A. CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER Emily Randel, Economic Development Services presented the staff r... Steve Fancher presented the staff report (PowerPoint Exhibit C). Councilor Echols said it slipped by no one that the tenth an... Hearing no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:09 p... Tomiko Takeuchi presented the history and gave an update on ... Motion to Approve SECOND READING OF COUNCIL BIL NO. 08-11 EXTENDI... Councilor Fuhrer said the strategy has been thought through very ... 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE Jim Card, retired landscape designer, said overgrowth, underbrush... Kia Selley introduced the agenda item. Louise Dix , Community Rev... Vote to Approve SECOND READING OF COUNCIL BIL NO. 08-11 EXTENDING... Councilor Kilian agreed with Councilor Fuhrer on this issue of pl... Motion to Approve Consent Agenda C-1,C-2,C-3,C-5.   Mov... Louise Dix , Community Revitalization Coordinator presented the s... Councilor Echols said things are looking beautiful! She&nbsp... Councilor Kilian read the instructions to citizens. Councilor Kilian thanked the guest for their work on the Japanese... Vote to Approve Consent Agenda C-1,C-2,C-3,C-5. (Approved) Councilor Kilian asked what the record is on low to mod... Mr. Fancher said staff applies preemergence in landscaping a... Councilor Warr-King said the Gresham City Sister Association adop... Councilor Warr-King referred to the entrance to Gresham on 1... Councilor Fuhrer asked why this time frame is three years as comp... Mr. Fancher said yes, when the branding effort gets fur... Councilor Fuhrer said Consent Agenda Item Number 4 is an applicat... Sue O"Halloran, Vice-chair of the Finance Committee presente... Ms. Dix said the State was trying to get the program off the grou... Councilor Warr-King asked if there were any lighting of sign... Councilor Fuhrer requested Consent Agenda Item number 4 be remove... Councilor Fuhrer said last time there was a 25 percent ... Mr. Fancher said yes, the sign at Burnside and Powell is lit. Ms. Dix said the funds were appropriated to Habitat for... Councilor Stegmann asked for clarification on the proposed t... Councilor Warr-King asked for an example of how a foreclosed or s... Mr. Fancher said any type of vegetation being installed for ... F. COUNCIL MEASURES AND PROPOSALS Ms. Dix said this would be the silent second lende... Councilor Stegmann said there is a cost to public perception,&nbs... G. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING Councilor Warr-King asked if he found a vacant house would he nee... Council President Widmark said he drove by some of the medians to... Ms. Dix said if the house is in the targeted area. If t... Mr. Fancher said the hard scape materials are definately som... Councilor Warr-King asked for clarification on the rental program. Council President Widmark referred to Division Street and said th... Ms. Dix said this was going to be a multi-family residential rent... Mr. Fancher said staff felt the trees were at the point of m... Councilor Warr-King asked about Community Development Block ... Council President Widmark referred to the maintenance of los... Ms. Dix said there is a possibility of using CDBG funds for ... Mr. Fancher said there is funding to replace trees that are ... Councilor Warr-King referred to the funds for renovation and... Council President Widmark noted the median along Powell betw... Ms. Dix said section three refers to lower income people and... Mr. Fanchers said medians in residential cul-de-sac pose a partic... Councilor Warr-King referred to the debt to income level of 29-41... Councilor Kilian said the Japanese garden shows that less can be ... Ms. Dix said she is not sure and will find out and get that ... Councilor Warr-King asked if these funds could be used for l... Ms. Dix said not at this time. Councilor Echols said these grants are available to individu... Ms. Dix said for Gresham these funds are just available for&... Councilor Echols asked if these are true grants with no expectati... Ms. Dix said these are true grants and the money is not expe... Councilor Echols asked when the grant is awarded does the Ci... Ms. Dix said the money goes directly to the bank and then the Cit... Motion to Approve Federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program Gran... Vote to Approve Federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program Grant ...