Accomplishments

	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
	Fourth annual New Year's Levee Total tax increase of only 1.6% Mayor announces relief fund for Haiti One new Mayor's Advisory Group (lobbying rules) Construction begins on: Oakville Transit centre Public consultations: Health protection and air quality by-law Funding for new Oakville hospital Downtown Oakville strategic review Places of worship study	Performance-based, program-based budgeting (PB2) fully implemented Tree planting Mayor's invitational golf tournament KSM's Dream Centre opens Stage two implementation of PRESTO farecard system Mayor's golf tournament to support United Way of Oakville Public consultations: Downtown Oakville strategic review School lands reuse Oakville-Trafalgar Hospital lands study Drive-thru study	Six new accessible conventional buses to replace older non-accessible conventional buses One new care-A-van ramp-equipped bus 30 new transit shelters  Forester Park splash pad Downtown Oakville strategic review to Council Mayor's softball tournament to support KSM and Community Living Oakville Public consultations: School lands reuse Comprehensive zoning by-law review Urban design guidelines DND lands study	Quad pad arena to open in North Park Westwood Park (phase 1) Bronte Waterfront Heritage Park (phase 1) Aspen Forest Park soccer field New Clearview library branch opening Stage three implementation of PRESTO farecard system Public consultations: Comprehensive zoning by-law review Urban design guidelines
	Third annual New Year's Levee Total tax increase of 3.30 per cent Council resolution on power plant concerns Temporary ban on power plants Power plant locations study begins Four new Mayor's Advisory Groups (sustainability, consumer waste, uniform public notification, and natural trails standards) St. Thomas Aquinas H.S. site plan approval Indoor soccer building opens at Pine Glen Town successfully opposes condominium proposal and protects woodlot on Montrose Abbey Drive Public consultations: DND lands Livable Oakville	New official plan - Livable Oakville Nautical Park opens with new soccer field Palermo Park opens with two baseball diamonds Tree planting Bronte Youth Centre opens New Mayor's Advisory Group (Creative Oakville) Town successfully opposes conversion of employment lands at Oakville Place Drive Mayor's golf tournament raises money for United Way of Oakville	Oakville urban forest arts contest 4 new buses New Council resolution on power plant Drive-thru ban extended New development charges cut growth costs Mayor's softball tournament raises money for KSM Construction begins on: South Shell Park (phase 2) QE Park Community Centre renovations	Millstone Park opens with new soccer field Castlebrook Park opens with new soccer field Town hires 13 Fire department staff Special Council information meeting on power plant ServiceOakville counter opens Settlement on Edgemere Estates property secures access to waterfront Town secures review of Loyola field lights at OMB New and expanded transit service design implemented Council opposes paid parking at 1235 Trafalgar Road medical building First annual Mayor's Gala raises $490,000 for KSM Dream Centre
	Second annual New Year's Levee Natural Heritage System boundaries preserved at OMB Harbours dredged Mayor's roundtable on social services Town appoints Ontario's first  Municipal Energy Conservation Officer	Tree Protection By-law designed by Council Public consultation begins on Livable Oakville Town establishes GHG basline and reduction targets Youth Strategy update before Council Town wins OMB Northcote decision GreenCart program begins Tree planting Mayor's golf tournament raises money for United Way of Oakville Construction begins on: Indoor soccer facility	New transit terminal opens in Uptown Core NHS signs unveiled Heritage Tree Hunt Nine new buses Mayor's softball tournament raises money for Oakville YMCA Groundbreaking for: Quad Pad Sports Park Kerr St. Ministries Dream Centre Construction begins on: Glen Ashton Park Palermo Park Millstone Park	Tree Protection By-law update goes to Council New soccer fields at Glen Ashton Park completed New firefighters hired Construction begins on: Nautical Park Castlebrook Park South Shell Park (phase 1)
	New Year's Levee Great oak saved Council adopts four-year work plan Tax increase 3.3 per cent, fourth lowest in GTA Pesticide by-law passed First Mayor's Advisory Group (tree protection)	Town obtains Joshua's Creek Arenas Oakville named Canada's Urban Forest Capital Mayor's Economic Health Indicators launched Soccer fields open at QE Park Tree planting Mayor's golf tournament raises money for United Way of Oakville	Oakville Transit launches Student Freedom Pass Town announces goal of 40 per cent tree cover in 50-year plan OPA 275 protects neighbourhoods and directs growth to Midtown Centre Three-year transition to Performance-Based Program-Based budgeting begins Town increases parking at GO Council approves North Oakville East Secondary Plan Seven new buses Mayor's softball tournament raises money for Oakville YMCA	New library opens in Clearview Council relieves taxi shortage Town wins Natural Heritage System in OMB decision Town hires two Fire department staff Mayor announces new parking structure at Oakville GO station