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
Opportunity for King Museum
A creative idea has been presented to the Township: to utilize the eastern portion of our Museum for Genview’s sales office. (Genview is the developer for the subdivision east of the Museum.) The upside potential is sensitive renovation of parts of our Museum. Less difficult to truly understand is the benefit of this first step for integrating a new subdivision into the current fabric of...
Council Votes: 5.66% tax increase on King portion
At 3/28 special King Council, Council voted 4/2 for a 5.66% increase on King portion of property tax. 2011 blended rate will be 2.62%; on residents with $514,000 assessment, increase is $139.90/year. I was one of the two not supporting this plan. The cost savings exercise by Township staff to decrease the earlier proposal of 13.9 to the 5-6% range did reveal some valuable opportunities;...
Development on Kettleby Road
At April 4th Council meeting Staff will be presenting a zoning bylaw and development agreement in response to an application for 6 residential lots on the Kettleby Road. In addition a site plan control bylaw is being prepared that would apply to the subject lands and required future dwellings to obtain additional approvals from the Director of Planning prior to the issuance of a Building...
Safety Buffers For Gas-fired Generators!
A letter initiated by Oakville citizens and signed by residents from several other municipalities, including me, has been sent to the leadership of all the provincial parties, asking for appropriate and reasonable buffer zones between generators and residences and institutions such as schools and health care facilities. The concept of establishing “safe” buffer zones was first proposed by...
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…