalMunicipality of Halton www.halton.ca 21 09 07 HWMS 5400 Regional Rd 25 Youre invited to attend a community open house celebrating Halton Waste Management Sites 15th Birthday Saturday, September 29, 2007 Drop in between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cake cutting at 12 p.m. Have a guided bus tour of the Halton Waste Management Site (approximately 30 minutes) k ? 1 C C ? ? ? L C U ? Q C A R G M L ? M D ? R F C ? J ? L B ? J J ? S L B C P ? A M L Q R P S A R G M L ? ? L B ? F M U ? U C ? N P M R C A R ? Q M G J ? ? L B ? groundwater k ? 5 ? R A F ? R F C ? J ? L B ? J J ? K ? A F G L C P W ? G L ? ? A R G M L ? ? L B ? S N ? A J M Q C Take part in a craft made from reusable items Enter a contest to name our new Blue Box mascot Enjoy a cash BBQ provided by the Lions Club of Milton Learn how the Halton Region Solid Waste Management Strategy helps protect our C L T G P M L K C L R ? ? L B ? C V R C L B ? R F C ? J G D C ? M D ? R F C ? J ? L B ? J J Help us make this event waste free. Send an email to hwms15@halton.ca and let us know how many people in your family are planning to attend. That way we can prepare the right amount of food and materials and not be wasteful. The Halton Waste Management Site originally opened in 1992 with a life expectancy of 20 years or the year 2012. Because Halton P C Q G B C L R Q ? F ? T C ? @ C C L ? Q M ? E M M B ? ? @ M S R ? P C A W A J G L E ? R F C ? J ? L B ? J J ? J G D C ? grew to 2023. With the Region-wide implementation of the % P C C L ! ? P R ? R F C ? J ? L B ? J J ? J G D C ? U G J J ? C V N ? L B ? R M ? R F C ? W C ? P ? Halton Waste Management Site 5400 Regional Road 25, Milton Celebrating 15 Years of Environmentally Safe Waste Management! This is a wheelchair accessible event. Dont put your yard waste in plastic bags, they are not accepted in the yard waste program. Plastic N M R Q ? ? M U C P ? K ? P I C P Q ? M P ? N J ? L R ? R ? E Q ? B M ? L M R ? E M ? in your yard waste. Plastic does not decompose and P C B S A C Q ? R F C ? O S ? J G R W ? M D ? R F C ? ? L ? J ? A M K N M Q R ? N P M B S A R Instead, use only paper yard waste bags, or labelled, reusable, rigid containers with no lids. Yard waste labels for reusable containers are available at no charge from Halton Region. Acceptable yard waste materials include yard and garden trimmings; pumpkins; fallen fruit from trees and tree trimmings. Please grasscycle by leaving grass clippings on your lawn. Grass clippings are mostly water and will quickly decompose, releasing valuable nutrients back into the soil. Grasscycling does not cause thatch! Bulk brush must be placed curbside in one pile no larger than 3 m (10 ft) long by 1.8 m (6 ft) wide by 1.2 m (4 ft) high, with branches a maximum of 7.5 cm (3 inches) in diameter. Bulk brush must be free of loose debris such as leaves and trimmings. To assist in collection, please bundle and tie brush. Yard waste materials will be collected every other week on the same day as your Blue Box until December 7. Plastic Does Not Compost! Festival Teaches Children Importance of Water! $ P M K ? 1 C N R C K @ C P ? ? R M ? ? M T C P ? ? E P ? B C Q ? R U M ? R F P C C ? D M S P ? ? L B ? ? T C ? Q R S B C L R Q ? will participate in the second annual Halton Childrens Water Festival at Kelso Conservation Area in Milton. The Festival organizing committee brings together expertise from Conservation Halton, Halton Region, the Halton Catholic District School Board, the Halton District School Board, the City of Burlington and the Town of Oakville. The Festival offers over 50 interactive Ontario curriculum based activities designed to educate Halton students on our most precious resource; water. The Festival is a wonderful opportunity to teach our youth about the importance of our precious water resources, and promote environmental stewardship to ensure our natural legacy for future generations. For more information please visit www.haltonchildrenswaterfestival.com. Halton Regional Meeting Schedule October 2 9:30 a.m. - Health & Social Services Committee October 3 9:30 a.m. - Planning & Public Works Committee October 3 1:30 p.m. - Administration & Finance Committee 14 Acton/Georgetown, Friday, September 21, 2007 GO Transi t director and CEO Gary McNeil said an environmental assessment wil l be done to bring rai l service from Georgetown into the Guelph area. The assessment will look at extending the Georgetown to Toronto ra i l service to Guelph, Acton, Kitchener and Waterloo. It will identify possible rail station sites, study the impact of a rail service such as noise and vibration and identify a capital cost, McNeil said. GO Transi t of f ic ia ls are developing requests for proposals from consultants expected to be awarded in February, he said. As for when rail service would be avail- able, McNeil said it might be at least three years, which is an optimistic timeline given that theyll need to secure funding from both the province and the federal govern- ment. The assessment will take at least nine months to complete, McNeil said. Guelph-Wellington MPP Liz Sandals said with any announcement about transit in the Guelph area, comes the inevitable discus- sion of rail service. Most residents want to be able to head to downtown Toronto much faster, she said. Trains dont get caught in traffic jams, buses do. GO Transits environmental assessment coincides with a GTA west transportation corr idor s tudy, which the Ministry of Transportation is conducting, looking at all t ransportat ion forms west of Toronto, Sandals said. Wellington-Halton Hills MP Michael Chong said the federal and provincial gov- ernments need to invest billions in public transit and ensure growth intensification in built-up areas to ensure there will be suffi- cient ridership, Chong said. Rail service to Acton... a possibility Halton Hills council refused to waive the Towns Animal Control bylaw to allow Georgetown KIA Supersotre to bring a live elephant to their Trunk Sale this weekend. The matter was a last-minute item on the council agenda. Ward 3 C o u n c i l l o r Moya Johnson brought forth the motion, not to approve the waiver. When we put that the bylaw together a number of years ago, we debated that issue at length and talked a lot about public safety and some of the things that people might be at risk for if wild animals were allowed to be kept in town, Johnson said. To waive our bylaw there will be some risk to the public and I think its important to enforce and maintain our bylaw. Johnson said the location of the animal on the KIA property may also cause a visual distraction for traffic. The mayor said it was a last-minute item with no time to receive comments from Halton Regional Police Service. KIA will go ahead with its grand opening sale this weekend, minus the elephant. Politicians send pachyderm packing