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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:green">Happy Valentine’s Day from 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"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2014/02/oregon_studies_cost_of_studded.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE0MjI5MjkyMjc1NTkwNTI2MDYyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG8rHhooimACEE5yQRSy4bH-HLP5A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
studies cost of studded-tire road damage (again); Steve Novick's $650000 MAX wish ...</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">For the past 15 years, the Oregon Department of Transportation has ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://naturalresourcereport.com/2014/02/dats-shows-oregon-losing-its-farmland/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzU4OTk2Mjc4ODc4NTU2NzU2NjIaY2Y1MzU3YjdlM2FiNzhjMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFRAbBX0iqA3E3JJ4lvvTJ6s1aCsQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Data
shows Oregon losing its farmland</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Oregon Natural Resources Report
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">“You can easily see when our statewide land use planning program kicked in because that's when the slowdown of ag land loss became noticeable.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2014/02/washington_county_to_add_7_new.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTgyNTUyMjIyMTQyMjg4MDUwODgyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGgSPeoxMT1eC0FNLlHAF03tJkp1A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Washington
County to add 7 new staff positions to the Land Use and Transportation Department for ...</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">A view of the Arbor Oaks housing development along Northwest Joss Avenue south of North Bethany. Washington County's Department of Land Use ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://theworldlink.com/reedsport/news/commissioner-it-s-the-people-who-pay-the-price/article_c50d6b38-935c-11e3-bb67-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTQwOTI5NDgwNTc0MzgyNjY1NjUyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE1-Vw1tP39PpKwgzSzqxqeDubxng"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Commissioner:
It's the people who pay the price</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Coos Bay World <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">“The bill addresses management of 2.1 million acres of land in 18 counties in western Oregon,” Robertson testified. “A quarter of these lands are ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2014/02/oregons-deq-issues-three-morrow.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTQwOTI5NDgwNTc0MzgyNjY1NjUyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH1AHLbRM7tcbB3glCNz9FfbmffGw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon's</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
DEQ issues three Morrow permits but adds another coal hurdle</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Sustainable Business Oregon
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has signed off on three ... Yet the DEQ also deemed that the project needs to land an additional ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2014/02/11/south-station-love-stories-boston/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTMjY4NTQ5MzAwNDA1NzQ1MDYyNjIaZTNiZWMzMWEwOWIyNGM5Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFqDHXyczcDjwkvjvd76vz2fRYUqw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">People
Actually Fall in Love While Riding Public Transit</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Boston magazine's Boston Daily (blog)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">Believe it or not, some passengers make an emotional connection on the buses and trains.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31130286-75/council-acres-evening-eugene-property.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc1NTEyMzc2NjQxODQxMDIyNTIyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHsknRsp73fK7MHR1lbhKlVjAM1bQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Eugene
council to debate land purchase</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">Last fall, the Oregon Court of Appeals sided with the Beverlys on their proposal to put 47 housing lots on 20.5 acres. The couple owns an adjacent 5.8 ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2014/02/portland_metro_mens_centers_pl.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland Metro Men’s Center 60-bend dorm for recovering addicts unpopular
with neighbors</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">Does a large residential program for men recovering from drug and alcohol addiction belong in the middle of a suburban neighborhood ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/feb/06/crc-oregon-wants-toll-paid-one-way-or-another/&ct=ga&cd=MTUxOTAxMzUzNjAxNTIwMzU2OTE&cad=CAEYAg&usg=AFQjCNGJ90yZJsfgQs71dHEvuD_CK5ibAw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">CRC:
Oregon wants toll paid one way or another</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Columbian <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">"Implementation of such an agreement requires new Oregon legislation designating toll violations as traffic violations subject to citation," said DOJ ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2014/feb/06/state-needs-bridge-partner/&ct=ga&cd=MTUxOTAxMzUzNjAxNTIwMzU2OTE&cad=CAEYCQ&usg=AFQjCNHdbYEHJkB_C3xEbgN9ANi175EqIg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State
needs a bridge partner</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Dalles Chronicle
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">Oregon</span><span style="color:#252525"> legislators approved $450 million in state bonds for the Columbia bridge last year. Washington legislators then rejected a transportation bill ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/free/state-parks-commission-delays-grouse-bandon-decisions-to-feb/article_630c8ae8-8f6c-11e3-a52e-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cd=ODc1MDE1MTc5MjkyMjk5MDEzMw&cad=CAEYAg&usg=AFQjCNEs8mXRwOVAzv3HzNiQ_0b8zxQ29Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State
Parks commission delays Grouse, Bandon decisions to Feb. 20</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Blue Mountain Eagle
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">SALEM – The Oregon State Parks and Recreation Commission deferred a decision on the Grouse Mountain Ranch acquisition and Bandon land ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/ht/118-hillsboro-tribune-opinion/210984-68306-citizens-must-have-right-to-challenge-land-use-decisions&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTIwMDYxOTg0MzYyNDI3NDYzMTcyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHNauFV87zptg1H4qQcfs_t_8Us0Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Citizens
must have right to challenge land use decisions</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Hillsboro Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">On this blustery, snowy day, I'd like to tell you why I chose to come back home and live in Oregon. While I grew up on a farm outside Lebanon, Ore., my ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/1786533-151/osu-cascades-finalizes-land-purchase&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTIwMDYxOTg0MzYyNDI3NDYzMTcyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEwYOCTywZg9mqiD1VxVzEld4jK5g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">OSU-Cascades
finalizes land purchase</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Bend Bulletin <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">Oregon</span><span style="color:#252525"> State University-Cascades Campus officials Thursday finalized a 10-acre land purchase in southwest Bend, a step campus Vice President ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/02/oregon_lawmakers_float_land_us.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIwMDYxOTg0MzYyNDI3NDYzMTcyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEaqwZsXlWlv8V7dp0RX_rztBozjA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
lawmakers float 'land use grand bargain' to settle urban, rural reserve debate</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">Oregon</span><span style="color:#252525"> lawmakers are working on a major piece of legislation dubbed the “land use grand bargain” that would untie a political knot in Washington ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://news.oregonmetro.gov/1/post.cfm/portland-urban-reserves-hughes-legislature-021314&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU2NzIwMDM3NjYwMTYxMDA1MDIyGjI2YzQ2YjQwNzIyOWMxMDA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFhn5WNf7w8zYRWcKuKDqceFMPT5A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Hughes
blasts proposal to have Legislature intervene, cut urban reserves</span></a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Metro newsfeed <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">A bill to fast-track Metro's 2011 urban growth boundary expansion moved ... Calls to representatives of South Hillsboro and 1000 Friends of Oregon ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2014/2/14/OregonlegislativepanelbacksColumbiabridgeplan.aspx&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTMzMzQ4NjY0ODMyNTYwNTYzMTEyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHO9UxfbfqCFrvJS_zDH3WZAtQIEw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
legislative panel backs Columbia bridge plan</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Trucker <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">The House Transportation and Economic Development Committee voted along party lines Thursday to advance the measure to the Legislature's ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letter-corvallis-needs-more-reliable-frequent-public-transportation/article_82d53e14-9553-11e3-92fe-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoUMTMzMzQ4NjY0ODMyNTYwNTYzMTEyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGs0j3LkrVm7U23eUm_RLr2HJ2B0Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Letter:
Corvallis needs more reliable, frequent public transportation</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Corvallis Gazette Times
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">It has come to my attention that the growth of Oregon State University, and our city as a whole, has had a negative impact upon the availability of ...<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Planning Services Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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>
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<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD"><span style="color:blue">www.oregon.gov/LCD</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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