Mayor Stephanie Miner developed a 50 point plan during the 2009 Mayoral campaign that outlines her vision for leading the City of Syracuse. After being elected, Mayor Miner pulled together a transition team focused on seven issues areas: economic development and job creation; education and youth; public safety; community development, housing and neighborhoods; sustainability and the environment; government modernization and efficiency; and arts and culture. Many members of SYRACUSE 20/20 served as members of the transition team. The transition team provided Mayor Miner with recommendations aligned with her 50 point plan. Below are links to Mayor Miner's 50 point plan and a link to the recommendations from the transition team report. Both of these reports have sections that address 20/20's core issues of education, government modernization and quality community.
RENEWING the PROMISE of SYRACUSE_ Mayor Miner's 50 Point Plan
RENEWING the PROMISE of SYRACUSE_Mayor Miner's Transition Team Report
SYRACUSE'S MAYOR CONSIDERS MAYORAL CONTROL
of SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Mayoral control of the city schools is an issue under consideration. To learn more about Mayoral control you may want to read more about the pros and cons of this type of structural change in governance in urban school districts. Below are links to documents that will provide you with more background on the issue of Mayoral control. We would like to hear from you. Please vote on your position regarding Mayoral control in our survey to the left.
Mayoral Control Pros and Cons
School District Governance Reform - The Devil Is In the Details, Public Policy Forum
School Governance and Accountability: Outcomes of Mayoral Control of Schooling in New York City, Annenberg Institute for School Reform
SYRACUSE 20/20, in consultation with a number of community organizations, proposes the development of a Quality Community Investment Trust Fund – (Onvest). Onvest would provide Onondaga County the flexibility to address specialized regional concerns through a dedicated source of local funding. Onvest would provide a discretionary public funding stream for:
· protecting, enhancing and creating community assets;
· replacing shrinking traditional funding sources; and
· establishing a local funding source to match incentives of other governments, not for profit foundations, and private investments
Click on the link to learn more about Onvest.
Government Modernization
Community Conversation
We Are at a Tipping Point
Help Decide Which Way We Go
Syracuse 20/20 has spent the past several years examining the issues surrounding government modernization. We feel strongly that the time has come for our community to engage in a thoughtful conversation about the future of the governance of our region.
Our mission is simply to start a community-wide conversation about whether our current way of organizing local government, a system that was invented around 1800, is still working for us in a global economy. Our approach is positive and non-partisan.
We are not advocating for any particular change or new model of local government, only asking that people listen to our presentation and respond with ideas and opinions about what we should do. We are partnering with the Onondaga Citizens League, the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse and many community oriented individuals – you are welcome to join us.
Join the Conversation
The way we see it, we’re at a “tipping point”. This is a critical time for us to talk about the role of local government in “tipping us” toward growth rather than potential decline.
What can you do? Begin by learning about the Government Modernization Effort by watching the power point presentation and sharing your thoughts on our online discussion forum.
Join other groups from around the community by inviting a volunteer to come talk to your group about government modernization opportunities in Onondaga County.