Toronto council moved to block a 60-townhome development in the Humber Summit area after the local councillor pushed his colleagues to ignore staff advice that recommended rejecting the application. Council can accept the staff advice or reject it by deleting the staff recommendations and replacing them with their own. After the meeting, the Star asked Mammoliti by email why he wasn’t at council or why he ignored staff advice. At Etobicoke York Community Council in November, local resident Grant Evers, with the Humber Summit Residents’ Association, said their group formed as a response to concerns about the development. In January, before the item came to council again, Evers returned to Etobicoke York community council to reiterate their group’s concern.

Source: thestar February 06, 2018 00:22 UTC