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 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 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 MoreThe Middle Housing Code discussion continues at the Monday January 25th Hood River City Council meeting:
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 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 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 MoreOn Monday, December 14, the Hood River City Council will select the 2 planning commissioners to fill 2 vacancies. (See packet#1 for backgrounds and ZOOM sign-in info: https://cityofhoodriver.gov/.../CC-Packet-12-14-20-1.pdf)
The selection committee (Kate McBride, Dustin Nilsen, Tim Counihan) recommended that Sue Powers be reappointed…
Read MoreMore from Monday’s Hood River City Council meeting update – stay informed!
We’re trying something new by providing video clips of some of the sessions along with a summary. Let us know what you think! Note: Audio isn’t great for the ODOT 2nd and Oak Review. Trying to use 3rd party software to record something the city is already recording is tricky. If you want the city to post the ZOOM video of their meetings, let your council representative or the city manager know:
Read MoreOn November 23, the Hood River City Council has a number of interesting topics on the agenda for their meeting, including:
- The consultant's report on the space needs analysis for a proposed new police facility and site appraisals (pages 51-108 in the packet…
Read MoreThe Monday, November 9th, Hood River City Council meeting spent most of its discussion time listening to opponents and supporters of the Adams Creek Co-Housing Project present their arguments. Councilors Mark Zanmiller and Erick Haynie both recused themselves from participating in any votes, because both live close to the proposed development. More arguments are planned…
Read MoreHood River City Council meets on Monday, November 9, beginning at 6pm. Topics on board:
- Public Hearings: An appeal of the Adams Creek Co-Housing decision. Packet #2 (link: ) has the 678 pages that are involved in the testimony and planning so far.
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It comes later in the meeting (see page 54 of packet #1), but Will Norris will discuss the city’s financial position and the Covid-19 impact. Some numbers of note:
Read MoreFrom City Council Hood River, October 26: Business from the Audience
4 people gave information or concerns on Monday evening.
Read MoreFor those interested in parking in the city of Hood River, tonight's council will turn again to the revised "fee in lieu" payments that will apply to property developers. The city's parking consultant recommended changes to amend the fee structure, citing those fees as one of the barriers to new development downtown.
Read MoreMonday, October 26 at 6pm, Hood River City Council meets to discuss a variety of topics, covered in a packet of info that exceeds 400 pages (a record?). You may join in by ZOOM
Read MoreWhy am I running for mayor? The same reason why so many other women (women never elected to public office) decided to run for office over the past few years-- we see a flawed system and we know we can help change it.
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