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
Party Leaders’ Promises for Municipalaties
As I posted a couple weeks ago, in late August I attended the annual conference of Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO). The agenda included speeches from the leaders of the 3 traditional Ontario parties. Earlier all leaders had been provided the top 12 asks of AMO. As health of our municipalities is important and, as municipalities are significantly affected by the decisions of...
Shuttle Buses for King City GO–resolution to YR
My resolution to “request the York Region Transportation Services Committee to investigate and report upon options of parking/shuttle services within King Twp. to help alleviate and remedy the existing as well as future increase of parking demands at the King City GO Station” was seconded by Councillor Mortelliti and passed unanimously at the 9/12 Council meeting. I will make a deputation at YR...
Sustainability Plan for King
September 6th I participated in our 4th meeting of the Task Force leading the development of the sustainability plan for King Township. We saw draft visions and goals from the 4 pillars: Economic, Financial, Socio-cultural and Environment. We then drafted our 1st version of an overall vision. We were updated on efforts to get input from the businesses and residents of King Township. Given...
Museum Update
The initiative to allow Genview to utilize the east section of our Museum as a sales office is essentially moving into execution phase now. At 08/29 Council authorized the entering into an agreement to cover the temporary tenancy. From the outset I have considered this initiative as one offering opportunities. We will see important maintenance...
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…