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4- The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday October 4, 2006 www.oakvillebeaver.com Ann Mulvale Chris Stoate Continued from page 3 Continued from page 3 Neighbourhoods need sustainability tools to ensure meaningful tree protection and replanting, and to ensure all types of housing, including single family. Innovative architecture and design that offer single floor living behind a townhouse façade, live-work townhouses that add greater options within commercial areas, and terracing on multiple units to transition within single family neighbourhoods, are all viable solutions that will help to preserve the character of our town, despite provincial requirements. Provincial funding and partnerships are critical to our ability to protect Oakville's quality of life. That is why, with the people's support, I will work to deliver them. more equal footing with developers so that they will want to negotiate with us, not go around us As Mayor, I would immediately initiate a series of roundtables with residents, the planning staff, and the development industry to define what Oakville should look like during and after the intensification. These roundtables would determine the non-negotiables in protecting and enhancing the quality of life in our neighbourhoods, and seek creative ways to enlist the development industry in achieving this vision of the community. This process needs to be an inclusive one where we work as a team, set goals, and build a better Oakville together. Rob Burton Janice Wright Continued from page 3 Continued from page 3 ALL WIRELESS 2501 Third Line, #18 Price Chopper Plaza at Dundas St. an Official Plan that draws hard lines where growth can or cannot occur. No existing neighbourhoods will be harmed if I am mayor. Negotiations on local growth plans will build on municipal Official Plans, so we need to fix ours. As mayor, I guarantee we will create a new Official Plan that fully reflects and protects the vision of the residents of Oakville for the future of our community and provides a solid basis for successful negotiations with the Region and the Province about growth. The Region will be a major partner, so we all should choose carefully when we vote for Regional Chair in this election. tar. It is an attitude and a willingness to embrace and control our future while respecting our past. It is the presence of a vibrant business and arts community as well as one that provides the products and services that the people of Oakville want and need. As Mayor of Oakville I will listen and I will work on behalf of the people of this Town to create a Community that is second to none in Ontario. My vision includes all of you. 905-827-7080 *Offer available only on new activation for clients signing on a month-to-month, 1, 2 or 3 year contract in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal until September 30, 2006. Phone number range restrictions apply. Check in store for details. *Taxes, long distance, additional airtime, roaming, pay-per-use charges, monthly system access fee and monthly enhanced 911 service access charges are extra. TELUS reserves the right to remove this plan at any time without advance notice. © 2006 TELUS www.oakvillebeaver.com