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
GO Train: whistle cessation
At January 11 Council, we passed a resolution to once again state our expectation that the required infrastructure for whistle cessation will be installed at the 5 crossings in King as the GO expansion proceeds. That resolution is being sent to Metrolinx and Minister of Transportation. Since 2018 King, in collaoration with York Region has been prooviding input to the project. To date we do not...
King City: block plan virtual open house
Thursday, January 14 there is virtual open house to present and receive feedback on a preliminary comprehensive block plan for a development on north side of King Road between William and Dew Street. It begins at 6:30 with a presentation. If you register you will be sent a link to participate. Here is some more information. Here is email for registering. jfast@evansplanning.com.
Thinking About an Electric Car?
As some people know I made a big decision this fall: the purchase of an electric vehicle. We did so after being passengers in others' cars, doing some research, test driving a couple. Finally we made the choice: Hyundai KONA. We love it: its very comfortable and its very satisfying to know that while driving I am not adding green house gases (GHG). Making the decision was tough...
Official Plan (Our King) Update
On Council agenda there is a report with an update on our new Official Plan (OP). We cheered and were proud when Council approved it in September 2019; then we cheered again in October 2020 when York Region approved it. But, it is still not "in force" as 12 appeals were registered. The report provides some details of these appeals and next steps. Until the appeals are resolved the current OP...
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