League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Santa Clara County, CA November 2, 2004 Election
	Nicholas B. "Nick" Galiotto Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member; City of Mountain View

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Questions & Answers

1. Passing a balanced City budget each year has become a major challenge. What specific strategies will you promote in response to a continuing revenue shortfall?

Mountain View's FY 2004-05 budget, which I participated in adopting, provides for several service level reductions and related restructuring actions. I will continue to monitor the efforts of the city manager and staff to evaluate and recommend potential alternatives for organizational restructuring throughout the fiscal year. Also, I am strongly supporting our City-wide, North Bayshore, and Downtown economic development initiatives for a return to stability of City revenues and services through a positive business climate.

2. What would you do, if anything, to make home ownership possible for more families of local public safety workers, other City employees, District teachers and medical personnel?

I have promoted City efforts to meet the housing needs of our local critical service workers. The City has researched and offered educational housing workshops for employees of the City and both school districts, and can continue those. I want to improve our BMR (below market rate) opportunity which presently gives preference for the program's new housing units to local critical service personnel. These workers need to be fully anchored in our community for obvious reasons.

3. On which local and regional committees, boards, and task forces would you like to serve? If your personal views on issues before these bodies do not coincide with those of the Council as a whole, how will you handle this?

I presently Chair the Council Transportation Committee and serve on the Neighborhoods, Procedures, and Youth Services Committees. On the regional level, I am a member of the Santa Clara County Cities Association's Legislative Committee, alternate to its Joint Economic Development Policy Committee, member Valley Water District Lower Peninsula Committee, member 2020 Peninsula Corridor Policy Committee, alternate to Santa Clara County Emergency Preparedness Council. The Council's adopted policies and goals set the parameters for issues that a Council representative may engage before other bodies. As Council representative, one must strive to present the Council's view, or ensure that a personal view is so identified.