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Wednesday June 27, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER A7 COMMENT Last Minute Summer Campers Required? We have sp aces at our 3 Oakville Locations for children ages 5 to 12 yrs. Special excursions, special sports days, day trips, loads of fun all summer long or just for a week or so. Perspective lost In 30 degrees smog-alert weather, all thoughts o f political correctness ought to fly out all those air-conditioned windows. I mean, in the sweltering heat, who cares? Well, it seems as though the good people run ning the Stratford Festival care this summer, heat wave or no heat wave. Despite the fact that most people simply only want to see a good play, much as most redly and truly just want to sit down with a good beach book at the cottage, the public rela tions people at Stratford have become adept at political correctness. A good play, as in all good story telling, flies off the stage when there is the possibility of offending someone. Last week, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Canadian division (CAIR-cd) was upset over a scene in The Merchant of Venice after a crit ic described it and resulted in the Stratford Festival altering its theatrical presentation: the prince of Morocco who prostrates himself in front of Allah has been modified and a one-page pamphlet on Islam will be handed out with the program before every production. This was, I suppose, to be expected. Much like any other big corporation faced with controversy and bad press, the Stratford Festival moved into major damage control. A theatrical presentation offending anyone? You must be mad. And we are. Mad, that is. In the same way the military must have been temporarily mad to go after one of their own in the name of political cor rectness when they pulled rank on some schlep looking at pornography on their lap top. We are all mad to allow this nonsense to continue, heat wave or no heat wave. Canadian Forces Commander Eric Lerhe was relieved of his post and charged last week with violating the National Defence Act after he admitted accessing Internet porn sites on a government computer. Now I agree we all have to be very careful with our privaty these days. Put anything in writing and be cognizant, always, that it will find its way onto anyone's desk or computer. Be wary, by all means. Surfing on a lap top owned by your boss is a no-no. Surfing pom on a lap top owned by your boss is a definite no-no. It's not admirable, to be sure. But treating the guy like a time worn crimi nal, throwing him to the outraged howls of zealous women's groups, slapping his photo on the front page of a national paper? Let's have a little per- DIANE HART spective. I mean, the world is on fire -- Asians and whites in England are involved in nasty race riots, the worst in years; another bomb has blown some one else up in the Middle East, riot police broke up an anti-globalization protest in Barcelona, Nepal remains tumultuous. What, pray tell, are we doing with our energies? We are going after Shakespeare, the greatest play wright and frothing at the mouth about some guy looking at pom. And we are running around in cir cles trying to prove our own self-interest about this or that. I don't get it. Of course, I understand if the good people at Stratford want to keep everyone happy. They're the paying guests, after all. The military is another world altogether, I suppose. But when does it stop? Where do you draw the line between accommodating the paying guests and the squeaky wheels and giving in to nonsense? How many pamphlets can you stuff in a program, how many more words of explanation/interpretation/dissemination do peo ple need? Writer/broadcaster and all round brain Rex Murphy says this is the golden age of nitpickery, where "the greatest expressive genius of the human race has to be filtered through the infinite ly more narrow and arid sensibility of the grievance-mongers, where poetry has to genuflect maybe even fall prostrate - to the squawking mis sionaries of race, class and gender." So enough already. If you have enough energy to get steamed up about Shakespeare, of all things, or you are as righteously indignant as the Women Against Violence Against Women group about some guy surfing the web on his own time, I guess that's your business. I'm just glad I have tickets to see another play at Stratford this summer. And if anyone takes offence, I'm going to scream the house down. 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Offer ends July 31/01 1500 Heritage Way Glen Abbey Uff.Wd.Li (905) 469-4825 KnilojiW o y j j I 1 QW 4 I f O A K V IL L E NOTICE OF DECISION OF ADOPTION OF OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT No. 194 & NOTICE OF THE PASSING OF ZONING BY-LAWS Industrial Zoning Component Z42.03.64 BY The Corporation of the Town of Oakville ( 9 0 5 ) 8 4 5 -6 6 0 1 THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF OAKVILLE PROPOSAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT FOR THE TOWN OF OAKVILLE PROPOSAL NUMBER PROP-12-2001 SEALED PROPOSALS on forms provided will be received by the Town Clerk's Department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, Ontario, L6J 5A6, until 12:00 noon, local time on TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2001 TAKE NOTICE that the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Oakville passed By-law 2001-006 which adopts Official Plan Amendment No. 194 on the 13th day of June, 2001 under Section 22 o f the Planning Act. R.S.O. 1990 Chap P.13. as amended : AND TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Oakville passed Zoning By-laws 2001-007, 2001-059, 2001-060, 2001-061, 2001-098, 2001099 and 2001-127 on the 13th day of June, 2001 under Section 34 o f the Planning Act. R.S.O. 1990. Chew P.13. as amended: Appeal Period Ends July 17, 2001 Specifications, proposal forms and proposal envelopes may be obtained from the Town of Oakville Purchasing Department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, Ontario L6J 5A6; Telephone (905) 338-4197. Tile Town of Oakville reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and the highest or lowest as the case may be will not necessarily be accepted. R.J. Coumoyer, C.I.M., P.Mgr. Director, Purchasing and Office Services Appeals against the Official Plan amend ment should be directed to Mr. Edward Appeals against the Zoning amend ments should be directed to The Clerk Salisbury, Director of Planning Services, of the Town of Oakville at the address Town of Oakville at the address shown shown below, setting out the objection below, setting out the objection and the and the reasons in support of the reasons in support of the objection together objection together with a cheque in the with a cheque in the amount of $125.00 amount of $125.00 payable to the payable to the Minister of Finance. Minister of Finance. If you wish to appeal the Official Plan amendment and the Zoning amendments please enclose individual cheques for each by-law, in the amount of $125.00 each. The lands affected by By-laws 2001-006 and 2001-007 are all the Town of Oakville Industrial properties and some Parkway Belt lands as shown on the map below. By-law 2001-006 - OPA 194 replaces the industrial policies with new employment policies and replaces the secondary Plans for the industrial Districts with new generalized Secondary plans called Employment District Plans. By-law 2001-007 rezones the Ml through M7 and some Parkway Belt zones, PB, PBA and PBR to the new employment lands zoning categories of El, E2 and Tl. Some parcels of land will retain their arterial commercial zoning, C3A, and some lands are changed to C3A and/or C3R (Commercial - Residential) zoning. By-law 2001-007 also amends special provisions 2, 314 and 655, and deletes special provisions 3, 26, 65, 97, 112, 120, 137, 140,143, 161, 165, 227, 229, 233, 251, 260, 266, 276, 288, 299, 325, 344, 351, 368, 370, 372, 380, 382, 383, 387, 405, 412, 431, 434, 447, 477, 478, 484, 486, 499, 508, 561, 569, 596, 620, 622, 675, 697. By-law 2001-059 is site specific and permits outside storage and operations at 2001 Speers Road. W IN S TO N PARK W E S T EM P LO YM EN T By-law 2001-060 is site specific LANDS and permits outside storage and operations at 461 Cornwall Road. BUR LOA K W IN S TO N PARK E M P LO YM Ef EM PLO YM ENT By-law 2001-061 is site specific LANDS LANDS and permits outside storage at 1311/1313 Speers Road. Q.E.W . EAST EM P LO YM EN T By-law 2001-098 is site specific LANDS and permits outside storage and operations at 1225-1233, 1317, and 1407 Speers Road. By-law 2001-099 is site specific and permits the production of industrial gasses at 3361 Rebecca Street By-law 2001-127 is site specific and permits outside storage at 451 Woody Road. Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a Zoning by-law or an Official Plan amendment to the Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group, however, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf. The complete Zoning amendments and Official Plan amendment are available for inspection at the Town of Oakville, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6J 5A6 in the Planning Services Department from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m,, Monday to Friday. Any questions regarding these items may be directed to Lynne Gough, Planning Services 905-845-6601, Ext. 3025, email: lgough®town.oakville.on.ca or Ramona Boddington, Planning Services 905-845-6601, Ext 3032, email: rboddineton® town.oakville.on.ca . Date of Decision: Date Notice Sent: Last Date of Appeal: June 13, 2001 June 27, 2001 July 17, 2001 C o u n c il & S t a n d in g C o m m it t e e M e e t in g s Tuesday, July 3,2001 Council Meeting' Council Chambers 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 9,2001 Planning & Development Council Council Chambers 7:30 p.m. Thursday, August 2,2001 Wednesday, August 1,2001 Community Services Committee Planning & Development Council 7:30 p.m. - Oakville Room Council Chambers Administrative Services Comm. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. - Bronte Room C o u n c il & C o m m it t e e T o u c h t o n e P h o n e L in e 8 1 5 - 5 9 5 9 THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF OAKVILLE QUOTATION FOR: TENNIS COURT RESURFACING AT OLD ABBEY LANE PARK AND SHERIDAN HILLS PARK, OAKVILLE Q-34-2001 QUOTATION NUMBER SEALED QUOTATIONS on forms provided will be received by the Purchasing Department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, Ontario, L6J 5A6 until 12:00 NOON, local time, on MONDAY, JULY 9, 2001 Specifications, quotation forms and quotation envelopes may be obtained from the Town of Oakville Purchasing Department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, Ontario L6J 5A6; Telephone 905-338-4197. The Contractor whose quotation is accepted shall be required to post a Performance Bond satisfactory to Town Council, equal to 100% of the contract price, and a Labour and Material Bond equal to 50% of the contract price. Alternately, the contractor may provide an irrevocable unconditional letter of credit for 100% of the contract price. An Agreement to Bond or Letter of Intent will be required with the quotation submission. A certified cheque, Bank/Trust Co. draft, or bid bond for the amount specified in the quotation document MUST accompany each quotation. NOTE - PRE-BID SITE-VISIT A pre-bid meeting for potential bidders will be held on: WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2001 AT 9:00 A.M. All potential bidders are encouraged to attend. The Town of Oakville reserves the right to reject any or all quotations and the highest or lowest as the case may be will not necessarily be accepted. R.J. Coumoyer, C.I.M., P.Mgr. Director, Purchasing and Office Services Edward C. Salisbury, MCIP, RPP.Director of Planning Services The Town Clerk, Town of Oakville 1225 TRAFALGAR R O A D · OAKVILLE, O N T A R IO · L6J 5A6