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<div><font color="#008000"><b>Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail list!</b></font></div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div><b>June 6:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.thenewsguard.com/news/article_1b884b3c-8bc6-11e0-9f31-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATABOAFAnpS07wRIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=yY7zvyyxdck&usg=AFQjCNGpnZFJsDplTbEMTPm2l-zZq-vLCw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Council
receives options to suspend VRD approvals - The News Guard </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><br>
<font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> notice to the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
to the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals and, from there, to the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Court of </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.businessgreen.com/bg/feature/2074604/geo-engineering-massive-potential-massively-implausible&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAk6C17wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Mh8gfeyy0-E&usg=AFQjCNFjLWnwwpY7KaV5WW0gGKzL3ETx4Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Geo-engineering:
massive potential, or massively implausible?</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Business Green)<br>
In one study in </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, the carbon storage of an area of land was doubled through changed </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> policies.
These can include soil-erosion management, improved land-tilling techniques, crop rotation and better grazing land management. </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.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2011/06/metro-to-vote-on-columbia-river-crossing.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAk6C17wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Mh8gfeyy0-E&usg=AFQjCNHGSRompIXwTTEJrn1jgceVsmlC3g"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Metro
to vote on Columbia River Crossing</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Portland Business Journal)<br>
The bridge spans the Columbia River between Washington and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">. Metro will also vote on a </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
order related to bridge construction later this summer. In the meantime, the group Coalition for a Livable Future on Friday issued a list of nine </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://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2015236170_inpersonmaas06.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAk6C17wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Mh8gfeyy0-E&usg=AFQjCNFtFnvy13jEVqhOrvtILR9mB715NA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>In
Person: Manure entrepreneur Kevin Maas turns dairy waste into green energy</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Seattle Times)<br>
The back end of a cow provides the front end of Farm Power, the green-energy business that Kevin Maas is slowly expanding in Western Washington and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">. By Rami Grunbaum Kevin Maas
is president of Mount Vernon's Farm Power, which builds biomass </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>June 5:</b></div>
<div>COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING: POLLUTION OR SALVATION IN NORTH AND NORTHEAST PORTLAND? -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/06/columbia_river_crossing_pollut.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/06/columbia_river_crossing_pollut.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>The zone near I-5 in North and Northeast Portland is the hottest of hot spots for environmental health problems. The adjacent neighborhoods are among Portland's most highly polluted as well as its most ethnically and economically diverse. </div>
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<div><b>June 3:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.willamette.edu/scene/library/2011/spring/features/28/index.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATAAOABA7v6m7wRIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=zH4LgCzvv6s&usg=AFQjCNFDHqjOd2KTHjooUCrqSJ5i6T0Eww"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>The
Scene: 100000 Views of </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u> | Willamette University</u></font></a><br>
<font face="Arial, sans-serif">The </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (DLCD), </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">....</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> In
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, one popular assumption related to </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> says that the sandy beach </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...<br>
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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/environment/index.ssf/2011/06/metro_recruiting_applicants_fo.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAmrel7wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=OMCD92RQtV0&usg=AFQjCNGzzasxOZfBvegNsACh7C3lA30exA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Metro
recruiting applicants to be its next chief operating officer</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
By Eric Mortenson, The Oregonian Let's say you're the chief operating officer of Metro, the regional government that coordinates </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
and transportation planning for three counties and 25 cities in the Portland area. What are your mad skills? </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.oregonlive.com/argus/index.ssf/2011/06/old_orenco_golf_land_hooks_bac.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAmrel7wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=OMCD92RQtV0&usg=AFQjCNHwU5UicqmYNdTQDu0ZN2gBgmmtJw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Old
Orenco golf </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>land</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u> hooks back toward park</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
But the city council, the city's Planning and Zoning hearings board — and eventually the state's </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals — disagreed, and the $15.5 million sale went forward in September
2007. The only conservation condition was that a 5-acre </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.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20110603/NEWS/106030341&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAmrel7wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=OMCD92RQtV0&usg=AFQjCNF_-7RwLSN3f1gXWwwfDaH-_1fG4w"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>SOU
sets sights on new dorm</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Mail Tribune)<br>
By Hannah Guzik ASHLAND — Southern </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> University has asked five developers to come up with proposals for a new 700-bed dormitory and dining hall that would be built off Ashland
Street next to the Greensprings residence hall. </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://r2r.rdiinc.org/pdfs/Session%252019.pdf&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATABOAFA7v6m7wRIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=zH4LgCzvv6s&usg=AFQjCNHSyEwKomsJHdEUdJTdP_1WSNXB-A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>REGARDS
TO RURAL 2011</u></font></a><br>
<font face="Arial, sans-serif">Do </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> regulations limit suitable sites available for agriculture and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Development</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Specialist for the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon Department of Land Conservation</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div>ENTERPRISE ZONES BILL ON GOVERNORS DESK (KBND)</div>
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<div>Freshman lawmaker Jason Conger of Bend is thrilled that a bill that extends Enterprise Zones in Oregon passed in the House and Senate and is now on it's way to the Governor's desk.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/06/03/in-next-transit-corridor-access-to-station-areas-will-be-a-priority/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>In next transit corridor, access to station areas
will be a priority</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#C61016"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">(Daily Journal of Commerce)</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#C61016"> </font></font></div>
<div>As preliminary planning begins for the region’s next high-capacity transit corridor, from Portland to Sherwood, a new approach is being employed. “Traditionally, transit planners start, go out and draw a line,” said Tigard senior transportation planner
Judith Gray. “This is the first time that high-capacity transit will be planned with land use first.” The Southwest corridor was ...</div>
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<div><b>June 2:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://theworldlink.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_602a4e90-c293-5c83-b883-6496bdc191d0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAkpSg7wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=w-4Wuy_xAq4&usg=AFQjCNGSP4_PuONKB5Ew6cWtnB4dH3U4Ww"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Pipeline
law untangles red tape</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Coos Bay World)<br>
The controversial </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> of eminent domain to force </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> sales is a related but separate issue. HB 2700 doesn't
deal with condemnation rules. It merely expedites the process of obtaining state permits -- a key goal for improving </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> reputation among </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>June 1:</b></div>
<div>OREGON SENATE PASSES LEGISLATION THOUGH CRITICS CLAIM IT WOULD SPEED LNG PROJECTS (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/oregon_senate_passes_legislati.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/oregon_senate_passes_legislati.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>A bill designed to streamline sewer, roads and other projects cleared its final legislative hurdle Tuesday, even though opponents claimed it would also speed the development of liquefied natural gas projects. </div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110601/NEWS/106010424/Looking-Pringle-Creek-students-see-dream-stream%3Fodyssey%3Dtab%257Ctopnews%257Ctext%257CNews&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAo_Ga7wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=g47I1SXhbEM&usg=AFQjCNGCymo7oyj9iF8EKBLWNTHF1ZlwSw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Looking
at Pringle Creek, students see a dream stream</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Statesman Journal)<br>
"Here is an opportunity to tell a moral tale about </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> and abuse," Costic said. "The site remediation can make visible some of the area's industrial history. … This site can again
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://sandypost.com/news/story.php%3Fstory_id%3D130688091550341500&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATALOAtAo_Ga7wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=g47I1SXhbEM&usg=AFQjCNFSriHMPODuZ8H0pXZZf-5mhXq43A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>County
Commission board selects Eagle Creek mediator as new commissioner</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Sandy Post)<br>
Damon has worked on a myriad of issues all over </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, Washington and Alaska – issues that also are typical to Clackamas County. “I have worked on </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
and management, water, urbanization, transportation, infrastructure and siting of controversial </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development<br>
635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540<br>
Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 271 | Cell: (503) 383-8911 | Fax: (503) 378-5518<br>
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