A. CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER 5 Council President Hinton called the Gresham City Council meeting ... Councilor McCormick read instructions to citizens wishing to test... Council President Hinton introduced Principal Smyth from Springwa... 1. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS 10 Carol Rulla, testified on the medical marijuana policy discussion... 1. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT (CPA) TYPE IV PUBLIC HEARING WIRE... 1. RESOLUTION NO. 3198: FULL FAITH & CREDIT DEBT ISSUANCE This i... Council President Hinton read the award and presented it to Chris... Dick Strathern presented testimony Council Citizen Advisory Commi... 2. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS DCIP 6 - TREE CODE UPDATE This ... Council President Hinton read the Order of Procedure (Exhibit D). 2. MEDICAL MARIJUANA POLICY DISCUSSION Council will consider any... Mr. Berniker introduced the agenda item. Sharron Monohon, Budget and Financial Planning Director&nbsp;intr... Eric Schmidt, Community Development Director&nbsp;introduced Davi... 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE Christian thanked his parents for supporting him throughout his s... Lathem Gorbett, Oregon Resource Group who consults clients in rea... C. CONSENT AGENDA 5 Council actions are taken in one motion on Co... Council President Hinton read the Order of Procedure (Exhibit B). David Berniker introduced Tina Osterink and Brian Martine and gav... 3. PROPOSED TREE FUND FEE OPTION DCIP 6 - TREE CODE UPDATE This ... Ms. Osterink presented the staff report&nbsp;(PowerPoint Presenta... Mark Tolliver presented the next steps (PowerPoint Presentation E... Councilor Echols&nbsp;referred to slides 16 &amp; 17 <em>Addition... 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE... Councilor Echols said&nbsp;we hear about the strong arm robberies... Mr. Berniker introduced the agenda item. Ms. Osterink presented the staff report (PowerPoint Presentation ... Councilor Stegmann&nbsp;asked for clarification on whether Gresha... Councilor Echols commended&nbsp;staff for staying on top of this ... Mr. Schmidt replied, you are&nbsp;correct but it would depend one... 3. GREAT YOUNG CITIZEN: SPRINGWATER HIGH SCHOOL 5 Mr. Gorbett stated&nbsp;he is finding it to be less. It no longer... Mr. Ris presented the staff report (PowerPoint Presentation Exhib... Carol Rulla said this has been a long process and a good thing be... Ms. Osterink stated&nbsp;yes, this is our seventh year as a desig... Councilor Stegmann said interest rates are at an all time low so ... Councilor Echols would like more information.&nbsp;She referred t... Carol Rulla noted her support of this item and thanked staff for ... Consensus of Council was to close the hearing. Councilor Stegmann said this is fantastic! Taking the&nbsp;money ... Councilor McCormick asked what the&nbsp;interest rate is currently. Mr. Schmidt said that is correct.&nbsp;If that is Council directi... Concensus of Council was to close the hearing. Councilor Stegmann&nbsp;thanked the staff for all the hard work. Council President Hinton asked if there is any foreseeable liabil... Mr. Tolliver stated the interest rate for wastewater is 3.5%, the... Councilor Echols said in terms of robust inspection program what ... Motion to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-6.&nbsp;&nbs... Councilor Echols stated this is a formality because the FCC is re... Councilor Palmero&nbsp;thanked staff for this difficult undertaki... Ms. Osterink replied&nbsp;the tree removal rules would not be cha... Council President Hinton referred to the new debt and asked if th... Ms. Franzen-Parker&nbsp;said they asked people to identify themse... Vote to Approve CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-6. (Approved) Mr. Ris stated this is something that we are attempting to deal w... Motion to Approve CITY APPLICATION NO. CPA 14-346 BASED ON THE FI... Council President&nbsp;Hinton asked if the&nbsp;City is taking on... Ms. Monohon said there are specific projects that have been ident... Councilor Echols asked,&nbsp;based on best memory, can staff indi... Councilor French asked&nbsp;how many applications we receive a year. Vote to Approve CITY APPLICATION NO. CPA 14-346 BASED ON THE FIND... Ms. Osterink said the City is not taking on any additional role. ... Motion to Adjourn RESOLUTION NO. 3198 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF... Stephanie Betteridge, Senior Manager asked for clarification on w... Mr. Ris stated we&nbsp;don't have many and&nbsp;certianly not in ... Vote to Adjourn RESOLUTION NO. 3198 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF D... Ms. Franzen-Parker said the only question that required an answer... Council French asked if staff expects to see&nbsp;more applicatio... Councilor Echols stated the&nbsp;public forum was a useful and in... Mr. Ris &nbsp;said that has been staffs understanding for a numbe... Councilor McCormick asked what the purpose was in having non-Gres... Councilor French stated from an operational standpoint you will n... Ms. Franzen-Parker replied that staff wanted to allow for general... Mr. Ris&nbsp;stated staff is prepared for that. Councilor McCormick asked for clarification on the&nbsp;non-resid... Councilor Palmero asked&nbsp;how much&nbsp;the FCC ruling strips ... Ms. Franzen-Parker said 15% of the overall responses were from no... Mr. Ris said it&nbsp;certainly is another brick in the wall and i... Councilor McCormick&nbsp;feels all participants of the survey sho... Councilor Palmero stated there is no option,&nbsp;we must approve... Councilor Stegmann referred to&nbsp;slide 6&nbsp;<em>NW Compassio... Mr. Ris stated Council certainly has the&nbsp;choice not to do it... Mr. Ris stated there are no medical marijuana dispensaries locate... Council President Hinton referred to the&nbsp;barrier of entry an... Councilor Stegmann asked for clarification on&nbsp;growing&nbsp;a... Mr. Ris stated&nbsp;neither actually, there really is not the bar... Mr. Ris said&nbsp;in our industrial zone the City permits manufac... Motion to Approve <p>APPLICATION NUMBER CPA 15-033 BASED ON THE F... Councilor Stegmann clarified that potentially a grower could grow... Vote to Approve <p>APPLICATION NUMBER CPA 15-033 BASED ON THE FIN... Mr. Ris replied that would be considered&nbsp;a&nbsp;manufacturin... Councilor Stegmann asked what if they did not process the marijua... Mr. Ris stated&nbsp;that would be considered an agricultural use ... Councilor Stegmann said&nbsp;once recreational marijuana is legal... Mr. Ris said he&nbsp;doesn't&nbsp;know what will happen with the ... Councilor Stegmann referred to the policy question, <em>should&nb... Mr. Ris said the&nbsp;main difference under medical marijuana is ... Councilor Stegmann&nbsp;stated that she doesn't want to set our C... Mr. Ris replied a caretaker is a&nbsp;category under the Oregon M... Councilor Stegmann referred to slide 18 <em>personal medical grow... Mr. Ris said the issue here is that, in our previous&nbsp;policy ... Councilor Stegmann said her concern is that particular situation ... Councilor Palmero&nbsp;asked if can people be issued medical mari... Mr. Ris said&nbsp;yes a patient can grow their own marijuana as a... Councilor Palmero asked if they must be&nbsp;licensed or permitte... Mr. Ris stated they must obtain a&nbsp;registry card (this is the... Councilor Palmero asked&nbsp;how many residents of Gresham have o... Mr. Ris does not, but in the State of Oregon there were&nbsp;60,0... Councilor Palmero asked for clarification on <em>being invisible ... Mr. Ris stated smoking marijuana, under both the Oregon Medical M... Councilor Palmero asked for clarification on&nbsp;card stacking. Mr. Ris said card stacking is&nbsp;a number of growers designatin... Councilor Palmero asked&nbsp;if&nbsp;we know how many residents a... Mr. Schmidt said staff is award of some facilities that are card ... Mr. Ris added that card stacking does not&nbsp;violate state law.... Councilor Palmero asked&nbsp;why one would chose to grow their ow... Mr. Ris said he&nbsp;can't answer that question. He has a very la... Councilor Palmero asked if we did allow dispensaries would we min... Mr. Ris responded he does not know what&nbsp;the connection betwe... Councilor Plamero feels&nbsp;taxing and regulating medical and re... Mr. Schmidt said there are&nbsp;two options; permitting&nbsp;proc... Councilor Palmero asked for clarification on the&nbsp;1000 feet b... Mr. Ris said there is commercial, industrial and fixed-use zones,... Councilor Palmero&nbsp;stated if Council chose to establish a buf... Councilor French stated if we&nbsp;look ahead, he feels&nbsp;Coun... Council President Hinton asked&nbsp;why medical marijuana is not ... Mr. Ris said it may have to do with federal law&nbsp;but under Or... Council President Hinton said it seems to be a loose&nbsp;broad r... Mr. Ris stated he understands that there&nbsp;must be a certain t... Council President Hinton asked&nbsp;how many doctors in the State... Mr. Ris responded he does not know. Council President Hinton said these are very important discussion... <em>Should the working definition of a "personal medical marijuan... Options for consideration - <br />Should medical marijuana grow o... Mr. Ris stated since consensus of Council is that we do want loca... Council President Hinton asked if there is consensus to increase,... Mr. Ris said he heard a&nbsp;plurality of three for 1000 foot buf... Mr. Ris&nbsp;stated the medical marijuana moratorium expires on&n...