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
Protecting the GB one more time!
I say well done to all those who have voiced their opposition to carving out the Greenbelt. Its our opposition as shown in rallies & protests, in letters and on petitions which has caused premier Ford to back pedal. Victory celebrations are entirely appropriate; we now have to monitor how the corrections are actually done.
Corporate Service Inventory
On Sept. 25 Council agenda there is a staff report presenting the Inventory of services provided to the community including the standards to be achieved. For example, how often is the grass cut at the baseball diamonds, what programs are to be offered at Cold Creek. Value of having this Inventory, to my mind, is that this is the basis for discussions about improving services and for providing...
Extensions to draft plans of subdivision
On September 25 Council agenda there is a report recommending the extension of lapsing provisions for the 7 developers involved with the King City East developments. The concept of lapsing provisions and the details for each of the 7 are covered in the report. In general the concept is that once a developer gets draft plan approval its anticipated that they are going to start building the...
Maintenance on Important Heritage Asset
On Sept. 25 Council agenda there is a staff report recommending approval of several actions to support maintenance of the Eversley Church on Dufferin St. The actions include approval of a heritage permit, awarding heritage grants. As explained in the report one grant is in response to an application to the annual heritage grant program. A second grant has been suggested as there is money in...
Thank you Debbie, What an important day to celebrate! I know in our lifetime, we have come a long way…
Hi Nancy, It is so easy to be cynical, particularly these days. It is correct that every nomination does not…
Volunteer Awards Thank you for providing the links to those years. I just remember years ago there were lots of…
I appreciate your suggestions as to how there could be more commercial space within the current urban boundary. there is…
Thanks Dorita for some different perspective about the proposed commercial lands for King City. Driving by it is evident that…