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A 2 - The Oakville Beaver, Tuesday D ecem ber 23, 2003 Researching defence against apartments (Continued from page A1) Region gives kids a dental check-up (Continued from page A1) legislation to give some planning power back to municipalities, "is exciting news for us. We hope it could be of benefit to us." Developer Palm Place Developments Inc. has an offer to pur chase the 10-acre former Shell#House land just east of the Burlington border from landowner New Province Homes. That's the same landowner that's seeing Metrus Developments, via homebuilders National, Rosehaven and Aspenridge, put 1,400 homes in Lakeshore Woods to the north of Lakeshore Road. On July 18, Palm Place Developments filed a development application with the Town of Oakville to put 1,000 condoapartments on the property. Two configurations were provided - four, 25-storey apart ment buildings or four buildings with eight towers (joined by one-storey links) of 12 to 15-storeys in height. Residents in established areas and in the new Lakeshore Woods are furious about an obstructed lake view, loss of shoreline and trees and potential traffic congestion. A recommendation for public purchase of the land was made by David Crombie's Royal Commission on lakefront regeneration in the 1980s. While the Region of Halton made inquiries about purchas ing the land. Shell Canada, which owned the property at the time, didn't want to sell. The Town's Official Plan and zoning by-law deem the property to be low density residential to the west half and pri vate open space to the east. Unless the Town is prepared to buy the land deemed private open space, it is obliged to con sider a development application for the property. If the entire property were to be low density residential, about 30 homes could be built there - 15 on each side. No matter what happens the developer must give 15m of lakefront land to the Town for the waterfront trail. Last fall, the Town returned Palm Place Developments' appli cation, which seeks an Official Plan change and a zoning change, as incomplete. The developer headed to the OMB to appeal. It's expected that it will take several months to get to the OMB pre-hearing conference stage and several more months to get to a hearing. Recently Town Council met to hear resi dents and then went behind closed doors to develop a plan of action. While Council wouldn't reveal that plan because of confidentiality issues, it assured residents their wishes were being heeded. Chantal Ayotte · Special to the Oakville Beaver SHARING THEIR HEARTS: Posing with the Grinch (Natcha Leduc) at the Appleby College Arena - Food Drive for Fareshare and community skating party are at left, Eda Guler, 5, and Timuray Gokdemir, 5. that aren't fluoridated, so youth that drink well water were included in the study. Results showed that of the 301 Milton kids screened, 13.1 per cent, or 39 kids, had non-urgent dental needs, like cavities or loose fillings. They can have serious long-term implica tions if untreated, affecting chewing and speech. The next highest was Halton Hills at 12.5 per cent -- 37 kids -- followed by Burlington at 11.4 per cent -- 33 kids -- and Oakville at 9 per cent, or 27 kids. The Halton average for non-urgent dental needs was 11.5 per cent, or 138 kids. The study's results were recently released to the Region's health and social services committee. Results from a report released this past July documenting the dental health among kids aged five, seven and nine were similar to the report about 11 and 13-year-olds. Dr. Robert Hawkins, a public health dentist with the Region, said it's difficult to pinpoint an exact reason for higher rates of dental decay in Milton youth, but "I would assume (water fluoridation) would reduce the risk of dental decay," he said. He noted there are other ways to ensure healthy teeth, including visiting the dentist regularly, brushing after every meal and cutting down the amount of sweet sodas youth drink. Though the most recent report didn't state a lack of fluor idation was a reason for poor dental health in Milton youth, it said water fluoridation helps prevent dental decay. It noted the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States views water fluoridation as one of the 10 most significant public health accomplishments in the 20th century. The health department is completing a report addressing water fluoridation of Milton's well water. It's expected to be ready in the new year. Originally the report was to be ready last summer but had been delayed indefinitely due to immense staff time the heath department spent on dealing with SARS. Interestingly, in the mid: '70s there was a referendum that asked Milton residents if they wanted their water fluoridated and the majority said no. Last week's dental health report showed that overall more than one out of every five youth (aged 11 and 13) had a mild form of fluorosis. That means patchy white flecks were found on less than one-third of the tooth surface due to ingesting flu oride during crucial tooth development in younger years. Regional councillors were concerned by the fluorosis fig ure and asked Hawkins what parents can do. He said they should make sure only a small amount of toothpaste -- which is fluoridated, but at much higher con centrations than water -- is put on a tooth brush, and to ensure everything is spit out when rinsing. Meanwhile, the Region will follow the oral health devel opment of kids at Milton's new Chris Hadfield elementary school, starting in senior kindergarten through to Grade 8. The school is serviced by a fluoridated lake-based water sup ply, as are all new development areas in town. 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