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•T he IF P• H al to n Hi lls • Th ur sd ay , N ov em be r 1 4, 2 01 3 12 NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING WARD 3 Concerning Applications for: Plan of Subdivision and Plan of Common Element Condominium Approval For lands legally described as: Part Lot 18, Concession 10, Parts 9, 13 and 16, Plan 20R-1060 Town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton 127 Mountainview Road North (GEORGETOWN) Town of Halton Hills Files: D12SUB13.001 & D07CDM13.001 Related Files: D11SPA12.014 & D25PLC13.001 General Committee for the Town of Halton Hills will conduct a Public Meeting to examine and discuss the proposed applications for Plan of Subdivision and Plan of Common Element Condominium Approval. The proposed applications apply to the lands legally described as Part Lot 18, Concession 10, Parts 9, 13 and 16, 20R-1060, Town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton, municipally known as 127 Mountainview Road North (Georgetown). Below is a map showing the location of the subject lands. The purpose and effect of the applications is to permit a Draft Plan of Subdivision Application (File D12SUB13.001) consisting of one (1) block and permit Draft Plan of Common Element Condominium Application (File D07CDM13.001) consisting of one (1) Private Road block. The Development Access parcel (shown hatched on the attached location map) is owned by the Town of Halton Hills and has not been included in the proposed applications. The Development Access parcel was originally conveyed to the Town of Halton Hills through the registration of the surrounding residential development for the purpose of providing access to the subject property. For this reason the Development Access parcel has been identified in this Notice in order to provide the public with full information concerning the proposed applications. The site is also subject to Site Plan Application D11SPA12.014 and Part Lot Control Exemption Application D25PLC13.001 to permit the creation of 38 Townhouse Dwelling units on the lands. If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Town of Halton Hills in response to the Plan of Subdivision and Plan of Common Element Condominium applications, you must make a written request to the Town of Halton Hills - P L A N N I N G , D E V E L O P M E N T & SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT at 1 Halton Hills Drive, Halton Hills, Ontario L7G 5G2. NOTES: • If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at the public meeting or make written submission to the Town of Halton Hills in respect to the proposed plan of subdivision before the approval authority gives or refuses to give approval to the draft plan of subdivision, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Town of Halton Hills to the Ontario Municipal Board. • If a person or public body does not make oral submissions the public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Halton Hills in respect to the proposed plan of subdivision before the approval authority gives or refuses to give approval to the draft plan of subdivision, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so. • Any written comment/objection submitted to the Town of Halton Hills regarding these applications which is being processed under the Planning Act 1990, may be made public as part of the application process. Further information is available in the Planning, Development & Sustainability Department, Town of Halton Hills, 1 Halton Hills Drive, Halton Hills, ON, L7G 5G2, or contact the Planner assigned to the file, Charlie Toman at 905-873- 2601, ext. 2338. A copy of the related Staff Report will be available on Friday, November 15, 2013 on the Town's website at http://www. haltonhills.ca/calendars/index.php. ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS ARE WELCOME DATE/TIME: Monday, November 18, 2013 at 7:30 PM LOCATION: Council Chambers, Civic Centre FILE NO: D12SUB13.001 & D07CDM13.001 (127 Mountainview Road North, Georgetown) 126 Wi-Fi will remain in all Halton public schools after a bid to have it limited for some elementary students, and banned outright for others, was shot down. Trustees will continue to monitor the health risks as new information is revealed by world and Canadian health experts, but for now the majority of trustees believe there aren't any risks associated with electromagnetic effects of wireless use in schools. "I'm more concerned about the harm that turning off Wi-Fi will do to our children than turning it on," Oakville trustee Don Vrooman told the Nov. 6 Halton District School Board (HDSB) meeting. "How much harm will we do by failing to prepare our students to be leaders in the world where these are the very tools they will need?" Some studies have suggested a possible link between Wi-Fi use and a variety of symptoms such as dermatological redness, tingling and burning sensation, as well as fatigue, tiredness, difficulty concentrating, nausea, heart palpita- tions and digestive problems. Milton trustee Nancy MacNeill urged her peers to limit the use of Wi-Fi in elementary schools as a precautionary move, insisting there isn't enough evidence either way right now to prove whether Wi-Fi is safe or not, es- pecially for children. "We are neither scientists nor health care professionals and with all due respect, I don't believe anybody in this room is qualified to de- cide whether it's safe or dangerous," said Mac- Neill, whose motion was defeated 9-1. Under her proposal, Wi-Fi would be limited to 90 minutes each day for most students and banned outright for the youngest students and those with learning disabilities. MacNeill wanted Wi-Fi to be turned on for only the first 45 minutes and the last 45 min- utes of each day at every school. The trustee also wanted it turned off com- pletely in areas where JK, SK and Grade One students are being taught, as well as where stu- dents with learning disabilities are located. The trustee agreed international and na- tional health organizations don't have enough information to say Wi-Fi use is safe but insisted they also don't have enough information to say that it "isn't safe." "I believe more research is needed and this may take years so what do we do now," Mac- Neill posed to fellow board members. "Our position as trustees is to do our best for children and allowing them to sit all day in an environment that cannot be proven to be safe is in my opinion not our best." Before the vote, Jennifer Foster, a Grade 8 student at Sam Sherratt Public School in Mil- ton urged trustees not to pass MacNeill's mo- tion, saying Wi-Fi was vital to her learning. From working on math projects to doing ge- ography research, Foster said Internet access via Wi-Fi is the most valuable tool she uses each day in school and it's impossible to con- nect via cable every time she needs to use the Internet. "I don't know how I would be able to com- plete my studies without the Internet," she said. "It constantly provides new information that we can't get from books." In voting against MacNeill's motion, Halton Hills Trustee Alice Strachan urged board offi- cials to continue to do research into the matter. "We should re-visit this in the future and pay attention and have our antennae up in the fu- ture," Strachan said. Board vice-chair Kathryn Bateman-Olm- stead said the majority of parents of students, who use technology are very clear in that "wire- less is the most important tool" for their stu- dents. By BOB MITCHELL Special to the IFP Wi-Fi to remain in Halton public schools General committee for the Town of Halton Hills will conduct a public meeting on Monday, Nov. 18 to discuss the proposed appli- cations for a planned 38-town- house subdivision on a property at 127 Mountainview Rd. N. The meeting will be held 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers dur- ing the regular council meeting. A copy of the staff report will be available on Friday on the Town's website at http://www.hal- tonhills.ca/calendars/index.php. Meeting set to discuss townhouse application Dufferin Aggregates and Holcim presented a cheque for $110,000 to Halton Healthcare Services recently as part of their RMX Drum Sponsor Recognition lunch. On hand for the presentation were, from left, Bill Galloway senior vice-president Holcim, Tina Triano, Oakville Hospital Foundation CEO, Oakville Mayor Rob Burton, Jackie Fox, Georgetown Hospital Foundation, Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bonnette, Milton Mayor Gord Krantz, Ed Persico general manager Dufferin Aggregates, and Helen Vatistas, executive director Milton Hospital Foundation. Photo by Eric Riehl/Metroland Media Group Healthcare gets $110K shot in the arm