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Hood River council approves consent items and waives transient merchant fee for local nonprofit
Summary
Council approved consent agenda items including two OLCC permits and a construction contract, abstained on some OLCC approvals for transportation concerns, and waived a $146 transient merchant fee for Wild Hosea and Water for the summer.
At its May 11 meeting the Hood River City Council approved consent-agenda actions, heard several staff reports and acted on two discrete fee matters.
The council approved the remainder of the consent agenda after removing three late OLCC permit items for separate consideration; one councilor abstained on the OLCC permits citing concerns about limited late-night transportation options and public-safety risks. Staff answered questions about a water-main replacement contract: contractors bid below the engineer’s estimate and staff said the project appeared straightforward with limited change-order risk.
On a public-comment motion, Councilor Cavalieri moved to waive the transient merchant permit fee for Wild Hosea and Water for the summer; the motion was seconded and passed, with the mayor recorded as voting nay. Helen Wilde from Wild Hosea and Water had asked the council to waive the $146 fee, saying the nonprofit lost key funders and needs the help to continue free community programming. "We were told this year by the court that we needed a transient merchant's permit, which I have applied for," Wilde told the council.
Council also voted to add consideration of fee-in-lieu and parking-study scope to future work as part of ongoing downtown parking conversations. The meeting moved into a closed executive session on real property negotiations at the close of the public session.
