Hood River City Council Meeting - August 24, 2020

The City of Hood River is taking steps to limit exposure and spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus). In support of state and federal guidelines for social distancing, the City of Hood River will hold this meeting by using Zoom Conferencing.

 

Please use the following phone number or video link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86916074773

(253) 215 8782

Meeting ID: 869 1607 4773

 

Members of City Council and City staff will participate by telephone, they will not be on site at City Hall during the meeting. The audio recording of the meeting will be posted shortly after the meeting on the City’s website. Please check the City’s website for the most current status of planned public meetings. https://cityofhoodriver.gov/administration/meetings/

I           CALL TO ORDER

II          BUSINESS FROM THE AUDIENCE

The Hood River City Council encourages community members to talk about issues important to them.  If you wish to speak during “Business from the Audience”, there are two options to choose from:

2. Submit written comments to the City Recorder at j.gray@cityofhoodriver.gov by Monday, August 24 no later than 12 noon in order to distribute to the City Council in one packet for review by 3pm. All comments will be added to the record.
3. To address Council during Business for the Audience, email the request (name of speaker and topic) to j.gray@cityofhoodriver.gov by Monday, August 24 no later than 12 noon. Please specify the topic your testimony addresses. Testimony will go in order of requests received. Attendees that have registered will be unmuted by the IT Administrator for 3 minutes to address Council. Public comment will be by audio only.  At the Mayors discretion, public comments may be received prior to a specific topic of relevance during the meeting.

WORK SESSION

III         OPEN WORK SESSION

IV        AGENDA ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS

V         DISCUSSION ITEMS

1. Hood River CARES Act Allocation

VI        ADJOURN WORK SESSION

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

I           OPEN REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

II          AGENDA ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS

III         CONSENT AGENDA

These items are considered routine and/or have been discussed by Council in Work Session.  They will be adopted by one motion unless a Councilor or person in the audience requests, before the vote on the motion, to have an item considered at its regular place on the agenda.

1. Council Meeting Minutes – August 10, 2020
2. Forth Contract – Revised

IV       REGULAR BUSINESS ITEMS

1. Parks Master Plan Approval
2. Police Facility Site Analysis

V         REPORT OF OFFICERS

1. Department Heads
2. Announcements
3. Planning Director Update

 City Recorder

1. 1. Ordinance 2055 (Transient Lodging Tax) reading for the second

time by title only

VI        REPORT OF COMMITTEES

1. Visitor Advisory Committee – Metta and Saunders

VII       MAYOR

1. Letter of Support – Warming Shelter Grant

VIII      COUNCIL CALL

 IX        ADJOURN REGULAR MEETING