Lake Forest Park Position 2 Candidate Responses

Matt Muilenburg

No response

Fred Grant

Fred Grant, Position 2, Lake Forest Park

Matt Muilenburg

No response

Fred Grant

In my opinion, Lake Forest Park is specifically suffering from growing pains or I should say lack thereof. All around us cities like Shoreline, Edmonds, Kenmore, and Bothell are growing and adapting while Lake Forest Park is slow to make changes to help it thrive. We need to zone for denser housing and allow creative ways to increase commerce. However, quite recently there has been some state mandates requiring cities to support at least two units per lot, which I fully support and I plan to work with our Park Planning Department to identify the best implementation for this.

Matt Muilenburg

No response

Fred Grant

I think every community should put effort into helping others. Although Lake Forest Park may lack space it has made meaningful steps, and I would like to make a shout out to the Rotary Club for their contributions over the years. I also support endeavors like Hopelink and North Help-Line.

Matt Muilenburg

No response

Fred Grant

We now have a complete (or nearly complete) police force, making up about 32% of our city's budget, and they have a very positive relationship with our community and great leadership. I've actually spoken with our Chief of Police and they maintain good communication with our residence and have keep a great worker retainment record. They also support mental health initiatives like the RCR (Regional Crisis Response Agency).

Matt Muilenburg

No response

Fred Grant

I briefly mentioned this in the previous answer. Lake Forest Park is part of the RCR (Regional Crisis Response Agency) which is for people experiencing behavioral health emergencies. Instead of relying solely on police or EMS, trained Mental Health Professionals (MHPs), known as Crisis Responders (CRs), are dispatched to 911 calls involving mental health crises.

Matt Muilenburg

No response

Fred Grant

My wife and I take King County Metro almost weekly and we are fortunate enough to have great access to it. I support public transit as much as possible. Recently, there is a debate going on which involves the BRT project in Lake Forest Park. I support the initiative, but I understand the costs associated with it would put our city in an even worse financial situation than it already is. I want to see if we could offset costs using state grants or something outside methods because I believe investment in public transportation is the right thing to do and construction will only get more and more expensive the longer we delay.

Matt Muilenburg

No response

Fred Grant

There is a controversial levy lift (Prop 1) on the ballot this year, which I support. If passed it would raise property taxes about 1% temporarily. Unfortunately, our city is so small and lacks in commerce considerably, so this levy lift is really the only alternative to supporting our necessary operations, community, environmental, and social programs. We still need to find long term solutions as soon as possible!

Matt Muilenburg

No response

Fred Grant

In my first, and only, experience campaigning I've been invited to several community and civic events in which all candidates were encouraged to participate. All candidates were in attendance and they were fun events, so I don't yet have any feedback until witnessing something unfair for myself or from another candidate.

Matt Muilenburg

No response

Fred Grant

I supported the Climate Commitment Act and spoke in front of our previous City Council in favor of it. I know it's been previously discussed, but it may be worth revisiting installation of EV chargers at our City Hall Building. They are currently implementing solar panels to help support our diesel generator, but our budget is low so our progress is slow. I would also like to see home owners invest in heat pumps and take advantage or solar panel initiatives.

Matt Muilenburg

No response

Fred Grant

Thank you for the invitation to participate in this questionnaire. I've setup my website at electfredgrant.com and you can reach me on my personal cell at (404)295-2952.

Lake Forest Park Position 2 Candidate Responses

1: Please share your name and the position you are running for.

2. What, if anything, do you believe your city should do differently to enable the production of housing that will meet the needs of our local communities?

3. What, if anything, do you believe your city should do differently to support members of our local region experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity?

4. What, if anything, do you believe your city should do differently to make public safety and criminal justice services more effective, more just, or both?

5. What, if anything, do you believe your city should do differently to enable access to human services, such as behavioral health and crisis services?

6. What, if anything, do you believe your city should do differently to ensure all residents have access to transit, core retail (such as grocery and pharmacy) and key services?

7. What, if anything, do you believe your city should do differently to reduce the impact of taxation on residents, make taxation more just, or both?

8. What, if anything, do you believe your city should do differently to engage residents that have less representation in your city government, or are more at risk of impact from local legislation, or both?

9. What, if anything, do you believe your city should do differently to further environmental justice?

10. Is there anything else you would like to share with the members of Northshore Social Justice Action Group and other groups we are connected to across Bothell, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park and Woodinville?