Barbara Halliday's top three priorities

By Barbara Halliday

Below is a more detailed summary of the top three priorities noted earlier.

2. I will make sure Hayward continues to be well managed, fiscally solvent, and progressing toward long-term fiscal stability. I will work hard to resolve the current labor dispute and reach fair and fiscally sustainable agreements with our employees, and I will make sure we provide the best possible services in the most customer-friendly, efficient and cost-effective manner as possible. I will also work hard to implement our economic development plan and bring new businesses to boost revenues and provide food, shopping and entertainment options to our residents and work force.

3. I will strive to meet the goals established in our Climate Action Program, including reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the use of renewable energy sources, conserving water, reducing waste and encouraging recycling, protecting open space, and planning for the expected rise in sea level. I will promote "complete" streets and neighborhoods that allow people to walk to convenient neighborhood-serving businesses and easily access public transportation. I will encourage more solar installations such as the ones the city has placed at the wastewater treatment plant and other city facilities, take steps to implement use of "gray water" for landscaping and gardens, and hold development at the urban limit line I helped to establish in the early 1990's as a member of the Growth Management Task Force.