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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 class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2014/04/plan_for_public_access_to_will.html"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Plan for public
access to Willamette Falls moves ahead; $4 million needed for design, engineering</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#363636">An ambitious and expensive </span>
<span style="color:#252525">plan to open Willamette Falls to the</span><span style="color:#363636"> public is gathering speed…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/04/portland_parking-lot_tax_contr.html"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Portland parking-lot
tax?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#363636">A politically connected downtown developer wants the city of Portland to ignite
</span><span style="color:#252525">construction in Old Town Chinatown by taxi</span><span style="color:#363636">ng and eventually prohibiting surface parking lots in the historic Skidmore district…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31397111-75/landslide-county-property-victims-logging.html.csp"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">It’s
unclear if landslide lawsuits could win</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Register-Guard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The warnings could hardly have been clearer. One technical report told of the “potential for a large catastrophic failure” of the 600-foot hillside above a rural neighborhood near Oso…</span><o:p></o:p></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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/1972847-151/gauging-landslide-danger-in-central-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoUMTgwMjczNDI1OTA3ODY4MjE3OTEyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHft26aa-KUEgbA3vjJdPftDlL_nw"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Gauging
landslide danger in Central Oregon</span></a></span></span> <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"><span style="color:#252525">Gauging landslide danger in Central Oregon ... Peter Murphy, spokesman for the Oregon Department of Transportation in Bend said Wednesday.<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.kgw.com/news/ODOT-reopens-roundabout-discussion-after-fatal-crash-254606971.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoUMTgwMjczNDI1OTA3ODY4MjE3OTEyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHp5E0lryYDeuoS24WYoNaZVmU0yA"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Roundabout
considered for deadly intersection</span></a></span></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">kgw.com <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">Oregon</span><span style="color:#252525"> Department of Transportation officials said they are considering adding a roundabout at a dangerous Forest Grove ...<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/hillsboro/index.ssf/2014/04/hillsboro_school_district_purc.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODc5NDA0Nzk2MTA2MDIxODgzMjIaMjZjNDZiNDA3MjI5YzEwMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFsz8JXRMKERyy_4KknBnShNyPxLQ"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Hillsboro
School District purchases 40 acres to build high school in South Hillsboro for $2.25 million</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">As the South Hillsboro development area begins to take shape, the city's school ... In February, the Oregon Legislature approved House Bill 4078, which expanded the urban growth boundary
and established new urban and rural ...<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/oregon-trading-bandon-land-for-waterfront-property/article_af339603-bd6e-5f72-a6e1-4737780cee4c.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEwMjk5NjQ1NTU4MjM0ODgzMTQyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHaKZkhRUCQ_3L3V7fzoZ3Vx6e4Yg"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Oregon
trading Bandon land for waterfront property</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">The Oregon State Parks and Recreation Commission has approved a land trade that would allow development of a golf course ...<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/2014/04/caught_in_development_limbo_ha.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoUMTEwMjk5NjQ1NTU4MjM0ODgzMTQyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGeanViLOn6EFWZRuj8j27vaMMP1g"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Caught
in development limbo: Hank Brown is first to submit Damascus deannexation application</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">He talked with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development to get a copy of the required letter he needs to present with his ...<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/portland/index.ssf/2014/04/more_on_pioneer_courthouse_squ.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoUMTg0MDIxMTkzMzg3MDY3NjQxNzIyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGWhrj-ftsCBX7OiR_VBaMxbrjW7w"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">More
on Pioneer Courthouse Square; road tripping Oregon land-use history; more PR woes for ...</span></a></span></span>
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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">The winning design submitted by a Portland team led by architect Will Martin, who died a year or so after Pioneer Courthouse Square's dedication.<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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/1949613-151/osu-cascades-faces-the-future-of-parking"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">OSU-Cascades faces
the future of parking</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Bend Bulletin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">Skepticism has emerged over the limited number of proposed parking spots at Oregon State University-Cascades Campus’s new site, but those involved hew to a commonplace philosophy — if you build it, they will
come…<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;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bikeportland.org/2014/04/08/business-fun-and-diversity-on-the-agenda-at-oregon-active-transportation-summit-104189&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM4Mzg0ODY0MjEwNjI0NTA1NDcyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFwJ1X6XWJ3PegZVj4YUS9H04n3iA"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Business,
fun and diversity on the agenda at Oregon Active Transportation Summit</span></a></span></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">BikePortland.org
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">The two-day Oregon Active Transportation Summit, which starts one week from Monday, is filling out its schedule and the official agenda has some ...<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;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20140406/NEWS/304050017/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU2OTY3MTQwMzIzNDIyMDc0MjEyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHjD8_guMZn1UxrCt_OZqoiIqn09g"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Columbia
River Crossing bridge fund will go to other projects</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Statesman Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">The mostly maintenance projects, such as paving highways or painting a bridge, were moved up on Oregon's Department of Transportation timeline in ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/1956667-151/electric-highway-from-central-oregon-to-the-valley&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTU2OTY3MTQwMzIzNDIyMDc0MjEyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHcKn4-vPpSLCnBHa47zAl7wpzRBA"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">'Electric
highway' from Central Oregon to the valley taking shape</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Bend Bulletin <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525">Shelley Snow, a spokeswoman with the Oregon Department of Transportation, said her agency expects to complete all of the 43 charging stations by ...<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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