The Schools our Students Deserve: A Statewide School Facilities Program for Oregon

This report begins with a review of the state of school facilities in Oregon and a summary of recent school bond successes and failures, followed by an overview of school capital funding policy since 2000. It includes a discussion of existing facilities financing options and two brief case studies showing that the availability of state subsidies and matching funds can influence local funding decisions. A brief summary of existing school facilities programs in Western states sets the stage for detailed presentation of the Task Force recommendations, funding formula, and proposed staffing for the Oregon School Facilities Program. The report concludes with several other considerations that fall outside the scope of the four-part Oregon School Facilities Program that we propose, but relate to long-term challenges and opportunities facing PreK-12 school facilities in Oregon

Report on Compiling and Analyzing Manufactured Housing Tax Records:

In January of 2016, the Center for Public Service (CPS) was approached by Energy Trust of Oregon to conduct a review of the tax assessor data on manufactured houses in Oregon. The purpose of this review was to find the average age at which manufactured housing units in Oregon are decommissioned. A brief review of the literature on this topic that has been published indicated that this question had not yet been answered in the field. Energy Trust Oregon is invested in making manufactured housing living more energy efficient, and less costly for occupants. To that end, the organization designed this investigation into the relative savings of replacing an inefficient unit today, versus waiting for the unit to be decommissioned in the future. The organization believes that they can demonstrate that it is both environmentally sustainable relating to energy usage and economically prudent to support a program that aims to swap out old, inefficient units for new, sustainable ones. Work on this project began in March 2016, and was conducted by a group of CPS researchers (CPS Research Team). Details about the team members are included at the end of this report. The CPS Research Team considered this project in three parts: case identification, data collection, and data analysis. These efforts are detailed below. Our analysis included over 600,000 tax records. We identified over 6,500 tax accounts that were closed during the period of analysis. The average age of manufactured housing unit at the time of tax account closure – across all counties and years considered – was found to be 33.36

Sustainable Municipal Operations: Independence, Oregon

Portland State University, Hatfield School of Government (PSU), and Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), has formed a partnership to develop Sustainable Municipal Operations Plans that documents sustainability and energy management best practices. The goal of this partnership is to determine how a City/municipality can actively manage energy as a controllable expense by following a predetermined operation protocol. The PSU team developed a framework of best practices for sustainable municipal operations in different categories including facilities, fleet, purchasing, operations and the work environment. After identifying pilot jurisdictions, the team applied these best practices to the current operations of local governments in Oregon with limited capacity to do so independently. A list of criteria was used to select the jurisdictions based on the commitment to sustainability and executive level management support. Independence was selected as a pilot for these reasons following detailed conversations with City administrators and management staff on the issues the team would be investigating. The results of this project are intended to both serve as a foundation for each jurisdiction to move forward with implementing improvements, and also as a starting point in learning new and innovative approaches to sustainable operations in municipal and City governments. The PSU team, compiled of experienced practitioners, worked with Independence initially to provide clarity around the goals and deliverables of the project, solidifying the commitment of the City to provide information and relevant data for the purpose of drafting this report. We visited the City on numerous occasions to understand the current operations, state of facilities, challenges and opportunities for the City and staff. The following report provides an overview of our process working with Independence to collect and gather information, our findings and recommendations for both the immediate and long term, as well as suggested strategies for implementation

Fairview, Troutdale and Wood Village Fire/EMS Services Project

This presentation\u27s purpose is to present an overview of the draft project findings and draft recommendations, and gather feedback from council members prior to submission of the final report. Fairview Council Chambers Jan 13, 2014, 7:00pm Final Corrections: March 4, 2014 See: Final report her

Oregon’s Looming “TECC” Challenge: The Imminent Rise of “Total Employer Costs of Compensation” for Oregon Local Government

Driven largely by dramatic increases in Oregon Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) costs, Oregon’s local governments face historically unprecedented increases in their “Total Employer Costs of Compensation,” or “TECC costs.” Even with 3% annual growth in general fund revenues under Oregon’s strict, voter‐passed property tax limits, the resulting budget squeeze could force reductions of 10% or more in the number of public employees who provide key public services – from police and fire/emergency medical protection to education, health care, and infrastructure maintenance

Embracing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Developing and Facilitating the City of Beaverton’s Diversity Advisory Board

This report covers a project of the City of Beaverton and the Center for Public Service (CPS) at the Hatfield School of Government within Portland State University in developing a Diversity Advisory Board and facilitating the development of a diversity, equity, and inclusion plan for the City

City of Beaverton: Review of Boards, Commissions and Committees in Municipal Governments

The City of Beaverton currently has 18 boards, commissions and special committees that are made up of Beaverton residents appointed by the mayor, and coordinated by the City of Beaverton’s Neighborhood Program. The City of Beaverton therefore commissioned a study, to be carried out by the Center for Public Service (CPS) research team, which includes the review of selected number of cities in Oregon, Washington, and California that are similar to Beaverton. The intent of this study is to inform the City about trends and recent changes that are being adopted by boards and commissions in other cities, and make recommendations based on these findings. Additionally, the City of Beaverton asked that the study include Seattle, WA to reference what bigger, better-resourced cities are doing. The intent of this study was to inform the City about trends and recent changes that were being adopted by boards and commissions in other cities, and make conclusions based on these findings

Voices from the Region: Connecting Historically Underrepresented Communities to Metro’s Decision-Making Process

In April 2015, Metro and community partner 1000 Friends of Oregon received the Oregon Innovation Award from the Center for Public Service at Portland State University to develop an approach for better connecting historically underrepresented communities* to Metro’s decision-making processes. The award provided 1,000 hours of research, facilitation and consulting services from a Hatfield Resident Fellow and Center for Public Service staff. Over the course of seven months, sixty-plus representatives from Metro, 1000 Friends, CPS and many other local partners and organizations came to the table to contribute their time and expertise to the innovation effort. See page 23 for a complete list of contributors. These recommendations reflect the outcomes of this participatory process and the actions it generated

Gateway Center for Domestic Violence Evaluation Report

The Gateway Center for Domestic Violence, which opened in September 2010, is governed by the terms of an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Portland and Multnomah County, Oregon. The intergovernmental agreement established an Advisory Council. It also requires a formal evaluation of the Center. This report assesses the Gateway Center’s operation based on the success measures identified by the Gateway Center Advisory Council

A Cross-Sector Capabilities, Resources, and Needs Assessment: Research to Support the Drafting of the Oregon Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Proposal

Oregon’s Senate Bill 90 (SB90), signed into law and effective as of July 1, 2017, requires the Oregon Office of the State Chief Information Officer (OSCIO) to draft a proposal for an Oregon Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (CCoE). SB90 specifies that the CCoE must include information sharing and incident response support functions, and liaise and participate in cybersecurity initiatives nationwide; the Center also bears responsibility for drafting both a Cybersecurity Strategy and Cyber Disruption Response Plan. The CCoE has also been identified as the body responsible for carrying out strategic initiatives on behalf of the Oregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council (OCAC). To assist with the process of drafting the proposal for this high-priority initiative that fulfills all these requirements, the OSCIO engaged Portland State University’s Center for Public Service (CPS) to conduct comprehensive research on the state of cybersecurity in Oregon and initiatives in other states that can serve as templates for the CCoE to follow. More specifically, CPS conducted the following research activities: A policy analysis of cybersecurity efforts in other states; An online survey of Oregon organizations regarding their cybersecurity policies, processes, staffing, and needs; Cross-sector focus groups with cybersecurity professionals throughout Oregon; Catalogs of current funding opportunities for potential CCoE activities; and An inventory cybersecurity resources that currently exist in Oregon