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Assessment of MovingAhead’s Potential Funding Options

Burdette, Eric; Lewis, Rebecca (University of Oregon, 2020)

As part of Rebecca Lewis’ Public Budget Administration class, LTD tasked student groups to come up with innovative sources to fund a service expansion named MovingAhead. The MovingAhead package is estimated to have $274 ...
Autonomous Vehicle Revenue Implications For Portland, Tigard, and Tualatin

Peterson, Justin; Lewis, Rebecca (University of Oregon, 2017)

TriMet is known for maintaining a robust transportation network in the Portland, Oregon region. Beyond the transportation services, TriMet works with municipalities in the region to make the area a better place to live. ...
A Budgeting Analysis of a Proposed Special District

Austin, Ellie R.; Lewis, Rebecca (2015)

Students in the graduate level Public Budget Administration course within the department of Planning, Public Policy, and Management at the University of Oregon examined the viability of an Economic Improvement or ...
Business Medical District Economic Improvement District, Redmond

Zlevor, Kelsey; Lewis, Rebecca (2015)

Students in the graduate level Public Budget Administration course within the department of Planning, Public Policy and Management (PPPM) at the University of Oregon (UO) were tasked with examining the viability of ...
Capital Improvement Planning Recommendations

Hays-Alsin, Bethany; Lewis, Rebecca (University of Oregon, 2021)

A team of students at the University of Oregon has provided research and recommendations to aid the City of Troutdale in the improvement of their Capital Improvement Planning (CIP) system. This collaboration occurred through ...
City of Salem's Commercial and Residential Operations Fee: Recommendations to Augment Fee Equity

Betros, Rosemary; Lewis, Rebecca (University of Oregon, 2023)

The City of Salem implemented a City Operations Fee in 2019 to supplement revenue for its General Fund. The City was concerned, however, that the current fee structure does not adequately account for equity across commercial ...
Coworking: The Impact of Changing Work Environments on Urban Planning

Bradley, Molly (Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, 2019)

Freelancers, remote workers, and contract employees are becoming increasingly common in today's work force. Coworking spaces are emerging to meet the needs of individual workers by providing spaces to work individually, ...
CULTIVATING HOSPITALITY AGRITOURISM: Exploring Farm-Stays in Rural Oregon

Shinners, Dana (Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, 2019)

Oregon's Statewide Planning Program, first established in 1973, protects farmland from urban development through Urban Growth Boundaries (UGB) and Exclusive Farm Use zoning (EFU). These stringent land use laws also erect ...
Decreasing Barriers to Missing Middle Housing in Hood River, Oregon

Schechtman, Claire; Lewis, Rebecca (University of Oregon, 2020)

Located in the Columbia River Gorge, Hood River attracts visitors and permanent residents alike. Over time, the area’s desirability has contributed to increased living costs and homogenous housing stock that has made it ...
Downtown Improvements: Special District Recommendations

Connor, Emily; Lewis, Rebecca (University of Oregon, 2021)

As an element of its recently adopted 20-year Town Center Plan, the City of Troutdale identified improvements and and revitalization of their downtown district and surrounding areas as a priority. Public Budget Administration ...
Emerging Technologies and Cities: Assessing the Impacts of New Mobility on Cities

Steckler, Becky; Lewis, Rebecca (National Institute for Transportation and Communities, 2020-01)

The purpose of this report is to analyze potential impacts and offer recommendations for the cities of Gresham and Eugene, OR, to understand the potential impacts of new mobility technologies—with an emphasis on autonomous ...
Financing Affordable Housing Subsidies in Sisters, Oregon: Creative Options and Evaluation of Potential Municipal Revenue-Generating Activities

Skawski, Chris; Lewis, Rebecca; College of Design, University of Oregon (University of Oregon, 2022)

This report contains the collected work of graduate student groups in PPPM 629: Public Budget Administration over the course of fall term 2022. These student groups conducted research to evaluate and forecast productivity ...
Financing an Aquatic Center: Health and Wellness in Hermiston

Kataoka, Natalie; Lewis, Rebecca (University of Oregon, 2021)

This report evaluates alternatives to fund a new area Health, Wellness, and Aquatic Center located in the city of Hermiston. Funding options that students evaluated included: • Create a special park and recreation district • ...
Four Visions for the Jackson County Health Site Redevelopment Plan

Dobrinich, Stephen; Drlik-Muehleck, Aniko; Margerum, Richard; Parker, Robert; Lewis, Rebecca (University of Oregon, 2013)

In the fall term of 2013, graduate students in the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management (PPPM) at the University of Oregon developed concept plans for the Jackson County Health Site in Medford, Oregon. This ...
Future-Proofing Comprehensive Plans in Eugene and Gresham

Kohnke, Jennifer; Lewis, Rebecca (University of Oregon, 2019)

As part of the Sustainable City Year Program, students in Rebecca Lewis’s Growth Management course were asked to assess the comprehensive plans of the cities of Eugene and Gresham, Oregon. Students sought to determine ...
Multilevel Impacts of Emerging Technologies on City Form and Development

Howell, Amanda; Tan, Huijun; Brown, Anne; Schlossberg, Marc; Karlin-Resnick, Josh; Lewis, Rebecca; Anderson, Marco; Larco, Nico; Tierney, Gerry; Carlton, Ian; Kim, James; Steckler, Becky (Urbanism Next, 2020-01)

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are a near future reality and the implications of AVs on city development and urban form, while potentially widespread and dramatic, are not well understood. In addition, there are other fundamentally ...
New Mobility in the Right-of-Way

Howell, Amanda; Larco, Nico; Lewis, Rebecca; Steckler, Becky (University of Oregon, 2019-03)

This report categorizes and summarizes efforts that are already underway in cities across the world to rethink curb management, to outline the key takeaways from the one-day workshop that involved city staff from Portland, ...
Operating and Capital Funding Proposal

Deiters, MaryBeth; Lewis, Rebecca (University of Oregon, 2016)

There are a total of 36 city parks in Albany and the city aims to build a community where everyone within the city limits lives within two miles of a park. Albany’s Parks and Recrea on (P&R) Department is responsible ...
Perceptions & Associations: A Statewide Analysis of Renter Affordability in Oregon Communities

Hall, Roderick (Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, 2019)

National reports from the Urban Institute, Harvard’s Joint Center on Housing Studies, and Up For Growth point to a housing crisis – cost burden is rising while housing supply is not keeping up with demand. (Urban Institute, ...
Protecting Pollinators: The Role of State Managed Pollinator Protection Plans in Reducing Toxic Honey Bee Pesticide Exposure

Sabo, Kristen (Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, 2019)

This paper researches State Managed Pollinator Protection Plans (MP3s) as a collaborative platform outside of the legal system that addresses pesticide use in direct regard to pollinator health. The paper introduces the ...