Hoodland CPO

By Pat Erdenberger, For The Mountain Times

Most of you know that the mission of the Hoodland Community Planning Organization (HCPO) is to bring County information to our Hoodland community members. Our goal is to provide a resounding voice back to the County. We also provide speaking opportunities of interest to the community.

The Hoodland Community Planning Organization Community Meeting will be held June 18, at 7:00 p.m. at the Mt Hood Oregon Resort. This is a public meeting. At that meeting the Board will hold an election of officers for the CPO Board. Anyone in the Hoodland CPO area who wishes to run in the election, can forward a brief resume or biographic information to hoodlandcpo@gmail.com  There will be a free-ticket raffle for CPO Swag.

Our speaker at the June meeting will be Jeff Owen from the County Transportation Division. Jeff will follow-up his presentations from the event: The County Transportation Plan for the next twenty years, which is in process of getting a public introduction and assessment of priorities by the communities in unincorporated Clackamas County.  

The County Transportation event will take place in the Trees Room at the Mt Hood Oregon Resort from 5-6:30 p.m.; our CPO meeting will follow at 7:00 PM in the same room. Please attend both events. There will be refreshments.

We continue to follow the Short-Term Rental decision-making process by the Board of County Commissioners. We are eager to see the fair and equitable finalized plan next month.

Clackamas County carried out an evacuation communication drill exercise  on May 7 and 8. We thank everyone who participated in this important step toward improved emergency communication.  We learned many lessons from the Hoodland Emergency Communication Network, Local Amateur Radio Operators, the Hoodland Fire Company CERT Team, and the Clackamas Amateur Radio Emergency Services group. Further information from the Clackamas Amateur Radio Emergency Service and the Clackamas County Disaster Management Office will be available so that we can all step up our game with “what do we do in an emergency.”   With these lessons, we’ll know what gaps must be filled in emergency services along the corridor.  

We haven’t yet scratched the surface of tourism and STR occupancy throughout our area during the high seasons. Nor have we addressed the need for a location for temporary housing after a disaster. We’ll get there –  and we hope we will be there in time.

Please write to us, we welcome your comments on any matter Hoodlandcpo@gmail.com