The Hood River County Commission on Thursday approved a reopening plan, sending it on to the state for consideration.  The County plan requests Governor Kate Brown to allow Phase 1 reopening, with County Administrator Jeff Hecksel noting the best case scenario would be to allowed to move forward next Friday.  Reopening plans are specific to how the County meets or exceeds the Governor’s reopening health care metrics, using the State reopening model.  The Governor’s Reopening Framework requires County plans address “gateway criteria” for three-phased reopening, such as access to personal protective equipment for health care providers, adequacy of COVID testing, and contact tracing of those that come in contact with COVID positive cases, and other measures to limit spread of the disease.  Hecksel noted the plan is really a “Health Preparedness Plan” for the County…with business sector guidelines being addressed by the state.  The Governor’s office released Phase 1 guidelines Thursday.  Commission Chair Mike Oates says the Hood River County Chamber of Commerce is pushing out sector-specific information to businesses.  A task force represented by a number of County agencies, hospitals, and the cities of Hood River and Cascade Locks put together the plan before commissioners.  The Commission formally appointed those members to a reopening steering committee.