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Milwaukie staff to prepare City Day one‑pager; council signals Milwaukee Bay Park as priority
Summary
Staff will prepare a two‑sided one‑pager for next week’s City Day at the state capitol; councilors suggested prioritizing a request for Milwaukie Bay Park funds, tracking housing, behavioral health, utility affordability and recreational immunity, and keeping a broader 'call-me' list for bills to monitor.
City staff will prepare a two‑sided one‑pager for next week’s City Day at the Oregon State Capitol and requested council feedback; several councilors urged that Milwaukie Bay Park funding be the meeting’s primary, repeatable ask.
Assistant City Manager Joseph Brillio summarized staff’s plan to convert the city’s priorities into a compact handout for legislators and to coordinate meetings on City Day. Staff recommended adding the Kellogg Dam restoration project to the list. Councilors discussed the League of Oregon Cities’ priorities and suggested adding behavioral-health support, recreational-immunity legislation, housing and energy/utility affordability to the list of items the city will monitor and pursue.
Several councilors advised a focused strategy: present one prominent, memorable ask (council discussion favored Milwaukie Bay Park funding as that anchor) and use a second column or separate leave‑behind to list bills or topics the city will track and be available to discuss. Staff proposed a timeline: circulate a draft one‑pager on Friday and request council comments by Sunday to allow printing for City Day.
Councilor comments included calls for narrowly tailored legislative asks and relationship‑building with committee members; one councilor suggested a $5 million figure as an easy, memorable target to close a funding gap but staff said they will analyze current cost estimates and grant lapses before fixing a number. Staff also captured a desire to use follow-up meetings to translate the general ask into specific bill numbers once measures are introduced (measure-intro deadline Feb. 25 was cited).
Separately, several councilors said they intend to draft or support letters on other issues: PGE rate increases and utility policy, and veterans’ access to community care under the Mission Act (House Bill 2537 was cited). Staff said they will include tracked bill numbers and produce the one‑pager on the schedule the council requested.
