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
Resolution for Development Application
The development application for Mary Lake Estates passed a critical point at the March 25 special Council meeting. Three other members of Council voted with me against the Staff report; and then Council voted 4/2 in favour a resolution I put forward. Here is the resolution. 1. That Planning Report P-2013-18 be received; 2. That the proposed draft plan, draft plan conditions and...
Win for both current residents and developer
Collaboration can produce the most unexpected results! The 3/18 public meeting for the development at 13400 and 13424 Keele could not have been more different from the previous meeting 15 months earlier. Why the change? During the intervening period the neighbours to the development and the developer worked hard together to find the balance, a balance between two visions originally...
Upcoming events & meetings of interest
On the right side of the home page I maintain a calendar. It shows dates of Council meetings and events & meetings of interest which I think may be of interest to my constituents. Below are some particularly important ones. YRT/Viva Public Information Centre Thursday March 21 4-7 King Township Offices Special Council Meeting Monday, March 25 6PM at King City Community Centre (25 Doctors...
YRT Viva wants to hear from YOU
YRT/Viva is holding a series of Public Information Centres on its proposed 2014 annual service plan. The purpose of the Public Information Centres is to inform the public and to get feedback on proposed route and service adjustments for 2014. On Thursday March 21 from 4-7PM YRT will be at King Township Office to hear your comments and answer your questions. If you can't make the meeting but have...
Hello Bert, I agree totally with your point that there is the legislative means to ensure that designated properties are…
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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…