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2. Office sought (include office, jurisdiction, position/district number):
3. Are you the incumbent? No
4. How long have you resided in this district/city?
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6. Is the office sought partisan or nonpartisan? Nonpartisan
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1. Beginning with the most recent position, please list public offices which you have held. Include positions on appointive Boards or Commissions.
2. If you ran for public office but were not elected, please list those races below:
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In this section, we are seeking responses that reflect the four ratings criteria: involvement, effectiveness, character, and knowledge. These are defined as follows:
1. In a page or less, why are you running for this office? (Note: the interview committee will be given a copy of this statement before your interview; at the beginning of your interview you will have the opportunity to expand on this statement in any way you wish.)
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I have lived in
However some years ago I noticed a change in how the community perceived itself that I believe was detrimental to the idea of balanced governance. Suddenly there were discussions and articles about "us and them" in reference to businesses and residents as though one or the other should hold more sway in planning and leading our community. What I saw was people getting frustrated with the pressures of growth that every urban city faces at some point in their history, and not knowing how to deal with it.
When Growth management was adopted in
The city's adopted Comprehensive Plan continues to be a good map of the direction we all want to go, but there are still pressures of growth that cause us to re-evaluate the elements of the overall plan and our abilities to fund it while maintaining critical services to our citizens such as fire and police.
I believe I have gained the knowledge and the expertise, through my professional, public, and community service activities, to provide part of the leadership to resolve these issues on the behalf of our entire community. Over the last twenty years I have proven that I am dedicated and capable of finding common ground between our citizens and bringing them together to work jointly in solving some of our most controversial issues. |
2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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Through my private practice, as well as community & public service I believe I have acquired good listening and leadership skills. I strive to build a conscientious among the people I work with, and am a believer that for every problem identified there is a solution if I am willing to be creative, think out side of the box, and get those people around me involved in the process of problem solving.
I believe in honesty and expect honesty in return, and I try not judge people.
Having run my own business and served as Board Chair for the Greater Kirkland Chamber of Commerce I thoroughly understand sound fiscal policy, and find that I am always looking for the better, more efficient methods, of operation rather than resting on past successes. |
3. Please describe in sufficient detail, one to three accomplishments or contributions of which you are most proud. These examples should illustrate effective skills and capabilities you think apply to the office you are seeking. These accomplishments may have occurred at any time in your personal, professional, or public life.
4. Please list or describe your current and past activities in the community in which you have acquired skills that relate to the office you seek. Include your role in the activity and the year(s) in which you were involved. Involvement consists of many areas such as family, neighborhood, community, employment, or public life.
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I am a current member of Kirkland's newly formed Economic Development Advisory Board whose mission is to provide direction and recommendations to the Kirkland City Council in matters related to planning Kirkland economic development future.
I currently serve on the Board of Directors for the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce, an elected position I have held since 1999. I am also the current V.P. of Economic Development, and am the immediate Past Board president of this organization.
I am also one of the four people who are currently responsible for the development a signature event for Kirkland called the Kirkland Councours d'Elegance which will be held at Carillon Point on September 13th of this year.
I Chaired Kirkland's Housing Task Force during 2001 - 2002 which was formed by City Council to review the cities housing stock and make recommendations to deal with the widening housing affordability gap.
As a member of the American Institute of Architects in 2001 I volunteered to serve on the Disaster Preparedness and Response Committee, and was selected to be the Eastside Team Leader with overall responsibility to call and organize team members to action in case of a natural disaster. I continue to hold this position today.
I served an appointed term to fill a council vacancy from March 1999 - November 1999, and during this time represented Kirkland on the Joint Recommendations Committee to King County’s Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan. I also served on the Council Finance Committee during my tenure on council.
In 1998 I was selected by my pears to represent the Planning Commission on the Totem Lake Planning Task Force, and was subsequently chosen to chair this committee up until the time of my appointment to City Council in March of 1999. It was the Task forces charge to review the Totem Lake neighborhood and provide recommendations on its future development to City Council.
I served two terms from 1992 - 1999 as a member of Kirkland’s Planning Commission, where I Served as both Vice Chair and Chair.
From 1992 -1993 I served as the Vice Chair of Kirkland Growth Management Commission whose task it was to review the city's comprehensive plan and address the mandated elements of the Growth Management Act.
In 1991 I served a s little league youth baseball coach
In 1989 I was selected to join the Community Advisor Program at Evergreen Hospital, where I served until 1990. The Community advisor program is still active and is used by the hospital as a sounding board on key issues related to patient health care and community perceptions.
In 1988 I was named as a partner in a local architecture firm which was established in 1957. In 1990 I became the sole owner and today I am the senior partner in the firm which has grown from a two person firm, to a firm of 12, with ongoing contracts with such companies as Starbucks Coffee Co., John L. Scott Realty Services, The Everett Clinic, and Pets' Choice Inc. Our work now stretches from throughout North America, to Western Europe, and South America.
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It is a council member’s duty to be accessible to the community they serve and to fairly represent the interests of the entire community in matters of official city business including the following;
One of council member’s most important duties is to be responsible enough to attend the regularly scheduled and publicly held meetings. These meetings are held to conduct official business and set forth general policies which it is the duty of the City Manager to carry out. Without a councilmember’s regular attendance there can be no tie to past decisions, participation in important community decisions, nor continued thread of trust with the community that they serve.
From time to time the council will also need to conduct public hearings effecting land-use, zoning, or municipal codes which make it imperative for the council member to leave his or her biases at the door and fairly listen to the testimony, conduct discussions, and make a final decision in the best interests of the community. It is also a council member’s duty to announce all conflicts of interest before these processes begin, and offer to step down so as to avoid any possible appearance of fairness in the public’s eye. To me this is the single most important quality of a council member. Without strict adherence to this process the very foundation of our governance and our community's belief in fair handedness would disappear.
Additionally it is the councils duty to attend and participate in special study sessions for the review and study of general information, and shall also share the duties of serving on regional boards and commissions as may be appropriate to represent Kirkland's interests on such bodies.
It is also a council member’s duty to be fiscally responsible, and work with other council members to provide direction to the city manager and finance director that allows them to balance the city expenditures with the revenues that are forecast.
Part of a council members duties also include being accessible to all the citizens. This means the prompt reply of phone calls, letters and electronic messaging.
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EDUCATION BACKGROUND SUMMARY
The Municipal League’s Candidate Evaluation Report is distributed to voters in print and/or on our website. It includes a summary of the candidate’s education. Please summarize your education in 120 characters (letters, punctuation, and space all combined). The League will delete material that exceeds the space limit by beginning with the last entry. Suggested order is (degree) (subject) (school) (year, if desired).
Note: If this question is left blank the League will not include education information in your candidate profile.
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Bach. of Architecture, Wash. State University, 1983 Bach. Of Science, Architectural Studies, Wash. State University, 1982 |
FOR PUBLICATION IN CANDIDATE EVALUATION REPORT
The Municipal League’s Candidate Evaluation Report also includes a summary of each candidate’s civic involvement. Please summarize your civic involvement in the space below. We will make every attempt to include the information in the Candidate Evaluation Report as submitted. Due to space restrictions in the Report, your response is limited to 500 characters (letters, punctuation, and spaces all combined). It is important that you list your involvement beginning with the most important and ending with the least important. If you exceed the length of response permitted, or if the League should find it necessary to shorten responses for publication purposes, deletions will be made beginning with the last item listed.
Note: This information will appear verbatim on the League’s Candidate Evaluation Report. If this question is left blank, the Municipal League will not include information on your civic involvement in the Report.
Check here if you would like the Municipal League to copy the first 500 characters from Question 4 to paste into this section.
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Kirkland Economic Development Advisory Board Member, 2003; Past President and Board Member, Greater Kirkland Chamber of Commerce, 1999-2003; Chair - Housing Task Force, 2001-2002; Appointed Kirkland City Councilman, and council representative on the Joint Reccommendations Committee to King County’s Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan, 1999; Chair – Totem Lake Planning Task Force, 1999; Planning Commisioner, 1992-1999; Growth Management Commissioner, 1992-1993 |
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If at all possible, send your response to the Municipal League electronically as an attachment, or insert it into an e-mail message (rebecca@munileague.org). Mail and fax numbers are listed below. If the League has not contacted you to schedule an interview, please call the League office at your earliest convenience.
Don’t forget to send the following to the Municipal League: a resume, a photo, campaign literature, and, if you are an incumbent, constituent newsletters and other materials. Please use the check-off list on the cover sheet of this packet to indicate which items you have sent.
Candidate Evaluation Coordinator: Rebecca Cooper
Seattle, WA 98104-1614 Fax: 425-671-0506 Website: www.munileague.org