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Notice of complete application and notice of statutory public meeting September 27, 2010 7 p.m. Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road Council Chamber Zoning by-law amendment(s) Part of Lot 19, Concession 1, N.D.S. Regional Municipality of Halton/ Town of Oakville File: Z.1319.05 and 42.03.80a The Town of Oakville has received a complete application from the Regional Municipality of Halton for a proposed zoning by-law amendment. You are invited to attend and provide input at this public meeting hosted by the Planning and Development Council. The Towns Planning Services department is in receipt of a zoning amendment application for the purpose of amending the Existing Development ED Zone under the North Oakville Zoning By-law 2009-189 to permit the development of a wastewater pumping station located on the north east corner of the future extension of Towne Boulevard and Dundas Street West. In addition to this specific application, town staff will consider a general amendment to the north Oakville zoning by-law that will allow additional regional public infrastructure projects to proceed on lands subject to the north Oakville zoning by-law that are situated outside of the Natural Heritage System. The Planning Services department will be presenting a recommendation report with respect to the development proposal at this meeting. At the present time, the subject pump station lands located on the northeast corner of the future extension of Towne Boulevard and Dundas Street West is also subject to Zoning By-law Amendment Z.1318.02 and Draft Plan of Subdivision 24T-05013 submitted by Pendent Developments Ltd. (Mattamy Homes Ltd). The overall lands of north Oakville are also subject to the following planning applications: Town of Oakville file numbers: 42.03.80, 42.03.83, Z. 1320.04 & 24T-05016; Z.1316.02 & 24T-05025; Z. 1317.02 & 24T-05012; and, Z. 1318.02 & 24T-05013. OMB case numbers: PL050908; PL051163; PL051164; PL051165; PL051166; PL051167; PL051168; PL051169; PL051170; PL051171; PL051172; PL051173; PL051174; PL051175; PL051176; PL051177; PL051178; PL051185; PL051186; PL051187; PL051188; PL051189; PL051243; PL090414; PL100041; PL100509 and, PL090614. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Town of Oakville before the by-law is passed: a) the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Town of Oakville Council to the Ontario Municipal Board; and b) the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so. Any submission to the Planning and Development Council, either in hard copy or in electronic format, must be forwarded to the Clerk's department for receipt no later than noon on the day of the meeting to ensure its availability to the Members of Council at the meeting. Individuals making oral submissions at the public meeting are requested to submit a written outline of the submission to the Town Clerk. All submissions should include the full name and address of the presenter. If you wish to be notified of the passing of the proposed zoning by-law amendment, or of the refusal of a request to amend the zoning by-law, you must make a written request to the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerks department, P.O. Box 310, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6J 5A6. The public may view planning documents and background material at the Planning Services department between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or on the towns website at www.oakville.ca as of September 3, 2010. Questions or written submissions may be directed to Robert Thun, Senior Planner, Planning Services department, Town of Oakville, P.O. Box 310, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6J 5A6, 905-845-6601, ext. 3029 or at rthun@oakville.ca. The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Records and Freedom of Information Officer at 905-815-6053. Dated at the Town of Oakville September, 3, 2010. Oakville Votes October 2010 w w w . o a kv ill eb ea ve r.c o m O A KV IL LE B EA V ER Fr id ay , Se pt em be r 3 , 2 01 0 8 By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF With schools starting up next week not all children may be exactly looking forward to another year of books and homework. However, the principals of two new Oakville elementary schools are try- ing to create an exciting environment for the children who will enter through the brand-new doors on Tuesday. Palermo and James W. Hill public schools are two of Halton District School Boards new openings this year. A third school is also opening in Milton named Tiger Jeet Singh Public School. Both schools are offering different methods of trying to engage student learning. One school will try to engage its students at every step they take in the building as well as become part of the community, while the other school is using new and innovative technology in the classrooms and, likely to the delight of majority of its students, will give out no homework. Were trying to create a very excit- ing learning community, a communi- ty that focuses on learning that is really a community school where the parents, the kids and the staff are all excited about being in this new loca- tion and getting an education in a place that has a great community feel, said Chris Alexiou, the principal at Palermo. While his counterpart at James Hill, Shawn McRae, said, This is going to be an amazing place to learn. Were trying to use research so that we are using best practices based on research. Both schools have been given themes. Palermos is Discovery, while James Hills theme is Innovation in the 21st Century, Alexiou said the Palermo staff and parents have been working on creat- ing ways to engage students to learn. The vehicle were using to engage this whole community of learners is through our Discovery theme. What were trying to do is embed discovery into the actual construction of the building, he said. He said wherever children go in the building they will discover some- thing new. There will be displays and artifacts in the hallways. We want to use this Discovery theme to engage the kids and excite them about their school and about learning and to use artifacts that are displayed in the school as a starting point for learning or as something to peak their curiosity, he added. The Discovery theme will be based mainly on the social studies and sci- ence curriculum. Around the schools there will be sub-themes, based on the two academic curriculums. The sub-themes will include things such as the environment, sports, arts, community, and more. Each theme at the school will be accompanied by a display. Alexiou worked with a committee of about 30 parents and teachers in the last year to obtain the artifacts, displays and the funding to purchase what was necessary. Furthermore, the school staff worked on creating a smooth transi- tion for its students by holding vari- ous community events inviting the New schools ready to welcome students Tuesday COMING TOGETHER: Chris Alexiou, principal of the newly con- structed Palermo Public School, poses for a photo with his future stu- dents (from left) Max Wu, Clare Kusemenko, Derek Kusmenko, Lekan Edwards, Sydney Freill and Akin Edwards at the school on Wednesday morning. The students previously went to four different schools. MICHELLE SIU/OAKVILLE BEAVER See Community page 9