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OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, June 19, 2009 · 8 Not everyone ready to live with Livable Oakville plan By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The plan may be called `Livable Oakville', but there are still plenty of residents and organiza- tions who just can't live with it. This problem was made abundantly clear during a recent special planning and development meeting held at Town Hall. Of the more than 100 people who attended PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING Review of Detailed Design Drawings for Lakeshore Road West Improvements Great Lakes Boulevard to Mississaga Street Thursday June 25, 2009 - 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Town Hall, Committee Room 2, 1225 Trafalgar Road The Town of Oakville, through their consultant McCormick Rankin Corporation, is in the process of finalizing the detailed design for the Lakeshore Road West Improvements between Great Lakes Boulevard and Mississaga Street. The proposed improvements reflect the preferred design alternative as identified in the Class Environmental Assessment Study completed last year to reconstruct Lakeshore Road from the existing two lane rural, to a three lane urban cross-section inclusive of center turn lanes, median treatments, on-road bike lanes and improvements to off-street trails and sidewalks. The reference map indicates the project limits. The Project Team invites interested parties to review the design drawings. You are invited to attend a Public Information Meeting (PIM) to be held on Thursday June 25, 2009 at Town Hall, Committee Room 2, 1225 Trafalgar Road, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Should you have comments or would like further information and are unable to attend please contact: Dave Johnson, C.E.T., Project Leader, Capital Projects, Town of Oakville, Department of Engineering & Construction, P.O. Box 310 Oakville, Ontario L6J 5A6. Tel: 905-845-6601, ext. 3326, Fax: 905-338-4159. Email: djohnson@oakville.ca the meeting eight delegations took the podium to voice concerns about the plan that is intended to shape the development of Oakville over the next few decades. Known as Livable Oakville, the plan outlines policies for growth centres such as the Midtown Core, Uptown Core and the Kerr and Bronte villages. The plan also seeks to designate and secure Oakville's employment lands and identify areas appropriate for residential intensification. The South Central Oakville Residents Association (SCORA) had a bone to pick with aspects of the Livable Oakville plan. Group spokesperson Ed Burcher called on council to remove the Department of National Defence (DND) lands, located in the Dorval Drive/Rebecca Street area, from the list of properties in the plan subject to special policy. Burcher said inclusion on the list would allow the DND lands to be redeveloped into a property that is not compatible with the surrounding area, such as multiple attached dwellings, stacked townhouses, apartments, emergency shelters or recreational facilities. SCORA also wants to see amendments to keep lights out of recreational fields. "We saw the upgraded comment that said it would be mitigated through the OP (Official Plan), but we would like to see something that would protect ours as well as other residential neighbourhoods," said Burcher. "In our community St. Thomas Aquinas High School has applied for the use of lights on their field and we believe that without protection these lights at St. Thomas are the tip of the iceberg and would allow other schools and public access properties to install similar lights." Developers also expressed discontent with the plan. Russ Cheeseman of Melrose Investments See Developers page 10 FATHER'S DAY! With every NEW activation of a phone on a term plan we will give you a $25.00 Longo's gift certificate to buy dad a steak for Father's Day! . 380 Dundas Street East, Oakville Corner of Trafalgar and Dundas by Canadian Tire NOW July 13-17 905 905.257.9941 Monday - Saturday Sunday authoriz d authorized dealer 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING North Oakville Urban Forest Strategic Management Plan June 24, 2009 ­ 6 to 8 p.m. Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, South Atrium The Town of Oakville is presently undertaking a North Oakville Urban Forest Strategic Management Plan (NOUFSMP) for the lands north of Dundas Street. The plan was a recommendation in the Urban Forest Strategic Management Plan which covered the lands south of Dundas Street and was approved in principle by Town Council in April 2008. The purpose of the NOUFSMP is to provide a high-level strategy and planning recommendations for achieving a sustainable urban forest in North Oakville. The NOUFSMP will complement the Urban Forest Strategic Plan and work already done for the lands south of Dundas Street to further the Town's goal of 40 per cent canopy cover by 2057. Members of the project team including Town staff as well as the consulting team of Natural Resource Solutions Inc. and Envision ­ The Hough Group will be available for questions. For more information, please contact Chris Mark, at 905-845-6601, ext. 3111. cmark@oakville.ca. For more information visit www.oakville.ca or call 905-845-6601 Kids follow me to Crocodile Dock.... a rockin' e summer day camp for kids 4 to 11. (and if you're 12 and up, you can be a guide!) It's a super Cajun adventure where you'll learn how to see God in everyday life while you have fun with new friends! See ya there! e a ! What? Summer Adventure Week Who? Children 4 to 11 -- ages 12+ can register to be program guides Where? Knox Presbyterian Church Oakville, at the corner of Dunn & Reynolds When? Mon. July 13 through to Friday, July 17th, 9:15 to noon every day How much? $10 per child per week How? Register online by following the links at KnoxOakville.com or call our church office at 905.844.3472