League of Women Voters of Ohio
Hamilton County, OH November 4, 2003 Election
	Barbara Duncan Fillion Answers Questions Candidate for Member Council; Village of Evendale

The questions were prepared by the LWV Cincinnati Area and asked of all candidates for this office.

Read the answers from all candidates.

Questions & Answers

1. How would you implement your top priority?

I would research successful community engagement processes which could be reapplied with Evendale residents & businesses (e.g., that used in the recent Princeton building levy campaign). Based on understanding "what worked" in other communities/organizations, I would gather input from residents and business owners/leaders to formulate a proposal for Council & the Mayor to discuss -- and hopefully fund/implement.

2. Numerous important issues including transportation, land use planning, housing and economic development for the Greater Hamilton County regions are being deliberated by OKI's Land Use Commission and Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission and Planning Partnership COMPASS; how engaged should local government be in these planning activities? If elected, how would you participate in these planning activities?

I believe local governments should be actively involved in decisions being recommended and made for Hamilton County as a whole. If elected, I would first learn what Greater Hamilton County projects could impact Evendale (and other municipalities in the County). I would then work with the Mayor, Council and the Planning Commission to determine the most appropriate way for Evendale to participate in and influence important decisions impacting our Village. If appropriate I would participate personally in committees addressing these issues at the County level.

3. Ohio Department of Natural Resources in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Recycling Coalition conducted a state-specific study and found recycling businesses in Ohio generated $650.6 million dollars in state government revenue. If elected how would you promote recycling and support recycling programs currently in place in your community to reduce solid waste generation?

Evendale currently provides non-segregated curbside recycling as part of garbage pick-up service. I would first understand how residents & businesses participate in this service as compared to other communities' recycling efforts. I would want to understand the benefits of "optimum" use of recycling, and then work with interested residents &/or businesses to determine if & how the community could improve its participation.