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Welcome
to my website to get up-to-date information on my Poway City Council
activities.
Please scroll down for the status on
various projects. I’d love to have your input with either reactions
to pending actions or with ideas for things to be done in the city.|
It’s a pleasure serving you on the Council. I am always touched
by the caring attitude of the residents of Poway. You’re great!
Feel free to Email me!
Poway Fire Relief Coordinator
I am coordinating fire relief efforts for Poway and have been assisting with Rancho Bernardo as well. I am assisting families in meeting their needs and coordinating the efforts of over fifty volunteer organizations – the Community Fire Relief Team. For up-to-date information, go to my blog.
Merrilee's blogPoway Community Leadership Institute
I established the Poway Community Leadership Institute in partnership with the City, Chamber of Commerce, and Poway Unified School District. We have had a very successful first year and are in the midst of our second year. The Institute allows all those interested in Poway to learn everything they need to learn! Past team projects include business disaster preparedness plan development, Poway Pride Day, a marketing plan developed for reaching businesses for Character Counts!, and input teams on Town Center development.
I have seen the leaders who were trained in the first year and those in this year already stepping up to the plate. Many are involved in fire relief efforts right now. We are SO proud of these new leaders in our community and the role PCLI played in preparing them.
For more information, go to: http://www.poway.com/pcli
City Projects Merrilee is working on
Currently Underway:
Poway Community Leadership Institute
Redesign of Community Park - Senior Center, Auditorium, etc.
Increasing wildfire prevention efforts in city with multi-faceted plan
In Planning Stages:
Town Hall meeting on traffic issues - Spring '08
I promised when I ran for office that I would work hard on representing the residents and giving them a voice. You can see that I’ve been working hard on this!
Completed projects:
| 3/08 | Redid bus-stop at Pomerado and Poway Road to increase safety |
| 10/07 | Coordinating fire relief efforts for Poway and supporting RB, created the Community Fire Relief Team with over 50 volunteer organizations participating as well as numerous business and individuals |
| 10/07 | Assisted in running the Poway City Emergency Evacuation Center from the Witch Creek Fire |
| 9/07 | Release of revamped Poway City website w/ Boyack support |
| 5/21/07 | Poway Family Focus Night |
| 5/19/08 | Poway Pride Day - PCLI Project to promote volunteerism in Poway |
| 2/07 | Completion of updated Emergency Preparedness plan for the City (who knew we would need it so fast!) |
| Spring '07 | Cable TV broadcast of City Council meetings begins |
| 7/06 | Poway Historical Markers Program |
| 7/06 | Poway Community Leadership Institute |
| 5/22/06 | Poway Family Focus Night – received national media coverage |
| 5/9/06 | Town Hall meeting re: safety, traffic |
| Early '06 | Encouraged revision of Poway City Website |
| 10/05 | Held Town Hall Meeting re: redevelopment, planning |
| 9/05 | Neighborhood traffic team - flyer out and on web |
| 9/05 | Supported televise meetings & Meetings on the internet approved |
| 6/05 | Implemented council/city committees workshops |
| Spring '05 | Assisted residents in Rattlesnake Creek area to help on flooding problems |
| 1/18/05 | Requested CalTrans to do better signage for Scripps-Poway Parkway |
| 1/18/05 | Appointed new committee members |
| 1/11/05 | Got $25,000 donated to Asian Relief for tsunami victims through International Red Cross |
