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The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday April 16, 2003 - A7 Annual Christmas display attracted busloads of spectators (Continued from page A1) mony at the Memorial Gardens Cemetery in London. Ontario. His children admit their father's cus tom-built computer system and hydro costs may be too much for them to handle in the future "We'd like to, but maybe a toneddown version. We won't know until we get there though. It's his dream and I don't know if we can ever fill his shoes. His love and lights will shine for ever in our hearts," said Judy. Jack Roberts Roberts began putting up Christmas lights when his chil dren were first bom, and continued doing it every year all his life. "He did it in Montreal, he did it in Windsor, he always had a fairly elaborate display every Christmas. It was his thing. He'd always dabbled in electronics and lights and light shows," said Cam. "It's the joy it brings in people. He always loved Christmas, so it was his way of bringing Christmas joy to the eye of a child and the neighbours. Busloads of senior citizens would drive by and he i got such a kick out of it. He'd be going out to lake (he garbage out and there'd be a sea of cars and people paying tribute to him," said Judy. "He'd get such a thrill out of it." Not even ill health could deter him. "Even when he had heart problems the last couple of years, he had to put those lights up because it gave him drive. It was so important to him because of how important it was to other people. He really saw that it was his way of giving back. It was his love, his spirit and his joy that he could share with other people." said Judy. "One night I sat out in the next-door neighbours' driveway just to see how many cars came up and there were over 700 cars in a five-hour period that passed down the street and back. We had fire trucks lined up one night, we had police lined up one night, and we had police directing traffic on Christmas Eve one year," said Cam. Over the years his display grew from 1,500 lights to 5,000. "It wasn't just the lights. He had built a home computer before computers were even a household name. So it's a comput erized show. The whole house would change one colour and then another colour and then multicolours," said Judy. "Then the magnolia tree would start spin ning and then it would stop spinning, and the next segment would come on. He was an electrical wizard. He was known as 'Jack of all trades', `Mr. Fix If. and 'Q ', after the genius inventor for James Bond." He originally started with one reindeer to signify Santa's reindeer and then added one for each grandchild. "When my grandmother died, he made an angel. So then we had four rein deers and an angel, and they were all lit up in the display at the front of the house. And then 1 had another son, Jordon, three and a half years ago. So then we had five reindeers, and they were all made out of natural wood and twigs," said Cam. "He made the icicle lights one by one. And then five years later, everybody has them. But he was one of the first. He was a perfectionist. His motto was `if you're going to do something, do it right the first time or don't do it at all.' Oh, the perfec tionism. He also loved working with his hands," said Judy. * After retiring from his career in phar maceutical sales, ^Roberts became involved in both of his children's careers. "He gave us the motivation to do what we are doing in our lives. He moti vated me in developing and putting Halton Alarm Response & Protection Ltd. (HARP) on the map. He was involved with it directly. He worked with it; he helped financially in the beginning. He worked as a security guard some nights. He always wanted to be the first to do things," said Cam. "At HARP Security, we pioneered the alarm response industry. No one had done alarm response until we did it back in 1994, when we started. A year later, we needed to focus on doing something that nobody else had done. I was piloting air planes and I wanted to fly a helicopter. So he said, `well, let's see what we can do. Let's find somebody that can help us out and maybe we can put a helicopter into the business. So we bought the helicopter and financed it. Now. we're the first secu rity company in Canada to own and oper ate their own helicopter." Roberts also helped his daughter with her company, Tact Air Systems, and was the inventor and designer for the Mercury Vapor Ionizer, an air purification unit specifically designed for dental offices to remove toxic chemicals, such as mercury. "Because I am in the dental industry, I came down with condition called Fibromyalgia, and they were concerned that I've been exposed to a lot of toxic chemicals in the industry. So he helped design the Ionizer. He did it out of love for me and it turned into a bounding busi ness. For the last six years, we've been building the Ionizers and traveling all over the world, showing them to den tists," said Judy. "It's becoming the pre ferred protocol for all dental offices, and it has jump-started the business for me." Roberts was also a member of sever al clubs, including the Oakville Ham Radio Club, and REACT, the Emergency Response Radio Club in Oakville. He was a licensed security guard and private investigator for the Ontario government and the OPP; volunteered for many of Oakville's community events, including the Oakville Waterfront Festival; and campaigned for Mayor Ann Mulvale. ``He was known by a lot of people, but what touched me the most was that he was such a proud man and he kept to himself. It's going to be hard next year. He did an awful lot. He had always been around and always helped out in charity raffles. He was sort of a behind the scenes type of guy," said Cam. `The calls are coming in now and that is so wonderful. Of course, he special to us, he's our dad. But.when you hear other people say how special he was to them, 1 guess that is what it is all about," said Judy. OAKYI L LE PUBLIC NOTICE THIRD LINE W IDENING & RECONSTRUCTION PINE GLEN ROAD TO DUNDAS STREET PU BLIC INFORM ATION CENTRE The Town of Oakville carried out an Environmental A ssessm ent Study in 2002 to a s s e s s the various options in order to add ress increasing traffic dem ands on Third Line north of Upper Middle Road. The Minister of the Environment approved the Town's Environmental Study Report in January 2003. The report recom m ended the widening of Third Line to four (4) lanes betw een Upper Middle Road and D undas Street. The Town's current capital forecast provides phased funding for the widening to occur over the next couple of years. The first phase is to widen and reconstruct the section from Pine Glen Road to Dundas Street. In preparation for a sum m er construction start date, the Department of Public Works has prepared detailed engineering design plans for the proposed work. In addition, the Region of Halton has prepared plans to construct a trunk watermain within the limits of this project. The Region's work will be included within the Town's tender. In order to provide the public an opportunity to review and com m ent on the proposed design plans, the Department of Public Works from both the Town of Oakville and the Region of Halton will be hosting a Public Information Centre. This session will be informal and will take the form of a drop-in open house. Town and Regional Public Works technical staff will be available to add ress your questions or concerns. You are welcome to attend the session that will be held: Date: Time: Location: Tuesday. April 22, 2003 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Oakville Municipal Building - 1st floor: Committee Room #2 1225 Trafalgar Road (at White Oaks Blvd) NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Z o n in g B y-la w A m e n d m e n t H ou se ke e p in g C hanges to th e E m p lo ym e n t Lands B y-law A p p lic a n t: Tow n o f O akville Please be advised that a public meeting will be held to discuss a pro posed general Zoning Amendment prepared by the Town of Oakville. Town Council will host this meeting on Monday, May 12, 2003 com mencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, at which time a staff report and recommendation will be considered. 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 pro posed application, describing the land to which the proposed application applies is se t out below. If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision in respect of the proposed zoning am endm ent to the Ontario Municipal Board do es not m ake oral subm issions at a public meeting or does not make written subm issions before the proposed zoning am endm ent is approved, the Ontario Municipal Board may dism iss all or part of the appeal. You may direct any questions or com m ents to Bin Newell, Manager of Community Planning, at Tel: 845-6601, Ext. 3024 e-mail address: bnewell@oakville.c A copy of the proposed by-law and staff report will be available for review in the Clerk's Department a s of May 5, 2003, betw een the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Proposal - The proposed housekeeping By-law 2003-081 will make the following changes to the employment lands By-law 2001-007: Clarification for service bay doors on the highway corridor Clarification that on the highway corridor only car and light truck vehicle dealerships are permitted Amend the office parking standard Extend the deem ed complying clause to change of use within a building Exclude rooftop mechanical equipm ent from height calculations Clarify accessory use for place of am usem ent Mapping change adjacent to Wyecroft Road on map 91(4) and adjust ment to the boundary of Special Provision #2 on m ap 91 (4). Please Note: This proposal may be subject to changes or modifications at the public meeting on May 12, 2003. Dated at the Town of Oakville this 1 6 ^ day of April, 2003. Bin Newell, Manager of Community Planning Planning Services Department If you are unable to attend the session, and would like som e more information, please contact the Department of Public works at: (905) 845-6601, ext. 4424 or publicworks@oakville.ca . Future project updates will be provided at the Town's w eb site: www.oakville.ca. D.M. (Dan) Cozzi, P.Eng. A ssistant Director - Engineering & Construction Department of Public Works NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Tuesday, A p ril 29, 2003 at 7:30 p.m . Tow n Hall, 1225 T ra fa lg a r Road, O akville Re: P ro posed q u e s tio n on th e b a llo t p e rta in in g to b a nnin g p e s tic id e s on p riv a te p ro p e rty Oakville Council's Administrative Services Committee will host a public meeting commencing at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29,,2003 to deter mine w hether or not to recom m end the passing of a by-law to put a question on the municipal ballot for consideration of the Town's electors during the 2003 Municipal Election. For the purposes of discussion, the proposed wording of the question is as follows: Do you support a ban on the use of pesticides (including fungicides, herbicides and insecticides) on private property with limited exceptions fo r actual infestations of insects and diseases? This meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 commencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Trafalgar Room, Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville. Any individuals wishing to attend the meeting and speak to this m atter are invited to do so. Written subm ission for consideration at the public meeting should be forwarded to the Town Clerk by no later than 12 noon on April 29, 2003. If a question is put on the municipal ballot, the results of the question are binding on the municipality if at least 50 per cent of the eligible electors vote on the question and more than 50 per cent of the votes are in favour of those results. If the results are binding and an affirmative answ er receives the majority of the votes, the Town shall do everything in its power to implement the results of the question in a timely manner. The Town will be required to implement a ban prohibiting individuals from applying pesticides (includ ing fungicides, herbicides and insecticides) on private property. This would include com m on products such a s "Weed and Feed" fertilizers and insect and grub control. Limited exceptions would be permitted to ad d ress actual infestations of insects and diseases. The extent of these exceptions would be determined by Council as part of the implementa tion of the ban. The estim ated co st to implement the ban is between $100,000.00 and $400,000.00. If the results are binding and a negative answ er receives the majority of the votes, the Town will not be permitted to implement a ban on the use of pesticides on private property for at least three years following voting day (November 10, 2003). No co sts are anticipated if a ban is not imple mented. The Administrative Services Committee recom m endations resulting from the April 29, 2003 public meeting will be presented to Town Council at its meeting on May 5, 2003. Should Town Council resolve to p a ss a by-law to put a question on the ballot, the Town Clerk shall, within 15 days, give notice of the p assag e of the by-law to the public and to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Any person or entity may appeal to the Chief Election Officer of the Province of Ontario on the grounds that the question is not clear, concise and neutral, or capable of being answ ered in the affirmative or the nega tive, by filing with the Town Clerk within 20 days after the Town Clerk gives notice of the p assag e of the by-law, a notice of appeal setting out the objections and the reasons in support of the objections. Dated at the Town of Oakville this 16th day of April, 2003. NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Z o n in g A m e n d m e n t & D ra ft Plan o f S u b division B lo c k 153, 20M -659 APPLIC ANT - 657380 O n ta rio Lim ite d (Kaneff) File: 24T-02011/1425 and Z. 1425.11 Please be advised that a public meeting will be held to discuss a pro posed Draft Plan of Subdivision and Zoning Amendment as submitted by the above-noted applicant. This meeting will be hosted by Town Council at which time the Staff Report and recommendation will be considered. This meeting will take place on May 12, 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 application, describing the land to which the proposed appli cation applies, and a key map showing the location of the land to which the proposed application applies can be found below. If a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the approval authority, in respect of the proposed Zoning Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision, do es not m ake oral submission at the public meeting, if one is held, or make written submission to Peter Cheatley, Director of Planning Services Department, Town of Oakville at the above noted address, before the proposed Zoning Amendment, and Draft Plan of Subdivision is approved or refused, the Ontario Municipal Board may dism iss the appeal. If you wish to be notified of the decision of the proposed subdivision, you m ust make 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 q u es tions or concerns may be addressed to Leigh Musson, extension 3371 or lmusson@oakville.ca. Location - The subject site is located east of Third Line on the north side of West Oak Trails Blvd adjacent to Bloomfield Park. The land is legally described as Block 153, 20M-659. Official Plan - Figure Q, West Oak Trails desig nates the site as an Elementary School. Residential Low Density uses are also permitted under this designation. S U B JE C T LA N D S UPPER MIDDLE ROAD WEST Zoning - The site is zoned P/E - Public Use/Education. Proposal - The applicants have submitted a proposal involving a zoning am endm ent and draft plan of subdivision to permit a total of 44 residen tial lots for detached dwellings. This development will take place on a redundant school site. Please Note: This application may be subject to modification at the Council Meeting. Dated April 16th, 2003 at the Town of Oakville. Cathie L. Best Town Clerk 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6J 5A6 towncletk0 Qakville.ca Bin Newell, MCIP, RPP Manager Community Planning Section 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 _________________( 9 0 5 ) 8 4 5 - 6 6 0 1 www.oakville.ca · L6J 5 A 6