Submitted by Java55 on February 14, 2008 - 11:56pm.
(1) Replacing aging city water lines before the frequent ruptures and leaks become even more common and so severe as well as costly that these in themselves would cause water shortages in addition to droughts caused by future climate changes.
(2) Capping unneccessary growth until infratructure is in place (and built properly) and with at least a 10% reserve in excess to help ward off any unforeseen future problems. Neccessary grow should include tying up loose ends which will make it so that existing development projects can be fit into the larger picture more smoothly so that fewer developers would be left with dead projects half completed, or buildings that remain unoccupied. Sometimes a change in used may resolve some of these dilemmas.
(3) Find solutions to the growing homeless people's problems, maybe allowing those who are fit and able to be paid for collecting roadside litter in locations deemed safe enough to do so. This may help distinquish the truly homeless from those posing as homeless but in reality are actually panhandlers. As for those homeless people who are disabled or otherwise not fit to work there needs to be more rehabilitation facilities in place to shelter and retrain these folks with new vocations in ways which can lead them into become productive citizens again and thereby allowing these people to once again find homes.
(4) Setting aside plenty of green space before attempting to develop lands around them and to protect the quality of the watersheds in North Carolina - in other words there is much need for better long range planning. This also includes unbiased studies to reveal what natural resources such as water supplies, etc should be in place before development can proceed and to not exceed these limits. These limits should be sited as approximately 10% below the actual limits to allow a buffer zone against any unforeseen problems as well.
(5) With all development, schools and other neccessary public services should be planned and built at the same time and with impact fees collected so this can be accomplished in a timely manner without placing the burden upon the people who have moved into these areas later. Roads and highways could be in part included with these impact fees as well.
(6) Bring back neighborhood schools but have all schools up to equal par regardless of the incomes and ethnic diversity within each neighborhood involved. This will save large sums of transportation costs as well as allow for greater parent involvement in their childrens educations.
(7) A much greater emphasis needs to be in place for historic preservation especially in and near rapidly expanding regions where development is occuring at such a break-neck speed that a lot of historic sites are being lost before anyone even knews they were at risk. Once they are gone, they cannot be replaced. In my opinion, any society that does not value the history of the area they live in enough to protect and preserve it will in turn find their own history erased by future generations.
Some topics for starters
(1) Replacing aging city water lines before the frequent ruptures and leaks become even more common and so severe as well as costly that these in themselves would cause water shortages in addition to droughts caused by future climate changes.
(2) Capping unneccessary growth until infratructure is in place (and built properly) and with at least a 10% reserve in excess to help ward off any unforeseen future problems. Neccessary grow should include tying up loose ends which will make it so that existing development projects can be fit into the larger picture more smoothly so that fewer developers would be left with dead projects half completed, or buildings that remain unoccupied. Sometimes a change in used may resolve some of these dilemmas.
(3) Find solutions to the growing homeless people's problems, maybe allowing those who are fit and able to be paid for collecting roadside litter in locations deemed safe enough to do so. This may help distinquish the truly homeless from those posing as homeless but in reality are actually panhandlers. As for those homeless people who are disabled or otherwise not fit to work there needs to be more rehabilitation facilities in place to shelter and retrain these folks with new vocations in ways which can lead them into become productive citizens again and thereby allowing these people to once again find homes.
(4) Setting aside plenty of green space before attempting to develop lands around them and to protect the quality of the watersheds in North Carolina - in other words there is much need for better long range planning. This also includes unbiased studies to reveal what natural resources such as water supplies, etc should be in place before development can proceed and to not exceed these limits. These limits should be sited as approximately 10% below the actual limits to allow a buffer zone against any unforeseen problems as well.
(5) With all development, schools and other neccessary public services should be planned and built at the same time and with impact fees collected so this can be accomplished in a timely manner without placing the burden upon the people who have moved into these areas later. Roads and highways could be in part included with these impact fees as well.
(6) Bring back neighborhood schools but have all schools up to equal par regardless of the incomes and ethnic diversity within each neighborhood involved. This will save large sums of transportation costs as well as allow for greater parent involvement in their childrens educations.
(7) A much greater emphasis needs to be in place for historic preservation especially in and near rapidly expanding regions where development is occuring at such a break-neck speed that a lot of historic sites are being lost before anyone even knews they were at risk. Once they are gone, they cannot be replaced. In my opinion, any society that does not value the history of the area they live in enough to protect and preserve it will in turn find their own history erased by future generations.