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386-235-5712
Smart Growth and Overdevelopment
Policy, Design & Accountability ; Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB): Require departments to justify every expense from scratch annually. Benefits: Exposes inefficient asphalt/concrete projects; reallocates to conservation stewardship. Challenges: Higher admin time—best implemented phased with training.
Property Tax Caps (Save Our Homes model ≤3% CPI + overall 3% levy limit): Cap capital projects for referendum. Prevents tax spikes from development booms, promotes stability & efficiency.
With reduced local regulations after disasters, the city should maintain an open door for negotiations and collaborations to achieve Smart recovery. Focus on outcome-based solutions: Provide targeted public/private funding for resilient designs, effective infrastructure & permeable surfaces.
Conservation: Expand park buffer acquisition with Volusia Forever and local referendums for flood mitigation and Opti system in Central Park.
Water Bodies: Increase dedicated management for pond & lakes.
State Case: Compile data on local needs, cost savings from smart practices, flood reduction, and conservation gains to advocate for Florida grants and policies
This approach integrates smart growth principles for property owners, users, and City.
Better collaboration succeeds with clear goals, measurable objectives, and defined outcomes. Cost-benefit analyses like Avalon Park need to guide decisions. Ormond should avoid prolonged litigation and reject unfunded liabilities, such as the costly Hand Ave overpass that may conflict with Ormond Crossings.
Explore alternative water sources like atmospheric water generation to reduce Florida Aquifer strain.
Achieve affordable housing via market forces rather than governmental mandates.
Use data-driven decisions, multiple fiscal analyses, prudent tax policies (caps, ZBB), and conservation focus to protect property owners. Sustain road programs while prioritizing resilience. Build strong state cases with evidence without overdevelopment.
Projects like Ocean Shore Blvd, Granada Blvd and Hand Ave, need closer review of the details before rushing into bulldozing. The site Plan Review Committee should review and submit a report similar to the City Commission before implementation. This can also provide facts for additional citizen review and comment. Governance demands balance, a time to think, time to talk, a time to listen, a time to act and a time to reconsider.
Smart Growth, Recovery & Economic Vitality in Ormond Beach
All businesses benefit from excessive property tax reduction, including downtown and corridors like US #1 and Atlantic Ave south of Granada Blvd. Neglecting these areas undermines citywide prosperity. Corporate cleanups would make districts more attractive to shoppers. Corporate volunteerism.
Evaluate the decades-old Central Business District decline using market analysis tools for desired goods/services. Reassess the 2 CRAs status, especially post-November referendum on property tax relief. Evaluating blight and vacancies are one way to determine a possible larger problem needing real solutions for our business community.
"You can't improve what you don't measure." Hydrology offers robust tools: flood frequency analysis, stage-discharge gauging, rainfall-runoff modeling, and topographic mapping. Soil permeability, vegetation indices, and impervious surface mapping further inform risk.
Ponds & Lakes: Retention/detention ponds are essential for impervious surfaces. Florida standards require regular maintenance: sediment removal, vegetation control, structural inspections (typically every 5 years by professional engineer), and ensuring storage volume recovers within 72 hours. Poor maintenance leads to reduced capacity and increased flooding.
What can we measure to reduce flooding and loss of property? I will be glad to have a rain watch party in the rain.
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3864055770
The most pressing issue facing the city is ensuring that we are good stewards of our residents' hard earned dollars. This requires careful scrutiny of the city's finances and ensuring a balanced budget while maintaining the key services that keep Ormond Beach a great place to live and work. My background running a large company with 370+ employees means that I am uniquely qualified to help the city manage their budget and finances while ensuring a high level of service and safety to our residents.
I strongly believe that local residents know best how to manage their cities and counties - so I support efforts to keep cities and county's in control of their budgets and priorities.
As a mom and lifelong resident, I care deeply that we continue to keep Ormond Beach a great place for our families and that we protect our natural resources and plan for the future.
If elected, I would work hard to gather information on the issues that matter to our residents, hear all the opinions, and work to find solutions that make sense for all the residents of Ormond Beach.
My background in legal work includes working at the United States Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C., so I am very familiar with how important infrastructure projects are to communities - and I would work closely with Florida Department of Transportation as well as our local FDOT representatives to ensure that needed projects are completed on-time, on budget, and to meet the needs of our residents.
One of the things that makes Ormond Beach special is our downtown and the events that occur regularly around our downtown area. That is why my husband, myself, and my business have been long time supporters of organizations like Ormond Beach Mainstreet and the Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce. If elected, I will continue to work with those organizations as well as City staff to ensure that we continue to have high-quality and engaging programming that brings people to our downtown and add to our city's small town character.
It's important that all elected officials work together to find solutions to important problems like flooding, because an effective solution will take multiple jurisdictions working together to address the issue.
If elected, I would work to not only ensure that any developments account and handle all of their own run off, but also work with city staff to ensure that we are keeping our infrastructure up-to-date and making needed improvements to address water runoff from existing developments.
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7024600965
The two most pressing issues facing Ormond Beach are out-of-control spending and overdevelopment.
On spending, our city budget has outpaced what residents can afford. I'll push for a line-by-line budget review, demand full transparency so taxpayers can see where every dollar goes, prioritize essential services, and oppose tax and fee increases that hurt families and fixed-income residents.
On overdevelopment, growth is outrunning our roads, drainage, and green space. I'll support responsible development that fits our community, insist developers, not taxpayers, cover their projects' true costs, and protect the quality-of-life residents value.
Both come down to an open, accountable government that puts residents first.
Yes. SB 180 directly impacts Ormond Beach. Sold as hurricane recovery, it blocks the city from tightening wetland, floodplain, or zoning standards, or imposing a post-storm moratorium through October 2027. It strips local control just as overdevelopment worsens our flooding.
This is a Home Rule issue. I'll be a strong voice for restoring local control — supporting the bipartisan Senate fix (SB 840) that stalled in the House, working with our state delegation and neighboring communities, protecting the development safeguards we still have, and prioritizing stormwater infrastructure.
Real collaboration starts with each city keeping control of its own resources. I support working with the county and neighboring cities on shared challenges like stormwater, but partnership should never mean Ormond Beach gives up authority over its water or utilities. And I do not support "toilet to tap" potable reuse. Safe drinking water comes first, and a decision that big should go to the residents to vote on.
Better coordination with FDOT starts with getting Ormond Beach a seat at the table early, before designs are finalized rather than after. I'd push for regular communication so the city's priorities of safety, traffic flow, drainage, and neighborhood impact are part of the conversation from the start. I'd also hold FDOT accountable for keeping our city clean during construction, since Ormond Beach too often looks like a staging yard for their cones, fencing, and equipment. And I'd work with the county and our state delegation, since we carry more weight when we speak together.
Downtown is the heart of Ormond Beach and protecting its character means supporting our local small businesses first. I'd back keeping the downtown walkable and welcoming, with attention to parking, safety, and clean, well maintained public spaces that draw residents and visitors alike. I'd support development that fits the scale and feel of downtown rather than oversized projects that erase what makes it special. I'd also work to keep the area lively through local events and a strong partnership with business owners. The goal is a downtown that stays charming, prosperous, and true to Ormond Beach.
I'm not against growth. I'm against bad deals that approve new building before we have the infrastructure to support it. For existing residents, flooding is already a serious problem, and too much of it traces back to development that outpaced our drainage and stormwater systems. My priority is fixing what we have, investing in stormwater infrastructure and protecting the wetlands and natural areas that absorb floodwater.
For new development, I'd support pausing additional growth until our infrastructure can actually handle it. Builders, not taxpayers, should bear the true cost of the drainage and capacity their projects require. Responsible growth means making sure the roads, pipes, and stormwater systems are in place first.
