​In summer of 2025, we introduced new options for active transportation throughout the city. There are now almost 50 e-bike and e-scooter locations across the city, providing most residents access within a five- to 10-minute walk from their homes.

Rather than focus those funds on static pieces of art that require repair and maintenance, they should be used to fund murals, artist spaces, art events, festivals, and other initiatives inviting tourists to visit our "City of the Arts"!

​When the findings from the Arts & Business Task force found that it would make sense to reorganize our reserves, I was hopeful that we were on the right track. However, I was disappointed by staff's recommendation when it came back to Council, as the changes now FURTHER restrict how public art funds can be used in the city. As work on the recommendations has continued, it looks like there will be another opportunity to revise our policies on this front - I would like to be front and centre in bringing those changes to fruition.

We have just begun round 2 of engagement for this project - it's going to be a beautiful new facility for our community! Given the demand and waitlist for community gardens in our City, I will also advocate for a new community garden on this expanded site.

​We have also added basketball, pickleball, a new soccer field, a new Shoreline Boardwalk, and soon we'll have a new fieldhouse at our new Bob Favelle Soccer Field! We have also begun planning recreation expansion city-wide.

Our Works Yard outgrew its location at 3250 Murray long ago, and the buildings are in degraded condition. We have identified a new location on the outskirts of the City, freeing up valuable land in our core and remove much of the fleet traffic from that neighbourhood. Our community has also outgrown our lovely library in City Hall - it is a valuable third space that could and should accommodate much more programming for our residents. I envision a new Central library on the old Firehall lands, ideally sharing space with a new seniors facility.

In November of 2025, I brought forward a motion for a comprehensive review of traffic amelioration improvements. And in June of this year, our Council voted unanimously to add a second left-hand turn lane at Ioco and Barnet to ease eastbound traffic during rush hour!

If re-elected, the next step will be to investigate counterflow lanes for rush hour in both directions on St. Johns.

​In summer of 2025, we introduced new options for active transportation throughout the city. There are now almost 50 e-bike and e-scooter locations across the city, providing most residents access within a five- to 10-minute walk from their homes.

This past term I've frequently found myself in the minority when it comes to decisions on spending. Whether I was voting against a pay increase for ourselves, opposing the spending of $38,000 to "Sue Big Oil", questioning the costs of pricey but unnecessary capital expenditures, pushing Council to reconsider less expensive ways to meet our climate goals, raising the alarm about project budgets being exceeded, or just raising concerns about whether our policies are harming affordability, I've typically been on the losing side of the votes.

​While losing these battles has been frustrating at times, I know now how best to move things forward at City Hall, and I intend to do so.

As we all know, the Council of 2018-2022 completely gutted the City budget during Covid, resulting in an unsustainable and artificially low tax level. They didn't tell you that those events, positions and programs would all have to be added back post-Covid. We did the unpopular work of rebuilding the budget after 2022 which means higher taxes than I would have liked for the first few years, but we're now on a great path for sustainability and even reductions as we've added new revenue sources! Times have been tough for everyone, and I'm proud we've prioritized the appropriate services and infrastructure renewal.

While I was Chair of Finance in 2025, I responded to the Province's decision to re-classify its lands to reduce its taxes by bringing forward a motion to cap our tax rate of BC Hydro's remaining lands on our north shore to recoup most of the funds they were clawing back. This passed unanimously.

Residents should not be forced to fight City Hall to implement basic improvements to their property due to creeping ESA regulations, and private landowners deserve to know that the City will NEVER attempt to expropriate their land without cause, or place the City at risk of legal liability.

There is no excuse for not advancing our only application for a multi-stage senior care facility to public hearing last year. I will push for the following:

1. Prioritize applications for senior facilities and fight to obtain input from our seniors earlier in the engagement process.
2. Continue to advocate to senior levels of government to bring affordable seniors housing to both 45 Mary Street (the old Canada Post building) and in a mixed-use development on the old firehall lands.
3. Reduce the "Super Seniors" age from 85 to 80 in Prt Moody, providing these residents with free access to recreation centre programs. Staff have indicated that this will cost the City about $8,000 per year, and I am committed to this on behalf of our seniors.