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
“Open For Business”: putting our community at risk
I am extremely concerned about Bill 66, Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act which has recently been introduced by the Province. I believe it puts our community at risk, as it allows municipalities to bypass planning policies and clean water regulations in our communities, including by-laws that override Greenbelt Act prohibitions. (Schedule 10 of Bill 66 is particularly concerning.) If...
Water and Wastewater Rates
On Council agenda is a Staff recommendation for water and waste water rates for 2019. The average blended bill (i.e. water and waste water) for a household using 250 cubic meters of water /year is $158.56, 11.8% . It is a big increase; logic for such is as follows. 1. Consistent with previous 4 years the 9% increase in the whole sale rate from York Region is being passed on. The increase...
KeeleOne Development Application
On Council agenda for December 10 there is report recommending approval in principle of zoning bylaw amendment for the KeeleOne project. It has been 2 years since the public meeting was held for this development. I continue to be excited by this proposal and am relieved to see that the concept has not changed substantially. Many of the concerns identified earlier have been addressed: size of...
Parking Exemptions
On Dec. 10 agenda there is Staff report recommending a significant change in how to respond to requests for exemptions to the bylaws restricting parking, particularly the restrictions during the winter months. I think the recommended plan sounds excellent: focused on customer/client need, uses technology, cost effective.
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.