Hood River Urban Renewal Administrator Will Norris presented a concept for incentivizing the construction of “missing middle” housing in the Westside Urban Renewal Area revolving around reimbursing development fees that exceed 7% of the building permit value for qualifying homes.  Norris notes some permit fees are static regardless of how large the home is.  He did emphasize this would be a “light touch” effort that while it would not likely bring prices down substantially, it could add to supply that can start to bend costs.  URA board members gave staff the go-ahead to continue to flush out the concept and bring it back to them for more discussion.