We Need Your Help!

May 23

We Need Your Help: We are mounting an email campaign to ask the Metro Council to designate just 2 percent of the just-approved zoo bond measure to fund restoration of the zoo train. Voters said yes to $380 million zoo bond in the May 21 election. As currently planned, the funds would be used to upgrade animal habitats and zoo infrastructure—but not the railway. This could change, as the Metro Council must now officially adopt a spending plan.

Your timely letter or email can help persuade the council to do the right thing and support the zoo train. Please email your Metro Councilor and Council President Lynn Peterson, copying Metro Chief Operating Officer Marissa Madrigal and Oregon Zoo Director Heidi Rahn, urging them to include the zoo railway, including the Rose Garden Loop, in detailed spending plans for the zoo bond.

Here's a Draft Email: Borrow ours or draft your own! Alternately, use this or your own text in a US mail letter. Here is a word template, if you prefer that.

To: Lynn Peterson, lynn.peterson@oregonmetro.gov; YOUR COUNCILOR, EMAIL ADDRESS

Cc: Marissa Madrigal, marissa.madrigal@oregonmetro.gov; Heidi Rahn, heidi.rahn@oregonmetro.gov

Subject: Fund zoo train restoration

The Zoo Railway is an Oregon treasure, built decades ago with funds from children, businesses, and voters. You hold the key to its future. The recently passed bond measure provides up to $380 million for zoo upgrades. Please designate just TWO PERCENT of these funds to restore the railway and its Rose Garden Loop. Future generations will thank you.

Your constituent,

Your Name Here

Who is my Metro Councilor?

Link to find your councilor: https://www.oregonmetro.gov/about-metro/metro-council/find-your-councilor

Metro Councilors:

Lynn Peterson, Council President (at large), lynn.peterson@oregonmetro.gov

Ashton Simpson, District 1, ashton.simpson@oregonmetro.gov

Christine Lewis, District 2, christine.lewis@oregonmetro.gov

Gerrit Rosenthal, District 3, gerritt.rosenthal@oregonmetro.gov

Juan Carlos González, District 4, juancarlos.gonzalez@oregonmetro.gov

Mary Nolan, District 5, mary.nolan@oregonmetro.gov

Duncan Hwang, District 6, duncan.hwang@oregonmetro.gov