Cities, water district and county eye local projects, TriMet seat and a $25M BUILD grant
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Summary
Clackamas jurisdictions used Jan. 13C2B4s meeting to flag local capital needs: wastewater projects, a new Lake Oswego fire station, TriMet board endorsement for Jeff Goodman, and a potential $25 million federal BUILD grant with a $5 million local match for the Rock Creek Junction intersection.
Local elected leaders and staff used the Jan. 13 C4 meeting to summarize planned capital work and requests to the delegation and to ask for support.
Mayor Joe Buck of Lake Oswego asked members to support Jeff Goodman for the TriMet representative seat for the district that covers much of Clackamas County. "Jeff has applied formally for the [TriMet] position," Buck said, noting GoodmanC2B4s experience and fiscal perspective and asking jurisdictions to circulate endorsement letters.
Paul Gornick of Oak Lodge Water Services reported a successful $3 million grant for a tertiary treatment upgrade; bids came in at about $10.5 million against a $12 million estimate. Several smaller jurisdictions cited wastewater and water system needs and said they may ask the Legislature for funding in later sessions.
Jamie (county staff) announced the county is considering a federal BUILD grant for the Sunrise Corridor/Rock Creek Junction project (Highway 212/224), describing a proposed request of $25,000,000 with a $5,000,000 local match to be brought to the county board for approval. Jamie said the county may ask this C4 group for letters of support if the board approves advancing the application.
Procedural business: the C4 group approved the meeting minutes by motion with one abstention. There were no other formal votes recorded on policy items.
Next steps: jurisdictions were asked to communicate local capital priorities to legislative staff and to consider support letters for the BUILD grant and the TriMet endorsement if requested.