Pasadena City Council District C Candidate:

 

As a product of blue collar parents and the 1st in my family to obtaining a college education I firmly believe that supporting livable wages, education opportunities, good health care and better skill initiatives transformational changes in our communities and cities can occur. As a City Council member I have championed those benefits, and will continue to champion these initiatives prioritizing all Pasadena residents and small businesses so that all have the best opportunities to succeed.  

 

 In my career I have managed federal funds in assisting economic development, disaster relief and grant management for public entities such as Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery Counties. This experience has not only helped me improve my Pasadena District, but have also allow me to help lead Pasadena into a greater and better future. 
Since being in office, I has led initiatives resulting in $5.9 million in waterline improvements, $9.9 million in sewer rehabilitations, $7.3 in reconstruction projects, $150k in water well improvements, and have created various scholarships opportunities for students in our community . 

 

Infrastructure improvements
Economic re-investment
 Increase wages for employee
 Develop homeless assistance programs.
Stand against unreasonable tax increases

 

Intentional relationship building by continuing to establish coffee with the cops, while pioneering stakeholder engagement meeting and a City Council open house, Coffee with Council. 

 

Pushing stakeholder engagement meetings with local business to make opportunities readily available locally, as well as helping small businesses walk through the process for bidding for local jobs. As well as allocating a certain amount of jobs for local businesses.

 

The future of Pasadena is re-development. My vision for this future is for the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to actually lead these initiatives with tactful development plans, market research and stakeholder feedback. So that as a city we can push, invest and attract firms that will assisting in a brighter future of infrastructure improvements and encourage business investment.

 

My goal is for Pasadena to become known as a Builder/Developer friendly city. I will achieve this by leading initiatives investing in improved technology that would streamline various application processes, investing in more training for current departments and holding stakeholder meetings so that our local stakeholders have an input in driving the direction we need to go in as a city.   

 

My priority as a councilman my  priority has been deferred maintenance waterlines, roads, sewage, drainage, water supply, and the power grid. I have and will continue to champion initiatives that will invest in areas that need this the most. Developing a grade and priority system as to focus on the areas most in need. 

 

Modern technology will be a focus so that we may have our city catch up to all modern cities. Streamlining permitting process, board applications, proposal postings and reviews. This resulting in an improvement and enhancement of all our public services, economic development, and infrastructure management for our great city. 

 

Public safety is a priority, I intend to lead with my commitment to keep Pasadena safe and affordable. Under my representation Pasadena will become a City of choice. 

 

Leadership that prioritizes these important services is a must. To ensure the city has adequate healthcare infrastructure, including mental health care, hospitals, doctors, and accountability the leaders the community elects on May 3rd matter. 

 

Across various industries we see attracting and retaining talent and workforce is the number one challenge. This is priority for me because we want to attract and retain the best in our great city. A priority of mine is to invest in our talent and workforce by investing in them through training and certification programs, incentives and promotion for our workers with longevity, developing a career map for those who want to grown with us and partnerships with local educational institutes to make sure we have competitive offerings and variety.