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.
Thank you for supporting CHATS
Big thank you to all who supported King Chatterers (Mayor Pellegrini, Councillor Avia Eek and myself) as we each made our 40,000 steps to raise funds for CHATS (Community & Home Assistance to Seniors.) And when I say "support" I just don't mean $$ in form of...
Keele and 17th SDRD Intersection Improvement
Intersection of 17th SDRD and Keele has long been considered a dangerous intersection due to sightlines and speeding. York Region’s recently approved 10 year capital now includes a project to address it. Current schedule shows implementation in 2015. You can read...
Route 61 Update
Route 61, the local King YRT bus is off to a good start: there are regular riders using it to access the GO Trains. YRT is clearly determined to make it as useful as possible: to that end they have modified the route. And they are encouraging people to provide...
Large Scale Fill–how to be proactive
As I have written previously, many municipalities with rural countryside are dealing with the risk of their open spaces being selected as “hosts” for large scale fill derived from the big holes being dug in the City of Toronto. As there is a serious regulatory gap...
Walking For Seniors
This Saturday (1/26) I begin my walk to raise funds for CHATS (Community & Home Assistance to Seniors). I have committed to walk 40,000 steps (50 km) in the week beginning 1/26. Happily I am not doing it alone! Others have pledged to do same across York...
Adult life style condos in our rural lands?!
Monday, January 28 there is a very important public meeting in regards to an application to make various amendments to two Official Plans to enable the development of an adult lifestyle condominium community on lands south of King Road and west of Mill Road (which is...
Mary Lakes Application: meeting
The 1/21 Council meeting dedicated to the Marys Lake Development application was well attended and very worthwhile. I think it was rich in content in terms of understanding points of view about the application’s consistency or lack thereof with the King City...
Marys Lake Estates Application
As I have indicated previously there is a special Council meeting on Monday January 21 at 6 PM. It will be held in the King City Arena. The agenda will be the development application for Marys Lake Estates. This is not a statutory public meeting. As it will be...
Route 61 the King Local Takes Off!
Route 61 was launched Monday! On the second bus, the one timed to deliver passengers at King City GO Train station to take the 7:51 train, there were 6 happy passengers. For a brand new public transit service this is great! I know they were happy as I was on the bus...
Budget 2013
We approved the 2013 budget at 1/14 Council. Cause for celebration is twofold: it is a responsible budget including a 2% property tax increase and it is a record to pass it so early. By achieving the latter Staff are now able to most efficiently implement their...
Roundabout at Keele/Lloydtown Aurora Rd.
I am pleased to learn that a project to address the inadequacy of the Keele and Lloydtown Aurora Rd intersection has been initiated by York Region. Lead solution is a roundabout. Preliminary design is underway; public consultation will be held prior to finalizing...
Upcoming Events & Meetings
On the right side of the home page I maintain a calendar. It shows dates of Council meetings and events & meetings of interest which I think may be of interest to my constituents. Below are some particularly important ones. Special Council Meeting Monday, January...
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…