A. CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER Councilor Craddick read the instructions to citizens. Jef Kaiser, member of the Natural Resources and Sustainability Co... Susanjoy Baskoro, City Recorder read the consent agenda. 1. CONTINUATION: PLAN MAP AMENDMENT - TYPE III PUBLIC HEARING - N... 1. RESOLUTION NO. 3004: UPDATING SOLID WASTE COLLECTION RATES Dave Rouse introduced Dan Blue,&nbsp;Solid Waste and Recycling Ma... Deborah Bond presented the staff report. B. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS FOR AGENDA (EXCEPT PUBLIC... Councilor Craddick said staff is aware of the situation and&nbsp;... Councilor Rod Park presented the update on the Metro activities (... Roll Call: 18 members present, 2 members absent, 0 members excused. Councilors Craddick, Fuhrer,&nbsp;Strathern, Neilsen-Hood and May... 2. RESOLUTION NO. 3005: CONTINGENCY TRANSFER&nbsp; Dan Blue presented the staff report. Councilor Nielsen-Hood asked for clarification on the increase of... 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE<BR> Dave&nbsp;White, representing the five companies that provide&nbs... Councilor Nielsen-Hood&nbsp;commended Councilor Park on&nbsp;gett... C. CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Bemis and Councilors Nielsen-Hood, Strathern, Fuhrer and Cr... Councilor Craddick asked what impact Metro’s recycling policy cha... Mr. Abbate said the $40,000 for the parks feasibility study is an... 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE... Mike Halgrimson, President of the Foundation for the Center for t... Councilor Park said the East Metro Connection Plan was a&nbsp;dir... Motion to Approve Consent Agenda item C-2. &nbsp;&nbsp;Moved by C... Dave Krogh,&nbsp;City Senior Planner and Project Planner for this... Mr. Blue asked which&nbsp;policies Councilor Craddick was referri... Councilor Craddick asked which&nbsp;properties the parks feasibil... Councilor Strathern emphasized the&nbsp;kids program offered at t... Councilor Strathern&nbsp;complimented Councilor Park on his passe... Vote to Approve Consent Agenda item C-2. (Approved) David Sinnett, representative from American Properties presented ... Councilor Craddick said Metro has changed the&nbsp;models on how ... Mr. Abbate said the two sites staff is working&nbsp;with Metro on... Councilor Nielsen-Hood&nbsp;said it will be a Chamber of Commerce... Councilor Park said&nbsp;Greater Greenlight Portland is the entit... Mayor Bemis asked for Consent Agenda&nbsp;item C-1 be pulled from... <STRONG>Bill Humbert</STRONG>, Vice President of the NW Neighborh... Mr. Blue said he is not familiar with the&nbsp;policy changes bei... Motion to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 3005 TRANSFERING&nbsp;$40,000&nb... 1. METRO COUNCILOR ROD PARK:&nbsp; UPDATE ON METRO’S ACTIVITIES<BR> Councilor Craddick suggested&nbsp;the&nbsp;Neighborhood Associati... Mayor Bemis entered into the record written testimony received by... Councilor Craddick said&nbsp;the recyclers were receiving some su... Vote to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 3005 TRANSFERING&nbsp;$40,000&nbsp... G. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING&nbsp; Councilor Park said all the&nbsp;Neighborhood Associations in Gre... Chief Lewis said several years ago the City entered into a new ag... Mr. Sinnett requested a continuance. Mr. Blue said he is not familiar with this policy shift but is ha... Mayor Bemis referred to the&nbsp;feasibility studies&nbsp;and ask... Councilor Fuhrer asked at what point in the process there might&n... Mayor Bemis asked if there was any sense on what the&nbsp;capital... Mr. Faus, Assistant City Attorney commented that a&nbsp;continuan... Councilor Nielsen-Hood&nbsp;said Metro will be raising the TIP fe... Mr. Abbate said staff has had&nbsp;conversations with the develop... Councilor Park said&nbsp;currently Metro has a series of books th... Chief Lewis referred Council to&nbsp;Exhibit B which gives a tota... Mr. Blue said&nbsp;yes, that is correct. Councilor Nielsen-Hood said she has attended those meetings and s... Mayor Bemis thanked Councilor Park for his eight years of service... Mayor Bemis asked if the maximum exposure to the City would be $5... Consensus of the Council was to&nbsp;close the hearing. Councilor Nielsen-Hood asked if the City of Gresham is out of com... Mr. Abbate said&nbsp;yes. Chief Lewis said in a given year the maximum expense to the City ... Mayor Bemis asked for a clear&nbsp;explanation of the&nbsp;differ... Mr. Blue said the&nbsp;ten percent rate of return is established ... Councilor Nielsen-Hood asked where the three fire stations are lo... Mr. Abbate said staff has been working on multi-family housing&nb... Councilor Strathern asked if the City has lost&nbsp;customers ove... Chief Lewis said Fire Station 75 is located on Cherry Park in Tro... Councilor Fuhrer asked if a copy of the new multi-family design s... Mr. Blue said there has certainly been a&nbsp;lot of change as pe... Motion to Approve CONSENT AGENDA Item C-1. &nbsp;&nbsp;Moved by C... Mr. Abbate said a copy of the powerpoint presented by the applica... Councilor Strathern asked if staff is seeing a reduction in the a... Vote to Approve CONSENT AGENDA Item C-1. (Approved) Councilor Strathern&nbsp;asked how close the Neighborhood Associa... Mr. Blue said he would&nbsp;expect that to be true. That is proba... Mr. Abbate replied it doesn’t come to the concept of conditional ... Councilor Strathern asked if this will increase the&nbsp;trend of... Mr. Faus said the&nbsp;applicant is requesting&nbsp;the Council&n... Mr. Blue said it could have that affect and to some degree he wou... Councilor Fuhrer&nbsp;applauded the&nbsp;efforts of the applicant... Councilor Craddick&nbsp;asked if there are any&nbsp;cities in the... Councilor Craddick said she&nbsp;supports Councilor Fuhrer's comm... Mr. Blue said the City of Gresham requires residents to have garb... Mr. Abbate said the&nbsp;land use district sets height limits and... Councilor Craddick asked if there has been an increase in&nbsp;il... Councilor Craddick asked for clarification on how the applicants ... Mr. Blue replied not to his knowledge. Mr. Abbate said staff understands that the applicant has said the... Mayor Bemis&nbsp;congratulated Mr. Blue and the haulers for the&n... Councilor Fuhrer asked if the&nbsp;project can’t proceed forward ... Motion to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 3004: UPDATING SOLID WASTE&nbsp;... Mr. Abbate said staff is not aware&nbsp;of the supposed problem i... Vote to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 3004: UPDATING SOLID WASTE&nbsp; R... Mayor Bemis presented the&nbsp;options to the Council and stated ... Councilor Fuhrer agreed with the&nbsp;position of the Mayor. Mr. Faus said the continuance would be to hear any new informatio... Motion to Approve TO REOPEN THE HEARING.&nbsp;&nbsp;Moved by Coun... Vote to Approve TO REOPEN THE HEARING. (Approved) Motion to Approve TO HAVE A CONTINUANCE OF THE HEARING UNTIL APRI... Vote to Approve TO HAVE A CONTINUANCE OF THE HEARING UNTIL APRIL ...