dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
The last comment was absolutely right. We were worn our fighting St Nicholas. We won at the C of A hearing - and they didn't get their floors but we ultimately settled at the OMB so in the end they did get their floors.
Any UT'ers who get their knickers in a bunch at what marsh has written above need to send a letter or email of support to Councillor Wong-Tam to hopefully abolish the OMB's involvement in Toronto's affairs.
To explain best, from her recent newsletter:
2. The Ontario Municipal Board
On November 8, 2011, a motion that Councillor Wong-Tam initiated at City Council in September, seconded by Councillor Matlow, to remove Toronto from the jurisdiction of the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) and ask the Province of Ontario to abolish the OMB was considered and adopted by the Planning and Growth Committee (PGM) with amendments.
The OMB is a provincially-appointed tribunal that has final decision-making authority over appeals of municipal legislation in several areas including land-use development. As an unelected entity, the OMB creates substantial barriers for communities to democratically decide the course of planning and development within their neighbourhoods and the city.
This motion was deferred by City Council on November 29, 2011 to the City Council meeting at its first session in 2012. Through this initiative, Councillor Wong-Tam hopes that Toronto's communities can get a much stronger say in processes of change and development.