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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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/06/clatsop_county_was_biased_agai.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzg1MDQwODQzODM0OTYxNDAyNzIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGKWhfS7oyTmQDfcc_7dYKDmA0FhQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Clatsop
County was biased against pipeline for Oregon LNG, must reconsider permit</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Oregon's Land</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> Use Board of Appeals on Friday remanded
the earlier decision to the county after determining that one of the commissioners was ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/lng-goes-back-to-drawing-board/article_0a61c57c-0099-11e4-8c09-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBioTMjEwMDk5OTQ2MDkzMjUwOTU3MTIaYzJiNTIwOGZkYjQ3ZGVkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGpj1SozQc8QWbuK_1vzcDfNzEqlA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">LNG
goes back to drawing board</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Daily Astorian
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Land Use Board of Appeals issued a ruling Friday that found Clatsop County Commissioner Peter Huhtala was not impartial when voting to deny ...</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/county-commissioners-take-no-action-on-luba-ruling/article_c11c026e-030a-11e4-9157-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzk5NDMwODE2NzE2MDkxMTk5MjIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG-5JRGSwarAn-Ip7d38JqDJ9hZtw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">County
Commissioners take no action on LUBA ruling</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Daily Astorian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... action regarding a recent ruling from the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals on the consolidated land use application from Oregon
Pipeline LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2014/06/29/feds-miss-deadline-disapprove-oregon-pollution-program/11706763/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Feds miss
deadline to disapprove Oregon pollution program</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Salem Statesman Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Federal officials have missed a May 15 deadline to decide whether to cut about $4 million per year in funding from Oregon's coastal nonpoint pollution program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2014/06/26/bee-deaths-prompt-emergency-pesticide-restructions/11428769/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Bee
deaths prompt emergency pesticide restrictions</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Salem Statesman Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Oregon Department of Agriculture has banned the application of two pesticides to linden trees following multiple incidents of bee deaths this summer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/marijuana/index.ssf/2014/06/medical_marijuana_in_oregon_di_1.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Medical
marijuana in Oregon: Dispensary owners meet with state officials to air complaints, ask questions</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The Oregonian
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For years, the medical marijuana industry in Oregon flourished unchecked, making up its own rules and counting on the tolerance of neighbors and law enforcement to survive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mynews3.com/content/news/medical_marijuana/story/City-taking-land-use-and-licensing-applications/wyfdB2fg1k-dDh_cYStCgg.cspx&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTAzNDE3MzQxOTk4OTEwMjYwNDAyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEUYMsam__xD4NA8AEpxovKZ_4HUg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">City
taking land use and licensing applications for medical marijuana businesses</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">MyNews3 Las Vegas KSNV
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">LAS VEGAS -- The Las Vegas Department of Planning began accepting land use and licensing applications for medical marijuana establishments
on ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31777395-75/allen-septic-deschutes-pine-state.html.csp"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Central
Oregon town struggles over sewage fixes</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Eugene Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The issue of nitrate contamination in La Pine’s groundwater is technically older than the city itself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2197231-151/central-oregon-an-urban-renewal-hotbed%3FentryType%3D0&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODE0MzkyMDYwOTEyOTg3OTQxMzIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGocF8BSdVmp47JHLKWiCdgF-5LOw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Central
Oregon an urban renewal hotbed</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Central Oregon an urban renewal hotbed ... using urban renewal districts to spearhead commercial, housing, park and transportation
developments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2199419-151/transit-expert-coming-to-bend-in-july%3FentryType%3D0&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM0NjQxMDgyMDI3MTE4MzM0ODAyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFNtlB2HvVBCsthFdGiw43h3eTTxQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Transit</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
expert coming to Bend in July</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Karen Swirsky, a Bend resident and transportation and land use planner with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2225318-151/central-oregon-highway-projects-ok-without-federal-funding%3FentryType%3D0&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTcwNDAwNzc2NzcwNzIxNjYyNDMyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFYltjXXbRCdVzdoiJggOgtbp0s9A"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Central
Oregon highway projects OK without federal funding — for now</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">WASHINGTON — The Oregon Department of Transportation doesn't expect any of its major highway projects in Central Oregon to be immediately ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/07/portland_street_fee_mayor_char_8.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc1NjMzOTU2Mzg3OTQzOTc3MTMyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEoxb6rfS-nTB_yYsHAqA_S21QB4g"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Portland
street fee: Mayor Charlie Hales hosts transportation funding 101 meeting for potential ...</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">PORTLAND, OREGON -- June 24, 2014 -- Citizens concerned over street fees proposed by the Portland City Council gathered at a town hall
meeting ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/07/oregon_could_float_110_million.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjkxMTE3ODU1OTk4NzUwNDE2OTIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHku1aBevTTnBWJgWMYyeAnrPPhrQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
could loan $110 million to federal government if transportation funding runs out</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A project to widen U.S. 26 to Cornelius Pass Road could be jeopardized if federal transportation funding runs out, an Oregon Department
of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/beaverton/index.ssf/2014/07/city_of_beaverton_would_get_15.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Washington
County vehicle-registration fee would bring in $1.5 million for Beaverton road work</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If voters approve a vehicle-registration fee in the November election, it will generate about $1.5 million annually for the city of Beaverton to help get caught up on street
maintenance work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.salem-news.com/articles/july022014/road-charges-kh.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTNTUzMDYyNDA5MTQ3MjA4ODI1MzIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFDIVgvPPZ45ltjFK1F23BaoTmbiw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
to Become First State to Implement Road Usage Charge</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Salem-News.Com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">(SALEM, Ore. ) - State governments and policy makers contemplating per-mile charging as a way to sustain transportation funding can
now learn how ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2014/07/hey-congress-oregon-has-your-long-term-highway-funding-solution-right-here/374139/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTcwNDAwNzc2NzcwNzIxNjYyNDMyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGgljX6MtPjVBh6cFtkgSqxAGcDGg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Hey,
Congress, Oregon Has Your Long-Term Highway Funding Solution Right Here</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">CityLab
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">We've seen this movie before, where Congress heads straight toward a transportation funding cliff it totally saw coming, so we know
that lawmakers ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/07/ron_wyden_hails_bipartisan_pla.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUwOTcxMDMxNDA2NzczNDYzNjQyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG-KMewa2isjG4m_ey0sQcvlqOPPg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Ron
Wyden hails bipartisan plan for nearly depleted transportation fund</span></a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. speaks with reporters about legislation to extend tax breaks on May 14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-samuelson-three-myths-about-the-highway-trust-fund/2014/07/09/edb7c758-0770-11e4-a0dd-f2b22a257353_story.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Three
myths about the Highway Trust Fund – Opinion</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It’s time for a primer on the Highway Trust Fund, which looms as the next battle in Congress’ unending budget wars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.citylab.com/commute/2014/06/how-to-make-mass-transit-financially-sustainable-once-and-for-all/372209/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">How
to Make Mass Transit Financially Sustainable Once and for All: The seven-part case for operating public transportation as a public utility</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The Atlantic – City Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The words "transit" and "crisis" have been associated in the American lexicon for nearly 60 years. It is time to recognize this as a chronic condition rather than a temporary
event. Current strategies have not placed transit on a financially sustainable path.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://theworldlink.com/reedsport/news/traffic-and-pedestrian-study-on-u-s-highway-is-underway/article_4732c544-016d-11e4-997b-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTc1NjMzOTU2Mzg3OTQzOTc3MTMyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHQttivzf_owETzJbtr9BJouHo4Tg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Traffic</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
and pedestrian study on U.S. Highway 101 is underway</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Coos Bay World
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A traffic and pedestrian study is currently underway that may change the way ... is conducting the study for the Oregon Department
of Transportation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://theworldlink.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/simpson-heights-residents-take-scuffle-to-land-use-board-of/article_0560fd40-07b5-11e4-9240-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTAzNDE3MzQxOTk4OTEwMjYwNDAyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFVVIDQQHrwQYbvSSoixTzhaBCmvA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Simpson
Heights residents take scuffle to Land Use Board of Appeals</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Coos Bay World
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">NORTH BEND — Simpson Heights residents are planning to file an appeal with the state’s Land Use Board of Appeals, dubbing an upcoming
meeting regarding Jordan Cove’s proposed workforce housing camp “a dog and pony show.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20140702/NEWS/407020317/-1/BIZ&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTc1NjMzOTU2Mzg3OTQzOTc3MTMyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFE_I7TLhuuT-UmtbQboGqsfTfYtg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Airport,
bike path, rail projects are in running for ConnectOregon funds</span></a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Mail Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">ConnectOregon uses revenues from lottery-backed bonds to fund nonhighway transportation projects that promote economic development
in Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2014/07/study_shows_how_light_rail_red.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTUzMDYyNDA5MTQ3MjA4ODI1MzIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHQ9aQJu3_FbaHUf6hTpGyev2ZWGQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Study
shows how light rail reduces traffic. Does it apply to Portland-Tigard Southwest Corridor?</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium, based at ... Justin Carinci, an OTREC spokesman, said the study shows
that traffic ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.willamettelive.com/2014/news/3rd-bridge-quite-state-code/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSODk0NzU3NzU4NDQ0MzQwMTgzMho2ODJjYTBkNzI4ODMzODk3OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFCDIybO2uHBo4LHaNyGnTec0GawA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">3rd
Bridge not quite to state code</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">WilliametteLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... the Department of Land Conservation and Development Community Services Division (DLCD) that referred to the fact that the Salem
River Crossing ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/lake-abert/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon’s only saltwater lake is disappearing, and scientists
don't know why</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">An environmental mystery is unfolding in south central Oregon. Lake Abert is drying up, killing everything that lives in it. Scientists are alarmed. A local business is suffering.
But the state hasn’t done a thing about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/07/oregon_land_use_system_does_no.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDc3MTk2NjkzODgxNjg4MjkzNjIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHz2j1v_GbKZ_276uH6oeOTkNcUmw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
land</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none"> use system does not need overhaul: Guest opinion</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Oregonian
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">It results from Oregon's innovative land use system, which has drawn an urban growth boundary around the metro area and each smaller city.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><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 Buhl, AICP, CNU-A</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 | Transportation & Growth Management<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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Direct: (503) 934-0073 | Main: (503) 373-0050<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM">www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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