8- The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday July 11, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com OAKVILLE - Celebrating 150 years! Coffee and Planning with the Ward 6 Councillors Saturday, July 14, 2007 11:00 - 12 noon Iroquois Ridge Community Centre, Northridge Room Special Guest: Mayor Rob Burton Regional and Town Councillor Tom Adams and Town Councillor Max Khan invite you to join them to chat over coffee about the creation of a Ward 6 Consultative Committee of local residents to help in the creation of Oakville's New Official Town Plan. The Ward 6 Consultative Committee will help define the future of our community. Please join them or contact them to discuss your thoughts or to express interest in taking part. The next regularly scheduled constituency meeting will be held on September 15, 2007. Tom Adams Regional and Town Councillor 905-849-7915 tadams@oakville.ca Max Khan Town Councillor 905-599-0119 mkhan@oakville.ca RECRUITING APPLICANTS TO JOIN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Join the Board of Directors of Oakville's municipal electricity distribution company and participate in keeping it a strong and vital part of the Town's assets. Oakville Hydro and its subsidiary companies provide our community with some of the most essential services our residents receive and generate long-term value and financial returns for the Town. The Board of Directors of Oakville Hydro is seeking applicants who live within our community and who will renew and expand the diversity and expertise of the board and its committees. Experience in regulated industries, knowledge of best practices in corporate board governance and strong leadership skills in a variety of business and professional settings would be important qualifications. As a member of the Board, you will be required to operate in the best commercial and fiduciary interests of the company. As the sole shareholder in the company, the Town of Oakville requires the highest standard of transparency and accountability between the Board and the shareholder. If you are interested in this opportunity, please send a resume by email to boardrecruitment@oakville.ca or in writing to: Town Clerk, 1225 Trafalgar Road, P.O. Box 310, Oakville, ON, L6J 5A6. Deadline for applications is July 30, 2007 For more information about Oakville Hydro, visit www.oakvillehydro.com, or call Mayor Rob Burton at 905-338-4173 You are cordially invited to attend... The Unveiling of the Bronte Fishermen's Memorial Please join us Saturday July 21, 2007 at 11:30 a.m. 150 Ways to Play - Live it Everyday! Fisherman's Wharf Park Bronte Road, South of Lakeshore West Road See Graffiti? Report it! e Naturally Green Pesticide Awareness Program The Town of Oakville strives to remove all graffiti as quickly as possible. DIAL #905-338-4392 and select the graffiti-reporting option (#2) OR EMAIL roads&works@oakville.ca effect January 1, 2008. This by-law and more information on the Registry can be located on the Town's website at www.oakville.ca. Town residents are also encouraged to access the Town's website to see if they live within 50 metres of an area identified as being a "sensitive use area." Sensitive use areas include schools, licensed daycares, playgrounds, parks, churches, licensed seniors residences, universities and hospitals. If you would like to register or require more information, please call the Town's Pesticide Information Line at #905-845-6601 ext. 3006 or email: pesticideregistry@oakville.ca of 6 to 8 cm or 2.5 to 3 inches. Use a sharp blade. and infrequently to promote deep roots. Too much water starves the soil of oxygen and invites disease. Give 2.5 cm or 1 inch of water per week to the lawn. Put a container (tuna can) on your lawn to measure how much you have watered. your lawn with compost and leave grass clippings where they fall. Compost improves the soil, which is where plant health begins. Clippings decompose quickly, and are another source of nutrients for your lawn. 2. Water deeply The Town of Oakville participates in the `Naturally Green' Pesticide Education and Awareness campaign in partnership with Halton Region, area municipalities, Landscape Ontario and the Organic Landscape Alliance. As part of the program, the Town encourages residents with sensitivities to pesticides to sign up for the Town's confidential pesticide registry. The Town supports registrants by sending Naturally Green pesticide awareness information to nearby homes and businesses. This is expected to be the last year for the Pesticide Registry as By-Law #2007-036, a by-law to regulate the use of pesticides within the Town of Oakville. comes into 3. Feed Ten Steps to be Naturally Green (Part 1 of 2) #1 - #5 to promote vigorous growth, prevent weeds and discourage insect pests. Cut grass at a height 4. Aerate compacted soil in the fall. This helps oxygen, 5. Overseed water and nutrients reach the roots and also helps decompose thatch. 1. Mow high thinned areas in spring or fall or choose alternative ground covers in difficult spots. NOTICE OF SURPLUS AND SALE OF LAND Part of Lot 21, Concession 2, S.D.S Being PIN #24870-0264 Town of Oakville Regional Municipality of Halton TAKE NOTICE THAT: 1. The Council for the Corporation of the Town of Oakville at its meeting of July 10, 2007, declared certain lands surplus for the purpose of selling to the adjoining land owner on Montrose Abbey Drive. The lands are described as follows: Part of Lot 21, Concession 2, S.D.S., Town of Oakville, being PIN #24870-0264. 2. This notice is in compliance with the Town's By-law 1995-71. 3. Copies of a plan showing the lands to be exchanged are available for inspection at the office of the Manager, Realty Services at the address shown below, by appointment by calling 905-845-6601, extension 3022 during normal business hours (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). Maynard Millman, AACI, P.App., PLE Manager, Realty Services Legal Department The Corporation of the Town of Oakville 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, Ontario L6J 5A6