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These are slate results he can honestly own as a sitting councillor, plus the engineering and regional work that is specifically his. Not a claim that he did it alone.
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Forty years as a civil engineering technologist: pipes, roads, zoning, and servicing. On this council, Fraser Highway’s one-way got a $19 million renewal, the paving program kept moving, and a new signal went in at 45A Avenue and 208 Street.
Keep servicing ahead of growth. Press for downtown parkade funding and keep the 200 Street overpass on the regional table.
This council
Nine new firefighters and a fire prevention officer — one crew around the clock became two. Five new police officers and a new bylaw officer. A Community Safety Department, and an emergency program with people ready when something goes wrong.
More police, community safety officers, and fire capacity sized for SkyTrain. Downtown and parks safety ambassadors. Washrooms cleaned more often. Partnerships to clean up parks.
This council
BC Builds workforce housing near transit. Below-market rental near the coming SkyTrain. Tenant protections, including a right to return when buildings redevelop.
Advocate for co-op housing. A Standard of Maintenance bylaw. An aging-in-place strategy. A faster housing design catalogue that does not mean a careless one.
His lane
An active-transportation network is underway. Station-area planning has already been in front of the Advisory Design Panel, which Paul has chaired. The point of regional work at LMLGA and UBCM is simple: housing, health, and transit money does not originate on Douglas Crescent.
A seniors’ shuttle to SkyTrain. Share programs. An e-mobility safety plan. Parking and servicing that exist before the crowds, not after.
This council
A tree bylaw and an urban forest strategy. Trails widened and paved. A washroom at Douglas Park. Field upgrades at City Park. Longer pool seasons and more community events are part of the same idea.
A climate and greenspace framework. More paths widened, Douglas Park first. Neighbourhood life that is walkable — amenities without turning the City into a pass-through.
Also on the record
Housing in the background is not a backdrop. It is the file: homes near where people already are, and a park that still works.