Welcome to my blog! MY primary objective is to alert my constituents and others in King Township about issues being reviewed at the upcoming Council meetings. I do this as I believe the quality of Council decisions is enhanced when the public is engaged. I hope that residents will make deputations and/or send emails to Council to express their opinion and/or to ask important questions. Also, I include notice of meetings and events which I think are particularly important. I welcome your comments, whether you agree or not with me, and only edit to eliminate inappropriate language.
Recent Posts
Asset Management Plan
On June 1 Council agenda there is a report presenting the Township’s 2026 asset management progress report which the Council is asked to approve. The report also requests that Council endorse the inclusion of sufficient capital funding in the 2027 budget to implement the asset management plan. The subject is extremely important as it is an important act of long term stewardship. Our plan...
Sign Request by Vivo Avanti
On June 1 Council agenda there is a report recommending denial of a sign variance request at Vivo Avanti (2124 King Road). The report provides good background as to why we have a sign by law dating from 2018-03 and why we do not want to deviate from this. I am supportive of the denial as approval would undermine the integrity and consistent application of the law sign bylaw. As always...
Hwy27/15th SDRD
On June 1 Council agenda there is a report recommending approval to enter into a subdivision agreement with Nobleton 2715 Developments. This is a property located at the southeast corner of Hwy. 27 and the 15th Side Rd. An interesting “engineering” aspect of this development is that the Township has agreed to permit the construction of a subsurface stormwater management facility within the...
Dufferin Street Development
On June 1 Council agenda there is a report recommending approval of a zoning bylaw amendment and draft plan approval for the property where Somerville and Alpha Lumbar is located (13130 and 13176 Dufferin St.) The approvals are required to develop 353 residential units in multiple housing formats including 2 5 storey condominium apartments on Dufferin. As reviewed in the report some of the...
323 units are being proposed. The Zancor development on 15th was approved about 10 years ago. Lovely…but huge, costly homes.…
323 units are being proposed. The Zancor development on 15th was approved about 10 years ago. Lovely…but huge, costly homes.…
Thanks for mentioning this. I was thinking that the developer was ignoring the seasonal pond near the 15th Sideroad, so…
Excellent idea to carry forward. I remember Susan Swail, former councillor, mentioning that she was hoping to get this idea…
Wonderful idea. How can our amazing community groups help get this done?