Council President Echols led the Pledge of Allegiance followed by...
Councilor Palmero read instructions to citizens on testifying bef...
Council Presidents Echols invited Jason McCauley, Principal at Re...
1. METRO LOCAL SHARE PROPERTY PURCHASE <BR>
Principal McCauley introduced Fernando Contreras and spoke o...
2. PORT OF PORTLAND: GRESHAM VISTA BUSINESS PARK UPDATE<BR>
Janet Young, Economic Development Director introduced Ken An...
Council President Echols recognized Mike Bennett who has bee...
Steve Fancher, Director Environment Services presented ...
1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE
Council President Echols read the award and presented it to Mr. C...
Lise Glancy presented the update on the Gresham Vista Busine...
C. CONSENT AGENDA<BR>
Councilor Stegmann asked if the remaining $237,000 for the J...
2. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE...
Mr. Contreras said he is honored to receive this award. He thanke...
Mr. Anderton continued the presentation at slide 6 of the powerpo...
Mr. Fancher said staff is working diligently on the top prio...
3. GREAT YOUNG CITIZEN (REYNOLDS LEARNING CENTER) 5
Mr. Contreras introduced his parents and his siblings.
Council President Echols thanked Ms. Glancy and Mr. Anderton for ...
E. COUNCIL BUSINESS
Councilor Stegmann stated this is an amazing opportunity. This wi...
Council President Echols said it takes a village to raise a child...
Ms. Young reinforced the fact that staff has done much of th...
Motion to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-3.<BR> ...
Council President Echols said we are all sensitive about spe...
Councilor Palmero asked which campus is ready to be developed.
Vote to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-3.<BR> (Approved)
Councilor Palmero asked if the City did not purcha...
Mr. Anderton said the east campus is ready to be developed.
Mr. Fancher said if the City did not purchase this particular pro...
Councilor Palmero asked what type of business the Port is tr...
Councilor Palmero asked if the environment would be harmed i...
Ms. Young said the Port has identified a number of items in ...
Mr. Anderton said the Port has a debreach overseas looking at adv...
Councilor Hinton asked how much of the wetlands will need to...
Council President Echols explained to the students in t...
Mr. Fancher said there are no wetlands on site of the Hogan ...
Councilor Stegmann asked Ms. Young to explain what traded-sector ...
Councilor Hinton referred to the home on the property and asked w...
Ms. Young said traded sector jobs are companies competing in a ma...
Mr. Fancher said along with the master plan for the Hogan Bu...
Councilor Stegmann asked if there is evidence of the Ci...
Councilor Hinton asked what the anticipated parking capacity...
Ms. Young said these are things being evaluated on a regular basi...
Mr. Fancher said the master plan had some parking identified...
Mr. Anderton said this site matches up very well. The k...
Councilor Hinton asked what the proposed construction start ...
Ms. Glancy said this site is one of nine sites that is developmen...
Mr. Fancher said there is no proposed construction date. Sta...
Councilor Stegmann said as she looks at the numbers between ...
Councilor Hinton asked if this site will be closed in the ev...
Councilor Fuhrer said this is a very important partnership t...
Mr. Fancher said because of it's remoteness this site would be cl...
Ms. Young said yes, staff is seeing increased activity from ...
Councilor Fuhrer said this is a tremendous asset for the com...
Mr. Anderton said the Port is seeing much more activity. Peo...
Mr. Fancher said staff will close on property and finish the...
Councilor Fuhrer referred to the master planning process and...
Councilor Fuhrer asked if there is a timeline for closing the pro...
Mr. Anderton said the master plan is based on several differ...
Mr. Fancher said he did not.
Councilor Fuhrer referred to the state legislatures discussi...
Mr. Ris said all the due diligence is complete. It is just a matt...
Ms. Glancy said as a result of the regional industrial land ...
Motion to Approve APPROVE THE ACQUISITION OF 2.45 ACRES OF REAL P...
Vote to Approve APPROVE THE ACQUISITION OF 2.45 ACRES OF REAL PRO...
Council President Echols said this is a great project that s...