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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green">Welcome to this week’s roundup of the Land Use News – Holiday Weekend Edition!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2081377-151/oregon-cities-deal-with-marijuana-in-various-ways%3FentryType%3D0&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQ2NjU0MjEwMjk1ODI5ODQzNzAyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE9CSZgVJGqN4nY8XaYaVo9XD-0cA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
cities deal with marijuana in various ways</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Bend Bulletin
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Decades earlier, it had been part of an unincorporated stretch of land ... Oregon has allowed the possession of marijuana for medical
purposes since ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.ktvz.com/news/bend-discussing-who-to-charge-for-planners-work/26022208&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTA2MTQ4OTMzODQzMTcyNzMzNzAyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHUX8io8lMO_9gT1HzWdyNQCMZ7Qw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Bend
discussing who to charge for planners' work</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KTVZ
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The city's Planning Division is where developers turn to get land-use permits processed, for a fee. It's also where the general community
can get ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31593671-75/wetlands-area-eugene-gordon-road.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTNjIxMjYzMzUxMTY3NTQzMTUwMzIaYzJiNTIwOGZkYjQ3ZGVkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEzBR1vGn78NLKOJv9ruPJ9iebfOw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">The
Register-Guard</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Before the 1990s, west Eugene's wetlands were known as the “scablands,” said Steve Gordon, a retired land use planner with the Lane
Council of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://democratherald.com/oregon-outdoors/new-website-offers-info-on-benton-county-trails/article_0f29e6d2-de0e-11e3-9d25-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjk4MzM5ODgwNzU4MDUyNDY4MjIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEssBHiitaOsZbMnPkNSOE9y0t4Og"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">New
website offers info on Benton County trails</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Albany Democrat Herald
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Greenbelt Land Trust hopes to open a trail that will link Fitton Green Natrual Area with Bald Hill Farm this fall. The group is
seeking volunteers to ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2087282-151/luba-highlights-issue-about-farm-rentals%3FentryType%3D0&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjk4MzM5ODgwNzU4MDUyNDY4MjIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFC--VMPAXXcJvQEwa4QsEtvC7vyw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">LUBA
highlights issue about farm rentals</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Bend Bulletin
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The dispute took a new twist this spring, after a ruling by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals indicated the Simpsons' neighbors may
have a good ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2014/05/20/homes-near-oregon-forests-drive-wildfire-costs/9333611/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNDc4NTA1NDM2Njc0NjM2NTM2MzIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFxgWCN267xA0if47Pr2GUax0f8GQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Homes
near Oregon forests drive up wildfire costs</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Statesman Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Despite Oregon's tough land-use laws and limits on sprawl, the state is sixth among states in the number of homes vulnerable to wildfires. And this ...</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/05/jordan_cove_lng_terminal_in_co.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Jordan Cove LNG
Terminal Offers Economic Windfall, but Creates Big Divisions in Coos Bay</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">After three decades of economic stagnation, broken promises, and failed efforts to resurrect this once-thriving industrial port, pessimism and economic insecurity have a stranglehold
on Coos Bay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tribal-groups-Oregon-coal-terminal-will-hurt-fish-5492836.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDc4NTA1NDM2Njc0NjM2NTM2MzIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH938sx0ADgT4Vf2IFJK0m5xxNKeQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Tribal
groups: Oregon coal terminal will hurt fish</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">SFGate
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Oregon land board is to decide by May 31 whether to approve the project. In a letter to the board, the company says tribes are currently
not fishing ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31591120-75/emergency-drought-commissioners-schwarz-county.html.csp"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">County declares
drought emergency</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Josephine County Board of Commissioners voted this week to declare a drought emergency after hearing testimony from two experts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-northwest-mirrors-national-shift-away-from-single-family-homes/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Northwest mirrors
national shift away from single-family homes</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Oregon Public Broadcasting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">New housing starts are a key economic indicator. But not all new houses are created the same.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.ktvz.com/news/many-sisters-residents-embrace-roundabout-plans/26068702&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYyNjA5Njk3OTIyMTA4NzUzMDUyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFhMIV1JfmemFmMuakie6G8Mh1Ydg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Many
Sisters residents embrace roundabout plans</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Oregon Department of Transportation is working with the city of Sisters to put a roundabout at the Barclay Drive and Highway 20 intersection</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31579661-75/beltline-project-odot-phase-road.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTY1MTc2NDUyMzQzNzA5MzA2MjIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF7-YKvtBTdjLPe0YXSbkz4JkY6wQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">ODOT
may scale back scope of Beltline/I-5 project</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Oregon Department of Transportation is scaling down the final piece of its mammoth project at Randy Papé Beltline and Interstate
5, and the ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/aspects-of-i--plan-worry-council/article_ac357ad8-7765-577b-91c6-f11d6ba4f6a1.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTYyNjA5Njk3OTIyMTA4NzUzMDUyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGo1BkjkRGXtIjt083MKmMauYQJBw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Aspects
of I-5 plan worry council</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Corvallis Gazette Times
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Staff from the Oregon Department of Transportation, led by project manager and planner David Helton, visited the council's work session
to go over a ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.geekwire.com/2014/mobile-ticketing-startup-recovered-sued-patent-litigation/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjU4NDM3MDgyMzUwMjI2NzU2ODIaZTNiZWMzMWEwOWIyNGM5Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG0TFwvzSJX8qFAUaD15hSLpw2bog"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">How
Portland's public transit mobile ticket app maker recovered after being sued for patent ...</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">GeekWire
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">But that's exactly what happened to GlobeSherpa, the Portland-based startup that built TriMet's successful public transit mobile ticketing
app.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/05/portland_mayor_charlie_hales_h.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTQzNjg5NDM5NzAxNzQ5ODk2MjIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF7FkbbwL_Ii8Y-2T1EcY3Ka7BjiA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Portland
Mayor Charlie Hales has increased cash contributions to TriMet YouthPass program since ...</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Oregonian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... the transit agency, the school district and Mayor Charlie Hales. Oregon's largest school district doesn't have bus service for its
high school students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/221212-78647-trolley-bridge-gone-but-not-forgotten&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoUMTYyNjA5Njk3OTIyMTA4NzUzMDUyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGcXoIa2SLUGXiUxeCDxyRgRbuZbQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Trolley
bridge gone, but not forgotten</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">On another hopeful note, the Oregon Department of Transportation recently replaced bridges throughout the state using funds from the
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Oregon Petroleum Association stopped a similar fee proposed by then-Commissioner Sam Adams in 2008 by threatening to refer it. The
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.salon.com/2014/05/25/mass_transit_magic_how_americas_4th_largest_city_can_abandon_its_addiction_to_cars/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTExOTE1OTk4NDUwMDEyNTc5MjcyGmUzYmVjMzFhMDliMjRjOTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGEhZpoCS0LDlGI-gfOBYMJeLIG2g"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Mass</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">-transit
magic: How America's fourth-largest city can abandon its addiction to cars</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">In 2000, there were 87 million mass transit trips in Houston, all by bus. In 2012, there were 81 million trips (by bus, light rail,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/driverless-podcars-bypassing-traffic-may-be-a-dubai-reality-2014-05-18-1.549455&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoTMjQ4NDQ2MTI3MTEyMjcwMDM1ODIaZTNiZWMzMWEwOWIyNGM5Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHWrXTkf9c9Yx4bXO38lHD5sP5Uyg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Driverless
podcars bypassing traffic may be a Dubai reality</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">“The Road and Transport Authority (RTA) is always keen on implementing state-of-the art public transport technologies in Dubai urban
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