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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:green">Welcome to this week’s roundup of the Land Use News!
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://news.oregonmetro.gov/1/post.cfm/portland-oregon-zoo-parking-010913&ct=ga&cd=MjA0MzIyNzY2NTI2NzQyOTIxNQ&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNFi5ULcDTShBi6I5oU-hgYIMJkeIw"><span style="color:#1111CC">Advocates
say new parking fees at Washington Park will improve ...</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Metro newsfeed</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Oregon</span><span style="color:#222222"> Zoo visitor Eugene Lo, of Seattle, looks at a new parking pay station at Washington Park. The stations ... Traffic will back up on the freeway</span><span style="color:#222222">...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/01/columbia_slough_trail_mile-lon.html&ct=ga&cd=MjA0MzIyNzY2NTI2NzQyOTIxNQ&cad=CAEYAw&usg=AFQjCNGfpuw0NwdHWio3fUZEeNwtXVS2nA"><span style="color:#1111CC">Columbia
Slough Trail, mile-long bike and pedestrian path, opens in ...</span></a> </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">...</span><span style="color:#222222"> North Denver and Vancouver Avenues today, Portland Parks & Recreation and the Oregon Department of Transportation announced today…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.rtands.com/index.php/passenger/intercity/oregon-passenger-rail-leadership-council-recommends-alternatives-for-further-study.html&ct=ga&cd=MjA0MzIyNzY2NTI2NzQyOTIxNQ&cad=CAEYBA&usg=AFQjCNForbHKRP-u5OEIzYCGnatNqYIDJw"><span style="color:#1111CC">Oregon</span><span style="color:#1111CC">
Passenger Rail Leadership Council recommends ...</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Railway Track & Structures</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Under the direction of the leadership council, the Oregon Department of Transportation is leading an environmental review process that will conclude ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/01/oregon_lng_state_delays_decisi.html&ct=ga&cd=MTc1NzYzNzY0MjI3MTA5NTQ4ODU&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNGjMcxeFTpUqu9w_T68dFKvonn2pw"><span style="color:#1111CC">Oregon
LNG: State delays decision, frustrating everyone involved</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">OregonLive.com</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">The Department of Land Conservation and Development, or DLCD, is only one player in the alphabet soup of state and federal agencies involved…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.opb.org/news/article/damascus-faces-land-use-laws-sanctions-/&ct=ga&cd=MTE4NTMxNTQ5NjQyMTE3MTg3OTg&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNHCk8JoVixqr7G3Hl1CCx_RFU4MQA"><span style="color:#1111CC">Damascus
Faces Land-Use Laws Sanctions</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">OPB News</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Steve Shipsey with Oregon's Department of Land Conservation and Development told the hearings officer the law calls for a financial consequence…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://ces.cnet.com/8301-35289_1-57616922/with-i3-electric-car-bmw-wants-you-to-consider-public-transit/&ct=ga&cd=MTE4MDk0NTY3NTY5NjgxNDQzMDY&cad=CAEYAQ&usg=AFQjCNGuyWKvJt2B1OAZe7Jkld4aViux0A"><span style="color:#1111CC">With
i3 electric car, BMW wants you to consider public transit</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">CNET</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Traditional navigation tells you how to drive to a destination, but the navigation in the BMW i3 will give options for mixing public transportation into your ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.capitalpress.com/article/20140108/ARTICLE/140109900&ct=ga&cd=MTY0ODUxODE5MTAzNTYyODUwNTU&cad=CAEYAg&usg=AFQjCNET14Wezoycs9_CT3iQEV9frXRbWw"><span style="color:#1111CC">Ranchers
pack BLM's sage grouse meetings</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Capital Press</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">If attendance at the first two meetings about the Bureau of Land Management's sage grouse management plan are an indicator, Oregon cattle ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/1665505-151/central-oregon-bus-service-seeks-funds&ct=ga&cd=MTgxODk1Njg0Nzc0NDkxNjI1Mg&cad=CAEYAQ&usg=AFQjCNGc8zH-GoSO4nEvUeQUNAo-I39XuQ"><span style="color:#1111CC">Central
Oregon bus service seeks funds</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Bend Bulletin</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">The agency coordinating Cascades East Transit regional bus system could ask voters to pay more taxes to prevent further route reductions and ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/headlines/new-trains-making-first-runs/article_5d433a4f-e44f-55af-9353-a3e05dbfa131.html&ct=ga&cd=MTgxODk1Njg0Nzc0NDkxNjI1Mg&cad=CAEYAg&usg=AFQjCNE5kPpv-j8E0xh949Y0WxrZMnEplg"><span style="color:#1111CC">New
trains making first runs</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Corvallis Gazette Times</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">According to Kathy Holmes of the Oregon Department of Transportation, the new Talgo Series 8 trains were purchased by Oregon with funds from ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/jan/07/oregon-officials-i-5-bridge-project-passes-financi/&ct=ga&cd=MTY4NjMwMTMxNTU2OTMzNzA0OTQ&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNHQknxFDu5xhMVt3mauELSL6y3WgQ"><span style="color:#1111CC">Analysis
says tolls can make CRC financially viable</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">The Columbian</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">The report was prepared by project consultant CDM Smith, and released Tuesday by the Oregon Department of Transportation. It comes as project ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/206512-62831-road-costs-residents-to-hit-ocs-south-end&ct=ga&cd=MTY4NjMwMTMxNTU2OTMzNzA0OTQ&cad=CAEYBA&usg=AFQjCNH-4h3bep_z_qACq1sQqMduTPKu6g"><span style="color:#1111CC">Road
costs, residents to hit OC's South End</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Portland Tribune</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Concerns about the methodology used to determine South End Concept Plan transportation impacts spurred Oregon City to prepare a detailed report ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/g-t-zoning-case-appealed/article_a1505e98-7733-11e3-b276-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cd=MzI2MTkzODgyNjI1Nzc3NTc4MA&cad=CAEYCQ&usg=AFQjCNGnJMdcACqfUpHyQqbbPRLo0SvNpQ"><span style="color:#1111CC">GT
zoning case appealed</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Corvallis Gazette Times</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Courtney Cloyd, Trish Daniels and Garry Stephenson, all of whom live near the newspaper's offices, filed a notice of intent with the Oregon Land Use ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/1658103-151/deschutes-county-osu-cascades-eye-land-swap&ct=ga&cd=ODc5MjEyMzgyMTMwNTMyODc&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNFiXQjKpUsC3cM2AULkdpOqbxNXwA"><span style="color:#1111CC">Deschutes
County, OSU-Cascades eye land swap</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Bend Bulletin</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Oregon</span><span style="color:#222222"> State University-Cascades Campus officials are working with Deschutes County to trade small portions of land at the future four-year university ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/local/30952069-75/temporary-board-county-events-permit.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=MTYxNTkyMTAzOTI2NjU5ODQyMzU&cad=CAEYBQ&usg=AFQjCNG7PrfVuVOUxPt1AbwnAAKoplTU7A"><span style="color:#1111CC">Board
rebuffs events center</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">The Register-Guard</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">CRESWELL — In a strongly worded opinion, the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals has ruled that Lane County was wrong to grant a temporary use ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/1650072-151/sisters-gears-up-for-downtown-road-construction&ct=ga&cd=OTczMTI1OTU4ODY5NzE4NDcwNA&cad=CAEYAg&usg=AFQjCNGbyF-EFoE7luOGaPgfvVGnF8Fvgg"><span style="color:#1111CC">Sisters
gears up for road construction</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Bend Bulletin</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">A joint project of Sisters and the Oregon Department of Transportation, the $6.6 million project will overhaul the six-block stretch of the highway ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/oregon/article_65b18e20-75b2-11e3-b311-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cd=MTc5NjgzNjc4Mzk2NzIzOTEwMDE&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNF4sYZjiq20twxYCduMiQlGBcqjnA"><span style="color:#1111CC">Fred
Meyer outscores foes for Civic Stadium land</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Herald and News</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">EUGENE (AP) — Financially, a Fred Meyer store is the best option to replace Eugene's historic Civic Stadium, a committee has decided. The Eugene ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/forest-grove/index.ssf/2014/01/new_work_on_david_hill_road_ex.html&ct=ga&cd=NDEzNDM5MTgzNzQ4OTA3MjIxNw&cad=CAEYBg&usg=AFQjCNHML-YiIl2NxqQcuGdVmT-RU0dbAg"><span style="color:#1111CC">Planning
begins for David Hill Road connection to Highway 47 in ...</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">OregonLive.com</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Washington County's Department of Land Use and Transportation officials met with Forest Grove engineers in November to discuss the preliminary ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20140103/UPDATE/140103014/Appeals-court-shoots-down-Woodburn-s-urban-growth-boundary-expansion&ct=ga&cd=OTAzOTM3MDY0MTY5OTIzMTAyNg&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNH0sOXtqWRFIsKwIstubhs_Xjmh5w"><span style="color:#1111CC">Appeals
court shoots down Woodburn's urban growth boundary ...</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Statesman Journal</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">The Oregon Court of Appeals has reversed Woodburn's attempt to expand its urban growth boundary into 409 acres of prime farmland, saying the city ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/Couple-plans-20-home-community-on-their-land-east-of-UO-campus-238667771.html&ct=ga&cd=MzkwMDI4MzMxMDQwMzI4NTM5Mw&cad=CAEYAg&usg=AFQjCNGGeD8wb-CXq_sBx_Tlf7fwwUZ-uw"><span style="color:#1111CC">Couple
plans 20-home community on their land east of UO campus</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">KMTR NewsSource 16</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">EUGENE, Ore. - A Eugene couple wants to build a small residential neighborhood on their 16-acre property in the hills east of the University of Oregon ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20140103/NEWS/401030328&ct=ga&cd=OTMyMzcyNzE3MDMxOTAzMTI0Mg&cad=CAEYAQ&usg=AFQjCNFS9kRNynKfZ0i_0_wqRgTuGCPNEQ"><span style="color:#1111CC">Talent
studies its transportation needs</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Mail Tribune</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Talent studies its transportation needs ... transportation-wise," said Ian Horlacher, a senior planner with the Oregon Department of Transportation…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20140103/OPINION/401030315/-1/NEWSMAP&ct=ga&cd=OTMyMzcyNzE3MDMxOTAzMTI0Mg&cad=CAEYAw&usg=AFQjCNF0dTbu2C1wLeMaqhDx7nBLVFReMQ"><span style="color:#1111CC">Ease
up on the throttle</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Mail Tribune</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">More specifically, changes in road striping proposed by the Oregon Department of Transportation that appear to favor bicycles (gasp) over motorized ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2014/01/bike-riders-set-policy-sites-on.html&ct=ga&cd=MTI3MDEyMjM2Njk2NTI5NzY1MjU&cad=CAEYAw&usg=AFQjCNFpOe6ehWKn1k9u-3hqJtWoBZK8ig"><span style="color:#1111CC">Bike
riders set policy sights on Washington County</span></a> </span><span style="color:#777777">Sustainable Business Oregon</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">...</span><span style="color:#222222"> noted recently that Washington officials hope to grab money from the Connect Oregon V program, which funds multimodal transportation projects…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Laura Lehman, AICP</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> | Land Use & Transportation Planner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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