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
Earth Rangers Centre
In a separate post I talked about visiting the Green Home in Richmond Hill. I was well primed for seeing it --a real actual house in a subdivision with “green” features-- as a week earlier I was given a tour of the Earth Rangers Centre on the Kortright Living City Campus. It is an advanced green building, certified Gold under LEED for new construction; and application has been made for...
Our Gateways
The landscape is particularly beautiful these days with early summer blooms. But, I have now been alerted to keep an eye for some man-made constructs which are spread all over: entrances to subdivisions. The specifics vary: bricks or stone, pillars or walls, some include landscaping. State of repair and maintenance vary. As a result of some requests for maintenance it has become clear...
GTA West Corridor
Stage 1 of the Environmental Assessment for the GTA West Corridor has been completed; a draft is now circulating for comments up until 6/30/11. As anticipated (with regret) the recommendation is to build a new east/west highway to facilitate the movement of goods between the urban centres around Hwy 400 and Guelph area; and to improve accessibility to the US/Cdn border points. I say it was...
Roads: maintaining and improving
As I have indicated in another posting, investments in roads are not high in my value equation. But once we have them, we do need to maintain them; and for sure, we need to address serious safety issues. York Region gave Council a report on May 30 reviewing various road projects. I was very pleased to hear that Environmental Assessments (EA) have been kicked off for two very dangerous...
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…