Hood River County Commissioners received an overview of the proposed Westside Urban Renewal District from City officials on Monday.  Councilor Tim Counihan told the panel the district is intended to fund infrastructure, park development, and advance affordable housing development.  Commissioner Arthur Babitz asked about the possible impacts the district could have on compression of general government local option levies now and in the future.  City consultant Elaine Howard noted there is very little compression with the exception of the school district’s local option levy.  She did say the County’s permanent property tax levy could see some compression loss, but probably not a lot.  She did add they don’t have any hard data yet, and the impact on levies could change in the future.  Because some of the urban renewal area might be outside of the city limits, the County would have a voice in establishment of the district.