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9 | Thursday October 19, 2 0 1 7 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insidehalton.com Residents speak against developing Brantwood site by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Several local residents' associations are calling on Oakville council to take another look at the future of the Brantwood Public School site, which is currently on course for residential development. The Halton District School Board closed the 221 Allan St., school in 2010 and sold it to the Town of Oakville in 2012. Options for the future use of the property were explored in the Town' s South Central Public Lands Study and in 2013, following extensive public consultation, council endorsed a recommendation the property be redeveloped. The current plan would see the building of seven detached dwellings fronting onto Douglas Avenue; the conversion of the front of the school building into four-to-nine condominium apartment units; and creation of a parkette at the corner of Douglas Avenue and Palmer Avenue. On Oct. 11, the Town' s Planning and Development Council held a public meeting to receive comments from the community. They encountered considerable opposition to the loss of green space, which would occur on the eastern portion of the site if the development went forward as is. Trafalgar Chartwell Residents' Association representative Denise Purcell called on council not to rush the development and to defer decisions until options have been investigated to preserve the green space on the site. "Brantwood is a true neighbourhood park used daily by children and adults of all ages," she said. "Its loss would have a significant negative impact on quality of life in the neighbourhood." Council also heard from Joshua Creek Residents' Association representative Janet Haslett-Theall who argued the parkette proposed for the property is far too small. She said the plan had been more palatable when it was believed there would be significant green space in the former Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital lands redevelopment. That green space, Haslett-Theall noted, has not materialized. George Niblock of the Oakville Lakeside Residents' Association said land values have changed since the South Central Public Lands Study was done. He said the Town may be able to get the financial requirements it needs through the sale of the school portion of the property; Niblock called on the Town to investigate that possibility and forego the development of the seven detached dwellings on the site currently occupied by green space. see Town on p.10 Sleep F acto ry THE C anadian M ade C anadian Owned Longo's Trafalgar Canadian Tire M IX & M A T C H Starbucks .Turtle Jack's.-' Muskoka Gilll SINCE 1978 TRANQUILITY EU RO TO P Smart Center Oakville© _ © Pay less ShneScurce © Good u ff Fitness Centres E C O U P O N N O T T OB E :C O M B IN E DW IT HA N YO T H E RO F F E R . SINGLE MATTI Reg. $43£ 0AKAD2 The Keg Steakhouse Nando's Oakvil 905.257.7878 2423 TRAFALGAR RD. D O U B LE M A T TR E SS. Q U E E N M A T T R E S S ... CONTINUOUS C O M LM O R Y FO A M BAM BO O FABRIC ANY ORDER VALUED A T $25.00 OR MORE V A L ID A T T H EO A K V IL L EL O C A T IO NO N L Y . O N EC O U P O NP E RO R D E R| E X P IR E SO C T O B E R3 0 ,2 0 1 7 N O TT OB EC O M B IN E DW IT HA N YO T H E RO F F E R . www.WingsUp.com K IN G M A T T R E S S ....... 238 Main Street, East · 905 .8 78.460 6 MILTON 2150 Burnhamthorpe Road · 905.542.0481 MISSISSAUGA *BUY ANY SIZE ORDER OF DRUMSTICKS AND GET A SECOND ORDER OF EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE HALF PRICE. CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER COUPONS* H O U R S :M o n d a y -W e d n e s d a y 1 0 a m -6 p mT hu rsday-Fnday10am -8pm *S aturday9am -6pm *S unday11am -5pm