Priorities
Focus on the basics
We need to prioritize the bread-and-butter issues that affect our lives every day, like roads, snow removal, and public safety. Housing is too expensive, especially for families, and seniors are concerned about aging in place.
Patrick is committed to preserving Edina’s reputation as an innovative, efficient city with excellent public services and world-class schools.
Nothing is more important than keeping you safe and filling potholes. We need to catch up on deferred maintenance for roads and bridges, support first responders, protect and expand parks, and plow streets efficiently.
Edina is a multi-generational city, but our kids and grandkids can’t afford to live here. We can change that by protecting starter homes, building more condos and townhomes, increasing permit fees to preserve established neighborhoods, and using TIF to benefit the community rather than developers.
Cities have a crucial role to play in addressing climate change. That means prioritizing clean water, opening more public lands and buildings to community solar gardens, collecting plastic bag fees instead of giving them to retailers, and protecting our parks and urban canopy.
Nearly 40 percent of Edina residents are concerned about aging in place. We should reduce housing costs for lower-income seniors, ensure new developments are ADA-compliant, support the Edina Senior Center, and provide assistance to family members caring for parents or grandparents.