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.
TTC Comes to York Region
Sunday, December 17 TTC Line 1 will be open for business. It includes 4 stations in York Region, including the one at York University. Most northern station is at the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre at Hwy 7 and Millway Avenue. See here for details.
draft Official Plan
The draft Official Plan for King Township is now posted on the Township web. Hard copies to read will be available in the Township libraries. To read the draft please go here; and at same place you can also read background information. By its nature this is a very...
Potential for East Humber Headwaters Park!
There is no guarantee of outcome but if it comes to pass this is a fabulous development: a new park on the Oak Ridges Moraine east of King City to be called East Humber Headwaters Park. As indicated in the resolution this outcome is contemplated as the result of a...
66 Main Street: intent to designate
December 11 Council agenda includes a report with a recommendation to give notice of intention to designate the principal residence at 66 Main Street Schomberg as a property meriting protection under the Ontario Heritage Act. As reviewed this property merits such...
Sign Bylaw Renewal
On December 11 Council agenda there is a draft sign bylaw; it will be tabled for consideration and adoption at the January 8 Council. Revising the sign bylaw has been triggered primarily by feedback from our business community. As indicated in the report Staff has...
New Official Plan for King
Pending approval from Council on December 11 the draft Official Plan will released for public review. As indicated in report the statutory public meeting will be in April; but it will be preceeded by several open house type events which will be excellent opportunity...
New Gas Station on Hwy 11/Bathurst
At December 11 Council meeting there is a statutory public meeting to address an application for a zoning bylaw amendment to facilitate development of a gas station with car wash and convenience store on Highway 11 west side of Bathurst. Here is the Staff report. As...
OPA application for Patton Street
At December 11 Council meeting there is a statutory public meeting to address an application for a zoning bylaw amendment (OPA) to rezone a lot to "Core Area King City. " As reviewed in the report this application is really a correction to what should have been...
2018 Budget & Business Plan
At 5 PM on December 11 there is a working session of Committee of Whole. Public is welcome to attend and listen but the target audience, so to speak, is Council members i.e. questions from public are not entertained. Subject of the session is the draft 2018 budget...
Modernizing Ontario’s Legislation Act
On December 11 Council agenda there is a report reviewing the numerous amendments made by Bill 68, the Modernizing Ontario's Legislation Act, 2017. For those interested in the specifics of governance and authority this report will be of interest as it identifies the...
Presentation of OP on Thursday 11/30
The Official Plan Review team will introduce the first working draft of One King, King Township’s new draft official plan to Committee of the Whole in a working session meeting on Thursday, November 30 at 7PM in Council Chambers. Members of the public are invited to...
Dufferin and King Road Development Public Meeting
At November 27 Council meeting there is statutory public meeting for a planning application to re-develop the lands at south west corner of Dufferin and King Road in King City. (Follow link provided and see agenda item 6.1.) The proposed development include a 1...
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…