It’s Time to Get to Work, Wayzata!

Wayzata is a growing city, with natural beauty and PEOPLE who are unmatched. We need a Mayor ready to roll up his sleeves, get to work, and make sure the city maintains its strengths without growing unsustainably or in a direction which fundamentally changes who we are. These are the issues I’m running on.

Fiscal Responsibility

  • The city operating budget has grown by $2million from $5million to $7million in less than 5 years and another planned increase of 8.71% for 2025.  This is unacceptable!

  • Wayzata has experienced increased costs associated with our growth, particularly with the addition of 18 restaurants along the Lake & Panoway public space and lakewalk. . We should be looking closely at a wide range of opportunities to capture revenue from visitors to cover these increased costs without adding financial burden to Wayzata residents.

  • Focus on needs not wants without raising the tax levy every year.  

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Public Safety, Law & Order, Supporting our First Responders

  • Invest in our Independent locally controlled police and fire departments
  • Ensure that they have the tools to do the job of addressing fire & EMT response, petty crime, noise, loitering, and traffic violations of cars, motorcycles, & ebikes
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Maintaining Infrastructure & Alleviating Congestion

  • Our downtown area, in particular, faces parking and circulation issues. It’s clear that we need to make changes to our public street parking and explore creative solutions to mitigate traffic congestion along Lake Street and Wayzata Boulevard.
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Bringing Back the Public into Public Service

  • City leadership often leaves important decisions to city managers and attorneys. This lack of engagement is unacceptable. We need leadership that listens and responds directly to the needs of the community, not one that hides behind bureaucracy.
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Invest in Parks and Public Space

  • We should invest in parks and public spaces only after essential city services like police and fire are shored up. Before looking towards significant investment in Klapprich park or implementing the final phases of Panoway or, we need to make adjustments to what we have now & improve how it functions for residents and visitors alike. 
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Fiscal Responsibility

Fiscal responsibility is essential for our residents. I am an advocate for lowering taxes and reducing the overall tax burden on businesses and residents. I support fees for visitors to Wayzata so that they pay their fare share.  (for example charge for parking at JJ Hill Days, Art Experience and Chilly Open)  We must prioritize essential services such as law enforcement and firefighting while eliminating unnecessary administrative positions and consultants. Respecting taxpayers in Wayzata means optimizing every dollar to enhance our quality of life.

Public Safety

Public safety is a top priority.  We need to focus on recruitment and retention strategies including fair and equitable pay to police and fire personnel to stop officers from leaving for other communities. We are struggling to retain our Police and Fire personnel due to low compensation. Starting pay for our on call fire personnel is $14 and our compensation for our police is near the bottom (ranking 25th-27th) of cities in Hennepin County. 

We need a long-term plan to ensure the safety and well-being of our residents. This includes enhancing our independent police and fire departments. We must also address leadership transitions within these departments, (we are on our third police chief in 4 years) ensuring continuity and effectiveness.

I believe in enhancing community policing to ensure our neighborhoods are secure and our police have the resources they need to get the job done efficiently.  I am committed to strengthening community policing efforts by investing in adding more community service officers to support our beat cops.  We need to provide our law enforcement officers with the tools necessary to address everyday issues like noise, loitering, and traffic violations effectively.

Maintaining Infrastructure & Alleviating Congestion

Over the past decade, Wayzata has undergone significant commercial development, leading to increased congestion and traffic challenges. Our downtown area, in particular, faces parking and circulation issues. It’s clear that we need to make changes to our public street parking and explore creative solutions to mitigate traffic congestion along Lake Street and Wayzata Boulevard. We must address the safety issues from the narrowed road along Lake Street. These measures are essential to improving traffic flow and ensuring accessibility for our residents.

Better Engagement with our Residents

I believe in proactive community engagement.. I’m committed to being a visible and accessible mayor, engaging with residents and businesses directly to address their concerns and feedback. We need leadership that listens and responds directly to the needs of the community, not one that hides behind bureaucracy.

Invest in Parks and Public Space

I am proud of my contributions to creating green space and improving access to one of Wayzata’s greatest assets—Lake Minnetonka. However, I was not part of City Leadership when the plan was implemented, and we have come up short in the execution of the project. I am stepping forward to offer solutions to address these shortcomings. Exploring use/tax fees for visitors to support the maintenance of this new public space is essential. While in City Leadership, I architected a plan that delivered 10 years of prepaid maintenance for each major project element, but we need to close that gap past 2030 including charging visitors for use by charging for parking as an example.