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| AUGUST 27, 2020
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On The Record
LOC Board approves 2021 legislative priorities
The League of Oregon
Cities’ (LOC) Board of Di-
rectors has unanimously
adopted six legislative pri-
orities for cities for the 2021
session.
The priorities were es-
tablished through a com-
mittee process this spring
and a vote by the LOC’s 241
member cities this summer.
The following six issues
received the most votes,
and were adopted by the
LOC Board:
1. Mental Health Service
Delivery — Cities continue
to respond to an increas-
ing number of situations in
which people are in crisis.
The LOC will ask the
Legislature to maintain in-
vestment in crisis interven-
tion services, emergency
access to care, rental assis-
tance for mental health cli-
ents, and specialized train-
ing for police.
This received support as
a top priority from virtually
every region in Oregon.
2. COVID-19 Econom-
ic Recovery Investments
— While there have been
recent investments to sup-
port small business, these
resources have yet to meet
current needs, and more
resources will be needed to
support long term econom-
ic recovery for Oregon’s
communities statewide.
3. Comprehensive Infra-
structure Package — This
priority combines three
concepts:
• Infrastructure Financ-
ing and Resiliency, Broad-
band Infrastructure and
Technical Assistance Fund-
ing, and Long-Term Trans-
portation
Infrastructure
Funding.
• A comprehensive infra-
structure package will help
rebuild communities and
the economy as we near the
end of the COVID-19 pan-
demic.
4. Property Tax Reform
— Conversations are al-
ready underway on this
long-standing priority for
cities. The LOC will work
with the business commu-
nity and other local gov-
ernment partners to iden-
tify policy solutions and set
the stage for real property
tax reform to restore local
choice, equity, fairness and
adequacy.
5. Housing and Services
Investment — The LOC
will support increased in-
vestments for affordable
housing, homeless assis-
tance and related services,
including funding for:
• Shelter, homeless ser-
vices, case management,
rent assistance, the devel-
opment and preservation
of affordable housing, and
permanent
supportive
housing.
6. Water Utility and Rate
Assistance — Unlike the
energy utility sector, there
are currently no state or
federal assistance programs
available to ratepayers who
may be struggling to af-ford
these utility services.
While many munici-
palities provide funding
for low-income utility as-
sistance at the local level,
there is a significant unmet
need that has been made
worse as a result of the eco-
nomic impacts associated
with COVID-19.
Adoption of
Organizational Policy
COVID-19 has impacted
every Oregonian, and be-
cause cities play a critical
role in supporting their lo-
cal economies and citizens,
the LOC Board has also
adopted an organizational
priority that will continue
to assert home rule author-
ity and local control, urging
the Legislature to respect
cities’ role in providing es-
sential services to Orego-
nians.
The LOC will advocate
for the Legislature to rec-
ognize, respect and support
cities in the state’s efforts
to respond to the unique
needs of each community,
and to avoid implemen-
tation of one-size-fits-all
solutions.
specifically, cities across
Oregon need legislative
commitment to the follow-
ing:
• Avoiding unfunded
mandates;
• Preserving local de-
cision-making and prob-
lem-solving authority;
• Preserving local reve-
nue streams;
• Serving in a supportive
role to provide local tools
and resources; and
• Avoiding shifting of
additional costs onto local
government partners.
Founded in 1925, the
League of Oregon Cities
(LOC) is a voluntary asso-
ciation representing all 241
of Oregon’s incorporated
cities. The LOC helps city
governments serve their
citizens by providing leg-
islative advocacy services,
policy consultation, inter-
governmental relations as-
sistance, networking and
training, technical assis-
tance and publications.
Carol Juanita Rose
1930-2020
Carol Juanita Rose of Cot-
tage Grove passed away Au-
gust 6, 2020. She was born on
August 22, 1930 to Donald V.
and Helen (White) Hardwick
in Los Angeles, California.
She attended schools in Rose-
mead, CA and Fresno, CA.
She received a diploma for
secretary at Central California
Commercial College in Fresno.
She worked many years using
her skills in shorthand, typ-
ing, and bookkeeping. In 1952
she married Th omas Goodall.
Th ey moved to the Monterey
Bay area while Tom completed
his service in the Army at Fort
Ord. Aft er his discharge they
moved to Fresno where they
were blessed with a daughter,
they named Constance Lou-
ise. However, aft er many years,
they separated. In 1959 she
married Dan Rose and they
moved to Oregon aft er son
Lester Robert was born and
settled on property just north
of Medford on the Rogue Riv-
er. Aft er Dan passed away,
Carol lived in Creswell until
her death. She was preceded in
death by her son Lester, daugh-
ter Connie, and grandson Dan-
iel. She is survived by son Larry
Cunningham and wife Tawnie
of Sparks NV; daughter in law
Linda Hedgecock of Vancou-
ver, WA; grandchildren Vince
Rose, Elizabeth Rose, and
James Rose all of Vancouver,
WA; Cheesy Womack, Kayla
Bowan, and Shelby Crow of
Reno, NV; and 12 great grand-
children. Th ere will be no ser-
vices planned at this time. In
Lieu of fl owers, please send
a donation to Greenhill Hu-
mane Society at 88530 Green
Hill Rd., Eugene, OR 97402.
Arrangements in the care of
Smith-Lund-Mills
Funeral
Chapel, Cottage Grove.
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FFCRA to continue providing protective leave
With school approach-
ing employers are once
again facing the prospect
of employees who are un-
able to work or telework
due to school and day care
closures, and employees
who have contracted or
are caring for individuals
who have contracted the
virus.
The Families First Coro-
navirus Response Act (FF-
CRA) requires certain
employers to provide their
employees with paid sick
leave or expanded fami-
ly and medical leave for
specified reasons related
to COVID-19.
The FFCRA provides
protected leave to em-
ployees who are unable to
work or telework for the
following reasons through
Dec. 31:
• The employee is sub-
ject to a Federal, State or
local quarantine or isola-
tion order;
• The employee has
been advised by a health
care provider to self-quar-
antine because the em-
ployee has COVID-19,
may have COVID-19 or is
particularly vulnerable to
COVID-19;
• The employee is ex-
periencing
COVID-19
symptoms (e.g., fever,
dry cough, shortness of
breath) and is seeking a
medical diagnosis;
• The employee is car-
ing for an individual who
is subject to a federal, state
or local quarantine or iso-
lation order, or because
the individual has been
advised by a health care
provider to self-quaran-
tine for COVID-19-relat-
ed reasons;
• The employee needs to
care for the employee’s son
or daughter whose school
or place of care has closed,
or whose child care pro-
vider is unavailable due
to COVID-19-related rea-
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• The employee is ex-
periencing a substantially
similar condition as spec-
ified by the Secre-tary of
HHS or DOL.
In addition, employees
may have similar protec-
tions under the Oregon
Family Leave Act and the
Family and Medical Leave
Act, depending on the cir-
cumstances.
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DEATH NOTICE
Cottage Grove
Genealogical Society
700 Gibbs Ave.
P.O. Box 388
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
541-942-9570
HUMPHRIES—Carol
Anne Humphries, 77, of
Cottage Grove, Ore., died
Aug. 22, 2020.
Arrangements
by
Smith Lund Mills Fu-
neral Chapel in Cottage
Grove, Ore.
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