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
Parks Masterplan Update
On the March 18 agenda there is a very important Staff report: an update on the Parks portion of the masterplan for Parks, Rcreation and Culture. As indicated in the cover note/report that public feedback is wanted at this stage and that upon consideration of latter and other inputs Staff will come back with a final report. Parks are important to the quality of our life; the report reviews...
Speed and Volume Study
On 3/18 Council agenda there is a township wide comprehensive traffic study. I have been waiting for this and am somewhat disappointed. The proposed actions do not address the issues which I frequently hear about from residents. Unfortunately the report does not provide the data which has led to the recommended actions. For example what was the speed and volume data collected which supports...
Public Meeting: Keele and Dennison
There is public meeting at Council on Monday, March 18 for the development application at Keele/Dennison Dr. It is an application for intensification by building 56 town house units. I think there are some important issues which need to be addressed as I review further below and am pleased that the Staff have indicated same in their report. Having said that I do believe that this is the...
Amended Budget
On 3/18 Council agenda there is a report on an amended draft budget for 2019 and the 3 following years. The amended one proposes a 2.3% increase (as opposed to 2.8%) on the township portion of the tax rate. I think the proposal overall is reasonable although there are some individual choices about which I am not fully convinced. Council is being asked to approve only the 2019 operating budget...
I have to respond to your comments. First, glad you are participating Thursday. I agree the GO train station is…
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Hi Sheila, I really hope that you are going to participate in the Thursday sessions about the initiative to create…
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Thank you for explaining the process involved in reviewing and providing feedback regarding the KCCAP Debbie.