In concept, I'm willing to sign off on it. |
That was done because of a recognition that education takes a majority of our budget and because education influences other things like neighborhood character. |
The sense is that the current plan hasn't been as effective as it could have been. |
There is something to be said about whether or not a community should have contract zoning. A community needs to figure out what it wants where, and at what kind of scale, and then zone for that. I think people are interested in a common playing field. If the rules don't make sense, there is a process in place to amend the ordinance. |
We haven't really lived up to that promise. |