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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, October 12, 2011 · 8 Police believe same suspect robbed a gas station twice Halton police are searching for a man who may have robbed the same Petro Canada gas station at 1123 Dorval Dr. twice in less than two weeks. On Sunday at 11:45 a.m., a man entered the gas station wearing a black ba ac ava and balaclava a d armed a ed with w t a black b ac handa d gun. Police said he demanded money and cigarettes from the attendant then jumped the counter to get the cigarettes himself. The man fled in a darkcoloured Pontiac four-door vehicle with a spoiler on the rear. During u gt the e robbery obbe yt the e man a d dropped opped a portion of the handgun he was carrying, which police have recovered. Police said they strongly suspect it was a replica. The employee was not harmed during the robbery. The same Petro Canada gas station was robbed obbed Sept. 30 when w e a suspect also threatened the employee with a firearm, stole cigarettes and fled in a dark-coloured vehicle. Detective Sergeant Anthony Odoardi, Oakville Criminal Investigations Bureau, said police be eve the believe t e incidents c de ts are a e connected. co ected. The suspect is described as a white male with light blue/green eyes, 6-foot and wearing blue jeans. Police ask anyone with information to contact 905-825-4747, ext. 2216 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8 77). (8477). Visit www.oakville.ca Open house Switching Gears (Transportation Master Plan) outlines future opportunities for you to have your say on how we can change or improve our transportation system that will get us closer to our goal of being the most livable town in Canada. Switching Gears (the town's ' Transportation Master Plan update) has just been launched to develop a practical, long-term action plan to guide the development of the town's ' transportation system to meet the needs of planned growth. This study will define existing problems/opportunities, / consider and evaluate solutions, and will identify an optimum transportation system to the year 2031. To comply with the Environmental Assessment Act, the study is being conducted in accordance with the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) process. bring forward an amendment to Noise By-law 2008-098 to mitigate excessive and unnecessary noise from motorcycles. A public information meeting has now been scheduled to receive comments on this topic from the public. Anyone wishing to speak to this matter is invited to attend. For those unable to attend, please submit written comments to the Town Clerk by email townclerk@oakville.ca, by fax Anyone wishing to speak to this matter is invited to attend the meeting. Written comments may also be submitted for distribution at the meeting by no later than noon on Monday, October 24, 2011, and should be directed to: Town Clerk, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON, L6H 0H3. Fax: 905-815-2025. townclerk@oakville.ca. Following the open house, the next step in the process will be to develop a preferred transportation strategy taking into account comments that will be received from stakeholders and the public. A second public open house will be arranged early in 2012 to review the preferred transportation strategy and receive additional comments from you. If you have any questions related to this study or wish to be added to our mailing list for updates on Switching Gears, please contact: Switching Gears Core Team, Town of Oakville, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville ON L6H 0H3. tmp@oakville.ca. 905-815-6060 For up-to-date information visit www.oakville.ca This notice first issued on October 5, 2011. 905-815-2025, or by mail c/o Town Clerk 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON, L6H 0H3 For more information, please contact: Phil Bouillon, Assistant Clerk, Town of 905-845-6601, ext. 3093. pbouillon@oakville.ca Oakville's ' Transportation Master Plan October 19, 2011 - 6:30­9 p.m. T Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar T Road Committee rooms 1 and 2 Open house -- 6:30­7 p.m. & 8:30­9 p.m. Project presentation -- 7­7:40 p.m. Open discussion -- 7:40­8:30 p.m. This public open house will give you an opportunity to learn all about Switching Gears -- study background, the vision for this project, guiding principles and more importantly Public Information Meeting By-law to regulate excessive and unnecessary motorcycle noise Thursday, October 27, 2011, 7­9 p.m. T Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar T Road, Trafalgar T Room On June 20, 2011, Council directed staff, in cooperation with the Halton Regional Police Service, to prepare and Oakville, Regulation of mobile signs meeting Town to consider amendment to Sign By-law 2006-005 Administrative Services Committee Meeting (ASC) T Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 7 p.m. T Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar T Road, Committee Room 2, Notice is hereby given of Council's intention to consider amendments to Sign By-law 2006-005 dealing with mobile sign regulations. The decision of ASC will be forwarded to Council for consideration on Monday, November 7, 2011, at 7 p.m. in Council Chamber. For more information, please contact Phil Bouillon, Assistant Clerk, Town of Oakville, 905-845-6601, ext. 3093. pbouillon@oakville.ca Loose leaf collection | October 17 ­ December 2 The Town of Oakville will collect leaves placed at your curb on the following days: Zone October 17 - 21 5, 6, 7, 9 October 24 - 28 1, 3, 4, 10 October 31 - November 4 6, 7 November 7 - 11 4, 5, 9 Date Date November 14 - 18 November 21 - 25 November 28 - December 2 Zone 1, 3, 10, B, C 4, 5, 6, 7, A 1, 3, 9, 10 Please ensure that: · All loose leaves are placed on the boulevard or on the shoulder, not over catch basins or in the ditches in front of your house. · Leaves are free of debris and other foreign matter. · Leaves are put out no earlier than seven days before the first day of your pickup and no later than 7 a.m. on the first day of collection in your zone. Please note: · Homeowners are responsible for removing contaminated piles of leaves or leaves that have been put out after the collection dates. · Bagged leaves will be picked up with your yard waste on the same day as your garbage. Visit the waste web page on the Halton Region website at www.halton.ca to view your garbage collection schedule. · Only use paper yard waste bags or open, reusable, rigid containers labelled "yard waste." Yard waste in cardboard boxes, Blue Boxes, GreenCarts or plastic bags will not be collected. For more information please contact ServiceOakville at 905-845-6601, TTY: 905-338-4200 or serviceoakville@oakville.ca