Venus Velazquez

Venus Velazquez

Seattle City Council

Position 3

2007 CITY OF SEATTLE CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE

Historic Seattle thanks you for taking time out of your busy campaign schedule to complete this questionnaire. Your responses on the questionnaire will be placed on Historic Seattle's website and provided to our members, local media outlets, and other interested parties.
 
1.  Building public awareness:  What priority do you assign to Seattle's efforts to educate community residents about the importance of historic preservation?
 
□ High Priority               ■ Medium         □ Low              □ No opinion
 
Statement:  None
 
2.  Revitalizing neighborhoods:  What priority do you give to assuring that Seattle has the financial resources required to play a significant role in revitalizing historic neighborhoods?
 
■ High Priority             □ Medium         □ Low              □ No opinion
 
Statement:  None
 
3.  Preserving designated City landmarks:  What priority do you give to sustaining Seattle's designated landmarks and saving other landmark-eligible historic places as properties that enable residents to see history and learn from it?
 
■ High Priority              □ Medium         □ Low              □ No opinion
 
Statement:  None
 
4.  Protecting Seattle's heritage in court:  What priority do you assign to the work of the Hearing Examiner and City Attorney regarding the preservation of designated City landmarks and landmark-eligible properties?
 
□ High Priority               ■ Medium          □ Low              □ No opinion
 
Statement:  None
 
5.  Advocacy for historic homeowners:  How do you rate Seattle's efforts to influence public policy and public perceptions around the benefits of preserving significant historic residences?
 
□ High Priority              □ Medium        ■ Low               □ No opinion
 
Statement:  None
 
6.  Influencing public policy:  What priority do you place on Seattle's work to foster preservation-friendly policies and funding?
 
□ High Priority               ■ Medium         □ Low              □ No opinion
 
Statement:  None
 
7.  Supporting historic preservation:  What priority do you assign to sustaining and funding Seattle's Historic Preservation Program in the Department of Neighborhoods?
 
□ High Priority              ■ Medium        □ Low              □ No opinion
 
Statement:  None
 
8.  Funding for preservation projects:  What priority do you assign to the provision of grants and revolving loans for Seattle's private historic preservation projects?
 
□ High Priority               ■ Medium        □ Low              □ No opinion
 
Statement:  None