Election
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Leander City Council, Place 2
If elected, what are your goals for the city of Leander?
How would you ensure infrastructure, such as water and roads, keeps up with population growth?
The overall goal is “Making Your Hometown Your Destination.” How do we do it? By using our sales tax dollars to benefit Leander residents and not the cities around us. By having water reliability that has escaped Leander for years, but is promised at every step. By creating a partnership between the city, the chamber, and developers to attract top-tier development. The status quo will not “Make Your Hometown Your Destination” nor our neighbors’ destination.
Growth has to be paired with the infrastructure needs. The current City Council has tried to balance this with some success, but they are hamstrung by the lack of funds due to current financial arrangements that need to be addressed. These funds could be used to get ahead of the infrastructure needs and prioritize what the city needs while attracting top-tier development. Getting more out of the CapMetro Interlocal Agreement would be a start.
Michael Herrera Occupation: General manager at CSSI Solutions Relevant experience: GM at CSSI 29 yrs, multistate firm with 40-plus employees providing services to investment firms www.herrera4leander.com
My goals for the city are similar to my goals last time—government transparency, working to push through previously stalled projects that make sense, appealing to large employers and commercial development to get Leander to the next stage in its lifecycle.
We really need those primary employers and commercial development to help pay for things that are really needed—capital improvement projects such as roads and water infrastructure. We need to understand that our population will grow very rapidly and we need to plan for having a city that could be 200,000 or more.
Esmeralda Mattke Longoria* Occupation: IT contractor at local tech company Relevant experience: I’ve been in office for almost three years on the City Council www.esmeforleander.com
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