MUSIC LESSONS 905.825.8668 w w w .m u sic isfu n .c a N od e b a tin gw h o S a n ta so np a ra d e isC a n a d a sb e s t th isS a tu rd a y ! STORY PAGE 8 O a k P ark _ M e d ica l C lin ic m n m H -- M on. - Fri. 8:30am - 8:30pm Saturday 9:00am - 4:00pm Sunday 10:00am - 3:00pm -- N O R T H THE OAKVILL A M E R I C A 'S M O S T A W A R D E D C O M M / WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2004 52 Pages $1.00 (plusGST) A Metroland Publication Vol. 41 No. 140 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES " North v Oakville developer files OMB appeal By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Suu Oak IDI'UMoi'iiiicTi C s LlHlHbd has appealed to the O nim iu Mtmi eiiw l Rnafl] iQ M Iti -- twice this m onth -- to get moving on plans to develop the 225 acres il ow ns near Sixth Line and B um ham thorpe Road, in north Oakville. The developm ent com pany ow ns acreage to the southwest and northeast o f the intersection, located north o f Dundas Street and east o f Sixteen Mile Creek. Star O ak 's law yer, Russell Cheeseman filed the appeals earlier this month. Star Oak is appealing a lack o f action by the Town on moving ahead with the North Oakville Secondary Plan (NO SP) under Official Plan A m endm ent (OPA) 198. It's also appealing a one-year devel opment freeze the Town slapped on lands north o f D undas earlier this fall -- and is one o f nine appeals launched over the interim control by-law, according to Cheeseman. The com pany's com plaints are that ihe Town u f'O a k v illi has made little progress on secondary plans Star Oak submitted to the Town last March and, then earlier this fa l l , the Town enacted the interim control by-law that will fur ther stave off developm ent for one year, possibly two. S tar Oak participated with other (See Development' page A4) Sharkey's OMB hearing officer grills Town's first witness . By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF It w a sn 't exactly sm ooth sailing as th e Tow n o f O akville kicked o ff its case in o pposition to a 14-storey, 85-unit co n d o on th e site o f S h a rk e y 's D ockside C afe at the O n ta rin-M n n it ipaFftw aw l « > MIS) y esterday. Bay S treet law yer Bob Doumani began presenting the " Why do we have to Tow n's case yesterday m orn worry about where ing with the expert testim ony o f form er Tow n plannerdowntown is?" tu r n e d - p r iv a te - p r a c tit io n e r · Sharkey's OMB John G hent, w ho boasts 29 hearing officer years experience in planning Susan Rogers with both Halton Region and the Town o f Oakville. However, G hent consistently found him self at the end of probing questions by hearing officer Susan Rogers. The hearing that's e x p e c t to take a month, began last week and has so far heard the case presented by the develop er Iftiniitln 'i>nU-i ill* ,VnrpMraii'~n as well as numerous resi dents both for and against the proposed redevelopment o f 111 Forsythe St. (See OMB' page A3) Teen's abduction was a tall tale H alton Regional Police now say a teenage girl fabri cated a story about her abduc tion by an armed man from her southeast Oakville home Nov. 17. `T h ere are no safety con cerns o f a stranger attack," said Sgt. Jeff Corey. The girl told investigators that she responded to a knock at the door o f her hom e around 6:30 p.m. W hen she opened the door, she was confronted by a man with a weapon, w ho ordered her to leave with him. The girl said she com plied and accom panied the man to a nearby w ooded area. She said she spent a period o f time with the man before running aw ay and finding sanctuary at a resi dence close by. 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