Citizen Participation
Park Preservation and Development
Senior Services
Neighborhood Preservation
Water
Business Development
Infrastructure

Citizen Participation
Jill Hardy believes it is essential for the people of Huntington Beach to be active in their government in order to protect the residents’ ability to participate in local government and make sure that every Councilmember is held accountable to the entire city.

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Park Preservation and Development
As the city nears build-out, Jill Hardy believes it is essential to ensure that open space is preserved to provide every neighborhood access to a park.  She believes the city’s park development fund should be used throughout the city and not on a single large project.  Jill supports passive uses in Central Park and is opposed to any project that would create high intensity uses.

Jill Hardy feels that the city needs to work with the school districts to make sure that the grounds of closed school sites are preserved as open space.  She voted in favor of the city’s purchase of the Wardlow and Lamb school playing fields.

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Senior Services
Jill Hardy supports improved facilities and increased services for Huntington beach senior citizens, but not at the cost of lost open space.  She believes that a site for a new senior center can be found that will not require paving an additional 5 acres of parkland in Huntington Beach.

As a Councilmember and teacher, Jill has created opportunities for cross-generational activities.  She supports more opportunities for seniors and youth to work together.

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Neighborhood Preservation
Jill Hardy has been supportive of working with downtown residents on neighborhood compatibility efforts.

As our older neighborhoods recycle, Jill believes the downtown can serve as a model for neighbors who wish to work together in preserving the character of their neighborhoods.

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Water
As a member of the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) Board of Directors in 2005, Jill Hardy made sure that progress towards full secondary treatment continued in order to eliminate the practice of dumping partially treated sewage off the Huntington Beach coast as soon as possible.

In addition, Huntington Beach needs to work with surrounding communities on innovative ways to treat urban run-off before it discharges to the ocean.  As Mayor, Jill traveled to Washington DC to lobby for money to create urban runoff treatment through natural means.

Jill Hardy believes the city should convert to increment-based water fees to encourage and reward conservation.

Jill voted against the Poseidon desalination project because it was not the right solution to our local water needs.  She felt that the negative impacts of the project far outweighed its benefits.

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Business Development
Improving the city’s sales tax base is a key to providing city services.  Jill Hardy feels the city needs to continue working with both property owners and business owners to help them revitalize the many older shopping areas throughout Huntington Beach.

Jill is supportive of closing Main Street to vehicular traffic.  As a member of the Council committee looking at the proposal, she is working with downtown merchants, residents, and city staff to make sure that the project enhances the Main Street atmosphere and increases business.

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Infrastructure
Jill Hardy believes that maintaining our city’s infrastructure must be a civic priority in preserving our local quality of life.  The basic facilities, equipment, installations, and public services needed for the operation and growth of our city should receive both our attention and the resources necessary to keep our city running strong. 

Jill believes that budget protections of city funds set aside for maintaining our local infrastructure should be preserved, and that infrastructure needs receive the full attention of the City Council and city staff in making allocation decisions.

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