Sandy Brown, Candidate Seattle City Council District 5 46th Legislative District Candidate Questionnaire Addendum Q: In a few paragraphs, what is your vision for your jurisdiction? For Seattle City Council, we would like to hear specifically about your vision for North Seattle. North Seattle consists of many dynamic and vibrant communities, each looking for the very best from the City of Seattle so they can meet their highest potential. After knocking on the doors of over 5,500 homes and 300 businesses I’ve learned that we share a strong consensus about what North Seattle should look like in the future: North Seattle aspires to be a community of vibrant neighborhoods where people are safe; where we can move about efficiently to our jobs; where we can walk to vibrant retail districts and great parks; where there is plentiful affordable housing and great public schools; where we live in mutual respect and equity, regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, gender, or political persuasion; and where we live in a truly sustainable way, protecting our environment and its resources for future generations. This is an ambitious agenda for North Seattle, so during my first years in office I will focus on: • Public Safety – North Seattle residents and businesses strongly support the Seattle Police Department’s efforts to reverse an increase in the number of burglaries, car prowls, drug abuse, prostitution and street disorder. I will promote efforts to train more officers efficiently and effectively, and encourage practices that allow officers to walk their beats and familiarize themselves with the neighborhoods through Community Policing principles. I affirm and will support full implementation of the federal monitor’s guidelines for creating an SPD that understands and applies only the best practices for use of force and recruitment goals that help our police look like our city. • Transportation – District 5 is heavily car dependent and needs stronger automobile, pedestrian, bus and mass transit solutions. To address the lack of sidewalks in North Seattle, I advocate for speeding up funding of the Pedestrian Master Plan and the creation a series of neighborhood based local-improvement districts in which neighborhoods can decide whether to build out complete sidewalk infrastructure for our communities. Bus transportation also needs to be improved, particularly the creation of more east to west lines. Further, I think it is vital that a completely build-out the Link Light Rail line including a bike/pedestrian overpass at the Northgate Station and a May 5, 2015 Sandy Brown 1 transit-activated station at NE 130th Street to better connect the new trains with neighborhoods to the east and west. • Livability and Affordability –District 5 welcomes smart growth policies that bring both new residents and needed amenities and services to North Seattle. We hope to build vibrant retail and commercial areas that attract residents and visitors and improve our quality of life. We need affordable workforce and low-income housing along with improvements like an adequate community center for Lake City in order to build strong and diverse neighborhoods. As Seattle grows we need to be certain we are creating a livable city where everyone has the basics of food and shelter, parks and playfields, and supportive communities. • An End to Street Homelessness – I will work tirelessly to reorient and augment the city’s homeless services to end street homelessness in the next four years through stronger investments in local and regional efforts to prevent homelessness, provide adequate emergency shelter capacity, and provide local rent subsidies to help people move quickly out of homelessness into permanent and transitional housing. As a City Councilmember, I will work every day to deliver real results for Seattle and District 5 in order to make our common vision come true. I ask for your support in order to help build a truly great North Seattle for all of our residents. May 5, 2015 Sandy Brown 2