A. CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER 5 Council President Palmero read instructions to citizens wishing t... Mayor Bemis called the meeting of the Gresham City Council to ord... 1. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS 10 Mr. Stephen Butler commented on the CityFest event, stating ... B. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS FOR AGENDA (EXCEPT PUBLIC... 2. FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT 10 Sharron Monohon, director of Budget and Financial Planning, ... Erik Kvarsten, City Manager introduced the agenda item (Powe... Councilor Echols expressed her appreciation for the work of Mr. H... 3. PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT UPDATE 15 Mr. Kvarsten introduced Sara Singer from G. Robertson and Company. 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE... Ms. Singer presented the report of the Pathways to Employment pro... Councilor President Palmero said this is just a wonderful pr... Mr. Kvarsten said that is just one aspect of the pathways pr... Council President Palmero said there are so many talented pe... Councilor Stegmann said the perception within the community is th... Mr. Kvarsten said yes that is one of the many perceptions, b... Councilor Stegmann says she loves the baseball card idea bec... Mr. Kvarsten said we will see the retirement bubble coming up. We... Councilor Stegmann said at the Chamber Economic Summit the t... Mr. Kvarsten said they certainly could be, we have a sc... Councilor Stegmann asked how many summer works interns ... Ms. Singer said we had twelve summer work internships last y... Councilor Echols said she started her career as an intern. S... Ms. Singer feels there is opportunity to continue to loop co... Councilor Echols asked if the next steps with partner e... Ms. Singer said as she engaged with all the partners, t... Councilor Echols asked what we have in place in terms of sup... Mr. Kvarsten said that is a central part of this. We have talked ... Councilor Echols said she had a family friend whose daughter had ... Councilor Widmark said besides the actual internship and fol... Mr. Kvarsten said absolutely it is, that navigation is very impor... Councilor Widmark said there are so many other forces that are pu... Councilor French said this is a very smart process because y... Mayor Bemis said thank you for the work. It is indeed import... 6:49 PM>