A. CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER 5 Mayor Bemis called the Gresham City Council Business meeting to o... Mayor Bemis lead the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a moment of... Council President Hinton read instructions to citizens wishing to... 1. CITIZEN COMMENTS Cam Thomas property owner on Stark Street between 217th and 215th... Mayor Bemis read the Consent Agenda. 1. THE HOME FOR EVERYONE PROJECT UPDATE 30 Marc Jolin will provid... Joe Walsh, Policy Advisor for the Office of Governance and Manage... 7 PM Mayor Bemis asked if they are requesting this zone change to put ... Mr.&nbsp;Jolin presented the staff report (PowerPoint Exhibit B).... 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE Mr. Thomas said it is his understanding that this will not be apa... C. CONSENT AGENDA 5 Council actions are taken in one motion on Co... Councilor Stegmann appauded the efforts of A Home for Everyone. S... 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE... Mayor Bemis said he will have&nbsp;David Berniker connect with yo... Mr. Jolin responded the mailing went to a list that came from Met... Mr. Walsh said&nbsp;Councilor Echols and most of the committee me... Motion to Approve <p>CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-4.</p>&nb... Councilor Stegmann understands that A Home for Everyone will reac... Vote to Approve <p>CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-4.</p> (App... Mr. Jolin said we stand a very good chance of being successful&nb... G. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING Councilor Stegmann said this is&nbsp;amazing. She has&nbsp;never ... Mr. Jolin said one of the uses for the local dollars invested int... Councilor Stegmann said the recognition of the needs of&nbsp;busi... Council President Hinton&nbsp;said the veteran focus is wonderful... Mr. Jolin said in terms of prioritizing populations there are a f... Council President Hinton said prevention is an easy word to say b... Mr. Jolin said the numbers on the street count were better than 5... Council President Hinton referred to&nbsp;prevention, stating wit... Mr. Jolin stated ObamaCare covers mental health issues. The relat... Councilor Palmero asked what time of year do we do the count. Mr. Jolin said&nbsp;it is done in late January. Councilor Palmero asked why we don't do it in the summer time. Mr. Jolin said it would take&nbsp;an act of Congress. &nbsp;HUD s... Mr. Jolin said we could do a second count in the summer. But it i... Councilor Palmero said he is noticing more and more homelessness ... Mr. Jolin said the&nbsp;whole state is a no&nbsp;cause eviction s... Councilor Palmero asked if&nbsp;rent has gone up dramatically ove... Mr. Jolin said rent he gone up&nbsp;seven to nine percent over th... Councilor Palmero referred to&nbsp;year-round shelters and the sh... Mr. Jolin said the next&nbsp;shelter needs to be bigger. If we ar... Councilor Widmark&nbsp;said Home Forward is looking at taking the... Mr. Jolin said it would be 64 percent&nbsp;of the 168 people coun... Mayor Bemis asked for clarification from&nbsp;2013-2015 what is t... Mr. Jolin said&nbsp;it more than doubled Mayor Bemis asked if we have data prior to 2013.&nbsp; Mr. Jolin said any&nbsp;methodology for counting homeless people ... Mayor Bemis said it will be good to&nbsp;get accurate data. When ... Mr. Jolin said Washington County has the same required HUD&nbsp;g... Mayor Bemis asked if A Home for Everyone studies&nbsp;outside of ... Councilor Palmero asked about shelters for&nbsp;domestic violence... Mr. Jolin said the&nbsp;domestic violence system has recently gon... Mayor Bemis thanked Mr. Jolin for the work.