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
Email Retention
On April 11 Council agenda there is a staff report recommending policies regarding emails sent and received by the Township. As reviewed in the report there has been extensive engagement with other municipalities and different agencies including the Province. The statistics certainly demonstrate a need for a policy: in a 30 day timeframe King received 120,000 emails and sent over 40,500. As...
Building Division
On April 11th Council agenda there is the year end report from the Building Division. Reading this report certainly gives the data to support what has been very evident: there is a lot of building activity going on in King Township. I also want to mention the initiative that the Division has taken to explain the process for acquiring a building permit; here is their guidebook for getting...
Oak Ridges Moraine: some history and today’s challenges
As the Oak Ridges Moraine (ORM) is a very significant landform which influences King significantly and for which King has stewardship responsibility, the speaker at the AGM for Concerned Citizens of King Township (CCKT) is very timely. Steven Gilchrist was one of the planners who worked on the creation of the ORMCP >20 years ago; and, he has continued to monitor and comment on development...
Apartment West Side Keele
On Monday April 4 Council agenda there is a report regarding the applications to amend the Official Plan and the zoning bylaw for King City-Schomberg to enable the building of a six story apartment building with 247 units. The site for this building is west side of Keele across from Elizabeth Grove St and going further south; at the north end there is currently the industrial building which was...
I must say Bert that I am glad to see your comment as I was surprised to have not heard…
Hallelujah, praise be! Good for council on this initiative. It's long overdue. Should the designation bylaw pass many would no…
A splendid idea, Debbie. So gratifying to see you and your legacy honoured like this for generations to see in…
I think this is well earned and deserved for all you have done over the years as a member of…
Well deserved Debbie!