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
Budget Season
November 28th 1-4 PM there will be a special Committee of the Whole meeting with a single agenda item: 2012 budget. I don’t know how the meeting will be run; and more importantly I don’t know what the desired outcome from this specific meeting is. But, as Council members have provided input in terms of our priorities and as the individual departments have been working on their budgets I...
Sustainability–Foodstock!
Our public forum on sustainability is Thursday, October 20. For reminder of details see my home page. I hope you are able to join us as we continue to develop a plan for King’s future. Sunday I participated in a very creative and very “tasty” fund raising to support opposition to an outrageous assault on sustainability, namely the mega quarry in Melancthon Township just north of Shelburne....
38 Clearview Severance Application
Official Plans, Community Plans etc. tend not to be popular reading materials (except for planning professionals perhaps!) until something occurs which challenges ones perception and understanding of what is in the plans. Well that ‘something’ has occurred and I am now refreshing my understanding of the King City Community Plan. And, given the turn out at the 10/17 public meeting, it is...
Road PCC’s
At the most recent York Region Transportation Services Committee monthly meeting I heard about a couple upcoming Public Consultations (PCC). If you are interested in the issue/problem being assessed and you want to provide input and/or be informed of outcomes you need to attend these meetings and register. PCC #1 for King Road (Hwy 27 to Hwy 400)is being assessed for "improvements" to faciliate...
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…