A. CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER 5 Mayor Bemis called the meeting of the Gresham City Council to ord... Mayor Bemis led the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a moment of ... Mayor Bemis administer the Oath of Office to Councilor-Elects Pal... 1. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS 10 Mike Fogarty said he is here to discuss the choices to play safe ... 1. PROPOSED 2015 COUNCIL/GRESHAM REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (GRDC) ... 1. ELECTION OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT 5 Mayor Bemis stated it is the custom at the beginning of each year... Councilor Stegmann said it is an honor and pleasure and a learnin... Mayor Bemis responded that he knows this has been an issue for ma... 2. ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL, STATE AND REGIONAL LEGISLATIVE PRI... Erik Kvarsten, City Manager&nbsp;presented the staff report (Powe... Eric Chambers, Government Relations Director introduced Dan Bates... Council President Stegmann said it is been a great learning exper... 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE City Manager, Erik Kvarsten administered the Oath of Office to Ma... Mr. Fogarty said he believes in having a solution to a problem so... C. CONSENT AGENDA 10 Council actions are taken in one motion on C... Councilor Hinton congratulated Mr. Kvarsten and staff for the gre... Mr. Bates said it has been a great pleasure to work on the City's... Motion to Approve <p>THE NOMINATION COUNCILOR HINTON FOR COUNCIL ... 2. INSTALLATION OF COUNCIL 15 Mayor Bemis thanked the citizens, City Manager and Councilors. He... Mayor Bemis said he looks forward to&nbsp;Mr. Fogarty's help and ... Council President Stegmann noted her excitement and stated this w... Mr. Chambers&nbsp;discussed&nbsp;the 2015 key Federal Priorities ... Vote to Approve <p>THE NOMINATION COUNCILOR HINTON FOR COUNCIL PR... Motion to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-3.&nbsp;&nbs... Councilor Palmero said this work plan is something to be proud of... Mayor Bemis thanked Mr. Chambers and congratulated him on his new... View video of Oregon&nbsp;"I'm coming home" by Mel Kearney&nbsp;"... Vote to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-3. (Approved) Motion to Approve THE COUNCIL PORTION OF THE PROPOSED 2015 COUNCI... Councilor Hinton said with the conservative house and senate woul... 7:09 Vote to Approve THE COUNCIL PORTION OF THE PROPOSED 2015 COUNCIL/... Mr. Bates&nbsp;suspects the answer to that question is no in the ... G. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING TOTAL ESTIMATED TIME: 70 Councilor Hinton referred to&nbsp;Mac21 and transportation fundin... Mr. Bates replied unfortunately no.&nbsp;&nbsp;While there is sig... Council President Stegmann congratulated&nbsp;Mr. Chambers on his... Mr. Chambers said&nbsp;the Oregon Transportation Forum which is t... Mr. Bates stated there is&nbsp;great leadership on this and folks... Councilor Stegmann referred to the term Multnomah County "Maker" ... Mr. Chambers said Multnomah County was successful recently in rec... Councilor Stegmann&nbsp;thanked Mayor Bemis and&nbsp;staff for re... Councilor French asked if the City receives&nbsp;$6 Million a yea... Mr. Chambers replied $6 million per year is received&nbsp;in gas ... Councilor French said he read that a&nbsp;$.05 per gallon increas... Councilor Palmero&nbsp;referred to&nbsp;Vance Park and the Rockwo... Mr. Chambers replied regarding&nbsp;Vance Park we have had conver... Motion to Approve GRESHAM'S 2015 FEDERAL, STATE AND REGIONAL LEGI... Vote to Approve GRESHAM'S 2015 FEDERAL, STATE AND REGIONAL LEGISL...