As your Mayor, I have worked hard to:
IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY:
- Worked hard to keep our community safe and informed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Increased funding for both police and fire services.
- Increased funding for our maintenance department to decrease waste and trash accumulation.
IMPROVE CITY FINANCES:
- Balanced The city’s budget every year and increased financial reserves (savings) significantly.
- Obtained low state and federal low-interest loans (0.9%) for our wastewater treatment facility, saving our community between $80 and $100 million in debt payments.
- Implementing further plans to reduce our city’s pension costs.
REPAIR AND MODERNIZE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE:
- Expect completion of our wastewater treatment facility’s initial operations by October 2022 meeting State Water Board mandates.
- Budgeted over $2 million for other water, sewer, and stormwater projects in the fiscal year 2022–23.
- Budgeted increased funding for paving our streets to $3 million in the fiscal year 2022–23.
- Approved to receive a $600,000 grant to improve our Parks. (Coleman beach grant)
- Approved to receive $14.3 million in state and federal grants for our wastewater treatment facility.
PRESERVE OUR WAY OF LIFE:
- Adopted the city’s General Plan that will help us prepare for the impacts of climate change.
- Supported local small businesses and non-profits through the pandemic.
- Continued/improved a utility discount program for qualifying residents and supported a rent control ordinance for our mobile home parks.
- Continued to provide top-notch recreation and enrichment services to kids, adults, and seniors year-round.
STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMY:
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QUICKLY activated our emergency financial crisis plan during the COVID-19 pandemic preventing significant city financial losses
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SUPPORTED the approval of a 31-unit, 100% affordable housing development near Highway 1/41.
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CONTINUED to advocate for the appropriate development of offshore wind green energy resources.
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APPROVED the implementation of a pilot parking management plan for paid parking along the Embarcadero.
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WORKED with and supported several business improvement initiatives recommended by the Chamber of Commerce.
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CONTINUING to work with Vistra Energy company to consider re-development of the (former Dynegy) plant site.