HR City Council Meeting Video (Jan 25) with Time Stamps

Engage the Gorge

Published · January 31 at 4:18 PM ·

In 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 that police aren't the right agency to respond to those kinds of calls because they're not trained, and he was asked about local diversion programs the police could use. Al Barton 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲, saying "It's the rarity where it's a heavy-handed law enforcement solution." He described all the ways police have to partner with Mid-Columbia. You can watch and listen to his comments here: https://youtu.be/5hV7jlIpLi8

A few other things from the January 25 HR City Council meeting:

- Openings still exist on the 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲... send in your request for an application if you want input into spending priorities.

- The city team for starting over with the city/council plans for a joint facility are Megan Saunders, Gladys Rivera, and Mark Zanmiller (we recommend reading & doing a "sprint" in 5 days ... design sprints are used not only to create prototypes but to let many businesses and agencies get to real essentials quickly. See https://www.thesprintbook.com/how)

Here's the 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 January 25th meeting (full video here - it's close to 4 hours: https://youtu.be/7eldm2LTADc)

4:11: Belinda Ballah describes reasons for a Tobacco Retail License

8:34: Heather Staten on housing code

9:10 Nancy Roach on what builders want from the new code

14:49 Community Health Assessment

41:26 Mid-Columbia Center for Living on Behavioral Health Issues in Hood River, Wasco, & Sherman Counties

1:39:40: Housing Code for "missing middle"

3:06: Sanitation Contract

3:10 Misc Updates

3:13:20 Committee Appointments & Openings (nice to see they're watching for expired terms after the Planning Commission problem)

3:36:36 Comments on the City/County joint plans for a police/community services building