February 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 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 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 MoreTwo new Hood River Planning Commission appointments were made at tonight's HR County Board of Commissioners meeting. Applicants were Larry Martin, Erick Von Lubken (currently on Planning Commission, & serving since 2009), Paul Henke, and Jay Lyman.
Read MoreThe Hood River County Commissioners will meet on January 19th beginning at 4pm. See…
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 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 MoreThe Hood River Planning Commission was considering a variety of housing types in the December 21st meeting. You can hear Commissioner/Realtor Bill Irving's comments on this configuration in our 5 minute video extract or go to the full video here https://youtu.be/jnxOSUda7CY and hear his comments starting at about 27:05 into the video.
All the configurations can be viewed here: https://cityofhoodriver.gov/.../20201214_HoodRiverHousing...
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.
Read MoreOn February 16, the Bingen City Council will hold another public hearing on the proposal to create a subdivision on the west end of Bingen. The 11.2 acres, owned by Dickey Farms, would be used to construct no more than 4 apartment buildings and an accessory building, providing workforce housing for families with a median income of $64,500 per year…
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 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
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