Welcome to my blog! MY primary objective is to alert my constituents and others in King Township about issues being reviewed at the upcoming Council meetings. I do this as I believe the quality of Council decisions is enhanced when the public is engaged. I hope that residents will make deputations and/or send emails to Council to express their opinion and/or to ask important questions. Also, I include notice of meetings and events which I think are particularly important. I welcome your comments, whether you agree or not with me, and only edit to eliminate inappropriate language.
Recent Posts
Climate Change: challenging ideas
King Climate Action Plan: more consultation
Contrary to the Staff recommendation to endorse the King Climate Action Plan (KCAP), Council referred the draft plan back to Staff to take into account the deputations made at the January 21st council meeting and to allow for more community consultation. As I had indicated in my post for that council meeting I was prepared to endorse it; but the feedback presented by the deputations was...
Capital Projects Quarterly Review
On the February 7 Council agenda there is a report reviewing the status of various capital projects which are underway. It's being recommended to close 12 projects and to transfer back to original sources of funding the surplus $609,000 dollars. It also recommends how to use the $1,622,298 received from the Province under the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund; The latter is in place to...
Zoning Bylaw Amendment Application in Countryside
The agenda for the Council Planning meeting on Monday January 31st includes an application for a zoning bylaw amendment for a rural property on the Lloydtown Aurora Rd west of Highway 400. The application's purpose is to facilitate the severance of the property to create two rural residential lots.; in addition a new driveway access is proposed. The subject property is within the Oak Ridges...
The intentions are proper, the impulse has momentum, the issues are great. One of the largest is how to make…
Thank you for the update, Councillor Schaefer. It’s encouraging to see this conversation continue as we look toward a stronger,…
Thank you for your comments Nancy. I believe my motion does protect the GB by calling for "lands of ecological,agricultural…
In the review of the Official Plan, there are two spots where the proposal is to allow development on the…
thank you Dorita for the acknowledgment.