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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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-size:10.0pt;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="http://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-icymi-2014-soccer-field-standoff-highlights-gentrification-tension/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">ICYMI
2014: Soccer Field Standoff Highlights Gentrification Tension</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%">Oregon Public Broadcasting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This year, video of an argument over who got to play on a soccer field in San Francisco went viral, sparked a community protest and highlighted tensions about gentrification
in a changing neighborhood.<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.denverpost.com/news/ci_27253615/obama-proposal-has-sparked-water-fight-beer-business&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoUMTM1MjYxODcwMzg2MjM3NzM2MDAyGjkwZjkzNjAwOTIwZTU0YTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF-SE3sxLnvQh5Ki0Uxpa8BomcVQA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Obama
proposal has sparked a water fight in the beer business</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">The Denver Post
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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">It has as much to do with land-use and land-use planning as (it does) navigable waters," said Dale Moore of the American Farm Bureau
Federation.<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://planetizen.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10d4244e083801d8acd75019d&id=ab7189a0a5&e=a0d96f3f4c"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Using
Google Earth to Understand Parking Utilization</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#54616A"><br>
</span><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%">Planetizen</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#54616A"><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal">I am sure you have heard about, or been in, public meetings where the public raises significant concerns over the amount of traffic that will be created and whether there will be enough parking.
In some cases a traffic impact study is developed that uses ITE figures to model the projected parking demand. Yet, sometimes what you really need is local data.</span></em></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.vox.com/2015/1/6/7494641/public-transit-unemployment-income&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjQ5NDY3NTcyMDczMTY3ODUyMjIaOTZkM2IyZDRjNjBhZDYwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEzoS39ZFNJT8RqAzyz20MOwwrvIQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Bad
public transit isn't just inconvenient; it keeps people from jobs</span></a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Vox
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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">People with the most access to jobs via public transit do pretty well for themselves, as do people in far-flung areas who largely commute
by car. But the ...<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://grist.org/cities/heres-the-right-way-to-make-transit-and-density-work-in-the-suburbs/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTODE1NjgyODYyMjM4MTYzNTUyNzIaOTZkM2IyZDRjNjBhZDYwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHBNeLOI62eBCpH1jd7qdPMjdbpKg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Here's
the right way to make transit and density work in the suburbs</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">Grist
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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 state government is helping Montgomery and neighboring Prince George's County with strategic investments in mass transit, sidewalks,
and bike ...<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://magazine.good.is/articles/nepal-women-only-buses&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoTMTk0NzgzMzEzOTYyNDM2MTcxNzIaOTZkM2IyZDRjNjBhZDYwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF27xDLJZScXB-6ytAIOxwUtxytcA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Nepal
Makes Public Transport Safer for Women by Getting Rid of Men</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">GOOD Magazine
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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">According to a World Bank study, one in four women in Nepal have experienced some kind of inappropriate touching while riding public
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="http://earthfix.opb.org/communities/article/closing-the-gender-gap-for-bicycling-women/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Closing
the gender gap among bicyclists</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%">Oregon Public Broadcasting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On most mornings, Hau Hagedorn bicycles to work with her husband, riding along with their three boys as they pedal to school. It’s been a family ritual that began eight years
ago when Hagedorn bicycled while her children rode along in a cargo trailer. It wasn’t an easy habit to start.<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/2015/01/state_transportation_grants_sh.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgzOTcwNzExODkzMzM1OTYyMjgyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG_IgXYViCgGrZcDrn9HxdgNB-Zxw"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">State
transportation grants should discriminate against oil, coal rail projects: Guest opinion</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">News coverage of issues involving coal and oil shipments in Oregon now occurs daily. The July 2014 Oregon Transportation Commission
(OTC) ...<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://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/246305-114260-much-debated-dock-project-advances&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNzg2Mjk5MjQ3Nzg5ODY2OTE2ODIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH9vwUjrAMtT8pQlG0-Lywnha5BZA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Much-debated
dock project advances</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">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A panel voted Wednesday to forward it and other projects to the Oregon Transportation Commission, which will hear public comments on Jan. 15 and ...</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="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/us/race-to-build-on-river-could-block-pacific-oil-route.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Race
to Build on River Could Block Pacific Oil Route</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%">New York Times<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">But here in southern Washington, some environmental groups are quietly pushing a builder to move even faster with a $1.3 billion real estate project along the Columbia River
that includes office buildings, shops and towers with 3,300 apartments. The reason is oil.<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.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/08/new-roads-bridges-coming-oregon/21480945/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTI5MTAzMDY1NDQ0MTMzOTgyODcyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHJKu_BSsQt9l99rw8CybMJ9RndYQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">New
roads and bridges could be coming to Oregon</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 Statesman Journal
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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">John Kitzhaber might be focused on education reform this year, but leaders in the Oregon Legislature want to put together a package
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://www.pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/246407-114002-washington-county-study-looks-at-transportation-for-next-50-years&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoUMTI5MTAzMDY1NDQ0MTMzOTgyODcyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGWvfJGTjgzsrOiMil1lz0u8ASpWg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Washington
County study looks at transportation for next 50 years</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">Hillsboro 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">Washington County officials expect the area's transportation grid to undergo major ... The Oregon Legislature gave $1.5 million to
fund the study.<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/2015/01/portland_street_maintenance_sa.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUyMzg3OTcwNzM5NzU0NjY1MTEyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFwnBOunAPt4bBRklTrKTdCd7YnOQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Portland
street maintenance, safety needs have no easy solution: Guest opinion</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">I'm Steve Novick, city commissioner overseeing transportation. I hope I can get a few minutes of your time to address some of the issues
involved in ...<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/forest-grove/index.ssf/2015/01/cornelius_set_to_expand_city_a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODM2MDYxMzI1NzE5MTIwMjMyMTIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGsTBQNAZp4mY5bUx2OEI08ODWsJQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Cornelius
set to expand, city asks community for help in neighborhood meeting</span></a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Cornelius City Manager Rob Drake points to areas recently added to the city's urban growth boundary in ...</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.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2015/01/intels_air_quality_officials_m.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNzQ3OTIxNDUzNzE0ODQzMTc2NzIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGF0oQ-iJlAQUblM4tfvMRLpUI7mA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Intel's
air quality: Officials may relax environmental regulations for chipmaker</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Intel falls into that category – its greenhouse gas emissions subjected the company to the two programs under the Environmental Protection
Agency's ...<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.willamettelive.com/2015/news/state-rules-salem-hospital/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">State rules against Salem Hospital</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 Weekly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In the case of the second, LUBA sided against Salem Hospital’s plans to install a certain number of parking spaces and cut a certain number of trees, including significant
trees, on its property.<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/news/2015/01/05/fate-salem-healths-white-oaks-limbo/21318843/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Fate
of Salem Health's white oaks in limbo</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"">Salem Health finished cutting down 32 trees from the former Oregon School for the Blind property Monday, but the fate of some of the site's most significant trees are back
in the city's hands.<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/environment/index.ssf/2015/01/oregon_court_of_appeals_sides.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
Court of Appeals sides with salmon in lawsuit over Clackamas River water use</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%">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that the state Water Resources Department failed to limit the amount of water cities and water districts can draw from the lower Clackamas
River so that there would be enough water left in the river for threatened and endangered salmon.<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/cooking/2015/01/oregon_farmers_expand_crops_as.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTA4ODk5OTUzNDE5NjAyMjMxMjIyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFATQB6qXVWxAIVtLOrBYiA0hVQJQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
farmers expand crops as winter markets take seasonal eating year-round</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Innovation, experimentation and investment in the land have helped turn Oregon into a twelve month a year agricultural market. Besides
the Saturday ...<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.mycentraloregon.com/2015/01/06/secretary-jewell-unveils-greater-sage-grouse-plan/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoUMTA4ODk5OTUzNDE5NjAyMjMxMjIyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEhEqxQ2UhcaDdhI3c5v_1aAqHTPQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Secretary
Jewell Unveils Greater Sage Grouse Plan</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">myCentralOregon.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Because about 64 percent of the greater sage-grouse's 165 million acres of occupied range is on federally managed lands, Interior's
Bureau of Land ...<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.bluemountaineagle.com/bme/capital-bureau/20150102/feds-seek-input-on-305-mile-transmission-line&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTc5Nzc4Nzk5MTUwMjg0MjA1NTIyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGqE_wS8iNq7HSKZ0Ohj4r-XCH1Pg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Feds
seek input on 305-mile transmission line</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">Blue Mountain Eagle
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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 Bureau of Land Management and other agencies are in the midst of an ... J.R. Cook, director of a group called the Northeast Oregon
Water ...<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.armytimes.com/story/military/guard-reserve/2015/01/08/army-plan-for-oregon-ex-chemical-site-may-include-price-tag/21469385/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjc1NjYzNDc5MDE4MTgxMDE1ODIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFMbfQxMmjCoIxGFMaFnq6vqWw21A"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Army
plan for Oregon ex-chemical site may include price tag</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">ArmyTimes.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 authority plans to turn over some land to the Oregon National Guard for a training facility, make some into a wildlife preserve,
and sell or lease the ...<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/business/index.ssf/2015/01/navy_modifies_environmental_im.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Navy
modifies environmental impact statement for offshore training, invites comment</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%">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">About 36 times more sonobuoys than the Navy suggested previously could be deployed off the coasts of Oregon, Washington, northern California and Alaska under a modified proposal
for offshore training.<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/home/2743372-151/plan-for-land-near-sisters-will-go-before&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTc5Nzc4Nzk5MTUwMjg0MjA1NTIyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFC0xDtX-jwNjZG_bpWlcG0T27ggQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Plan
for land near Sisters will go before Deschutes commissioners</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 LandWatch, an organization that follows land use regulations, has appealed the decision because the new plan doesn't
go far enough ...<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/news/2015/01/04/oregon-top-relocation-destination-study-says/21253237/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
once again top relocation destination, study says</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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon has once again topped the list of a national survey of people relocating from elsewhere, making the Beaver State the top moving destination of 2014.<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/32602658-75/big-projects-private-investments-lift-lane-countys-building-market.html.csp"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Building
rebound</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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Private-sector construction returns to prerecession levels-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">From the 12-story student housing tower rising on Broadway Street in downtown Eugene to the remake of Gateway Mall in Springfield, the Coburg North industrial park and the
numerous subdivisions filling in vacant land in various locations, 2014 may be remembered as the year Lane Countys construction industry began to come back to life.<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/32611242-75/eugenes-zip-o-log-mills-may-buy-cone-lumbers-goshen-mill.html.csp"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Idled
Goshen mill may be sold</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"">-Eugene-based Zip-O-Log Mills nears a deal to buy the Cone Lumber mill-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">An ownership change could be imminent for one of Lane County’s oldest lumber mills.<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://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32599593-75/bethel-schools-land-on-tap-to-accomodate-growth.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQ0MzYzNDUxOTM1NTIyMTU2MTkyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHaCK7WEzuVL3TfRnDqOWbiLvzc3w"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Bethel
eyes land for school</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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The urban growth boundary is the line around the city that limits where ... etc., to the rest of the city,” University of Oregon economist
Tim Duy said.<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://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32611600-75/charter-school-in-elmira-seeks-new-space-for-relocation.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCSoUMTM1MjYxODcwMzg2MjM3NzM2MDAyGjkwZjkzNjAwOTIwZTU0YTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHgiWCp8rGxNsNk3x66tAulyeOGLQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Online
charter school in Elmira looking for a new home</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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">If the classes did move into space at the shopping center, the charter school would have to apply to amend the city of Veneta's land
use code.<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/home/2737504-151/monarch-butterfly-considered-for-federal-protection&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzYxMTI0ODE4Nzg2OTA1MjA0NzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGCJQz40Y_apxSfV5ny4TwHnzwMCQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Monarch
butterfly considered for federal protection</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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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 far-flying butterfly known to pass through Central Oregon may land on the Endangered Species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
last week ...<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 Department of Land Conservation and Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:laura.buhl@state.or.us">laura.buhl@state.or.us</a> |
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM">www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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