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.
Community Guide 2015/16
The 2015/2016 Community Guide for Fall and Winter has been distributed in the 8/20 edition of King Weekly Sentinel. If you didn't receive it you can pick one up at the Township Office. Its a very valuable resource: all the programs offered by Parks, Recreation...
Property Assessments: news from MPAC
Monday 8/24 at 5PM there is a working Committee of the Whole session at which the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) will be making a presentation on the "State of Assessment, Present and Future in King." As is the usual protocol, members of the public...
GTA West Corridor
August 24 Council agenda includes a Staff report including recommendations as to King's feedback to the Ministry of Transport on the GTA West Corridor, specifically the eastern portion of the Corridor which is in vicinity of King. Except for the possibility of this...
Project MOVE
August 24 Council agenda includes Staff report with recommendations on the relocation of the Township Administrative Offices, specifically to relocate to the former Holy Name school site on King Road. (This initiative has been entitled MOVE.) I have not had...
Trails Masterplan–final
The Masterplan for Trails in King has been completed and is on the 8/26 Council agenda for approval. Personally I am excited about this plan as its execution will truly impact the quality of life of every person who lives in King with a few exceptions. (The...
OPA Application by Hickory Hills
There is a public meeting at Council on Aug. 24th regarding the Official Plan Amendment Application by Hickory Hills. (Here is formal notice of the meeting with some detail.) This application was initially presented in May 2011. Given that much time has passed this...
Noise By-law Exemptions: process
On Council agenda for 8/26 there is a Staff report recommending modifications to the noise by-law, specifically process for approving exemptions; in addition there is a recommendation to introduce a modest fee ($50) for processing applications. Very importantly this...
Valley King Playground
As reported earlier, the playground at Valley King will be built and operational for 2016 season. In the agenda for Council on 8/24 there is a Staff Report recommending a builder. As indicated intent is to have it ready for day 1 of the 2016 season but that will...
Explore King: guided walking series
Valley King Subdivision Progress: park update
As anyone knows who lives in the subdivision being built south of King Rd/west of Keele there is going to be a neighbourhood park. (For those who don't live there, I say that that it is "known" as there is a large block of land with a sign indicating that it will be...
Master Plans For All “Things” of Water in our Villages
July 15, 16, and 21 (Wed., Thurs., Tuesday) there are public consultations occurring regarding the water, wastewater and stormwater services in the 3 villages (King City, Nobleton Schomberg.) The consultations are being done with the objective of having strategies to...
York Region Growth Scenarios
At Council on July 6 there will be a presentation by York Region Staff: "addressing growth to 2041: analysing and refining draft growth scenarios." The presentation is very timely as we are going through the process of updating our Official Plan (OP). I encourage...
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…