Hood River City Councilors voted to allow an initiative measure to amend the City Charter to require approval from municipal voters before parks could be sold or transferred for any purpose not related to public recreation to go to the ballot in November without any formal action.  The measure stems from the Council’s approval to move forward with rezoning of Morrison Park property for an affordable housing project, which is currently the subject of an appeal to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals.  In discussion most of the Council felt the charter amendment was not the path to take on that subject, with Mark Zanmiller noting Councilors were elected to make such decisions and citizens can vote them out if they are unhappy with them.  But both Tim Counihan and Erick Haynie voted against the motion, with Counihan saying they could have saved themselves a lot of trouble by putting the Morrison Park housing proposal itself on the ballot, and Haynie said municipal park land is a public asset, not the Council’s.