Rockville City Elections '99 - Candidate for Council: Adams

Rockville City Elections 1999
Candidate Questions and Responses

Questions

Responses
For Mayor
Krasnow
Young

For Council
Adams
Dorsey
Harrison
Robbins
Wang
Wright

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Charlie Adams, for Council
118 Monroe St.
Age 52 y
Resident 25 y

PARTICIPATION:

On-line voter registration.

Transportation to election polls. Some residents may have difficulty with getting to the polls. The city can and should help with these needs.

Language interpreters at. local meetings, forums, polling locations, etc.

Residents are not clear on local issues. The Mayor and Council must define the issues, their duties and responsibilities, in a language that all the communities in Rockville understand. They must actively walk through these communities (not just election year) and explain the issues to the people of Rockville, so that they may become more involved with their City.

NEIGHBORHOODS and HOUSING: There are no simple answers to these questions. Residential, and commercial development has intensified, saturating the surrounding areas with more people, and more traffic congestion. Rockville has become very attractive to both the developers and prospective homeowners. Unfortunately, the value of the land has become expensive to purchase for the builders, which results in higher housing costs for the consumer.

Certainly the ideal would be to continue to have new families settle in the Rockville community, as well as preserve the integrity of the older, established neighborhood.

Recruit businesses in our Rockville area to help with subsiding public transportation fees for their employees. This should reduce some traffic congestion.
Strongly encourage Rockville citizens to use public transportation.
Look into zoning guidelines to ascertain whether town homes vs single family homes are more feasible economically to the community. Perhaps, if population density permits, encourage the development of multi-family developments by tax incentives to the developer.
Offer some type of subsidy to developers toward the. construction of lower income homes. Look into the availability of State or Federal assistance with this program.
Perhaps through the City, special grants, loans, or subsidies could be awarded to city residents allowing them the opportunity to perform home improvements. This would give citizens of moderate income an opportunity to stay within the community at a price they can afford.
The City can purchase lower-end residential homes when they come up for sale and re-sell to moderate income families. Instead of allowing developers to tear down existing smaller homes to construct larger higher priced homes, the City could help preserve the original sense of community by maintaining the existing structures.

All of these ideas take money, substantial research, and investigation as to their feasibility. I am, however, willing to participate in any housing agenda that will be for the betterment of Rockville.