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Dean Fortin (born March 1, 1959) served as mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, from 2008 to 2014. Dean Fortin was first elected to city council in 2002 and became the 51st Mayor of Victoria on November 15, 2008. He was sworn into office for a second term on December 8, 2011. He was defeated by Victoria city councillor Lisa Helps on November 15, 2014. Fortin has a B.A.(Geography), JD (law) and M Ed (Counselling). He was Executive Director of the Burnside Gorge Community Association for 17 years before being elected Mayor. Previously, he helped establish and operate the Victoria Association for Street Kids for seven years. He has practiced as a lawyer in both Whitehorse and Victoria.〔(Victoria, City Hall. )〕 Fortin's priority was building affordable housing and tackling the issue of homelessness. Other priorities included encouraging sustainable development, enhancing downtown safety and vibrancy, and advancing a green transportation strategy.〔Dec. 2, 2008 City of Victoria Council Minutes〕 ==Accomplishments== Affordable Housing and Homelessness During the 2008-2011 term, affordable housing and homelessness was identified as a top priority. As a result, 447 units of affordable housing were created with City funding from 2008 -10. This includes 91 units within the Capital Region but outside of Victoria. Highlights of the 2008-2010 Affordable Housing Initiatives: * Two former motel properties (Travelers Inn) were purchased and being turned into supportive housing units. * Over $1.5 million invested from the Housing Trust Fund in affordable housing initiatives in Victoria, creating 281 units of supportive housing, shelter space and rental housing for low income individuals and families. * 124 secondary suites created since amending the secondary suite policy and introducing a grant incentive program of up to $5,000 for adding secondary suites in single family homes. This program received a FCM award for Excellence * 11 new housing agreements that either limit restriction on rentals (in the case of strata projects) or create rental units and rent restrictions for a prescribed period of time. This protects 104 new units. * A development permit was issued for the first purpose-built rental apartment building in almost 30 years in the City, creating 23 new rental units. * Mayor Fortin was co-chair of the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness. The City provides an annual operating grant of $100,000 . * Total number of people housed during this period throughout Greater Victoria was 1597. Includes everyone in Greater Victoria who moved into subsidized housing and/or receives a rent supplement.〔City of Victoria Release July 13, 2011〕 Downtown Disorder In 2009, Mayor Fortin launched a Task Force to address the growing social disorder in the downtown core. The task force was entitled "Late Night – Great Night" and addressed the issues of excessive intoxication and the associated vandalism, fighting and aggressive behaviour, crowded streets after bar closing time, noise, public urination, and a lack of coordinated late night transportation. The Downtown Late Night Task Force consisted of Mayor Dean Fortin, Councillor Charlayne Thornton-Joe, and Chief Constable Jamie Graham of the Victoria Police Department. The task force members interviewed downtown business owners and workers, transportation providers, and security personnel. The task force also sought input from late night downtown users including students and youth. The Task Force recommended and Council endorsed a variety of interventions, which led to the introduction of late night weekend public bus service and late night taxi stands with security. Bar Watch was introduced as well as dedicated weekend night police patrols in the downtown. The City introduced portable urinals, which were eventually replaced by permanent outside facilities. Results of the task force show that calls for service downtown between Thursday evening and Sunday morning dropped by 26%, property crime in downtown Victoria was decreased 50%, and disturbances, drug offences and violent crimes decreased by 33%. Bus Priority Lanes Fortin and his council, in partnership with the BC Transit Commission, successfully introduced the first Priority Bus lanes in the Greater Victoria Transit System on Douglas Street in September 2014.〔http://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/departments/engineering/transportation-planning/douglas-street-priority-transit-and-cycling-lanes.html〕 The first phase opened introduced "Transit and Cycling priority lanes" from Fisgard Street to Hillside Avenue Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. southbound and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. northbound. A second phase of priority transit and cycling lanes from Hillside Avenue to Tolmie Avenue was begun in early 2015 and is due for completion in fall of 2015. Dean Fortin was the first Mayor in the City of Victoria to march in the Pride Parade, beginning in 2009. Mayor and Council participated every year since that time. Mayor Fortin directly assisted in introducing the Victoria HarbourCats baseball team to Victoria in 2013. Located throughout the Pacific Northwest, the West Coast League is one of the premier collegiate summer leagues in the North America and is known as the "Diamond Standard" of summer collegiate baseball . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dean Fortin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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