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3. Are you the incumbent? No
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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.
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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 am running for City Council to keep Redmond a great place to live as we face the challenges of growth. My vision is a well-rounded Redmond community where we live, work, shop and play. To implement this vision Redmond needs to make real improvements to traffic flow, create a downtown core that is business and pedestrian-friendly, and preserve the nature of our neighborhoods.
Updating the Comprehensive Plan in 2004 will set the City’s course for the next six years. Redmond is impacted by growth within and surrounding the City limits. Managing growth requires regional solutions. Careful capital investment in roads, parks and utilities can uphold our quality of life and serve as smart financial planning.
My Guiding Priorities
Invest in Redmond’s Future – by actively shaping growth, creating necessary infrastructure, and nurturing a vibrant business community.
Improve Traffic Flow – by finding regional solutions, encouraging alternative transportation methods and adding capacity where needed.
Ensure Neighborhood Safety – by increasing police patrols and speed control efforts, upgrading sidewalks and intersections, and ensuring that emergency vehicles have multiple routes to all areas.
Strengthen Redmond’s Parks – by enhancing facilities, balancing passive and recreational uses, and purchasing land for preservation.
Create a Vibrant and Pedestrian-Friendly Downtown – by encouraging a mix of shops and services, improving connections between retail centers and providing centralized parking. |
2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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My most important attributes for serving as a member of the Redmond City Council are my connections to the community and my knowledge of local government.
My depth and breadth in the community will serve me well. My family moved to Redmond when I was four. Today, childhood friends operate small businesses, participate in PTA, or coach youth sports. Almost all of my friends’ parents still live in the area. The breadth of my connections to the community cover businesses, families, and retirees. These connections are maintained through church, my children’s schools, and youth sports.
My knowledge and experience in local government will be an asset. I earned a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Washington in 1987. I have worked for the cities of Snoqualmie, Kent and Federal Way, as well as King County. Currently I am the Finance Director at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. I serve as a liaison between Meydenbauer and the City working on financial and development issues.
My detailed knowledge of public involvement processes will make me an effective Council member immediately. I have served as staff for public forums on capital improvement plans in Kent and King County. In Federal Way, I facilitated a Citizens’ Advisory Committee to develop policy on solid waste and recycling. |
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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Since 1995, my wife Debbie and I have been active in Catholic Engaged Encounter (CEE) as a Presenting Couple and, from 1997-1999, as a Coordinating Couple. In this ministry we lead weekend retreats for couples planning to be married. Our responsibilities as the Coordinating Couple included managing a $100,000 annual budget, negotiating rental agreements for 20 annual retreats, recruiting and training new volunteers, and representing the Seattle community at regional meetings.
Leading a volunteer organization challenged me to be inclusive and open to new ideas. Motivating volunteers required interpersonal skills, patience and perseverance. To achieve the organization’s purpose (to educate couples considering marriage) Debbie and I managed the volunteers, handled the day-to-day operations, and evaluated our decisions in light of the mission. We also gave regular presentations on marriage topics and leadership issues to engaged couples and to other volunteers.
From 1997-2002, I managed, coached, and umpired in Redmond West Little League. Working with the boys was very rewarding. Each March I gathered a new set of boys that by June could work together as a team. To form and lead a team required me to clearly communicate expectations, promote my goals, create a supportive atmosphere, and earn the respect of the players and their parents.
Managing also taught me about the various needs and challenges of the families in Redmond. I coached boys from single parent families, bitterly divided families, and families that have been touched by tragedy. I have coached boys whose fathers can buy them the latest and greatest catcher’s gear and boys who couldn’t buy cleats. Redmond is not a homogenous place and the economic diversity in the community needs consideration in forming policy.
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The most important duty of a member of the City Council is to create, establish and articulate a long-range vision for the City. Once a consensus on a common vision is established, the City Council can use the vision as the criteria to evaluate policy proposals. The tasks required to fulfill this duty are gathering community input, investigating new ideas, and building consensus to set a vision that can be achieved.
Gathering community input requires the Council member to seek out different constituencies for their opinion. To investigate new ideas, the Council member will need to listen and be open. The different viewpoints may clash, but the Council member must be able to find the common themes and use them as a foundation to build the vision. |
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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Masters of Public Administration, University of Washington B.A. in Humanities, Seattle University |
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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Manager/Coach/Umpire, Redmond West Little League 1997-2002 Coach, Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association, 1997 to Present Leadership Board, Engaged Encounter of Seattle (Marriage Preparation) 1995 to Present Member of St. Jude’s Parish since 1980 Member of Service Our Dog Area (S.O.D.A.) for Marymoor Park 2000 to Present |
Finished!
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