{"id":16,"date":"2017-09-13T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/votesesma.com\/blog\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2017-10-01T22:03:43","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T02:03:43","slug":"platform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/votesesma.com\/blog\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong>A Vision for Gaithersburg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>The Sesma Platform \u2013 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The City of Gaithersburg is maturing as a \u201cDestination City\u201d, known as a vibrant employment center, a city for diverse cultural engagement, and as an exceptional place for families to live, work, learn, and play.\u00a0 This has not happened by accident. My vision is to continue this evolution by focusing on the following key elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Open Government<\/strong> \u2013 The City must remain committed to its policies of openness, transparency, public engagement and accountability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Economic Development<\/strong> \u2013 By policy and practice the City must continue to attract, partner with, and recognize those businesses that invest in Gaithersburg, strengthen its economic vitality, and provide employment to its residents.\u00a0 The city must continue to safeguard the factors that make Gaithersburg a great business environment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public Safety<\/strong> \u2013 The City must engage our communities as partners in maintaining the high level of service from its Police, Public Works, and Neighborhood Services Departments in activities that ensure our communities are safe.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fiscally Conservative Government<\/strong> \u2013 Gaithersburg must continue its \u201cpay as you go\u201d budgeting and spending policies.\u00a0 Coupled with careful and thoughtful planning, new spending must be for investments in the future and maintaining the level of services that our residents expect and deserve.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Environmental Stewardship<\/strong> \u2013 Gaithersburg must remain a leader among American cities, on the cutting edge of environmental policy making.\u00a0 We must continue to innovate, create, identify and adopt programs and policies that promote environmental protection, energy conservation, sustainability and resilience.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Responsible Growth<\/strong> \u2013 The City must continue to ensure that development is planned and implemented with adequate infrastructure (schools, roads, public services), in compliance with the Master Plan, and in partnership with residents, property owners, county and state government, and the school system, to advance growth that benefits both current and future residents and businesses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transportation<\/strong> \u2013 The City must work proactively with the County and State governments to develop transit network options and services (MARC, Metro, RideOn,CCT) to serve both residents and employers. We must continue develop strategies for all modes of travel to, from and within the city for pedestrians, bikers, drivers and transit users.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Housing<\/strong> \u2013 The City must promote policies that encourage the availability of diverse affordable housing (single family, townhouse, condominium, etc.), and opportunities for home ownership.\u00a0\u00a0 We must also promote and refine our Affordable Housing policies, to foster a market that serves working people at all economic levels.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Master Plan<\/strong> \u2013 As the City regularly revisits its strategic blueprint for our future, all stakeholders must be engaged to insure robust public input and participation.\u00a0 We must remain faithful to the essence of our Master Plan as it represents the intentions of all stakeholders in the City.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Preservation of Historic Gaithersburg<\/strong> \u2013 The City must continue to promote the preservation of its historic resources.\u00a0 Development and redevelopment should complement and enhance the fabric of our existing neighborhoods as well as preserving and protecting our City\u2019s history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">A Vision for Gaithersburg<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">The Sesma Platform \u2013 2017<\/p>\n<p>The City of Gaithersburg is maturing as a \u201cDestination City\u201d, known as a vibrant employment center, a city for diverse cultural engagement, and as an exceptional place for families to live, work, learn, and play. This has not happened by accident. 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