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<div><b>September 21:</b></div>
<div>OREGON SCENIC BIKEWAYS SET TO GROW FROM ONE TO FOUR ROUTES, ADD NEARLY 400 MILES-- BLOG (Portland Oregonian) </div>
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<div>Oregon's fledgling scenic bikeways program is ready to quadruple in number of routes and mileage. </div>
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<div><b>September 20:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/09/19/more-land-suggested-to-go-inside-urban-growth-boundary/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>More land suggested to go inside urban growth boundary</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#C61016"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">(Daily
Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div>The Metro Council next month will decide whether to expand the urban growth boundary, and the number of expansion possibilities is continuing to grow. The Metro Policy Advisory Committee – a 21-member group that helps guide land-use decisions for the Metro
Council – last week voted to recommend adding four areas, a total of 1,120 acres, ...</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.opb.org/article/clackamas-land-use-measure-back-ballot/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAmJ7k8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=lSDJKSkfLR0&usg=AFQjCNHDaJY4rjDLXjsajEiZ0lLy_ulK4A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Clackamas
</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Land Use</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u> Measure Back On The Ballot</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OPB News)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">So, when the advocacy group, Our </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, convinced the Secretary of State's office that three signatures weren't valid, the initiative was suddenly
in jeopardy. Now, Clackamas County has examined all remaining signatures, with a state election official </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/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2011/09/clackamas_county_officials_tak.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAmJ7k8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=lSDJKSkfLR0&usg=AFQjCNHA-zXwFNIgZv_5LnNj9xxkQ3nYzg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Clackamas
County officials taking a hard line on rave parties</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">In each case, the county obtained a restraining order by saying a music-and-dance fest was an inappropriate </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> on </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
zoned exclusively for farm </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">. The county also is continuing to seek permanent injunctions to bar future raves on those sites. </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://tdworld.com/overhead_transmission/bpa-transmission-line-0911/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAmJ7k8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=lSDJKSkfLR0&usg=AFQjCNH5T66NSRA9QbpgR7qedh3eUCl05A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>New
High-Voltage Transmission Line Brings Jobs to the Northwest and Reinforces </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Transmission & Distribution World)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">The process led to an environmental impact statement, outlining steps that will help BPA minimize the line and substation impacts on </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">,
wildlife, vegetation, scenery and other resources. BPA's decision for the project is described in a record 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://theworldlink.com/news/local/article_3436c538-0d65-5fc9-90e7-fa0e731486e9.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAmJ7k8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=lSDJKSkfLR0&usg=AFQjCNEglD-72-7c_z0Smni_pxtth1xHyw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Developers
vs. oysters in LNG showdown</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Coos Bay World)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Wednesday's hearing comes a year after the commissioners originally approved 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">
permit for construction of the 50-mile pipeline. Citizens Against LNG appealed the decision to the state </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals. That board found two issues the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div>FEDS GRANT $1.5 MILLION FOR SUSTAINABILITY CENTER (Oregon Public Broadcasting) <a href="http://news.opb.org/article/feds_grant_1.5_million_for_sustainability_center/"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://news.opb.org/article/feds_grant_1.5_million_for_sustainability_center/</u></font></a></div>
<div>Today the Economic Development Administration announced a $1.5 million grant to Portland State University, the city of Portland and the Oregon University System to help build the 130,000 square-foot Oregon Sustainability Center.</div>
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<div>DMV STUDY: $1.5 MILLION TO FIX UP BEND OFFICE (KTVZ Bend) <a href="http://www.ktvz.com/news/29233457/detail.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.ktvz.com/news/29233457/detail.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>-Office Would Have to Move Out During Renovation-</div>
<div>More than a year after its effort to move Bend's DMV office to a southwest Bend shopping center sparked sharp criticism from neighbors, city officials and others, eventually killing those plans, the state agency said Monday it's determined it will cost
an estimated $1.5 million in renovations to stay at its current Highway 97 site, the former Bend Welcome Center.</div>
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<div><b>September 19:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/energias/renovables/index/pag/wind/colleft/colright/wind/tip/articulo/pagid/17055/botid/48/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAkPve8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=0UUuMJR7s4M&usg=AFQjCNEQA5H4q05LrUZwmbPGB6eAbz0dTA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Advocates
for buffers between wind farms and residences win some, lose one</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Renewable Energy Magazine press release)</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> has abandoned its noise control
enforcement efforts in 1991, leaving enforcement of the state standard to local authorities. An attorney for three of the wind farm's neighbours has vowed to appeal the decision to the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
Board of Appeals.</font></font></div>
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<div>2011 LEGISLATURE AND PROPERTY RIGHTS (naturalresourcereport.com) <a href="http://naturalresourcereport.com/2011/09/2011-legislature-and-property-rights/"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://naturalresourcereport.com/2011/09/2011-legislature-and-property-rights/</u></font></a></div>
<div>The 2011 session of the Oregon Legislature ended quietly on June 30, with little change being made on the land use front. Oregonians In Action was able to pass three bills this session, marking the 11th straight legislative session in which at least one
OIA bill was enacted into law. While some good legislation was passed this session, major land use bills were not approved.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://oregonbusinessreport.com/2011/09/hope-for-portlands-industrial-land-shortage/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAkPve8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=0UUuMJR7s4M&usg=AFQjCNH6oS7I-BfOT0MgaexAS4720lEzlg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Hope
for Portland's industrial </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>land</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u> shortage</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Oregon Business News press release)<br>
The City of Portland is conducting a public process to explore annexation and creation of a long-range </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> plan for West Hayden Island. West Hayden Island is an undeveloped 800+
acre site, located west of the BNSF Railroad. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>September 18:</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_3879c72c-0e40-501e-883c-b4a461a6bc49.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABA7tjZ8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=-KxeiL-x6Ic&usg=AFQjCNFOwNi8IZ6z0tLOcI1nAR-K-TEfXA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Close
quarters</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Corvallis Gazette Times)<br>
Both developments, however, will have to go through </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> hearings, where they could face strong objections — Campus Crest from the Friends of Witham Oaks and others who want to
preserve the undeveloped property as open space, and Good Sam from </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>September 17:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://theworldlink.com/sports/outdoors/article_b9e19794-e09d-11e0-97e2-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAlLXU8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Chz0FsLvA6Y&usg=AFQjCNFIDJ_bERC64Nl-pDYr-9Pi2IOmMQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Coquille
coho collaboration</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Coos Bay World)<br>
The Coquille Watershed Association, Coquille Tribe and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Department of Fish and Wildlife reshape wetland on Steve Gage's </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">property</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
on North Bank Lane on Tuesday. His </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">property</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> has natural wetland, and he asked for help to improve the coho habitat. </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/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2011/09/so_much_for_energy_independenc.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAlLXU8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Chz0FsLvA6Y&usg=AFQjCNGNdor7O0tGqwcfycZ5zLgyEZzPZQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>So
much for energy independence as the US stumbles toward the export of </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
Meanwhile, Peter Hansen, the CEO of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> LNG, is presenting at December's LNG Export Conference in Houston. According to the schedule, Hansen will answer the question of whether </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
LNG import terminals can </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> their federal regulatory permits </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div>WASHINGTON COUNTY BEGINS TO COVER AGING SHADYBROOK LANDFILL NEAR NORTH PLAINS IN REFORESTATION PROJECT (Portland Oregonian) </div>
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<div>A novel plan to cap an old landfill with thousands of cubic yards of soil then plant enough trees on it to create a forest is underway on a hilltop in rural Washington County.</div>
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<div><b>September 16:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://keizertimes.com/%3Fp%3D9866&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAlLXU8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Chz0FsLvA6Y&usg=AFQjCNEagTdbJWnce2G__y4fa_Ke9N0Rvw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>City
takes big box fight to appeals court</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Keizertimes)<br>
By JASON COX Developers and the city of Keizer plan to appeal the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals' remand of its approval of a large discount grocer, medical offices and apartments. Oral
arguments before the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Court of Appeals will be November 8. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>September 15:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2011/09/tigard_mayor_craig_dirksen_ready_to_take_on_run_for_metro_council.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAkO_J8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=QC3WkfokqFo&usg=AFQjCNEYISDBX1OnbQVWQVF65GYKHfQu5g"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Tigard
Mayor Craig Dirksen ready to take on run for Metro Council</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
Metro, the regional government, coordinates </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> and transportation planning and operates the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
Zoo and convention center among other services. On one of the major issues facing Metro, Dirksen said the Columbia River Crossing is "vital" to the </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.columbian.com/news/2011/sep/15/damon-webster-chosen-for-gorge-commission/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAHOAdAkO_J8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=QC3WkfokqFo&usg=AFQjCNEbRID674uo3NIsVCQJSYLdE4DbZA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Damon
Webster tapped for Gorge commission</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (The Columbian)<br>
Each of the six Gorge counties appoints a member to the commission and the governors of Washington and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> each appoint three members. The commission makes decisions on </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land
use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> applications, hears appeals of county </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> decisions, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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plans sent to feds for approval</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (The Columbian)<br>
Included in the document are adjustments to the financial plan recommended by </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Treasurer Ted Wheeler, including significantly lowered projections for toll revenue (now expected
to be $600 million less than expected) and the likely </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> of both </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div>COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING FINANCES OFFERS A SEPTEMBER SURPRISE: $147 MILLION MORE FROM OREGON, WASHINGTON (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/columbia_river_crossing_financ_1.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/columbia_river_crossing_financ_1.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>The Columbia River Crossing's just-released final environmental impact statement has a $147 million surprise for residents of Oregon and Washington.</div>
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<div><b>September 14:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/09/14/salem-approves-new-zoning-type-to-aid-citys-growth/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>Salem approves new zoning type to aid city’s growth</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#C61016">
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<div>In the past 10 years, Salem’s population increased by 13 percent – a rate that outpaced both the state and the nation, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But the neighborhoods that sprouted in Oregon’s capital city didn’t include businesses needed to
support them. City officials want to change that imbalance. Salem City Council on Monday voted ...</div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Director's Office<br>
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>
<a href="mailto:lisa.howard@state.or.us"><font color="#0000FF"><u>lisa.howard@state.or.us</u></font></a> | <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD"><font color="#0000FF"><u>www.oregon.gov/LCD</u></font></a></font></div>
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