Milwaukie council directs staff to press NCPRD on Milwaukie Bay Park IGAs, requests reply by Dec. 2

Milwaukie city staff on Tuesday walked the council and public through draft amendments to the 2008 cooperative intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District and the principal terms of a proposed Milwaukie Bay Park IGA, then the council voted to direct staff to respond to the district and request a reply by the council's Dec. 2 meeting.

City staff member Emma told the special session the city's single objective in negotiations is to "get Milwaukie Bay Park back on track and delivered substantially by 2027." She summarized two draft agreements on the table: an amendment to the 2008 cooperative IGA that would clarify which party capitalizes park assets and the rights and responsibilities for maintenance and programming, and a separate Milwaukie Bay Park IGA that sets project funding and management terms.

The proposed IGA language on capitalization would assign capitalization to the party that funds a capital improvement and, in the event of a future withdrawal from the district, would require the city to pay the district the depreciated value of district-capitalized assets in…