Council President Widmark led the Pledge of Allegiance followed b... Council President Widmark read the instructions to citizens. 1. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS 10 Rita Elliott, Gresham&nbsp;citizen&nbsp;discussed the keeping of ... 1. ARTS AND CULTURAL ASSISTANCE GRANT AWARDS&nbsp; <STRONG>Deborah Bond</STRONG> presented the staff report for the ... Eric Schmidt Director Community Development introduced Rita&nbsp;... Stephanie Betteridge, Senior Manager, Governance and Management i... Council President Widmark announced that Council would be&nbsp;in... Hearing no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:52 p.m. B. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS FOR AGENDA (EXCEPT PUBLIC... 2. URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN&nbsp; Ms.Bond&nbsp;thanked the evaluating committee&nbsp;for the&nbsp;g... Steve Fancher, Director Environmental Services&nbsp;introduced Jo... Council President Widmark suggested reviewing each of the eight e... Ms.&nbsp;Aigner&nbsp;presented the preliminary findings of the 20... 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE 5 Jim Buck, member of the&nbsp;Urban Foresty Subcommittee, represen... C. CONSENT AGENDA Councilor Stegmann noted that she needs to&nbsp;abstain from voti... Council President Widmark referred to page 4 of the PowerPoint pr... Councilor Echols said this is&nbsp;great information. She referre... 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE... Council President Widmark said he feels this is an important piec... 3. 2011 CODE REVIEW POLICY ISSUES Motion to Approve THE AWARD OF SIX GRANTS FROM THE CITY'S ARTS AN... Councilor Kilian said this is a&nbsp;wonderful plan. He&nbsp;atte... Ms. Eigner said when no response was received from an address, a ... Jim McDonough,&nbsp;resident of Gresham, discussed a&nbsp;problem... 4. CENSUS ANALYSIS Vote to Approve THE AWARD OF SIX GRANTS FROM THE CITY'S ARTS AND ... Council President Widmark said staff has done a&nbsp;great job pu... Councilor Echols said with the changing of populations in terms o... Council President Widmark said he&nbsp;appreciates that Mr. McDon... 4. AWARD TO PRIVATE BUSINESS: ARMED GUARD Councilor Fuhrer&nbsp;congratulated staff on listening to the fir... F. COUNCIL MEASURES AND PROPOSALS Ms. Eigner said she doesn’t know the answer to the question but t... Councilor Warr-King asked if he has&nbsp;gone through the City's ... Mr. Fancher said&nbsp;the vision&nbsp;for the next piece is exact... G. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING Mr. McDonough said&nbsp;mediation wouldn't do any good. He has sp... Councilor Stegmann said this piece is very educational. Staff has... Councilor Warr-King said the&nbsp;slavick population is huge and ... Councilor Kilian said this issue is worth&nbsp;looking into. Councilor Echols commented that the number of citizens who took t... Ms. Aigner said the slavick population is identified as being whi... Mr. McDonough said the shared property line&nbsp;is a six foot ar... Council President Widmark acknolwedged Wayne Shielee&nbsp;and tha... Mr. Fancher said&nbsp;there are&nbsp;some local arborists that si... Councilor Fuhrer&nbsp;said the ACS data seems very rich and has p... Carol Rulla, Gresham&nbsp;citizen, thanked the Council and City s... Motion to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-3 AND C-5 TH... Ms. Tina Osterink said&nbsp;in addition to the Urban Forestry <BR... Ms. Aigner said the ACS is part of the census and is conducted by... Vote to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-3 AND C-5 THRO... Motion to Approve ADOPT THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN&nbsp;&... <EM>Parking of Recreational Vehicles on Residential Lots</EM> Councilor Fuhrer asked if the short form census is the right appr... Vote to Approve ADOPT THE URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN (Approved) Ms. Aigner said she is not certain they are addressing that quest... <EM>Camping <BR></EM> Councilor Fuhrer said the pieces of this census that would be hel... Council President Widmark said he concurs with Councilor Fuhrer a... <EM>Abandoned Vehicles on Private Property</EM> Councilor Fuhrer said&nbsp;another piece of information that woul... Ms. Aigner said this is the&nbsp;type of information available fr... Councilor Fuhrer said he understands that it may not be conclusiv... Councilor Kilian asked if these were&nbsp;lawfully abandoned vehi... <EM>Parking Near Intersections</EM> Councilor Stegmann said she was not aware that there was a law th... Mr. Schmidt said it is a law that the Police Department has the a... Mr. Schmidt said he understands Councilor Fuhrer’s point and will... Councilor Fuhrer said if this approach is taken then the citizens... <EM>Vehicles Parked on the Street<BR></EM> Councilor Stegmann referred to the verbiage "add a restriction of... Ms. Humphrey said the point of the code is that there are vehicle... Councilor Stegmann said the idea is to&nbsp;get those cars off th... Ms. Humphrey said the Gresham Revised Code defines an abandoned v... <EM>PODS </EM> Councilor Stegmann asked about railcar containers. Mr. Schmidt said in commercial area a railcar container&nbsp;woul... Council President Widmark asked about PODS left on the street. Councilor Stegmann said she has seen residential homes with a sma... Mr. Schmidt said it would be considered as am accessory structure... <EM>Derelict Structures</EM> Councilor Warr-King asked how the owner or caretaker of a derelic... Ms. Humphrey said they begin by trying to make contact with the o... Councilor Warr-King asked if the titles are pulled on the propert... Ms. Humphrey said staff does pull the title and begin correspondi... Councilor Stegmann asked how this program will work. Ms. Humphrey said the way this is handled currently and the expec... Mr. Schmidt said the language will not only be used for foreclose... Councilor Fuhrer suggested that commercial properties that are va... Councilor Echols asked if the issue of people living out of their... Ms. Humphrey said living in any vehicle is a violation of the cam...