A. CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER Councilor Josh Fuhrer read the proclamation and presented it to M... Councilor President Widmark read the instructions to citizens. 1. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS Jack Green, Faculty member&nbsp;Mt. Hood Community College&nbsp;(... Councilor Shirley Craddick&nbsp;presented her report (PowerPoint ... 1. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 2011-2012 ACTION PLAN&nbsp; Mayor Bemis read the order of procedure (Exhibit F).&nbsp; Mayor Bemis presented the order of procedure 8:10 pm. Mr.&nbsp;Krenz&nbsp;accepted the proclamation and&nbsp;discussed ... 2. METRO COUNCIL UPDATE Christina Maier, Faculty member MHCC&nbsp;announced an urgent iss... Councilor Kilian asked&nbsp;what&nbsp;the importance is of distri... 2. HOME 2011-2012 ACTION PLAN&nbsp; Jonathan Harker, Interim Urban Design and Planning Director intro... Ms. Dix presented the staff report. Ms. Dix presented the staff report. 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE Tim Hudson, Gresham resident said in August 2008&nbsp;a fl flyer ... Councilor Craddick relied her goal&nbsp;and job is to champion th... C. CONSENT AGENDA 3. CONSOLIDATED PLAN ACTION PLAN Louise Dix presented the staff report Councilor Fuhrer&nbsp;asked where the development funds from prio... Councilor Warr-King asked for a definition for&nbsp;intentional a... 2. PROCLAMATION: BUILDING SAFETY MONTH Mayor Bemis asked him to talk with Steve Fancher, Environmental S... Councilor Echols asked for clarification on the&nbsp;public proce... D. PUBLIC HEARING Councilor Kilian referred to page&nbsp;159 of the staff report an... Ms. Fultz said these are&nbsp;carried over from the previous year... Ms. Dix said intentional affordable housing is housing that is&nb... 3. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE... Councilor Craddick said the Urban Rural Reserves&nbsp;conversatio... Ms. Dix said&nbsp;contingency funds can be used at any time.&nbsp... Councilor Fuhrer asked for an&nbsp;example of how many years deve... Councilor Echols asked if Council is being asked to adopt the pla... Jean DeMaster, on behalf of Human Solutions(attached testimony Ex... Ms. Fultz said she&nbsp;cannot give an exact amount but could cer... Ms. Dix said Council is being asked to adopt the plan but mostly ... Matthew Overson said Human Solutions and his case&nbsp;manager ha... Sarah Zahn, director of&nbsp;Housing at Human Solutions testified... Mayor Bemis&nbsp;said he is concerned that Council is being asked... G. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING TOTAL ESTIMATED TIME: 90 Bob Pung said it is a priviledge to help support the Unlimited Ch... Julie Garver, Housing Development Director for Innovative Housing... Ms. Fultz said&nbsp;the plan is on the website. It is not sitting... Gloria Wiggins&nbsp;thanked the Council for the&nbsp;opportunity ... Brandy Forks said she&nbsp;moved to Gresham two years ago leaving... Mayor Bemis said the document that is called the consolidate plan... Vicente Pena,&nbsp;18 year old recent high school graduate living... <EM>Consensus of Council was to close the hearing.</EM> Ms. Dix said there are some specific&nbsp;strategies that are onl... Adan Sierra shared his experience with Programa Hispano. He said ... Councilor Widmark&nbsp;declared that the Housing Authority of Por... Mayor Bemis asked&nbsp;where is the consolidated plan. He said Gr... Motion to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-4 AND C-6 TH... Karen Johnson, volunteer at El Programa Hispano, said she&nbsp;he... Councilor Kilian&nbsp;asked for clarification on "set-aside" fund... Ms. Dix said the plan is here, there is a section on principals a... Vote to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-4 AND C-6 THRO... Olive (no last name given)&nbsp;said at the end of 2007 was homel... Ms. Fultz&nbsp;said the Community Housing Development Organizatio... Mayor Bemis said that is helpful and he can see where the&nbsp;po... Councilor Warr-King asked for clarification on the Clean Energy W... Mike Nomina, director of older adult services at Cascadia Behavio... Motion to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 3052 ADOPTING THE&nbsp;2011-2012... Ms. Fultz said&nbsp;rather than print out the Consolidated Plan s... Dan Blue said Energy Trust of Oregon provides the audit services,... Brenda Jose, Executive Director of Unlimited Choices&nbsp;advocat... Vote to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 3052 ADOPTING THE&nbsp;2011-2012 H... Councilor Warr-King&nbsp;asked how staff can determine which&nbsp... Ericka Silver, Deputy Director, Human&nbsp;Solutions discussed th... Councilor Widmark asked if this could be&nbsp;tabled until it is&... Mr. Blue said this is based on the Clean Energy Works&nbsp;Portla... Councilor Warr-King&nbsp;asked when folks are not able to live in... Councilor Kilian&nbsp;said there should be mention of fiscal resp... Motion to Approve THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH CLEAN ENERGY W... Brenda Jose said generally they have to sell their homes and go i... Ms. Dix said&nbsp;there are sections on monitoring in the plan an... Vote to Approve THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH CLEAN ENERGY WOR... <EM>Consensus of Council was to close the hearing.</EM> Councilor Warr-King said he is&nbsp;concerned about the percentag... Councilor Widmark said it is clear the&nbsp;needs are many and ar... Ms. Dix said yes there is flexibility.&nbsp; Ms. Fultz said&nbsp;funding for the home ownership program must s... Councilor Echols said this document is suppose to be approved and... Councilor Fuhrer asked for an update on how the dollars were allo... Ms. Dix said&nbsp;Council&nbsp;can change the motion. Ms. Fultz said last year $330,000 which was designated to go to f... Councilor Echols said she&nbsp;appreciates the position that othe... Councilor Kilian said the testimonies are full of&nbsp;joy and he... Councilor Fuhrer said the&nbsp;demographics and other data in the... Ms. Dix said staff&nbsp;does audit the organizations. In&nbsp;May... Ms. Dix said she&nbsp;asked the same question. Unfortunately&nbsp... Mayor Bemis asked if staff knows what percentage of assistance is... Councilor Fuhrer asked what would happen if this is not approved ... Ms. Dix said&nbsp;yes the money must be spent on&nbsp;Gresham res... Ms. Dix said the City of Portland&nbsp;has asked for an extention... Mayor Bemis said these are&nbsp;difficult decisions to make. It i... Councilor Fuhrer&nbsp;asked why staff hasn't asked for an&nbsp;ex... Motion to Approve RESOLUTION 3051 ADOPTING THE 2011-2012 COMMUNIT... Ms. Dix said staff discussed asking for an extention&nbsp;but wer... Vote to Approve RESOLUTION 3051 ADOPTING THE 2011-2012 COMMUNITY ... Councilor Fuhrer asked what the risk is of not&nbsp;receiving the... Ms. Dix said&nbsp;HUD is the granting body and would definately g... Councilor Fuhrer suggests&nbsp;asking for an extention. Mayor Bemis asked if&nbsp;outside of each jurisdiciton principals... Ms. Dix said she doesn't believe so. Councilor Kilian asked if the delay will hold up money for everyo... Ms. Fultz said the&nbsp;CDBG funds are an entitlement to the City... Councilor Kilian asked&nbsp;what&nbsp;Portland's timeline is. There was no public testimony.<BR> Councilor Widmark expressed his appreciation to&nbsp;wait two mor...