Council approves seven community advisory group work plans and asks for follow-ups on several topics
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Summary
Council voted to approve 2025–27 work plans for seven advisory groups (arts & culture, community involvement, library, planning, parks & recreation, sustainability and youth), and asked staff to follow up on neighborhood‑association coordination, Parker Road possibilities and west-bridge park restoration after ODOT bridge work.
The council approved proposed 2025–27 work plans for seven community advisory groups on Aug. 4 and directed staff to follow up on several localized priorities.
Assistant to the city manager Dylan Digby and staff liaisons presented curated work-plan templates and said the documents were intended as living, editable guides for councils, staff and volunteers. The approved plans included the Arts & Culture Commission; Committee for Community Involvement; Library Advisory Board; Planning Commission; Parks & Recreation Advisory Board; Sustainability Advisory Board; and the Youth Advisory Council.
Nut graf: council emphasized the need for clear staff liaisons, realistic pacing given limited staff capacity, and the option for advisory groups to request changes in writing or meet jointly with council to refine scope. Council members flagged several follow-ups: a suggested joint check-in with the Clackamas County coordinating committee/CCI and neighborhood associations on outreach, probing ways to use existing advisory-group volunteers for events and education programming, and asking the parks liaison to consider the city’s West Bridge Park restoration and potential uses for the Parker Road property.
Staff said three other advisory-group plans (Transportation Advisory Board, Economic Development Committee and Utility Advisory Board) were still under development and would return for approval in September. The council adopted the motion to approve the seven plans by unanimous roll call.
Ending: Staff will post the adopted work plans, schedule the suggested follow-ups with advisory chairs and return with the remaining three work plans in the next month.