1. RESOLUTION NO. 3215: SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVE PROGRAM Mayor Bemis&nbsp;thanked the City staff and the community for the... A. CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER Mayor Bemis called the Gresham City Council meeting to order at 3... Council President Hinton read instructions to citizens wishing to... 1. CITIZEN COMMENTS Deborah Olson, citizen residing at 1003 NW Shattuck Way is concer... Dale Hult, speaking in support&nbsp;of agenda item E-3. He acknow... Shannon Stadey, Director Economic Development&nbsp;introduced Jan... 2. AWARD TO PRIVATE BUSINESS: RESPONSIVE WEBSITE DESIGN AND DEVEL... Eric Schmidt introduced Kristine Chiles and presented the staff r... Rachael Fuller introduced&nbsp;Keith Sheehan,&nbsp;Web Applicatio... David Berniker introduced Jim Wheeler, Senior Planner who present... David Bemiker introduced Ann Pytynia,&nbsp;Principle Planner,&nbs... B. CITIZEN COMMENTS FOR AGENDA (EXCEPT PUBLIC HEARING) AND NON-AG... 2. GREATER PORTLAND INC., UPDATE Seth Ring said he attended the Gresham Barlow School District mee... Council President Hinton acknowledged&nbsp;what a great concept t... C. CONSENT AGENDA 10 Council actions are taken in one motion on C... 3. PROPERTY ANNEXATION EASTSIDE TIMBERS TAX LOT 1S3E18A 01500 T... Council President Hinton said this program sunsets July of 2016 a... Mr. Sheehan and Ms. MacKnight presented the staff report (PowerPo... Council President Hinton&nbsp;said he believes&nbsp;there are hom... Council President Hinton asked if staff is able to expedite the p... Ms. LaBar responded none that are in the direct four-county area.... 4. DEVELOPMENT CODE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (DCIP-8) ISSUES AND OPP... Mr. Schmidt said it came down to the timeline that staff could ge... Councilor Palmero asked why&nbsp;people are using their mobile ph... Mr. Wheeler stated&nbsp;the current owner is Supply Source and Mr... Councilor Echols said much of this has to&nbsp;do with&nbsp;how o... 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE... Council President Hinton asked&nbsp;what GPI's definition is of "... Council President Hinton stated last time there were 144 business... Mr. Sheehan said specifically the trend has not reached that poin... Council President Hinton&nbsp;stated in theory, there could be a ... Ms. Pytynia said one of the components of the project is moving &... Ms. LaBar said GPI is working with Portland State University for ... Mr. Schmidt stated we do not have a firm number, but everything w... Councilor Palmero referred to the reference of the "cloud" and as... Mr. Wheeler said that is&nbsp;correct, and that would be at the p... Councilor Echols said she could sense that for these particular i... Council President Hinton asked what&nbsp;GPI's&nbsp;biggest wins ... Council President Hinton feels the program makes a ton of sense a... Mr. Sheehan said&nbsp;the cloud for the city is a move toward bet... Councilor Stegmnan said this is a&nbsp;wonderful asset to have in... Ms. Pytynia said the underlying purpose behind the&nbsp;developme... Ms. LaBar said there is not one project ready for announcement ye... Council French asked&nbsp;how many spaces are currently available. Councilor Palmero asked if this is approved,&nbsp;when will the n... Councilor Palmero said this discussion is just about the&nbsp;ann... Councilor Palmero referred to items in the&nbsp;unforeseable futu... Councilor Stegmann&nbsp;thanked Ms. LaBar and the Economic Develo... Ms. Chiles stated doing a&nbsp;quick and recent evaluation of the... Mr. Sheehan said it is slated for spring 2016. Mr. Wheeler stated with&nbsp;the annexation there is not a public... Ms. Pytynia said yes it would and it is a&nbsp;quicker process to... Ms.&nbsp;LaBar&nbsp;said initially&nbsp;it will bring a lot of sm... Motion to Approve CONSENT AGENDA C-1 THROUGH C-8.&nbsp;&nbsp;Move... Councilor Stegmann said it is&nbsp;great to see all the new resta... Councilor Echols noted this is a significant&nbsp;project and alt... Councilor Palmero asked what the outcome was of the preliminary n... Councilor Palmero referred to&nbsp;Home Occupations and asked if ... Mayor Bemis thanked Ms. LaBar&nbsp;for the partnership and profes... Vote to Approve CONSENT AGENDA C-1 THROUGH C-8. (Approved) Mr. Schmidt said yes, that building as a whole is less than 30,00... Council President Hinton asked&nbsp;if there might be a reason to... Mr. Wheeler said the reaction was positive. Ms. Pytynia said this is one of the questions that came out of&nb... Councilor Stegmann&nbsp;said some of the business owners have sta... Mr. Sheehan stated this is a&nbsp;great opportunity to merge the ... councilor French asked if there will be&nbsp;night soccer. Councilor Stegmann feels&nbsp;these are the appropriate issues to... Councilor Echols referred to the&nbsp;non-eligible criteria that ... Councilor Stegmann referred to the&nbsp;translation and asked if ... Mr. Wheeler&nbsp;said that was not specifically discussed in the&... Mayor Bemis agrees that these are the&nbsp;right issues to take. ... Mr. Schmidt said that criteria&nbsp;remained the same from the la... Ms. MacKnight stated translation was not specifically within the ... Mayor Bemis said this is a good thing for the City&nbsp;as this h... 4:45 Councilor Echols asked for&nbsp;clarification on a remodel of an ... Councilor Stegmann asked if it is common practice in the world of... Motion to Approve <p>APPLICATION NO. AE-15-2600096 BASED UPON THE... Mr. Schmidt responded that the intent is of taking a large buildi... Ms. MacKnight said there are some free tools available, but they ... Vote to Approve <p>APPLICATION NO. AE-15-2600096 BASED UPON THE F... Councilor Echols said presumably the expectation would be that al... Councilor McCormick stated MyGresham is one of the&nbsp;best PR p... Mr. Schmidt said that is&nbsp;correct.<br /><br />Councilor Echol... Councilor French asked&nbsp;if we build this&nbsp;now will it be ... Councilor Palmero&nbsp;asked if the part of the property owner is... Mr. Sheehan replied&nbsp;yes, it will be, and it will also&nbsp;a... <p>Mr. Schmidt said the&nbsp;additional element being brought for... Motion to Approve <p>AWARD AND APPROVE CONTRACT NO. 6473 WITH THE... Mayor Bemis thanked Mr. Schmidt, his staff, the Economic Developm... Vote to Approve <p>AWARD AND APPROVE CONTRACT NO. 6473 WITH THE C... Councilor Echols said this program came about because of the lead... Motion to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 3215&nbsp;RE-ESTABLISHING THE SM... Vote to Approve RESOLUTION NO. 3215&nbsp;RE-ESTABLISHING THE SMAL...