...city councils? What qualifications should a student have in order to be appointed to a city council? If a city has a youth commission, should the city council select only from a list of candidates approved by the commission when appointing a student to the council? If the youth commission and the student appointed to serve of the city council disagree on a proposed ordinance, which perspective should the city council weigh more heavily? If Texas appointed students to city council, there should be things taken into consideration, the biggest concern would be that this recommended choice may simply be the student who was able to win the popularity contest. The city council should consider the recommended candidate but should also ensure that the new appointee has the appropriate oral and written communication skills, as well as the minimum necessary education that would provide a fundamental understanding of city government and how a city operates. A student would need to be responsible, intelligent, logical, willing to make decisions that are good for the entire city's residents, and he/she must be able to withstand long meetings. The Youth Commission should have some effect on who is appointed to the Council to represent the youth, it would also make sense to limit the student to a term of office, after which the youth commission could select another one or renew their term. It might also be wise to allow the Youth Commission to recall a student appointed to the Council by something...
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...OF MODERN PLANNING In generic perspective, origination of every development and growth of this world starts with ideas and theories, brought by some researchers and great thinkers in the World. Orientation of development and growth of Towns and Cities is based upon the Planning concepts, in order to balance up the socio-economic needs and the beauty of the country. City and town entails planning a future community or the guidance and shaping of the present community in an organized manner and with an organized layout, taking into account such considerations as conveniences for its inhabitants, environmental conditions, social requirements, and recreational facilities. Ebenezer Howard is the least known and most influential, who given Modern Urban Planning theory and practices a push in the right direction, making what seemed like being light years away a reality of not just great architectural feats. In his tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898, now known under the title of the 1902 Garden cities of tomorrow), Howard expressed his ideas. He outlined the overcrowding, dirt, disease and poverty of the city, the monetary of the suburbs and the isolation of the countryside and offers a solution that seems too simple to be true to build new cities with the country within them. This would be of necessity that attract people from city at which point the country could re-enter the city with the slums replaced by parks and garden. Howard ideas were concerned with explosive growth...
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...With respect to Pigovian taxes, given that land supply is relatively inelastic, these will have little effect on the mitigation of negative externalities of, for example, urban sprawl (Caplan, 2012). Further, the Coasian solution to deal with land use externalities involves deal-making between parties which, if there are no transaction costs result in the internalization of externalities. In practice, the Coasian solution is at work in tandem with zoning regulation which affects transaction costs (Staley, 1997). Because of the pervasiveness of zoning regulation throughout the United States, the following will examine two different cases of land use regulation, namely, the lack of formal zoning in Houston, Texas and private zoning in the town of Celebration, Florida. It will be shown that the effectiveness land use regulation is...
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...Pleasantville creates a dramatic view of the cookie-cutter, plastic, perfect life living in the suburbs is supposed to provide and how sometimes the so called “perfect life” is not always quite what it may seem. Some may think living in the suburbs, in planned communities, with many rules, is worth living in because it is safe and gives people the sense of unity they may crave. It can also be thought, rules of living in a planned community should not be taken to the point where people are not able to be true to themselves in order to live in the suburban area. The suburbs are a district lying immediately outside a city or town, and are usually a smaller residential community. The movie Pleasantville depicts a dramatized version of suburban living. In Pleasantville, all is black and white, everyone is perfect, and all houses are the same. The entire town of Pleasantville acts the same, dresses the same, and no one ever steers out of the box. Residents living in the suburbs demand perfection; this is usually found in planned communities. Planned communities have socially diverse populations and conform to a single master plan that seeks to produce social, environmental, and economic benefits that a great deal of planned developments have not achieved (Planned Community Archives). Author of Moving: is a Planned Community Right...
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...Research and Application 3-35 1. Toll Brothers succeeds first and foremost because of its product leadership customer value proposition. The annual report mentions in numerous places that Toll Brothers focuses on Luxury Homes and Communities and high quality construction. Page 8 of the 10-K says ‘We believe our marketing strategy, which emphasizes our more expensive “Estate” and “Executive” lines of homes, has enhanced our reputation as a builder-developer of high-quality upscale housing.” Page 2 of the 10-K says “We are the only publicly traded national home builder to have won all three of the industry’s highest honors: America’s Best Builder (1996), the National Housing Quality Award (1995), and Builder of the Year (1988).” Toll Brothers seeks to realize manufacturing efficiencies for the benefit of its shareholders, but its customers choose Toll Brothers for its leadership position in the luxury home market. 2. Toll Brothers faces numerous business risks as described in pages 10-11 of the 10-K. Students may mention other risks beyond those specifically mentioned in the 10-K. Here are four risks faced by Toll Brothers with suggested control activities: * Risk: Downturns in the real estate market could adversely impact Toll Brothers’ sales. Control activities: Diversify geographic markets served so that a downturn in one region of the country will not cripple the company. * Risk: Large sums of money may be spent buying land that, geologically speaking, cannot...
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...work of Keene. Furthermore, the comparison of the work of Keene in relations to the material that is being discussed in the Italian Renaissance Art class are few but present. To begin, Rumford states that Keene placed himself, whether knowingly or unknowingly, into the works he produced. Evident in his works are his humility and kindness that seemed to be Keene’s trademarks. This ability to convey emotion within a work can also be paralleled in the work of Giotto, who was famous for creating figures that seemed alive, with the ability to express emotions in a believable way. In continuation, Keene seemed to add a sense of mystery to his works. In combination to the Haitian religious motifs placed within his works, such techniques are not new. In religious art, and more specifically Renaissance Art, one can feel the mysticism and spiritualism present. The feeling can come from recognized symbols or the general feel of the work in the way the image is portrayed. In sum, the work of Keene was very compelling. In a sense, his work resembled that of Gustav Klimt, with the complex use of color and shape to create an intriguing image. My favorite works from this exhibit were Abstraction and Horseman-Angel. In these, I could feel the mysticism and vivacity that is reminiscent of Keene’s work. Although the exhibit features work from 1947-1959, the work seems to show a significant period of time of his life. In sum, I thoroughly enjoyed the work of Paul Keene in compilation with the story...
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...tend these crops slaves were traded to the Southern colonies from Africa. There were so many working the fields that plantation owners did not know the conditions they lived in. Because of the slaves and plantation owners social classes started to emerge. The slaves were at the bottom of the social class and rich plantation owners were at the top. These plantation owners were called the gentry. These wealthy people in the gentry believed they were better than other lower classes such as slaves. As a result, this impacted greatly upon the treatment and respect of slaves on plantations. The unique geography of the South influenced the community set-up. The community set-up consisted of self-contained economic units resembling small towns. In the center of the plantation...
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...projects highlight the city‟s failure to properly manage private contractors and the ability of the Mayor and his top aides to ignore signs of trouble in large-scale technology operations. “It was a runaway project,” Raj Agarwal, a former city employee who managed the early part of Nycaps, told the New York Times, which broke the story in its Sept. 24 paper. He told the Times that he had repeated disputes with the primary contractor, the Accenture consulting firm, because he felt the company was billing for more workers than were necessary, at up to $383 per hour. But he said the Bloomberg administration would not get involved. “I did not get the sense that the Mayor‟s Office was paying attention,” he said. He said he eventually quit in frustration. Council to Hold Hearing Reacting to the Times report, the City Council promised Sept. 26 to hold a hearing on the project on Oct. 24. Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn said the hearing would also examine a bill by Councilwoman Letitia James to require the city to report projects that go over budget and explain why they did so. City Comptroller John C. Liu and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio joined in the criticism of the project. Some Council Members wondered why all this money was squandered on Nycaps when education and social programs were being cut. A key problem for the project was the Bloomberg administration‟s assignment of Accenture to not only install the system but also to determine parameters, Mr. Agarwal and other employees...
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...Read the two articles about Castle Press and New Town Council and develop a presentation for the following questions 1. How do strategies come about in organizations? a. What is the strategy process at New Town Council? b. What is the strategy process at Castle Press? 2. What influences the process of strategy development? c. Why is the strategy development process at New Town as it is? d. Why is the strategy development process at Castle Press as it is? 3. What are the main differences/similarities in the strategy development process between the two cases? 4. Why do these differences exist? For example, the Chief Executive at New Town is not entirely happy with the process of strategy development in his organization, he would like to change it. a. What options are attractive to him and his team? b. Why? Is a different process feasible and if so, how could he manage such a change? http://prezi.com/bnancbnwz5u_/new-town-council/ Introduction: New Town Council The New Town Council formed one part of a two-tier system of local government responsible for the provision of services within a geographical area of UK for environmental health, housing, planning, recreational facilities and refuse collection; the other part was the county council which responsibility is for school education, tire and police services, highways and social care. New Town Council grew up alongside New Town as it was built on its green field site in...
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...Strategy Development at New Town Council Andy Bailey and Julie Verity The two cases New Town Council and Castle Press, illustrate the process of strategy development within different organisational contexts. Both cases are based on the views of the strategy development process as seen by members of the respective top management teams. The New Town case describes how four members of the top management team view their strategy process. Both cases a reconstructed around two general themes. The process of strategy development and the organisational context in which it takes place. The two cases illustrate differences in the strategy development process, demonstrating that the process of managing strategy development in one organisation may not be the same as, or necessarily appropriate to, and managing strategy development in another organisation. I'm not really comfortable with the way we develop strategy here, but I'm not sure I know how to manage the process to make it more coherent either. CHIEFEXECUTIVE, NEW TOWN COUNCIL, 1995 New Town Council formed one part of a two-tier system of local government responsible for the provision of services within a geographical area of the UK; the other part was the county council. Both authorities operated under Acts of Parliament, with specific duties laid down by these Acts and with central government controlling many of the activities of local authorities. The county council had responsibility for school education, fire and police...
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...My understanding of a town council meeting is that the town discusses the articles placed in front of them, but do not alter any articles placed before them. The meeting began by simply taking the attendance of councilmen and councilwomen present for the meeting, and following with the pledge of allegiance. The room was very packed for this meeting because as the councilman said in the beginning, many people were here in regards to the Track and Field Project. I personally did not think there was going to be so many people present at the meeting. The councilman stated to everyone that they will not be voting on the Track and Field Project because they believe more needs to be discussed about the issue before a vote is placed on the issue. The issue will be moved up on the docket and discussed during the town council meeting, but no vote will be issued at the current time. He encouraged those who are here in regards to the issue, to come to the next meeting as well to participate in the voting...
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...Part II Town of Greece v. Galloway 572 U.S. (2014). The town of Greece, New York, started each of its monthly town Council meetings with a prayer given by a volunteer pastor. The prayers given at the beginning of these Council meetings were a general invocation of “God’s” blessing to all. The Council meetings were conducted by a 5 member town board to discuss official business, and were attended by many people, including those of different organizations. Two women who are a part of the freedom from religion foundation, opposed these legislative prayers, and this created the Town of Greece v. Galloway case. The Establishment Clause is at the heart of this case, and it is battling a controversial topic, that has had a...
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...How Urban leisure has affected the environment of Bury St Edmunds Introduction The urban environment that I have decided to do this journal on is the market town of Bury St Edmunds, this small town has a lot of heritage and has seen a lot of change to its urban environment over time, I will go through all the changes that the environment has seen due to leisure. How Bury St Edmunds to shape The small market town of Bury St Edmunds first took real shape in 1811, the act of parliament formed a body of men to go round and paving and cleaning up the streets (Tim Lambert, localhistories) since 1811 Bury St Edmunds has come across a lot of changes to its urban environment. There are a number of reasons why Bury St Edmunds has needed to change its urban environment ranging from economic growth to its demographic changes and its historical changes all of these changes have made Bury St Edmunds the town it is today. Bury St Edmunds tries to keep to its historical roots even with the forced impact of modernisation changing the landscape. One of the reasons Bury St Edmunds urban environment has had large changes is down to the tourism the town brings in. According to Law (1993:p3) a lot of cities and towns were losing economy and he stated that the tourism industry was growing at a quick rate and it could help to boost a town’s economy by generating more people resulting in a higher income for the place. Bury St Edmunds followed the trend that the rest of the country were...
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...IN TANZANIA The United Republic of Tanzania is made up of two formerly independent countries, Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which united in 1964 to form a new nation called Tanzania. The two halves of the republic have somewhat different evolution and system of local government. The local government is divided into urban and rural authorities both on the mainland and Zanzibar. On mainland Tanzania, Urban authority consisted of city council, municipal council and town council, whereas included in the rural authority are district council with township council and village council authorities. District council coordinates the activities of the township authorities and village council which are accountable to the district for all received for day to day administrations. The village and township councils have the responsibilities for formulating plans for their areas. In Zanzibar urban authorities are made up of town councils and municipalities, while rural authorities are made up of town councils and municipalities, while rural authorities comprises of district councils. 1.3 DEFINITION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN TANZANIA: Local government means district authority and urban authority. Urban authority means town council, municipal council or city council. And district Authority means district council a township authority or village council.1 1.4 ROLES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN ASSET MANAGEMENT; Asset Management; Refers to the situation where a center providing the required services in a cost...
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...In analyzing the general history of local government, three distinct periods present themselves for consideration which are during pre- British, British and post- Merdeka period. During the pre-British period, there is no local government. The political units were divided into three which are ‘Negeri’ or State, ‘Jajahan’ or Daerah and ‘Kampong’ or Village. In State, the Head of State was the Ruler that responsible for foreign relationship, welfare and act as a leadership in external wars with the help of his kinsmen in the Royal lineage and by executive assistants . The second tier of political unit is known as ‘Jajahan’ or ‘Daerah’ that have the Chief acting as a leader for district that responsible for the local government administration such as revenue collection, defence and justice. ‘Kampong’ or ‘Village’ was the last tier of political unit. However, for ‘Kampong’ it was actually more of social and economic unit rather than political unit. The head of ‘Kampong’ was known as “Penghulu” that act as the messenger for the villagers to the district. Local government election was first initiated during the British occupation. Malaysia inherited a British legacy in terms of local government objectives and style and has been influenced deeply by the British precedent . During its formative stage, the laws governing the local authorities in Malaysia mostly were based on English laws. Local government authorities in Malaysia have developed through time. The first states to form local...
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