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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 10: (Eugene Register-Guard) Ideas to circulate about
waterfront<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/22824224-41/story.csp"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/22824224-41/story.csp</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Don’t get too hung-up on the details. Look at the big
picture. That’s the message to the public from the architects at Rowell
Brokaw, the consultants helping the Eugene Water & Electric Board shape a vision
for waterfront development in downtown <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Eugene</st1:place></st1:City>…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 10: (Corvallis Gazette-Times) </span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>County
seeks advice on riparian, wetlands project<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_ec484834-cdd2-11de-bd3b-001cc4c03286.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_ec484834-cdd2-11de-bd3b-001cc4c03286.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Benton County Community Development recently won a United
States Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Program Development Grant of
$59,912 to help inventory and plan for riparian and wetland enhancements…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 9: (Eugene Register-Guard) ‘Rough’
riverfront draft due<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/22702985-41/story.csp"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/22702985-41/story.csp</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The big ideas about connecting <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Eugene</st1:place></st1:City>’s downtown to the riverfront are
about to become more down to earth. After spending several months listening and
interviewing and brainstorming…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 9: (Roseburg News-Review) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Roseburg</st1:place></st1:City>’s <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
 w:st="on">West Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street> neighborhood eyed for
improvement<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20091109/NEWS/911069950/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20091109/NEWS/911069950/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>When Iris Butler bought several lots in the <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">West Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street>
neighborhood with her husband to build two triplexes, the multifamily
residential zoning on the land struck her as unusual…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 9: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Planners to consider more
freeway signs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091109/NEWS02/911090317/-1/NEWS"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091109/NEWS02/911090317/-1/NEWS</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Planning Commission on Tuesday will consider allowing
more 30-foot freeway signs in south <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ashland</st1:place></st1:City>.
The owners of the Holiday Inn Express on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
 w:st="on">Clover Lane</st1:address></st1:Street> are asking the commission to
extend the area where freeway signs are permitted, so that more people can find
the hotel…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 9: (McMinnville News-Register) Commissioners give
Riverbend green light on expansion<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.newsregister.com/article/42196-commissioners+give+riverbend+green+light+expansion"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.newsregister.com/article/42196-commissioners+give+riverbend+green+light+expansion</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Riverbend Landfill can pursue its expansion, the Yamhill
County Board of Commissioners decided Monday afternoon…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 8: (San Francisco Chronicle) State exploring detailed
strategy for growth<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/08/BA2V1A9Q23.DTL"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/08/BA2V1A9Q23.DTL</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>With little fanfare and a modest budget, work has begun that
could lead to something <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>
has never had - an explicit government vision for how and where the state
should grow…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 8: (Portland Tribune) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Beaverton</st1:place></st1:City> lays plans to let chickens roost in
the city<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125774620715658800"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125774620715658800</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The city of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Beaverton</st1:place></st1:City>
is the latest local government to jump on one of the region’s hottest
issues: chickens. If a new ordinance is approved sometime early next year, the
city could begin allowing residents to have up to four chickens — no
roosters, though — in secure backyard enclosures…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 8: (Statesman Journal) Nominations sought for state
involvement award<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091108/STATE/911080345/1042/ARCHIVE"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091108/STATE/911080345/1042/ARCHIVE</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nominations are sought for the second STAR Award for Citizen
Involvement, which recognizes communities, organizations or individuals
actively promoting citizen involvement in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>'s land-use planning process…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 8: (Statesman Journal) Volunteer sought for advisory
panel to LCDC<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091108/STATE/911080344/1042/ARCHIVE"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091108/STATE/911080344/1042/ARCHIVE</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A volunteer is sought for the Citizen Involvement Advisory
Committee, which advises the state Land Conservation and Development Commission
and others about promoting citizen participation in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> land use issues…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 7: (Editorial, The Oregonian) <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> leads the way on ocean planning<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_leads_the_way_on_ocean.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_leads_the_way_on_ocean.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=1
  face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oregon</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> is gaining a
well-deserved reputation as one of three coastal states that have seized the
lead in a process called marine spatial planning. That's a fancy term for
something closely akin to zoning of near-shore coastal waters. Think of it as
an extension of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>'s
storied land-use planning: a new frontier that might be called "ocean-use
planning.,,"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 7: (The Oregonian) Lease deal for proposed LNG terminal
site in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Astoria</st1:place></st1:City>
draws fire<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/lease_deal_for_proposed_lng_te.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/lease_deal_for_proposed_lng_te.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Opponents of a proposed liquid natural gas terminal near <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Astoria</st1:place></st1:City> are asking Gov.
Ted Kulongoski for an investigation into a lease of public land to Oregon LNG
to build the plant. They question the lease deal…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 7: (East Oregonian) Chicken proposal under review<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=99932&TM=52141.69"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=99932&TM=52141.69</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>PENDLETON - The Planning Commission directed city staff
Thursday to investigate the possibility of allowing small livestock - primarily
chickens - on more in-town properties…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 6: (USA Today) Expanding cities contribute to global
warming<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2009/11/expanding-cities-contribute-to-global-warming.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2009/11/expanding-cities-contribute-to-global-warming.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
expanding cities and suburbs are contributing more to global warming than
previously thought, says a new study in the Royal Meteorological Society's
International Journal of Climatology…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 6: (Portland Tribune) Changes proposed to cut size,
cost of Columbia River Crossing<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125754980823595500"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125754980823595500</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The staff of the Columbia River Crossing has begun briefing
elected officials, transportation planners and others about possible changes to
reduce the cost of the replacement Interstate 5 bridge project between <st1:City
w:st="on">Portland</st1:City> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:City>,
 <st1:State w:st="on">Wash</st1:State></st1:place>…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 6: (OPB News) </span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Eastern <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">Oregon</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Pushes Back The Floodwaters</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://news.opb.org/article/6168-eastern-oregon-city-pushes-back-floodwaters/"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://news.opb.org/article/6168-eastern-oregon-city-pushes-back-floodwaters/</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The 2000 residents of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Stanfield</st1:City>,
 <st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>, are officially out of the
floodplain…</span></font><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 6: (The Oregonian) Environmental groups want to rework
Columbia River Crossing for climate, costs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/environmental_groups_want_to_r.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/environmental_groups_want_to_r.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Columbia River Crossing has ground to a halt over a wide
range of opposition -- it costs too much, encourages more driving and proposes
controversial tolls. But that impasse could become opportunity…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 6: (The Oregonian) New urbanist planners wrap up
transportation conference in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Portland</st1:place></st1:City>
today<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/new_urbanist_planners_wrap_up.html"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/new_urbanist_planners_wrap_up.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Planners and engineers from across the nation have been in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Portland</st1:place></st1:City> for a three-day
summit looking for ways to reduce the environmental impact of car use….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 5: (<st1:City w:st="on">Springfield</st1:City> <st1:City
w:st="on">News-Leader</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Missouri</st1:State>) Popular
land preservation method not catching on in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Missouri</st1:place></st1:State><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.news-leader.com/article/20091108/NEWS01/911080344/1007/NEWS01/Popular-land-preservation-method-not-catching-on-in-Missouri"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.news-leader.com/article/20091108/NEWS01/911080344/1007/NEWS01/Popular-land-preservation-method-not-catching-on-in-Missouri</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Selling the development rights to put farm, ranch and forest
land into conservation easements is becoming an increasingly popular
preservation method across the country…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 5: (Medford Mail Tribune) Ruling opens door for south
Medford Walmart's growth<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091105/NEWS/911050325"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091105/NEWS/911050325</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

</div>

<div>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A ruling by the Oregon Court of Appeals Wednesday could
boost Walmart's plans to build a Supercenter in south <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Medford</st1:place></st1:City>. The court affirmed the city of <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Medford</st1:place></st1:City>'s decision not to
require a new traffic analysis from Walmart, reversing a June 1 decision by the
Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 5: (Guest Commentary, Lake Oswego Review) The
'800-pound gorilla' remains the sensitive lands ordinance<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=125737652719111700"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=125737652719111700</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In his citizen’s view dated Oct. 29, Councilor Roger
Hennagin reminds us that there is more on the city council’s plate than
just the sensitive lands ordinance...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 4: (Coos Bay World) <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">Coos</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
signs LNG pact<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/11/04/news/doc4af1c6b42d496647873000.txt"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/11/04/news/doc4af1c6b42d496647873000.txt</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=1 face=Arial><span
 style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>COOS</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">BAY</st1:PlaceType> — The city of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Coos</st1:place></st1:City> Bay isn’t throwing its support
behind the proposed liquefied natural gas terminal project, but it could
benefit from it. The City Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to sign a deal with Jordan
Cove Energy Project that would allow the city to recoup costs associated with
the development of an LNG terminal on the North Spit…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 4: (Curry Coastal Pilot) Borax moving forward on Lone
Ranch project<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.currypilot.com/20091104114155/News/Local-News/Borax-moving-forward-on-Lone-Ranch-project"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.currypilot.com/20091104114155/News/Local-News/Borax-moving-forward-on-Lone-Ranch-project</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>After years of delay, U.S. Borax Inc. is ready to move
forward with the first phase of it’s 553-acre Lone Ranch development just
north of Brookings. Borax announced Monday that it will submit a Detailed
Development Plan (DDP) to city of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Brookings</st1:place></st1:City>
for the first phase of development…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 4: (Statesman Journal) City taking a look at vision
planning standards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091104/COMMUNITIES/911040333/1117/POLK"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091104/COMMUNITIES/911040333/1117/POLK</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>INDEPENDENCE — The City Council and Planning
Commission consider adoption of development standards derived from the Vision
2020 process…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'>Nov. 4: (Baker
City Herald) Report: Baker should grow, but slow</span></font></b><font size=1
face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h1>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Report-Baker-should-grow-but-slow"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Report-Baker-should-grow-but-slow</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font
  size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Baker</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
 size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> leaders hope to lay
the groundwork for a future that brings higher-paying jobs, more shopping
variety, a more vibrant cultural night life and well-maintained neighborhoods
without wrecking the city’s small town appeal and authentic
character…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 4: (Roseburg News-Review) <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Roseburg</st1:place></st1:City> businesses beat the economic blues<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20091104/NEWS/910309973/"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20091104/NEWS/910309973/</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The attitude of several businesspeople in the <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Roseburg</st1:place></st1:City> town center area
is posted on their storefronts. The posters state that the gloom and doom of
today's economy is not a popular subject in the neighborhood...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 4: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Tiny town takes
geothermal lead<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/11/04/tiny-town-takes-geothermal-lead/"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/11/04/tiny-town-takes-geothermal-lead/</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=articlegraf><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The southern <st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State> city of
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Paisley</st1:place></st1:City>, best
known for its annual mosquito festival, could soon add another distinction: the
site of the state’s first commercial geothermal electricity plant. The
federal Department of Energy awarded the project a $2 million grant...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 4: (Statesman Journal) Turner approves 512-unit plan at
former gravel site<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091104/NEWS/911040421/1001"
target="_blank"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091104/NEWS/911040421/1001</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A major housing project has received the final go-ahead from
Turner City Council. The 512-unit project around a future 70-acre artificial
lake is proposed for the former gravel operation at the 169-acre River Bend
Sand & Gravel site…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 4: (Silverton Appeal Tribune) Council upholds
development plan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091104/COMMUNITIES/911040385/1132/SILVERTON&template=silvertonart"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091104/COMMUNITIES/911040385/1132/SILVERTON&template=silvertonart</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Silverton City Council upheld the Planning Commission's 2007
approval of the fifth phase of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pioneer</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Village</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> at Monday's
council meeting…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 3: (Portland Tribune) It’s back to the henhouse
for city<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125730044373640200"
target="_blank"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125730044373640200</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=1
  face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Gresham</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> city
councilors could take another crack at a proposed code change that would allow
residents to keep backyard chickens as pets. The council voted 4-2 against the
change last month, but…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 3: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Wyden steps into FEMA map
dispute<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_bbe373c6-c8b9-11de-841f-001cc4c002e0.html"
target="_blank"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_bbe373c6-c8b9-11de-841f-001cc4c002e0.html</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sen. Ron Wyden has taken up <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">Linn</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>'s
battle to postpone use of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's new flood
maps. The maps affect requirements for flood insurance…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nov. 2: (Molalla Pioneer) State disagrees with city's
population calculations<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.molallapioneer.com/news/2009/November/02/Local.News/state.disagrees.with.citys.population.calculations/news.aspx"
target="_blank"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.molallapioneer.com/news/2009/November/02/Local.News/state.disagrees.with.citys.population.calculations/news.aspx</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A letter from the Department of Land Conservation and
Development seemed to throw a wrench into the city of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Molalla</st1:place></st1:City>’s proposed comprehensive plan
last week, but City Attorney Chris Crean assured council members last Wednesday
that the proposed plan meets state requirements…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Oct. 29: (Seaside Signal) Transportation plan moving ahead<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://seasidesignal.com/articles/2009/10/29/news/local_news/doc4ae9c5651861d649076802.txt"
target="_blank"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://seasidesignal.com/articles/2009/10/29/news/local_news/doc4ae9c5651861d649076802.txt</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Work to develop a transportation systems plan (TSP) for the
city of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Seaside</st1:place></st1:City>
could be done by next spring or summer. The plan is being designed to ease
heavy traffic congestion along busy U.S. Highway 101 and improve east-west
access to and from businesses and neighborhoods…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Cliff Voliva</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> | Communications
Officer </span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Director's Office</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
  face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Oregon</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Dept. of
Land Conservation and Development</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
  face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>635 Capitol
  Street NE, Suite 150</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> | <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Salem</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OR</st1:State>
 <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">97301-2540</st1:PostalCode></st1:place></span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 268 | Fax: (503) 378-5518</span></font><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="mailto:cliff.voliva@state.or.us"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>cliff.voliva@state.or.us</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><a
href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD" target="_blank"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>www.oregon.gov/LCD</span></font></a><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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