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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
State releases final ODOT
improvement recommendations
Agency lacks strategic
vision for the future and
accountability measures
report back Nov. 1.
ODOT should seek the exper-
tise of a management consulting
company to develop a management
plan for the agency that would
define structure, roles and measure-
ments for success. The agency
also should seek out a consulting
company to address waste in its fleet
and facilities programs and convene
procurement experts from
other state agencies to
review potential improve-
ments for contracting.
Other
recommenda-
tions call for an agency
communications
plan,
alignment of legislative
standards with the realities
of the agency’s opera-
tions and an audit by the
Secretary of State’s Office
specifically on ODOT’s manage-
ment of funds in the highway
program.
Finally, DAS recommends
conducting another management
review in 2020 to identify the prog-
ress of any changes.
“I fully embrace these recom-
mendations and wholeheartedly
believe that ODOT will be a
stronger organization as a result
of them,” said ODOT Director
Matt Garrett in an email to staff.
“Moreover, I commit to working
with the (Oregon Transportation)
Commission, ODOT employees
and our customers to implement
these recommendations in a trans-
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — The state’s execu-
tive department released
final recommendations for
reforming weaknesses at
the Oregon Department of
Transportation Monday.
The recommendations
resemble a draft released
March 24 and first
reported by the Pamplin
Media Group/EO Media
Group Capital Bureau.
The improvement plan
by the Department of Administra-
tive Services is based on the find-
ings of an independent consultant’s
management review of the agency,
finalized Feb. 1.
New York-based McKinsey &
Co. concluded there is an unclear
governance structure for ODOT
and the Oregon Transportation
Commission, which sets policy for
the agency. The agency also lacks
a strategic vision for the future
and accountability measures, the
consultants found.
DAS
recommended
that
the governor and Legislature
convene a work group to clarify
the governance structure and
BRIEFLY
Six counties to end
use of cyanide traps
ENTERPRISE (AP) — Six
Eastern Oregon counties say they
are halting the use of cyanide
traps to kill coyotes to protect the
state’s wolf population.
The Baker City Herald reports
that the USDA Wildlife Services
and the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife came to the
agreement to stop the use cyanide
traps in six counties after the
accidental killing of a gray wolf
in February.
Officials say cyanide traps to
control predators will no longer
be used in Baker, Wallowa,
Union, Umatilla, Morrow and
Grant counties.
Officials from both agencies
say they are working to improve
communication between the
entities and share information on
future wolf sightings.
parent and accountable manner.”
Agency leadership will assemble
a steering team to help guide imple-
mentation of the recommendations
and track and report on progress,
which also will be published on
a webpage, said Assistant ODOT
Director Travis Brouwer. The
agency also plans to develop a stra-
tegic business plan, Garrett wrote in
his email to employees.
Gov. Kate Brown ordered the
management review to help allay
some lawmakers’ concerns in
preparation for consideration of
a transportation package worth
hundreds of millions of dollars this
session. The revenue to pay for
projects would likely come largely
from a hike in the state’s gas tax and
registration fees.
The state paid McKinsey $1
million to conduct the management
review on a short timeline, so
findings would be available before
the end of the legislative session.
Yet deadlines for finishing work
products in the improvement plan
are after lawmakers would likely
vote on a transportation package.
A work group of lawmakers
plans to recommend accountability
measures for ODOT later this week.
Those accountability measures
could be added to the transportation
package legislation.
———
The Capital Bureau is a collab-
oration between EO Media Group
and Pamplin Media Group.
PORTLAND (AP) —
Officials are investigating nine
Oregon hotels that travelers claim
cancelled their room reservations
and inflated prices ahead of a
summer 2017 solar eclipse.
More than a dozen people
have filed complaints against nine
hotels to the Oregon Department
of Justice, The Oregonian/
OregonLive reported on Monday.
Consumers said they had
made advanced reservations at
the Stafford Inn in Prineville
for about $170 a night on
TripAdvisor. The reservations
were later cancelled because of
new ownership or rebranding
claims. The rooms’ price was
updated to $600 to $635 a night.
“The very same thing is
going on all over the place,” said
Stafford Inn manager Laurie
Romine before she declined to
comment further on the issue.
Other hotels that have been
the subject of complaints are in
cities such as Salem, Lincoln
City, Baker City, Otter Rock and
Keizer.
Department spokeswoman
Ellen Klem said the hotels could
face a $25,000 fine, but she
doesn’t think it’s likely because
the problem appears to be
widespread.
In this Saturday photo, Oregon State Police Sr. Trooper Hunter, of
the agency’s fish and wildlife division, holds a duckling he helped
rescue from a storm drain in Salem.
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Cloudy with a
shower or two
Intervals of clouds
and sunshine
Cloudy
62° 45°
69° 45°
Mostly cloudy, a
shower or two
63° 47°
63° 44°
Mostly cloudy, a
shower or two
54° 34°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
70° 45°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
51°
59°
83° (1944)
32°
38°
18° (1918)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
Trace
0.14"
6.27"
3.94"
4.10"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
56°
62°
83° (1992)
34°
38°
19° (1972)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
Trace
0.07"
4.93"
2.70"
3.18"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Full
Last
Apr 10
Apr 19
6:30 a.m.
7:27 p.m.
12:48 p.m.
2:59 a.m.
New
First
Apr 26
64° 45°
58° 37°
Seattle
59/47
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
65° 45°
May 2
Today
SATURDAY
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
64° 43°
MOLALLA (AP) —
Authorities say a 30-year-old man
who was last seen celebrating his
birthday at a party has been found
dead in a creek in unincorporated
Molalla.
The Clackamas County
Sheriff’s Department says
Monday that the Keizer man was
reported missing around 1:30
p.m. Sunday.
He had been celebrating
his 30th birthday on Saturday
evening and had not been heard
from since.
Deputies and dive team
members began an extensive
search and found the man’s body
in a creek near Highway 211.
The death is being investigated
but no foul play is expected.
The man’s name is being
withheld until his family can be
notified.
Corrections
— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
WEDNESDAY
Man found dead after
celebrating 30 th birthday
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TODAY
PORTLAND (AP) — Portland
police have arrested a man wanted
in connection with last week’s
protests outside a city council
meeting after officers observed
him filming them as they had
coffee.
The Portland Police Bureau
said Monday that 45-year-old
Philip Stan Schaefer was booked
into the Multnomah County Jail
on charges of second-degree
robbery and coercion on Sunday,
five days after he was filmed by
a local TV station getting into a
shoving match with another man
during the protest.
Police say Schaefer’s charges
come as a result of that encounter.
Schaefer is the seventh person
arrested in connection with the
March 29 demonstration.
Demonstrators were protesting
the death of a 17-year-old teenager
who was fatally shot by a Portland
police officer in February.
A grand jury last month found
the shooting justified.
Nine hotels accused
of false advertising
ahead of solar eclipse
OSP help rescue ducklings from storm drain
SALEM (AP) — To protect and
serve and ... rescue ducklings?
An Oregon State Police trooper
got some attention Monday after he
helped pluck two ducklings from
a storm drain where they were
stranded over the weekend.
The agency says in Twitter and
Facebook postings that the mother
duck and her 10 ducklings were
crossing the street at an intersection
in Salem Saturday when two duck-
lings were swept into the drain.
City workers removed several
storm grates and a manhole cover
so the trooper could reach the duck-
lings with a net.
State police say the other eight
ducklings successfully navigated
the drain pipe and emerged in a
nearby canal.
They were reunited with their
mother and siblings and waddled
away apparently unharmed.
Police ID wanted
man from Portland
protest, arrest him
Spokane
Wenatchee
53/39
56/38
Tacoma
Moses
58/44
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 59/43
54/41
57/47
57/45
60/42
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
62/49
62/48 Lewiston
62/43
Astoria
60/42
58/47
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
62/46
Pendleton 52/35
The Dalles 64/43
62/45
63/45
La Grande
Salem
56/39
61/46
Albany
Corvallis 63/45
63/46
John Day
58/41
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
58/38
63/45
58/42
Caldwell
Burns
57/39
55/34
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
Hi
58
54
58
60
55
52
63
60
64
58
61
56
54
69
58
61
58
62
62
62
62
61
53
56
62
62
60
Lo
47
34
42
48
34
35
45
42
43
41
38
39
39
46
46
49
38
43
45
46
41
46
39
36
47
48
42
W
c
pc
c
pc
pc
pc
c
pc
pc
pc
pc
pc
pc
c
c
c
pc
pc
pc
c
c
c
pc
pc
c
pc
pc
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Wed.
Hi
54
62
63
61
64
59
63
67
70
67
63
63
62
69
55
59
70
69
69
60
67
61
60
65
62
68
65
Lo
46
38
42
48
41
40
46
43
45
46
40
43
43
47
45
47
47
45
45
47
42
46
44
41
47
50
45
W
sh
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
sh
c
pc
c
c
c
r
c
c
c
c
sh
c
c
c
c
sh
c
c
WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
72
77
74
60
85
44
64
66
68
70
59
Lo
53
69
56
41
51
34
45
46
45
63
50
W
c
s
s
c
s
pc
c
pc
pc
sh
s
Wed.
Hi
67
78
79
57
86
50
60
66
59
71
64
Lo
48
70
54
42
53
41
41
46
51
62
56
W
pc
s
s
c
pc
pc
c
t
r
sh
pc
WINDS
Medford
69/46
Klamath Falls
61/38
(in mph)
Today
Wednesday
Boardman
Pendleton
NE 4-8
ESE 4-8
NNE 4-8
SE 4-8
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Mostly cloudy today; an
afternoon shower in spots across the north.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Times of
clouds and sun today. Cloudy tonight.
Eastern Washington: Sun and some clouds
today. A passing shower in the north
tonight.
Cascades: Mostly cloudy today. Cloudy
tonight with a shower in spots.
Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today
with a shower in places. A little rain tonight.
Northern California: Partly sunny today;
pleasant in central parts. Overcast tonight.
0
3
5
4
2
0
8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.
0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
-10s
-0s
showers t-storms
0s
10s
rain
20s
flurries
30s
40s
snow
ice
50s
60s
cold front
70s
80s
90s
100s
warm front stationary front
110s
high
low
National Summary: Rain and gusty winds will reach the Northeast states today. Showers
and spotty thunderstorms will affect northern Florida. A new batch of rain will break out
over the Plains with snow over the Rockies.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 96° in McAllen, Texas
Low 7° in West Yellowstone, Mont.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Hi
54
81
67
76
49
82
56
44
86
70
55
60
84
39
55
75
45
55
85
88
61
84
56
72
81
76
Lo
31
61
53
51
33
62
42
39
63
47
38
42
52
24
40
47
27
30
73
60
46
67
42
51
59
55
W
pc
pc
t
t
pc
pc
pc
r
s
sh
c
r
s
sn
c
s
s
pc
pc
s
sh
pc
r
s
s
s
Wed.
Hi
61
75
63
69
60
77
69
44
82
77
44
55
70
55
50
70
42
50
85
75
61
89
53
76
61
81
Lo
38
49
48
51
42
46
51
37
64
53
36
47
47
30
38
45
22
26
72
51
37
60
37
56
43
56
W
s
t
s
s
pc
t
pc
pc
t
pc
r
pc
s
s
r
s
c
pc
pc
s
r
c
r
pc
pc
s
Today
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
Hi
72
82
89
52
60
78
82
62
72
59
74
82
40
50
83
50
67
76
65
49
68
65
59
78
78
55
Lo
53
63
76
38
38
58
70
51
45
43
53
57
34
40
56
27
40
49
52
32
56
51
47
47
55
44
W
pc
s
pc
c
pc
pc
s
r
t
c
t
s
sn
r
s
pc
pc
s
c
pc
pc
pc
c
s
t
r
Wed.
Hi
77
69
88
42
53
74
80
65
61
57
68
85
41
52
78
53
73
77
59
59
73
69
57
85
71
57
Lo
42
44
77
35
34
43
55
42
38
35
48
60
32
38
63
28
45
51
40
43
57
53
46
54
54
37
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
W
t
t
pc
r
pc
t
t
s
c
r
s
s
pc
pc
pc
s
pc
pc
r
pc
s
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r