PLATFORM
Affordable Housing
Ensuring quality market value housing and supporting neighborhood rehabilitation
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Establish a Tenants' Bill of Rights
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Funding the 2018 Housing Plan
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Increase education on Landlord/Tenants Rights and Responsibilities
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Ensure Property Owners' are held accountable for complying with the law
Livability
Clean neighborhoods, healthy citizens, engaged youth and active seniors
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Establish a process in the Public Improvements Advisory Committee (PIAC) to fund projects consistently
to ensure completion -
Establish a coalition of neighborhood associations/advisory board in the Fifth District to review and
prioritize PIAC requests
Infrastructure
Supporting basic services - streets, sidewalks, trash, water, sewage, mowing and trees
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Improve snowplowing services
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Establish a reward system for reporting illegal dumping that leads to a person being fined
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Increase bulky item pickup and decrease illegal dumping
Public Safety
Ensuring that our neighborhoods are safe for everyone is a top priority
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Increase neighborhood involvement in resolving conflict on low-level offenses
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Working with neighborhood leaders, schools, law enforcement, attorneys, civic leaders, businesses to
support community-oriented programs
Economic Development
Supporting the growth of jobs and businesses in the 5th District
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Focus on the City-Wide Business Plan
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Collaborate with schools, unions and businesses to educate and expand apprenticeships/internships
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Promote entrepreneurship, increase training, education about financial literacy and provide more
resources to small businesses