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A8 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday April 16, 2003 Managing Editor: Rod Jerred Phone: 905-337-5559 Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: rjerred@haitonsearch.com \Vi ;i>NT-SI >AY. . \l 'U ll.M ). J(K ).{ · I?\C iH A S BUSINESS Monday, April 28, 2003 OAKVILLE Introducing Zone Express, an innovative approach to Sunday Transit! COUNCIL & STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS Tuesday, April 22, 2003 Oakville Chamber offers CPN N e tw o r k in g k e y to s u c c e s s Council Meeting Council Chambers 7:30 p.m. Tliesday, April 29, 2003 Planning & Development Council Meeting Council Chambers 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 5, 2003 By Lawson Hunter S P E C IA L T O T H E B E A V E R It's as easy as .3 Just call, reserve and go! O Q © Community Services Committee 7:30 p.m. - Oakville Room Administrative Services Committee 7:30 p.m. - Trafalgar Room Council Meeting Council Chambers 7:30 p.m. Dial 9 0 5-849-Z O N E ( 9 6 6 3 ) a n h o u r b e fo re y o u 'd like t o b e p ic k e d up. M e e t u s a t t h e n e a r e s t b u s s to p . And relax! You'll b e on your way! NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING S p o n so re d by th e Town o f O akville File: 42.12F.12 Please be advised that a meeting will be held to discuss the future of Kerr Street. The meeting will involve a general discussion on a future "vision" for Kerr Street from Lakeshore Road in the south to the QEW in the north. Discussion will not be limited to Planning m atters only, but any issues related to the improvement, enhancem ent and revitalization of the Kerr Street area. Input will be used in the preparation of a Kerr Street "Vision" report to be presented to Oakville Council for consideration. The meeting will be hosted by Staff of the Town's Planning Services Department and the two local Councillors, Linda Hardacre and Fred Oliver. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 commencing at 7:00PM in Committee Room 1 in the Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville. If you wish to have further information in advance of the meeting, please contact Bob Zsadanyi at the Town's Planning Services Department, Tel. 905-845-6601 Ext. 3041, email address: bzsadanvi@oakville.ca. Dated at the Town of Oakville on this 16th day of April, 2003 Bin Newell, MCIP, RPP, Manager Community Planning Section Planning Services departm ent H ow d o e s Z o n e E x p re s s w o rk ? Zone Express dispatch develops unique routes based on customer pick-up and dropoff points. We'll pick you up at the closest bus stop to your origin and drop you off at the closest bus stop to your destination. W hat a re z o n e s? Oakville is divided into four zones with the Oakville GO Station as the central meeting point between zones. If you're traveling within the same zone, we'll take you direct. If you're traveling from zone to zone, transfers are made at the Oakville GO Station. W hen c a n I u s e th e Z o n e E x p re ss s e rv ic e ? Zone Express is available Sundays ONLY during the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. starting April 6. 2003. H o w m u c h w ill i t c o s t m e ? $2 cash fare exact change, tickets or passes. W h at is a Z o n e E x p re s s b u s ? A Zone Express bus is an "airport-style" shuttle, much smaller and more fuelefficient than full sized buses. Each bus carries a maximum of 15 people. Please ask dispatch about acceptable carry-ons before boarding the bus. Q uestions? Call 9 0 5 -8 1 5 -2 0 2 0 , e-mall transit-info@ oakville.ca or v is it w w w .o a kviile tra n sit.co m NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS O fficia l Plan A m e n d m e n t 3113 U p p e r M id d le Road W est 3316 and 3340 D undas S tre e t W est APPLICANT: Tow n o f O akville G> OAKVILLE TRANSIT File #'s: 42.11.32/42.11.30 Please be advised that two m eetings will be held to discuss a proposed Official Plan Amendment, initiated by the Town of Oakville. The first meeting, a Public Information Meeting will be held on May 1, 2003 in the Oakville Room, commencing at 7:00 p.m. at Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville. The Second Meeting will be a Public Meeting hosted by Town Council at which time the Staff Report and recommendation will be considered. This meeting will take place on June 9, 2003 commencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville. Any individuals wishing to attend this meeting and speak to this matter are invited to do so. An explanation of the purpose and effect of the proposed applications, describing the land to which the proposed applications apply, and a key m ap showing the location of the land to which the proposed applications apply can be found below. If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision in respect of the proposed Official Plan Amendment to the Ontario Municipal Board d o es not make oral subm issions at a public meeting or d o e s not m ake written subm issions before the Official Plan Amendment is adopted, the Ontario Municipal Board may dism iss all or part of the appeal. If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed official plan am endm ent, you must m ake a written request to the undersigned at the Town's Planning Services Department, Town of Oakville, P.O. Box 310, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON. L6J 5A6. Tel: 845-6601. Any other questions or concerns may be addressed to Leigh Musson, extension 3371 or lmusson@oakville.ca. Location - Two of the subject properties are located on the south side Dundas Street, w est of Regional Road 25 (Bronte Road) and one property is located on the north side of Upper Middle Road, w est of Regional Road 25 (Bronte Road). The properties are known as 3316 and 3340 Dundas Street West and 3113 Upper Middle Road West. The land is legally described a s Part of Lots 31, 33 and 34 Concession 1, SDS. DUNDAS STREET W EST NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS A p p lic a n t: N ew P ro vin ce H om es Z. 1735.05 D ra ft Plan A p p ro v e d File No: 24T-00004 Please be advised that two public m eetings will be held to discuss a proposed Zoning Amendment as subm itted by the above-noted applicant. A Public Information Meeting will be held on April 30, 2003 in the Committee Room 2, commencing at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville. The second meeting will be a public meeting hosted by Town Council at which time a Staff Report and recom m endations will be considered. This meeting will take place on May 26, 2003, commencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville. If a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the approval authority, in respect of the proposed zoning am endm ent and does not make oral subm ission at the public meeting, or make written submission to P eter C heatley, D irector o f Planning S ervices 'D epartm ent, Town o f Oakville a t th e a b o ve n o te d a d d ress, before the proposed zoning am endm ent is approved or refused, the Ontario Municipal Board may dism iss the appeal. Any written submission and/or questions may be directed to Sally Stull of the Town's Planning Services Department, Town of Oakville, P.O. Box 310, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON. L6J 5A6. Tel: 845-6601, Ext. 3261, email address: sstull@oakville.ca. Location -- The subject lands are generally located south of Rebecca Street, east of Burloak Drive and north of Lakeshore Road West. The lands are legally described as lots on Draft Plan 24T-00004 which is within Part of Lots 33, 34 & 35, Concession 4, S.D.S. REBECCA STREET o S S U B JE C T LANDS H I la k esh c ^ Official Plan -- Figure 12, Land Use, Bronte Community - West of Third Line, designates the subject lands as follows: Residential Low Density, Residential Medium Density. Zoning -- The lands to which this application applies are currently zoned R5, R8, R11 & R13, which includes detached, and multiple-attached dwellings subject to Special Provision 695H. Proposal -- The proposal involves a zoning am endm ent to modify the existing residential zones to allow reductions in lot frontage, front yard, rear yard, side yard and flankage setb ack s and also to allow increases in height and coverage requirements. Please Note: This proposal may be subject to ch anges or modifications at the public meeting on May 26, 2003. Any individuals wishing to attend th ese m eetings and speak to this matter are invited to do so. A summary of the subject proposal may be found below. vA copy of the Staff Report pertaining to this m atter will be available for review in the Clerk's Department as of Tuesday May 20, 2003 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Dated at the T<^vn of Oakville this 16th day of April, 2003. Bin Newell, Manager Community Planning Section Planning Services Department U P P E R M IDDLE ROAD W E S T Official Plan - Figure R - Palermo West designates the lands a s Parkway Belt West. Zoning - The subject sites are zoned as follows: 3113 Upper Middle Road West - 0 5 - Parkway Belt Public Use, 3340 Dundas Street West A - Agricultural, 3316 Dundas Street West - PBA - Parkway Belt Agricultural. Proposal - The intent of the Official Plan Amendment is to redesignate the subject lands to Medium Density Residential 1 as the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing are in the process of removing these properties from the Parkway Belt West Plan. Please Note: This proposal may be subject to changes or modifications at the public meeting on Ju n e 9, 2003. A copy of the Staff Report pertaining to this m atter will be available for review in the Clerk's Department a s of June 2, 2003 betw een the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Dated at the Town of Oakville this 16th day of April, 2003. Bin Newell, Manager, RPP, MCIP, Community Planning Section Planning Services Department 1225 T R A F A L G A R R O A D · O A K V I L L E , O N T A R I O ( 905) 845-6601 www.oakville.ca · L6J 5 A 6 Any business owner knows network ing is a key rung in the ladder of success. And to that end. the Oakville Chamber of Commerce is making sure its members have every opportunity to interact with important business contacts. "The chamber provides several oppor tunities for business people to network." explains Laura Babcock, executive direc tor of the Oakville Chamber of Commerce. "Business After Hours is one popular venue. Various seminars and pub lic presentations, such as the State of the Town address by Mayor Ann Mulvale. are other opportunities to share business con tacts. `To be successful, you need to work the different kinds of networking and The Chamber Plus Network (CPN) is our response to several members' needs. "CPN is not here to socialize (as are some events). It represents an aggressive, lead-driving kind of networking," said Babcock. "Members are encouraged to join because they represent a distinctive classification or type of business. The mix should help drive everyone's business and complement others at the networking ses sion. The current CPN has a lawyer, a financial planner, a chartered accountant, a business coach, an IT entrepreneur, and is actively looking at adding a few others to round out the group." There are several networking groups active in the area. Some meet in the morn ings, others at night and almost all have a membership fee. To drive business leads, some networking groups charge fines if a member doesn't bring in enough referrals for others. Some groups succeed, others go underground, while yet others fail for one reason or another. The Chamber Plus Network is open to members of the Oakville Chamber of Commerce who are allowed to visit the sessions, twice before having to decide whether or not to become a full member. Though CPN is new to the Oakville Chamber, it has worked successfully in Cambridge (with two groups) and Kitchener-Waterloo (with four groups). After studying many of the groups, a del egation from Oakville concluded that the model worked well and could easily be introduced here. Each group has about 15 members, meets on a weekly basis for lunch or at some other mutually agreeable time, and has a certain informality about it which relaxes members and encourages them to `open up' a little while still concentrating on the main objective, to give and receive referrals between members. Mike Haines, incoming president of the Oakville Chamber, is spearheading the initial CPN and has high expectations that the group will soon fill up and a second or third group will begin within a year. Owner of Quality Management Products, an IT consultancy, Haines has seen the Cambridge and K-W models work. "Some networking organizations penalize members for not bringing in enough leads. Others meet at 7:30 am to `kick off" the day. Quite frankly, I don't think most people are awake at that time to be jumping into heavy-duty business talk. Our approach has been to bring in a lunch (to the boardroom at the Oakville Chamber), everyone kicks in to cover the cost of the pizza or sandwiches, and we listen to each other talk about their busi ness and business needs." One of Haines' favourite questions to ask each member is, "What would be the prime type of lead you would be looking for?" He explains that once members under stand that, the next time they're speaking with someone and they talk about a need they have, the light bulb goes on and you tell them you know someone who can help them. Better than that, give them the CPN member's card or a contact phone number. Later, if you call the CPN mem ber and tell them about your contact, the referral system works. "No one likes to make cold calls," says Haines, "but if you have a referral, you'll have a better chance of getting business." The chamber supplies CPN members with a referral book to keep track of leads and to compare notes at subsequent meet ings so that no one feels that they are on the losing end of the exchange. Members pay an annual fee of $150 and, in some cases in Oakville, there is a waiting list for some classifications to get in. The current group has eight members and is looking for others to join. Meetings are held at lunchtime on Thursdays. For more information contact Lorraine Tonkens at the Oakville Chamber of Commerce at 905-845-6613, ext. 22.