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I-5 bridge, lawmakers wait, watch
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As Washington shows
early signs of getting serious
about replacing the Interstate
5 bridge, Oregon’s lawmakers
said Wednesday they want to
be wooed.
Oregon still feels like “the
bride left waiting at the altar,”
said Sen. Lee Beyer, D-Spring-
field, after the Washington
State Senate infamously re-
fused in 2013 to fund a re-
placement for the century-old
bridge.
And because the massive
project will have a massive
price tag, Oregon lawmakers
first want to see proposals from
their neighbors to the north,
and likewise see what may
come from the Biden Admin-
istration’s newly revealed infra-
structure plan.
“It’s a little bit of a ‘show us
you’re serious,’” said Beyer,
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Washington.”
Rep. Susan McLain, D-Hill-
sboro, who co-chairs Oregon’s
transportation committee with
Beyer, agreed and noted there
are unfinished projects from
Oregon’s 2017 transportation
package that remain priorities.
“I think the state of Wash-
ington is working hard to make
sure we do feel like they’re
committed and see that they’re
committed with actual dollars
on the line,” McLain said.
And, Beyer and McLain
said, they are waiting to see
what the bridge replacement
price tag will look like when es-
timates firm up.
Staff overseeing the replace-
ment expect the project to cost
between $3 billion and $4.5
billion. .
The federal government,
both states and bridge tolling
will likely contribute the four
pots of funding.
Oregon considers wildfire recovery legislation
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who co-chairs Oregon’s joint
committee on transportation.
On Wednesday, Washing-
ton’s House transportation
committee revealed it could
spend $1 billion on replacing
the Interstate 5 bridge.
On Jan. 28, the Washington
Senate Transportation Com-
mittee estimated Washington
would kick in $1.2 billion.
Beyer, who chaired the Or-
egon transportation commit-
tee in 2013 and watched the
planned bridge replacement
known as the Columbia River
Crossing unravel, said Oregon
doesn’t expect to put forward
any revenue package this year.
“I don’t want it to be taken
overly critical because we’ve
had really good discussions
with Washington legislators
who have been involved,”
Beyer said. “We’re still sort of
watching to see how that goes
and how important it is to
BY JAKE THOMAS
Salem Reporter
SALEM — Santiam Canyon
residents will have an easier
time rebuilding from last fall’s
historic wildfires under legisla-
tion moving through the Ore-
gon Legislature.
On Wednesday the Oregon
Senate passed a bill intended
to help homeowners and other
property owners to sidestep
land use laws that may pose a
hurdle to rebuilding.
Senate Bill 405 allows homes
and other structures that were
built under older land use laws
to be rebuilt to those standards
instead of newer ones. The bill,
which passed on a 27-1 vote,
also gives property owners five
years to rebuild under the old
land use requirements.
Marion County Commis-
sioner Kevin Cameron said
people with houses built in the
Santiam Canyon 40 years ago
may have issues with setbacks
or other issues with newer
building codes as they rebuild.
“We want them to rebuild
their homes without going
through months and months
of adjustments in dealing with
new codes and conditional use
permits,” he said.
Sen. Fred Girod, a Lyons Re-
publican who sponsored the
bill, said in a statement that the
backlog of building supplies is
putting residents of the canyon
in a bind as they try to rebuild.
He said the bill, which will now
be considered by the House,
will provide needed flexibility.
Other legislation being con-
sidered by lawmakers is de-
signed to give property owners
a break on their property tax
bills as they rebuild from the
fire. Under Oregon law, people
could still be on the hook for
property taxes even after see-
ing their homes or businesses
badly damaged or destroyed.
Marion County could also
see more money to help off-
set expenses associated with
last year’s wildfires in House
Bill 5042, which makes adjust-
ments to the state budget.
The bill includes $249,645
to help cover overtime costs
for the Marion County Sher-
iff’s Office, which had depu-
ties working long hours during
the fires. Another $177,312
will help rebuild fire-damaged
parks in Marion County. Ad-
ditionally, the cities of Detroit
and Gates will receive $272,329
and $98,495, respectively, to
help mitigate rebuilding ef-
forts.
“This funding for our pub-
lic safety and reconstruction
will provide the residents of the
Santiam Canyon a jumpstart
for recovery,” said state Rep.
Raquel Moore-Green, R-Sa-
lem, in a statement.
LOCAL BRIEFING
Rep. Bentz to speak at
meeting for veterans
treatment court
A final goal-setting sem-
inar will be held next week
for people interested in the
formation of a veterans treat-
ment court in Deschutes
County.
The group La Pine Veter-
ans Outreach will host the
meeting in-person and via
Zoom from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thursday at the La Pine
Christian Center, 52565 Day
Road in La Pine.
Veterans treatment courts
offer alternative penalties
for veterans facing criminal
charges who comply with
the program. A novel pro-
gram in Deschutes County,
called Veterans Intervention
Strategy, is similar to a vet-
erans treatment court but
Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD — Inde-
pendent consultants say in a
newly-released report that a
sergeant’s 2019 fatal shoot-
ing of a woman with schizo-
phrenia involved no efforts to
de-escalate the situation and
instead says officers “imme-
diately resorted to force.”
The findings released
Wednesday by the Califor-
nia-based OIR Group also
highlights “significant gaps”
in the investigations that fol-
lowed the shooting of Stacy
Kenny two years ago, The
Register-Guard reported. It
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also questions whether the
police department learned
anything or made any
changes.
The consultants’ review of
the police shooting and tac-
tics was required as a part
of the city’s $4.5 million set-
tlement agreement in the
wrongful death suit brought
by Kenny’s family.
Now-retired Sgt. R.A.
Lewis shot Kenny on March
31, 2019, after a traffic stop.
Before the sergeant shot
Kenny, officers broke her car
windows, beat her and used a
Taser on her multiple times.
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is held outside a courtroom
and without a judge. Local
organizer and U.S. Air Force
veteran Bill Minnix wants to
transition to a formal court-
room model.
Oregon Rep. Cliff Bentz,
R-Ontario, is scheduled to
speak midmorning. Other
attendees include Deschutes
County Commissioner Tony
DeBone, Deschutes County
Circuit Court Judge Wells
Ashby and representatives of
the Deschutes County Dis-
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Klamath County Veterans
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