Safe
Pedestrian Safety. Prioritize pedestrian and bicycle safety on key connecting streets through the City’s Spot Program.
Parking. Push back on state policies that allow large housing units to be built without parking spaces. We are currently building 85 units downtown without parking.
Protect Residents. Carefully and intentionally put safeguards in place to keep residents safe from outside forces, such as federal immigration and data centers.
Affordable
Generate New Sources of Revenue. Charge right-of-way licensing fees for companies using our roadways and airways to deliver goods. Increase the share paid by larger businesses on the public safety bill. Motels will generate lodging tax. Annex properties that already use City utilities without paying the fees. Twenty is Plenty program and Red Light Camera programs keep roads safer and generate revenue.
Responsible and Affordable Housing. Increase inventory of affordable housing, built through carefully considered codes, land banking, and nonprofit partnerships. Responsibly build the right kind of housing in each neighborhood without over-building and overwhelming public parking. Build it right instead of simply checking a box to say we did it.
Homeownership Opportunities for Residents. Create more opportunities for residents to build equity through purchasing an affordable primary home.
Stable
Community Gathering Places. Create public community gathering places in every neighborhood district, where residents can hang out and connect. Build off previous work to further incentivize existing HUB zoning and make this idea a reality.
Thriving Local Businesses. Create an efficient city-wide business network to help each Milwaukie business collaborate, generate tourism, thrive, increase local job opportunities, stay affordable to working class neighbors, and pay livable wages.
Parks and Green Spaces. Continue the City’s ambitious plans to create and maintain more parks and green spaces throughout Milwaukie. Add bathrooms to parks.