The Milwaukee City Council held a regular meeting on October 8, 2025, at City Hall and via video conference. The meeting included two proclamations, a unanimous vote to designate Milwaukee as an International City of Peace, discussion on a new naming policy, a decision to proceed with a hearing on solid waste franchise termination, and council letters regarding the Kellogg dam restoration project and ICE actions.
This meeting is being held in person at City Hall and by video conference. The public may participate in this meeting by coming to City Hall or joining the Zoom webinar. The meeting is being broadcast live on the city's YouTube channel and Comcast Cable Channel 30 within city limits. There will be opportunities for the public to speak during this meeting. If you would like to address counsel, you may come to City Hall or participate via Zoom. If you are interested in speaking, please let staff know by filling out a yellow comment card for those in City Hall or emailing OCR at Milwaukee, Oregon.gov for those on Zoom. When it is time to take public comments, staff will monitor the comment cards, email inbox, and zoom participant list and chat. We will take comments in the order they are received and seen. Comments may be emailed to OCR at Milwaukee, Oregon.gov. We ask that all Zoom participants who intend to speak label their Zoom username to show their first and last names for the record. Spanish translation services are available upon request. The public is asked to request translation and other meeting accessibility services at least 48 hours before the meeting. For more information, contact the city recorder at 503-786-7502. Servicios de Tradución en Espanol está disponible cuando se es solicitado. Se pide el público que solicite servicios de tradución y otros servicios de accesibilidad por lo menos 48 horas antes de la reunión. Para obtener más información, llama a El Secretario de la Ciudad 53. Siete ocho seis cinco ceros. Translation services are also available in other languages. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. And in just a few minutes, we will have our Indigenous People's Day proclamation. But first, announcements and haikus. Applications continue to be accept accepted for the city's Climate Action Committee. Weaves together her family's story against the backdrop of Korea's tumultuous modern history with a powerful question at its heart. Can we ever separate ourselves from our family's past? And if the answer is yes, should we? Volunteers are needed at monthly restoration events on Elk Rock Island. The next is on Saturday, October 18th from 9 30 a.m. to noon. Volunteers volunteers remove Ivy and invasive plants and pick up litter. Volunteers meet at Spring Park at 19th Avenue and Sparrow Street at 9 30 a.m. And I will say that's uh the October 18th, but more immediately this Saturday, October 11th. There's work party at 9 30 a.m. at Minthorn Springs for anyone who wants to come out. at Minthorn Springs for anyone who wants to come out, park near the Planet Fitness and walk across 37th Avenue and come see all the exciting stuff that's going on in Mint Thorn Springs. Um early design work for the central segment of the Monroe Street Greenway has begun. This segment starts at 21st Avenue, jogs to Campbell Street, then to Oak Street, and back to Monroe Street. Starts at 21st Avenue. Is that right? Oh well, okay. Yeah, it starts starts at Willard and then goes on uh 21st. Okay. And then down Washington. It's kind of a rather than going on Main Street, which is what they typically done, it's going behind. Okay. By uh El Puente and Milwaukee Elementary. Okay. Uh the community is invited to attend an open house on Wednesday, October 22nd from 5 to 6:30 p.m. to see design plans, ask questions, and give feedback. Refreshments will be provided.