City Hall

[Torie]

Or you could be chief of police. Or the head of the city's civil service. Or etc.

How about making me chief justice? 

It's a city... so no.

Council CEO?

Who adjudicates lawsuits?  But chief of police isn't bean bag  actually, as long as I can set the crime rates, and costs and whatnot, and report gang activity and so forth.

[12th Doctor]

What are the committees?

[afleitch]

Transportation
Public Works (Catch all - also deals with the mundane, like refuse collection)
Planning and Development
Welfare and Housing
Business and Enterprise (working closely with Planning and Development)

[12th Doctor]

Transportation
Public Works (Catch all - also deals with the mundane, like refuse collection)
Planning and Development
Welfare and Housing
Business and Enterprise (working closely with Planning and Development)

Hmmm... I'll take the last three.

[Bacon King]

Transportation
Public Works (Catch all - also deals with the mundane, like refuse collection)
Planning and Development
Welfare and Housing
Business and Enterprise (working closely with Planning and Development)

Hmmm... I'll take the last three.

You only get two, silly soulty.

[12th Doctor]

Transportation
Public Works (Catch all - also deals with the mundane, like refuse collection)
Planning and Development
Welfare and Housing
Business and Enterprise (working closely with Planning and Development)

Hmmm... I'll take the last three.

You only get two, silly soulty.

I was told we could be on as many as we like.  Very well, P&D and B&E.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

If there are too many people on planning, I'll take public works instead.

[12th Doctor]

If there are too many people on planning, I'll take public works instead.

The only reason I picked P&D is so that I can restrict sprawl and put a tight lid on low density growth... also so that no one tries anything funny with my neighborhood.  That reminds me, I need to do a write-up.

[12th Doctor]

Also, I want to assure that no more high rises are built.  Breeding grounds for poverty, they are.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Also, I want to assure that no more high rises are built.  Breeding grounds for poverty, they are.

For that you should probably be on the housing committee

[12th Doctor]

Also, I want to assure that no more high rises are built.  Breeding grounds for poverty, they are.

For that you should probably be on the housing committee

They can't be built without being zoned, can they?

[War on Want]

If there are too many people on planning, I'll take public works instead.

The only reason I picked P&D is so that I can restrict sprawl and put a tight lid on low density growth... also so that no one tries anything funny with my neighborhood.  That reminds me, I need to do a write-up.

Jerk my high class neighborhood spits in your direction.

[ilikeverin]

Did I mention I wanted to be on whichever committees need people?  I can't remember.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Also, I want to assure that no more high rises are built.  Breeding grounds for poverty, they are.

For that you should probably be on the housing committee

They can't be built without being zoned, can they?

Well, that depends how much power each committee has. It would likely be wrong to make any of them all-powerful (and planning & development is most likely to head that way) over the others IMO.

[12th Doctor]

Also, I want to assure that no more high rises are built.  Breeding grounds for poverty, they are.

For that you should probably be on the housing committee

They can't be built without being zoned, can they?

Well, that depends how much power each committee has. It would likely be wrong to make any of them all-powerful (and planning & development is most likely to head that way) over the others IMO.

To me, P&D sounds like it would be kinda like U.S. House Ways and Means.

[Хahar 🤔]

List:

Transportation: 6
Hashemite
Afleitch
Verily
Xahar
Exnaderite
Cookies and Milk

Public Works: 5
Afleitch
Xahar
Ernest
Exnaderite
Polnut

Planning and Development: 7
Hashemite
Verily
Fezzyfestoon
Evilmexicandictator
Al
Bacon King
Supersoulty

Welfare and Housing: 6
Sam Spade
Al
Evilmexicandictator
Ernest
Colin Wixted
Polnut

Business and Enterprise: 6
Fezzyfestoon
Sam Spade
Bacon King
Colin Wixted
Cookies and Milk
Supersoulty

[Hash]

Get ilikeverin on Public Works, that needs people.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

List:

Transportation: 6
Hashemite
Afleitch
Verily
Xahar
Exnaderite
Cookies and Milk

Public Works: 5
Afleitch
Xahar
Ernest
Exnaderite
Polnut

Planning and Development: 7
Hashemite
Verily
Fezzyfestoon
Evilmexicandictator
Al
Bacon King
Supersoulty

Welfare and Housing: 6
Sam Spade
Al
Evilmexicandictator
Ernest
Colin Wixted
Polnut

Business and Enterprise: 6
Fezzyfestoon
Sam Spade
Bacon King
Colin Wixted
Cookies and Milk
Supersoulty

I'm happy to swap planning and development for public works.

[Хahar 🤔]

I'm happy to swap planning and development for public works.

Excellent.

[ilikeverin]

But... but... no one wanted it

[12th Doctor]

Question:  How large is this city, in total?  Just so that we have a rough idea of what we are dealing with here.

[12th Doctor]

District III:  Sint-Bavo

Sint-Bavo was originally settled by Koolinsjatohaven's upwardly mobile merchant class, which emerged in the end of the 17th begining of the 18th centuries.  Since then, it has become as one of the most densly packed neighborhoods in the city, containing many important civic structures, such as the Cathedral of Sint-Bavo, the Koolinsjatohaven Central Library, the Huber Art Museum, as well as many small and medium sized businesses, and, of course, The Park of the Allies (renamed from simply "Sint-Bavo Park" following WWII), with some bomb craters caused during the bombings of the war left in place, as memorials.  The park also contains a small Holocaust Memorial, dedicated to the Jewish citizens of the city, deported and killed during the Nazi Occupation.

The high level of culture and economic diversity and booming Night Life is a large draw from young professionals, university students, trendy and Avant-garde types, as well as whole families and many elderly.  Sint-Bavo has more "Dutch Coffee Houses" per capita than any area in the country outside of Amsterdam.  As such, it is a one of the most varied and diverse neighborhoods in the city.

There is a substantial gay community in the neighborhood, which is largely accepted by other locals.

Sint-Bavo has fought hard to maintain its charm by keeping zoning laws as lose as possible, allowing the continued presences of residential units right next door to shops and other business.  Many companies with medium sized HQ's in the city call the neighborhood home.

Photos:


Cathedral of Sint-Bavo



City Central Library



Standard Housing in the Old Georgian Section Near Park of the Allies:



Georgian Street Filled w/ Shops and Houses



Huber Art Museum (Closed for Repairs and Renovation Spring of 2003)



More Recent Post-WWI Housing



Shops and Housing on Victorian Streets

[Хahar 🤔]

Just a note:

According to my history, Mayor Jan Janszoon built the cathedral in 1715 after razing the old one in Twee Banken.

[12th Doctor]

Just a note:

According to my history, Mayor Jan Janszoon built the cathedral in 1715 after razing the old one in Twee Banken.

Wait, I thought the old one was destroyed in the war... still, what's your point?

[Хahar 🤔]

Just a note:

According to my history, Mayor Jan Janszoon built the cathedral in 1715 after razing the old one in Twee Banken.

Wait, I thought the old one was destroyed in the war... still, what's your point?

Just the date 1715.