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.
Sustainability Plan for King
September 6th I participated in our 4th meeting of the Task Force leading the development of the sustainability plan for King Township. We saw draft visions and goals from the 4 pillars: Economic, Financial, Socio-cultural and Environment. We then drafted our 1st...
Museum Update
The initiative to allow Genview to utilize the east section of our Museum as a sales office is essentially moving into execution phase now. At 08/29 Council authorized the entering into an agreement to cover the temporary tenancy. ...
A New Tradition is Born!
A new tradition in King City started September 5: King City End of Summer Bash. I remember Councillor Mortelliti asking me last year what I thought about an Oktoberfest type event in King City. I recall thinking the concept was great but was less than enthusiastic...
Shuttle Buses To/From King City GO
We need more parking for the King City GO Train station. One quick fix would be a shuttle service between remote parking locations and the station. To that end at the 08/29 Council meeting I gave notice of a motion to “request the York Region Transportation...
Tactics for being sustainable: learnings from AMO
I have just returned from AMO (Association of Municipalities of Ontario) annual convention. As I expected and hoped it was a good opportunity to meet others representing the interests of constituents to the best of their abilities and providing leadership for the...
34 “Green” homes in Newmarket
My earlier posting about the “Green Home” in Richmond Hill elicited a question/comment from a reader about a “green” subdivision in Newmarket. I am very appreciative of this as it led to me learning about a Newmarket development of 34 homes branded as “Ecologic.” ...
Shuttle Buses to GO Station and more
Interested in a shuttle service to GO station? Do you want to see more/better public transit options in King? Attend the public information meeting Tuesday Aug. 16 5-7 PM at King City Public Library. As I reviewed in a recent update on a Metrolinx presentation to...
Effort & Energy Wasted Getting The Facts
A recent application for minor variances exposed significant weaknesses in the process for dealing with such applications. Very specifically, there was incomplete identification of the status quo and errors in the application. This resulted in individuals...
A Re-play of the 60’s decision to widen Keele?
A class Environmental Assessment is starting to assess the “opportunity” to improve King Road between Hwy 400 and Hwy 27 to accommodate increased population and traffic growth. This study has been long anticipated as it has been shown on York Region’s plans for...
Delights Outside of King
Sunday I reminded myself that King does not have a monopoly on beautiful countryside. Nor does it have a monopoly on committed, creative volunteers with a passion for heritage. As you might be looking for a little afternoon jaunt and wanting to see something...
Metrolinx Plans for King
As the details we hear usually about Metrolinx and “the big move” are interesting but rarely provide insight into how our daily needs for public transit in King are being addressed, it was great to hear their presentation at Council 7/11. To my mind effective public...
Seeing “Sustainability” Today
Have you ever experienced the phenomenon of declaring what you want without knowing how your dream will be fulfilled and then, all of sudden, the possibilities start to appear? That has been happening to me these last couple weeks. So what is my wish? A...
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…