<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Exchange Server">
<!-- converted from rtf -->
<style><!-- .EmailQuote { margin-left: 1pt; padding-left: 4pt; border-left: #800000 2px solid; } --></style>
</head>
<body>
<font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">
<div><font color="#008000"><b>Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail list!</b></font></div>
<div> </div>
<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>
<div> </div>
<div>The links to copyrighted news stories in Land Use News are not archived by DLCD, and the archiving policies of these sources vary. The stories, if available, reside on the site of the original news source. Please direct requests for archived stories, or
permission to reprint them, to the original news source.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Past Land Use News weekly e-mails can be found here:</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news</u></font></a></font></div>
<div> </div>
<div>Anyone can subscribe to the free service by visiting this site:</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news</u></font></a></font></div>
<div> </div>
<div><font color="#008000"><b>____________________________________________________________</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><b>September 27:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/sep/27/crc-legal-challenge-go-oregon-appeals-board/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAmpOJ9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=KtwSGCiXMI4&usg=AFQjCNG8nG_UlCA7m1Lxi9IXiQ372OsOIg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>CRC
legal challenge to go before </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u> appeals board</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (The Columbian)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">By Eric Florip Four </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> groups attempting to derail the Columbia River Crossing with a legal challenge will make their case before the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon
Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals this Thursday. The appeal specifically challenges an August decision by Metro to </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" color="#0000FF"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php%3Fstory_id%3D131714686502757200&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAmpOJ9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=KtwSGCiXMI4&usg=AFQjCNEwCvK532qvNHsPo4B96alHQogQKA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>CRC
legal challenge to be heard Thursday</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Portland Tribune)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">By Jim Redden The first legal challenge to the Columbia River Crossing will be heard by the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals on Thursday. The board
will hear arguments about Metro's approval of the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Final Order allowing construction of the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" color="#0000FF"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/09/27/neighborhood-group-to-challenge-columbia-river-crossing-at-luba-hearing/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>Neighborhood group to challenge Columbia River
Crossing at LUBA hearing</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#C61016"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">(Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div>A northeast Portland neighborhood coalition is one of four groups that plan to challenge the Columbia River Crossing project to expand a stretch of Interstate 5 around the Columbia River.<br>
Portland’s Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods and the Coalition for a Livable Future have filed an appeal against Metro’s recent approval of the Columbia River Crossing Land [...]</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.dailyastorian.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-surprise-surprise/article_f53e9bbe-e928-11e0-b5c5-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAmpOJ9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=KtwSGCiXMI4&usg=AFQjCNGCU3AG4wh8wmiZzjd5WOfY6br1qw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Editorial:
Surprise, surprise</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Daily Astorian)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Remember when Northern Star LLC hustled Clatsop County to gain </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">
approval for an LNG import terminal at Bradwood. Skeptics of that plan doubted there was sufficient demand for imported natural gas. Northern Star insisted the facility was for </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></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/20110927/NEWS/109270306&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAIOAhAmpOJ9ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=KtwSGCiXMI4&usg=AFQjCNHFzKRNSsP3KsEyoY5R1LOvNEEACg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Gas
pipeline export talk not a surprise to LNG opponents</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Mail Tribune)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">"From the perspective of a private </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">property</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> owner, this feels more and more like it could be the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
of eminent domain for profits for a private company," said Barker, who is among other project opponents meeting today with representatives of Gov. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div>ON GLOBAL WARMING, OREGONIANS SEE 'SEPARATE REALITIES,' SURVEY FINDS (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/on_global_warming_oregonians_s.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/on_global_warming_oregonians_s.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>When it comes to views on global warming, Oregonians are living in "separate realities" based on political ideology, a new online survey indicates. </div>
<div>Liberals and conservatives do line up on a lack of enthusiasm for coal and affection for energy conservation that knocks down utility bills, the survey commissioned by Oregon's Global Warming Commission found. </div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div>ARE GREEN BUILDINGS REALLY SAVING ENERGY? (OregonBusiness) <a href="http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/104-october-2011/5928-are-green-buildings-really-saving-energy"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/104-october-2011/5928-are-green-buildings-really-saving-energy</u></font></a></div>
<div>A couple of years after the Natural Capital Center, a pioneering green office building in the Pearl District, was completed in 2001, the LEED gold-rated structure underwent a post-occupancy evaluation to see if it really consumed less energy than a conventional
office building.</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><b>September 24:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.newsregister.com/article%3FarticleTitle%3Dugb%2Bprocess%2Bmired%2Bin%2Blegal%2Bmorass--1316880115--1679--home-news&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAAoATAAOABA46n58wRIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=VckhccxuQKI&usg=AFQjCNHHYzOKi5xom0dx7Mgo0w-ud4ptMQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>UGB
process mired in legal morass</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (McMinnville News-Register)<br>
State </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> law already says cities must consider expansion onto farmland a </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> in conjunction with the
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Department of Land Conservation and Development</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110924/NEWS/109240321/Land-use-battle-continues-Keizer%3Fodyssey%3Dmod%257Cnewswell%257Ctext%257CNews%257Cs&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAlKr58wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=tE-0xWrgMcM&usg=AFQjCNFouhGjrCbB84EIFw6uJLUsBtFSww"><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>
battle continues in Keizer</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Statesman Journal)<br>
A development company and the city of Keizer have filed petitions for judicial review with the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Court of Appeals. The city filed a petition recently that announces its intention
to file a brief disputing a decision the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div>AT HAYDEN ISLAND INTERCHANGE, THE COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING WILL CAST A HUGE FOOTPRINT (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/at_hayden_island_interchange_t.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/at_hayden_island_interchange_t.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>On the docks of Jantzen Beach Moorage, looking out over the silent blue-green current of North Portland Harbor, the roar of I-5 fades. </div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div>LNG SHIFT NEEDS HARD LOOK -- OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard) <a href="http://www.registerguard.com/web/opinion/26925007-47/gas-lng-energy-export-terminals.html.csp"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/web/opinion/26925007-47/gas-lng-energy-export-terminals.html.csp</u></font></a></div>
<div>Just a few years ago, energy companies trying to build liquefied natural gas import terminals in Oregon scoffed at the idea of switching their projects to export facilities.</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><b>September 23:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/09/bidding_on_the_blue_heron.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAlIf08wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=HPghq4x0sBw&usg=AFQjCNFqhOBkBMHi4xmvNH6sRxDCyvSCiQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Bidding
on the Blue Heron</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
No one knows yet what the price of the mill </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">property</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> would be -- the value has been pegged in the vicinity of $4.4 million -- but </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
City has long coveted the riverfront site for a possible mixed-</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> development of retail, office and residential. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/09/oregons_economy_little_for_law.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAlIf08wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=HPghq4x0sBw&usg=AFQjCNGx1pSDny2BXN3ixGgoMZtlDh9hew"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon's</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>
economy: Little for lawmakers to do but wait and think long-term</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
Potiowsky cautioned against jumping too fast or trying too hard to lure businesses by messing with environmental regulations, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> laws or the state's tax code. By and large, he
said, those factors aren't big enough to drive out business. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/northwest/wyden-calls-for-time-out-on-lng/article_8b5af1c6-e616-11e0-9452-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAlIf08wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=HPghq4x0sBw&usg=AFQjCNHHp8jUvoGBDdPKeKuQcdJTG7k9Aw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Wyden
calls for 'time-out' on LNG</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Daily Astorian)<br>
That shouldn't be a hurdle; other companies have received export licenses. </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"> permits for the import
terminal were complete, and environmental permitting was well advanced, Braddock said. The Oregonian and The Associated Press contributed to this </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.hermistonherald.com/news/lra-plan-questioned-during-depot-forum/article_d4f42976-e614-11e0-9cc1-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAFOAVAlIf08wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=HPghq4x0sBw&usg=AFQjCNFO110DSkSHOsvT3mdubsNJPReVHg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>LRA
plan questioned during Depot forum</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Hermiston Herald)<br>
The discussion of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> and time tables may be moot, however. According to Hansell and Perkins, the LRA currently has no authority. The Department of Defense announced earlier this
year that the Base Realignment and Closure regulations governing the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/09/23/nyu.study.finds.congestion.pricing.works.best.when.partnered.with.land.use.planning&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAlKr58wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=tE-0xWrgMcM&usg=AFQjCNFwsW6wuW7ksPrwOKIlaw0wFZRJBw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>NYU
study finds congestion pricing works best when partnered with </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>
</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (e! Science News)<br>
The conclusion arises from an examination households' VMT data in a pilot mileage-fee program run in Portland, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">. The analysis sought to determine whether </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 reinforced the benefit of congestion pricing, and whether congestion </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div>BACKERS OF COOS BAY LNG SITE TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL EXPORT LICENSE (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/09/coos_bay_lng_backers_to_apply.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/09/coos_bay_lng_backers_to_apply.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>The backers of a controversial proposal to build a liquefied natural gas import terminal in Coos Bay took the first step Thursday to convert their project to an export terminal.</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><b>September 22:</b></div>
<div>ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR REMOVAL OF KLAMATH DAMS IN OREGON, CALIFORNIA RELEASED (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/noaa_releases_environmental_im.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/noaa_releases_environmental_im.html</u></font></a></div>
<div>The long-awaited environmental impact statement from the Interior Department says removing four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River in California and Oregon would help boost salmon runs in a river marked by poor water quality and fish disease.</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div>TROUBLED PROJECT TO STRAIGHTEN U.S. 20 DELAYED AGAIN BY CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS (Portland Oregonian) </div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/09/troubleed_us_20_project_delaye.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/09/troubleed_us_20_project_delaye.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>With one completion date passed and a new one about to come and go, the largest contract let by the Oregon Department of Transportation no longer has a projected finish line. </div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div>ODOT: ROAD PROJECTS MAY BE CUT (Salem Statesman Journal) <a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110922/NEWS/109220337/-1/7daysarchives/ODOT-Road-projects-may-cut"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110922/NEWS/109220337/-1/7daysarchives/ODOT-Road-projects-may-cut</u></font></a></div>
<div>-Officials cite lower revenue from gasoline taxes, less federal funds-</div>
<div>Oregon transportation officials say they may have to scale back plans for highway work because revenue from road users is coming in more slowly than expected.</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<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/2011/09/metro_considers_tapping_natura.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAl-Tu8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Pp6-mdQoNmk&usg=AFQjCNF_gZjxUGBhFb2zfdxNAyThsRFIwA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Metro
considers tapping natural-areas fund to buy industrialized </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Oregon</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u> City site</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
If Metro buys the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, it will years before it opens to the public or results in new commercial projects. "Don't expect a park there in two years," said Metro Councilor Carlotta Collette,
whose district includes </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> City. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://theworldlink.com/news/local/article_fd4c3eae-5c3f-5053-beb2-63b2b71f8c71.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJAl-Tu8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Pp6-mdQoNmk&usg=AFQjCNH4VbypA4msbVE9IAlnUBW2xnKO3w"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Jordan
Cove proposes exports</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Coos Bay World)<br>
The </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"> hearing was held for the proposed natural-gas pipeline through Haynes Inlet connecting the Jordan
Cove terminal to a pipeline near Malin. Jordan Cove Energy Project hopes a $50 piece of paper will redeem its $80 million investment on Coos </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26905248-41/county-hospice-legal-cascade-court.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAl-Tu8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Pp6-mdQoNmk&usg=AFQjCNEc5kEh9RRLjpkggUj-BrCnIiz0-Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Hospice
foes face bill for challenge</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (The Register-Guard)<br>
He cited a prior </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Court of Appeals opinion that individual members of the public should not face “economic ruin” for participating in </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land
use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> deliberations against “opponents with far greater economic resources.” Page's husband, Chris Page, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://democratherald.com/article_2aa07856-e4ea-11e0-ad41-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARAl-Tu8wRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Pp6-mdQoNmk&usg=AFQjCNGBUyGTy4G9K6-opsJ8Zryc0WrP9A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Co-speaker:
Tough choices loom</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Albany Democrat Herald)<br>
He also said the legislature missed a bet when it failed to approve some </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> reforms, including a measure that would have allowed counties to experiment with a regional </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land
use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> approach. He challenged his business-friendly audience to call </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><b>September 21:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/09/21/scappoose-voters-support-urban-growth-boundary-expansion-plan/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>Scappoose voters support urban growth boundary expansion
plan</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Daily</font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div>Slightly more than 53 percent of the Scappoose voters who turned out for a special election on Tuesday voted in favor of a citizen-driven referendum that asked whether they supported a city plan to expand its urban growth boundary by 365 acres. The plan
is scheduled to now go before the Columbia County Board of Commissioners. Final approval would come from the state Land Conservation and Development Commission.</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<a name="_MailAutoSig"></a>
<div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Lisa Howard</b> | Assistant to the Director</font></div>
<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>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font></div>
</font>
</body>
</html>