Council President Widmark read the instructions to citizens. Mayor Bemis entered into the record the written testimony previou... 1. CONTINUATION: PLAN MAP AMENDMENT - NW WALLULA AND NW DIVISION 1. CODE REVIEW Devin Shields, eigth grader from Clear Creek Middle School read t... B. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS FOR AGENDA (EXCEPT PUBLIC... Rita Hribernick, citizen of Gresham presented testimony... Mayor Bemis read the order of procedure. 2. RETAIL DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT Dave Ris, City Attorney, Ashley Berman, Assistant City Attorney,&... Mr. Abbate introduced the agenda item and gave some background on... 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE Mr. Rouse accepted the proclamation and gave a description o... Suzan Wells, citizen of Gresham presented testimony regarding&nbs... C. CONSENT AGENDA Councilor Nielsen-Hood referred to page 3 of the powerpoint prese... Dan McAuliffe, Associate Planner presented the staff report. 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE... Terry Shumway, citizen of Gresham stated the major concern of the... Motion to Approve THE COUNCIL CONTINUE THIS HEARING TO ITS MEETIN... Mr. Schmidt said the general timeline is 30 days. However, t... Councilor Strathern said his strong concern is that establis... 3. PROCLAMATION: EARTH DAY Councilor Strathern said Ms. Hribernick's statement is the cleare... Vote to Approve THE COUNCIL CONTINUE THIS HEARING TO ITS MEETING ... Councilor Nielsen-Hood asked what "good cause" would&nb... Mayor Bemis said the staff would need to answer the question of t... Joanne Philbrook, citizen of Gresham said she was issue... Mr. Ris said currently the code allows an automatic rescheduling ... Mayor Bemis asked Eric Schmidt, Director of Community Development... Councilor Widmark removed item C-4 Councilor Nielsen-Hood complimented the staff on the way the... Veda Taylor, citizen of Gresham said the City is overlo... Motion to Approve ITEMS C-1, C-2, C-3, AND C-5.   ... Council President Widmark commented on the great product being pr... Mr. Abbate said complicated issues must have a very public p... Vote to Approve ITEMS C-1, C-2, C-3, AND C-5. (Approved) Councilor Strathern referred to the citizen and public invol... Councilor Fuhrer suggested limiting discount stores to the 4... Council President Widmark recognized Cory Williamson an... Mr. Ris said he received one phone call from a citizen and no fur... Motion to Approve Consent Agenda Item C-4   Moved by Co... Councilor Strathern asked who is on the committee for c... Councilor Craddick asked if there are legal remifications fo... Mr. Ris said the committee is made up of one staff person fr... Mr. Harker said there are no legal ramifications for limiting bui... Councilor Craddick asked for clarification on the difference betw... Councilor Craddick said she would like to be certain that staff i... Mr. Schmidt said an administrative enforcement fee is the Ci... Mr. Abbate said location is key to this issue. One reason si... Councilor Craddick asked what financial implication removing admi... Councilor Craddick said she feels the City needs more retail... Mr. Schmidt said these fees are not budgeted so there will not be... Councilor Widmark said there needs to be some verbiage regar... Councilor Warr-King asked how staff will be consolidating se... Mr. Abbate said staff has discussed the issue of vacancy and&nbsp... Mr. Ris said the codes are not being consolidated. Each serv... Councilor Widmark said design is extremely important and the... Consensus of the Council was to proceed with the direction of the... Mayor Bemis said what is it we are trying to do. Design will... Councilor Nielsen-Hood said it is a sad statement that Counc... Councilor Fuhrer said multi-story retail is typically only s... Councilor Strathern asked Council President Widmark if there was ... Council President Widmark said the maximum square footage was&nbs... Councilor Strathern said the design issues are not going to resol... Councilor Warr-King said responsible development is needed and th... Councilor Craddick said if the Council approves the Design C... Mr. McAuliffe said that would be the point where any large format... Councilor Craddick asked what impact zoning has on store&nbs... Mr. Harker said the role land use districts or zoning has in our ... Councilor Fuhrer said he is not in favor of a blanket limit ... Councilor Craddick answered the policy questions by saying she su... Councilor Strathern said as elected officials they are respo... Mr. Abbate said there is nothing limiting Council from putting a ... Councilor Craddick said Council has asked staff to modify th... Councilor Nielsen-Hood asked for clarification of the curren... Jonathan Harker said the schedule currently calls for five c... Councilor Strathern said he feels there hasn’t been a discussion ... Mayor Bemis said with all due respect everyone should take g... Councilor Strathern asked if Mayor Bemis was aware of the schedul... Mayor Bemis said he was not aware of the schedule changes but not... Councilor Strathern said he has never seen a great enough level o... Mayor Bemis said this Council is trying to get answers so an... Mr. Abbate said staff will come back to the Council wit...