Mike Forrest
Phone: 604-942-6289/604-250-9614
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: Re-Elect-Mike-Forrest
Age: 70
Occupation: mariner
PoCo resident for: 70 years
Campaign funding: self-funded
Previous community service: 18 years as councillor; 10 years before that engaging the mayor and council on community issues; various volunteer groups.
If elected, what steps would you take to improve housing affordability in PoCo?
Cut bureaucracy in city processes. Official community plan changes to increase density. Look at fast-tracking affordable housing projects. Require some percentage of non-market housing units in multi-family projects.
What do you hope to accomplish as a city councillor?
Complete the Community Recreation Complex on time and budget. Budget controls. Keep taxes low. Cut red tape and bureaucracy. Engage residents. Build a greater sense of community. Be a team player. Build a breezeway under the CPR tracks. Invigorate the downtown. Attract more festivals and events. Complete the Fremont connector.
What do you believe is the biggest issue facing PoCo?
Keeping taxes low while dealing with the rising costs of delivering services while minimizing spending on issues in other governments’ mandate such as homelessness, housing and addiction.
Would you change the mayor and council’s pay and why?
Yes, but councils should not make that decision. The process must change so that increases or not are decided by others.
