City council prioritized its list of twenty goals, creating a top nine to focus on in the coming year, at its April 19, 2011 Council Meeting. Thanks to those citizens who offered comment during the goal setting process.
1. Identify where the $5 million for light rail comes from by August 30, 2011.
2. Pursue economic development initiatives that:
• promote small business investment and development that capitalize on making Milwaukie a unique destination
• promote development of neighborhood-centered commercial centers, including 20-minute walking neighborhoods
• promote downtown as a special place
• identify facilities in the City to attract destination events and activities
• continue to explore the opportunity to bring minor league baseball and secure the ODOT property.
3. Complete a fair wastewater agreement with Clackamas County Service District #1.
4. Develop Riverfront Park by Jan. 1, 2013.
5. Review Public Facilities Study and provide direction for implementation.
6. Develop a plan for consideration of Ledding Library expansion options.
7. Improve collaboration between Council, Boards, Commissions, Committees, and Neighborhood District Associations.
8. Develop the station building with the Light rail line so the building is in place when the Light Rail line opens in Milwaukie.
9. Bring forward cost and scope information to complete Master Plans for Kronberg and Balfour Parks and complete the plan for Kronberg Park by the time light rail opens.
The remaining eleven goals will be prioritized in approximately six months. They are listed in the order that they appear on the earlier draft goal list:
1. Cultivate other avenues of two-way communication between City and citizens.
2. Review the City’s boundaries - negotiate with Happy Valley in establishing Milwaukie's eastern border.
3. Council play a greater role in regional bodies.
4. Make the Kellogg Plant a good neighbor
5. Gather more information on Tree City USA designation and assess current greening efforts.
6. Allocate resources within the Capital Improvement Plan to improve livability in the neighborhoods.
7. Complete Kellogg for Coho Project by Jan. 1, 2016.
8. Develop an intra-city transportation system to coordinate with Light Rail.
9. Move from a reactive to proactive Code Enforcement Program in the City.
10. Address emergency preparedness by developing and implementing a plan of what the City does to prepare and respond to an emergency while assisting City residents to become sufficiently prepared.
11. Decide how the City will care for City parks, open space, median strips and other public area that are the responsibility of the City.
