{"id":96,"date":"2021-02-24T00:56:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T00:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jimferrell.org\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2021-02-28T13:52:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T21:52:57","slug":"accomplishments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jimferrell.org\/accomplishments\/","title":{"rendered":"Accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mayor Jim Ferrell believes government works best when it\u2019s guided by the voice of the people. Always seeking to increase resident access to municipal government, the mayor has led successful efforts to improve transparency and community outreach, through programs like Neighborhood Connection meetings and the &#8220;New Day Federal Way&#8221; show on Channel 21.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-186 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jimferrell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_0079-e1614549140153-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jimferrell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_0079-e1614549140153-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jimferrell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_0079-e1614549140153.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A strong believer in the importance of access to education, Mayor Ferrell has worked with the University of Washington-Tacoma and Highline College to bring a campus to Federal Way through the University Initiative \u2013 ensuring scholars have the opportunity to not only grow up in a great town, but also go to college right here in our community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Ferrell has led by following public health recommendations, helping open drive-thru testing, delivering rental assistance to those in need, and supporting small businesses and workers through CARES Act funding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-180 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jimferrell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_0050-300x152.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jimferrell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_0050-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jimferrell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_0050-992x502.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.jimferrell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_0050-960x486.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.jimferrell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_0050-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jimferrell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_0050.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other key accomplishments include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating Town Square Park, a Low Impact Development, which serves as the &#8220;beating heart&#8221; of our community<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing a balanced and objective financial plan to build the Performing Arts &amp; Event Center<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building the Town Center Steps, connected Town Square Park, the PAEC and future development while promoting access and walkability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocating for Light Rail to travel down I-5 to Federal Way, growing economic opportunity and ensuring downtown redevelopment through Transit Oriented Development<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Converting to LED streetlights and beginning Federal Way&#8217;s conversion to an electric vehicle fleet<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Withdrawing from the SCORE Jail System, saving the City more than $4 million<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deploying<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> increased resources to keep neighborhoods safe from graffiti and chronic distressed properties <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-181 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jimferrell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/D529F057-266B-46F7-8B89-8A759D369F31-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jimferrell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/D529F057-266B-46F7-8B89-8A759D369F31-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.jimferrell.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/D529F057-266B-46F7-8B89-8A759D369F31.jpg 649w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Securing<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.federalwaymirror.com\/news\/254629101.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the donation of the historical Brooklake Community Center property <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the parks department<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dedicating Downtown\u2019s 60-foot flagpole and designating <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.federalwaymirror.com\/news\/282327961.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veterans Way<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Issuing a city proclamation for Black Lives Matter and raising the Juneteenth flag<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saving<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.federalwaymirror.com\/news\/279936702.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> public health services <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for more than 13,000 low-income women and their children<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityoffederalway.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Documents\/Department\/FI\/Budget\/2017-18\/1-Full%20Document.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating a structurally balanced 2012-2022 budget<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporting small businesses during the pandemic by signing more than half a million dollars worth of CARES Act Grants<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Convening the Mayor\u2019s Homelessness Task Force and acting on recommendations to help create the Pete Anderson FUSION Family Center, helping serve over one hundred families in need per year<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Ensuring greater oversight of the Federal Way Police Department, discontinuing use of chokeholds, and working toward a body camera program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Jim Ferrell believes government works best when it\u2019s guided by the voice of the people. 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