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 No
4. How long have you resided in this district/city?
5. How long have you resided in King County?
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38 years |
6. Is the office sought partisan or nonpartisan? Partisan Nonpartisan
CAMPAIGN CONTACTS
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COMMITTEE TO ELECT JOHN SPANGENBERG |
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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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BUILDING TRUST
No more surprises Effectively inform and involve residents and businesses in key issues Build partnerships to achieve city goals
IMPROVING KIRKLANDS EDGE – a great place to live and do business
Enhance our neighborhoods - increase walkability to build a healthier community Plan for well-designed housing that fits the community Sustain businesses to meet neighborhood and citywide needs
BALANCING BUDGET - fiscal responsibility
Evaluate the need and effectiveness of services and programs Strengthen business areas to increase revenues
MANAGING TRAFFIC – now and in the future
Traffic calming in our neighborhoods and improving key intersections Work regionally for traffic solutions Increase public tranportation options |
2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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My knowledge of cities is wide-ranging: from urban design, housing, public finance and natural evironment to urban development, demographics and politics. My education (architecture, urban design/planning, and public administration) prepared me for professional/managerial roles in city planning, urban development, and government affairs. In addition, I designed and teach, with other professionals, the graduate level Comprehensive Planning and Implementation class at the University of Washington.
My involvement, and working with others to accomplish goals, includes my roles on nonprofit boards, managing the planning and building of housing and business projects, and public sector comprehensive planning. These activities included working relationships with business groups, environmental and neighborhood groups, as well as clients and members of volunteer and professional organizations.
My election to chair of two boards speaks to my character and effectiveness. These roles required, of my collegues, the knowledge and confidence in me to effectively lead the organization and achieve organizational goals. The boards are responsible for defining strategies and building interest in and support for activities, as well as overseeing actions to accomplish these goals. |
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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The skills described in the following activites illustrate different ways to define needs, create a plan or policies and implemention strategies , involve those affected, and move forward with reasonable actions.
Family Resource Center(FRC),the Eastside Human Services Campus, gave me opportunities to develop working relationships with board members, staff and volunteers, and the community to provide reasonable space and a "one stop" facility to meet a variety of community needs. The FRC, under my leadership became financially sound and embarked on a fund raising campaign to reduce our mortage to help reduce the financial burden of health and human service agencies.
The Redmond Chamber of Commerce provided me with a better understanding of the business sector's role in the community. My Chamber involvement, as past board president and current board trustee, was to reach out to the City, businesses, and the broader community to define and support land use, transportation, environmental, housing, fiscal,and other issues benefitting the city and region.
The Lake Washington School District Modernization Committee involvement was to define school rehabilitation or new construction options and to recommend a proposal and package to the School Board Directors for a future bond issue. The proposal was based on a review of voter attitudes toward schools, the geographic distribution of new/rehab schools (elementary, junior and senior high), and dollar size of the ballot measure and levy. The $250 million bond issue was passed with positive results in many neighborhoods within the District.
Being the coach of my son's soccer team required learning soccer from the ground up. Teaching soccer at practices, getting parents' support and coaching games over a few seasons required positive approaches to create an atmosphere to enable the players to work as a team and win games. It was a learning and rewarding experience for the team as well as the coach.
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To communicate with residentsand businesses. - Seek input on a regular basis - Listen to identify emerging issues, existing problems and feedback.
To achieve and maintain sound fiscal policies. - Understand key revenue sources and expenditure components - Propose reasonable options as part of the budget cycle.
To maintain strong working relations with other council members, commission/board members, city manager and staff to effectively communicate and implement actions.
To build better working relations with regional entities. - Many city actions, and opportunities, depend on, relate to, or are affected by regional policies and actions. - For example, county-wide planning policies, road funding, watershed planning, water source/distribution, and transit options and funding.
Maintain awareness of emerging issues and an openness to new ideas and solutions. |
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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Bachelor of Architecture UC Berkeley Master of Urban Planning UW Master of Public Administration UPS |
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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Family Resource Center Board Chair Redmond Chamber of Commerce Trustee Rotary Rose Hill/Bridle Trails Neighborhood Association |
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