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Wednesday April 4, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER A7 `Job' shouldn't have started Fit fo r spring events Re: Editorial `Finish the jo b ' Oakville Beaver, Wed. March 28, 2001 In commenting on the Dorval Drive truck route, it is stated that common sense is a rare commodity in politics these days. It may be rarer than the edi tor believes. The proposed truck route has arisen after a truck-tennis match lasting sever al years between residents of Trafalgar Road, who wanted the truck volume on their street reduced, and activists in east Oakville, who took steps to prevent any diverted trucks being sent through their neighbourhoods. As a result of success ful lobbying by both parties, there are now truck bans or restrictions on al these routes. Residents along the Dorval DriveLakeshore Road route, who have made the tactical error of failing to complain about trucks, are to become the recipi ents of 100% of the downtown truck traffic. Truck traffic along their roads will be at least double the current vol ume. It has been mentioned several times that Dorval Drive was designated as a Letters to the Editor major arterial road in the 1960s. This was to accommodate the continued expansion of the downtown core- an expansion which, thanks to the prolifer ation of shopping malls and super stores, has not occurred. Moreover, Dorval Drive was intended to augment truck routes like Trafalgar Road and W inston Churchill BoulevardLakeshore Road, not, as is now pro posed, to replace those routes. It is also a common argument that "there really w on't be that many trucks". If this is true, why the need for a truck route? Ultimately, in order to remove all trucks from streets in east and down town Oakville, trucks are to be diverted past more than 100 other homes which back onto Dorval Drive past St. Thomas Aquinas SChool, along Lakeshore Road (where trucks will share the road with a popular bicycle route), in front of the Kensington retire ment community, and into town by the Central Library. There will certainly be an impact on traffic, businesses, and homes in the downtown east of the Sixteen Mile Creek, although those affected are not considered stakeholders in the truck route consultation process. The new `direct' route will add approximately 500,000 km. of truck traffic through Oakville each year. So, let's not "finish the job". This is one job that should never have started. Duncan M cKenzie T hese Fit-for-Spring events are days when our professional bra fitting team isjoined by representatives from Lejabv, Barbara and Chantelle respectively. We will have a chance to show you the exciting new designs launched by these foremost bra makers from Paris. There'll be refreshments of course, and you'll have a chance to win a $100 gift certificate for Lejabv, also for Barbara and a Chantelle bra and panty set We add a gift to all purchases. The first of these events will be on Thursday April 5th, featuring the elegant Lejaby spring line. Followed by a Fitting Day on April 28th for the exceptional Barbara collection from Paris. And on Thursday, May 10th, we have a Fitting Event highlighting the glamourous comfort of Chantelle and its younger off-shoot, Passionata. To judge from previous occasions, the ladies coming to these events are having serious fun. Feeling good about yourself, rejuvenation, sometimes even comparing notes, is the order of the day. Backing up and complementing an astounding array of new choices in bra wear for this Spring are contemporary lounge pieces by Simon Chang, Nanso from Finland, the nicest cotton nighties imaginable, and silk and satin as well. W e strive to be fully stocked at all times but will, of course, also do Special Orders, Mail Order, and even personal emergency deliveries. You'll receive professional service with knowledge and care; frustration should be abolished if we can help it. Validated Parking is on us. We are Oakville's INSIDE STORY FINE LINGERIE, located at 107 Reynolds Street, comer of *Lakeshore Road East in downtown Oakville. Telephone 845-1210; e-mail: insidestory@sympatico.ca. * No compromise in JK debate I read with great dismay, the deci sion made by the Halton D istrict School Board about the implementa tion of Junior Kindergarten in the region. My husband and I attended the pub lic' input meeting held in Oakville on March 27, and found that like our selves, m ost o f the parents were against the All Day/Alternate Day model. With so. many people against this, the trustees still went ahead and made the decision to do what their constituents did NOT want. The argu ments presented by the school Board representatives did not include what the teacher/student ratio may be, they did not disclose what supervision our children would receive until they were asked and they did not take into con sideration what parents want for their children. The cost o f transporting children was the main argum ent raised on behalf of the school board members to try and sway the parents in attendance at the public meeting. W hen parents stood to confront Mr. Finlay, we were told that Junior K indergarten and Senior Kindergarten are optional pro grams and if, we the taxpaying par ents, did not like the model that is to be implemented, we did not have to enroll our children in these programs. It seems that the education of our chil dren should not be an option. How our children arrive at their place o f learn ing, however, should be. The board members in attendance alluded to the fact they had conducted some type of public poll, but to my recollection, I was not consulted at all as to my thoughts on this program. It has been my understanding that elect ed officials are to represent the inter ests of the people who put them in (Epower,. From reaction at the meet ing I had attended, this certainly is not the case. After the public position was put forth to the Superintendent of Schools and a few of his colleagues, the board still went ahead a voted against their constituents by a margin of 10 to 1. W hat a shame. There are compromises that could have been made on both sides of this debate but we, the parents, were not given a chance to properly air our con cerns. If there are other parents who feel the same, please contact me at the fol lowing e-m ail address, ik decision ® hotmail .com, with your name and phone number. I guess the voters o f Halton have now learned a valuable lesson, and I'm sure we will be more careful when choosing our School Board Trustees. N e e ta Sharm a exquinoxe B-F white, black & vanilla THURS., APRIL 5 $1 11 a .m .-7 p .m . Beate from Lejaby will join our fitting team REFRESHMENTS, GIFT W ITH PURCHASE and a CHANCE TO WIN A $100 Lejaby GIFT CERTIFICATE 1 0 7 Reynolds St., (north of Lakeshore Rd. E.,) downtown O A K V ILL E 8 4 5 - 1 2 1 0 G> File: Z.1413.15 O A K V IL L E C o u n c il 845-6601 S t a n d in g NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Official Plan Amendment and Removal of a Holding Provision Owner/Applicant: Silwell Developments & C o m m it t e e M e e t in g s Monday, April 9,2001 Planning & Development Council Council Chambers 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10,2001 Community Services Committee 7:30 p.m. - Oakville Room Administrative Services Comm. 7:30 p.m. - Bronte Room Please be advised that a public meeting will be held to discuss a proposed Official Plan Amendment to modify text in the Official Plan. Currently construction of additional housing in the Uptown Core is tied to the amount of retail commercial uses in the Uptown Core through policies in the Official Plan and Silwell has requested a change to these policies. A second modification to the Official Plan relates to the density permitted on two blocks between Sawgrass Dr. and Taunton Road. It is necessary to revise the current density of 150 units/site hectare to 35-50 units/site hectare to reflect the detached and semi-detached dwellings to be constructed in this area. A third request is to remove the Holding Provision relative to the Zoning By law, which would enable the applicant to cnstruct an additional 82 residential units and to release a block of land to construct a long-term care facility for the Region of Halton. Town Council will host this meeting at which time the Staff Report and recommendation will be considered. This meeting will take place on Monday, April 23, 2000 commencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville. Any individuals wishing to attend this meeting and speak to these matters are invited to do so. A copy of the staff report pertaining to this matter will be available for review in the Clerk's Department as of Tuesday, April 17, 2001 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. An explanation of the purpose and effect of the proposed applications, describing the land to which the proposed applications apply, and a key map showing the location of the land to which the proposed applications apply can be found overleaf. In sum mary, the Official Plan Amendment application is intended to permit the completion of the residential component of Phase 2B (see attached plan) and the construction of a long term care facility for the Region of Halton prior to the provision of additional retail uses and office uses in the Uptown Core. The removal of the Holding Provision in the Zoning By-law is intended to permit the construction of an additional 82 residential units on the lands between Sawgrass Drive and Taunton Road, south of Georgian Drive and to allow for construction of a long-term care facility between Parkhaven and Sawgrass, south of Oak Park Drive. Tuesday, April 17,2001 Council Meeting Council Chambers 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 23,2001 Planning & Development Council Council Chambers 7:30 p.m. C o u n c il & C o m m it t e e T o u c h t o n e P h o n e L in e 8 1 5 - 5 9 5 9 NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Model Homes File 42.03.66 Board not accountable Last May 2000, Janet Ecker, Minister of Education, announced that school boards need to be more accountable to the public. On March 29, 2001, Premier Mike Harris reiter ated this same statement. In spite of the government's stand on the issue of accountability, it appears that the Halton District School Board is not taking this accountability seriously. (See Transfers' page A8) J i n y & ija D isc o v e r y o g a t o rev italize y o u r b o d y a n a fin d in n e r calm TREE INTRO. CLASS Aprilj? INTERMEDIATE YOGA 6 :^ -7 -,^ p.m. GENTLE YOGA 8 -9p.m. Ramada Inn, Oakville To reserve a space, call < 3 4 2 -7 7 5 ) If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision in respect of the proposed official plan 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 or the official plan amendment is adopted, the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of the appeal. If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the pro posed official plan amend ment, you must make a written request to the undersigned at the Town's Planning Services Department. Town of Oakville, P.O. Box 310,1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON. L6J 5A6. Any questions or concerns may be addressed to: David Nelson, Planner Telephone: 845-6601, extension 3039 ? E-mail: dnelson@town.oakville.on.ca Location: The affected lands are located north of Glenashton Drive between Street D (Taunton Road) and Sawgrass Drive and north of Georgian Drive. Official Plan: Figure P, Uptown Core Land Use, designates the subject lands as Resi dential High Density at a maximum density of 150 units per site hectare and 185 units per site hectare and Mixed Commercial Residential. Figure P2, Phasing, shows the lands as being in Phase 2B. Phase 2B can not proceed until 5 provisions related to residential development, office and park development and the provision of roads are satisfied. Zoning: The subject lands are zoned UCRlB(a) and UCRlB(b) Proposal: The applicant has requested an Amendment to the text in the Official Plan relating to the timing of the development of lands in Phase 2B. Currently the Official Plan relates this timing to the provision of 46,000 m: of development within the Central Retail Area and 46,000 m2of office commercial, other commercial and hotel uses within the entire Uptown Core. The applicant has requested that development in the Central Retail Area be limited to 20,000 m2 in the Central Retail Area with references to other commercial development in the entire Uptown being deleted. References to office de velopment also are to be deleted. The Town now owns the park and references to the timing of the development will bedeleted from the Official Plan. The change in density on the blocks between Sawgrass Drive and Taunton Road from 150 units/site ha to 3550 units/site ha would reflect the request to construct detached and semi-detached dwell ings on these blocks instead of townhouses and apartments. The request to remove the Holding Provision on portions of the Phase 2 B lands would enable construction of an additional 82 residential units and a long-term care facility for the Region of Halton. Please note that this appication may be subject to change or modification at the Public Meeting of April 23, 2001. Please be advised that a public meeting will be held to discuss a proposed Zoning Amendment respecting the location of model homes in new residential areas. The meeting will be a public meeting hosted by Town Council, at which time a staff report and recommendation will be considered. This public meeting will take place on Monday, April 23, 2001 commencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville. The purpose of the amendment is to introduce zoning provisions within the Town of Oakville Comprehensive Zoning By-law that would permit the location of model homes within new residential plans of subdivision prior to subdivision registration. This amendment is Town wide and applies to all lands zoned residential within the Town of Oakville and therefore cannot be shown on a map. Any individuals wishing to attend this meeting and speak to this matter are invited to do so. If a person or public body that fdes a notice of appeal 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. You may direct any written submissions and/or questions to Ramona Boddington at the Town's Planning Services Department, Town of Oakville, P.O. Box 310, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6J 5A6. Tel: 845-6601, E x t 3032, Email address: rboddington@town.oakville.on.ca. A copy of the final staff report including the proposed zoning amendment, will be available for review in the Clerk's Department as of Tuesday April 17, 2001 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. Dated at the Town of Oakville this 4°' day of April, 2001. Lynne Gough, Manager, Long Range Planning Section Planning Services Department TOWN OF OAKVILLE NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION/ROAD CLOSURE for WOODSIDE DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION (Rebecca Street to Sedgewick Crescent) Please be advised that the Town of Oakville will be closing Woodside Drive from Rebecca Street to Sedgewick Drive to vehicular traffic in order to install underground servicing and rebuilding of Woodside Drive. Pedestrian access on Woodside Drive will be maintained throughout the construction/road closure period and vehicular traffic to Woodside Library will be maintained on Woodside Drive via Rebecca Street only. ROAD CLOSURE LOCATION: WOODSIDE DR. (Rebecca S t to Sedgewick) DURATION OF CLOSURE: April 10, 2001 to May 31, 2001 For further information regarding this project and road closure, please contact: Mr. Dan M. Cozzi. P. Eng., Manager of Design and Construction Department of Public Works Telephone: (905)338-4424 Fax: (905) 338-4159 E-Mail: dcozzi @town.oakville .on.ca Dated at the Town of Oakville this 4th day of April 2001. John Ghent. Manager, Current Planning Section. Planning Services Department www.lei)02;a.com HEALTHY 5 0 D Y - HEALTHY MIND 1225 TRAFALGAR ROAD · OAKVILLE, ONTARIO · L6J 5A6 %