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.
MOU with Kingbridge Centre
On September 12 Council agenda there is a report recommending approval of a draft Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) between the Township and the Kingbridge Centre. As reviewed, the MOU is to be assessed in one year to determine value of subsequent renewals and/or the...
Assumption of Infrastructure
On September 12 Council agenda there is a report recommending assumption of a portion of the servicing for the Dipoce subdivision agreement in Schomberg and assumption of the municipal infrastructure related to the King Station phase 3 subdivision. As indicated in the...
Expanding Green Development Standards
On September 12th council agenda there is a staff report recommending expansion of the green development standards to single detached residential developments in the established neighbourhood and hamlet areas designated in the Official Plan, Our King. The...
New Planning Processes in Response to Bill 109
On September 12 Council agenda there is a report reviewing how Planning staff proposes to operate given the mandated shorter review times and possible financial penalties for not complying with the new timelines. These are in place due to the Bill 109 and Amendments...
Trail Naming
On Council agenda for September 12th there is a very satisfying report recommending that a section of the King City Trail be identified as “King City: Moir Trail.” This recognition of Barry Moir is very appropriate. As reviewed in the report Mr Moir has made...
Contributions For Building the New Recreation Centre
September 12 Council agenda includes two reports about principles for Municipal Capital Facility Agreements (MCFA’s). One is with Zancor in relation to their development at 2075 King Road and the other one is with Keele West Developments in relation to their...
Capital Projects: status and close report
On September 12 Council agenda there is a report Identifying capital projects to be closed and allocation of any surplus funds. Reading this report provides confidence that our capital dollars are being well managed. I also see evidence of King Staff being creative in...
Second Annual Cultural Gala
A great way to spend an evening with friends and others who are lovers of arts, culture and heritage. On Thursday, September 29, 2022, the Township of King will be partnering with the King Township Historical Society (KTHS) and Arts Society King (ASK) to bring you...
New Townhouses on King Road
Tuesday, September 6 is the statatutory public meeting to enable the development of a block at 1986,2000 and 2008 King Road with 26 conventional townhouses in freehold common element condominium units. As said in earlier post we have seen applications earlier for...
King Heritage & Cultural Centre
To improve accessibility the King Heritage & Cultural Centre is undergoing facility renovations including new accessible doors on all entrances and an accessible administrative desk, washrooms and gift shop. When the project was included the 2022 budget I smiled...
Public Planning Meeting for Townhouses in King City
Tuesday September 6 there is a Public Planning Meeting. (Typically these meetings are the first Monday of the month but as the first Monday of September is a statutory holiday it is being held on the Tuesday.) It is for a draft subdivision and zoning bylaw...
Township Wide Recreation Centre Update
In an earlier post I reviewed the funding sources for the $86 million budget for the new recreation centre. As reviewed the latter is a very positive story as <10% is from tax payers and that is actually from reserves accumulated in the past. There is now...
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…