<STRONG>Mayor Bemis</STRONG> referred to a letter (Exhibit ___ At... Councilor Fuhrer read instructions to citizens wishing to testify... 1. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS 10 <STRONG>David Widmark, </STRONG>on behalf of Home Forward, thanke... <STRONG>Mayor Bemis</STRONG> read the consent agenda. <STRONG>Ron Papsdorf</STRONG>, Government Relations Director pres... <STRONG>Mr. Papsdorf</STRONG> presented a brief third quarter upd... <STRONG>Steve Fancher,</STRONG> Director of&nbsp;Environmental Se... <EM>Consensus of the Council is to have staff initiate the change... <STRONG>David Widmark</STRONG>&nbsp;thanked Mayor Bemis for stand... <STRONG>Steve Fancher</STRONG>, Director Environmental Services i... <STRONG>Councilor Fuhrer</STRONG> referred to the&nbsp;Community ... Mr. Papsdorf focused on the key items in the Council's adopted le... <STRONG>Councilor Hinton</STRONG> said he thought originally that... 4:25 p.m. 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE Mayor Bemis&nbsp;thanked Mr. Widmark for highlighting the firefig... C. CONSENT AGENDA<BR> <STRONG>Councilor Stegmann</STRONG> asked why there is an increas... Mr. Papsdorf said Metro and the Port lead roles&nbsp;with the&nbs... <STRONG>Councilor Stegmann</STRONG> said&nbsp;gang activity has b... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said that is&nbsp;correct. 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said last year when we went to&nbsp;... <STRONG>Councilor Fuhrer</STRONG> referred to the&nbsp;communicat... <STRONG>Councilor Fuhrer</STRONG>&nbsp;said out of the City's ele... <STRONG>Councilor Fuhrer</STRONG> asked for clarification on the&... Motion to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-3. &nbsp;&nb... E. COUNCIL BUSINESS <STRONG>Councilor Stegmann</STRONG> said&nbsp;we have a great wor... Mayor Bemis said the list of projects in the Springwater Corridor... <STRONG>Mr. Papsdorf</STRONG> said&nbsp;we have an aggressive leg... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher&nbsp;</STRONG>referred to exhibit C which inc... F. COUNCIL MEASURES AND PROPOSALS Vote to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-3. (Approved) <STRONG>Councilor Palmero</STRONG> asked when the Metro TIP fees ... Mr. Papsdorf replied yes. He has been&nbsp;heavily engaged with t... <STRONG>Councilor Fuhrer</STRONG> said many of these&nbsp;issues ... <STRONG>Councilor Fuhrer</STRONG> asked&nbsp;what happens to the ... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said&nbsp;Metro evaluates the TIP fe... <STRONG>Mayor Bemis</STRONG> said whatever is done regionally mus... <STRONG>Mr. Papsdorf</STRONG> said the&nbsp;majority of these iss... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said the IGA specifies that we have ... <STRONG>Councilor Palmero</STRONG> asked how the recycling value ... <STRONG>Councilor Stegmann</STRONG> referred to the communication... <STRONG>Mayor Bemis</STRONG> asked why they might have seen it&nb... <STRONG>Councilor Fuhrer</STRONG> asked if it is&nbsp;necessary t... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said the collection of paper materia... <STRONG>Mr. Papsdorf</STRONG> said it is approximately 80 feet hi... <STRONG>Mr. Papsdorf</STRONG> said the City of Hillsboro did a go... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> stated&nbsp;staff is&nbsp;including ... <STRONG>Mr. Palmero</STRONG>&nbsp;said he is in full support of t... <STRONG>Councilor Hinton</STRONG> said when a&nbsp;business has a... <STRONG>Councilor Stegmann</STRONG> asked&nbsp;what the tree line... <STRONG>Mayor Bemis</STRONG> said it seems that&nbsp;the path to ... <STRONG>Councilor Fuhrer</STRONG> said staff presented the idea o... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said the&nbsp;City has on contract a... <STRONG>Mr. Papsdorf</STRONG> said it varies but the average is a... <STRONG>Mr. Papsdorf</STRONG> said the&nbsp;conversation with Sen... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said he would bring back some&nbsp;o... <STRONG>Councilor Hinton</STRONG> asked&nbsp;if this resolution w... <STRONG>Councilor Stegmann</STRONG> said she envisions this to be... <STRONG>Mayor Bemis</STRONG> asked what can we do to further mars... <STRONG>Councilor Stegmann</STRONG> asked&nbsp;what&nbsp;the time... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said the&nbsp;hauler profit margin w... <STRONG>Mr. Papsdorf</STRONG> said&nbsp;he is not a communication... <STRONG>Mr. Papsdorf</STRONG> said he will come back to Council i... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said&nbsp;staff anticipates that it ... <STRONG>Councilor Hinton</STRONG> said he&nbsp;supports this reso... <STRONG>Councilor Stegmann</STRONG> asked if they are looking at ... <STRONG>Mayor Bemis</STRONG> thanked Mr. Papsdorf for the work. <STRONG>Councilor Stegmann</STRONG> said essentially we will need... <STRONG>Councilor Fuhrer</STRONG> referred to the&nbsp;8 to 12 pe... <STRONG>Mr. Papsdorf</STRONG> said there may be a number of diffe... <STRONG>Councilor Palmero</STRONG>&nbsp;asked&nbsp;how confidant ... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said the city code has the target of... <STRONG>Councilor Stegmann</STRONG> thanked staff and Mayor Bemis... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said he is&nbsp;very confident that ... <STRONG>Councilor Fuhrer</STRONG> said any rate of return is base... <STRONG>Mayor Bemis</STRONG> said this is a community stand. Too ... <STRONG>Councilor Palmero</STRONG> asked if the City will have te... <STRONG>Mayor Bemis </STRONG>said he&nbsp;concurs with Councilor ... <STRONG>Councilor McCormick</STRONG> asked if&nbsp;it is true tha... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said that is what we believe we can ... Motion to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 3140 ESTABLISHING FEES AND CHARG... <STRONG>Mr. Papsdorf</STRONG> said that is correct, they original... <STRONG>Councilor Palmero</STRONG> asked what&nbsp;options the Ci... Vote to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 3140 ESTABLISHING FEES AND CHARGES... <STRONG>Councilor McCormick</STRONG> said he believes they propos... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said we can&nbsp;hold on to them for... <STRONG>Mr. Papsdorf</STRONG> said he is not exactly sure where t... <STRONG>Councilor Hinton</STRONG> said the revenue stream is equa... 2. REGIONAL/MULTNOMAH COUNTY ISSUES AGENDA THIRD QUARTER UPDATE A... <STRONG>Councilor McCormick</STRONG> said Powell Butte is not tha... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said we are currently expending&nbsp... 3. LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THIRD QUARTER UPDATE Motion to Approve AMEND THE GRESHAM CITY COUNCIL 2013 REGIONAL/MU... <STRONG>Councilor Stegmann</STRONG> referred&nbsp;to the&nbsp;ten... 4. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE PORT OF PORTLAND: FAIRVIE... Vote to Approve AMEND THE GRESHAM CITY COUNCIL 2013 REGIONAL/MULT... <STRONG>Mr. Fancher</STRONG> said they can appreciate and the tho... Motion to Approve AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY C... Vote to Approve AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COU...