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
Budget & Business Plan 2024 final
On December 11 Council agenda there is a report recommending approval of budget and business plan for 2024. Given the approved York Region budget the blended rate in King Township increases about 3.54%; for a property assessed at $1 million this is an increase of $294/year. The Township portion of the blended rate is an increase of 4.98%. In the draft budget presented Nov.27 the proposed...
Fees in 2024
On December 11 council agenda there is a report recommending a new bylaw for fees and charges in 2024. Fees and charges are set to recover costs to provide the services which the Township provides which is everything from renting a room, accessing a rink to skate and processing an application for a minor variance. For those fees and charges that have been adjusted, staff provided an...
Village Design Guidelines: final draft
On December 11th council agenda staff is presenting the final draft of the Village Urban Design Guidelines for Council approval; intent is to replace the guidelines dating from 2006. The guidelines provide design criteria for three key areas: village centres, established neighbourhoods and employment areas. As reviewed in the report accompanying the guidelines there has been substantial public...
Townhouses West of King City Library
On December 11th council agenda there is staff report recommending draft approval of the draft plan of subdivision immediately west of the King City library/north side of King Rd. This site includes the lots previously identified as 1986, 2000, and 2008 King Rd.; and as reviewed in the report there have been applications for various amendments by two different developers in the last few years...
The intentions are proper, the impulse has momentum, the issues are great. One of the largest is how to make…
Thank you for the update, Councillor Schaefer. It’s encouraging to see this conversation continue as we look toward a stronger,…
Thank you for your comments Nancy. I believe my motion does protect the GB by calling for "lands of ecological,agricultural…
In the review of the Official Plan, there are two spots where the proposal is to allow development on the…
thank you Dorita for the acknowledgment.