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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, F eb ru ar y 4, 20 21 | 10 oakville.ca Notice of Public Consultation Joshua Creek Flood Mitigation Opportunities Study Materials available online oakville.ca/environment/flood-mitigation- joshuas-creek.html Your input is important! The Town of Oakville has initiated a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) to assess flood risks along the Joshua Creek south of Upper Middle Road to Lake Ontario. Town staff are seeking public input related to this project, including alternative mitigation measures, evaluation criteria, potential environmental effects, and any other concerns. The study is being conducted in compliance with Schedule 'B' of the Municipal Engineers Association (MEA) Municipal Class EA document (October 2000, as amended in 2007, 2011 and 2015), which is an approved process under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act. This will be the first of two planned public consultation events for the Flood Mitigation Opportunities Study. Materials available will include background information on flood-prone sites, updates from investigations and preliminary alternatives for flood mitigation. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this will be a virtual public consultation event with Study information made available on the town's website for review and comment. Please direct all comments and any questions to the following study team members via email or mail by March 4, 2021. Diana Friesen, C.E.T Water Resources Technologist Town of Oakville 905-845-6601, ext. 3904 Diana.Friesen@oakville.ca Janusz Czuj, P.Eng. Project Manager GHD janusz.czuj@ghd.com All personal information included in a submission - such as name, address, telephone number and property location - is collected, maintained and disclosed by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for the purpose of transparency and consultation. The information is collected under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act or is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public as described in s.37 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public unless you request that your personal information remain confidential. For more information, please contact the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks' Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator at 416-327-1434. Hydro Line Clearing Tree pruning near hydro lines begins this January in south central Oakville (zone 3) from Chartwell Road to Fourth Line and Westdale Road, and from QEW to Lake Ontario. The town's professional contractor will prune trees on behalf of Oakville Hydro to ensure safe clearance around hydro lines, poles and guy lines to minimize safety hazards and power outages. Trees are pruned to the Electrical Safety Authority's (ESA) industry standard of providing a minimum three metre (10- foot) clearance around primary lines and a one-metre (three-foot) clearance around secondary lines. In rare instances, trees growing too close to hydro lines may require removal when the clearance standard cannot be achieved using acceptable pruning practices. In some situations, the town must prune or remove privately owned trees if they are growing too close to hydro lines. In cases where hydro lines are located in rear yards, Oakville Hydro has an easement through the property which allows the arborist to access the tree. For more information visit oakvillehydro.com or oakville.ca or contact ServiceOakville at 905-845-6601. Halton Public Health announced that the re- gion has completed giv- ing the first doses of CO- VID-19 vaccines to resi- dents of long-term care and retirement homes. Dr. Hamidah Meghani, Halton's medical officer of health, shared the milestone in a video up- date on Jan. 29. "We are going to con- tinue with our mobile teams to finish providing both doses of vaccine in long-term care and re- tirement homes as soon as we can," she said. "Our ability to roll out vac- cines quickly remains de- pendent on an ongoing and predictable supply of vaccine." She added: "Once we have more vaccine, we will focus on vaccinating additional priority popu- lations so that we will hopefully have fewer peo- ple dying from COVID-19 or needing to get hospi- tal-level care." Meanwhile, the num- ber of new COVID-19 cases across the region is trending down. Data from the region's website shows that from Jan. 22 to 28, there were 407 new infections in the region, down from 498 posted the previous week. The number of ac- tive cases stood at 313, in- cluding 116 in Burlington, 95 in Milton, 59 in Oak- ville and 43 in Halton Hills. As of Jan. 29, there have been 8,290 COVID-19 cases in Halton since the pandemic started, with 7,678 marked as resolved and 160 deaths. WEEKLY ROUNDUP: HALTON REACHES MILESTONE OF VACCINE ROLLOUT Here's a weekly roundup of COVID-19 cases and news. Graham Paine/Metroland BAMBANG SADEWO bsadewo@metroland.com NEWS SCAN FOR MORE Scan this code to view our vaccine rollout tracker