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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail list!<BR><BR>Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. (Measure 49 articles have headlines in ALL CAPS.)<BR><BR>The links to copyrighted news stories in Land Use News are not archived by DLCD, and the archiving policies of these sources vary. The stories, if available, reside on the site of the original news source. 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Tom McCall appeared before the newly created Land Conservation and Development Commission to urge designation of central Oregon's Metolius River area as one of critical state concern. After 35 years the commission acted last month on such a designation...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">April 7: (Portland Tribune) City wants to hear ideas for former high school site<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=123905505121792300">http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=123905505121792300</A><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">What do you want to see at Southeast Portland's Washington Monroe High School site? Portland Parks & Recreation this week will kick off the public planning process...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">April 6: (Baker City Herald) Brocato wants to privatize city planning<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Brocato-wants-to-privatize-city-planning">http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Brocato-wants-to-privatize-city-planning</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">Baker City Manager Steve Brocato plans to privatize the citys planning department. That doesnt necessarily mean that Planning Director Don Chance will be out of a job...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR>April 4: (The Oregonian) Urban boundary: Figuring out where metro Portland growth will go<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/urban_boundary_figuring_out_wh.html">http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/04/urban_boundary_figuring_out_wh.html</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">Fifty years ago, there was no high-tech company spitting out Atom computer chips in Hillsboro. No sports giant designing Shox sneakers near Beaverton. Tigard wasn't even a city...<BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">April 4: (Portland Tribune) Proposed Willamette River bridge goes public<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=123879942431141000">http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=123879942431141000</A><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">The public is invited to view a model of the recommended design for the first new bridge over the Willamette River in 35 years the transit bridge that is part of the coming Portland to Milwaukie MAX light-rail line...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">April 2: (Portland Tribune) Urban reserves spur debate on regions future<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=123862320429769300">http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=123862320429769300</A><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">A new round of scuffling is beginning over the future shape of the Portland metro area, as public officials, developers and others jockey over outlying parcels to urbanize or protect from development over the next half-century...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR><BR>April 2: (Curry County Reporter) Land use violations head to muni court<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.currycountyreporter.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=4696">http://www.currycountyreporter.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=4696</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">With the City of Gold Beach trying to step up enforcement of city ordinances through its Municipal Court, the City and Curry County's Planning Services Department has amended its agreement so that enforcement of city land use ordinances are directed to the city's "muni" court instead of the county...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR><BR>April 2: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Burnside Bridgehead is developing slowly<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/04/02/Burnside-Bridgehead-is-developing-slowly-Beam-Development-PDC-are-seeking-a-reuse-analysis-of-Conven">http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/04/02/Burnside-Bridgehead-is-developing-slowly-Beam-Development-PDC-are-seeking-a-reuse-analysis-of-Conven</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">It will be another year before Beam Development and the Portland Development Commission complete their framework plan for the Burnside Bridgehead development on the inner east side. But developers believe thats enough time to reassess aspects of the long-delayed project...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR><BR>April 2: (Guest Commentary, Lake Oswego Review) Sensitive Land owners should pool resources, hire lawyer about taking<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=123862706830242200">http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=123862706830242200</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">The following is an open letter to Lake Oswego property owners: Approximately 1,800 Lake Oswego property owners were recently noticed that the city is considering changes to the Sensitive Lands Code...<BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">April 1: (Eugene Register-Guard) Team Springfield: Public invited to weigh in on growth<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/10508481-35/story.csp">http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/10508481-35/story.csp</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">Springfield is a growing community. Since 2006, the city has been actively engaged in a community planning process to determine how and where the city will grow in the next 20 years...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR><BR>April 1: (The Oregonian) Jefferson County, state battle over Metolius River basin development<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/04/jefferson_county_state_battle.html">http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/04/jefferson_county_state_battle.html</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">Jefferson County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to sue the state over its intention to curtail development in the Metolius River basin...<BR><BR>April 1: (Albany Democrat-Herald) This land is Our Land<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2009/04/01/news/people/5peo01_land.txt">http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2009/04/01/news/people/5peo01_land.txt</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">CORVALLIS - Hector Macpherson Jr. can tell you how he came to write the land-use legislation that would shape all of Oregon for the next 36 years. A harder question is why...<BR><BR>March 31: (Portland Business Journal) Forbes: Oregon good for business<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/03/30/daily11.html?surround=etf">http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/03/30/daily11.html?surround=etf</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">Eugene edged out Portland on the Forbes annual list of the Best Places for Business and Careers...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR><BR>March 30: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Metro unveils an online planning tool<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/03/30/Metro-unveils-an-online-planning-tool-Buildasystem-tool-is-designed-to-involve-public-in-transit-cor">http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/03/30/Metro-unveils-an-online-planning-tool-Buildasystem-tool-is-designed-to-involve-public-in-transit-cor</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">Being a virtual planner for Metro doesnt require an advanced degree, but it does require a dexterous index finger and access to high-speed Internet...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR><BR>March 27: (Editorial, The Oregonian) Dollars and sense<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/03/dollars_and_sense.html">http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/03/dollars_and_sense.html</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">We have a wealth of regional planning efforts in Oregon. You could also, fairly, describe it as a dysfunctional plethora...<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR>March 26: (Medford Mail Tribune) Ashland requests proposals for the use of 846 acres<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090326/NEWS/903260328">http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090326/NEWS/903260328</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">ASHLAND - If you have ideas for how to use 846 acres of undeveloped land owned by the city, officials want to hear from you...<BR><BR>March 26: (The Oregonian) Oregon wind farms whip up noise, health concerns<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/oregon_wind_farms_whip_up_nois.html">http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/oregon_wind_farms_whip_up_nois.html</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">BOARDMAN -- Dozens of wind turbines west of Boardman are so noisy, nearby homeowners say they're keeping them awake at night and even making them ill...<BR><BR>March 25: (Editorial, The Oregonian) A process of critical concern<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/03/a_process_of_critical_concern.html">http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/03/a_process_of_critical_concern.html</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">The Metolius is not just a beautiful river: It's an area of critical state concern. That's not just a figurative expression. Assuming the Legislature adopts Tuesday's recommendation...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR><BR>March 25: (Daily Journal of Commerce) City considers extensions for land-use permits<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/03/25/City-considers-extensions-for-landuse-permits-Bureau-of-Development-Services-proposed-code-amendment">http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/03/25/City-considers-extensions-for-landuse-permits-Bureau-of-Development-Services-proposed-code-amendment</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">As the recession continues, the Bureau of Development Services is proposing a zoning-code amendment that would extend the expiration dates of land-use reviews and pre-application conferences...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR><BR>March 20: (Eugene Register-Guard) PROPERTY MEASURE COULD FACE TWEAKING<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/10194904-55/story.csp">http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/10194904-55/story.csp</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">SALEM - Longtime foes in Oregons debate over rural development and property rights are teaming up for a common purpose: making sure the voters get what they wanted when they passed the most recent land use ballot measure...<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR>March 20: (Bend Bulletin) Counties may be the judge on farmland weddings<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090320/NEWS0107/903200407/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01">http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090320/NEWS0107/903200407/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">SALEM - Deschutes County wants the final word on whether weddings will be allowed on farmland. After hearing from county officials, Rep. Gene Whisnant, R-Sunriver, says he will modify his legislation in Salem that would give farmland owners the right to rent their land for weddings and commercial gatherings to instead let county governments make their own decisions...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR><BR>March 20: (Bend Bulletin) Report rates resorts cost to public, but its disputed<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090320/NEWS01/903200383/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01">http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090320/NEWS01/903200383/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">SALEM - The environmental group Central Oregon LandWatch claims that new destination resorts statewide are being subsidized by the general public to the tune of $33,000 per unit, but others question those conclusions...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR><BR>March 20: (AP, Eugene Register-Guard) Feds join state suit against LNG location<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/10121597-41/story.csp">http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/10121597-41/story.csp</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">SALEM - The U.S. Department of Justice has joined Oregon in appealing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions approval of the proposed Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas terminal on the Columbia River in Clatsop County, Oregon Attorney General John Kroger said...<BR><BR>March 19: (Portland Tribune) Portlands future: even more people<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=123741285169556500">http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=123741285169556500</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">Despite the recession, projections for the population of the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area during the next 50 years are even higher than the projections were just 10 months ago...<BR><BR>March 19: (Roseburg News-Review) Costco ruling opposed by state land agency<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090319/NEWS/903199982/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Costco%20ruling%20opposed%20by%20state%20land%20agency">http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090319/NEWS/903199982/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Costco%20ruling%20opposed%20by%20state%20land%20agency</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">The state Department of Land Conservation and Development will join a land use appeal seeking to prevent Costco Wholesale from constructing a store on Northeast Stephens Street using current county zoning on the property...<BR><BR>March 19: (OPB News) Census Pinpoints Fastest And Slowest Growing NW Counties<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://news.opb.org/article/4554-census-pinpoints-fastest-and-slowest-growing-nw-counties/">http://news.opb.org/article/4554-census-pinpoints-fastest-and-slowest-growing-nw-counties/</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">Washingtons Tri-Cities saw the fastest population growth among metropolitan areas in the Northwest between 2007 and 2008. Idaho Falls and Bend are close behind...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR><BR>March 19: (Baker City Herald) BLM, others brace for wind farm proposals<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/BLM-others-brace-for-wind-farm-proposals">http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/BLM-others-brace-for-wind-farm-proposals</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">Potential wind farm developers have all sorts of hurdles to clear, including financing, siting and the turbines effects on wildlife. Baker Countys no different than other potential sites, but land and wildlife managers have put guidelines in place for dealing with future development...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR><BR>March 19: (Medford Mail Tribune) RPS process won't include Jacksonville<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090319/NEWS/903190318">http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090319/NEWS/903190318</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">Jacksonville is out of a nine-year-old process designed to shape growth in the Rogue Valley for the next 50 years after the city refused to sign a participants agreement...<BR><BR>March 18: (Roseburg News-Review) Mill-Pine residents chime in on master plan<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090318/NEWS/903189971/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Mill-Pine%20residents%20chime%20in%20on%20master%20plan">http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090318/NEWS/903189971/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Mill-Pine%20residents%20chime%20in%20on%20master%20plan</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">Debbie Hadwen, who lives in the Mill-Pine district, shared her opinions on several slides showing how new homes in her historic district might one day look...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR><BR>March 18: (Statesman Journal) Council starts review of land use codes<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090318/COMMUNITIES/903180399/1133">http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090318/COMMUNITIES/903180399/1133</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">Stayton City Council began a review of the city's land use code and established an Urban Renewal Agency at its regular meeting Monday night...<BR><BR>March 17: (East Oregonian) Ceremony kicks off Barnhart Road<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=90214">http://www.eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=90214</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">Pendleton Mayor Phil Houk stood atop a Caterpillar scraper and beamed at a group gathered below him. About 50 folks braved the blustery day Monday for the official groundbreaking of the Barnhart Road project...<BR><BR>March 16: (Daily Astorian) Astoria riverfront vision process begins fine-tuning ideas<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A href="http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=59223&TM=37169.43">http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=59223&TM=37169.43</A> <BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">With the Columbia River in all its majesty as a backdrop, members of the steering committee for the Astoria Riverfront Vision Plan gathered Friday...<BR><BR>END</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR></DIV>
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