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Charter Commission Survey #1 Comments Town meeting doesnt work I would like to see the charter commission be open to various options based on community input. I dont think having a point of view this early on makes sense until all options are considered. Town meeting is completely inefficient for a town of this size. Please be fair and balanced. Look at all sides, including the current Town Meeting format. try to remember that we are a town with multiple facets. dont overlook that and try to make sure that anyone who wants to be active in government can be - dont place obstacles - be they financial or logistical - that prevent citizen involvement.. At the same time, make sure that the new government cannot be abused by either those elected or those not elected. All personel of high position should be voted in that position Town Meeting Needs to go. Town manager as well The government 'Structure' should be secondary to the fact that all governing should be EFFICIENT, TRANSPARENT & ACCOUNTABLE. The second question above is disingenuous.......direction is not as important as management, which should have plans, contingencies, and long range visions, which can change.....given all other factors, primarily economic. The mish-mash of Departments who have no communication between and among each other, especially the schools (which are the driving engine of population - and are currently a huge hot-mess) have created silos worthy of an MBA thesis. Some are fabulous, ie. DPW, Parks & Rec. Others not so much. I believe as long as Social Service agencies of all kinds are allowed to "Dover' their way into taking tax property off the rolls, and Real Estate professionals have too much say in Government, we are headed to "Lowell/Lawrence-ville". Remember BJ's suing to be in Framingham....a success story. Nowadays, we deny good productive businesses, but allow acres of real estate to rot. Where is the Economic Development in more Social Service 'schools' etc. Real Estate taxes cannot support all the Town should offer. The generation with kids in the schools are not going to stand for the BS that is that Dept for too long; they will vote with their feet. The generation whose kids have been properly served by the schools, and who have investment in their homes will sell, and this curve of economics will depress the markets, and taxes, both RE and Business will suffer. It isn't Rocket Science, guys.......we have talented people, who work hard, economics hasn't changed in a hundred years. Keep the basic factors of efficiency, accountability and transparency in the forefront, let the experts run the individual departments, but have them report to a Central Administration. Our current form of town meeting government is antiquated (my opinion anyway) and we need something better, more efficient and more modern. While I freely admit I am not 100% in-the-loop on this entire process, nor do I understand all the pros vs. cons for Town vs City, I would like to impress upon the Committee to be OPEN MINDED and weigh all options. Coming in with your pre-conceived notions and being unwilling to compromise and work together is doing the Community of Framingham a disservice. Thank you in advance for doing the hard work. Public schools should be sold. Nobody should be forced to pay taxes for an educational system to which they are morally opposed Very unhappy with Charter Commission. Don't like the idea of a mayor - has complete control, only accountability is election. Want more community involvement - move elections to Election day, not some random day in April when no one cares about voting. Fed up. No interest in Framingham becoming like a Gateway city - all these are not desirable places to live. Framingham needs more community involvement - not less. City removes almost all need for community involvement. Each distinct area of Framingham has it's own problems and interests - ie. Nobscot - changing character, traffic, delapidated plaza, downtown- crime, housing, homelessness and revitalization, Saxonville etc. And Framingham overall, needs much greater focus on schools, as they have gone downhill and it is effecting our students and real estate values. Framingham needs solid representation from each distinctive area - a mayor will not achieve this. The goals and needs of Nobscot are significantly different from downtown. Charter commission is probably not really interested in this goal. Very sad for Framingham. I'm not sure how the planning board fits into this discussion, but I think permitting of business should also be included in this discussion. While I like the CONCEPT of Town Meeting, I believe that the body of representative has become too large to be agile while at the same time does not offer adequate representation for all community members (not the fault of Town Meeting but essential nonetheless). A local government that would allow equal representation and be able to act and react more quickly and with more accurate focus would be ideal in order to assure the growth and vision of Framingham to come to full potential. I do not like the Town Meeting form of government that we have now as too many cooks spoil the broth (or in this case, too many people have too much to say). I would prefer that a professional manager run the town government with oversight from a council with elected members. Thank you. As a nearly 30 year resident of Framingham, I have been happy with the overall functioning of the town services that are provided through the property taxes paid by residential and commercial property owners. I am sure that each department endeavors to continuously improve their functional responsibilities, and with strong leadership, this will naturally continue. I have been disappointed with some decisions that have not seemed to respect residential property owners, but I do not believe that changing to a city government would diminish these kinds of decisions...they would increase. One area for change that could improve accountability would be that the town manager and the school department, through the superintendent, work together. The town manager and board of select people should have a means to block ever increasing school budgets. I have heard town meeting members a need for this change. Every town in the United States that has become a city has a higher tax consequence for its citizens after becoming a city. The insurance rates for cities are also the super majority higher than insurance rates for towns. The ability for citizen involvement is higher in a town government than city forms of government. Becoming a city puts much power in either the mayor or city manager or both and removing an elected official can be much more difficult than firing an incompetent Town Manager. I believe the strength of government is in the engagement of its citizens, and I see no direct or indirect benefit of the city form of government. I believe the Charter Commission is acting in the capacity of a very pro forma City Government group, and is NOT being transparent to that end. Of course government has its limitations, but perhaps government shouldn't act quickly on important decisions, but should weigh and balance all positions. A mayoral form of government is inherently going to be biased depending on the political slants and desires of the mayor. If one studies the outcomes of Towns that have become cities the implications are clear: higher taxes, higher insurance rates, and more bureaucracy and waste. A city form of government is not a panacea. Would like to see ALL options considered. Process seems rigged. Framingham needs to best align itself with the state; to be sure to efficiently take advantage of state funded programs and economic opportunities. These efforts need to make it easy for companies to invest and develop in town that enables increased employment. Growth of the town government needs to stop and wasteful spending needs to stop in an effort to decelerate growth of residential taxes; my property taxes are up 90% in 15 years. My income is up approx. 12%. This is not sustainable. There should be specific term limits to everyone so no single persons dominate over years. There should be restrictions against "dark" money for everyone running for whatever position. Since no form of government is perfect, I am not convinced that changing will afford a real improvement. I fear that you are too focused on forcing a change to a city government and I do not understand why that is. I really hope as you work through this issue that you clearly identify exactly what is wrong with our current system and how any proposed new system would be clearly better. This survey did not allow for any nuances of responses, such as would be the right direction with a few modifications, or the ranking of priorities didn't allow for ties or indicating some things were very important and others were not very important. Please note: The current structure of Town Meeting could listen to arguments and override the CFO, Town Manager, Selectmen, and give the schools another 2 million...not possible in other smaller, more centralized power structures. Certainly NOT if a mayor was on the school committee where fiscal decisions alone rather than education plus fiscal decisions would rule. I think it would be so helpful to have a well-designed website that is regularly updated to see what exactly is the progress or status of each outstanding item or project....following all the email threads is rather confusing and ineffective. Schools should be our first priority and attracting
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