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Message from the CAOOakville is a community thatis ever changing and adaptingto emerging needs and opportunities.The annual report is animportant time for us to step backand recognize the significantprogress of the past year. AsI look back, I am proud of allthe work we’ve done for ourresidents and I am constantlyimpressed by our staff’s abilityto adapt to whatever faces thetown each day.2010 was another exciting year full of new starts andstrong finishes. We opened the doors to our new SixteenMile Sports Complex; we successfully dealt with manyissues including fighting the proposed power plant,developing Canada’s first health protection air quality bylawto control harmful PM 2.5emissions and respondingto Halton Healthcare Services’ request for a local sharecontribution to the proposed new hospital in Oakville. Wealso launched a new Downtown Oakville Strategic Plan,a PRESTO card, a web audit and an Emerald Ash BorerManagement Plan. Our transit ridership hit an all-timehigh in November 2010 with over a quarter million ridesin a single month while energy use at Town Hall reached itslowest level since 2001 despite an increase in occupancy.And let’s not forget the thousands of daily activities weprovide our residents that help make Oakville the mostlivable town in Canada. Whether it’s our early morningsnow plowing crews, parks workers assembling ourhanging baskets, firefighters responding to a crisis, or thefriendly front-line faces at our community centres, ittakes a strong team of committed individuals to supportour town. Undoubtedly, Oakville would not be nearly asremarkable without them.Oakville’s quality of life continues to be recognizednationally for the innovative ways we satisfy the needs ofour residents. To name just a few, the town won the Princeof Wales Prize for municipal heritage leadership fromthe Heritage Canada Foundation, and the 2009 LieutenantGovernor’s Ontario Heritage Award for CommunityLeadership. We also won two Excellence in Planningawards from the Ontario Professional Planners Instituteand became the first municipality in Halton, and thelargest in Ontario, to receive the provincially recognizedHIGH FIVE accreditation for providing quality recreationand sport programs to children aged six to twelve.In 2011, we will build on the momentum of the pastyear and continue to focus on how we can advance ourorganization to provide even better service deliveryto our residents, while remaining fiscally responsible.The achievements in this booklet prove how our staffare great at maintaining high levels of service whileadapting to whatever comes their way. I am incrediblyproud of what we have achieved and look forward toworking and achieving more in 2011.Sincerely,Ray Green, P. Eng.Chief Administrative Officer4Town of Oakville 2010 Annual Report |4