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.
King Community Clean-Up
Its wonderful spring and it is time to clean up the public areas of our beautiful King: the streets and paths you enjoy walking on, the parks and the roads. As always, we each need to be careful as we do the clean up, particularly when picking up garbage on streets...
Development on King Road: open house
Thursday April 22 at 6pm there is a virtual open house, hosted by the developer to learn about a proposal to develop a small subdivision with 5 detached homes east of the Kingview subdivision on north side of King Road. (The latter is located north and east of the...
Development on James Stokes: virtual open house
Tuesday, April 20 at 6pm there is a virtual open house, hosted by the developer to learn about a proposal to develop lands north of James Stokes Court in the Kingview subdivision. (The latter is located north and east of the Heritage & Cultural Centre.) This is...
New Development Off Dew Street
On April 6 there is a Council Planning Meeting. There is only one agenda item: the application for a 4 semi-detached residential units an a condominium road to be created off Dew Street on the north side. As indicated in the report there was a public meeting for...
Gypsy Moth: the offense
In late summer 2020 many people remarked on how the canopy of trees was being eaten away by gypsy moths. Some tried to swat & capture the moths; and before that there was effort to trap the caterpillars on tree trunks. As we start to have warmer temperatures it...
Refreshed Community Improvement Plan
On Council March 29 agenda there is the proposed refreshed Community Improvement Plan (CIP). As expressed earlier when the draft was presented to Council in February I believe the CIP is "good" for King and I am very pleased with its evolution in terms of increasing...
COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic
On Council March 29 agenda there is a report recommending Council support for creation of a vaccination clinic at the Trisan Centre. I am thrilled that the prework has been done to enable it to be opened as early as April 6 or 12 pending vaccine supply. As reviewed...
Smart Boundary Adjustment on the ORM
On March 29 Council meeting there is a report for allowing implementation of a boundary adjustment. There was a public planning meeting for this initiative in November 2019; conclusion of that meeting was that more work needed to be done as the proposed solution did...
Developments in NW Nobleton
On Council March 29 agenda there is a report about two development applications in the northwest quadrant of Nobleton village. To read it and access all the appendices click here and scroll down to item 7.3. As indicated in the report that there is a serious...
Tribute (Nobleton)
On Council March 29 agenda there is a report about an development application in Nobleton village. To read it and access all the appendices click here and scroll down to item 7.4. It is for the land parcel originally held by the school board when the subdivision was...
Firm “No” to MZO’s NOT Meeting PPS
On March 29 Council agenda there is a staff report with a recommendation on the Township response to the proposed changes to the Planning Act regarding MZO's. I am totally in support of the recommendation. In December 2020 Council dealt with two requests from...
413 Resolution on Hwy 413
On March 29 Council agenda there is my proposed resolution regarding King Township's position on the GTA West Corridor, i.e. the 413. I am proposing that King Township i) withdraw its previously expressed support for a corridor, ii) oppose any and all advance...
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…