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E SN O W BLO W ER W INTER CHECK OVER Single stage s 69, Dual stage s99 Pick up & Delivery Available C U R R EN T PO W E RM ACHINERY IN C . Seasonal favourite returns to Centre A rtscene Dealership all in the family Best wheels w w w .o a k v ille b e a v e r.c o m 1 6 6 1L akeshoreR dW .M ississauga *822-4211 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER NORTH A M E R I C A 'S Vol. 3 8 No. 142 MOST AWARDED COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER "i i g c s A M e tro la n d P u b lic a tio n W EDNESDAY. N O V E M B E R 28. 2001 75 C e n ts ( p lu s c;sn Hospital services aimed at keeping patients here Minister of Health officially opens expanded Renal Dialysis Unit and Women's Diagnostic Centre By Howard Mozel O A K V IL L E B E A V E R S T A F F The Renal Dialysis Unit expansion and Women's Diagnostic Centre are not just investments in Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH), says Dr. Sol Stem, but investments in the community. The Halton Healthcare Services (HHS) Chief of Staff made his comment Monday morning during the ceremony which offi cially opened both facilities and acknowl edged such vital partners as the OTMH Auxiliary. "The big winner here today is the patient," said Dr. Stem. Also on hand at OTMH for the second time in a week was Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Tony Clement, who noted that the two units will help stem the "export" of local patients to other care centres - a sentiment echoed by Ward 6 councillor and Acting Mayor Janice Wright. "These are beautiful units and a real trib ute to the hospital and the community," said HHS President and CEO John Oliver. (HHS operates OTMH and M ilton District Hospital.) The Renal Dialysis Unit opened in April 1997 with six hemodialysis stations, which grew to 12 stations by 1998. In January 2000. the Ministry awarded $1.19 million to HHS to expand the program, which now stands at 24 stations plus a pair of isolation stations. (S e e `S e r v ic e s ' p a g e A2) Town plays Santa for Christmas tree sellers The Town o f O akville has tem porarily chopped away a zoning by-law rule in order to allow Christm as tree sales from Dec. 1 to 24. That means Christm as trees -- real Christm as trees -- will be sold at nearly 20 locations around town. T hose locations include: T rafalgar Village, 278 Dundas St., 350 Iroquois Shore Blvd., 2376 Lakeshore Rd. W., 2379 Lakeshore Rd. W., Bronte Village Mall, 3070 Lakeshore Rd. W., 564 Lyons L ane, M aplegrove S hopping C entre, 1250 M cCraney St. E., Hopedale Mall, Town Centres I & II, 291 Speers Rd., Oaktown Plaza, 1532 Trafalgar Rd., the O akville Rod & Gun Club at 36 Upper M iddle Rd., and, U pper O akville Shopping Centre. Those are all the traditional locations where real C hristm as trees have been sold in the past. A nyone else w ho w ants to sell Christm as trees m ust apply in w riting to the Town and m ust meet a handful of conditions, as do the traditional sellers. Only Christm as trees are allow ed to be sold at these sites. Riziero Vertolli · O akville B e a ve r Ontario Minister o f Health & Long Term Care, Tony Clement (second from left), joins John Oliver, President & CEO, Halton Healthcare Services (HHS) (left), Dr. Danny Sapir, Medical Director, Renal Dialysis Program, HHS Dr. Thomas Knapp, C hief of Diagnostic Imaging, HHS and Dr. Sanjaya Pandeya, Nephrologist, HHS at official opening of expanded Renal Dialysis Unit and W omen's Diagnostic Centre on Monday. Car dealership can't build on Trafalgar Rd. after councillors agree with residents By Angela Blackburn O A K V IL L E B E A V E R S T A F F Oak Park residents won their battle against the development of a Daimler Chrysler dealership on Trafalgar Road at Oak Park Boulevard. On Monday, the Town of Oakville's Planning and Development Council rejected a staff recommendation and voted 6 to 4 against allowing the busi ness to operate on that site. Daimler Chrysler, which bought the former Oakville Hydro site at 2350 Trafalgar Rd. (on the southwest comer of Oak Park Boulevard at Trafalgar Road) and spent $90,000 to clean it up, could challenge the decision at the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). The new dealership was to replace the Oakville Chrysler Dodge operation on Fourth Line at Speers Road. Oakville Chrysler Dodge co-owner Bob Salvian had no comment in the wake of Council's decision or on what will happen in the future. Kerr St. used car lot approved While plans for a Daimler Chrysler car dealership in Oak Park didn't fare well at Town Council Monday, the green light for a used car lot on Kerr Street zoomed right through. The dealership, a numbered compa ny that operates at 449 Kerr Street -- at the old McCallum & Wilson site from the 1950s -- was deemed so small and established in the communi ty that the Planning & Development Council granted a zoning by-law amendment to allow it to stay in oper ation. It had been operating under a Committee of A djustm ent variance that expired in October. Located in an area deemed com mercial/residential, a used car dealer ship wasn't among the allowed uses. On the east side of Kerr Street, south o f Prince Charles Drive, it's just north of what's known as the KerrCowan Business Node. However, since the dealership can only hold up to 13 used cars, it was deemed small enough to fit into the community. The fact that its new owner, Constantin Robe, did his homework also went a long way. "The applicant has revived the site quite substantially from the dilapidated state it was in," said Town planner Bob Zsadanyi. New wrought iron gates that follow the Kerr Street streetfront facade "fol low the Kerr Street Study to the letter," said Zsadanyi. The business does fit with the intent of the Kerr Street Streetscape and Land Use Study adopted in 1990, said Zsadanyi, noting that directly across the street is John's Auto Service. ,, He indicated that decision would be made at Daimler Chrysler's office in Windsor. Both Daimler Chrysler and the Oak Park Residents' Association (OPRA) told council last month that they were prepared to challenge council's decision at the OMB. "Lawyers and planners will make a lot of money on this," said Oakville Mayor Ann Mulvale. The issue drew a nearly full house for a three-hour discussion. The proposed dealership was for a 20,000-square-foot building on three acres to replace the cramped 7,000square-foot Oakville Chrysler Dodge dealership that's operated for years on a half-acre at Fourth Line and Speers Road. OPRA. which represents more than 300 people from Oak Park's 502 homes, didn't want a car dealership at the gateway of the Uptown Core's main street. They prefer anything called for in the Official Plan, ranging from offices to a six-storey hotel, because those would create more jobs to support Uptown businesses than the 45 jobs that would come with the dealership, said OPRA president Jason Speers. Residents arrived at Council wearing stickers reading, "Stick to the plan." They meant Oakville's Official Plan. The Official Plan for the Uptown Core allows for "limited auto uses." (S e e `D e c is io n ' p a g e A3) Barrie Erskine · O a kville B e a v e r R E A D Y FOR CO M PAN Y: Stephanie Pierce co-chair of this Saturday's St Andrews Christmas House Tour, puts the finishing touches on a mantel in one of the houses on the tour. There's good news and bad news about the tour. The good news is that tickets for the event sold out in record time and the bad news is that if you don't have a ticket, you're out o f luck. T o w n ex ten d s te rmof O a k ville H y d ro directors Oakville Hydro wants to stay plugged in to its expertise as Ontario opens its hydro markets to competition next May. To do that, Town o f Oakville Council is extend ing the appointments of Oakville Hydro's board of seven directors. The board m em bers' terms are set to expire at the end of December. However the Town wants to keep them on for a minimum of six months. Even after that, the Town wants to stagger new appointments, so that some semblance of expertise remains with the board. In a recent report to the Town's Administrative Services Com m ittee, Town m anager Joann Chechalk said that while the Province has said everything should go smoothly with the transition to a competitive market, "an influx of changes will occur that \ffill be best served through the admin istration o f an established and experienced board of directors." "This is a very critical period in the deregula tion o f the electricity m arketplace," reported Chechalk. To retain some board members in order "to pro vide for continuity o f know ledge on future boards," Chechalk advised "staggered member ship terms." The item quickly passed through the committee level and easily won Council approval. M Editorials........... .....A6 Special Supplements A 8 Business............. F u ll Delivery: `Tis the Season ... R 1 P amC ityB u sin e ssD e p o l Focus................. Cl P a rtia l D e live ry: Entertainment.... C8 U C ^ . H Dak. CimtmDmp, Horn 1)1 Sports............... Classified........... 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