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<div><b>July 12:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/07/11/clackamas-county-residents-try-to-stop-portland-milwaukie-light-rail/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>Clackamas County residents try to stop Portland-Milwaukie
light rail</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#C61016"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">(Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div>Clackamas County is facing opposition to its plan to create an urban renewal area that would help fund its $25 million contribution to the Portland-Milwaukie Light-Rail project.</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/oregon-city/index.ssf/2011/07/oregon_city_officials_take_a_fresh_look_at_urban_renewal_and_the_towns_future.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAkYzz8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=88cRE65v2Vo&usg=AFQjCNFfKcfEyB4YioUzE7QE6IrY0YOOUw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>
City officials take a fresh look at urban renewal and the town's future</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">The five member commission will consider a "visioning process." The effort would allow residents to weigh in on a blueprint for the city's future and could focus on a range of issues such as education, </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">,
public safety or environmental concerns.</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.cannonbeachgazette.com/news/article_a4d7d0d6-aca2-11e0-bd6e-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAkYzz8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=88cRE65v2Vo&usg=AFQjCNGZvkzUvLCQ_V7_cdEr4jURBBJa2A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Marine
reserve efforts to continue despite legislative support</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Cannon Beach Gazette)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Cowan said the marine reserves bill itself was not controversial among legislators but got paired with a hot-button </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">
bill, with the result that neither bill moved forward. "It was a very frustrating end to the session," she said. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>July 11:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/07/11/university-of-oregon-kicks-off-master-planning-process/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>University of Oregon kicks off master planning process</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#C61016">
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">(Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div>In addition to starting work on the Oregon Research Institute building, University of Oregon staffers will begin preparations to update the Riverfront Research Park master plan all together.</div>
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<div><b>July 10:</b></div>
<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/20110710/OPINION/107100345/-1/NEWSMAP&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAlsbo8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=hdR5UJ39WOA&usg=AFQjCNFoiL8hMAv05g_Bfv6awJX-Fvd1iw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>A
missed opportunity for Southern </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Mail Tribune)<br>
The big problem with our "one-size-fits-all" system is that statewide </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"> regulations never can be fairly
and accurately applied to </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> diverse communities and topography. After all, Southern </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
needs are different from Central </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://special.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26505368-41/state-oregon-tax-business-schools.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAlsbo8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=hdR5UJ39WOA&usg=AFQjCNEtFZodUb1Jwa6Br-v0BpblKJ7vFA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Salem
works on jobs</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (The Register-Guard)<br>
Both Egan of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce and Ed McMahon of the Home Builders Association of Lane County said </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> laws and laborious permitting processes continue
to be major stumbling blocks for business expansion in Lane County. </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/20110710/NEWS/107100321/-1/NEWSMAP&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAlsbo8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=hdR5UJ39WOA&usg=AFQjCNHCNQY7hhOUeCgEwkxAlDAn7s2hlA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Walmart
near start of store in south Medford</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Mail Tribune)<br>
In December, the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Supreme Court unanimously overturned an earlier decision by the state </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board
of Appeals that required the city to complete a comprehensive traffic study. The city maintained the traffic issue had previously been </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>July 9:</b></div>
<div>COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING HAS SPENT $130 MILLION, WITHOUT LIFTING A SHOVEL (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/07/columbia_river_crossing_has_sp.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/07/columbia_river_crossing_has_sp.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>In the tangled recent history of the Columbia River Crossing, Seigfreid Hopf played a telling bit part.</div>
<div>The German engineer served on a blue-ribbon panel to review the design of the bridge at the heart of the big freeway expansion project. </div>
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<div>HERMISTON-AREA PLAN FOR UMATILLA CHEMICAL DEPOT SUDDENLY IN PERIL (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/07/hermiston_plan_for_umatilla_chemical_depot_suddenly_in_peril.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/07/hermiston_plan_for_umatilla_chemical_depot_suddenly_in_peril.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>After 70 years stockpiling the nation's most nightmarish rockets, bombs and war chemicals, the Umatilla Chemical Depot's future hangs in the balance because it may miss a deadline by a mere month and a half to wrap up its grim mission. </div>
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<div>2011 LEGISLATURE: A MIXED RESULT IN SALEM FOR THE ENVIRONMENT -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) </div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/07/2011_legislature_a_mixed_resul.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/07/2011_legislature_a_mixed_resul.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>Gov. John Kitzhaber recently signed legislation that will put Oregonians to work on energy efficiency upgrades for schools, saving districts money, creating jobs and ensuring safer, healthier classrooms for our children. </div>
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<div>ORIS RESEARCH PARK SITE GETS OK (Eugene Register-Guard) <a href="http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26522067-41/site-building-research-park-river.html.csp"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26522067-41/site-building-research-park-river.html.csp</u></font></a></div>
<div>-The state approves moving the building back from the river, settling a controversy-</div>
<div>The University of Oregons Riverfront Research Park will get its first significant new building in more than two decades after a state board on Friday approved a new site for the project.</div>
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<div><b>July 8:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.dailyastorian.com/free/court-overturns-land-use-cases/article_66e328a2-a991-11e0-909d-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAkIDe8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=9A3LbGm24HU&usg=AFQjCNHeKBrTe1g0U2FSunUAzQQU4qZrFA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Court
overturns </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>land</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>-</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>use</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>
cases</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Daily Astorian)<br>
The </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Court of Appeals has reversed a local judge's ruling that upheld the rights of two Clatsop County families to develop their </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">.
In a decision issued June 29, the appeals court found an error with the original 2010 decision by Clatsop </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.crbizjournal.com/news/article_7e6c28d6-a8db-11e0-9e28-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAvY7d8ARIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=bkJFsg91ELc&usg=AFQjCNHnJn1xWwDchIeYoMcMXV_7Aat4GA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>
Court of Appeals reverses local judge's ruling on land </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Coast River Business Journal)<br>
The cases involve two claims under Ballot </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Measure 49</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, the state law that allowed </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> The board's rulings
were appealed by the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Shores Conservation </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/2011/07/metro_mulls_growth_proposal.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAkIDe8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=9A3LbGm24HU&usg=AFQjCNFKiZwcbqpIQK3aP9VVhZy6UVIAyQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Metro
mulls growth proposal</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
South Hillsboro, a 1063-acre area south of the Tualatin Valley Highway, has already received preliminary </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">
planning from the city of Hillsboro. As a result, it is far less susceptible to expansion problems brought to light in previous planning </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/living/index.ssf/2011/07/energy_environmental_recreatio.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAHOAdAkIDe8ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=9A3LbGm24HU&usg=AFQjCNHX4Sw37YAmVrXvsEczyfjJ9VmAnw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Energy,
environmental, recreational and tribal interests voice opinions on </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
She said the national ocean policy would recognize, expand and enhance efforts </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> has already started, such as marine reserves. The Portland visit was the last of 12 across the
country, which gathered local opinions on the new policy draft. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/07/08/damascus-citizens-group-raises-stakes-in-fight-against-comprehensive-plan/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>Damascus citizens group raises stakes in fight
against comprehensive plan</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> </font><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a>(Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></div>
<div>Ask Damascus, a citizens group, has filed an initiative with the city of Damascus that, if approved, would require voter approval for any city planning document required by the state or Metro. The group believes the city is passing $3 billion in debt to
citizens through creation of the state-mandated Damascus Comprehensive Plan without getting their input.</div>
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