Pasco City Council Pos 7

I work daily with 200+ adults and 3200 (students/families) of our residents of Pasco as a high school teacher at Chiawana High School. Daily, I am challenged to think outside of my own cluster of core people to hear other people’s voices when they raise concerns. I am not allowed to wear my beliefs on my sleeves as a teacher or I fail to safely educate all of my students. All voices are welcomed into the meetings and treated with dignity when I serve as our City of Pasco At-Large councilmember.

As a City of Pasco Planning Commission, we have passed innovative recommendations to the City Council from Single Room Occupancy, Accessory Dwelling Units, decreasing lot sizes and re-zoning to mix use to help curb the affordable housing crisis. These actions on the planning commission are the most effective way a city can decrease the affordable housing crisis. I am proud to be serving in helping our residents have a wider selection of housing so we can address the Middle Housing crisis too.

We need communication from the City in a timely and effective manner to reach our residents. More graphics and communications in the top five Pasco residents’ languages are two areas I have pushed for while serving as a planning commissioner as infographics help decrease the misunderstandings for our non-English speaking residents. Educating our residents on city business and operations will reduce the disconnect and frustration over lack of transparency that so many of our residents describe.