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<div><b>April 5:</b></div>
<div>INDUSTRIAL LAND BATTLE UNDERWAY IN SALEM (Oregon Business Journal)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2011/04/04/industrial-land-battle-underway-in-salem.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2011/04/04/industrial-land-battle-underway-in-salem.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>An Oregon Senate committee has begun considering a measure intended to boost industrial lands availability.</div>
<div>Senate Bill 766, which Gov. John Kitzhaber introduced in hopes of creating more developable manufacturing-zoned lands, was to receive a full hearing Monday afternoon.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.woodburnindependent.com/news/2011/April/05/Local.News/no.runway.extension.recommended.for.aurora.state.airport/news.aspx&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAk6bu7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=7YDH5wVF_78&usg=AFQjCNHP0qD3YJvr8srqbvsGQyB-sGGNyw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>No
runway extension recommended for Aurora State Airport</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Woodburn Independent)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Wilsonville Mayor Tim Knapp (right) testifies at the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> State Aviation Board meeting Thursday about the 20-year plan for the Aurora State Airport.
Planners have recommended not extending the runway at this time, but strengthening the runway to </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_e472226c-5f1f-11e0-aff8-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAk6bu7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=7YDH5wVF_78&usg=AFQjCNEuSYgYSXz8_6MBiFFqNGskIRBU9w"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Council
approves Brooklane Heights plans</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Corvallis Gazette Times)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Each time, neighbors have appealed the council's decision to the state </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals. Only the most recent council decision for the
plan was affirmed by LUBA. Before construction of the new stormwater facilities can start, the developer </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26086981-41/growth-boundary-housing-needs-urban.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATANOA1Ak6bu7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=7YDH5wVF_78&usg=AFQjCNEBF_Q0hs5-5pbs9fJRitwBWQJG5w"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>City
sees enough space for housing</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Eugene</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Register-Guard)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Mia Nelson of the environmental group 1000 Friends of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> praised the analysis for its embrace of mixed-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
and redevelopment proposals. Like the home builders, her organization wanted to see a “parcel specific” plan confirming the city's </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>April 4:</b></div>
<div>I-5 ROSE QUARTER TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE SUBJECT OF MEETING: CITY, STATE SEEKING IDEAS (Portland Oregonian)</div>
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<div>The three day charette, April 11, 12 and 13, is an opportunity for the public to "sit down with guidance from engineers, planners and urban designers." </div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20110404/NEWS0107/104040363/1001/NEWS01%26nav_category%3DNEWS01&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAloPp7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=UeT0l9pdbCc&usg=AFQjCNFv9iYwBnlNPfVXXMe2lCMXRXesxg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Central
</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u> cities push their priorities</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Bend Bulletin)<br>
The bill would allow large commercial solar farms on </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> zoned for exclusive farm </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">. But the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
would have to be deemed non-valuable farmland. “I coined this new technical term for that </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">. It's called 'crap </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">,'”
Huffman said. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>April 3:</b></div>
<div>STATE MAY LOOK INTO PRIVATE BRIDGE FUNDING (The Columbian) </div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/apr/03/state-may-look-into-private-bridge-funding-bill-pr/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/apr/03/state-may-look-into-private-bridge-funding-bill-pr/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>As engineers finalize the design of a new Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River, the next big step will be coming up with the money to build it.</div>
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<div><b>April 2:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_34b624b6-5cce-11e0-a59f-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAnr3e7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Lbh9YfKYhyQ&usg=AFQjCNHZX0BpPXTqJndYKuFBP9FSoqSHdQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Council
mulls Brooklane Heights plan</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Corvallis Gazette</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Times)<br>
It was approved three times by the city, amended with conditions and then neighbors appealed it each time to the state </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals. The most recent council decision for
the plan was affirmed by LUBA. Last month, the council approved the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>April 1:</b></div>
<div>STATE RULES PUSH METRO TO SLASH CARBON EMISSIONS (Portland Tribune)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=130169253809046000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=130169253809046000</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>Metro must devise a plan to slash carbon emissions from passenger vehicles, under a proposed state regulation issued Friday.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2011/04/clackamas_county_planning_comm_1.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAoZrZ7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=7oMtNCDLTVk&usg=AFQjCNENl1Rc5mjwxdD4c6xr7rLGE6VaMQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Clackamas
County planning commissioners recommend denying Molalla </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
By Yuxing Zheng, The Oregonian </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">OREGON</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> CITY -- Molalla's nearly six-year, $250000 attempt at updating its comprehensive plan and designating a 50-year supply of urban reserves stumbled
at the first Clackamas County obstacle this week. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div>INITIAL AURORA STATE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PLANS INCREASE RUNWAY CAPACITY, NOT LENGTH (Portland Oregonian)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/wilsonville/index.ssf/2011/04/initial_aurora_airport_plans_i.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/wilsonville/index.ssf/2011/04/initial_aurora_airport_plans_i.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>The Aurora State Airport runway will remain 5,000 feet long for another two decades under a detailed proposal released today, capping a three-week debate centered on the airport's future growth.</div>
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<div>ROSS ISLAND RESTORATION COULD TAKE A DECADE LONGER THAN PLANNED (Portland Oregonian)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/04/ross_island_restoration_could.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/04/ross_island_restoration_could.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>When Ross Island Sand & Gravel won a key endorsement for downsizing its restoration work on the Willamette River island in 2002, a big reason was the company's declaration that it would finish the work in a decade. </div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://opbnews.org/article/97790-tax-increases-not-popular-solution-greenhouse-gas-problem/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>Tax Increases Not A Popular Solution For Greenhouse Gas Problem
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<div>The Portland area will have to find ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 21 percent over the next 25 years, under draft rules the state released this week. A new poll out Friday shows Portlanders like some solutions better than others.</div>
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<div><b>March 31:</b></div>
<div>STATE TELLS COOS COUNTY TO RECONSIDER LNG LINE (Eugene Register-Guard)</div>
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<div>-Foes of the natural gas line say the ruling is a victory for landowners and oysters-</div>
<div>An Oregon land use board has told Coos County to take a new look at two provisions of the approval for construction of the first leg of a pipeline that would carry imported liquefied natural gas from Southwestern Oregon to California.</div>
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<div><b>March 30:</b></div>
<div>FEDS APPROVE DESIGN FOR PORTLAND-MILWAUKIE LIGHT-RAIL LINE (Portland Oregonian)</div>
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<div>TriMet can move full speed ahead on a final design of the $1.5 billion Portland-Milwaukie light rail line.</div>
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