A. CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER Mayor Bemis led the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a moment of ... Mayor Bemis read the instructions to citizens. 1. FINANCIAL AUDIT SUMMARY - MERINA & COMPANY 15 Widmark - coment on the employment contract - 3 employees serving... 1. RESOLUTION NO. 2998: AUTHORIZING A LOAN AGREEMENT FOR STORMWAT... Council President Widmark introduced Lori Stegmann, John Orelove,... Wyatt Parno introduced Tonya Moffit,&nbsp;Senior Accountant and K... Motion to Approve 6. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT: CITY ATTORNEY The purpo... 2. RESOLUTION NO. 3003: UPDATING STORMWATER UTILITY RATES Mr. Rouse introduced Sharron Monohon and Steve Fancher and the ag... Motion to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 3003&nbsp; AMENDING 2759 ESTABLI... Mr. Papsdorf&nbsp;presented the staff report on the 2010 Regional... 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE 5 Ms.&nbsp;Stegmann on behalf of the Plaza del Sol planning committ... Ms. Austin presented the&nbsp;report on the financial statements. C. CONSENT AGENDA Vote to Approve 6. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT: CITY ATTORNEY The purpose... 3. REGIONAL/MULTNOMAH COUNTY ISSUES AGENDA Steve Fancher presented the staff report including why the work n... Vote to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 3003&nbsp; AMENDING 2759 ESTABLISH... Mayor Bemis suggested an item&nbsp;to address with the County of ... 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE... Mr. Orelove commented that the action to recognize Pluto Day by t... Ms.&nbsp;Moffit&nbsp;presented the report on the required communi... Sharron Mononhon described the loan agreement and the proposed ra... Mr. Papsdorf said&nbsp;the housing question is a&nbsp;continuatio... 3. PROCLAMATION: PLUTO DAY 5 Ms. DeMaster&nbsp;thanked the Council for their support in the Ro... Councilor Warr-King mentioned that these financial statements wer... E. COUNCIL BUSINESS Councilor Nielsen-Hood asked what is currently being used&nbsp;as... Mayor Bemis agreed but cautioned to be&nbsp;careful with the word... Mr. Fancher said many of the drywells&nbsp;that are a part of the... Councilor Craddick thanked Mr. Papsdorf for his presentation. She... 6. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT: CITY ATTORNEY The purpose of this contrac... Councilor Nielsen-Hood asked why the drywells were paved over. Mr. Papsdorf said an alternative&nbsp;could be to remove the item... Mr. Fancher said most of the City drywells that are a part of the... Mayor Bemis said it is important to leave the item on the regiona... Councilor Nielsen-Hood asked if staff knows where all the drywell... Mr. Papsdorf said he will work with staff within the City and com... Mr. Fancher said staff knows where they&nbsp;all are&nbsp;located... Council President Widmark said he would like to have an understan... Councilor Warr-King requested item number C-1 from the Consent Ag... Councilor Nielsen-Hood asked why there is such a short notice on ... Councilor Warr-King&nbsp;asked for clarification of the use of th... Mr. Fancher&nbsp;said this is a special program created by the St... Mr. Papsdorf said the&nbsp;intent was to convey that while this r... Motion to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5 AND C-9... Councilor Warr-King said the terms of the loan are fantastic. He ... Vote to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5 AND C-9.<... Ms. Monohon said the rate being adopted now needs to support the ... C-1 Councilor Warr-King&nbsp;asked if there had been any discussion a... Councilor Warr-King&nbsp;asked why staff has changed from a&nbsp;... Ms. Monohon said once the water meter relacement project is compl... Mr. Rouse said this was the&nbsp;result of a competitive bidding ... Councilor Warr-King asked how long it will take to&nbsp;replace t... Councilor Nielsen-Hood referred to&nbsp;Exhibit A on page 27/214 ... Ms. Monohon said the intent would be approximately one year from ... Mr. Rouse acknowledged the correction. Councilor Warr-King requested a&nbsp;report from staff on the rep... Motion to Approve AWARD THE STREET SWEEPING CONTRACT TO WATER TRU... Councilor Craddick asked why the&nbsp;drywell project&nbsp;is so&... Vote to Approve AWARD THE STREET SWEEPING CONTRACT TO WATER TRUCK... Mr. Fancher said&nbsp;the Portland’s monitoring plan requires&nbs... Councilor Craddick asked&nbsp;why Gresham has so many drywells. Mr. Fancher said part of it is circumstances of the geology. Ther... Vote to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-6, C-7, AND C-8. (Approved) Councilor Craddick asked if Council approves the&nbsp;utility rat... Ms. Monohon said that is correct, there will not be another incre... Council President Widmark asked if the paved over&nbsp;drywells w... Mr. Fancher said that is partially correct. Over time the drywell... Council President Widmark referred to the $62,500 reserves requir... Ms. Monohon said it is the&nbsp;equivilent of one-half a years wo... Motion to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 2998: AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING ... Vote to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 2998: AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING A ...