Councilor, Ward V

KATHRYN KELLER KATHY FIGLEY

OCCUPATION: Assistant Vice-President, Advisory Title Officer, Fidelity National Title of Oregon

OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Title insurance and escrow, Portland and Salem metropolitan areas

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: University of Michigan, Bachelor of Arts; University of Oregon School of Law

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Woodburn City Council, 1990-present; Current chair, Woodburn Budget Committee, Centennial Park Task Force, Housing Rehabilitation Committee; Member and chair, Woodburn Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, 1984-1990.

Woodburn has experienced intensive growth in recent years and will do so in the years to come. The challenge facing us in the next 4 years is how we direct it.

In recent years, our growth has helped us pay for essential services. We are more financially secure and better managed than we were when I took office in 1990. We have built a new Aquatic Center. We have recently bought necessary space for our Public Works staff. We are developing park property and planning for our future needs. Developer fees and tax dollars from new businesses and homes have helped us pay for upgrading our city.

However, we all know that growth has its impact. More people mean greater demands on our streets, parks, library and police department. As a City Councilor, I hope to do the following to meet this impact in the next four years:

1. Complete Centennial park and continue upgrades of existing parks.

2. Direct tax dollars from new development into needed street and utility maintenance.

3. Plan for future facilities needs, such as police precinct space and replacement of our obsolete community center.

4. Proceed with our ongoing wastewater and drinking water upgrades.

5. Lobby our state and federal legislators for relief at the I-5 interchange.

Im looking forward to meeting these challenges in the next 4 years. Thank you for your support.