Candidate for
Council Member; City of Brea

Christine Marick is the right choice, right now for Brea City Council. As a Brea homeowner and a Planning Commissioner, Christine cares about our community and offers a valuable mix of perspectives: fiscal conservative, independent thinker, involved community member, consensus builder, and family-oriented.

CHRISTINE BELIEVES IN:

• A balanced budget
• Strong financial reserves
• Consensus building
• Attentiveness to residents' needs

• Effective, respectful, city-resident communications
• A meaningful city-resident engagement program to identify the community's values and priorities that will guide the City Council
• Attentiveness and sensitivity to residents' needs
• Respectful council debate of the issues and effective consensus building
• Independent decision-making
• Investigation of additional Public Safety cost sharing opportunities with neighboring cities
• A complete public-private sector executive and employee compensation study
• Completing the community projects started by the Brea Redevelopment Agency
• Continuing the effort to preserve open space for our children
• Maintaining programs for children, families, and senior citizens

• MBA, Anderson School of Management, UCLA
• BS, International Economics, Georgetown University

• Municipal Bond Credit Analyst, Payden & Rygel
• Economist, US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Director of Administration, Podesta Group

• What is the best use of the City's remaining landfill mitigation funds?

• Brea is a great place to live, in part due to our outstanding infrastructure and amenities such as the Civic Center, Sports Park, and Community Center. We now have the opportunity to further improve our city using the landfill mitigation funds. However, it is not up to five Council Members alone to decide the best use of these funds. We must ask city residents: What Next? It's time for a public engagement project that asks residents what they want. Be reengaging the community, we will continue Brea's traditions of listening to residents and enhance our reputation as a premiere city.

• What is the most important issue facing Brea and how would you deal with it?

• General Fund expenditures are increasing faster than revenues, the bulk of which we don't directly control. To maintain Brea's quality services in the future, I will consider creative ways to increase business investment in Brea, which will increase revenue without raising taxes. In addition, I will work with my colleagues to control costs. Potential opportunities exist with further pension reform; expansion of shared services to police and maintenance as well as fire; outsourcing; and employee compensation. My commitment to voters is to use Brea's resources + the taxes we all pay + as efficiently and effectively as possible.