Water & Sewer Rate increases coming - esp for industrial & irrigation customers. Hood River City Council meets 4 times in March. Sigh. Monday's agenda and ZOOM info…
Read MoreHood River City Councilors gave a lot of "love" to parks during their February 6th work session. As a practical matter, they seemed to agree placing a bond measure on the November 2022 ballot to…
Read MoreFebruary 22 Hood River City Council Updates ... we'll post a few of these separately for easier viewing, but you can find the full video here…
Read More3 positions on the Hood River Library District come up for election on May 18, 2021. Positions held by Karen Bureker, Megan Janik, and Sara Marsden end in June 2021…
Read MoreIn the January 25th City Council meeting, Al Barton of the Mid-Columbia Center for Living was asked about 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 to calls involving someone that may have mental health issues. The inference was…
Read MoreTwo openings are up for election in May for Hood River Parks and Rec Department. Terms for Nan Noteboom and Anna Cavaleri expire this year in June…
Read MoreWe're pleased to provide last week's Hood River City Council discussion excerpts on "Missing Middle" housing code with Spanish subtitles. Simply go to the YouTube link (https://youtu.be/wKKbr_XRKsY), click…
Read MoreThe January 25th Hood River City Council meeting gave direction on code changes for "missing middle" housing:
- Denser is better, - Maximize lot coverage (70% is fine)…
Read MoreIn 7 minutes, you can get the scoop on the last two years' saga of the Hood River Police station planning ... with clips from Monday's meeting where work came to a screeching halt. https://youtu.be/-BXho4ToewoOn
Read MoreOn Tuesday, January 19th, the Planning Commission for the City of Hood River will go over the proposed new building codes for missing middle housing. Code language can be found here: https://cityofhoodriver.gov/.../Combined-Packet-1-19-21.pdf
Read MoreHaley Ellet presents ways to preserve trees on private property. She reviewed tree protection codes from other Oregon cities (including Bend, Redmond, Wilsonville, and…
Read MoreThe January 11th Hood River City Council meeting stretched to almost 4 hours ... and then adjourned in order to talk in executive session about possible litigation as well as real estate purchases.
We'll provide shorter clips and "cliff notes" on 1) The…
Read MoreCity of Hood River: Council Meeting January 11 @ 6pm. There are some big ticket items - $5.5 million for the sinkhole/stormwater line repairs; the first solicitations planned for the new police station or police/courthouse complex - top $…
Read MoreIs your New Year's Resolution something like "I'll get more involved in working on parks and open space in Hood River?" If so, mark your calendar and think about a run for office!
The Parks and Recreation District has two board positions with terms ending in July 2021. Elections will be held in May 2021 to fill those spots.
Read MoreA big part of the January 4 Hood River Planning Commission discussion will focus on future parking requirements for the new duplex, triplexes, and cottage clusters that city code will allow.
There's a tension between how much parking to REQUIRE versus what to allow local contractors and builders to create based on demand. This YouTube…
Read MoreWatch the City of Hood River site for info on more appointed positions coming up. 3 budget committee members had their terms expire in June 2020: Becky Brun, David Bick, and Tim Decker…
Read MoreOn Sunday, December 20, a car crash into a gas regulator station for NW Natural gas shut off natural gas service to 1500 WA customers and more than 4000 Hood River county customers. As of December 26 - 𝟲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿- customers were still getting their gas turned on, after spending close to a week with limited heat and hot water.
Read MorePlanning Commissioner (Hood River) Bill Irving reacts to the idea of 2 600-square-foot homes on a 5000 square foot lot. He also describes what's selling now in Hood River. Want to see the full meeting? It's here: https://youtu.be/jnxOSUda7CY
Read MoreThe City of Hood River met on Friday, December 18th, to begin to lay out a vision for what the Rand-Cascade development should look like. The video of their discussion (about an hour) is here: https://youtu.be/Rg046UaBDNc (the city of HR still doesn't post video; kudos to The Dalles for having great video and audio available)…
Read MoreHood River Planning Commission meets Monday, December 21 at 5:30pm to elect new officers (the election should have been held in October, per the city's municipal code), and to continue discussing the new kinds of housing that will make up the "missing middle" housing in the city.
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