The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

M oregreenspace awishlist extra continued from p.9 11 |Thursday Decem ber 7, 2 0 1 7 | O A K VILLE B E A V E R |www.insidehalton.com Oakville Mayor Rob Burton has previously stated money from the development of the residential units is needed to fund local projects such as the community centre, which will be built a short distance away at the former Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital site. Town staff noted that if three of those residential lots at Brantwood were converted to green space, as has been suggested, the lost revenue would have to be pulled from the Town' s reserves or generated by raising taxes. Town staff said the redevelopment of the former hospital site would yield green space for the residents to enjoy and pointed to nearby Wallace Park as another place children and youth could play and exercise. Several residents pointed out Wallace Park does not currently have the amenities to make it attractive to all members of the community. Ultimately, the majority of council voted to move forward with the development with only Ward 3 councillors Nicholas Hutchins and Dave Gittings voting against it. "W e went into this process with the intent of controlling what happened at that site, to try to make sure we didn't have a situation where a developer took the site and brought forward some crazy application that just would not fit in the community," said Ward 6 Town and Regional Councillor Tom Adams. "I think what we've got here does that. It ensures protection of the stable neighbourhood and the character of the neighbourhood. I recognize the desire for more green space. In the broader community the hospital site will have green space on it like never before." Ward 5 Town and Regional Councillor Jeff Knoll called for the closure of the park space at Brantwood to be deferred until a redesign of Wallace Park could be undertaken to make it more community friendly. Town staff said this possibility could be investigated. Hutchins said he could not support the motion. "This is too small to really allow for m uch play other than on the monkey bars and swings for very small kids. "W hy not give them at least enough space to throw a ball around?" Gittings said that with 1 2,000 people eventually coming to Oakville through the development of Midtown, green space is more important than ever and more will be needed. Burton noted that overall the community would be gaining 2 acres of green space through the former hospital lands redevelopment. "The thing that weighs most on my mind is that I can't vote to do something for one street that I can't afford to vote for for every street," he said. "We have something like 10 or 11 streets that are faced with this very same issue." M ade for S e n io r s O v e r 2 0 0 q u a lit y f r o z e n m e a ls , s o u p s , a n d d e s s e r t s d e liv e r e d d ir e c t ly to y o u r h o m e . A verage $ 7 per M eal. Free D e liv e ry .* No o b lig atio n . HEART TO Request your FREE Menu 1 - 8 4 4 - 4 0 9 - 0 0 5 0 HeartToHomeMeals.ca *some conditions may apply. HOME MEALS DELICIOUS MEALS MADE FOR SENIORSTM H/STEVENSONWH ELTON M acDONALD&SWAN LLP PER SO N A L IN JU RY + M ED ICAL M ALPRACTICE N O F R IU S LEAN GROUND BEEF Club pack If y o u fin d a c h e a p e r p r ic e , s i m p l y s h o w u s a n d w e w ill m a tc h w on't be beat ICEBERG LETTUCE P ro d u c t of U .S .A . No. 1 gra d e MAPLE LEAF BACON 3 0 5 -3 7 5 g , se le cte d va rie tie s ROMA TOMATOES P ro d u c t of M e x ico . No. 1 gra d e AVOCADOS P ro d u c t of M e x ico COCO-COLA, Experienced Trial Lawyers Serving Oakville, Milton and Burlington ^/SWLawyers.ca 5 4 0 C o rn w a ll R o a d ROYALE ORIGINAL BATHROOM TISSUE J DRY SOFT DRINKS 18x355m l, selected varieties FLEECY LIQUID FABRIC SOFTENER 4l, SHEETS pkg of 200, SUNLIGHT LIQUID LAUNDRY DETERGENT 4 .4 3 l, POTATO CHIPS POWER 4.24kg or TABS pkg of 50 1 80g, selected varieties 13 nofrills.ca FLYER PRICES EFFECTIVE IN ONTARIO STORES ONLY. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 TO WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2017 ttep rt Cross Avarua Ojtville Amlrqdt 905.842.3838 S u ite 1 0 6 , O a k v ille le g 'sN o F r ils C o la n g e lo 'sN o F r ils O 1 2 5 C r o s s 1 3 9 5 A b b e y w o o d A v e n u e D r iv e OAKViLLE II jj I 1 1 N O H H U S 1 1 v. QEW