Waterfront Recreation Meeting 2/13/07 6PM - Update: Report ?

Pepi · Thu Feb 15, 07 9:50 am

Hi Endo :

No zones or restrictions were immediately discusses and the consensus was fairly united throughout all user groups and the governing agencies, in that we need to work on a zoning plan that focuses on safety for all the recreational users, kiters, windsurfers, and swimmers.

The CGWA and CGKA will be working on a proposal to hopefully have ready in time for the next meeting, which will happen in 3-4 weeks.
I think that it will be very important for both the windsurf and kite community to work together on this matter to ensure that we are covering all safety and liability issues. These issues are what is most important in protecting all of our access to the Columbia River and helping the Port avoid any potential injury or shut down issues this season.

Long walks and parking issues aside, the most important way for us to prove to the Port that our recreational activities are worth their dollars and have a relevence in the Hood River Community is for us all to work and play nice together.

Pepi

EdG · Since 19 Dec 2005 424 Posts Just a Kook that's Obsessed

endoshred · Since 22 May 2006 232 Posts HR Stoked

i personally have no problem on long walks..... longer walks will weed out the weak (not to mean windsurfers are weak). just not knowing if there will be a rigid plan for segregation or a "lets all just get along" approach. the real estate at the east cape sure looks prime. great bridge view!

Yardsale · Since 29 Mar 2005 387 Posts Portlanastan Obsessed

Hey Hood River has been having meetings like this for years and nothing productive ever gets done. The sandbar is a joke as far as access and safety and the waterfront is a ugly industrial blythe on the landscape. Hood River and the Port have been fighting over development /access issues for years and it is never clear who is responsible for what-and nothing, I mean nothing has really changed. Maybe things are different now that more activist peeps (like Pepe) are involved, I hope so. I've never been an advocate of access improvements outside of town-we shouldn't make it easier just because a bunch of kiters and windsurfers are getting blisters on their feet-if ya can't deal with the conditions don't go. As far as town however, it is clear that change is long overdue. Thanks for tolerating my rant. Shocked

Pepi · Fri Feb 16, 07 11:40 am

Hein :

You might want to do some more homework before you get on a public forum and begin making uninformed statements such as the one you just have.

Go to this website to learn more information about what the Port of Hood River is, what it represents, how it works for the Hood River and surrounding communities, as well as what responsibilities is performs in supporting and enhancing the economic communities in the immediate and surrounding Hood River communities.

www.portofhoodriver.com/

The Port of Hood River is not just an authorative body that's primary role is to play the bad cop.

Being educated on the organizations (be it government, public, non-profit, or federal) will help represent the intelligence of the kite community much better and help strengthen our relationships in the Hood River community and help open doors for long range goals that the kite community may eventually develop.

The organizers of SKA and all the other kiting associations around the country can verify the above comments as legit and valid.

Thanks for your understanding.

Pepi[/url]

Hein · Since 08 Mar 2005 1313 Posts Possessed

Port Authority
So where's the port?
I got the authority part.

type fast, pepi, my
mouse is on the X
button.

Portland Pete · Since 08 Mar 2005 145 Posts HR Stoked

Pepi

What comments did Hein make ?

Hein is not Yardsale as far as I know

Pete

magicmaker · Since 29 Oct 2006 895 Posts da Hood Opinionated

forrest · Fri Feb 16, 07 1:16 pm

I think it got deleted.

NateDogg · Fri Feb 16, 07 1:25 pm

hahaha, LETS GET IT ON!

Hein · Since 08 Mar 2005 1313 Posts Possessed

I deleted it Cool

Pepi is right:
I'm not intelligent
I shouldn't bash the Port
and I should do my research....

Port Mission Statement

Pepi · Fri Feb 16, 07 5:37 pm

Hey Hein:

Your comments weren't really bad.
It was just that those comments just might have opened up the gates for the peanut gallery to take the discussions down a road that wouldn't have been that constructive.

I'm definitely not perfect, by far, so Hein, I didn't mean to jump on you, just in case my post sounded like that.
Emails and forum postings are sometimes hard to read when determining someones emotions or intents.

I think that with Cory and Jim on board with a group of like-minded windsurf representatives, we are on track to make some good headway with the Port.

BTW - I just got back from walking the sandbar, and it made me really crave getting out on the water soon.

Pepi

Yardsale · Since 29 Mar 2005 387 Posts Portlanastan Obsessed

Pepi, apparently I should have pie on my face. Hey my point was......Hood River needs to get something done as far as the waterfront. I've been around a while and have observed alot and heard alot so my opinion is not without some credibility. Sometimes ya just gotta say what ya feel, I hope most people around here have thick enough skin to understand. Keep up the good work, Stephan Very Happy