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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"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2014/03/tigard_city_attorney_high-capa.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE4MTU2NDI4MDg0OTQ0NjQzMjkyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHO2TDgWVjPRqzJ4_EDqjnboO-jkQ"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Tigard
city attorney: High-capacity transit could still be built without a public vote</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">First, Ramis said, the city would have to annually send a letter to the governor, the Federal Transit Administration, the Oregon Department of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/happy-valley/index.ssf/2014/03/house_bill_4019_allowing_damas.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTMyMjEwNTc5NzEwNDAzNjYzODIaMjZjNDZiNDA3MjI5YzEwMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHbydbREva-z8ry2rDc588rV5t-XQ"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">House
Bill 4029 allowing Damascus deannexations signed into law</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<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 farmer drives west on Southeast Bohna Park Road in Damascus, an area that could be removed from the urban growth boundary, if voters and ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/northwest/portlanders-resist-major-land-use-changes/article_d4f2f2f9-1984-52c2-b3f4-5b1f99424779.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoUMTMzMjM2MTYyMzYwODUzMjI0NzAyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGG46_PwHRJSphTtaP7pYt97GP6lw"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Portlanders
resist major land-use changes</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Daily Astorian <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">Not everyone thinks the land-use "grand bargain" approved by the 2014 Legislature is so grand. A compromise that resolved land-use planning ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2014/03/finally-simpsons-updates-springfields-public-transit-system/8667/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoSMzQxMjUwMzMzNDk1OTU5MDc4MhplM2JlYzMxYTA5YjI0Yzk2OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEVkeeCzyUwsr1rGtsHykAIz5_Lag"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">'The
Simpsons' Unveils a New Springfield Public Transit Map</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Atlantic Cities
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">This Sunday's Simpsons may have drawn middling reviews from some quarters, but it was important in one major way: The episode provided a ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://theworldlink.com/news/local/deq-meeting-to-explain-permit-process-draws/article_5ccc18fe-af8a-11e3-b55f-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjkxMzU1MDIyMjQ3Njc5NzE1NTIaN2YyOGYwYjBhMjhjMTMwOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGFfNrbk8IuMXdLBom1FZZFALWF8w"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">DEQ
meeting to explain permit process draws 200</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></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">Winter 2014: EPA reviews draft permit (permit could change based on EPA comments). Spring 2015: DEQ decision on permit. COOS BAY — Public ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.hoodrivernews.com/news/2014/mar/19/otc-resolves-make-historic-trail-completion-priori/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTMzQ5NjM0OTA3MjQ4NDg2MjkyNzIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGX7o4PWpK3QePeO9rsvhZezRedtw"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">OTC
resolves to make Historic Trail completion a 'priority'</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Hood River News <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">However, a recent resolution unanimously passed by members of the Oregon Transportation Commission names the project's completion “a priority” ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.beachconnection.net/news/climchang031614_628.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc2NDA0MDAzNTc0NDQ2NDY0NzUyGjk0MzVkY2JmNjJjNTM3MTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHIdV1V9TtONUFbunR7f6WNjFGETg"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Oregon
Study Finds Majority of US Coast Officials Worry About Climate</span></a></span></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Oregon Coast Beach Connection</span><span style="color:#737373">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">A study conducted by NOAA Sea Grant, and led by scientists in Corvallis, Oregon and the central Oregon coast, has found that a ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/mar/16/an-east-county-bridge-would-need-broad-buy-in/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzc4MTkzODkxMTg2MjI2NzkyMTIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF_rzOO07hC_cp7_VMwHQwzIXifdg"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">An
'East County Bridge' would need broad buy-in</span></a></span></span> <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" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">That's not to say building a new crossing at 192nd Avenue couldn't provide a benefit, said Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman Dave ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/31289736-75/county-events-rules-event-lane.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCSoUMTQ5NjExMzUyMTUwMTI1OTQwMDIyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFBiGCL4iTfZH1UXDIX74mfrOhgow"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">It's
time to 'listen in' on Lane County's mass gathering proposal</span></a></span></span>
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<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">And, in the last four months, the state Land Use Board of Appeals has overturned two permits issued by Lane County for more permanent outdoor ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2014/mar/12/gorge-commission-oks-murdoch-pact/"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Gorge Commission Oks
Murdock pact</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Dalles Chronicle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">The Gorge Commission accepted a settlement of the scenic area’s longest-standing boundary dispute in Murdock at its February meeting…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.pamplinmedia.com/go/42-news/214000-72939-power-plant-hearing-canceled-"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Hearing on Troutdale power
plant canceled</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Gresham Outlook<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">A prehearing scheduled Wednesday, March 12, in Fairview for the contested Troutdale Energy Center case was cancelled and has been rescheduled…<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>
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