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.
A wider and faster King Road
A plan to “improve” King Road between Hwy’s 400 and 27 is starting to have some details. Study has commenced, alternative solutions identified and 1st public information session scheduled for November 10. A comprehensive presentation was made to Council November 1...
Street Parking on King Road: fantasy or real option?
Having King Road finally paved in King City is cause to rejoice. But, for me, all that fresh smooth asphalt reminded me (again) how the drive- through traffic dominates the village. And I can only wait for the complaints that there is more speeding now as the...
Budget Season
November 28th 1-4 PM there will be a special Committee of the Whole meeting with a single agenda item: 2012 budget. I don’t know how the meeting will be run; and more importantly I don’t know what the desired outcome from this specific meeting is. But, as Council...
Sustainability–Foodstock!
Our public forum on sustainability is Thursday, October 20. For reminder of details see my home page. I hope you are able to join us as we continue to develop a plan for King’s future. Sunday I participated in a very creative and very “tasty” fund raising to...
38 Clearview Severance Application
Official Plans, Community Plans etc. tend not to be popular reading materials (except for planning professionals perhaps!) until something occurs which challenges ones perception and understanding of what is in the plans. Well that ‘something’ has occurred and I am...
Road PCC’s
At the most recent York Region Transportation Services Committee monthly meeting I heard about a couple upcoming Public Consultations (PCC). If you are interested in the issue/problem being assessed and you want to provide input and/or be informed of outcomes you...
Are you interested in the future of King Township?
On October 20th the Mayor of King Township invites all residents, organizations, businesses and visitors to share their ideas for shaping King’s future. ECONOMY – Is economic development the answer? Where should growth occur and at what scale? ENVIRONMENT – What do...
Weddings and Camping Venue
A very challenging proposal has been made to King: amend zoning and official plan and see a new commercial enterprise leveraging the beauty of the landscape by offering both wedding & banquet facilities and children's camp in the countryside of the Oak Ridges...
Tough Reports on Expenditures
September 26 Committee of Whole (COW) provided a tough reminder of expenses—some we do control and others we don’t. 1. One of the bitter realities identified during the 2011 budget discussions was the need to prepare for refunding golf courses. At that point we...
Moraine Can’t Wait
Realization of any vision is very dependent on actions and decisions by upper tiers of authority. As many peoples’ vision for King, including my own, has as its very foundation, a protected Oak Ridges Moraine (ORM), it is important to me to be assured that the next...
Party Leaders’ Promises for Municipalaties
As I posted a couple weeks ago, in late August I attended the annual conference of Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO). The agenda included speeches from the leaders of the 3 traditional Ontario parties. Earlier all leaders had been provided the top 12...
Shuttle Buses for King City GO–resolution to YR
My resolution to “request the York Region Transportation Services Committee to investigate and report upon options of parking/shuttle services within King Twp. to help alleviate and remedy the existing as well as future increase of parking demands at the King City GO...
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…