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5 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,D ecem ber 12,2019 insidehalton.com Fixing Furnaces Since 1932 Call 289-205-3443 • Heating and Cooling • Plumbing • Sewer and Drains •Water Heaters • Service Plans 20 19 Fastest Emergency Service in Oakville MISSISSAUGA Sunday, December 22 4:00pm Mississauga Celebration Square 300 City Centre Drive BRAMPTON Tuesday, December 24 12:30pm Brampton City Hall 2 Wellington St. W. MILTON Sunday, December 29 4:00pm Milton Town Hall 150 Mary Street OAKVILLE Monday, December 23 5:00pm Iroquois Ridge Community Centre 1051 Glenashton Drive public menorah lighting grand chanukah celebration DREIDELS CHOCOLATE GELT LATKES DOUGHNUTS MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT CRAFTS FOR THE KIDS GIVEAWAYS FREE RAFFLE AND MORE! FREE OF CHARGE. Please bring a non-perishable food item to be shared with the needy. Sponsorship opportunities available. For more information or to RSVP: Info@JewishMississauga.org or call 905-268-4432 An Oakville councillor is raising concerns about the uncertainty surround- ing schooling for the com- munity, which will be lo- cated at the former Saw- Whet Golf Course. The majority of Oak- ville council voted during its Monday, Dec. 2 meeting to finalize the subdivision agreement between the Town of Oakville and de- veloper Bronte Green Cor- poration for the 54.79-hect- are development. The subdivision will be located to the southeast of the Bronte and Upper Mid- dle roads intersection and will feature 334 single de- tached lots, 164 townhouse units, two condo blocks, three potential school blocks, three park blocks, four Natural Heritage Sys- tem blocks and two pond blocks made up of one stormwater management pond and one wildlife pond. Overall the develop- ment will have a minimum of 1,045 residential units. During the meeting Ward 4 Town and Regional Coun. Allan Elgar pointed out there is no guarantee a school will be able to take root in this community. He said, much to his dis- appointment, the agree- ment that was reached be- tween the Town and the de- veloper states that in the event the school boards do not purchase land in the community for those schools within seven years the developer will be per- mitted to construct 45 addi- tional residential units on this land. "I don't believe this will be a complete community," said Elgar. "It is quite possible there will be busing out- side this community." Ward 1 Town and Re- gional Coun. Sean O'Meara also voiced concerns about the commercial aspects of the development. He noted in one area of Ward 1 residents have to drive five minutes just to get a bag of milk. O'Meara said he did not want to see this issue repli- cated at this Saw-Whet sub- division. Town staff said com- mercial development is permitted within the devel- opment along the east side of Bronte Road and a com- mercial plaza has been pro- posed at the south end of the site. They noted, how- ever, they could not compel the developer to build this commercial component at the same time as the resi- dential component. Indeed, the commercial aspects of the subdivision will be the subject of anoth- er development applica- tion Bronte Green will bring forward at a much later date. The development of the Saw-Whet land is the result of a negotiated settlement between the Town of Oak- ville and Bronte Green Corporation, which was approved by the Ontario Municipal Board in July 2017. Essentially the agree- ment saw the Town permit the development to move forward in exchange for the developer altering its plan so that more than 10 hectares of green space were protected and key en- vironmental concerns over wildlife protection were addressed. Elgar has previously said the Town's deal with Bronte Green "baffles me" because the developer got approval to build more units than originally re- quested. When councillors asked what the result of denying the subdivision agreement would be Town staff said the Ontario Municipal Board (now the Local Plan- ning Appeal Tribunal) would ultimately force the agreement through with little change. "Let's try to understand this is a subdivision agree- ment," said Oakville Mayor Rob Burton. "This sets out the things the developer is going to do for the Town. This is not an opportunity to re-fight the original application. That's history." Elgar voted against the subdivision agreement. All other councillors voted to finalize it. NEWS COUNCILLOR WORRIED THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL FOR SAW-WHET SUBDIVISION DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com Plans for the Saw-Whet Golf Course development. Courtesy of the Town of Oakville