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The Regional Municipality of York Denis Kelly Regional Clerk 17250 Yonge Street Newmarket, ON L3Y 621 This notice first published on the 12th day of March, 2009. An estate in fee simple in the lands descn'bed as follows: Lands in the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville in The Regional Municipality of York, geographically in the Township of Whitchurch in the County of York. being composed of those lands designated as Parts on Plans deposited in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of York Region more particularly described as follows: PERMANENT EASEMENT A permanent easement or rights in the nature of a permanent easement, in, under. over, along and upon the following lands for the purpose of entering upon and occupying the lands with all necessary machinery, equipment and material required for or in connection with the installation. constmction, operation. maintenance, inspection, alteration. removaL replacement, reconstruttion. enlargement and repair of drainage culverts and appurtenances. Lands in the Town of Whitchurch-Stouflville in The Regional Municipality of York. geographically in the Township of Whitchurch in the County of York, being composed of those lands designated as Parts on Plans deposited in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of York Region more particularly described as follows: The approving authority is: The Council of The Regional Municipality of York 17250 Yonge Street Newmarket, ON L3Y 621 IN THE MATTER OF an application by The Regional Municipality of York for approval to expropriate lands and interest in lands described in Schedules “A” and “B”, hereto, in the Town of Whitchurch- Stoufiville in The Regional Municipality of York. geographically in the Township of Whitchurch in the County of York. for the purposes of the widening and reconstruction of Vivian Road (YR 74) fr0m Highway 48 to York/ Durham Line. - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate the lands and interest in lands described in Schedules “A” and “8". hereto. Any owner of lands in respect of which notice is given who 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. (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 first publication of the notice; (b) in the case of an owner who is not a registered owner, within thirty days after the first publication of the notice. Part of Lot Part of Lot EXPROPRIATIONS ACT NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVALTO EXPROPRIATE LAND 31 31 31 Concession Concession The Regional Municipality of York ‘3 M! SCHEDULE “B” SCHEDULE “A” J-Jfi Paw Theregionhasendorsedaplan tosendourgreenbinwasteto london’sOrgaworldCanada._ Several thousand tonnes of our waste had to be shipped to the United States last year with local facilities unable to take the load. ihe waste has gone to Orgawodd since November, but a revised con- tract will ask them to up their take from 30,000 tonnes a year to 60,000 by 2013. swim“? WASTE T0 LONDON 65R-29848 65R-29849 65R-31o71 . Elan 65R-3o909 65R-3091o 'Rather than launching a pilot in a couple of local neighbourhoods, staff rec- ommend a project that will include 250,000 homes regionwide, from May to August. _ Several other municipali- ties already prohibit the use of plastic bags but staff were concerned that an abrupt ban would negatively affect Yorks high participation rate. It includes a regionwide giveaway of the new bags. assuming manufacturers will donate some as promotional contributions. Staff will also notify retail- ers of the move so they can stock and promote com- postable bags. The issue first came to council last December, when the region endorsed a plan to educate residents and encourage the use of com- postable bags, but without banning plastic bags just yet. While stafi hoped to avoid cutting into green bin use by making the compostable bags mandatory, council asked for a wider reaching pilot program. The region collected more than 85,000 tonnes of organic Rather than reused shop- ping bags or other plastic materials, the 'on wants residents to s ' to com- postable bags for the small, green bin container in yo kitchen. ‘ The pilot will cost about $95,000, with funding already set aside in this year’s budget. Put away the plastic. York Region hopes a new pilot project will kick start a move away from unrecycla- ble plastic bags in its green bin program. Region wants plastic bags ” kept out of your green bin i BY DAVID FLEISCHER dfleischer@yrmg. com ?~ We Teach Straight A '5! A study of diversion rates in the Greater Toronto Area found little correlation between how much garbage waste last year and more expected this year. MANDATORY IN 2010? About 15 per cent of the organic waste processed last year was unusable residue. of which plastic bags were a small, but troublesome part. Compostable bags break down, improving the qual- ity of the compost the region produces. While plastic bags make it easier for residents and help with smelly items like diapers and pet waste. they also creâ€" ate processing issues. Soon, you may only be allowed to use biodegradeable bags to throw out organic waste in your green bins. IMPROVE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ‘Life Skills for They will also consider whether it is worth eliminatâ€" ing pet waste and diapers from the program to make compostable bags more acceptable. If the program is found to be beneficial, mandatory measures would be consid- ered in a subsequent report in 2010. is not sent to landfill and whether residents have to use compostable bags, as they do in Durhman, Peel and other regions, staff said. Staff should report back to council on the pilot at the end of the year, analysing public acceptance of the effort, the costs of compostable bags and othenfactors. Success! " FILE PHOTO/MIKE BARRETT