May 15, 2015 | Policies, Masterplans, The Issues
Thursday (5/14) I attended the last of the 17 public meetings conducted to get input from citizens for the review of the 4 Provincial Plans (Niagara Escarpment, Oak Ridges Moraine, Greenbelt and Growth Plan). This was the second one I attended; the other one being an...
May 15, 2015 | Policies, Masterplans, The Issues
In a previous post I summarized my response to the Staff report recommending input to the Provincial Review of the 4 Plans (Niagara Escarpment, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, Greenbelt Plan and Growth Plan.) I indicated that there was one point that I was in...
May 9, 2015 | Debbie in the Community, Policies, Masterplans, The Issues
The draft Township Response to Province on 1st stage of review is on May 11th agenda; you can read it here; see item 10.5. My top concerns are well addressed in the draft: no expansion of the urban boundaries; recommendations on how to introduce secondary uses to...
Apr 19, 2015 | Policies, Masterplans
There are a number of initiatives in process which will have a significant impact on how King Township evolves over the next decade and beyond; specifically the King Township Official Plan Review and the Provincial Review of the 4 Plans (i.e. 3 conservation plans and...
Mar 21, 2015 | Policies, Masterplans, The Issues
Review of our Official Plan continues. Its evident that people are interested: >80 attended the March 10 meeting. The Phase One Background and Information Paper is on the 3/23 Council. If you would like to make public comments you can certainly do so; but, as...
Mar 7, 2015 | Policies, Masterplans
I have just published a post about the draft trails strategy and have heard from a couple people that the link to the strategy does not work. I have checked it and it does work; it is a large PDF so perhaps the size is causing some difficulties. At my computer it...