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The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday October 9, 2002 - A5 G> O A K V ILLE REQUEST FOR TENDER TO W N OF O A K V ILL E C O N T R A C T NO. ST-69-01 Storm Sewer Reconstruction on Pine/Maple/Douglas Avenue & Allan Street TENDER DOCUMENTS: Plans, specifications and tender forms will be available on or after Tuesday, October 8, 2002 and may be obtained from the Department of Public Works, Oakville Municipal Building, 1225 Trafalgar Road (@ White Oaks Blvd.) for a non-refundable payment of THIRTY dollars ($30.00), G.S.T. included. The Contractor whose tender is accepted shall be required to post a Performance Bond satisfactory to the Town of Oakville, equal to 100% of the contract Price and a Labour and Material Payment Bond totaling 50% of the contract price. PROJECT NUMBER: ST-69-01 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Storm sewer reconstruction, including mainline, laterals, catch-basins and manholes, all pavement/shoulder & sod restorations at the following locations: Pine Avenue from Allan Street to Watson Avenue Maple Avenue from Allan Street to Watson Avenue Allan Street from Sumner Avenue to approximately 50 m south Douglas Avenue from Randall Street to approximately 60 m north With the following approximate contract item quantities: 100 metres of 375 mm dia. storm sewer mainline (incl. 10 metres using · " No-Dig" method) · 300 metres of 300 mm dia. storm sewer mainline · 65 metres of 250 mm dia. leads · 20 metres of 200 mm dia. leads · 6 manholes, 18 catch-basins ADDRESS: Sealed Tenders on forms provided will be received by the Town Clerk, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, Ontario, L6H 2L1 or by mail to P.O. Box 310, Oakville, Ontario, L6J 5A6. CLOSING TIME/DATE: 2:00 P.M. Local Time, Tuesday, October 22, 2002 Tenders will be opened publicly at a meeting of the Tender Opening Committee at the Oakville Municipal Building, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, Ontario, on Tuesday, October 22, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. local time. TENDER DEPOSIT: A certified cheque, a Bank/Trust Company draft or a Bid Bond for the amount specified in the tender documents MUST accompany each tender. Any questions related to this construction tender should be directed to Mr. D.M. Cozzi, P.Eng., Manager of Design & Construction, Department of Public Works at (905)845-6601, ext. 4424. The Corporation reserves the right to reject any or all tenders and the lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. D.A. Bloomer, P . Eng., Acting Director Department of Public Works Barrie Erskine · Oakville Beaver Heidi, a golden retriever, decided she would be more comfortable sitting on a chair during the Blessing of the Pets held at Walton Memorial United Church Sunday afternoon. Singing a hymn next to Heidi are Heather, Mary Lou and Lizzy Sheridan. Lauren Darcy's dog, Bandit, did not seem too eager to meet Reverend James Gill. Despite Bandit's shyness, he did receive a blessing. Pets on best behaviour at blessing (Continued from page 1) Small, Small World, of Disney fame. Parish member David Kuhnke led the music on the piano. Despite some unprompted yips and barks from the canine contingent, gen erally all the participants were properly respectful and well behaved, especially considering their close proximity to one another. A few wide-eyed felines stared war ily about but were notably silent. And then there was Heidi Sheridan, a beautiful five-year-old golden retriev er, who, apparently deciding she did not belong on the floor, leapt gracefully atop a nearby chair where she spent the better part of the service. Parishioners Jim Bell and Joan Davis also assisted with the service and the pets. Bell, who hails from Scotland, deliv ered the readings nattily attired in his native kilt, and was accompanied by both his wife, Jane, and his Scottish ter rier. Maggie. Propped before a makeshift altar was a brightly-coloured fabric mural depict ing the scene of Noah's Ark, with pairs of animals both aboard and surrounding the Biblical vessel. Another simply con structed wooden ark, overflowing with various stuffed animals sat on an other wise bare stage in Bronte Hall, the site of the service. Rev. Gill prefaced his brief homily by expressing his delighted surprise at the exceptional turnout of human and animal participants, which consisted of more than 50 members of the congrega tion and approximately 30 of their pets. He went on to note that not only do studies indicate that people .with pets live longer and healthier lives, more importantly "pets make us give beyond what we think are our capabilities," and concluded that the purpose of the serv ice was "to offer praise for the gift of animal life." Nevertheless, 13-year-old Kathleen Rusk seemed to have a slightly different motivation for bringing her male Siberian cat Niki to receive the rev erend's blessing. "He has done a couple of bad things lately like chewing up books, so I brought him today to gain forgiveness for his sins and hopefully learn the error of his ways." Perhaps Byron had it right after all. NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING Z o n in g A m e n d m e n t 1046, 1056, 1080, 1102, 1112 L in b ro o k R oad A P P L IC A N T : S t. M ild re d 's L ig h tb o u rn S c h o o l F ile: 2 . 1610.15 Please be advised that a public information meeting will be held to discuss a proposed Zoning Amendment as submitted by the above-noted applicant. This meeting will be an information meeting hosted by the Planning Services Department at which time details of the application will be presented and public concerns noted. This meeting will take place on O ctober 23, 2002, com m encing at 7:00 p.m. in the Oakville R oom /Trafalgar Room, Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville. Any individuals wishing to attend this meeting and speak to this matter are invited to do so. An explanation of the purpose and effect of the proposed application, describing the land to which the proposed application applies, and a key map showing the location of the land to which the proposed application applies can be found below. If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal(s) of a decision in respect of the proposed zoning amendment, to the Ontario Municipal Board does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or does not make written submissions before the proposed zoning amendment is approved, the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of the appeal(s). You may direct any written submissions and/or questions to Leigh M usson at the Town's Planning Services D epartm ent, Town o f Oakville, P.O. Box 310,1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON. L6J 5A6. Tel: 845-6601, Ext. 3371 email address: lmusson@town.oakville.on.ca. Location - The subject properties are located on the south side of Linbrook Road, east of Chartwell Road and are municipally known as 1046, 1056, 1080, 1102 and 1112 Linbrook Road. The school is located at 1080 Linbrook Road. O fficial Plan Figure J, Land Use, Eastlake Community, designates 1080 Linbrook Road as " Private School" . Properties 1046, 1056, 1102 and 1112 Linbrook Road are designated as Residential Low Density, which permits a " Private School" . Quality of life for 905 area topic of meeting Integrated transit systems, higher density development needed, planners told By Richard Vivian SPEC IAL T O THE BEAVER A closer look at integrated transit systems and higher density develop ment are needed to help the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) thrive, planners and politicians heard Friday. "There is a sense out there that things are good, but if something isn't done, things will go down," Craig Worden from public polling company Ipsos-Reid told attendees at the Vision to Reality: Nodes and Corridors sym posium held at the Oakville Conference Centre. "It's all about quality of life for the people of the 905." The symposium is the second of its kind in an on-going series designed to help GTA planners and politicians work in a collaborative manner to alleviate the struggles of growth. Throughout the morning-long event, attendees were urged by a variety of planning consultants to demonstrate need to take better advantage of pro innovation while working with the leg grams promoting the re-development of islated tools they've been given to pro contaminated or long-standing idle mote smart growth. properties, Luciano Piccioni of RCI "The 905 might be getting more den Consulting recommended. sity in its subdivisions, but it's still low "The `zone it and they will come' density housing," said approach doesn't work," "People who live in Scott Chandler of Royal he said, recommending LePage Advisors. apartments want to be the municipalities devel In order to create highop community improve close to work or transit. er-density housing, munici ment plans (CIP). palities have to build the And it's no coincidence The CIPs, once infrastructure -- most approved by the province, that areas around importantly a better transit transit systems are the allow for greater flexibility system, he continued. for municipal grants loans most popular office When the infrastructure is and tax incentives to in place, market demand improve the condition of locations" will be bom and the private properties. · Scott Chandler sector will start to build. "The financial tools "People who live in apartments want are only going to grow. The province to be close to work or transit. And it's no indicates that's where they're going," coincidence that areas around transit Piccioni said. "When properly struc systems are the most popular office tured, financial incentives can signifi locations," Chandler said. cantly leverage and direct private sector On the business side, municipalities investment." u If n o t f o r in n o v a t i v e m e d ic a t io n s , a I M IG H T STILL BE ON LIFE SUPPORT.' it Zoning - The site is zoned R01 - Detached Dwellings. Proposal - An application involving a Zoning Amendment has been submitted to allow the expansion of the Private School onto four abutting properties (1046, 1056, 1102 and 1112 Linbrook Road). Dwellings on 1046 and 1112 Linbrook Road will be demolished in the future to accommodate the development. The vacant lands at 1056 and 1102 Linbrook Road will also be used as part of the future expansion of the school. The expansion will include a playing field, new gymnasium addition, senior/junior kindergarden addition and increased parking to allieviate traffic concerns on Linbrook Road. The R01 zone permits a private school provided it fronts on a street having a road allowance of at least 20 m. Linbrook Road does not have the requisite width in certain locations, hence relief is being sought from this provision for all five properties. Please Note: This proposal may be subject to changes or modifications at a future public meeting before Council. Dated at the Town of Oakville this 9th day of October 2002. David Nelson, Acting Manager Current Planning Section Planning Services Department 1 2 2 5 T R A F A L G A R R O A D · O A K V I L L E , O N T A R I O · L6| 5 A 6 (905) 845-6601 w w w .tow n.oakville.on.ca When we value Canadian research, we value the lives of all Canadians. 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