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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"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/10/old_town_will_shut_down_three.html"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Old Town will
close three blocks this weekend for an experimental plaza: What you need to know</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" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">If you haven't been following the ongoing drama of Old Town's identity crisis, here's the gist: Portland started shutting down a three-block stretch of N.W. 3rd Ave. every weekend last
year, but business owners weren't happy with the construction zone vibe, so they decided to take matters into their own hands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2014/10/oregon_supreme_court_sides_wit.html#incart_river"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Oregon
Supreme Court sides with counties over Comcast in property tax case worth millions</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525">Oregon counties are breathing a sigh of relief Thursday as the state Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision and held that Comcast and other cable TV companies are subject to central assessment by the
state.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/235797-100674-planners-eye-unique-state-forest-plan"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Planners eye unique
state forest plan</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Tribune<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525">On Monday, an Oregon Department of Forestry subcommittee met in Salem to discuss an innovative forest management concept for northwest Oregon forests that may satisfy loggers and tree-huggers alike by dividing
the forest into distinct conservation and timber production zones. <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?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32234344-75/conservation-group-opposes-proposed-ugb-expansion.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoUMTcyMjcyODc3ODE2Njg1NTk2NDIyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHvJIa_YH50dYT80jqNKslwturngQ"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Park
allies oppose city boundary proposal</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></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">But the board said it opposed the proposal due to likely water pollution, conflicting land uses and widespread opposition from property owners.<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?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/235739-100706-with-future-in-air-stafford-board-works-to-get-vote-out-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjExNjI4Njc3NzMxNDcyMDM0MDIaMjZjNDZiNDA3MjI5YzEwMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFmD0LpONQqxGnOwLlCxuL1ZPT6Ow"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">With
future in air, Stafford board works to get vote out</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">... is the precursor to being included in the urban growth boundary. ... In the aftermath of the Oregon Court of Appeals ruling, the 2014 State Legislature ...<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?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/235560-100952-us-transportation-secretary-calls-portland-model-for-nation&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTUyNjY0NjI2NDA2MjcwMzcyMTIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEBoZleJ1htI_KZZNeOJ0IGlqh0cQ"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">US
Transportation Secretary calls Portland model for nation</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">The Douglas County UTrans system in southwest Oregon will receive $576,000 to purchase new buses to both maintain and expand transit services.<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?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/sep/30/states-granted-extension-crc-funding/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMTUyNjY0NjI2NDA2MjcwMzcyMTIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGnwIGHDbFGquaYnPyyFbX0YJOz2Q"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">States
granted extension on CRC funding</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></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">At the request of Washington and Oregon, the Federal Highway Administration has granted a five-year extension on the money it doled out for the now defunct Columbia River Crossing project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.nuggetnews.com/main.asp%3FSectionID%3D5%26SubSectionID%3D5%26ArticleID%3D22793&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNTcwMDIxODA1OTUxNDM1MjQwNTIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG2SBe-NX0CW-pFD5Rc6EovWQyLFA"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Land
Trust launches major campaign</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Sisters Nugget <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">Over the past two decades, Deschutes Land Trust (DLT) has played a ... of that figure to be raised locally, from private donors in Central Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.kgw.com/story/news/local/southern-oregon/2014/09/30/salmon-marijuana-water-extinction-coho-noaa/16487433/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMwOTQxMzk4OTQyMzQ3NDU4NjYyGjk0MzVkY2JmNjJjNTM3MTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEAhZR7WzpjaJZsMIz0hxNcZ4LiTw"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Biologists
ID Ore., Calif. pot gardens as salmon threat</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">kgw.com <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">Concerns about the impact of pot farming were raised by the NOAA ... Oregon rivers, said Clarence Hostler, south coast branch chief for NOAA ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2014/10/greenhouse-gas-emissions-on-the-rise-in-oregon.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+industry_5+%28Industry+Energy+%26+the+Environment%29"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Greenhouse
gas emissions on the rise in Oregon</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Oregon Business Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525">Oregon power plants emitted far more carbon in 2013 than 2012, a signal of revived economic activity that will lend urgency to calls for less-damaging power sources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://blog.publictransportation.org/"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Perfect logic – Why both drivers and transit users support public
transportation</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Public Transportation Blog</span><span style="color:#252525"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN" style="color:#252525">In a recent City Lab blog post, Eric Jaffe asked the question, “If So Many People Support Transit, Why Do So Few Ride?” While it is interesting for policy wonks to analyze voter intent and question
their collective wisdom, a deeper analysis proves that voters seem to at least have a firm grasp on mobility issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN" style="color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/09/nickel_mining_company_denied_w.html"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Nickel mining
company denied water permit to operate in southwestern Oregon</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525">State water regulators have denied a permit sought by a mining company trying to develop nickel ore deposits in southwestern Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/front-porch/index.ssf/2014/09/oregon_foreclosure_mediation_p_1.html"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Oregon foreclosure
mediation program averts hundreds of foreclosures, but lenders question value</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525">August was the busiest month yet for Oregon's foreclosure mediation program, with homeowners and their mortgage servicers meeting nearly 400 times during the month.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2014/09/30/megaquake-preparedness-will-cost-oregon-billions/16497917/"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Megaquake
preparedness will cost Oregon billions</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Salem Statesman Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525">A task force is recommending Oregon spend at least $100 million each year for decades preparing for a possible earthquake and tsunami similar to the one that struck Japan in 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/sl/235252-100599-oregon-global-warming-commission-endorses-obama-power-plant-regulations&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODY4MTIxODg3MDgzODg1NjA4MzIaN2YyOGYwYjBhMjhjMTMwOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNELblbuuXlnrFpS9O-ZzqVi0XFoNg"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Oregon
Global Warming Commission endorses Obama power plant regulations</span></a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">Under his proposal, the EPA set specific goals for each state to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Oregon and Washington ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><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?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/235244-99144-state-road-funds-stuck-in-traffic&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTA3MDM0MzU0NzI0MjYwNzY5MjYyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFzOqrpFmF0eZlPl2s6010JEJ19YQ"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">State
road funds stuck in traffic</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">According to the Oregon Department of Transportation, two counties and 20 cities have their own gasoline tax — from 1 to 5 cents per gallon — in ...<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?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/09/oregon_stakeholders_examine_sa.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjAzMDk0NjM3NjY1MzA5MDcxNzIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH13Ik9pzENGvtuxLeuyvFt3xcvOg"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Oregon
stakeholders examine sage grouse conservation with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewel recently toured parts of Oregon's Lake ... meadows with nutrient-rich forage for chicks — is now on private land.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://medium.com/@CarlAlviani/rewriting-portlandia-765b9e27f75d"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Repacking Portlandia</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Medium.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#252525;letter-spacing:-.25pt">For those of us who’ve lived in Portland for more than a year or two, the urban landscape has already changed quite a lot.</span><span style="color:#252525"><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?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/10/portland_buying_more_park_land.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE2NDM4MDcxNDE2ODAwMDM1ODYyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGwtdt1ItlsP8aA9DD8R27B-hR62Q"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Portland
buying more park land -- paying a premium in east Portland, discount in Southwest</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://kuow.org/post/lakeview-biofuel-plant-proposal-raises-air-quality-concerns"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Lakeview biofuel plant
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#252525">A project proposed in Lakeview, Oregon, would turn woody biomass from logging into biofuels for Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Navy and Marines. The biofuel would have fewer greenhouse gas emissions than traditional
jet fuel and diesel, but some worry the project might add to existing air quality problems in southern Oregon.<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?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/09/commuters_care_more_about_on-t.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzIwNjc5MjQ3MjcxMjU1NzI3ODIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGv6PETPFKRfL2K0lPCPSBAo5tRAQ"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Commuters
care more about on-time arrival than transit mode: Editorial Agenda 2014</span></a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">The Census Bureau's annual American Community Survey often serves as a reality check for the aspirational goals that sprout easily in Oregon's ...<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?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.natlawreview.com/article/new-ridesharing-legislation-california-and-oregon-highlights-insurance-uncertainty-e&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAxOTM4NzQ2OTE2NTM3MjIwNDkyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHI9LeMXDdLHa4_YbFWREEt06izQQ"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">New
Ridesharing Legislation in California and Oregon Highlights Insurance Uncertainty in ...</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The National Law Review
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="color:#252525">Ridesharing companies have arisen in the past few years as an alternative to traditional forms of transportation, such as taxis. These companies ...<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?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2448414-151/state-land-panel-delays-vote-on-youth-camps%3FentryType%3D0&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTAyOTcyMjc1MzQyNjM0OTA1NDgyGjczNTg1OWViYmVhMTllMDk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGCP-6mTM15HwCvL8lZjEzWGl712Q"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">State
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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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