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Resident question

Who benefits and who bears risk?

Answer so far

The current record can name the public-value questions but cannot resolve the tradeoffs. Benefits, burdens, access, continuity, stewardship, and mitigation must be made specific for each path.

The relationship to hold onto

A civic commitment must survive contact with execution.

Affected groupWho receives a benefit or bears a burden?
Measurable commitmentWhat will be protected, funded, or mitigated?
AccountabilityWho owns it, how is it monitored, and what happens if it fails?

No composite score

Values tensions remain visible

A single weighted score would hide who chose the weights and which burden was traded away.

Current gap

No scenario-specific commitment package is established

Access, service continuity, local control, property stewardship, intermunicipal equity, and future flexibility remain evidence and governance work.

Continuity
↔
Disruption and transition burden
No weight or tradeoff established
Regional service
↔
Local control and accountability
No weight or tradeoff established
Near-term action
↔
Evidence and authorization discipline
No weight or tradeoff established
Capital investment
↔
Future flexibility and lifecycle duty
No weight or tradeoff established
Shared benefit
↔
Member and resident burden
No weight or tradeoff established
Property change
↔
Access, liability, and stewardship
No weight or tradeoff established
See the workbook connection and limits

Workbook binding: WMS Civic Value!A1:L48; WMS Readiness Register civic/public records

Civic value is not derived from financial totals.

Commitments must be specific, funded, measurable, and enforceable before they are treated as resolved.

Controlled baseline: v0.7, SHA-256 d35db6de8563ce17bd311f760ac14a607f35839e452d2865477dc067d405b6ff.

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