Raleigh City Council - At-Large
Stacy Miller
The city of Raleigh commissioned a survey in 2016 which showed that transportation issues remain our residents’ top concern. Do you support the $206.7MM streets and sidewalk bond package which includes a 1.29-cent property tax increase?
Yes
Do you support a major league soccer stadium downtown?
Yes
Do you support the use of incentives for the attraction and retention of businesses?
Yes
What are you hoping to achieve as an elected official that will foster a healthy and innovative business environment in both the near and far term?
What would you like to see updated in the city’s Unified Development Ordinance related to land use, regulations and/or density that ensures our market remains competitive and attractive for business and residents?
How will you balance increased infrastructure and personnel funding needs of the city while also addressing economic growth, affordability, and quality of life?
Identify two specific areas in the city budget where you might reduce spending and two specific areas where you might increase spending.
What is an uncomfortable truth about Raleigh that voters must confront?
While Raleigh is a city of innovation, its government is slow to adopt bold ideas and adapt to a more sustainable and modernized economy.
The city of Raleigh commissioned a survey in 2016 which showed that transportation issues remain our residents’ top concern. Do you support the $206.7MM streets and sidewalk bond package which includes a 1.29-cent property tax increase?
Yes
Do you support a major league soccer stadium downtown?
Yes
Do you support the use of incentives for the attraction and retention of businesses?
Yes
What are you hoping to achieve as an elected official that will foster a healthy and innovative business environment in both the near and far term?
- Execute new economic development strategies focused on growing:
- Sustainable industries
- With well-paying jobs and
- That employ the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) of Raleigh’s existing workforce.
- Increase affordable, workforce housing near job centers and multi-modal transit connecting job and residential centers
- Streamline policies and regulations to grow local small businesses
What would you like to see updated in the city’s Unified Development Ordinance related to land use, regulations and/or density that ensures our market remains competitive and attractive for business and residents?
- Re-examine the threshold for site plan review when renovating buildings for revitalization and/or reuse.
- Adopt transit-oriented development (TOD) to encourage the increase in density and promote affordable housing.
How will you balance increased infrastructure and personnel funding needs of the city while also addressing economic growth, affordability, and quality of life?
- Through sound economic and tax policy principles designed to stimulate Raleigh’s economy
- With an “all-of-the-above” approach to innovate Raleigh’s municipal financing, such as Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), Tax Increment Financing (TIFs), assessment districts, multi-family rehabilitation programs, and institutional grants.
Identify two specific areas in the city budget where you might reduce spending and two specific areas where you might increase spending.
- Increase government efficiencies: Spend less on studies designed only to kick the can down the road
- Adopt responsible, sustainable financing strategies and programs
What is an uncomfortable truth about Raleigh that voters must confront?
While Raleigh is a city of innovation, its government is slow to adopt bold ideas and adapt to a more sustainable and modernized economy.
