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The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday June 5, 2002 - A3 More than one way to fight smog g C'itizi'/ isfor von j" B M P fo r w a r d s s u g g e s tio n s Illness delays sentencing By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE B EA V ER STAFF to smog summit By Kim Am ott S P E C IA L T O T H E BEAVER Should a town bylaw be enacted to ban the use of Christmas lights prior to Dec. 15? Should tax credits be given to employers who organize car pools, or to individuals who can show they've used public transit as their primary form of transportation? Should licensing fees be based on the weight and size of the car being licensed? Those are just a few of the suggestions gen erated by about 60 local citizens who gathered in Oakville for a smog forum on Monday night. The goal of the evening was to inspire pub lic suggestions to be taken to the 3rd annual GTA Smog Summit in Toronto on June 2!. The ideas w ill be presented to politicians from all three level of government, including Oakville councillors Kevin Flynn and Alan Elgar. People are becoming increasingly con cerned about poor air quality, participants heard from Dr. Keith Stewart, of the Toronto Environmental Alliance. The links between smog and health and environmental problems are becoming increas ingly clear, as are the costs of smog, he added. Poor air quality is estimated to be responsi ble for 55 premature deaths in Halton every year, along with 400 hospital admissions and 1,425 emergency room visits. Province-wide, smog costs the health care system about $580 million each year. 'This is not just an urban phenomena." said Stewart. "It's all over the province now. If you go up to the cottage, you're not necessarily get ting away from this stuff." He added that health problems escalate on high smog days, but that even healthy adults are harmed by moderately poor air quality. "There is no safe level for air pollutants." said Stewart. The main smog-causing culprits are vehi cles, electrical generating plants, industry, and home heating and air-conditioning systems. Electric generating plants alone are respon sible for 20 per cent of emissions in the province, so energy conservation efforts can have a significant impact on lowering smog. To significantly improve air quality in Ontario, Stewart suggested the need for a four pronged action plan. Firstly, urban sprawl must stop, and city design must accommodate other modes of ... Barrie Erskine · O ak\ille Beaver Traffic congestion is one of the main causes of air pollution. Q EW air quality statistics; charging the true cost of transportation; encouraging alternative fuel cars; raising gasoline taxes; providing gov ernment incentives for the development of wind and solar power options; designating car pool lanes and banning single-occupant cars during rush hour in urban areas. Participants also thought the government should publicize organizations like Oakville's GoSmart Organized Carpooling. The company w ill design and administer customized car pool programs for companies, organizations and school boards. Its Web site (www.gosmart.ca) also offers a free Internet-based car pool matching service for the public. On a typical morning in Halton. about 92,000 people will leave their homes to head to school or work, said GoSmart partner Marek Szymanski. O f those, about 81,000 will travel by car and about 67.000 will be driving alone. Only 14.(X)0 will take part in some type of car-shar ing arrangement. " If we could just double the number of carpoolers to 28,0(X). we could eliminate one lane of traffic on the Q EW ," noted Szymanski. Smog fighting tips ·Give your car a tune-up, ensure tires are properly inflated and don't let your engine idle unnecessarily. · Improve your home's energy efficiency by insulating, sealing air leaks, buying effi cient appliances, turning off lights and mak ing less use of heating and air-conditioning systems. · Plant trees and bushes on the south and west sides of your property to provide shade and absorb carbon dioxide. transportation besides automobiles. As well, we must invest in public transit. "Right now. we're designing communities for cars, not for people." said Stewart. " And without a public transit system that works, you force people into cars." As well, he suggested phasing out all coalfired electrical generating plants and increasing home, factory and transportation energy effi ciency. "The way to get rid of air pollution is to use less energy and to use cleaner forms of ener gy," said Stewart. In small group sessions, participants at the forum generated a number of suggestions for reducing smog. They included: monitoring and publicizing .. - It wasn't meant to be on the late Scott Coulter's birth day. On Tuesday, the unexpect ed hospitalization of Burlington Provincial Offences court Justice of the Peace William Phipps delayed the sentencing of 19-year-old Ibrahim Kesebi. of Oakville. Kesebi. of Maurice Drive, was found guilty in January of careless driving in connection to a July 23,2001 accident on Speers Road. That's when Kesebi's car careened into a Fourth Line bus shelter in which the 25year-old Coulter was waiting for a bus. Coulter spent several months in a coma at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Science Centre before being trans ferred to chronic care at Halton Healthcare ServicesMilton District Hospital in October 2001. He died there on April 5. Coulter, who had survived a childhood brain tumor, never recovered from the coma. While his mother. Judy Bridgette. died several years ago of leukemia. Coulter's grandparents. Margaret and Blair Coulter, of Oakville, and his dad. B ill Coulter, of Mississauga, were in court Tuesday prepared to deliver victim impact statements on what would have been Coulter's 26th birthday. A pre-sentence report had also been filed with the court on Kesebi. a college student who was also at court with his father. However, before the pro ceeding even got started, it was postponed by news that Phipps, the presiding judge in the matter had been unexpect edly hospitalized early this week. Since Phipps is expected to recover, another judge can't be assigned to the case, so the court adjourned the matter for a month. After some wrangling over the suitability of dates between the Coulter family, whose members are anxious to proceed, and Kesebi's defence lawyer, the court set the matter over for sentencing to Friday. July 5 The family of the late Dr. Stan Cord would like to express their heartfelt appreciation to all of the patients and friends who so kindly acknowledged his passing. Tlie familv also wishes to express deep gratitude for tlie respect, loyalty and friendship extended to Stan during his 3S years of dentistry. His professional skills, inimitable sense of humour, and spirited smile will continue to live in the hearts and minds of us all. The Cord family , Ena Stephen andJordanna Bonnie andJeffrey ( J ) O A K Y I L L E www.town.oakville.on.ca NOTICE OF TH E PASSING OF A ZONING BY-LAW General Administrative Housekeeping Items To the Employment Lands Zoning By-law 2001-007 File - Z42.03.64 BY T h e C o rp o ra tio n of the T o w n of O akville TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Oakville passed By-law 2002-052 on the 27th day of May, 2002 under Section 34 of R.S.O. 1990. Chap P.13, The Planning Act, as amended; AND TAKE NOTICE that any person or agency may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board in respect of the by-law by filing with the Clerk of the Corporation of the Town of Oakville not later than the 25th day of June, 2002. a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the by-law and the reasons in support of the objection together with a cheque in the amount of $125.00, payable to the Minister of Finance. Location of the Land Affected by By-law 2002-052: are all the Town of Oakville Employment Lands and Industrial properties and some Parkway Belt lands as shown on the map. The Purpose & Effect of By-law 2002-052 is to amend the Town of Oakville's Comprehensive Zoning By-law 1984-63 by amending By-law 2001 -007 the Employment Lands Zoning by-law. The amendments are general administrative housekeeping changes and include minor amendments to special provisions #434 (Winston park area) and #655 (Penex Winston Ltd.). Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a zoning by-law to the Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf. An explanation of the purpose and effect of the by-law, describing the land to which the by-law applies, and a key map showing the location of the land to which the by-law applies is can be found below. The OTMH Charitable ('c#por;ition invites you to join these spt^M Ofsin this worthy cause by either spoijjBinOg; or participating in the run or v^ilk and by pledging donations via your colleagues and friends Ml proceeds to the t 'akvilli-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTM I Maternal/Child Program S H B Medals and/or prizes t >r runners in Open. Masters, & Age C.i'egories from 1 0-63 + All registered participants in the Run or Walk are eligible tor Draw Prizes. O ak-Iand Ford Lincoln to g eth er w ith th e Ford M o to r C o m p an y o f C anada presents Registration and Pledge I ation and Forms available in Oakville at: OTMH Main Lobby 327 Reynolds Street Oak-Iand Ford Lincoln 570 Trafalgar Road The Running Room 15b Lakeshore Rd. East On line at: www.runningri Event Registration Or call Aleta Mayer at (90 338-4642 e-mail: amayer(ahaltonheal · Ithcare on.ca C la s s ic 3km Family Walk/5km Run Sunday, Ju n e 16th F a th e r's D ay Rain or Shine 9:00 a.m. Run. 9:15 a.m. Walk Pre-registration Barbecue on Saturday, June 8 at Oakland Lincoln Ford. S pring Housing A v a ila b le M a rc h 2802 · Insurance Guide Volunteers Urgently Needed Proposed Industrial Zoning A reas T he O TM H C h a r it a b l e C o r p o r a t io n BURLOAK EMPLOYMEh LANDS WINSTON PARK W EST EMPLOYMENT LANDS TH A N KS TH E FOLLO W ING SPONSORS FOR T H EIR SUPPORT: WINSTON PARK EMPLOYMENT LANDS r O a k la n d . F o rd L in c o ln ' GlaxoSmithKline E.W. W EST EMPLOYMENT LANDS EAST EMPLOYMENT LANDS A v a ila b le A u g u s t 2002 KOPRJVA TAYLOR -.Lv. aea I" S M R 'M AOG f lM Lvnu i.ni m a d r ig a l lO R G O N ... 0 3 masaccio G E R R E ELECTRIC The complete by-law is available for inspection at the Town of Oakville, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville in the Planning Services Department from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. Any questions may be directed to Lynne Gough, Planning Services Department at 845-6601, ext. 3025, email: lgough@town.oakville.on.ca or Ramona Boddington, Planning Services Department at 845-6601, ext. 3032, email: rboddington@town.oakville.on.ca. DATED at the Town of Oakville this 5th day of June, 2002. Cathie L. Best Town Clerk of the TOWN of OAKVILLE L iv in g Guide A v a ila b ie M ay 2002 O 'Connor M acLeod Hanna LLP · Stock Transportation Ltd. 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