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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green">Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail list!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">November 8:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/11/land_use_regulation_dont_call.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABA7NHm9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=8Kzc104sJJU&usg=AFQjCNFhy2l9ROI8lY_SZrnba9vFUgtQMw"><span style="color:#1111CC">Land
use</span><span style="color:#1111CC"> regulation: Don't call defenders of property rights zealots</span></a> (OregonLive.com)<br>
By Guest Columnist By James L. Huffman The reality is that rural Oregon is economically depressed, and Miner's predecessors at 1000 Friends have helped to make it so. Nearly four decades of insisting on a one-size-fits-all approach to land use ...</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.firsttracksonline.com/2011/11/08/obama-signs-ski-area-summer-use-bill-into-law/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFA7NHm9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=8Kzc104sJJU&usg=AFQjCNFvNzY6PXZD-Ug_ik0IyEvReyQEqA"><span style="color:#1111CC">Obama
Signs Ski Area Summer Use Bill Into Law</span></a> (First Tracks)<br>
It amends the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to permit activities beyond the alpine and Nordic skiing already allowed in ski areas on public lands. Such uses would include zip lines, mountain coasters and alpine slides as well as mountain ...</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20111108/OPINION/111080305/-1/NEWSMAP&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAIOAhA7NHm9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=8Kzc104sJJU&usg=AFQjCNGdPCHwOPlt-bn6skNYrhgaSNBq0w"><span style="color:#1111CC">Cherry
Creek appeal is ill-advised and should be withdrawn</span></a> (Mail Tribune)<br>
Instead of selecting an alternative site that is much better suited to the target occupants, it appeals the decision to the state Land Use Board of Appeals. This action is certainly lawful, but it fails to represent the Jackson County citizens who live ...</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.heraldandnews.com/breaking/article_75425644-0a34-11e1-a76c-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAJOAlA7NHm9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=8Kzc104sJJU&usg=AFQjCNExGV4rNMnQcjkGwIkLOWTF0ChSDg"><span style="color:#1111CC">Opponents
testify against hydroelectric facility</span></a> (Herald and News)<br>
Under proposals by the Portland-based Symbiotics, the lines would transmit energy from a 1380-megawatt Swan Lake pumped storage hydroelectric facility to a proposed new power substation on the California side of the Oregon-California state line. ...</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.cmsp.noaa.gov/activities/oregon.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgBIAEoATAAOABA7dDm9QRIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=9K2ldKhb8uE&usg=AFQjCNFL4JkudIj6KGoPaD8_BZF4FRMS3w"><span style="color:#1111CC">Oregon</span><span style="color:#1111CC">
- Regional Activities - NOAA Coastal and Marine Spatial ...</span></a> (NOAA)<br>
Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) Paul. ... and procedures that state agencies will use to approve new energy development. ...</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">MP GORGE UPDATE 111111 (Oregon Public Broadcasting)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://news.opb.org/article/mp_gorge_update_111111/">http://news.opb.org/article/mp_gorge_update_111111/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A plan for managing the Columbia River Gorge unlawfully excludes land, air, plants and plant habitat from the list of protected natural resources in the area, an environmental
group says.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">November 5:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/11/for_1000_friends_of_oregon_lan.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAkOjW9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=oskG40n2EZs&usg=AFQjCNEM4JdJEO_DZhTe_XODKGYYjwPaQQ"><span style="color:#1111CC">For
1000 Friends of Oregon, land-use legacy is a flame that needs tending</span></a> (OregonLive.com)<br>
Portland attorney Henry Richmond, who was 1000 Friends' first director in 1974, says Oregon's land-use system is "fundamentally a political enterprise" -- not technical or even legal -- and can be changed by the Legislature or ballot box. ...</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20111105/NEWS/111050326/Developer-plans-pay-city%3Fodyssey%3Dtab%257Ctopnews%257Ctext%257CNews&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAkOjW9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=oskG40n2EZs&usg=AFQjCNEFtULmztWSce18REEfXgcEUwefvg"><span style="color:#1111CC">Developer
plans to pay city</span></a> (Statesman Journal)<br>
The city and three developers, including Sides, are taking a Land Use Board of Appeals decision on the Area C Master Plan to the Oregon Court of Appeals. Area C is an undeveloped portion of Keizer Station southwest of the intersection of the railroad ...</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2011/November/04/Opinion_Guest.Opinion/guest.opinion.its.high.time.for.yamhill.county.to.protect.all.property.owners/news.aspx&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAxvbV9QRIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=F5Pt0Lv4Xik&usg=AFQjCNET09AU1RlVSOOzk_PTLqrlG6-MlA"><span style="color:#1111CC">Guest
opinion: It's high time for Yamhill County to protect all ...</span></a> (Newberg Graphic)<br>
This ruling by Oregon's highest court means that Measure 49 will be fairly and fully enforced. Measure 37 was fundamentally flawed and past county approvals ...</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ECONOMY NEEDS MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS -- GUEST OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
<a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20111106/OPINION/111060338/-1/7daysarchives/Economy-needs-multimodal-transportation-options">
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20111106/OPINION/111060338/-1/7daysarchives/Economy-needs-multimodal-transportation-options</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">With our region's unemployment rate hovering at 9.6 percent, job creation is on everyone's mind. Job creation rests on several foundations one is transportation. Manufacturers
need to move goods to market and employers need transportation to get their workforce to work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">November 4:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">GOV. JOHN KITZHABER SAYS FOREST POLICIES MUST BALANCE HEALTH OF HABITAT AND RURAL COMMUNITIES (Portland Oregonian)
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/11/gov_john_kitzhaber_forest_poli.html">http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/11/gov_john_kitzhaber_forest_poli.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Gov. John Kitzhaber called on the state Board of Forestry Thursday to step back from the "politically driven seesaw management" of the state's timberland and adopt a balanced
approach that can be extended to the much larger federal forests as well. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.stratfordgazette.com/editorial/article/102027&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAQOBBAksXR9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=nB8-nUtLcRw&usg=AFQjCNE8lo_h3cNaqWtmu7Fb_EZASAgPKg"><span style="color:#1111CC">The
Market Square, the town and the planet: Ecocities</span></a> (Stratford Gazette)<br>
Copenhagen has a very large pedestrian precinct; Curitiba in Brazil has achieved population density and efficient public transit, as well as improved recycling to reduce landfill; Portland, Oregon, is very active in increasing streetcar and bicycle use ...</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066FF"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/11/04/forest-grove-to-appeal-6-5m-abuse-of-power-decision/"><span style="color:#0066FF">Forest
Grove to appeal $6.5M ‘abuse of power’ decision</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C61016">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Daily Journal of Commerce)<span style="color:#C61016"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The city of Forest Grove is appealing a jury’s decision in September that found the city and two of its employees liable for “abuse of power,” and
awarded David Hill Development $6.5 million in damages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/11/04/good-luck-getting-a-building-permit/"><span style="color:#0070C0">Good luck getting
a building permit</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C61016">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Daily Journal of Commerce)<span style="color:#C61016"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Editor’s note: This is the second part of a three-part series. The first part appeared in the Oct. 31 edition of the Daily Journal of Commerce. The
final part will appear in the Nov. 21 edition.<br>
Previously, I told the story of Dan Ludwig, a cabinetmaker who came to America in 1955, built himself a workshop [...]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">November 2:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://wallowa.com/opinion/regional_opinions/editorial-wolves-hold-no-true-relevance-in-land-use-debate/article_ca3a581e-0579-11e1-9670-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAkv_G9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=2yleFxhzPGw&usg=AFQjCNGAIwfgjpyJu8ZqKa3T0q2wdfkKnQ"><span style="color:#1111CC">EDITORIAL:
Wolves hold no true relevance in land use debate</span></a> (Wallowa County Chieftain)<br>
They noted that the Hunters had already allowed members of Oregon Wild, an actively pro-wolf group, to camp on their property. Cattle growers' testimony pointed out, accurately, that agriculture's contribution to the county's economy continues to dwarf ...</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">COMPOSTING FOOD WASTE IS GREEN; NOT WASTING FOOD IS GREENER (Portland Oregonian)
<a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/11/composting_food_waste_is_green.html">
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/11/composting_food_waste_is_green.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Composting food waste is fine, but not wasting the food in the first place has at least 30 times the benefit when it comes to cutting global warming emissions, a new study
commissioned by Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality concludes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">LAHOOD: 'MONEY WILL BE THERE' FOR I-5 BRIDGE (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://news.opb.org/article/us-transportation-secretary-money-will-be-there-i-5-bridge/">http://news.opb.org/article/us-transportation-secretary-money-will-be-there-i-5-bridge/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says President Barack Obama's jobs plan includes money for a new Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">REPORT SHOWS CARBON FOOTPRINT BEYOND OREGON'S BORDERS (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon has just released figures that track the state's carbon footprint based on what we buy. It's believed to be the first such analysis by any state in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Lisa Howard</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> | Assistant to the Director</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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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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