Build an exemplary public education system
Education is the key to future success.
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Education is the key to future success.
Demands for water will continue to grow. It will be more and more difficult to supply cheap water. As a community we will have to use more and more re-use water.
Make our roads safer for all modes of transportation.
Create an annual pass that includes multiple Hillsborough county locations (MOSI, FL Aquarium, Glazer Museum, etc.). This would allow residents to have an affordable way to frequently visit this places with their children. Like the Busch Gardens/ Sea World passes but on a smaller more local scale. If it didn't cost so much I would take my family out more to these places and like most families if we go somewhere we ...more »
Create an annual pass that includes multiple Hillsborough county locations (MOSI, FL Aquarium, Glazer Museum, etc.). This would allow residents to have an affordable way to frequently visit this places with their children. Like the Busch Gardens/ Sea World passes but on a smaller more local scale. If it didn't cost so much I would take my family out more to these places and like most families if we go somewhere we buy meals, souvenirs, etc.
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Small businesses are the best job creators. They should be encouraged to open in Hillsborough.
Make our community safer by putting in sidewalks, bike lanes and street lights. Budget money for sidewalk maintenance too.
This is a preferred feature in many communities.
Good jobs will require more and more training of a post high school type. While there will be many jobs for the less educated the wages will be very low)
Water is the key for business growth as well as personal use.
If we don't build it, they won't come. If we want to compete successfully against other communities, we need infrastructure in place: transportation, water, technology. Attracting entrepreneurs drives the development of quality jobs and improves the tax base.
This would increase the number of jobs in agriculture.
People will come to the County for jobs.
Innovators want to be near other innovators.
Continue to support the funding mechanism that permits the maintainence and expansion of our countywide system of community based libraries. These institutions are critical to our future educational aspirations, providing equal opportunity to every citizen to access the world through its resources.
For too long we've watched funding cuts diminish the ELAPP program. State budget cuts have all but eliminated the Florida Forever funding. Over the last several years, County budget cuts have resulted in reduction in parks, public works, transportation (not just vehicular) and stormwater management and drainage capital improvements projects. The county has aging infrastructure like many counties in FL and the US. To be ...more »
For too long we've watched funding cuts diminish the ELAPP program. State budget cuts have all but eliminated the Florida Forever funding. Over the last several years, County budget cuts have resulted in reduction in parks, public works, transportation (not just vehicular) and stormwater management and drainage capital improvements projects. The county has aging infrastructure like many counties in FL and the US. To be a 21st century community and build up the tax base, attract future businesses and residents, and improve livability, environmental conditions, water quality and human health, the county needs to place more value on Green Infrastructure and Parks. Parks serve as green infrastructure. ELAPP conservation lands also do the same. However, public land is expensive to manage, operate and maintain. More improvements could be implemented in the "urban" core of the county. Do this by working to establish county wide 'standards' and/or design and technical manuals to help foster implementation of low impact and sustainable development. Examples can be found in Portland Oregon's GREEN STREETS master plan and in Sarasota County for low impact development (LID). Sarasota Co. is setting the standard for this type of work in Florida and in many parts of the US. Hillsborough County can do as well, or better.
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These people will have great difficulty in getting and keeping jobs.
Getting people to physically move is a key in promoting health
Provide more opportunities for resident input on which roads are improved on a priority basis rather than letting staff decide who dont live in the areas.
When ELAPP first passed in 1987, it allowed funds to go towards acquisition and maintenance of park and rec land. Over the years, that provision was stricken and the result is that few conservation lands convert to parks. Also the word "capital" was inserted in subsequent referenda preventing funds to go towards maintenance of conservation land therefore siphoning off funds from Parks and Rec for conservation land maintenance. ...more »
When ELAPP first passed in 1987, it allowed funds to go towards acquisition and maintenance of park and rec land. Over the years, that provision was stricken and the result is that few conservation lands convert to parks. Also the word "capital" was inserted in subsequent referenda preventing funds to go towards maintenance of conservation land therefore siphoning off funds from Parks and Rec for conservation land maintenance. Amend ELAPP and put it to the voters so that ELAPP funds can go to maintenance (non-capital expenditures) and allow acquisition of parks and rec land.
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Reduce burdensome regulations on businesses so they can prosper and in turn hire more people. Reduce the government footprint so that taxes are low. This will create a climate favorable to jobs that are lasting and sustainable.
To be an economically successful community in the future will require a highly skilled workforce. We have to improve the quality of our local workforce.
Maintain and operate a fiscally sound, well maintained and regularly expanded water and wastewater collection system that will serve a growing populace, meet public health requirements, and collect adequate revenue to maintain its operations.
The erosion of their buying power which has had ,and will have, significant economic and social implications.
Attract jobs by creating a community with high quality of life (education, parks, amenities).
Existing corporations purchase a variety of products and services. By identifying their needs and requirements, local firms may be able to respond.