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Urban Renewal Agency backs supplemental budget for bond outreach, recommends $975,000 contract and notes July 1 road transfer
Summary
The Hood River City Urban Renewal advisory committee supported a supplemental budget to fund bond outreach and heard staff updates recommending a $975,000 contract award for construction documents and a jurisdictional transfer that will bring roughly $4 million to city control July 1.
The Hood River City Urban Renewal Advisory Committee voted to support a supplemental budget (Resolution 2026-URA-02) to cover intergovernmental agreement revenue and related appropriations tied to a bond information and engagement campaign. Committee members moved, seconded and recorded unanimous support for the advisory recommendation to the agency board.
Will Norris, urban renewal administrator, described the supplemental budget as covering the city’s work on the bond outreach under an intergovernmental agreement and said staff was budgeting roughly $110,000 in revenue and $100,000 in appropriations for the current fiscal year to cover the work. Norris said the agency charges actual costs plus a 10% overhead for his time.
On contracting, Norris said staff recommends awarding the design contract to MIG, supported by Klein & Associates and DKS, to complete construction documents and provide construction oversight. “The contract price is $975,000, and I’m recommending to the board a $50,000 contingency to be authorized,” he said.
Norris also updated the committee on a jurisdictional transfer with ODOT that will bring slightly more than $4,000,000 to the city; the transfer agreement will be considered by the city council May 26 and the roadway will be under local control starting July 1 at noon if approved. The administrator said staff will send the MIG contract recommendation to the agency board on May 26 so work can proceed without delay.
What happened in the meeting: Committee member (SEG 995) moved the advisory recommendation to support adoption of Resolution 2026-URA-02; the motion received a second and the committee recorded unanimous support. No amendments were offered at the advisory level.
What’s next: The advisory committee’s recommendation will go to the Urban Renewal Agency board for final action; the jurisdictional transfer and the contract award are scheduled for consideration at upcoming meetings.
