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
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.
Parking By-law For Heavy Trucks
Here is Staff report proposing an amendment to our parking by-law to address the problem of heavy trucks parked on municipal roadways. I think the recommendation to prohibit such across the Township is sound.
Hello Bert, I agree totally with your point that there is the legislative means to ensure that designated properties are…
Under the Ontario Heritage Act Building standards by-law 35.3 (1) If a by-law passed under section 15.1 of the Building…
My thoughts: buildings with significant historical and architectural value deserve protection from loopholes in law. Lack of funds or will…
I agree with you that Council needs to address this demolition by neglect so that it cannot happen. This should…
I'll be there! And some of my friends too. Enjoy! Last year was an experience of a different kind, and…