Roxanne Qualls

Return to City Council (2007–2013)

← Previous revision Revision as of 10:59, 27 April 2026 Line 91: Line 91: ===Return to City Council (2007–2013)=== ===Return to City Council (2007–2013)=== On August 8, 2007, the Charter Committee selected Qualls to fill the council seat vacated by [[Jim Tarbell]]. She was elected to full two-year terms on council in November 2007, 2009, and 2011, and served as Vice Mayor from 2009 to 2013, chairing the Budget and Finance Committee, the Livable Communities Committee, and the Subcommittee on Major Transportation and Infrastructure Projects.<ref name="iop-harvard" /><ref name="loeb" /> On August 8, 2007, the Charter Committee selected Qualls to fill the council seat vacated by [[Jim Tarbell]]. She was elected to full two-year terms on council in November 2007, 2009, and 2011, and served as Vice Mayor from 2009 to 2013, chairing the Budget and Finance Committee, the Livable Communities Committee, and the Subcommittee on Major Transportation and Infrastructure Projects.<ref name="iop-harvard" /><ref name="loeb" />
During this period Qualls was the leading council advocate for the city's adoption of [[form-based code]] zoning. Beginning in 2008 she led trips of city officials and stakeholders to [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] to study its form-based code, and she chaired the committee that oversaw the city's Plan Build Live Cincinnati initiative.<ref name="cinci-fbc">{{cite web |title=Form-Based Code |url=https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/planning/projects/completed/form-based-code/ |publisher=City of Cincinnati Department of City Planning |access-date=April 27, 2026}}</ref>

==Career in academia== ==Career in academia==