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In the first seven months money has been available from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the state of Oregon has spent $1 billion — about 25 percent of the $3.9 billion in funds expected during the three-year program. The state’s Web site reports a total of $2.7 billion in funds that have been awarded.
On Oct. 30, the state concluded reporting how the funds have been spent, a stipulation included in the ARRA. The Review has categorized and listed the ways in which the money is affecting the Lake Oswego community. The information is taken from both the federal and state Web sites that track federal stimulus dollars.
The report is the first quarterly report of the ARRA and includes money that was awarded through Sept. 30. The next reporting period will be in January. It will be a cumulative report and the reporting process will continue for the remainder of the ARRA.
While the total spent so far is $1 billion by the state of Oregon, the state has reported to the government spending about $269 million for nearly 400 awards. This amount does not include entitlement funds, such as Medicaid, food stamps and unemployment, which the state is not bound by law to report to the federal government.
“A huge portion (of the money) is in the entitlement funds,” explained Courtney Warner, communications manager for the state economic recovery executive team.
The state chose to report those numbers on its Web site in addition to the federal requirements.
“The governor felt that it was necessary to show the citizens where they’re stimulus dollars are going,” Warner said.
For example, 40 percent of the state’s stimulus dollars went to the Department of Health and Human Services for Medicaid, food stamps, home-delivered meals to the elderly and child care assistance. Another 23 percent of the funds was for unemployment benefits and Worksource Oregon.
The federal government instead focused on data that reflected how many jobs were created or retained by the stimulus funds. This quarter, the federal Web site reports about $1.8 billion has been given within Oregon in grants, contracts and loans, which translates into 9,653 jobs.
It is important to note that “jobs created or saved” is just that. The money may not have actually created more jobs but rather simply saved current workers from losing their jobs this year.
The state and federal Web sites do overlap for projects that the state is required to report.
However, the federal Web site will also include projects that bypassed the state government and were awarded directly to local jurisdictions or businesses.
For more information, visit the federal Web site to track the dollars: www.recovery.gov or to visit the state’s report of the ARRA visit: www.oregon.gov/recovery/ .
The state authorized its own stimulus package called Go Oregon! in February. (Those projects are not included in the list). The bill authorized 547 deferred-maintenance projects to create new jobs using $175 million.
The state released a progress report in October that showed that 487 of the projects had been started; a total of 269 are on schedule, 18 are behind schedule and 200 are complete.
So far $67.3 million has been expended. About 6,300 jobs have been created or retained. The projects hired 78 percent of of their workforce from Oregon residents, and 86 percent of companies supplying materials and labor are based in Oregon.
About $36.4 million went to communities colleges and $17 million went to university campuses; $3.7 million updated armories and other military facilities and $2.7 million of the money was spent on transportation projects.
To track Go Oregon! dollars visit: http://www.oregon.gov/recovery/GoOregon.shtml .
Recipient: OTAK INC., 17355 Boones Ferry Road, Lake Oswego
Funding agency: U.S. Department of the Interior contracts for eight projects
Description:
· Design replacement facilities for the existing Green Mountain fire lookout in Lakeview.
· Design a new heating/domestic hot water system at the Bureau of Land Management’s Salem district office to replace a 30-year-old system.
· Design more energy-efficient and functional windows, skylights and entry door at the Salem district office to replace leaking, cracked ones.
· Analyze and design a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system for the Bureau of Land Management’s Roseburg district office.
· Evaluate load-rated vehicle bridges in Western Oregon.
· Evaluate and make recommendations for the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center to ensure that it incorporates practices in the Guiding Principles for Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings.
· Assess possibility of installing a ground source heat pump in place of an existing HVAC system at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
· Assist the Bureau of Land Management in conducting an impact study for potential solar energy development by conducting a Visual Resource Inventory for nine field offices and data acquisition for five field offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
Amount received: $2 million
Project status: Less than 50 percent complete
Jobs created or saved: 27 FTE
Recipient: Spectrum Detector, 5825 Jean Road, Lake Oswego
Funding agency: U.S. Department of the Commerce
Description: Spectrum Detector is a subcontractor in a contract given to Columbus, Ohio-based research company Srico, Inc. The project uses the smart-cut methods to produce high performance and advanced functionality lithium tantalate pyroelectric sensors. The thin film platform would enable the production of new, high- performance pyroelectric detectors, power meters, energy meters, broadband radiometers, custom OEM detectors and multi-element imaging sensors.
Amount awarded to Spectrum Detector: $63,000
Amount awarded to Srico: $300,000
Project status: Less than 50 percent complete
Total jobs created or saved: 7 FTE
Recipient: Jacobs Facility Inc., 5005 Meadows Road, Lake Oswego
Funding agency: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Description: Jacobs Facility was contracted to design projects at the Western Regional Research Center in Albany, Calif. The projects include: a food processing laboratory, industrial processing laboratories, plant gene expression center equipment mezzanines, equipment relocation area, exterior weatherization upgrades, bio-Solvent hood upgrades and steam and condensate trench upgrades.
Amount awarded: $381,000
Project status: Less than 50 percent complete
Total jobs created or saved: 1.74 FTE
Recipient: Lake Oswego School District
Funding agency: Oregon Department of Education grants
Description:
· Federal IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) money is given every year to school districts based on a formula and is intended only for special education programs. This year, the money came through the ARRA funds. In Lake Oswego, it actually exceeded the amount the district has received in the past. The money is being used to supplement and enhance special education services.
Amount received: $527,000
Jobs created or saved: 8 FTE
· State Fiscal Stabilization Fund: A new fund was created with ARRA funds to supplement what the state would normally furnish to each school district. In Lake Oswego the money did not exceed what it would have normally expected from the state, said Finance Director Stuart Ketzler. “It replaced in part what we have lost, but not all of it,” he said. The money is being used to retain classroom teachers.
Amount received: $2.9 million
Jobs created or saved: 17 FTE
Recipient: Riverdale School District
Funding agency: Oregon Department of Education grants
Description:
· IDEA: See above information.
Amount received: $37,800
Jobs created or saved: .37 FTE
· State Fiscal Stabilization Fund: See above information
Amount received: $221,600
Jobs created or saved: 2 FTE
Recipient: Lewis & Clark College
Funding agency: National Science Foundation grant and a U.S. Department of Education grant
Description:
· A Zeiss AxioImager high- resolution, time-lapse, fluorescence deconvolution microscope. Faculty and undergraduate researchers will use the microscope to investigate a broad range of important biological topics ranging from fundamental aspects of cell structure/function to the characterization of new venomous brown recluse spider species. Use of the microscope will be integrated into the curriculum, so that 60 undergraduates a year will be trained in cutting-edge light microscopy techniques.
Amount awarded: $90,000
Project status: More than 50 percent completed
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