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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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/01/tigards_growth_and_transportat.html&ct=ga&cd=MTU2MTc3NDYwMjYzMzg5MDAwNTE&cad=CAEYAg&usg=AFQjCNFm4ESW3FGXQCQMaMYDPGpf2uqnFg"><span style="color:blue">Tigard's
growth and transportation planning: Guest opinion</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#252525">And my family and I could enjoy ready access to good jobs, farms and forests, rivers and streams and all the things that make Oregon such a great ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/01/oil_train_coal_export_opponent.html&ct=ga&cd=NTA3NTIxNjc5MTQyNDc5MTQxOQ&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNHQrPNbQhT0kzbVctAiGyZ85J7GWw"><span style="color:blue">Oil
train, coal export opponent protests industrial land expansion ...</span></a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">OregonLive.com -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#252525">...</span><span style="color:#252525"> nearby landowner announced they would protest to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, saying the decision violated local farmland protections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.capitalpress.com/article/20140129/ARTICLE/140129859/1318&ct=ga&cd=NTA3NTIxNjc5MTQyNDc5MTQxOQ&cad=CAEYAQ&usg=AFQjCNH4PPAFZcvqSxtcIDSLvaZpauph0w"><span style="color:blue">Oregon
slows the loss of farmland</span></a></span></span><u> <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Capital Press -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#252525">Oregon</span><span style="color:#252525"> continues to lose farmland to development and other conversions, but the pace has slowed dramatically since statewide land-use planning ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/g-t-land-use-appeal-dropped/article_026dbf70-8870-11e3-a5e3-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cd=MTI0MjUzMjg3NDY4NzE1MTE1Njk&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNHmsnX32tB8sKg5QLL83Y95nla0mg"><span style="color:blue">G-T
land use appeal dropped</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Corvallis Gazette Times -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#252525">Cloyd and fellow association members Trish Daniels and Garry Stephenson filed a notice of intent with the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals on Jan ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://koin.com/2014/01/28/oregons-growth-has-planners-looking-ahead/&ct=ga&cd=ODY5MTExNzU4ODUwMDI5Mjc4OQ&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNGS8ZFVk0ZOHCTQsTyOYhDWWo8n9w"><span style="color:blue">Oregon's
growth has planners looking ahead</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">KOIN.com -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#252525">She and many other people love Portland and all of Oregon. ... One other thing Metro is looking at is to expand the urban growth boundary where new ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://highlandstoday.com/list/highlands-agri-leader-news/lawsuit-fights-ecosystem-driven-timber-sale-20140129/&ct=ga&cd=MTc5OTgyOTQ0MzI5NDUxMzk3OA&cad=CAEYAQ&usg=AFQjCNEQKXSWOYtWomM424gnJYDoTs40eQ"><span style="color:blue">Lawsuit
fights ecosystem-driven timber sale</span></a></span></span><u> <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Highlands Today -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#252525">Oregon</span><span style="color:#252525"> Wild and Cascadia Wildlands filed the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. ... Wyden, D-Ore., has offered a bill to fast-track logging on the O&C lands ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/threatened-flower-adds-delay-for-sather-site-s-wetlands-permit/article_2b5e17d0-8894-11e3-9f32-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cd=MTc5OTgyOTQ0MzI5NDUxMzk3OA&cad=CAEYAg&usg=AFQjCNGMSfFYT_uNUmQyQJJHqADvorlW3A"><span style="color:blue">Threatened
flower adds delay for Sather site's wetlands permit</span></a> <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Corvallis Gazette Times -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#252525">Both agencies will forward their reports to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Oregon Department of State Lands, the ultimate arbiters on ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/jan/27/kitzhaber-oregon-will-close-crc-without-action-mar/&ct=ga&cd=Mzc2MjM2MzM1NDEzNDg2MjM3MA&cad=CAEYAQ&usg=AFQjCNG6SHXg7vwpO8CWnpQF4W06b8UKfw"><span style="color:blue">Kitzhaber:
CRC will die without action by March</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Columbian -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#252525">By Eric Florip, Columbian transportation & environment reporter ... on Monday, Oregon Department of Transportation Director Matt Garrett said the two ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/beaverton/index.ssf/2014/01/south_cooper_mountain_planners.html&ct=ga&cd=MjI4MTY0NjkzNTU1NzAyMTE0OQ&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNGsgFxSL-0Rtj10b-Ab0oSpmmi_Zg"><span style="color:blue">South
Cooper Mountain: Planners narrow down options</span></a></span></span><u> <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">OregonLive.com -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#252525">South Cooper Mountain and North Cooper Mountain fall within the urban growth boundary; South Cooper Mountain is slated for development in the …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/01/tigards_measure_could_have_rep.html"><span style="color:blue">Anti-rail measure signal’s challenge in region’s governance</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">OregonLive.com -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#363636">Few things in the Portland-Vancouver region ignite political fire as much as the mass transit modality known as light rail…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://portlandtribune.com/pt/10-opinion/208250-65316-our-opinion-bus-line-gives-metro-chance-to-get-it-right"><span style="color:blue">Our opinion: Bus line gives Metro chance
to get it right</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">PortlandTribune.com -</span><span style="color:#252525">
</span><span lang="EN-GB">For anyone who has driven east on Powell Boulevard in recent years, the need for some economic stimulus is readily apparent…</span><span style="color:#252525"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.pamplinmedia.com/ht/118-hillsboro-tribune-opinion/208592-65155-tigard-ballot-measure-may-create-transit-gridlock"><span style="color:blue">Tigard ballot measure may
create transit gridlock</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Hillsboro Tribune -</span><span style="color:#252525">
</span><span lang="EN-GB">Normally we wouldn’t comment on a ballot measure going before the voters of another city…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/happy-valley/index.ssf/2014/01/damascus_planning_director_res.html&ct=ga&cd=MTQ3ODQyOTgwMTY4NDAyNjM3NjU&cad=CAEYAw&usg=AFQjCNG6z30i8EBFqGBlQOBXKgUi9qmD1Q"><span style="color:blue">Damascus
planning director resigns as state land-use agency ...</span></a></span></span><u>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">OregonLive.com -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#252525">Don Olson uses his tractor to weed pumpkin plants on his small farm in Damascus. The mostly-rural area is still trying to pass a comprehensive plan ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/1719220-151/bend-commission-to-plan-for-osu&ct=ga&cd=MTA5NjM3MzkyMzk1NDE1ODMxNDg&cad=CAEYBg&usg=AFQjCNGDNv0UthbR0rdFGo5fOEnyP2XyVQ"><span style="color:blue">Bend
commission to plan for OSU</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Bend Bulletin -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#252525">The Bend Planning Commission will begin examining how the city can use zoning and other land use laws to shape the new Oregon State ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.govtech.com/transportation/Portland-Public-Transit-Partners-with-Zipcar.html&ct=ga&cd=MTQ2NzA3NjAyOTc3OTQ0NDIyNjk&cad=CAEYAQ&usg=AFQjCNFZXkx4PcFNWnq_gBvUBSgu-id32Q"><span style="color:blue">Portland
Public Transit Partners with ZipCar</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Government Technology -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#252525">Zipcar, the world's leading car sharing network, will station a total of six vehicles at the city's TriMet locations...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://seattletimes.com/html/politics/2022798761_apxxgrcolumbiariverbridge.html&ct=ga&cd=MTc2MDUxNDkxNTAzMzgwNjM3MTM&cad=CAEYAA&usg=AFQjCNEdb9DpNCwb0AiXe8K4HiyZOppVbQ"><span style="color:blue">Oregon
governor, legislators don't agree on future of I-5 bridge</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Seattle Times -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#252525">Oregon</span><span style="color:#252525"> Department of Transportation officials say they can secure necessary permission through intergovernmental agreements with Washington, ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/01/work_in_eastern_oregon_is_tied.html&ct=ga&cd=Mjg3NTc4ODkzNDYzMjAyMjk3Mg&cad=CAEYAQ&usg=AFQjCNEzn3qkakJDOpIHYi7oNLihM5iBbA"><span style="color:blue">Work
in eastern Oregon is tied to the land: Guest opinion</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian -</span><span style="color:#737373">
</span><span style="color:#252525">At the December Leadership Summit, Oregon business leaders placed poverty reduction on par with other economic priorities for the state.<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"">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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD">www.oregon.gov/LCD</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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