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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday May 16, 2007 - 9 OAKVILLE - Celebrating 150 years! Oakville Town Crier Competition 2007 Participants (18 years of age and over) interested in competing for the title of Oakville Town Crier must complete the registration form available on the Town of Oakville's website at www.oakville.ca or at the Clerk's Office at Town Hall (1225 Trafalgar Road). Registrations will be accepted at the Clerk's Office until 4:30 p.m. on June 22, 2007 and at Coronation Park on June 23, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. only. NATURALLY GREEN PESTICIDE AWARENESS PROGRAM The Town of Oakville participates in the `Naturally Green' Pesticide Education and Awareness campaign in partnership with Halton Region, area municipalities, Landscape Ontario and the Organic Landscape Alliance. As part of the program, the Town encourages residents with sensitivities to pesticides to sign up for the Town's confidential pesticide registry. The Town supports registrants by sending Naturally Green pesticide awareness information to nearby homes and businesses. This is expected to be the last year for the Pesticide Registry as By-Law #2007-036, a by-law to regulate the use of pesticides within the Town of Oakville, comes into effect January 1, 2008. This by-law and more information on the Registry can be located on the Town's website at www.oakville.ca. Town residents are also encouraged to access the Town's website to see if they live within 50 metres of an area identified as being a "sensitive use area." Sensitive use areas include schools, licensed daycares, playgrounds, parks, churches, licensed seniors residences, universities and hospitals. If you would like to register or require more information, please call the Town's Pesticide Information Line at #905-845-6601 ext. 3006 or email pesticideregistry@oakville.ca Ten Steps to be Naturally Green (Part 1 of 2) - Ten Steps to being Naturally Green #1 - #5 1. Overseed. Overseeding your lawn, particularly on thin patches in the spring or fall, followed by a light application of compost will thicken your lawn and crowd out weeds. Ensure soil/seed contact by tamping with a rake or rolling. Be sure to keep seed/seedlings moist but not overly wet until they are established. 2. Mow high. Set your lawn mower at 7.5 cm (3 inches) and mow your lawn when it reaches 11 cm (4.5 inches) in height to encourage deep roots. Never remove more than one third of the grass blade at any one mowing, as this will weaken the grass. Sharpen mower blades regularly, because dull blades tear and stress grass, increasing the chance for disease. 3. Grasscycle. Leave grass clippings on your lawn. They are 90% water, so they decompose quickly, releasing organic matter and other valuable nutrients back into your lawn. 4. Spread compost. Top-dress lightly and frequently with weed-free compost, ideally after aeration. This helps reduce weeds, lowers water requirements and decreases winter injury (if done in late fall). Adding compost improves the soil, which is where plant health begins. 5. Water roots deeply. Your lawn needs only 2.5 cm (1 inch) of water per week for deep, healthy root growth. If there's no rain, water your lawn once a week, in early morning or evening to avoid evaporation. Be sure to target turf/plant material and not hard surfaces, as this is wasteful. Excessive watering is harmful to plants. Good ye citizens of the fair Town of Oakville and all visitors here-to, Puruse ye well the following: The Town of Oakville therefore, wishes to announce to one and all, that, on Saturday June 23, 2007 at high noon in Coronation Park during the Oakville Waterfront Festival, there shall take place, a competition, between those interested in vying for the position of Official Town Crier for the fair Town of Oakville. Ye are encouraged to compete in or attend this special event, and to cheer on your preferred hopeful. Posted this day in the Town of Oakville, in the year of Our Lord, 2007. STATUTORY PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE Proposed Official Plan & Zoning By-Law Amendments 1510, 1520, 1526 Lakeshore Road West & 33 Belvedere Drive Reichmann Seniors Housing Development Corporation File #: Z.1725.02 OAKVILLE TRANSIT Holiday Transit Service Notice The following service will be available on Victoria Day (Monday, May 21, 2007): · Zone Express from 8am-8pm and · Regular fixed-route service on Routes 14, 19, 24 & 28 If a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the Town of Oakville to the Ontario Municipal Board does not make an oral submission at a public meeting or a written submission to the Town before a decision is made, the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of the appeal. If you wish to be notified of Council's decision on this matter, you must submit a written request. For more information: Ph: 905-815-2020 E: transit-info@oakville.ca W: www.oakvilletransit.com Dated at the Town of Oakville this 16th, day of May, 2007 LA KE SH OR E WE S T R OAD Members of the public are invited to attend and provide input at a Public meeting hosted by Planning and DevelopThe public may view planning documents and background ment Council on: material at the Planning Services Department between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. QuesMonday, June 11, 2007at 7:30 p.m. Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Council Chambers tions, written submissions or requests for notification may be directed to: Dave Capper, Planning Services DepartThe applicant is proposing an Official Plan Amendment and ment, Town of Oakville, P.O.Box 310, 1225 Trafalgar Zoning By-Law Amendment to allow for the development of a Road, Oakville, ON. L6J 5A6, telephone: (905) 845-6601 three storey 125 unit seniors housing facility with ancillary uses. ext. 3042 or e-mail: dcapper@oakville.ca L I NE T HI R D BA YV IE W RD . B E L V E DE RE B AYVIE W R D. DR I V E NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING Proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment For: 278 Dundas Street East By: 1374264 Ontario Limited File: Z.1413.21 Members of the public are invited to attend and provide input at this Public Information meeting hosted by the Following this meeting, a staff report will be prepared, Planning Services Department on: which will be presented at a future statutory public meeting before the Planning and Development Council. Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. Notice of the public meeting will be advertised in the Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville Room future. The purpose of this application is to permit the development of the site for high density residential purposes. An Official The public may view planning documents and background material at the Planning Services Department between Plan Amendment and a Zoning By-law Amendment have been submitted to facilitate the proposal which would redesignate the subject lands from "Office and Other Commercial" to "High Density Residential" with a maximum density of 300 units per hectare. The proposal includes three separate residential buildings, ranging in height from 12 to 18 storeys, with a common underground parking garage. 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Questions, written submissions or requests for notification may be directed to Gabe Charles, Senior Planner, Planning Services Department, Town of Oakville, P.O. Box 310, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON., L6J 5A6, telephone (905) 845-6601, extension 3984 or email at gcharles@oakville.ca Dated at the Town of Oakville this 16th, day of May, 2007. N O H T R