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
Parking at the GO Station
There is progress, albeit slow progress, in providing more parking for GO train station users. Municipal property at the north end of West Street is currently used by First Student business; they have been advised of need to be looking for an alternative so that the space can be reassigned for GO train commuter parking. Despite no response yet from York Region to our resolution asking for...
A Wider Hwy 400
May sound like a train but its not…it’s a wider 400! If you live adjacent to Hwy 400 it is coming closer….and ….even if you don’t live adjacent you will know that it is coming closer by the noise! December 6th Ministry of Transport (MOT) hosted an open house to review plans for the next installment for widening the 400. Briefly: project area is from King Road to just north of Hwy 9. Scope is...
Upcoming Meetings/Events of Interest
As it is often tough to get back into the groove after the holidays here is a quick recap of event & meetings you may want to put onto your calendars now. Statutory Public Meeting for Official Plan Amendment(s) Purpose: to address any future power generation proposals--see my post on this topic for more information January 10 6PM Township Office Budget Meetings Capital and Operating Budgets...
13400/13424 Keele St.–the right intensification?
As many are already aware, there is a public meeting December 12th to deal with an application for an Official Plan Amendment (OPA) and a zoning bylaw amendment to enable development at 13424 and 13400 Keele St. You can read the notice for this meeting here. The application is clearly not the usual one for King City as it involves much higher densities than is the norm in King City; and it...
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…