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A PROVEN LEADER​

Françoise Bergan was elected to her first term of Aurora City Council in 2015 and re-elected in 2019. She ran on a platform of bold leadership and vision. She recognized Ward VI residents wanted abundant recreational opportunities, well-kept roads, retail shopping, safe neighborhoods, and good schools. In short, they deserved their fiscal fair share of city hall’s attention.

 

She pledged to advocate for families, neighborhoods, and business in her ward. She also promised to be a dedicated steward of tax dollars. She delivered on her promise. (Even while undergoing six months of chemotherapy in year one.) She has relationships with residents and HOAs, with top officials in city departments from Parks to Public Safety to Public Works, and with local business leaders that help improve Aurora every day. To her, being a council member is not a side job—it is her full-time job.

 

Her impact is evident in an ordinance that closed the legal loophole shielding the owners of rental homes operating as illegal marijuana grow houses. It is proven by miles of additional trails, new and improved parks, and millions of dollars slated for open spaces without raising taxes. Roads are being widened and extended. Formerly barren medians are now landscaped. New traffic signals and intersections are making daily driving safer. And Ward VI finally received its first recreation center.

 

But her work is not done. With your support, she is just getting started.

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ON CITY COUNCIL

Members of Aurora City Council serve as policymakers for the city, approve annual budgets and contracts, and make land use decisions. As the current council member for southeast Aurora, Françoise also represents 75,000 constituents, listening to their concerns and advocating on behalf of their community. In her inaugural term, Françoise has served on the following committees, commissions, and outside boards (listed at the end):

 

Policy (Current)

  • Chair of Planning & Economic Development Committee

  • Vice Chair, Management & Finance

  • Member, Water

  • Commissioner, Aurora Urban Renewal Authority

 

Mayor Pro Tempore (2021 and 2022)

  • Chair, Rules Committee

  • Chair, Charter Committee (formed in fall 2022)

  • Red Tape Ad Hoc Committee,

  • Mayor Pro Tem runs Council meetings and serves in place of the mayor for absences or conflicting events

 

Policy (2020)

  • Chair of Planning & Economic Development Committee

  • Vice Chair, Water

  • Member, Management & Finance

 

Policy (2019)

  • Chair of Planning & Economic Development Committee

  • Vice Chair of Public Safety, Courts & Civil Service Committee

  • Member of Water Policy Committee

  • Commissioner of Aurora Urban Renewal Authority

 

Policy (2018)

  • Chair of Planning & Economic Development Committee

  • Vice Chair of Water Policy Committee

  • Member of Management & Finance Committee

  • Commissioner of Aurora Urban Renewal Authority

 

Policy (2017)

  • Chair of Public Safety, Courts & Civil Service Committee

  • Vice Chair of Planning & Economic Development Committee

  • Member of Water Policy Committee

  • Commissioner of Aurora Urban Renewal Authority

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Policy (2016)

  • Chair of Public Relations, Communications, Tourism, Libraries, Boards & Commissions

  • Vice Chair of Water Policy Committee

  • Member of Public Safety, Courts & Civil Service Committee

  • Commissioner of Aurora Urban Renewal Authority

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Outside Boards & Commissions

  • E470 Authority (2023 - 2017), Vice Chair, 2022 and 2023

  • Aurora Economic Development Council (2023 -2017), Executive Board Member

  • Aerotropolis Regional Transportation Authority (2023, 2022)

  • Region 9 Opioid Governance Committee, Vice Chair (2022 & 2023)

  • Mile High Flood District, 2021 and 2022

  • CCBWQA Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority (2019 & 2018)

  • Aurora Police Association Scholarship Committee (2017)

  • Spirit of Aurora (2016 & 2017)

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