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' THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2004 NOTICE OF PROJECT COMMENCEMENT AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION DAVIDSON WELL PUMPING STATION UPGRADES CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT STUDY The Regional Municipality of Halton has initiated a Class Environmental Assessment (EA) Study to upgrade the Davidson Well System to ensure that it meets and exceeds all Ministry of Environment requirements for well operation. The Davidson Well Pumping Station is located at 14032 Churchill Road (Third Line north of Hwy. 7) in the Town of Halton Hills (Acton) and services the community in conjunction with the Fourth Line Well Pumping Station and the Prospect Park Water Treatment Plant. The purpose of this Class EA is to assess the environmental impacts of upgrading the existing pumping station to include a standby generator by December 31, 2004, to fulfill __ the requirements of the Ministry of the Environment. Alternative solutions have been evaluated to identify the most technically feasible, environmentally sound and practical solutions, subject to input being received from the public and relevant agencies. SI ITE "i This project is being planned under Schedule B of the "Municipal Class Environmental Assessment" dated June 2000. Public input and comments are invited, for incorporation into the planning and design of this project and will be received until March 3, 2004. Subject to comments received and the receipt of necessary approvals, the Regional Municipality of Halton intends to proceed with the planning, design and construction of the project, to be completed by fall 2004. For further information on this project, or to review a copy of the project file please contact either of the following: Ghassan Ghali Project Manager R.V. Anderson Associates Limited 2001 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 400 Toronto, ON M2J 4Z8 Tel: 416-497-8600, ext. 275 Fax: 416-497-0342 E-mail: gghali@rvanderson.com Bob Wicklund Project Manager The Regional Municipality of Halton 1151 Bronte Road Oakville, ON L6M 3L1 Tel: 905-825-6000, ext. 7607 Toll free: 1-866-442-5866 Fax: 905-847-2192 E-mail: wicklunb@region.halton.on.ca REQUEST FOR TENDER Bid documents for the services listed below, addressed to the Manager of Purchasing, 1151 BRONTE ROAD, OAKVILLE, ON L6M 3L1 will be received until 2:00 p.m. Oakville time on the specified closing date. Bid documents can be seen or obtained through the Purchasing Division of the Corporate Services Department, same address as above, telephone 905-825-6000, extension 7011. If long distance charges apply, dial toll free 1-866-4HALTON (1-866-442-5866). Documents will be available for pick up on and after February 17, 2004. There is a non-refundable deposit of $26.75 (includes GST). Bidders who request documents to be shipped from the Purchasing Department must include a handling fee of $10.70 (includes GST) for this service. Bids will be opened in public at 2:15 p.m. on the closing date specified in the Nelson Room at the above address. Those submitting bids are invited to attend. Under no circumstances will facsimile or late bids be accepted or considered. Lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted. Halton Region relies on this advertisement to provide public notice of this business opportunity and is not obligated to notify any potential bidders in any other manner. T-013-04 | SOD RESTORATION AT VARIOUS SITES CLOSING: MARCH 9, 2004 P. Murphy, Commissioner _ Planning and Public Works A. Mindenhall, CPPO, Manager of Purchasing Services www.region.halton.on.ca/bids 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, ON L6M 311 905-825-6000 Toll free: 1-866-4HALTON (1-866-442-5866) TTY 905-827-9833 or visit us at: www.region.halton.on.ca "Gated village" of Rockwood ' To the Editor, As a newcomer to the Village of Rockwood, my wife and I were anxious to attend the recent town meeting to hear the objec- tions as to why Tim Hortons should not have a presence in the village. It was a rehearsed and al- most unanimous feeling that Tim's should pack their bags and leave in shame. How could they build next to a seniors' residence offering 24- service, provide pollution to the pristine environ- ment, be a hangout for the youth of the village, and become a major traffic congestion to the ap- proved location by MTO on the highway? Perhaps there is a bet- ter location other than next door to a seniors' residence but the real dis- appointment is the closed minds of the long-term residents wanting to keep Ghost Town Rockwood the same as it has been for years. With the potential to become one of the pret- tiest villages in Ontario, this is the first step to re- vive the main street that has become noticeably tired, filled with boarded vacant stores, and buildings that are long beyond their ex- pected longevity and nowa common eyesore. Should Rockwood re- main decrepit, uninviting and a haven for some mer- chants who would rather not open to resident and visitors on Sunday and Mondays, yet feel comfort- able in the thought that -people will flock to them even if they are not profes- sional retailers who want to promote and grow their businesses? : There is little or no indus- trial base in Rockwood to offset the ever increasing tax base, not to mention the need to provide more serv- ice downloaded by the province. With more than 400 new homes being built at the south end of the vil- lage, now is time to invite new business to our com- munity to help build the new Rockwood so it does not continue to fall on hard times that has repeated time after time since the found- ing of the village. Many of the attendees said they love their village and support their mer- chants, but if one could borrow the 407 photo cam- eras to capture the pretenders driving daily to Acton and Guelph to have their Tim's or shop at well stocked and friendly retail- ers, perhaps there would be no need to lock the gates at both ends of the village. No doubt these gates will keep the future of this vil- lage from emerging on main street. I suggest that merchants band together to form an association to restore the beauty of the village, clean up their derelict buildings, light up the street and their stores, and promote shop- ping on a daily basis. Hopefully they will dis- cover where previous elected officials have hidden the keys to the locked vil- lage gates, and even convince the ruling govern- ment that they should not be property owners involved in the leasing of land to new business ventures. Brian J. Gregory, Rockwood Resident. Something wrong with school's code of conduct To the Editor: This is in response to an article in the January 29" edition of The New Tan- ner. Tlie article addressed an episode of bullying at McKenzie-Smith Bennett School in which the vic- tim received a beating resulting in a second-de- gree concussion and subsequently missed four class days. Meanwhile, -the bully was initially to receive a detention. , The punishment was increased to a one-day suspension by Principal Elsa Stolfi following a complaint by the victim's mother about the leniency of the punishment. Ms. Stolfi is quoted in the article as saying "the most significant conse- quence we can give is a suspension" and that "each individual case is different and it is a judgment call ...We try to be fair to the victim and the perpetrator." Punishment is also deter- mined by the school board's Code of Conduct. Our son also was a recipi- ent of Ms. Stolfi's "consequencing". He was given a one-day suspension for "conduct that was injurious to the moral character of the school" - he was caught kiss- ing his girlfriend (and according to witnesses, it was nota suggestive kiss) on school property. He was in grade 8 at the time and it was felt that the senior students should be set- ting an example to the more junior students (MSB is a K-8 school). She too gave us the line about suspension being the most significant consequence available and that it is demor- alizing to the student. In our case, it was a joke and resulted only in a loss of respect. The punishment did not fit the crime - if pun- ishment was deemed appropriate for the reasons given then my son and his girlfriend should have been made to do something that set a positive example for the junior students. Ms. Stolfi denied that this would have been appropriate The reason I bring all this up is that this latest incident shows that there is some- thing seriously wrong with the Code of Conduct and/ Ay. ESM Ee or the way it is interpreted and implemented by Ms. Stolfi. Bullying and kiss- ing are not equal in any way, shape or form and that this principal should determine that they are and as such deserving of equal consequences (and again note the original planned punishment for the bully was a detention) does not say much for her sense of fairness. Given all the recent at- tention in the media to the concerns regarding vio- lence in schools, including recent bullying events that have lead to deaths and suicides of the victims, and to bully's victims eventually "fighting back", I think that it is very important not to treat such episodes so lightly. Yes, we need to imple- ment anti-bullying programs and reward positive goals, but imple- menting meaningful consequences for negative behaviour is something also to be taken seriously. Valerie Poullos, RR I Limehouse