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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Late compromise brings housing bills closer to home Legislature, which has been struggling with inclusionary zoning for many years,” Hass said. Due to resistance from builders and the real estate industry, lawmakers offered a compromise that would ensure developers would receive incentives for offering affordable housing, including tax exemptions, fee waivers or expedited services. The measure allows local government to require developers to offer up to 20 percent of units at below market rates in exchange for at least one incentive, such as tax exemptions, fee waivers or expedited services. Devel- opers also may opt to pay a fee in lieu of the requirement. The requirements would apply only to multifamily housing projects with 20 or more units. The units would be offered to those who earn up to 80 percent of area median income. The compromise bill also allows local governments By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — Lawmakers made progress Tuesday on two signi¿cant housing bills — churning out a last- minute deal with builders and real estate lobbyists on inclusionary zoning and passing a bill out of the House of Representatives that increases notice for raising rent. The Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue unanimously recommended passing a bill to lift a ban on cities and counties requiring developers to include afford- able housing units in their plans, which also is known as inclusionary zoning. The bill is now headed for the Senate Àoor. “It appears there is an agreement that everyone can come to the center on,” said Sen. Mark Hass, D-Bea- verton. Senate Bill 1533 is “a monumental bill for this BRIEFLY Former Condon/Wheeler track coach gets probation for sex abuse MADRAS (AP) — The daughter-in-law of Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman has pleaded guilty to sexual abuse for having a relationship with a 17-year-old boy on the track team she coached in central Oregon. The Bend Bulletin reports that 45-year-old Melissa Bowerman was sentenced Monday to ¿ve years of probation. During probation, her Internet usage will be restricted and she’s not allowed to contact males under age 18, except family members. A violation could land Bowerman in prison for up to 1½ years. She will also have to register as a sex offender. Bowerman Bowerman did not make a statement at the hearing. Her attorney, Stephen Houze, says therapy has been “very valuable” for Bowerman. He says she had a previously undiagnosed mental health condition. The former Madras High coach spent 26 days in jail after her July 2014 arrest. In 2013, Bowerman was dismissed from a volunteer coaching job with the Condon/Wheeler track team after she escorted a student to prom. No criminal charges were brought against her. failed to reach a deal on some of the other issues in time. “This bill which aims to increase stability is a small step in the right direction,” Keny-Guyer said of Tues- day’s tenant protections bill. “It does not say what the rent should be. It just says give tenants more time.” The bill prohibits land- lords from raising rent for the ¿rst 12 months in a month-to- month tenancy and requires a 90-day notice, instead of the existing 30-day notice, before hiking rent after that point. The city of Portland already requires 90 days’ notice. The measure also increases fees landlords can charge tenants for violating a smoking ban from $50 to $250 after a warning. Another tenant protection to increase the notice period for no-cause evictions after a year of tenancy from 60 days to 90 days was stripped from the legislation. to levy an up to 1 percent construction tax to help pay for developer incentives, pay for housing programs and provide down payment assis- tance for home ownership. Meanwhile, the House passed a bill to increase notice for raising rent in month-to-month tenancies. The measure passed 48-to-11 with bipartisan support and now heads to the Senate Àoor. The bill was part of an omnibus housing package negotiated by House Demo- crats, landlords, builders and affordable housing advocates to address the state’s afford- able housing shortage. Much of the housing package has fallen by the wayside — including addressing problematic no-cause evictions — in the compression of a 35-day legislative session. Alissa Keny-Guyer, D-Portland, chairwoman of the House Committee on Human Services and Housing, said lawmakers Two dead after powerful Washington home explosion PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — The remains of two people were found following a powerful explosion Tuesday morning that leveled a home in western Washington. The couple who died in the explosion in Port Orchard, about 15 miles west of Seattle, were 70-year-old William B. McDonald and his wife, 65-year-old Maria C. McDonald, said Kitsap County sheriff’s Deputy Scott Wilson. Their identities will be of¿cially con¿rmed by the Kitsap County coroner, but Wilson said they have no reason to believe anyone else was in the house when it exploded around 4 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities have all but ruled out homicide as a cause of the explosion at the triple-wide manufactured home, but they have not determined how it happened. “At this point, we do not believe there is anything suspicious that leads us down the path of criminal activity,” Wilson said. As far as they know, no one in the neighboring homes was injured in the blast, although other buildings were damaged, including a nearby elementary school. The extent of the damage elsewhere involved broken windows and doors, which he said was “truly remarkable” considering the strength of the blast that shook the neighborhood, Wilson said. ——— Briefs are compiled from staff and wire reports, and press releases. Email press releases to news@ eastoregonian.com FBI estimates Malheur occupation costs at more than $1.2M By JOHN SEPULVADO OPB counties each spent more than $60,000. Lodging costs alone for all of the assisting law enforce- ment topped $52,000. Local and state of¿cials were in Washington D.C. this week, lobbying the federal government to reimburse counties for the costs. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., and other Oregon representatives have intro- duced federal legislation and amendments since the occupation ended that would shift some of the costs to the federal Interior and Justice departments. “The vigilantes who occu- pied the Malheur Wildlife Refuge for over a month sapped resources from local and state governments and inÀicted tremendous damage to a valued national resource,” said DeFazio in a statement Monday. “It will take time, money and hard work to clean up the destruction left behind.” Prosecutors seek to push back trial PORTLAND (AP) — Government prosecutors have ¿led a motion to push back the trial dates for those arrested following a 41-day standoff at an Oregon wildlife refuge. The prosecutors want a federal judge to deem the case complex, which would delay the defendants’ right to a speedy trial and likely send the case into 2017. They cite the unique crime scene, the large number of defendants and complicated pre-trial discovery issues. Defense attorney Lisa Hay ¿led a document opposing efforts to designate the case as complex. Standoff leader Ammon Bundy and 15 others are scheduled to each be arraigned Wednesday on a conspiracy charge. Prosecutors say a superseding indictment with additional charges could be ¿led early next month, after investigators ¿nish processing the crime scene near Burns. The 41-day armed occupa- tion at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge cost Oregon counties at least $1.2 million, according to documents obtained by OPB. The FBI prepared the cost estimate Feb. 13. It illustrates how the counties incurred those costs, from lodging and meals to fuel expenses and overtime. The Harney County School District paid some $16,000 for security and counseling services – the school district also spent $160,000 in wages for teachers and staff to stay home during the ¿rst week of the occupation. Meanwhile, more than $700,000 was spent on backup law enforcement in the area from police and sheriff’s departments across the state. Nearly 200 law enforcement of¿cials from 35 agencies worked 3,678 regular hours during the occupation, according to the documents. Of the $700,000, the biggest expenditure went to 4,588 overtime hours for law enforcement, costing those departments more than $400,000. The ¿gures compiled by the FBI do not include costs incurred by the Oregon State Police, which played a visible role in assisting the FBI. Clackamas County spent more than any other department assisting Harney County, racking up $136,000 in costs. 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