Arnold for Alder

Record and Accomplishments

Fitchburg City Government

• Alder, District 4, Seat 7, since 2005
• Chair, Common Council Public Safety and Human Services Committee, since 2009 and member since 2005
• Vice Chair, Transportation and Transit Commission, since 2007; Chair, 2005-2007
• Member, Resource Conservation Commission, since 2007
• Member, Broadband Telecommunications Commission, 2005-2007
• Chair, Ad Hoc Zoning Code Rewrite Committee
• Chair, Northeast Neighborhood Land Use Committee, since 2008
• Member, North McGaw Neighborhood Plan Steering Committee, 2008-2009
• Vice Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Substation Facility Planning, 2006

Initiatives

• Building a Fitchburg municipal library building
• Restructuring our land use rules for a sustainable region
• Planning for transit-oriented development in the Green Tech Village, Southdale, and McGaw neighborhoods
• Preserving urban agriculture in the Southdale neighborhood
• Supporting the Park and Open Space Plan
• Updating our parking requirements to allow walkable neighborhoods
• Defining a permanent urban development boundary
• Opposing sprawl development along our border in the Town of Verona
• Developing a transfer of development rights program
• Regulation of large-scale retail development
• Planning transportation options for the 21st century energy market and environmental challenges
• Organizing a corridor partnership to activate our eastern rail line for light rail service
• Preventing the widening of South Fish Hatchery Road
• Establishing a municipal parking utility
• Expanding and improving Metro bus service
• Working for bicycle transportation facilities
• Funding the bicycle and pedestrian plan update
• Protecting the climate and adopting the U.S. Council of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement
• Introducing the Smoke-free Fitchburg Ordinance
• Relocating the Oak Ridge Transmission Substation from Hillside Heights
• Developing a vision for the redevelopment of the Allied Drive Community
• Guaranteeing security deposit rights for all renters
• Regulating payday loan stores

Public Life

• 1000 Friends of Wisconsin member
• Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin member
• Byrnewood Neighborhood Association Past Vice President
• Campaign for Change Fitchburg District 4 Captain
• Covenant Presbyterian Church member
• Congress for the New Urbanism member
• Dane County Council of Governments working group member
• Dane County United Land Use Action Team leader
• Democratic Party of Wisconsin member
• Fitchburg Chamber of Commerce President's Club member
• Fitchburg Historical Society member
• Grassroots Fitchburg member
• Meals on Wheels volunteer
• The Road Home (formerly Interfaith Hospitality Network) volunteer
• Sierra Club member
• United Way of Dane County Key Club member
• United Faculty and Academic Staff, American
  Federation of Teachers Local No. 223, AFL/CIO member
• Wisconsin Historical Society member

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