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2015 Adam Medrano (District 2)
2015 Adam Medrano (District 2)
Council
District:
2
Please
complete
questionnaire
below.
You
must
send
a
completed
electronic
copy
to
Political@StonewallDemocratsOfDallas.org
or
mail
a
completed
copy
to
P.O.
Box
192305
Dallas,
TX
75219
by
Monday,
March
2nd.
Please
share
any
experience
that
illustrates
your
understanding
and
interest
of
the
needs
of
LGBT
Dallas
residents.
I
chair
the
Citys
LGBT
Task
Force.
Working
with
the
Task
Force
the
city
council
passed
a
Resolution
supporting
equal
rights
for
employees
of
the
City
of
Dallas,
citizens
within
the
City
of
Dallas
and
visitors
to
the
City
of
Dallas
to
address
disparate
treatment,
if
any
,of
lesbian,
gay,
bisexual
and
transgender
(LGBT)
persons.
Coming
up
on
a
year
that
the
resolution
was
passes,
I
am
proud
to
list
the
accomplishments
made
by
the
task
force
towards
equality.
The
City
hired
a
diversity
officer
in
May
2014
Modified
Family
Medical
Leave
Act
(FMLA)
o Revised
the
Citys
Family
Medical
Leave
Ordinance
in
May
2014
Modified
the
definition
of
FMLA
to
include
designated
care
recipient
o Revisions
to
the
Administrative
Directive
3-72
Revisions
to
reflect
the
inclusion
of
care
of
a
Designated
Care
Recipient:
to
the
list
of
eligible
reasons
to
utilize
FML.
o Allows
LGBT
members
who
have
partners,
with
whom
they
reside,
to
care
for
their
partner
designed
care
recipient
if
that
individual
has
a
serious
health
condition
and
meets
all
the
requirements
of
the
Act.
Transgender
Health
Benefits
o Humans
Resources
Updated
the
Summary
Plan
Description
(SPD)to
Pay
for
Transgender
Services:
Psychotherapy
for
gender
identity
issues
Added
Hormone
Replacement
of
the
desired
gender
Laboratory
testing
to
monitor
the
safety
of
the
continuous
hormone
therapy.
Human
Rights
Campaign
(HRC)
Municipal
Equality
Index
(MEI)
Score
2014
o The
HRC
municipal
index
rates
municipalities
of
varying
sizes
drawn
from
every
state
in
the
nation.
There
are
291
Cities
with
a
total
population
of
over
77
million.
o In
2013,
on
a
100
point
scale,
the
City
of
Dallas
scored
81
points.
o On
2014
index
the
City
of
Dallas
scored
91
points.
With
91
points,
Dallas
is
now
a
Human
Rights
Campaign
All-Star!
Proposition
4
Charter
Amendment
Nondiscrimination
protections
for
LGBT
city
employees
o The
City
of
Dallas
voters
supported
adding
both
sexual
orientation
and
gender
identity
and
expression
to
the
City
Charter
amendment
prohibiting
discrimination
against
City
employees
based
on
Gender
identity
and
sexual
orientation.
Civil
and
Police
and
Fire
employees
Pension
Benefits
were
expanded
to
cover
same
sex
partners.
Stonewall
Democrats
of
Dallas
seek
to
inform
members
of
the
LGBT
and
Democratic
Party
community
of
candidate's
political
background.
Our
organizations
by-laws
require
us
only
to
consider
candidates
with
Democratic
Primary
voter
history
or
or
affirms
their
party
affiliation
via
an
oath
of
allegiance
to
the
Democratic
Party.
Do
you
qualify
or
would
you
be
prepared
to
sign
an
oath
of
allegiance
form
from
the
Dallas
County
Democratic
Party?
Cities
compete
for
residents,
tax
payers,
conventions
and
new
businesses/economic
development.
As
a
member
of
the
Dallas
City
Council,
how
would
you
insure
that
Dallas
can
compete
effectively
with
other
cities
in
the
area
of
LGBT
inclusion?
The
taskforce
has
begun
to
work
with
the
GLBT
chamber
to
improve
in
these
areas.
The
Dallas
CVB
has
developed
Diversity
and
Inclusion
Policies
and
added
a
Vice
President
for
Diversity
and
Inclusion
Would
you
recruit
and
consider
qualified
LGBT
constituents
for
your
commission
and
board
appointments?
Yes,
I
currently
have
LGBT
constituents
serving
as
my
appointees
to
boards
and
commissions.
Will
you
support
the
Dallas
City
Council's
resolution
for
marriage
equality
and
also
a
statewide
ban
on
LGBT
employment
discrimination?
Yes,
absolutely.
I
have
supported
both
through
the
passing
of
the
Citys
equality
resolution,
which
requires
the
City
to
place
equality
issues
in
its
legislative
lobbying
agenda.
Mayor
Rawlings
has
refused
to
join
the
nationwide
effort
of
mayors
of
300
cities
and
32
states
to
become
a
member
of
Mayors
for
the
Freedom
to
Marry.
This
effort
is
chaired
by
Mayors
of
Boston,
New
York
City,
Houston
and
Los
Angeles.
Would
you
actively
lobby
and
take
action
to
encourage
Mayor
Rawlings
to
join
this
effort?
(Please
see
http://www.freedomtomarry.org/pages/mayors-for-the-freedom-to-marry)
I
have
and
will
continue
to
work
with
the
Mayor
to
understand
the
importance
of
joining
this
effort.
The
private
sector
has
seen
a
large
increase
in
policies
and
benefits
for
LGBT
employees,
how
should
the
City
of
Dallas
remain
competitive
to
attract
and
retain
top
LGBT
talent?
Working
with
the
Task
Force
we
were
able
to
update
policy
language
in
both
the
City
Nondiscrimination
ordinance
and
City
Charter
to
add
gender
identity
and
gender
expression
to
both.
Also
I
advocated
for
the
recent
expansion
of
same
sex
married
couple
benefits
in
both
the
Civilian
and
Police
and
Fire
Pension.
Do
you
support
comprehensive
transgender
inclusive
health
benefits
and
as
a
council
member
work
with
the
City
Manager
to
implement
such
benefits?
Yes, and I was a strong advocate for the expansion of transgender health benefits which included:
I
will
continue
to
advocate
until
we
have
full
inclusion
of
benefits
up
to
and
including
gender
affirming
surgeries.
4. Current
Events
The
Governor
and
several
state
legislators
intend
to
push
legislation
through
to
curtail
the
current
scope
of
governance
of
home
rule
cities
like
Dallas.
This
could
remove
local
control
over
matters
such
as
drilling
within
city
limits,
LGBT
protections,
etc.
Do
you
favor
or
oppose
this,
and
what
do
you
plan
to
do
in
response?
I
oppose
this
and
will
personally
lobby
in
Austin
for
their
defeat.
What
are
your
thoughts
on
the
current
campaign
finance
rules
for
Dallas
elections
which
set
donation
amount
limits
on
people
newly
seeking
office
but
essentially
place
no
donation
amount
limits
on
incumbents
via
unrestricted
officeholder
accounts
which
may
be
used
for
campaign
purposes?
I
was
1
of
5
Council
Members
to
sign
a
memo
to
bring
this
before
the
full
council.
I
was
the
second
on
the
motion
made
by
Council
Member
Greyson
that
closed
the
loop
hole
to
only
allow
$100.00
of
office
holder
funds
to
be
used
towards
campaign
purposes.
The
proposed
Trinity
Parkway
toll
road
continues
to
make
headlines.
Do
you
see
the
Trinity
Parkway
as
an
essential
roadway
project
to
alleviate
projected
road
congestion
around
our
downtown
core,
or
are
there
other
solutions
that
Dallas
should
be
focused
on?
I
dont
support
the
Trinity
Toll
Road.
The
following
projects
listed
in
the
bullets
below
will
assist
in
alleviating
traffic
congestion
around
the
downtown
corridor.
Complete
project
Pegasus.
(Horseshoe
project,
Canyon
and
lower
Stemmons)
Tear
down
elevated
freeway
between
East
Dallas
and
Fair
Park
Tear
down
I-345
Given
that
tax
revenue
for
the
City
of
Dallas
should
rise
this
year
without
a
tax
rate
increase,
what
are
the
top
priorities
to
which
these
additional
funds
should
be
directed
citywide
and
within
your
district?
These
funds
should
be
directed
to
our
parks,
streets,
libraries,
animal
services,
poverty
initiatives,
infrastructure
maintenance,
and
street
lighting
in
our
entertainment
districts
(Deep
Ellum,
Cedar
Springs,
and
Henderson
Ave.)
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
all
of
our
citizens.
I,
Adam
Medrano,
am
seeking
an
endorsement
from
the
Stonewall
Democrats
of
Dallas
for
the
2015
Dallas
City
Council
elections.
Date_3/2/2015