The Hood River City Council has approved going ahead with a $100,000 study of utility rates and improvements that need to be made in water, wastewater, and stormwater systems.  City Manager Steve Wheeler says they need to update their capital improvement project list, and while they have a sequence of projects planned in their budget, they’ve learned often times it falls off a bit.  The outcome will be an updated list of projects, what they cost, and when the City can do them.  Wheeler expects it will take about a year to put together.