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
2014 Budget Decisions Begin
Deliberations on the 2014 budget begin at December 16 Council. You can review the draft budget here. The draft proposes an increase of 2.59%; assuming the proposed York Region increase of 1.54% and the proposed neutral rate from School Board,the blended increase for King residents is 1.56% which amounts to an increase of $108.94 annually on the average residential property assessed at $711,902....
Tree By-law
The first draft of a tree by-law one is being discussed at Monday (12/16) Council.The by-law targets those trees not covered by the York Region Forest Preservation By-law which addresses woodlands over 1 hectare in size and those trees in smaller wood lots (.2 to 1 hectare) which King delegated to YR to protect; in other words, this new bylaw addresses trees on private property which are not a...
King City Corporate Centre: revised proposal
As a result of OMB led mediation there has been a significant change to the application from King City Corporate Centre for the development of their lands on SE corner of Jane/King Road. Council unanimously turned down the original application in Nov. 19,2012 as it was in serious conflict with the King City Community Plan. As reviewed in great detail in the Staff Report for the December 12,...
OMB Hearing on Wedding Venue
I attended most of the OMB hearing conducted week of November 25 on the application to create a banquet facility to provide a wedding venue in an open country environment. In my most recent post I encouraged people to attend,if their schedules permitted, to both show support for the Stewards of the Moraine and to learn more about the legislative processes which regulate our world. It was...
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…