The Milwaukee City Council held its 2,457th meeting on September 16, 2026, at City Hall and via video conference. The meeting included proclamations, public comments, consent agenda approvals, discussions on tobacco policies and speed reduction, and a key vote on a grant application for the Kellogg Creek Restoration Project. The council also scheduled an executive session.
What is a meeting? I call the two thousand four hundred and fifty-seventh meeting of the Milwaukee City Council to order. 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. If you are interested in speaking, please let staff know by filling out a yellow comment card on the table over there.gov for those on Zoom. Staff will monitor the comment cards, email inbox, and Zoom participant list in chat.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. Translation services are also available in multiple languages. Please see the information slide for details. We generally ask for 48 hours notice to provide translation. Okay, please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. And to the Republic for which it stands. One nation. Under God, indivisible with liberty ancestors. The City of Milwaukee respectfully acknowledges that our community is located on the ancestral homeland of the Clackamas people. In 1855, the surviving members of the Clackamas signed the Willamette Valley Treaty Treaty, also known as the Kalapuya, etc. Treaty with the federal government in good faith. We offer our respect and gratitude to the indigenous people of this land. And now we have some announcements. The Suicide Prevention and Awareness Training Series continues this Friday, September 18th with AID Mental Health Training for Older Adults. This training will help participants gain skills for recognizing mental health distress, respond compassionately, assess immediate concerns, and connect people with resources. Check the city web calendar to find a link to sign up to participate. And it's not one of my formal announcements, but I happen to notice that Spoken Word Books is also doing a teenage mental health sort of workshop. And I believe it's Thursday. So anybody who's interested in that, check Spoken Words social media for that. This free family-friendly event brings the community together to explore practical ways to live more sustainably and build resilience. The community is invited to help co-create the guiding principles for the downtown parking management strategy update on Monday, September 21st from 6 to 8 p.m. at City Hall. The guiding principles in concert with the study findings will help the city select parking strategies that meet the community's expressed priorities and documented needs. Attendees will participate in group discussions on a series of parking topics. Susie's book, Character Work, is at once a memoir, a manifesto, and a startingly honest account of what compassion looks like. I've heard him speak at the library before. He's always very compelling. In a world fractured by division and isolation, the way of befriending offers a transformative vision of connection. And I will note that Mr. Basile mediated or led some uh some of the um equity training that our council did uh for a few years. And he also very compelling speaker. I definitely encourage people to uh attend that. Um join a walking tour through the city on Thursday, October 1st to explore how rainwater moves through our community. Along the way, participants will visit examples of rain gardens, unique infrastructure, native plantings, and learn about the role that these features play in managing stormwater and supporting watershed health. This event is uh hosted by the North Clackamas Watersheds Council. Participants will meet in front of the Letting Library to get started at 5 30 p.m. Learn about and provide feedback on the urban forest management plan update on Monday, October 5th from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Letting Library, and register today to participate in the Dogwood 5K on Saturday, October 10th at 9 a.m. at North Clackamas Park. All proceeds benefit Love One and the Corporal Diffie Veterans Fund. For more information about each of these events, please visit the city's homepage at MilwaukeeOregon.gov or call 503 786-7555. And then we have a haiku submitted by Nicole Perry, a Lynnwood resident and someone who uh cut her teeth uh uh advancing safe routes to school project for the Linwood Um Elementary School and now works in that field with Clackamas County. Um fittingly, her haiku walking and rolling to learn and play and transport safe roots back to school. Uh and um I'm always looking for more haiku, so there's my email address there.