What a week! It has been a whirlwind since the election on April 7th! And this week the work begins!
I just can’t thank everyone enough for their support, whether it was in casting your vote for me, telling your friends, making a contribution, joining us on FaceBook, attending Issues and Answers or a meet and greet, or simply being a friendly face when I knocked on your door. This is truly a great community.
The election results were astonishing, particularly in a three way race! I take it as a clear message that you are looking for action, change, greater collaboration and responsiveness. You have my assurance that I will work tirelessly to do the right things . . . right . . . for Glenwood Springs. Glenwood must position itself to influence positive change and to envision, prepare and seize the opportunities before us. To do that will require some shifts in our current thoughts and framework. We need to build relationships within city hall to have our departments, boards and commissions working as one unit, not as silos. We need to enhance relationships outside of city hall and begin to think of working more collaboratively.
We, meaning city council and staff, must be visible in our community, reaching out to our citizens and businesses. We must help people to be informed and engaged in our processes so they feel they have a voice at the table. We must be transparent in all we do.
This City Council has its work cut out. One of the first things we must do is some strategic planning and goal setting. Then that plan and those goals must be communicated to you and you must be kept up to date on the progress.
THE WEEK AHEAD:
April 13 – 24: Glenwood Springs Cleanup. Here is a link to and interactive cleanup map to determine when crews should be in your area.
Tuesday & Wednesday April 14 & 15, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m in Council Chambers: Combined work session for the Long Range Transportation Plan. Several boards and commissions will meet to go over the items identified for the LRTP, get additional information about them and then rank them. The information presented will be in depth and good basic information for anyone. The public is welcome although will not be able to participate in the ranking. Public information was previously gathered. However, I welcome comments or suggestions on anything you hear. Here is a link to some additional information.
Thursday, April 16, 6 p.m. City Council Meeting: Newly elected city council members sworn in. I will post a link to the agenda here on Monday.
Friday, April 17 10-Noon Intermountain Regional Planning Commission: this meeting is in Eagle and I will be joining via telephone conference due to work obligations.
Monday evening I will also be attending a meeting in Aspen for Roaring Fork Leadership, so it promises to be a busy week!
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