4- The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday November 22, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com SPECIAL OFFER Free 30 MinuteFacial with Every Holistic Treatment Treat yourself to a deeply relaxing and healing treatment. OMB reaches compromise on Kerr Street condo towers Development scaled back to two buildings A decision by the Ontario Municipal Board Street Village, as well as our goal of preserving (OMB) has scaled three apartment towers, Oakville's unique character and heritage," he planned for the northeast corner of Kerr Street said. and Speers Road, down to two. As part of the settlement, parking will be The compromise was announced Friday with located almost exclusively underground, the officials noting the new development will towers will have ground floor commercial uses, include a maximum of 320 residential units in there will be improved accessibility along Kerr two towers that will have a Street and Speers Road and maximum height of 10 and the two designated heritage "The OMB's decision is 14 storeys. buildings on the site will be The developer, Empire good news for the Town. retained. Communities (Riverstone It supports our long-term Empire Communities is Residences), had been asking plans for Kerr Street Village, also required contribute for a considerably larger as well as our goal of $400,000 to fund Kerr structure that would have preserving Oakville's unique streetscape improvements seen the construction of 536 character and heritage." and must provide additional residential units in three funding for Town capital Oakville Mayor high-rise complexes that programs such as necessary Rob Burton would have been 15, 18 and upgrades to transit facilities. 21 storeys in height. The Town, through its Oakville Town Council plan for Kerr Village, is curshot down this proposal on Monday, Oct. 6, fol- rently in the process of determining how much lowing a staff presentation that noted the devel- intensification can occur in the Kerr Village opment did not fit the character of the area and area. The outcome of this study will be policies the infrastructure was not in place to accommo- incorporated into the new Official Plan, Livable date the number of people and vehicles the three Oakville. towers would bring. As a term of the settlement, Empire The fact that the development has been Communities remains free to challenge such scaled back was welcomed by Mayor Rob policies as they are developed and adopted by the Burton. Town, and as part of any such challenge, may "The OMB's decision is good news for the seek approvals for additional height, density, Town. It supports our long-term plans for Kerr and/or residential units on the site. · Reflexology · Indian Head Massage · Reiki · Hopi Ear Coning Silvana Rosati-Capizzano 355 Iroquois Shore Rd. 905.339.0772 www.dovespa.ca www.blueavalon.com PRACTICE IN CLINICAL & EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Serving Oakville for Twenty Five Years Dr. Colin Pryor, C. Psych. Dr. Bruce Linder, C. Psych. Dr. Catherine A.N. Pryor, C. Psych. Dr. Christina Semler, C. Psych. Oliver Foese Psychological Associate Kim Mandziak-Garvey Psychological Associate Additional Consultants include Teachers and Behavioural Intervention Specialists A practice of helping professionals · Assessment and treatment of autism including IBI supervision · Assessment of Pervasive Developmental Disorders · Treatment of Depression and Anxiety · Child and Teenager Behaviour Difficulties · Assessment of Learning Disabilities and Attentional Difficulties · Forensic Risk Assessment and Management · Acquired Brain Injury Assessment and Rehabilitation · Neuropsychological Assessment · Stress and Anger Management · Counselling and Assessment for Children and Adolescents · Individual, Marital and Family Counselling · Women's Issues · Healthy Sexuality & Abuse Prevention Many days and times offered for all programs. Classes at River Oaks and Glen Abbey Recreation Centres, Oakville Arena and Joshua's Creek Arenas 17 professional staff are available to support specialist programs SERVICES COVERED BY MOST EXTENDED HEALTH CARE PLANS 345 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville, Suite 506 905-849-4545 Pryor, Linder & Associates s r r TM www.pryorlinder.com pryorlinder@bellnet.ca