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i PAGE 2 ♦ THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ JANUARY 5, 2005 QaringtM Leading the Way 905-623-3379 durhamregion.com info@municipality.clarington.on.ca 3i x, j MAYOR S CORNER SNOW CLEARING The Operations Department is responsible for winter road maintenance maintenance including plowing, sanding and salting. As soon as a storm begins, staff takes action. There are a number of factors to consider (including temperature, temperature, future forecasts and precipitation) precipitation) when determining how and when plowing, salting or sanding begins. Our crew responds to an average of 40 winter snow events each year. Over the past six winters, January has recorded the heaviest amount of precipitation with an average of 23 snow days. The Municipality is divided into three sections. There is a supervisor' responsible for each section covering about 9 snow routes each. When a snow event occurs after normal working hours, there is a winter patrol that monitors road and weather conditions. When dangerous dangerous conditions arise, the Winter Patrol person calls in the necessary necessary personnel and equipment to make the roadways safe. The Municipality has approximately 1,700 kilometers of roadway to plow in a storm. It takes approximately 8-16 hours to plow all of the routes once the snow has stopped falling. Every storm event is different and every consideration is taken to ensure the safest and fastest cleanup of the roadway network. The timing of plowing, salting and sanding depends greatly on the duration of the storm and the total amount of snow fallen. It is normal'practice for our crews to be called in at 4:00 AM to start winter maintenance operations. This is to ensure that residents residents can travel to work; school buses can do their routes; and, that 'emergency vehicles/personnel can respond to emergency calls. Plows must maintain a minimum speed to push snow off to the side. The snow is pushed only as far as necessary to clear the roadway. Unfortunately, as some of you can appreciate, some sidewalks are very close to the roadways and therefore, it is difficult to avoid getting snow on them.'With regards to driveways, please understand that there is no practical way to avoid pushing snow into driveway entrances - it is not intentional. We contract our seniors and disabled sidewalk maintenance program. program. The contractor's priority is to clear fire halls and public buildings buildings first and then clear the sidewalks. Sidewalks and windrows are cleared within 24 hours after a snow event ends and windrows are cleared out when there is 15 cm or more at the end of the driveway. We have 637 individuals registered in our program for the 2004-2005 seasons. The Municipality provides free sand for residential use on icy walks at the Hampton Operations Yard and the Orono Operations Yard in the building outside our yards. Here are some ways that you can help us: 1. Please observe winter parking regulations. Streets that have parked vehicles on them make it difficult to be plowed. 2. Placing snow on roadways or public sidewalks is in violation with the Highway Traffic Act. 3. Give the plow trucks plenty of room to make wide turns and don't tailgate or pass the plows. Do not assume a snow plow operator sees you approaching and remember when following a plow, if you cannot see his mirrors, he cannot see you. The operator's vision may be reduced by the snow coming off the snow plow and wing. 4. Please be patient during a storm. Our roadways are cleared by priority. The Municipality's Snow .Crews will get,to ÿbuf street as soon as it is possible. Your cooperation means that all residents will be able to move about the community safely. • : ' MAYOR'S LEVEE Everyone is cordially invited to join Mayor Mutton and Members of Council at the Mayor's Levee to be held on Sunday, January 16, 2005 from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM at the Municipal Administrative Centre 40 Temperance DAiiimonwilla VA/ia InnU fnruuarH tr> cooinn vm i ihorpl DATE: TIME: PLACE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2005 7:00 A.M. TO 9:00 P.M. RICKARD COMPLEX, HALL A GRANDVIEW DAVID CROME, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. DIRECTOR OF PLANNING SERVICES MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON 40 TEMPERANCE STREET BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C 3A6 Announcing a new program and partnership! INTRO TO MARTIAL ARTS for kids and youth with special needs Every Friday starting January 14th thru March. 11th, 2005 6 to 12 yrs - 6:30 to 7:15 pm 13 to 21 years - 7:30 to 8:15 pm Learn new skills, develop positive self-esteem and meet new friends. Black belt instructor - Cost: $72/9 weeks South Courtice Community Centre To register: Call Grandview Children's Centre Recreation Services 905-728-1673 or 1 800 304-6180 ext.265 Visit us at www.grtc.ca NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT-BULK FUEL STORAGE TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington will consider a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, under Section 34 of the Planning Act, 1990, as amended. PROPOSED ZONING DETAILS The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment would eliminate bulk fuel storage tanks and related uses as a permitted use in the General Industrial (M2) Zone and all relevant M2 Exception Zones where bulk fuel storage is permitted. Should the zoning amendment receive approval, bulk fuel storage would only be permitted in future by site specific zoning amendment. Planning File Nos.: ZBA2004-056 rommunl Grand Openina Ceremony Bowmanville Indoor Soccer/Lacrosse Bowl 2375 Baseline Road, BowmëhvWé . Januaiy 22,2005 1:00 PM ■ Activities & DemonstrationsTo follow ceremony Clarington Public Library : Clarington Public Libraty is offering special sessions at the Courtice Branch for children in gtides five arid up, designed to turn participants into confident ttxaty users and super searchers of information- espedaBy when they are doing their homework! Registration is required for these free sessions, being held at various dates in Januaiy and February. Çàjl ■ 905-404-0707 for more information and to register. Do you have what it takes to start your own homë-ba$ed business? business? Learn the traits you need for success and gather some ideasfor great home-based businessesat afrèe seminafjxe- sentèd by the Durham Home and Small Business Association. This seminar will take place on Thursday January 13th from , 7:00 to 8:30 pm at the Main Branch of Clarington Public , ■ , Library, located at 163 Chinch Street in Bowmanville. For I Attention!! . Anyone wishing to make donations to aid in .the Tsunami vie- ,j tims, can make them online at www.redcross.ca , J PUBLIC MEETING The Municipality of Clarington will hold a public meeting to provide interested parties the opportunity to make comments, identify issues and provide additional information relative to the proposed development. development. The public meeting will be held on: DATE: Monday, January 24, 2005 TIME: 9:30 a.m. . PLACE: Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, Municipal Administrative Centre, 40 Temperance St., Bowmanville, Ontario ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposal. proposal. The start time listed above reflects the time at which the General Purpose and Administration Committee Meeting commences. If you cannot attend the Public Meeting on this application you can make a deputation to Council at their meeting on Monday January 31, 2005, commencing at 7:00 p.m. Should you wish to appear before Council, you must register with the Clerks Department by the Wednesday noon, January 26," 2005 to have your name appear in the Agenda. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? If you wish to make a written submission or if you wish to be notified of subsequent meetings or the adoption of the proposed Zoning Bylaw Bylaw Amendment, you must submit a written request to the Clerk's Department, 2nd Floor, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3A6. Additional information relating to the proposal is available for inspection inspection between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the Planning Services Department, 3rd Floor, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario LT'C 3A6, or bÿ calling Susan Ashton at (905) 623-3379 extension 218 or by e-mail at sashton@municipality.clarington.on.ca APPEAL If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision for the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment to the Ontario Municipal Board does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or does not make written submissions before the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is approved, the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of the appeal. Dated at the Municipality of Clarington this 16th day of December, 2004. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY THE CORPORATION CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON for approval to expropriate land known for municipal purposes in 2004 as 11 Boulton Street, Nèwcastle Village, which land is more particularly described below in this Notice, for the purposes of a district park. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate the land more particularly described as follows: ALL AND SINGULAR that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Municipality of Clarington, in the Regional Municipality of Durham and com- ■ prising Part Lot 2, Block T, Hannings Plan undated, Village of Newcastle as in Instrument No. N18274. ANY OWNER of lands in respect of which Notice is given whip desires an inquiry into' whether the taking of such land is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of-the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing, and a) in the case of a registered owner, served personally or by registered mail within thirty days after the registered owner is served with the Notice, or, when the registered owner is served by publication, within thirty days after the publication of the Notice; and b) in the case of an owner who is not a registered owner, within within thirty days after the first publication of the Notice. Any person wishing to ascertain if they have legal right to request an inquiry pursuant to this notice may consult the Expropriations Act, R.S.0.1990, c.E.26 for the meaning of the terms "owner" and "registered owner". ...... -..v-... .•••■ The approving authority is: THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, ON L1C 3A6 Telephone: (905) 623-3379 Fax: (905) 623-0830 . ' THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON David Crome, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Director of Planning Sen/ices Municipality of Clarington 40 Temperance* Street Bowmanville, Ontario L1C3A6 NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON COMMERCIAL POLICY REVIEW PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE The Municipality of Clarington will be hosting a public information centre to provide landowners, business owners' and other interested parties with information regarding the Commercial Policy Review, and to provide the opportunity to make comments, on the draft policy policy directions, identified issues and provide additional information relative relative to the Review. The Commercial Policy Review is part of the Municipality's review of its Official Plan. Municipal staff, together with Meridian Planning Consultants, the project planning consultant, urbanMetrics and Tate Economic Research, the project marketing consultants, Brooks Mcliroy, the project urban design consultant and Totten Sims Hubicki, the project transportation consultant, will be on hand to meet with residents and business owners in an informal setting to review the study findings and to answer questions. Presentations will take place beginning at 7:30 P.M. The public information centre will be held on: Some of the key objectives of the Commercial Policy Review were intended to address the following questions: • is the existing overall commercial structure and policy framework in Clarington appropriate and what, if anything needs to be. changed; • Can the historic downtown areas in Bowmanville, Newcastle and Orono remain vibrant if there is an increase in commercial floor space in their respective markets; • VVhat transportation infrastructure is needed to support commer ciàl areas and how can the Main Street function of Central Areas be implemented? • What should the planned function of the Bowmanville East Main Central Area and the Bowmanville West Main Central Area in Clarington's commercial hierarchy be? ' • What, if any, adjustments are required to the existing commercial policy hierarchies? In addition, the Commercial Policy Review is intended to address the commercial applications currently being considered, by the Municipality, especially those to increase the amount of commercial development permitted in West Bowmanville to allow a Wal-Mart, a larger Loblaws and a Home Depot to be constructed to the northeast northeast and to the north-west of Green Rd. and Highway No. 2. Appeals respecting these proposed developments are before the Ontario Municipal Board. For more Information, you may visit the municipal website at or contact contact Carlo Pellarin, Manager, Community Planning and Design at (905) 623-3379, extension 220 or via e-mail at. Dated at the Municipality of Clarington this 21st day of December 2004. CAREERS Full job descriptions are available at www.municipality.clarington.on.ca/htdocs/careers.html CAMP COUNSELLORS Please quote: File #130-04 Department: Community Services Qualifications: Candidates must be 16 years of age, exhibit maturity and responsibility and be qualified with basic rescuer CPR and Standard First Aid.- Experience dealing with children would be an asset. March Break runs from March 14 to March 18,2005. Salary Rate: $9.26 per hour Successful candidates will be required to provide a satisfactory, current (valid within last 90 days) criminal reference check at time of interview and complete 8 hours of training prior to March Break. Anyone wishing more information should contact the Community Services Department at 905-435-1061. Interested candidates should submit an application and resume no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 7,2005 to: Human Resource Division Municipality of Clarington 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario L1C3A6 Waste Collection in the Municipality of Clarington Bulky Waste collection must be scheduled. Call 1-800-667-5671 for service. • household furniture • TV sets • carpet, underlay • mattresses, box springs Metal Goods are collected each week on regular garbage day. V • household appliances • household metal items • electronic equipment, computers • VCR's, stereos, radios Patti L. Barrie, Municipal Clerk This notice first published on the 5th day of January, 2005. % Clarington " .... BOARD OF TRADE Business by the Lake - The Village Inn Pub! ~ The Clarington Board of Trade invites you to come out as they ring in the New Year with the luck of the Irish at Clarington's authentic Irish Pub! This networking event will be held Wednesday January 12,2005 at The Village Inn Pub. Located at 99 King Street West, Bowmanville., From 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Come out and network with fellow business people within your community. community. This is a great way to start off the beginning of a new year! Networking is free for members, $5 àt the door for future members. Display booths are also available for $25.00; this is a great opportunity opportunity for your company to gain additional promotion. For further information check out our website at www.clarington- boardoftrade.com Phone: 905-623-3106 Fax: 905-623-3413 We would like to hear from you \\ The Municipality of Clarington Is undertaking a review of their outdoor, recreation facilities and they are looking for your Input and comments to assist them. • Wednesday January 26,2004 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. Municipal Council Chambers 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville •' ' ' s ' .... -, - - This workshop will provide stakeholders and users with the opportunity to Identify, discuss, debate and prioritize specific Issues relating to outdoor recreation facilities In Clarington. Topics to be considered Include: • Current usage levels and anticipated demand for facilities • Identification of gaps and conflicts of use • Preferences In fodllty design • Locations for new or upgraded fMlitles If you have suggestions, are unable to attend the meeting and want to , provide your,comments, or If you have any questions please contact: Mr, ttidd Brown Montelth Brown Planning Consultants Ml.: 1-888-252-0720 , (tic 519.681.1690 ■ «unatl: tbrownOmtyc.ca 0« Mr, Peter Wlnddf Manager of Patk Development, Municipality of Clarington tel,: (90S) 623-3379 ext.201 emH! pwlndoWmuhtdpeHtv,clarington,on,ca www.municipality.clarington.on.ca