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Wednesday February 28, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER O A K V I L L E A5 E v e n t w a s p e r s o n a l fo r te e n a g e r (Continued from page A1) Fourteen-year old White Oaks Secondary School student Katie Pasic felt so strongly about the shaveoff that she not only volunteered but also enlisted the scalp of her mother. Sue Cecutti. "This was a great idea," said Pasic. "It allowed the community to get involved in something so great." Cecutti said shaving her head is a small price pay when not actually enduring the side-effects of chemotherapy and radiation. "I'm so proud of Katie," she said. "She was so Earthquake victim s fundraiser A fundraising dinner to raise funds to help sur vivors of earthquakes in El Salvador and India will be held by the Halton Multicultural Council (HMC) on March 3rd at the Le Dome Banquet Hall, 1173 North Service Rd. E. The event will begin with cocktails at 6 p.m. There will be a cash bar. The cost for the dinner is $35. Call 842-2486 . excited ... and never thought for a moment she did n't want to do it." Tara Pocmic explained that her involvement was very personal, since she has lost both her brother-inlaw and aunt to cancer. Kim Ellis - whose friends and family have also been touched by the disease - said she was delight ed by the chance to band together with other women for a good cause. "Thankfully I have the choice to lose my hair, not through chemotherapy or radiation," she said. Letter carrier Sandi Jordan raised money from a wide variety of sources, from her co-workers at the Oakville Depot and homeowners along her route to Burlington volunteer firefighters. Also taking part were Joan Marek and Beautiful You staffers Tausha Allott and Sharon Carey. Skye - plainly overwhelmed by all the activity when she wasn't helping shave heads or sweeping up hair - took to the stage and summed up her feel ings about the special day by telling the crowd sim ply, "Thank you." S H IA T S U` M A S S A G ET H ER A PY C E N T R E L T D - REGISTERED MASSAGE THERAPISTS/CERTIFIED SHIATSU THERAPISTS T h e ra p ie s O ffe r e d In c lu d e : · Traditional S w e d ish M a ssa ge · Sh iatsu T h e ra p y · M usculo-Skeletal Pain · Stress/Tension R e le ase · C o n n e c tiv e T issu e M a s s a g e · Sp o rts M a s s a g e · C ra n io -S a c ra l T h e ra p y · H eadaches · W h ip la s h / N e c k P ain · M u s c le R e h ab ilitatio n Project owners were ready for OMB appeal (Continued from page A1) E ffe c tiv e In T h e T re a tm e n t O f : approval until remedial traffic measures are in place, then so be it. A close look at the deal worked out between the Town and New Province Homes Ltd., however, reveals a lengthy and complex document filled with 129 restrictions and conditions that tackle not only traffic issues but also contend with everything from greenspace preservation to stormwater m anage ment. The deal could not have come at a better tim e: New Province Homes (M etrus Developments) had referred the m atter to the Ontario M unicipal Board (OMB) and a pre consultation hearing has been set for Thursday. With this w eek's agreement in hand, the Town has asked staff to request that the OMB approve New Province Homes' Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-Law Am endment and the Plan of Subdivision. (Because these matters were referred to the OMB, the Town is riot allowed to approve them.) At issue is the largest draft plan of subdi vision ever considered by the Town and occupies 327 acres of the former Shell Lands from Lakeshore Road to Rebecca Street and east of Burloak Drive. This would feature 1,430 dwelling units covering a range of housing types and the necessary road system. One stunning aspect of the plan is that a full 25% of the land has been set aside for public access woodlots and parkland. Some nearby Burlington residents are disappointed that Spruce Park will be history but many others feel the new scheme will more than compensate. A ccording to M etrus spokesm an Bob Hooshley, the deal caps off a protracted process to create a plan which has been revised more than a dozen times. Having come this far. Hooshley said he's looking forward to all the work to come, such as the detailed design of the subdivision. Ward 1 councillor Kevin Flynn went so far as to say that the area will be "one of, if not the finest" places to live in Oakville. After all, he said, in the past the property had been occupied by an oil refinery which left behind polluted, then largely inaccessible, land. "The public of Oakville now owns these lands," said Flynn. Still, there are those nagging traffic con cerns. To alleviate these fears, this week's deal features conditions that try to ensure that the road infrastructure is in place either before occupancy or as portions of the plan are built out. Better still, says Flynn, Metrus will front-end the cost of road and intersection improvements and will be reimbursed later. This will allow capital projects to take place sooner without others being bumped. For exam ple, Rebecca Street between Burloak and Bronte Road must be widened to three lanes prior to anyone living in the new homes. This will perm it the Burloak to Mississaga Street portion of Rebecca to be moved ahead from 2006 to 2002. Likewise, there will be no occupancy per mitted until after the Rebecca Street Bridge is completed and open to traffic. The developer has also agreed not to apply for building permits beyond the 900th hous ing unit until the major north-south collector road is constructed over its entire length from Rebecca to Lakeshore. Conditions also apply to building homes until the realigned portion of Burloak Drive is constructed in order to minimize truck traffic on Rebecca residents west of the col lector road. 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