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	"Connecting the Fractal City", by Nikos A. Salingaros.
		As long as a city's structural and connective hierarchy is missing all of its lower scales, the city is not fractal.
		In a city, there ought to be a distribution of public green spaces all the way down to tiny neighborhood parks for young children to play in, situated very near their house.
		Most cities around the world, however, did successfully change their genes to re-grow a car city out of an initially pedestrian city, so it is in principle possible to do the reverse.
	www.math.utsa.edu /sphere/salingar/connecting.html (10546 words)

	National Building Museum: Reinvigorating Cities: Smart Growth and Choices for Change
		City life became synonymous with crime, poverty, and disinvestment, and "urban" became a negative term.
		Cities, states, and the federal government are using tax related incentives to achieve redevelopment goals.
		Additionally, cities are reclaiming their unique identities by rehabilitating old buildings and embracing urban design principles based on traditional concepts of city design.
	www.nbm.org /Exhibits/past/2000_1996/Reinvigorating_Cities.html (599 words)

	NRDC: Recycling Returns - Executive Summary
		City officials should create a new recycling office that is more business oriented and on at least equal footing with the city's other solid waste units.
		While this report sets forth recommendations on strengthening discrete components of the city's recycling operations (e.g., collection, processing, market development, public education), viewing these different elements as interdependent, and understanding how decisions in one area affect the rest of system, is critical to creating a vibrant and fully cost-effective program.
		Likewise, streamlining the city's costly truck collections requires officials to study both regular trash and recycling patterns throughout the city.
	www.nrdc.org /cities/recycling/returns/execsum.asp (921 words)

	December 2001 Presentation (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The City of Norwalk with a population of 100,000 spends $8M on contracted law enforcement, whereas the City of Downey, with the same population, spends $20M on their own police force for essentially the same level of service.
		Cities felt that the fund accounting was inadequate and there was no system in place to handle claims or any authority to do so.
		Garcia remarked that the City of Norwalk is a highly dense bedroom community with a population of 105,000 occupying 9 square miles.
	eec.co.la.ca.us.cob-web.org:8888 /monthly_activities/presentations/html/pres1201a.asp (3180 words)

	Streamlining state tax system won't hurt land-use policies
		However, the commissioners also expressed concern that required changes to the way local sales tax is credited would discourage local governments from zoning property for warehouses, and that in turn would hurt economic growth by limiting imports and exports.
		The Washington Association of Cities supports the streamlining project because its members understand that it will improve the local economy and over time, all cities will receive more tax revenue from remote sellers.
		Cities have little or no reason to change their land-use policies regarding warehouses because of streamlining.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /opinion/293815_taxrebut28.html (644 words)

	Part 2: Permit Streamlining Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Reviewing the Permit Streamlining Act and its requirements will help to place the more specific requirements for public notice, circulation, and review into proper context.
		The Permit Streamlining Act is reminiscent of a flashing light.
		The Permit Streamlining Act includes time limit provisions for taking action on a project after the environmental determination is made.
	ceres.ca.gov /planning/pub_notice/part2.html (521 words)

	Building on strengths: Five cities, five plans of action
		Led by a "corporate champion" and guided by professionals from the ICIC, each city team interviewed local companies and pored over demographic and other data in an effort to discern their city’s natural strengths — those things that are already working well — and the best ways to build upon them.
		Indeed, the average median household income in these inner cities was $22,331, compared with $52,415 in the rest of the state.
		They all found their major advantages to be strategic location (near major transportation and in the middle of other developing industry clusters), a large and diverse pool of labor (although one in need of training), and a good deal of untapped purchasing power.
	www.cbia.com /NewsCovers/cov0700.htm (2161 words)

	FHWA \| Environmental Review Toolkit \| Streamlining and Stewardship \| Gallup
		Two groups were conducted in each city (except for San Francisco/Sacramento), one with participants from State and Federal transportation agencies, and one with participants from State and Federal resources agencies in the region.
		There was a general consensus among participants that trust among the various key players is critical to the success of streamlining and, conversely, that streamlining, by encouraging cooperation, has in turn cemented trust.
		It was whole-heartedly agreed that the streamlining process has the capability of dissolving some of these adversarial relationships through the cooperative threads that are an inherent impact of the process.
	environment.fhwa.dot.gov /strmlng/gallupOverview.asp (1743 words)

	Element Consolidation: Streamlining Local General Plans
		On the other hand, when a city or county is preparing either to write a new general plan or to revise two or more related elements of their existing general plan, combining the discussion of related issues into functional chapters is worth considering.
		The advantages of combining elements are manyfold: redundancy is minimized; internal consistency is easier to maintain; functionally-related goals, objectives, and policies can be grouped together for easier reference; and, the general plan text can be held to a reasonable size, making the plan both easier to understand and to implement.
		Streamlining to minimize duplication and overlap is a primary goal of element consolidation.
	ceres.ca.gov /planning/element_consol/index.html (1563 words)

	Ada County Highway District Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Three Cities River Crossing study will identify an alignment for a proposed future link across the Boise River to connect State Street, where it meets Highway 55 north to McCall, with Chinden Boulevard (U.S. 20/26) on the south.
		ACHD is coordinating the Three Cities River Crossing project with the Eagle Island Environmental Restoration project.
		Environmental streamlining is a nationwide effort to manage transportation projects to complete environmental analysis, reviews and documentation in more efficient and timely manner.
	www.achd.ada.id.us /projects/currentprojects/threecities.asp (804 words)

	New arena? \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		A city commission that toured five new arenas around the country found a twist on the old adage that you have to spend money to make money.
		City Councilman Jose Ibarra said he'll support a new arena in his ward only if it meets two important criteria: not a penny for its construction cost comes out of the city's general fund, and the arena is built with the approval of surrounding neighborhoods.
		Teleconferencing, downsizing, streamlining and other trends have cut the number of conventions, yet more and more cities are expanding their convention centers to compete for a dwindling number of events, said Heywood Sanders, a public-policy professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/72886 (1828 words)

	CONSTANTIN LUCACI :Sculpture as a Metaphor of light by G.Segato SCULPTURE AS A METAPHOR OF LIGHT AND ENERGY
		This phenomenon was commonly called urban furnishing; however, it placed considerable restrictions on the meaning and values of aesthetic symbols, that became, in my opinion, increasingly necessary to restoring one's sense of belonging to cities, districts, blocks, squares and architecture.
		Thus, his works present themselves as metaphors of energy and light that grow and pirouette across the space, illuminating and moulding rather than occupying it.
		Indeed, the sculptures appear as streams of energy that materialize in the shape of iridescent lights provoked by the constant variation in angles, reverberations and reflections.
	www.geocities.com /lucaci_constantin/Segato.html (1810 words)

	Business Process Re-Engineering Comes to Regulatory Reform
		[and] the 'first pass yield' is close to 50 percent for smaller projects....The cost savings to the cities in time, staff resources and tax dollars is astounding when one considers that most cities cite a 'first pass yield' of less than five percent." And there are parallel savings for the companies submitting the permit applications.
		In Sunnyvale, this analysis yielded five specific steps that could be implemented--and that would enable 95% of all permits to be completed with one day, and the balance within one week.
		Moreover, eliminating 79 process steps from the flow chart didn't cost jobs, but actually freed up city personnel for other activities, such enabling two fire prevention engineers to expand their roles to include public safety and public works.
	www.natlogic.com /resources/nbl/v04/n03.html (762 words)

	PERMIT STREAMLINING
		Support and encourage the completion of common Countywide permit applications for basic information that is standard among cities and the County.
		Endeavor to ensure that all state, regional and local agencies are supportive of regulatory streamlining efforts and committed to reducing processing and approval times for permit applications.
		An announcement letter will be sent by SAMCEDA to all cities outlining the background of this significant improvement, SAMCEDA's role in its evolution, and the key support from various centers of influence.
	www.plsinfo.org /healthysmc/16/permit_streamlining.html (599 words)

	City Innovations Showcase - Public Works-Transportation
		The City of Palm Bay Police Department paired a drug dog with a former K-9 handler on the city’s traffic unit.
		A new ordinance in 2005 established major/minor uses, outlined procedures for applicants, streamlined the review process and updated the city code to be more responsive to local businesses and citizens.
		Ten years after the City of Ormond Beach privatized its grounds maintenance and rights-of-way mowing services, it is still a success.
	www.flcities.com /membership/innovations_transportation.asp (852 words)

	cars - Greater London Council
		The Labour Party had controlled the LCC from 1934 and by the 1950s elections were becoming uncompetitive, as the LCC boundaries by then covered only the inner city.
		In 1983 the cabinet agreed "in principle" to abolish the GLC and devolve its functions to the boroughs, the arguments for which were detailed in the white paper Streamlining the cities.
		The Local Government Act 1985 which abolished the GLC faced considerable opposition from many quarters but was narrowly passed in parliament, setting the end of the council for March 31, 1986.
	www.carluvers.com /cars/GLC (1011 words)

	Greater London Council - dKosopedia
		The GLC was responsible for running services such as public transport (through London Transport), the fire service, emergency planning, waste disposal and flood prevention.
		By 1983, Thatcher was determined to crush both Livingstone and the GLC, and the Cabinet agreed "in principle" to abolish the GLC and devolve its functions to the boroughs, the arguments for which were detailed in the White Paper Streamlining the cities.
		Tony Blair's new 1997 Labour Party government was committed to bringing back London-wide government and in 1999 a referendum was held on the establishment of a new London authority and elected mayor, which was approved by a two to one margin.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Greater_London_Council (1401 words)

	Metropolitan county - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		City of Manchester, City of Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan
		City of Birmingham, City of Coventry, City of Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall
		City of Leeds, City of Bradford, City of Wakefield, Calderdale, Kirklees
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metropolitan_county (1643 words)

	TPEAC Frequently Asked Questions
		The Transportation Permit Efficiency and Accountability Committee (TPEAC) is a collaborative, multi-stakeholder group charged with coordinating and streamlining the environmental permitting process for transportation projects in Washington State.
		TPEAC brings together state legislators, state and local agencies, city, county and business associations, the construction industry, and environmental, Tribal, and labor interests to develop methods to increase the predictability, inclusiveness, and efficiency of transportation permitting.
		The Committee was established in May of 2001 with the passage of the Environmental Permit Streamlining Act (RCW 47.06 C).
	www.ecy.wa.gov /programs/sea/pac/tpeac/faq.htm (507 words)

	FMF \| Millenniumburg-Style Strategies in Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Freeman describes several strategies Millenniumburg used to ensure growth that is both smart and fair, including a variation of an urban growth boundary, inclusionary zoning, and streamlined building codes to rehabilitate and reuse dilapidated inner-city buildings.
		New Jersey stimulated redevelopment in its 16 central cities by streamlining the housing code for rehabilitation of existing structures.
		In the state's five largest cities alone, rehabilitation projects jumped 60 percent in the first year after the code's implementation.
	www.fanniemaefoundation.org /programs/hff/v2i4-sidebar.shtml (676 words)

	Untitled Document
		Multitudes of them actually live in the city center in apartment buildings and houses, and the sidewalks are jammed, in some places until late at night.
		She worked briefly as a reporter for the Scranton Tribune and then went to New York City, where she plugged away as a freelance writer until she landed a staff job with Architectural Forum in 1952.
		So I was roaming the city in the afternoons and applying for jobs in the morning.
	www.kunstler.com /mags_jacobs1.htm (2664 words)

	City County Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Streamlining the cities - Streamlining the cities: Government proposals for reorganising local government in Greater London and the Metropolitan counties was a government white paper issued in 1983, by the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher which lead to the abolition of the Greater London Council (GLC) and the metropolitan county councils (MCCs).
		Minneapolis City Hall - Minneapolis City Hall and Hennepin County Courthouse (also known as the Municipal Building) is the main building used by the city government of Minneapolis, Minnesota, also serving Hennepin County.
		The current structure has served many different purposes since it was built, although today the building is mostly used by the city since a modern Hennepin County Government Center now sits across a plaza to the south.
	www.virginia-newspapers.com /citycountygovernment.html (584 words)

	Streamlining Democracy through Devolution of Power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Columnist Dr. SM RAHMAN analyses proposals for streamlining democracy at the grassroots level.
		Without focusing attention on this vital imperative, the idea of having city and district administrative units, is likely to be misconstrued as a ploy to circumvent and dilute the power of provinces.
		It is generally held: “No one with absolute power can be trusted to give it up even in part.” Let this military regime prove an exception to this adage.
	www.defencejournal.com /2000/may/devolution.htm (2216 words)

	Minutes Template
		Assistant City Manager David Cline briefly reviewed the process undertaken to date and outlined the current plans for Town Square. He introduced Milenko Matanovic from the Pomegranate Center, noting that he will facilitate the October 19 Town Square meeting to be held at City Hall from 6:30 p.m.
		Councilmember Lamphear observed that the proposal is consistent with the effort of the city to stabilize the hillside in the area and said there will in fact be some public benefit to the project. Mr.
		Councilmember Nelson noted that immigration is one of the issues the National League of Cities Public Safety and Crime Prevention Steering Committee discusses often. She said she serves on that committee, which gives the city input regarding the issue. The National League of Cities lobbies heavily across the nation on issues such as immigration.
	www.ci.burien.wa.us /agendamin/2005minutes/101705m.htm (2417 words)

	Calvert Institute
		The city was there to help you, but you had to help yourself, too.
		In the 1950s and early '60s, the city school system, though centralized, was a model of acculturation - taking fls from the South and giving them basic literacy and numeracy.
		And beyond that, at the more mundane level, the breakdown of public space was a death knell for the city because cities live on public space.
	www.calvertinstitute.org /main/pub_detail.php?pub_id=92 (3350 words)

	The Hindu : Karnataka / Hubli-Dharwad News : Corporation, police officials conduct joint survey of roads
		STREAMLINING TRAFFIC: Corporation and police officials conducting a survey in Hubli on Friday to identify parking lots and pedestrian crossings on roads.
		HUBLI: Close on the heels of a decision taken in the coordination committee meeting for the twin cities development regarding streamlining vehicular movement, officials of the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation and police conducted a joint survey of roads in Hubli on Friday to identify the areas for parking lots.
		Phatke said the survey of important and busy roads in the city will continue on Saturday.
	www.hindu.com /2006/04/22/stories/2006042202260300.htm (379 words)

	Communications and Public Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		With Southern California’s population expected to grow 30 percent in the next 20 years – two-thirds of whom will be children born here – the study projects an annual housing shortfall of some 48,500 units.
		The City of Los Angeles’ 39 percent homeownership rate is second lowest nationally to New York.
		Respondents also said they would be more supportive of these types of developments if they made it possible for the next generation of adults to buy or rent in the area, enabled children to attend schools in their neighborhoods, or preserved open space and natural habitat.
	www.lmu.edu /publicrelations/releasesnov01.htm (1521 words)

	MiRSA
		She also announced that 148 individual projects in 110 cities across Michigan have applied to take advantage of state resources available to help create vibrant neighborhoods that will attract jobs and people.
		In her economic plan, Granholm lays out a number of tactics for supporting existing businesses and industries, including the development of a streamlined business permitting process and development and support of policies that support Michigan and American business.
		Granholm also announced that the State has received project proposals from 110 cities around the state that are actively developing vibrant neighborhoods designed to attract jobs and people.
	www.mi.gov /rsa/0,1607,7-210-30507-92594--,00.html (835 words)

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