Mayor Bemis called the December 2, 2014 Gresham City Council meet... Mayor Bemis led the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a moment of ... Council President Stegmann read instructions to citizens wishing ... 1. CITIZEN COMMENTS 10 Ricardo Ruiz, provided an overview of what they are working on in... Mayor Bemis read the Consent Agenda. 1. RESOLUTION NO. 3183: ESTABLISHING TAX RATES ON THE SALE OR TRA... Kevin Ricker, Principal of Centennial High School&nbsp;introduced... Jared Hoffman, Program Director for AC Portland said they run aft... 2. FOOD ACCESS<br />Staff will provide an update on the effort to... David Ris presented the staff report. Mayor Bemis read the award and presented it to Grace Ramstad. David Berniker, Director of Urban Design and Planning introduced ... 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE John Bildsoe, Rockwood Neighborhood Association spoke about the s... C. CONSENT AGENDA 5 Council actions are taken in one motion on Co... Motion to Approve <p>CONSENT AGENDA ITEM C-1.</p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Move... Councilor Hinton asked if this resolution is primarily an issue o... Ms. Ramstad thanked Mayor Bemis and the entire City Council for h... Stacy Humphrey presented the staff report (PowerPoint Presentatio... 2. GREAT YOUNG CITIZEN: CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL 5 Councilor Stegmann asked what&nbsp;the field is made of. Vote to Approve <p>CONSENT AGENDA ITEM C-1.</p> (Approved) Mr. Ris stated there&nbsp;certainly are significant city home rul... Council President Stegmann said this is a&nbsp;wrap up of the fir... 3. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE... Mr. Hoffman said currently they are looking at a tennis court sur... Councilor Hinton&nbsp;agrees with the home rule element of this p... Ms. Humphrey&nbsp;said there are a number of grocery stores locat... Councilor Stegmann said she&nbsp;supports it 110 percent. Council President Stegmann&nbsp;feels comfortable with what is be... Council President Stegmann asked if we are entertaining the possi... Councilor Palmero asked for clarification of the location. Councilor Palmero said he agrees with Council President Stegmann&... Ms. Humphrey stated through the work of the grant and understandi... Mr. Hoffman stated it is an old&nbsp;roller hockey&nbsp;rink. Councilor French stated the average tax on a pack of cigerettes d... Council President Stegmann referred to the TriMet Eastside Servic... Councilor Palermo stated he has volunteered for Caboodle and it i... Councilor McCormick feels the&nbsp;tax should be&nbsp;higher. He ... Ms. Humphrey said staff recently submitted a letter to TriMet. Th... Mr. Hoffman stated a land use agreement&nbsp;needs to be set-up w... Motion to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 3183 ESTABLISHING TAX RATES ON T... Council President Stegmann asked for information on&nbsp;mobile f... Vote to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 3183 ESTABLISHING TAX RATES ON THE... Ms. Humphrey&nbsp;said Whole Foods Grocery store has a mobile foo... Bobby Burk spoke regarding Resolution 3183. He is a small busines... Council President Stegmann said we are going to get this grant mo... Ms. Humphrey said she will past this request on to the Urban Rene... Councilor Hinton said at the end of the day it is&nbsp;capitalism... Ms. Humphrey said she would have to do some&nbsp;research to reme... Councilor Hinton stressed he feels&nbsp;unless there is&nbsp;some... Mayor Bemis mentioned the next phase the City Manager has talked ... Mr. Kvarsten, City Manager stated&nbsp;as part of the centers str... Ms. Humphrey&nbsp;stated the&nbsp;next step is to get the grant t... Mayor Bemis asked who the liaison is for the Ecumenical Ministries. Ms. Humphrey stated Jenny Holmes is working with Josh Fuhrer and ... Mayor Bemis stated we have&nbsp;good partners working on this in ...