Ward 14 Priorities
Protect what has made our communities special.
As Council is made up of varying personalities making sure when city wide decisions are made, these won’t have a negative impact on the communities Ward 14 represents.
Public Hearing Items at Council
I will be bringing forward a Notice of Motion that implements the following. If a particular public hearing item garners more than two full consecutive days of public submissions this will automatically trigger a review of the item being presented before it is voted on by Council. This will ensure citizens who share an overwhelming passion on a certain topic will know their concerns, be it for or against, will get the attention it deserves.
Get back to simplifying service deliveries
Civic politics isn’t complicated, collect the taxes and make sure services are delivered in a manner that reflects and respects the effort made by those individuals making that money in the first place.
Continue to represent our communities the way we have for the past 10 years
This isn’t one of those, if it’s not broke don’t fix it attitudes, but over the past decade, the connection I have made with the community through events, attending community association monthly meetings, to open houses, has given me insight and clarity into what each communities' needs are. Ward 14 is not a singular community, its very fabric is made up of communities developed in 1967 - to some still in development, so continuing to ask the questions, listen with both ears and assist in getting it done, has served us well and will continue to do so.
Keeping up with aging infrastructure.
As mentioned, some of our communities have aging infrastructure, from stuff above the surface to stuff below the surface. Making sure monthly touch points with all departments in administration is critical to ensuring proper delivery. This also goes for our new communities, making sure we inspect the new assets that are going in will deliver services for decades to come is crucial to future budgets. We don’t need to be replacing infrastructure only a few years after it's installed.
Never forget who I work for
Your support over the past decade has allowed me to provide for my family and that isn’t lost on me as I ask for your support again. I will never forget that we are here to serve the residents who call Ward 14 home.
Communication
As I have shown in my time serving Ward 14, there are many ways to engage the residents. Through various social media posts to open houses and bringing back our original “Ward 14 Council Talks”, these will continue to be methods I will use to reach out to constituents. You will continue to receive our monthly newsletters, but the new communication piece will be weekly recaps. Recoded videos will be made available for you to find out what happened this week at Council. Obviously, some weeks videos will be extensive, and some might be a quick hello, but you will always know you have a voice.
Community Association DP Stream
I will be working with our planning director to implement a separate stream for community associations. This will enable them to act on time sensitive grants with confidence and be able to deliver community improvements in a timely manner.
Community Safety
Over my decade here we have made deep connections with both Calgary Police Districts that serve Ward 14, districts 6 & 8. These relationships will continue to allow us to collaborate with our Community Resource Officers, our School Resource officers and Traffic Safety Group in relaying concerns we hear from the community. We will continue to collaborate on high school traffic blitz days, work on highlighting areas in need of enforcement and collaborating on educational forums such as protecting your homes, senior fraud prevention tips, and the 9 P.M. check your vehicle routine.
Spending Smarter
We simply must be better at where our tax dollars go beyond essential services. We need to eliminate these surprise expenditures, and this will be accomplished by focusing on meaningful conversation though committee reports, budgetary asks and accountability.