Jaime Resendez has done the hard work to bring improvements

Community Empowerment

Jaime worked to establish the Southeast Dallas Neighborhood Coalition, leaders of 9 neighborhood associations, to work on issues to improve the quality of life in Southeast Dallas. To empower our neighborhoods, and give residents a voice in district-wide issues that require changes in city policies and procedures. The group has already received recognition from city departments as a united voice for District 5.

Public Safety Initiatives

Jaime supported the following initiatives:

• Creative measures to reduce street racing and stunt driving.
• Expansion of the RIGHT Care program to divert mental health crisis calls from the police to a team of mental health experts.
• Installation of LED street lights in areas with high rates of nighttime violent crime, including: Buckner at Lake June, Bruton at Prairie Creek, and Great Trinity Forest at C.F. Hawn Freeway.

Economic Development

There are three local projects in the works:

• Acquisition of park land at Masters & Old Seagoville Rd.
• An integrated community development project on St. Augustine near Elam to include an arts & technology community program/space, clinic, workforce housing, and child care.
• Acquisition of the old Carnival grocery store on Bruton at Buckner to encourage long needed economic development at this location.

Keeping Dallas Affordable

• Supported lowering the property tax rate.
• Voted to approve an increase in the senior citizen homestead exemption to $90,000.