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Milwaukie considers targeted land-banking, right-of-first-refusal and modest pilot fund
Summary
City staff presented options for a targeted land-banking policy, including a right-of-first-refusal ordinance limited to specific parcels, and council discussed funding options (CET, URA, grants) and the need for partner-led acquisitions; council asked staff to return with funding scenarios and legal precedents.
Mandy Bird, the city's development project manager, presented land-banking options at the Nov. 18 work session, framing two approaches: (1) a resource-intensive formal land bank with a dedicated fund and staff capacity, and (2) a middle-ground, targeted policy framework that uses tools such as a right-of-first-refusal on selected parcels and partnerships with nonprofit fiscal sponsors.
Bird said the right-of-first-refusal approach could be used selectively: "I'm not necessarily thinking that Milwaukie would do like a blanket policy across the whole city, but we could look at certain areas of…
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