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{| class="wikitable"|-! Initiatives and Projects Implemented as County Commissioner 2016-2020|-| Restrooms at [[Beulah Park]] || Completed|--completed --| Traffic Light light at [[Beulah Road ]] and [[Mobile Hwy]] || Completed|--completed --| [[Mitchell Avenue ]] Sidewalks in [[Avondale]] || Completed|--completed --| Drainage improvements and Sidewalks project on [[Merlin Road]] || Completed|--completed --| 4-lane and sidewalk addition for [[Longleaf Drive ]] from [[Pine Forest Road ]] to [[Wymart Road--fully ]] || funded and currently at 60% design -|-| $2.5 Million in Restore Act Funding requested funding for a new District 1 Boat Ramp and park facility on 39 acres at [[Perdido Bay]] || Requested -|-| $1.5 Million in D1 Restore Act funds utilized to help bring the $230 Million ST Engineering Aerospace Expansion expansion to Escambia County--with over 1300 good paying new jobs!projected, || In progress -|-| Acquisition of OLF 8 OLF8 in Beulah to be utilized to create mixed -use development and amenities for the Beulah community and the county + an additional 300 jobs at NFCU paying an average wage approaching $50K yearlyNavy Federal Credit Union || In progress |--Voted to economize County Transportation by negotiating the function to become an in-house department-saving County taxpayers millions of dollars. --| Turn lane Lane at [[Woodside avenueAvenue]] || Completed|-completed --Intersection improvements at | Wilde Lake Blvd and at Pine Forest RoadIntersection improvements || Completed|-completed --| [[Hwy 98 Resurfacing and Safety Improvements from Blue Angel to the Alabama State Line]] resurfacing || Completed [[2018]]|-| [[Muldoon Road]] resurfacing || Completed [[2018]]|-completed (state funded) -| [[Mobile Hwy]] safety improvements, in Design [[2021]] || completion anticipated [[2022]]|-| 4-lane and [[9-Mile Road]] with sidewalks from Exit 5 in Beulah to Beulah Road--funded and under construction with completion this year (state funded)bike lane || Completed by Summer 2020 |-- Upgrades to the | [[Bellview Ball park, Park]] upgrades including a new score board and renovated baseball and softball fields-scoreboard || Completed [[2019]]|-completed -- Drafted and presented to the BCC the ordinance establishing the |NW District 1 advisory D1 Advisory committee--ordinance passed for intelligent growth in [[Beulah]] || established [[2018 ]]|-|Escambia Youth Commission initiative || Approved and the committee was selected and seated in Established [[2019. This 9-member committee will assist D1 with the drafting of an overlay district or a master plan to help more intelligently guide development in the greater Beulah area (precincts 43, 5, and 68)]] -|-$300K in Restore Act funding submitted for the cost of the Beulah area master plan or overlay plan --Myrtle Grove Fire Station--$80,000 mold remediation project--completed --|District 1's first Public Library-public library || funded and under construction Fall [[2020]]|-|[[Beulah Fire Station]] remodel || fully funded, building is purchased and under design is underway. Construction to begin summer Summer [[2020 with completion in 2021]] by Townes+Architects |--As Chairman in 2018-negotiated/mediated a |4-year Year pay plan for the [[Escambia County Deputy Sheriff's Office to reduce attrition Department]] || mediated and provide more competitive pay for deputies --Street Lights along Mobile Hwy at 8-Mile Creek Road, Klondike, and Millview--completed --$3.2 Million worth of neighborhoods and streets repaved in District 1 over the last 3 years --Escambia Youth Commission Initiative/Program--Ordinance Approved and program launched in 2019 --District 1 discretionary LOST funds projects programmed: -Beulah Fire Station Modernization $1,000,000.00 -Bellview Public Library $250,000.00 -Regional Drainage Improvements, -Godwin, Blue Angel, Sarasota Street $400,000.00 -Drainage project, Dunaway Lane $200,000.00 -Cerny Road/Muldoon sidewalks, street lights/drainage improvements $700,000.00 -Splash Pad at Beulah Park $200,000.00 -Misc. street lights, sidewalks and roadway improvement at various -other locations throughout District 1 $225,000.00implemented [[2018]]|}

--implementation *Implementation of a Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Hotline-Independently run by a unbiased third party. --*District-run health clinic November, 2010. This first of its kind in Escambia County Schools employee health clinic was opened in June of 2013--*Implementation of a multi-faceted Drug Eradication Strategy--this includes canine searches and drug testing students that participate in extracurricular activities. --*Video Recording of all workshops and meetings of the School Board --*School Board "web-presence" on the district's new web page. After a 16 month series of delays, the School Board's web page was put up in [[2011 ]] to increase transparency.--*Addition of a Safe Harbor Provision in the District Rights and Responsibilities Handbook, as a balance to zero tolerance. This initiative to provide students and parents an additional layer of due process protections was implemented over extensive protests by district staff and administrators-- *Participation of the Escambia County School District in the MAP (Merit Award Program), a statewide teacher performance pay program to reward great teachers and grow student achievement. --*Expansion of music programs at the secondary level, with the addition of a new High School Band at [[West Florida High School ]] beginning in the 2010-2011 school year.--*Initiation of the Establishment of a University Lab School in Partnership with the [[University of West Florida]]. School opened 2010-2011 school year.--*Acceleration of closure and consolidation process to correct district inefficiencies.