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A8 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday April 18, 2001 Construction begins on $4 million renovations to Halton Museum By Fannie Sunshine SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER After almost two decades o f hoping, waiting and praying, renovations for the Halton Region Museum are finally getting under way. Halton Regional Council approved close to $2 million to go toward a $4 million renovation project last month. The renovations include all three floors of the Alexander Bam to create an exhibit and edu cational area, plus two floors of the visitor cen tre to provide archives, a gift shop and adm inis tration area. Renovation o f both the bam and the visiting centre buildings is expected to start next month and be completed by September. Displays in the bam will include a perm a nent exhibit of the 12,000-year history o f the Region of Halton and rotating exhibitions in the upper gallery. Halton's historic collection consists of about 35,000 artifacts and includes archaeological artifacts, native artifacts, natural history speci mens, household utensils and furniture, tools and trades, clothing and carriages. The m useum , located in the Kelso Conservation Area, will also offer a children's discovery centre, a visitors information centre, a museum gift store, a self-guided trek of the Alexander Trail, guided escarpment hikes, education programs, rental of the H eart R oom and an archives library. "I almost have to pinch m yself to see if this is really happening," said Regional Chair Joyce Savoline, who recently helped to kick-off the official NOTICE OF CANCELLATION building renovations at the museOF PUBLIC MEETING um."This has been such a long time coming. I think regardless of the dis APPLICANT:1160659 Ontario Lim ited cussion and debate (of approving ren File: Z .1525.12 ovations), everyone on council wants Please be advised that the public meeting scheduled for April 23, 2001 to discuss the to preserve the past. I've been on proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning Amendment as submitted by the council 18 years and I rem em ber dis above-noted applicant has been cancelled. cussing this back then." Milton Mayor Gord Krantz said the location for the museum is one o f the best sites they could have asked for. "I 'm really pleased to be part o f this auspi cious day," he said. "The municipalities of the past are going to be preserved here." Tim Kingsbury, chair o f the Halton Museum Foundation said the foundation is committed to raising an additional $2 million over the next two years during a public campaign starting later this year. "This day is a culmination of years of effort before my time," he said. "W hen you start to see the shovel in the ground and the plans start ing to take shape, I get excited." The Halton Region Museum is located on the site of the Alexander family farmstead, who owned the farm from 1836 to 1961. In 1961, Adam (Duff) Alexander sold it to the Sixteen Mile Creek Conservation Authority (now Conservation Halton) for use as a recre ational park and flood control area. Five acres of the 200-acre farmstead and the original buildings were used to create the Halton Region Museum in 1962. The Halton M useum Foundation was established in 1998. To make a donation or to become a member o f the Halton Museum Foundation, call 8752200. Checking out plans for the $4 million renovations to the Halton Regional M useum are architect Alex Temporale and builder Jim Strickland of StructCon. In the back ground is Museum Chair Tim Kingsbury, Regional Chair Joyce Savoline, Oakille and Regional Councillor Kevin Flynn, Milton Mayor Gordon Krantz, Fundraising Chair Walt Elliot and Conservation Halton vice-chair Clark Sommerville. Photo by Peter C. McCusker G > O A K V IL L E (9 0 5 ) 84 5-6601 Pesticide Use on Public Lands History of Halton police forces now in a book By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF You've probably heard tales of the old West but what about the tales of Halton. Don't yawn. The Klu Klux Klan marched in Oakville. Organized crime operated near Georgetown. Anti-prohibitionists contracted arson ists to torch the homes of prohibition supporters. It'll all be in a new book tracing the history of the Halton Regional Police -- and all its various predecessors, back to the 1850s. "You always hear about the Wild West but it was right here," said police historian Bill McGrath. Five authors, including McGrath, have spent six months researching and writing the book. It won't be ready for bookshelves though until 2003 -- just in time to cele brate Halton County's 105th anniversary. "In 1858 there was the first doublemurder in Silvercreek. which was just north of Georgetown," said McGrath. The accused was later acquitted. Silvercreek was also the centre for organized crime. "A group called the Markham Gang ran around in southern Ontario and some members were in Silvercreek," said McGrath. Not only will the book trace police activities in Halton County, but it will include the four police departments in Burlington, Oakville, Milton and Georgetown, which later amalgamated to form the Halton Regional Police in 1974 -- with the advent of regional gov ernment. McGrath said he has compiled the names of all citizen constables since 1855. He has more than 2,000 jail records dating from 1860 to the 1920s. He has read the diary of Oakville Constable George Sumner, the only Canadian constable to keep such a detailed record. McGrath also has the original 1850's plans for the jail in Milton-- and who was sentenced to hang there. "There were so few crimes that the jail was used as a poor house, used to house vagrants at the time," he said. The book should be ready for editing next year and publication thereafter. It will cost $11,000 to print 500 copies, $13,000 for 1,000 copies. Halton Regional Police Services Board members want at least 400 of the 500 books pre-ordered (at $25 a copy) before any printing takes place. Already the 67,000-word book con tains at least 500 local names. Oakville Regional Councillor Fred Oliver. Oakville's last police chief and Halton Region's first deputy chief of police, attended Thursday's board meet ing to tell about his own days in blue. "There were always budget chal lenges," said Oliver, noting that when he started on the job in 1948 he went to see the former police chief in Bronte to pick up a typewriter, gun and badge. Oliver said the typewriter had been sold: the brass badge weighed a ton, and a half-filled box of ammunition for a .32calibre automatic was "rusted." Public notification will be given when a new public meeting date has been scheduled. 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 below. You may direct any written submissions and/or questions to Joanne Magee at the Town's Planning Services Department, Town of Oakville, P.O. Box 310,1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON. L6J 5A6. Tel: 8456601, Ext 3034, email NORTH SERVICE ROAD address: gpagee@towii.oakvine.oaca b Location - The subject I THE QUEEN ELIZABETH WAY property is located on the north side of the North Service Rd, east of Third Line, in the Queen Elizabeth Way West Industrial District The legal description of the property is part Lot 25, Concession 11, SDS. The municipal address is 1453 North Service Rd. O fficial Plan - Figure Ind. B Queen Elizabeth Way West Industrial District, desig nates the subject land Industrial Commercial that permits a number of uses including Limited Retail Warehousing. Zoning - The site is zoned Medium Industrial M2 Special Provision 65 (By-law 196660) that permits a gasoline service station, a restaurant and offices. Proposal - Applications to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a furniture store of which the retail and showroom area would comprise 60 % of the building whereas the Official Plan policies and the requested Prestige Industrial M6 zone permit light industrial manufacturing and/ or warehousing with ancillary retail sales of products manufactured or stored on the premises comprising a maximum of 40% of the gross leasable area of the establishment Dated at the Town of Oakville this April 18, 2001. A public meeting will be held Tuesday, A pril 24, 2001 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road to discuss the use of pesticides on public lands and commence discussions on the use of pesticides on private lands within the Town of Oakville. Town officials welcome this open forum in which opinions and viewpoints from residents can be shared and concerns addressed. Parks and Recreation staff will present the annnal integrated pest management report to the Community Services Committee. Any recommendations with regards to the use of pesticides on Town lands will be referred to the Council meeting set for Monday, May 7, 2001. For more information, please contact Chris Marie, Assistant Director of Operations, Parks and Recreation at (905) 845-6601 e x t 3111, or e-mail cmaricOtnwn.oakville.nn.ca. Visit our website at www.town.oakville.on.ca C o u n c il & S ta n d in g C o m m itte e M eetin g s S3 Tuesday, April 24,2001 Monday, April 23,2001 | Planning & Development Council Community Services Committee 7:30 p.m. - Council Chambers Council Chambers Administrative Services Comm. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. - Bronte Room Monday, May 7,2001 Council Meeting Council Chambers 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 14,2001 Planning & Development Council Council Chambers 7:30 p.m. C o u n c il & C o m m i t 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 (Zoning By-law and O fficial Plan Amendment) APPLICANT: H eritage G ate Ltd. File: Z .1528.04 Please be advised that a public meeting will be held to discuss a proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning Amendment as submitted by the above-noted applicant A public meeting will be hosted by Town Council at which time a Staff Report and recommendation will be considered. This meeting will take place on M ay 14, 2001, com m encing at 7:30 pan. in the 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 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 is shown below. If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision in respect of the proposed zoning amendment and 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 proposed 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 proposed official plan amendment, you must make a written request to Ted Salisbury, Planning Director at the Town's Planning Services D epartm ent, Town o f O akville, P.O. Box 310,1225 Trafalgar Road, O akville, ON. L6J 5A6. You may direct any other written submissions or comments to Bob Zsadanyi, Planner, at Tel: 845-6601, Ext. 3041, email address: hTsa/tanvi (a> t.own.oakville.on.ca. Location -- The subject lands are located on the east side o f Heritage Way opposite its intersection with Reeves Gate. The site encompasses Block 148, Registered Plan 20M-502. Oflivinl PlfUl -- Figure N, Land Use, Glen Abbey Community, designates the subject site "HD", High Density Residential (100 units per site hectare). This would permit the development of an apartment building(s) with a possible yield of 187 units on the site. Zoning - A site-specific by-law applies to the subject land. By-law 1987-90. This by-law zones the land "R9" Apartments (High Density). Proposal -- The proposal involves an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning Amendment to permit the development of 86 stacked and conventional townhomes in a Condominium format Of the 86 townhomes, 24 will be in a stacked arrangement The Condominium application will be submitted at a later date. A copy of the Staff Report pertaining to this matter will be available for review in the Cleric's Department as of May 7, 2001, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. Please Note: This proposal may be subject to changes or modifications at the public meeting on May 14, 2001. Dated at the Town of Oakville this 18th day o f April, 2001. John Ghent, Manager, Current Planning Section, Planning Services Department John Ghent, Manager, Current Planning Section, Planning Services Department NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Applicant: M rs. F etidtas Vail 382 Upper M iddle Road East File No: Z.151Z27 Please be advised that a public meeting will be held to discuss a proposed Zoning Amendment as submitted by the above-noted applicant A public meeting hosted by Town Council will be held at which time the staff report and recommendation will be considered. This meeting will take place on M ay 14, 2001 comm encing at 7:30 pun. in the Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville If a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the approval authority, in respect of the proposed Zoning Amendment does not make oral submission at the public meeting, if one is held, or make written submission before the proposed Zoning Amendment is approved or refused, the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss the appeal Upper M id d le Road East Any written submission and/or questions may be directed to David Nelson of the Town's Planning Services Department, Town of V Oakville, P.O. Box 310, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON. L6J 4c 5A6. Tel: 845-6601, Ext 3039, email address: / dnelson® town.oakville.on.ca. Sub|ect Any individuals wishing to attend 5 Lands this meeting and speak to this matter are invited to do so. A summary of the subject proposal may be found below. A copy of the Staff Report pertaining to this matter will be available for review in the Cleric's Department as of May 7, 2001, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Location -- The subject lands are located on the south side of Upper Middle Road East between the East Morrison Creek and Trafalgar Road. The municipal address is 382 Upper Middle Road East Q ffirilL E lail -- Figure L, Land Use, College Park Community, designates the subject lands as Residential Medium Density with a maximum density o f 35 units per site hectare and Natural Area. The Natural Area designation applies to the valley lands of the East Morrison Creek while the Residential Medium Density designation applies to the tablelands upon which the existing dwelling has been constructed. 7.«mwf -- The land is currently zoned A, Agricultural l*"T*> *~1 -- The proposal involves a Zoning Amendment to rezone the lands from A, Agricultural to an appropriate residential zone to permit construction o f 25 multiple attached dwelling units. Please note this proposal may be subject to changes or modifications at the Public Meeting o f May 14, 2001. Dated at the Town of Oakville this 18th day of April 2001. f y a / John Ghent Manager, Current Planning Section, Planning Services Department 1225 TRAFALGAR ROAD · OAKVILLE, ONTARIO · L6J 5A6