President: Plans for the Term

For my term as Hood Council President, I propose the follow:

Coordinate the Hood Council's work

With the opening of Apple Valley Metro, the hood council must also oversee that small urban island as well as the small island where PAG is located. This means our territory is larger and the work is harder this term.

Coordinate hood council meetings

The same as always: simTuesday and simThursday evenings. Except now we will have more casual closed meetings for the main council only.

Official spokesim for the hood

• Apple Valley Pride
  Create an Apple Valley flag

Manage foreign alliances

• Urban Access
  Continue to invest in a more urban landscape for Apple Valley Metro. This would allow businesses to relocate to this urban center and apartments and multi-family housing to be built. This would allow Apple Valley proper to be the suburban haven for families filled with green space and parks. The island is approximately a 30 minute ferry ride from Apple Valley.
  
• SUN Affliates
  Visit SUN hood affiliates and discuss ways our hoods can become better connected.
  
• SUN Exchange
  Host a SUN Exchange family

Enforce laws and immigration/emigration

• Seperate Immigration Laws
  Establish seperate immigration laws concerning teens for educational purposes and single adults for relationship purposes.
  
• Stricter Enforcement of Fines
  Make sure that Security Director enforces fines
  
• Increase Fees and Establish New Fees
  Doing hood business is expensive and residents will be asked to take on more of thier fair share.
  Newspaper Delivery: All households receiving the Apple Valley News must pay $20 subscription charge per week to the current editor-in-chief.

Serve as SUN Core member

Oversees administrative business lots

Community Director: Plans

My plans for the term as Community Director:

Secure family values, uphold rights for children and elders

• Mandatory Family Day
  On simSaturday: Families must get out of the house and visit community lots, go on vacations, etc.
• Retirement Community
  Assist with the planning of the retirement community.

Ensure a family friendly and healthy community for current & future generations.

• Spirit of Community Awards
  Given to residents that protray the spirit of Apple Valley. Must be nominated. There will be a ceremony for the winner and a prize.
  
• Beautiful Apple Awards
  Given to homes/businesses that are astechically pleasing in thier landscaping
  
• Green Apple Awards
  Designation given to businesses that promote a greener world with thier environmental practices.


• Create a Pet Policy
  Animals need to be governed by some policy, either registered, etc.
  Pet Registration: All pets must be registered and wearing a collar.


• Set Up a Better System for Interest Groups
  Currently there's the Homemaker's Society, Garden Club, Historical Society and Grey Sims (no active members). There has been talk of a Book Club and a Financial/Investment Club, not to mention extracurriculars with the children.
  
• Increase Housing Options
  Increase housing options for single adults, retirees and small families to relieve spacing issues in family homes. Apartment complexes and multi-family housing in AV Metro, a retirement community on AV Proper, and gated communities in AV Proper.


• Farming Options
  Create a subsidy so that the farm may purchase full composting bins from residents
• Fitness Park/Gym
  Construct a fitness park and gym for the hood or contact sources in AV Metro to have a fitness park established there as well.

Ensure adequate culture, local food produce, restaurants and bars, & social meeting places.

• Community Art Competition
  Encourage more culture and arts in the hood by hosting an art competition. Residents will be able to submit a painting or photograph for the competition. The entries will be displayed at The Centre. The winning entry will be purchased and hung in The Centre and the winner will receive a small simolean prize. This competition should be done once each season to build up the community art collection.


• Ms. Apple Pagent
  Host a Ms. Apple Pagent for area child/teen females.

• Increase Culture and Social Options
  Add a sports park for residents to enjoy soccer, basketball, rollarskating/ice skating
  
  Create a children's park with updated playground equiptment to free up space at Alisa Crawston Park for concert events, fishing and picnics.
  
  Build a small concert arena at Alisa Crawston Park for special events.

Ensure a quality education system for residents

• Monitor the Educational Director & PAG Headmaster.


• Sign up local businesses to support the PAG by offering apprenticeships and scholarships.
• Finish construction of PAG on nearby island, allowing students the freedom of being away from home, but the security that they are still nearby.

Financial Director: Plans

Here are my plans for the term.

Local businesses and associated laws

• Establish a program for New Small Business Owners:
  Give new business owners $1000-$3000 credit towards purchase of a community lot.
  Help business owners network with other small business owners in other hoods, perhaps the resurgance of the Small Business Conference.


• Establish a shareholder system for small businesses
  
• Establish a plan for business certificates.
  Business owners must purchase business certificates for a cost. The certificate must be displayed at all times due to random checks. A file will be kept in the administrative offices.


• Economic Research
  Research the wages of local workers and note the averages. Set a minimum wage based on averages from expenses and poverty lines.
  
• Increase of job options due to Apple Valley Metro opening up.

Implement taxes and welfare support

• Continue current tax structure.

Manage the local real estates and architectural planning of the hood

• Gated Communities
  With the new deal signed, look into creating gated communities within the hood so that families can interact on a more intimate basis. Will include a luxury gated community, attached townhomes. This will free up land space for parks, community lots and better school. All residents will move into these gated communities except for the Grey family as they must manage thier farm and provide the hood with fresh produce.
• Single Sim Housing
  With the new apartment complexes being built on Apple Valley Metro, single sims and recent graduates will be able to find cheaper housing. This will also allow the hood to allow more immigration.
• Retirement Community
  Many elder sims do not wish to be a part of the day-to-day activities in thier home now that thier children are adults. A retirement community is planned so that they may enjoy thier golden years doing what they enjoy.

Education Note: Fundraiser

The academy is in need of some remodeling (study room & office for me) and new equiptment (musical equiptment, ballet barre). To raise money, the school will have a bake sale/crafts fair. All students will contribute something to sell, either a crafted item (painting, flower arrangement, pottery) or a baked item (dessert or meal). We will then open the school afterhours (well, the patio of the school) and sell the items.