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2025 Platform Progress

Below you will find the platform that was posted prior to the By-Election in October of 2025. The platform emerged from the thousands of doors that I knocked on and what I heard. What I have done in the sections below is commented on the specific items that I proposed and talk about what progress has been made (or not) in the last 10 months. I will build off of this platform, the progress that has been made, what I have learned in the last 10 months and what I hear at the door through this summer and fall to be released in October prior to the election.

Thanks to the community for their continued support.

Frazier

After knocking on thousands of doors and leveraging over a decade of expertise as a policy researcher and advocate I have crafted the following platform. If you have questions please reach out to campaign@frazierfathers.ca or drop me a message on social media.

Proven. Prepared. Ready to Lead.

The next Ward 2 Councillor will step into a “Strong Mayor” budget while the rest of council has been advocating all year, and Ward 2 will just be getting started. I know the budget, I’ve listened to the priorities of my West Windsor neighbours, and I’m prepared to advocate for Ward 2 from day 1.

I’ve spent almost 15 years living in West Windsor – I care deeply about the community. I went to university and rented an apartment, I own my home and run my business here.

During my near 7 years at United Way overseeing community research and engagement along with $2 million in funding, I led strategies to uplift our neighbourhood and worked with West Windsor organizations like Sandwich Teen Action Group (STAG), Life After Fifty, Unemployed Help Centre (UHC) and Big Brothers Big Sisters. I helped secure millions of dollars in community benefits when I led the Gordie Howe Bridge Community Benefit Consultation in 2017.

As a non-profit and affordable housing consultant, I work with municipalities to create incentives for new affordable housing, and I’ve led strategic planning for community-focused organizations like The Welcome Centre Shelter for Women and Families and Windsor Family Homes and Community Partnerships. My commitment to community building and civic engagement goes beyond my professional life – I’ve written about our City’s last 7 budgets on my blog (here is the 2025 post) to drive community conversations. I sat on the City of Windsor Development Charge Taskforce with council members, administrators and developers to explore ways to find a balance between affordable housing and funding critical infrastructure.

No other candidate knows the issues, processes, data or budget better than I do.

Small Changes, Big Impacts

At the doors of my Ward 2 neighbours, one thing has stood out to me most – doing the little things well for our community will deliver meaningful impact for the day-to-day lives of residents. That’s why I’ll be focused on what our Ward 2 residents have told me matter most to them.

  • Traffic Calming and Lowering Speed
    • Converting 2-way stops into 4 way stops near schools, parks and other neighbourhood intersections.
    • Speed bumps, speed humps, bump outs, and other traffic calming that goes beyond signs that are too often ignored.
    • Implement Vision Zero.

  • I spent a lot of time learning the technical nature of this as provincial regulation, engineering standards and other technical factors play a role in whether a road gets traffic calmed. Some of the actions outlined above are more or less possible for a range of reason depending on the street.
  • 6 speed studies were conducted in the Ward result of which were shared with engaged neighbours.
  • Road diet at the Tecumseh and Felix intersection accidents down 50% since installation (projecting vs year over year);
  • New bollards at crosswalks by the University and on Matchett Road;
  • Partnered with the Sandwich BIA and HDGH to install additional radar feedback signs;
  • Forthcoming Speed Bumps at the Sandwich Street Roundabout.
  • A council question about the incremental cost difference of automatically including traffic calming in all residential and side street road reconstructions – report is due back in November/December to be considered as part of the budget process;
  • I 100% support dropping speed limits to 40km per hour;

  • Protecting our Parks
    • Strongly advocate in the 2026 Park Master Plan update for additional West-Windsor park investment. Prevent divestment from neighbourhood parks.
  • Supported the investment of 6 replacement playgrounds in West Windsor parks;
  • New solar lights into Bradley and Girardot Parks
  • New outdoor workout equipment, signage and benches into Gateway Park attempting to activate the space;
  • New improvements to Wilson Park opened, Adie Knox on schedule to open November 2026.
  • Supported the continuation and expansion of the SUPIE Program; Free Swims in West Windsor Outdoor Pools;
  • Work on Parks Master Plan will begin Fall of 2026.
  • Shares residents concerns about the “Park Naturalization” at Curry Playlot.
  • Strategically Closing Unpaved Alleyways
    • In many cases in West Windsor, alleyways need to be closed. As too many rental properties now back onto alleyways, they are not being maintained. This leaves homeowners dealing with overgrown alleyways, rodents and issues that won’t be solved by absentee landlords.
    • The City should divest from these alleys, provide the land at cost to the property owners and recover the cost through increment tax income.
  • This has not gone to plan, I spoke to several residents at several points about closing alleyways.
  • The administrative barriers to closing alleyways are significant. Fundamentally the City can’t just give the land away, as a property owner will eventually pay tax on that land, it would change property valuations, need maintenance etc..
  • Surveys are need to ensure proper land is added to parcels, a overall program is needed to move forward, but if a majority of residents don’t want to the property, due to being an absentee landlord as an example, it can kill the prospects of closing the alleys.
  • Rodent Abatement
    • Skunks, rats, possums are an issue across West Windsor. Often these critters take advantage of poorly maintained rental properties and boarded up homes for habitat.
    • A ward wide approach to tackling these rodents are needed rather than a one or two property owners.
  • This is a City-wide issue this summer. Working with 311 and by-law to try and better enforce property standards.
  • A submitted over 107, 311 request directly on behalf of residents.
  • Additional abatement deployed around the demolition of boarded up homes by the City.
  • Ward 2 Crime data is decline 7.9% year over year as of June, but the perception and challenges exist. Specific hotspots have been identified by residents with on going reporting to Windsor Police.
  • Advocated for additional police patrols and enforcement in West Windsor. There is more to be done here.
  • Facilitated a community police/resident meetings related to problematic issues in neighbourhood. Allowing residents to directly ask questions and get answers for Police Officers.
  • Supported the re-engagement of neighbourhood watch in Bridgeview neighbourhood;
  • Enhance Property and Parking Enforcement
    • Advocate for proactive by-law enforcement to ensure neighbours aren’t putting up with eyesores.
    • Strengthen parking enforcement around the university and near HDGH to prevent residential street saturation by parked commuter vehicles or students.
  • Supported a motion to trigger a City-wide study of parking regulation.
  • Moved the next phase of the Residential Rental Enforcement program forward the proactive work of this group will potentially include parking enforcement on rental properties if required.
  • Moved a motion to change requirements for second ADU to provide parking spots for tenants and reduce on street parking pressure
  • Improve Transit Frequency and Efficiency
    • Advocate to improve transit connectivity to local shopping areas (Tecumseh and Huron Church).
  • I did push back against $4 per ride transit getting to $3.95- a symbolic victory at best.
  • The West Windsor terminal opened which will reduce idling time at the terminal and allow for future capacity increases.
  • The Transit Master Plan has been accelerated meaning that if approved in the 2027 Budget a new updated master plan will begin, so that next term of council can support funding for new system priorities.
  • Accessibility and Communication
    • Launch a West Windsor newsletter.
  • Admittedly I didn’t get to this but I did launch a community calendar that I post every month on social media and this website has served as a more irregular newsletter for top issues;
  • Launched a budget survey in November of 2025.
  • Held office hours at local libraries for residents to drop in and chat. Over 30+ residents attended these.

On the Horizon

Before the next municipal election at least three major decisions that will potentially impact Ward 2 will likely occur.

Residential Rental License Program

It is expected that before the end of the year, the City will be deciding whether to continue, modify or end the Residential Rental License Program. Ward 2 has one of the highest absentee landlord rates in the city – I will work to ensure the continuation and improvement of this program that empowers the City and our residents to hold landlords accountable and keep tenants safe. The pilot wasn’t prefect we need to refine it and make it better, good landlords should be rewarded while those who take advantage of renters and the neighbourhoods for profit should be held accountable.

The next iteration of the Residential Rental Program you can read a post about it here but here is a summary:

  • As part of budget Council authorized the merging of the building and by-law enforcement departments. Through this merger and cross training of staff, this is creating needed capacity in the system and enable 1 officer to do what used to take 2 visits to a property. This free up approximate 800 visits per year worth of capacity.
  • A series of educational campaigns will be launched in 2027 to educated landlords and tenants on rights and responsibilities. If issues are forced to go to court, it shows the City acted in good faith and tried to educate violators.
  • A series of by-law updates are coming in 2027 changes to our dirty yard, noise and other by-laws will potentially speed up enforcement times and deter violations.
  • 2 By-law officers will shift to proactive rental enforcement city wide starting in 2027. They will focus on rental properties and build off of existing data city wide through 311 complaints.
  • Following a year of this proactive efforts reports will come back to council and broader enforcement strategy will be planned to be deployed.

Location of the H4 and the Mission/Housing and Homelessness

After the failure to situate the H4 on Wellington, right on the border of Ward 2, Council asked consultants to assess sites across the City. These should not be moved to West Windsor. Ward 2 is already home to some of the highest rates of poverty and social housing in the City, adding this additional layer of community challenges will stunt the positive momentum that West Windsor has.

The whole plan and location needs to be revisited. Rather than concentrating a mega-shelter in one location we should be exploring smaller more neighbourhood friendly facilities and wraparound supports meeting people where they are. These projects should include neighbourhood impact assessments and community benefits for existing residents to offset the unintended impacts of these facilities on the surrounding neighbourhood.

  • The current proposal has seen the Barn being identified as the potential home for a village transitional housing project. I fully admit that I have doubts, but it is the only plan on the table currently. There is a willing champion in Ward 3 Councillor Agostino. There is a general consensus to explore the concept in more detail.
  • Council approved environmental assessment process for the Barn, this process would have been required even if we decided to demolish the building or if we sold it to a developer. Our next steps will be based on this outcome as well as a more detailed plan for the proposed facility.
  • The City wide Housing and Homelessness Master Plan update is due in late 26/early 27 will provide a broader system snapshot of overarching needs and priorities.
  • Seconded Councillor K. MacKenzie’s motion to fund the Welcome Centre Shelter.
  • Moved the motion that City Administration bring forward a more transparent budget process for the Homelessness Services in 2027.

Community Benefits from the Ambassador Bridge

The Ambassador Bridge is building a truck plaza next to the bridge, and a land swap with the City is coming. After years of secret negotiations, we saw what best practice looks like with the Gordie Howe Bridge Community Benefit Agreement. The question is what is going to happen to Forster and the boarded up homes. West Windsor deserves a Community Benefit Agreement from the Ambassador Bridge and City to clearly articulate what will happen. The City of Detroit signed a Community Benefit Agreement with the Ambassador Bridge, and the Hubbard Richard Residents Association why not in Sandwich Town?

  • No community benefits yet, but there is movement on some things, 17 of 30+ remaining boarded up homes have emergency demolition permits in process. These buildings will come down over the summer and into the fall.
  • Unfortunately a new CTC owned Concrete Plant is coming. More info to come this fall when FOI comes back.
  • Need to determine next steps in Plaza negotiations or establish plans to tackle other Bridge related issues in the area (Road repair, Fire Station, Forster etc.)

Onward and Upward

Re-Imagining Huron Church Road

With the Gordie Howe Bridge about to open soon this will divert significant truck traffic away from the Ambassador Bridge, a first step in re-imagining the corridor is a traffic study after the Gordie Howe enters full operation. This can be the start of re-imagining this corridor as a more pedestrian and community friendly space.

  • Requested a report back on the costs and timing for the update and expand the 2004 Huron Church Road Urban Design.
  • This report (if supported) is the first step in re-imaging this corridor which is only partially municipal jurisdiction as due to it “Trade Corridor Status” there are both provincial and federal interests and approvals required as I understand it.

Advocating For Future Phases of University Ave Reconstruction

The first phase of University Ave is under construction but no future works are currently planned between now and 2035 (See pdf page 370) other than some early engineering. Leaving this project half finished would leave this stretch a road as a street to nowhere.

  • Next phase in the mid-2030s, we will need to move this up. If you talk to a mayoral candidate ask them about this, I am going to be.

Fixing Wyandotte Street’s Broken Tooth

The amazing investment in Addie Knox is underway, but just across the street, the old Benson school sits abandon on a major thoroughfare. The revitalization of Wyandotte street stops at Campbell, we need to start that process again. We need to take action on Benson and enhance the Community Improvement Plan targeting this area to leverage the great investment at Adie Knox to attract investment and fix this broken tooth.

  • Requested a report on the City potentially purchasing the building. Report should be presented in Fall 2026 depending on Council’s “lame duck” status.
  • Discussions of whether to save the existing heritage property or allow demolition and a clean site will likely be the crux of any future development.

Housing Affordability

I wrote a report on this topic earlier this year. We need to build more housing that is both attainable and affordable across the City of Windsor. Housing affordability is out of reach for too many. Unfortunately the market won’t get us there so we need to explore alternative solutions like Land Trusts, reviving Co-op housing, and the speed up construction processes and times.

  • Former St Michaels School on Detroit St. has been added to the Housing Solutions portfolio. Remediation work is being tendered this summer for some site clean up. A community consultation will come later this year (early next year) and I hope it will be out for expression of interest by Summer 2027 for shovels in the ground in 2028!
  • Supported a range of housing projects being approved across the City.

Beyond these there have been a few surprises and other opportunities that have emerged which I will have more to say on soon.