Hood River Mayor Arthur Babitz said Monday the legal agreements to allow the Naito Development hotel and commercial building near the Nichols Boat Basin have been finished, and the project can move forward. Babitz says the City has received the official copy of a letter withdrawing all appeals, and the municipal planning commission decision will stand. Under the deal reached between Naito Development and Friends of the Hood River Waterfront, the Hood River Urban Renewal Agency will purchase land at the south end of the basin for a low impact public park. Babitz says the plan is to work with Columbia Riverkeeper on revegetation of the property to create an area that is nice to walk through and be valuable habitat.