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8- stouflvule simtribune saturday oct 6 2007 c lions hosting rabies clinic you can protect your pets next weekend the ballantrae and district lions club is holding its annual rabies clinic next saturday from 1 to 3 pm at the ballantrae community centre cost is 16 per animal the community centre is located on the north side of aurora road east of hwy 48 subject request to amend the official plan of the regional municipality of york regioninitiated file no ropa 56 date of this notice october 7 2007 notice of public meeting proposed official plan amendment the regional municipality of york a public meeting will be held in accordance with section 1715 of the planning act as amended to inform the public and receive comments on this proposed amendment to the official plan for the regional municipality of york wednesday october 31 2007 130 pm committee room a first floor york region administrative centre 17250 yonge st newmarket purpose and effect of this amendment the purpose of this amendment is to clarify add technical detail to and update the regions transit policies and related schedule as such this amendment is largely technical in nature and maintains the intent of existing policies specific proposed changes under the amendment include but are not limited to the following describing in the preamble of the related sections the purpose and intent of the provincial growth plan for the greater golden horseshoe as it pertains to transit describing in greater detail the operational requirements of conventional and rapid transit referencing the regional counciladopted regional transitoriented development tod guidelines incorporating new planning act legislation including the ability to require land dedications at no expense to the municipality for transit facilities including transit stations and commuter parking lots and adding new definitions including but not limited to such terms as transit operation and maintenance facility and travel demand management this amendment has a regionwide impact although it pertains more specifically to those lands located along and adjacent to areas served or that will be served by transit services for additional information background information will be available for inspection at the york region planning and development services department see address and telephone numbers at the end of this notice from 830 am to 430 pm on regular business days refer to the subject information and file no at the top of this notice if you require further information please contact sean hertel senior planner by calling 9058304444 extension 1556 or through electronic mail at seanhertelyorkca approval process following the public meeting the council of the regional municipality of york may if it chooses adopt the proposed amendment and give notice of the decision to adopt the amendment pursuant to ontario regulation 52597 made under the planning act applications for amendment to the official plan for the regional municipality of york commenced on or after january 19 1998 are exempt from the approval of the minister of municipal affairs and housing once notice of decision is given if you have objections to this amendment you may file with the clerk of the regional municipality of york within the time specified in the notice of decision a notice of appeal to the ontario municipal board note 1 if a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision of the regional municipality of york in respect of the proposed official plan amendment does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or does not make written submissions to the regional municipality of york before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted the ontario municipal board may dismiss all or part of the appeal 2 if you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed official plan amendment you must make a written request to the clerk of the regional municipality of york in care of the address at the end of this notice any person may attend the public meeting andor make oral or written submissions either in support of or in opposition to the proposed amendment written submissions referring to the subject information and file no at the top of this notice should be made to commissioner of planning and development services york region administrative centre box 147 17250 yonge street newmarket on l3y6z1 telephone 905 8304444 or 18774649675 toll free facsimile 905 8953482 bryan tuckey mcip rpp commissioner of planning and development services vqa lcbo helping winerys success from page 1 makers who pioneered the wine surge in niagara they took a chance and defied the naysayers she said people said the same things about niagara years ago and thats evenperhaps some thing of an understatement wil low springs currently possesses an 1 1 acre vineyard and they are also the most northern commer cial vineyard in all of ontario willow springs general manager grant mcleod said much of the success of the vineyard he said is due to a number of factors such as the naturally high water table in the area another important factor is all the attention the grapes receive according to mr mcleod winery owner mario testa is out in the vineyard checking on his crops on a very regular basis of special interest always is the sugar content of the grapes the higher the sugar content the better the wine unlike other crops suffering in the constant heat of the arid summer weather weve experi enced grapes are thriving rain mr mcleod explained serves to dilute the sugar content and thereby lowers it reducing grape quality it really is something of a labour of love mr testa said hes always busy with the vineyard but he always finds ways to keep the working side of things fun for himself his family and his hired help hes proud of where hes at today but said it only came through a lot of trial and error and even more so hard work our vineyards have been up they shipped nearly 400 cases to the lcbo almost their whole supply to sell over the course of the year the wine sold out in two months hes still surprised by that one and running for about 15 years and for our winery its been open for about six years he said our first planting was in 1992 it grew it wasnt great but we made some wine from it and then from there on thats how we got started the climate of the area mr testa acknowledged definitely increases the challenge of tend ing to and growing good grapes and making fine wine it is tough and theres def initely a lot more work to it he said were not the niagara region so we lose a good two or three weeks of growing time it was a challenge but i said lets give it a try and kept on going there have of course been plenty of other challenges on the way but plenty of rewards too a number of their wines have been certified by the vintners quality alliace vqa and a big boon for the winery came when the lcbo accepted some of their products such as the willow springs winerys baco noir to sell in a number of stores mr testa said they shipped nearly 400 cases almost their whole supply to sell over the course of the year the wine sold out in two months hes still surprised by that one whoever would have thought that he said it just sold like wildfire we were vic tims of our own success willow springs features an in- house wine store and visitors centre for more information go to willow- springswineryca build character eliminate women abuse organize food and toy drives give retail and grocery certificates and monetary donations this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune 9057270930 yellowbrickhquseorg 1