1. Name as it will appear on the ballot
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2. Office sought (include office, jurisdiction, position/district number):
3. Are you the incumbent? Yes
4. How long have you resided in this district/city?
5. How long have you resided in King County?
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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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Shoreline City Council, Pos. #4
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Shoreline Community College Trustee
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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 believe strongly that the primary job of elected
officials is to make decisions that best serve the future generations of
their communities. I have worked to promote the renewal of
Listening to our neighbors, business and other
stakeholders is the key. I have always promoted collaboration with the
citizens, businesses and impacted government agencies, facilitating
successful projects in Shoreilne - improving the
quality of life in Shoreline. Approximately 90% of the funding for
Phase I of the Aurora improvement plan is money through King County,
Washington DOT and the Federal Highway Administration - a result of years of
inclusive planning processes and community driven objectives done cooperatively
with the goals of the funding agencies. Our interurban trail, which is
breaking ground in mid-August of this year, is another collaboration of
resources - City Light owns the ground, funding is provided by Shoreline,
King County and Federal capital sources. One final example is the
My track record of involvement in OUR community for OUR needs and creating the future for OUR future residents is what it's all about. I believe strongly that "playing well with others" is the key to achieving these objectives. |
2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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Process skills. I see that my ability to inquire, listen, clairy, synthesize, plan, compromise, collaborate and impliment is what it takes to get things done. Allowing the process to get sideracked by some individuals idea of the perfect solution to the disadvantage of the majority of people and long range community needs is inappropriate. We need to focus on getting projects completed for our communities, not argue for years and litigate.
Leadership skills. As Board President for the Center for Human Services, I was able to lead the board and team through a difficult reorganization to preserve the financial integrity and sustainability of the organization. We kept it from bankrupcy and it is now healty and continuing to provide needed services to the communities it serves. As Chair of the Legislative Committee for the Trustees Association of Community and Technical Colleges, I distributed the meeting around the state, promoting participation and providing a broader perspective to the legislation agenda and advocacy role for TACTC. As Chair of the Trustees of Shoreline Community College I led the Trustees through many challenging times, including the hiring of a new President and the process of getting the first integrated online registration and book ordering system in the community college system fully working.
Technical skills. My business and education background (MBA, UW) provide me with tools to ask good questions and analyze both financial as well as logistical, legal and political issues to contribute to and guide the governing bodies I am a part of. It helps in getting groups past information overload to a framework for decision making and forward progress.
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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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Shoreline Community College Foundation Board Member King County Economic Development Council Board Member Partnership for Applied Learning - Shoreline, past Chair SchoolWork Consortia, Board Member Shoreline Community College Trustee, former Chair and audit Committee Echo Lake Neighborhood, former Chair Center for Human Services Board, former President and former Treasurer Echo Lake PTA Legislative representative Trustees Association of Community and Technical Colleges, Washington, Committee Chair Deputy Mayor, City of Shoreline co_Chair, SeaShore Transportation Committee Education Committee, Building Owners and Managers Association
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Leadership of policy development for the operational and capital direction for the City.
I believe that providing the perspective of what we believe is best for the long run for Shoreline is the core framework for our decision making. The perspective needs to be brought to our efforts to: Direct the City Manger and staff in services delivered - level of and breadth of services for each department Direct the philosophical direction of staff in their day to day decision making - such as whether to directionally work with other agencies in a win-win fashion or to generally advocate for what Shoreline needs to the excluison of regional or state wide issues (I choose broad collaboration with the expectation that in the long run we get more for the City than being adversarial - our past years success in securing partnering money for parks, trails and arterial enhancements supports the notion that this direction produces results). Oversee the fiscal soundness of the organization - we have a great CFO and an appropriately cautios approach to budgetting that has allowed us to increase our capital reserves, allowing us the capacity to do parks enhancements and road maintenance despite substantial revenue decreases this year. |
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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MBA, University of Washington |
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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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