News and Updates in King Township
I use this blog to inform you of issues within the Township which are being assessed at the Council table as well as tell you about events happening in the Township which are of interest.
Clean Up the Litter on April 22
Saturday 4/22 is the day that people will be cleaning up the roads and streets in front of their homes. If we all got out and pick up a couple bags of litter our beautiful Township will be much improved! As indicated on the advertisement there are community hubs...
Hwy 400 Widening: 16th to 19th
A design and construction report for the widening of Hwy 400 from 15th SDRD to 19th SDRD is now available for pubic review and comments. This study includes the new interchange at Lloydtown Aurora Road, the overpass of 16th Sideroad. In addition there are other...
Eaton Hall Creek Crossing: 2nd PIC
The second public information meeting about options for crossing the Eaton Hall Creek in the North East Landowners development is on Wednesday, April 26th. As I reviewed in my earlier post there were concerns. Here is notice for the second meeting with more...
Volunteer Appreciation Night
Celebrate the wonderful Volunteers in our community who have been nominated by their neighbours & colleagues for special recognition. Come to the Volunteer Appreciation Night at Kingbridge Centre on Thursday, April 20th. If you haven't RSVP'd please do so...
Metrolinx at Council on April 3rd
Metrolinx is on the April 3rd Council agenda; title of their deputation is "Creating Connections in King City." I think this will be a very interesting presentation. Here is what I am looking for: electrification schedule for the GO trains; noise assessment and...
LED Street Lights…for everywhere
On April 3rd Council agenda there is report from Staff recommending a plan for converting our street lights to LED. I very enthusiastic about the proposal as a means to reduce electricity consumption. Report indicates that reduction is in order of 40%. It is a...
How Big Is Our Tree Canopy?
Too true that all we read about is bad news; here is some great news. From 2012 to 2015 the forest canopy in York Region has grown 725 hectares and 502 hectares of that growth (i.e. 69%) is in King. Trees are vital to mitigate climate change as it sequesters carbon;...
Metrolinx Wants to Hear From You
As I reported earlier Metrolinx has launched a Community Charter and are seeking public engagement. Stated purpose is to give meaningful and measurable form to their commitment to communities across the GTA. They are the next phase and are once again seeking...
Zoning Bylaw for King City and Schomberg
Final draft zoning by-law for King City and Schomberg is on Council Agenda for April 3rd. This is the required public meeting for passing a zoning by-law; its unlikely that it will be passed at this meeting but we are very close. As I have commented before, reading a...
CHATS: Walk for Wellness
Community & Home Assistance to Seniors (CHATS) makes a significant impact on our community; its mission is to enhance the independence of seniors living at home. I welcome the opportunity to participate in CHATS' one and only fund raising event: Walk for...
Meet the Mayor and Councillors
Monday April 10 6:30 -8PM Mayor Pellegrini and Councillors Mortelliti and myself will at King City Library; we hope that you will drop in to give us feedback on how we are doing and/or tell us what you would like to be seeing in the future. The session is informal;...
New Commercial Shopping in Nobleton
At 3/20 Council there is a public meeting regarding an application by Condo to rezone lands in Nobleton (Hwy 27/MacTaggart Drive) from transitional to Shopping Centre. This is opportunity for members of public to voice concerns, ask questions, indicate support. There...
Recent Comments
What I would like to see is the actual recycling of most of the items in the blue boxes. We…
Good overview and assessment of current situation, and the situation that got us to this point . King Twp has…
thank you for your feedback and acknowledgement of the effort required to understand the budget.
Hi Nancy, Working sessions are really education type meeting for Council members. There isa Council report in the agenda and…
This has got to be the strangest working session. “Overview of King’s Citizen Experience Plan” does not allow for citizens…
Hi Deb, as always your blast/posts are SO helpful! You are a marvel. Your summaries are succinct, informative, opinionated with…
Hi Bruce, just yesterday somebody was telling me about Simcoe and the choices they had.
Hi Debbie, Of interest, Simcoe County has had the carts on wheels for recycling, organics and garbage for some time…
Hello John, good question. I cannot answer at this point; you can be sure I’m going to be finding out.
Since the township is saving on the recycling expense, will this savings be passed on to us the tax payers…