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
Revised Plan for Subdivision East Hwy27/South King Road
At the statutory public meeting on Monday February 3rd presenting applications for amendments to both the Official Plan and the Zoning Bylaw to facilitate creation of a subdivision on the east side of Hwy 27 south of King Rd on the lands currently referred to as Boynton. As reviewed in the report there was a public meeting for an application for a Zoning Bylaw amendment for the same lands in...
Water Bills: Waiving Penalty Once
On January 27 Council meeting there is a report recommending waving the penalty for late payment of the September to October water and wastewater bill. I am supportive of this one time “forgiveness” for reasons identified in the report. i) The timing of the Canada Postal strike, specifically that it started just before the mail out of the bills. ii) The relative newness of the billing cycle...
Illegal Land Use
On January 27 Council meeting there is a motion by Councillor Anstey and seconded by Mayor Pellegrini asking the Province to strengthen our enforcement capability against illegal land use. I am very supportive of this resolution. In the resolution the numerous reasons for requesting more enforcement capability are identified and includes: the environmental risks caused by illegal land use; the...
Heritage Designations
On January 27 Council 3 bylaws are on the agenda to approve; each is to designate a specific building to be of cultural heritage or interest pursuant to the provisions of the Ontario Heritage Act. The 3 properties are : George Pringle House at 13092 Hwy 27, Crawford Wells General Store (today known as Locale) at 12981 Keele, Hogan’s Inn at 12998 Keele. The staff report: GMS-PL-2024-14 brought...
I adore this building! Just the way it sits high in its location…the recessed front door and its wrap-around windows,…
Very nice to hear from you, Peter. It would be my guess that this announcement of intent to designate would…
I agree with Bruce Craig and I too, support this designation.
I complement the Heritage Committee for their recommendation. It is very important that key parts of King’s history and heritage…
Yes, this building along King Road is a wonderful part of King's built heritage and has had several interesting uses…