1. How Local Government Agencies Balance Interests and Resolve Conflicts

2. APK:
The Local Government should do what is better for the city not the people.
Take a position and write at least a one paragraph(5sentences)
response to this prompt explaining why you agree or disagree
□ Agree
□ Disagree

3. What Services are Usually Provided by Counties in North Carolina?
Community Colleges
Like Public Schools, Community Colleges receive both state and local money to perform daily operations
Court Facilities
Jails
Soil and Water Conservation
Youth Detention Facilities

4. Services Provided by Municipalities
Buses/ Public Transportation
Public Bus routes and sidewalks
Police Protection
Providing service and protection to citizens
Public Housing
Safe and sanitary housing
Public Utilities
Water, Sewer, Electricity, Natural Gas, Telephone, and Cable

5. How do cities and counties solicit citizen input?
Town Meetings:
A gathering of the town’s eligible voters
obtain community feedback on public policies
cast legally binding votes on issues like levying taxes, making spending decisions, and electing officers

6. Public Hearings
Hearings in which citizens have a formal opportunity to be heard by the government prior to its making a decision

7. What are some ways in which the government can control the development of its land?
Zoning : A system for
land-use regulation.
Densities of the populations
Height of buildings

8. Zoning http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/onlineservices/default.htm#maps

9. What are some ways in which the government can control the development of its land?
Annexation: The legal incorporation of one territory into another political entity
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ): The legal ability of government to use authority beyond its normal boundaries

10. What conflict does annexation cause in North Carolina?
The Controversy: General Statutes make it easy for NC cities and towns to expand their boundaries, and the primary reason for annexation is rapid growth because municipalities need more money and a larger tax base
Pro: Growth of services
Con: Ignore the desires of those living in the annexed area; Higher property taxes
Ordinances

11. Your Project…