The Hood River City Council voted against immediately moving to a new governance structure for the Urban Renewal Agency that would leave only the Council as voting board members, opting instead to have staff do outreach to other impacted taxing districts to gauge how they want to be involved. Councilor Grant Polson moved to make the change now, but it was defeated by a 4-3 vote. Councilor Doug Stepina said he would feel better moving forward with having the Council as the voting board after reaching out to other districts first. The current URA board is made up of the Council and two members of the Port of Hood River Commission, but with the Waterfront Urban Renewal District winding down the Council wanted to take the opportunity to reconsider the governance structure.