Hearing no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:46 p.m. A. CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER <p>Mayor Bemis lead the&nbsp; Pledge of Allegiance followed by a ... Council President Lori Stegmann read instructions to citizen wish... Mayor bemis introduced Fire Chief Greg Matthews and Deputy Police... Mayor Bemis recognized a great Gresham citizen,&nbsp;Dean Hall wh... 1. CITIZEN COMMENTS 10 Tony Reynoldson, citizen expressed his frustration&nbsp;regarding... 1. FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN PROJECT&nbsp; Chief Matthews said that&nbsp;this incident reassured staff of th... Mr. Hall said accomplishing any big dream is not a solo event.&nb... B. CITIZEN COMMENTS FOR AGENDA (EXCEPT PUBLIC HEARING) AND NON-AG... Mayor Bemis&nbsp;said he spoke with Mr. Schmidt, Director of Deve... Bernard Seeger, Director of Finance and Management Services&nbsp;... 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE Deputy Chief Cummins said this was a&nbsp;terrible incident but i... Mr. Reynoldson said he wants to make the police department aware ... C. CONSENT AGENDA<br /><br /> Mr. Young introduced the Friends of the Children agenda item (Pow... 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE... Ms.&nbsp;Lewis provided a&nbsp;funding update of the project (sli... 3. RECOGNITION &amp; APPRECIATION: PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONDERS Councilor Echols asked if there has been a conversation&nbsp;on h... Ms. Young stated staff has not&nbsp;had this conversation but not... 4. PROCLAMATION: OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT Councilor Echols stressed the importance of reviewing the&nbsp;sa... G. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING Mr. Young stated staff worked closely with a police officer who s... Council President Stegmann asked for clarification on the&nbsp;po... Mr. Young&nbsp;pointed out the specific areas that are only&nbsp;... Council President Stegmann&nbsp;noted her excitement for this pro... Councilor Palmero noted his appreciation that this project will&n... Mr. Young said yes. They have had youth that have been involved i... Councilor Palmero said there are&nbsp;high risk youth in the comm... Councilor Hinton said the&nbsp;epi-center of any success with chi... Mr. Young said for the first time they will begin to select youth... Motion to Approve <p>Consent Agenda Items C-1 through C-13.</p>&n... Councilor Palmero asked how many children will be in program once... Vote to Approve <p>Consent Agenda Items C-1 through C-13.</p> (Ap... Mr. Young stated there are 425 youth currently being served. The&... Mayor Bemis introduced Donald West and Janice Baker and thanked t... Councilor Palmero asked what the age group is of the chilrden the... Mr. Young responded they work directly with youth who are from ki... Councilor Palmero said he is happy they are working with&nbsp;fos... Mr. Young said the&nbsp;Portland Children's levy&nbsp;gave them a... Councilor Palmero asked if the children's academics improved when... Mr. Young&nbsp;said 83 percent of the children graduate from high... Councilor Palmero said that is important because we are trying to... Mr. Young said his kids have the basic skills and are ready for l... Councilor McCormick asked if the&nbsp;500 kids are all&nbsp;comin... Mr. Young said&nbsp;currently 50 percent&nbsp;of the youth are ea... Councilor McCormick said this program will make a big difference ... Council President Stegmann asked what kind of&nbsp;relationship F... Mr. Young said the schools love this program. They are in more th... Councilor French asked how many kids come back to the program to ... Ms. Lewis&nbsp;said&nbsp;many of the&nbsp;alumni of the program s... Mr. Young said the&nbsp;youth do come back and become mentors for... Mayor Bemis said one of the&nbsp;reasons the program is successfu...