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
Schedule 10 is Deleted!
I am thrilled that Schedule 10 is being removed from Bill 66. It threatened the Greenbelt, the Oak Ridges Moraine, Lake Simcoe and source water protection areas by opening them up to development. If enacted our farmland would be at risk: the monetary value of farmland would increase (for the wrong reason) as it would now represent development opportunity as opposed to a place to grow our...
Bill 66 Section 10
On Council 1/14 agenda there is a report on Bill 66 which includes the Planning Staff's recommendations for feedback to the Province by January 20. In earlier posts I have reviewed why I consider Bill 66 Section to be regressive and bad for communities. My perspective is not changed. It is said that the Bill is all about giving control to the municipalites so that they can act quickly to...
Implementing a Open-for Business Bylaw in King
There is a second report on 1/14 Council agenda about Bill 66. This report is written on the assumption that the Bill will be passed and that it is appropriate for Council to start considering implementation of a OfB. As I consider Bill 66 to be very regressive I have great difficulty in contemplating implementation. Changes may be made as a result of submissions to the Environmental Registry...
Keele One
At last Council meeting (December 10) there was a report on Keele One. Several residents made deputations citing concerns: about process and some specific details. I can appreciate that some citizens were somewhat surprised that we were at the stage of approving the plan as it had been some time since the project had been at Council. There was a lengthy hiatus due to new issues being...
I have to respond to your comments. First, glad you are participating Thursday. I agree the GO train station is…
King City much like many rural communities may not have been trendy, up and coming, the next Rosedale but it…
Hi Sheila, I really hope that you are going to participate in the Thursday sessions about the initiative to create…
It should not come as any surprise to anyone in King City that everything appears to be a DONE deal.…
Thank you for explaining the process involved in reviewing and providing feedback regarding the KCCAP Debbie.