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
The original Schomberg Arena
I attended the 3 sessions to hear input from the public as to their ideas about how to proceed with the Schomberg Community & Agricultural Arena (a.k.a. old Schomberg arena). As one of the general options is to re-purpose the arena, Staff did have the building assessed for current state and estimates done on work required for re-purposing. Clearly the latter depends on what the end product...
Road Safety
One complaint/concern I receive regularly is about speeding vehicles. (And occasionally there are complaints about posted speeds being too slow.) The seriousness of the complaints is amplified of course by the number of vehicles. The problem is not going to disappear as there are now 830,00 vehicles registered in York Region and far too many of those being to commuters needing to go through...
Humber Advocate
A new online newsletter has been launched: Humber Advocate. It is a great place to find out activities & events on the Humber which celebrate its rich heritage and history. The scope of the activities is wide: archaeological sites, community gardens, bridges, flora & fauna. You can access it here. And I have now included it on my e-page of resources.
$1.2 million hole–what should we do?
We have a $1.2 million hole in our budget; your input as to how to fill it is being requested. Specifically: the funding of the Trisan Center in Schomberg included revenues of $1.2 million from the sale of the old Schomberg arena. (The rest of the funding came from sources including provincial and federal grants.) For a variety of reasons sale of the old arena has not commenced. Commitment...
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…