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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com 30% OFF WINTER CLOTHING 3-334 Lakeshore Rd East, Oakville P. 905.842.2756 Love of the Arts Artscene WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010 www. oakvillebeaver .com 68 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 51 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" New drive-thrus may be facing stiff restrictions By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Town council is taking another day to determine what kind of future drive-thru facilities we will have in Oakville. So many people spoke during Monday's Planning and Development Council meeting that councillors did not have enough time to make a ruling on a number of restrictions "Increased use of driveTown staff propose thrus means that even to place on where more people will run their future drive-thru facilities can be engines while remaining located. seated and they will do it The meeting will even closer to homes, resume today schools and parks." (Wednesday) at 1 p.m. at Town Hall. Andrea Gleeson, The controversy drive-thru opponent surrounding this issue dates back to Nov. 10, 2008 when the Planning and Development Council passed an interim control bylaw prohibiting the construction of new drive-thru facilities so Town staff would have time to conduct a study into where drive-thrus could best be located. At the heart of the matter are resident concerns about noise, traffic, litter and air pollution coming from drive-thrus, which are close to residential areas. The drive-thru study was completed in the summer of 2009, but a council decision on the recommendations coming from this study was deferred in an effort to receive more public consultation on the issue. Prior to Monday's meeting a total of six meetings were held in order to gain this public feedback. An online survey was also conducted, however, its results were not deemed reliable. See Existing page 11 Neighbours not fans of skate park Residents want park moved By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Should it stay or should it go? This is the question Town councillors are asking about a skate park in West Oak Trails Park that is drawing fire from nearby residents. The skate park, built by the Town at a cost of $125,000 in July 2009, has not only proven to be a popular place for youths to gather during the day, but also at night and it is this night activity that has adjacent residents upset. "We had a public meeting back in early April where we did hear concerns from local residents, particularly residents who are adjacent to the facility, about undesirable youth activity around the skateboard park in the evening hours, quite late at night," said Chris Mark, director of Parks and Open Space, Town of Oakville. "The residents clearly feel the ERIC RIEHL / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER skateboard park is not working out there at West Oak Trails Park and SLIP SLIDING : Thomas Nason rides the rail on his skateboard at the West Oak Trails Park skate park in north Oakville. See Complaints page 4 Optimize Performance (Adults and Children) · Attention span is short · Difficulty organizing & completing work · also helpful for Asperger's · also Psycho-educational testing ADD Centre MacLachlan College IB World School Interviews and testing now being scheduled for September 2010. For further information contact Nancy Norcross, Director of Admissions. , ON / 905.844.0372 ext. 235 | admissions@maclachlan.ca / www.maclachlan.ca Neurofeedback and learning strategies can provide a lasting improvement. Co-author with Pediatrician William Sears of The A.D.D. Book: New Understandings, New Approaches to Parenting Your Child. Director: Lynda M. Thompson, Ph.D., 905-803-8066 www.addcentre.com 337 Trafalgar Rd., A co-educational university prep school Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12