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
Request to Repeal Designation
On February 6 Council agenda there is a report addressing a request to repeal a designation bylaw for a property on 18th Sideroad, the former Second King Baptist Church. Given the municipality’s responsibility to conserve heritage properties I concur with the Staff recommendation to not repeal the designation. As reviewed in the report, even though the property has not been maintained as well...
Pancake Breakfast This Saturday
Protecting the ORM
At the January 30 council planning meeting there is report on a Township initiated zoning bylaw of relevance to lands in the Oak Ridges Moraine. It is being recommended by Staff as a means to maintain ability to protect the ORM despite Bill 23. With Bill 23 the municipality is unable to apply Site Plan Control to residential units which are 10 units or less. Applying site plan control ensures...
Keele and King Road
At the January 30 council planning meeting one of the applications being reviewed is one for the southeast corner of Keele and King Rd. where there is a very prominent heritage house. The proposal is exciting: it includes retaining the heritage property and integrating it into an overall architectural design which is in keeping with the heritage building. It is also a very bold proposal as the...
Hello Ian.Fist I will say that I understand your disappointment; the road is very rough. have asked Staff for some…
Hello Stephen, I am so glad that have looked at the budget and have asked a great question. This DC…
The Zancor building has not been funded by residents taxes, but $22,900.00 is raised by decelopent charges. Where is that…
I do agree that road safety on King's rural roads should be addressed. How does passing a motion improve rural…
Thank you for the update on the planned budget for 2025. I am disappointed that Manitou Drive will not be…