After nearly 90 minutes of discussion, Hood River City Councilors voted 4-2 to go out for a request for proposal for a preliminary design and cost estimate for a police facility that would also include space for the Columbia Gorge Children’s Advocacy Center and a parking garage on the Columbia Street parking lot, and a preliminary analysis of a joint public safety facility with Hood River County if a cost-sharing agreement can be reached with the County.  The decision came after some on the Council expressed their misgivings with using the Columbia lot for the facility, and whether it is compatible with the surrounding area.  Mayor Kate McBride emphasized this doesn’t mean they would go ahead with the project.  City officials have eyed finalizing a plan for a new police facility to coincide with the 2022 retiring of the bonds that were used to build the municipal fire station.