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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"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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 news source. Please direct requests for archived stories, or permission to reprint them, to the original news source. <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-parking-lots-became-the-scourge-of-american-downtowns/372207/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">How
Parking Lots Became the Scourge of American Downtowns</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 - Citylab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The downtowns of many American cities are hollowed out by the disastrous impacts of planning events that took place decades ago. These blank spots muffle urban life, deadening
the surrounding human environment. Yep, we’re talking about surface parking lots, which have been dubbed “parking craters” by Streetsblog editor Angie Schmitt.<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/cityfixer/2015/01/just-because-you-cant-find-a-place-to-park-doesnt-mean-there-arent-way-too-many-parking-spots/384509/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Just
Because You Can't Find a Place to Park Doesn't Mean There Aren't Way Too Many Parking Spots</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 - Citylab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A new analysis of 27 mixed-use areas finds that parking in U.S. metro areas is, on average, oversupplied by 65 percent.<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://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/us-supreme-court-gives-life-to-the-in-writing-requirement-of-the-tca/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">US
Supreme Court Gives Life to the “In Writing” Requirement of the TCA</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%">Law of the Land Blog</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell (United States Supreme Court, January 14, 2015), was a case brought by a “personal wireless service provider” under the Telecommunications
Act of 1996 (TCA) which, among other things, supported rapid deployment of personal communications devices (e.g., cell phones) by requiring that land use decisions on matters relating to such things as cell towers be “in writing” and supported by substantial
evidence from a written record.<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://nextcity.org/daily/entry/3d-mapping-city-planning-design-historic-preservation"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Modern Mapping
Connects Historic Preservation and Planning</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%">Next City<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In order to determine how best to integrate new development into the historic fabric, Tangram 3DS has created a 3D map of nearly the entire historic district. This project
is part of a larger shift toward using technology to plan for aesthetic purposes.<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/housing/2015/01/can-boomers-make-cohousing-mainstream/384624/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Can Boomers
Make Cohousing Mainstream?</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 – Citylab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Popular in northern Europe, cohousing is still a fringe option in the U.S. But the number of cohousing communities here is set to climb, thanks to Baby Boomers.<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.sunherald.com/2015/01/17/6022740/states-action-may-be-pivotal-in.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjUyNTgyMjAxODIzNzY0NDkzNDIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF6wEdbgFvYwG6oMgpcQElfc4Encg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">State's
action may be pivotal in testing EPA authority on oceans</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">Biloxi-Gulfport SunHerald<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A lawsuit winding its way through federal court in Seattle will test whether the federal government is doing enough to combat the emerging problem of ocean acidification.
. . . Washington state and Oregon didn’t include their marine waters on lists of imperiled waters, a finding that could have led to restrictions on the uses of and discharges into those waters. The EPA, acting in its oversight role, approved the lists. The
Center for Biological Diversity sued.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/nys-releases-draft-ocean-action-plan/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">NYS Releases
Draft Ocean Action 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:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Law of the Land Blog<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Designed as a 10-year plan, according to the DEC website, the OAP outlines the following four interconnected goals that reflect New York’s priorities for immediate action:
1.Ensure the ecological integrity of the ocean ecosystem; 2.Promote economic growth, coastal development and human use of the ocean in a manner that is sustainable and consistent with maintaining ecosystem integrity; 3.Increase resilience of ocean resources
to impacts associated with climate change; and 4.Empower the public to actively participate in decision making and ocean stewardship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.opb.org/news/series/unprepared/unprepared-towns-along-coast-manage-tsunami-risk-in-different-ways/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Can
coastal communities survive a tsunami?</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 story is part of a series Oregon Public Broadcasting is doing on how well the Northwest is prepared for the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that scientists say will hit along
the Cascadia Subduction Zone just off the Pacific Coast.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/2015/01/22/oregons-last-virgin-cove-protected-wildlife-refuge/22186863/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSMzcyNTgzNDAyNzkxMDgzNTkwMhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHotzFIdPoQHMMHvi8u9VkuQTsE0A"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon's</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
'last virgin cove' protected in wildlife refuge</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">Statesman Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">In a step aimed at protecting the last virgin cove on the Oregon Coast, a partnership of government agencies and nonprofit organizations have purchased land in
Lincoln County for the highest level of environmental protection.</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/business/index.ssf/2015/01/conservation_groups_try_to_sto.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTY0ODg3NDY0MTg1MDMyODA0MDEyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHfuukfrrKiS9tsxTtTdG0YB_wylA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Conservation
groups try to stop Lane County timber sale, say it violates federal law</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">A lawsuit filed in federal court by Cascadia Wildlands and Oregon Wild asks that a judge stop the sale, and force the Bureau of Land
Management ...<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://portlandtribune.com/sl/247219-112865-yurt-to-yurt-gorge"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Yurt to yurt Gorge?</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><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 Tribune<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Gorge Towns to Trails project aims to foster ecotourism - The nonprofit Friends of the Columbia River Gorge is in the midst of an ambitious program called Gorge Towns to Trails.
The goal? To link the National Scenic Area’s communities, tourist draws and recreation sites with a series of footpaths, using existing trails and building new ones.<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.argusobserver.com/news/a-new-cash-crop/article_34e0c336-9ce1-11e4-b82b-f7d314d15e9a.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">A
new cash crop: Officials explore the possibility of pumpkin seeds</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><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%">Ontario Argus Observer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pumpkins already grow well in the Western Treasure Valley. Whether growing pumpkins to produce seeds for a snack food is economically viable here is a question a local economic
development expert is exploring.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/oregon-water-treatment-company-wants-to-turn-sewage-into-beer/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
water treatment company wants to turn sewer water into beer</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"">Clean Water Services of Hillsboro has an advanced treatment process that can turn sewage into drinking 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.capitalpress.com/20150122/oregon-projects-awarded-22-million-in-federal-grant-funding&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSMzcyNTgzNDAyNzkxMDgzNTkwMhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHDZLECUVVkU6vwd2zhHmH0oXNKDA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
projects awarded $22 million in federal grant funding</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">Capital Press
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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">Almost half the money, $9 million, will fund greater sage grouse habitat improvement on private land in eight eastern and southeastern
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="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2015/01/15/fenders-blue-butterfly-habitat-gets-federal-boost/21833363/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Fender's
Blue Butterfly habitat gets federal boost</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"">Six conservation projects in Oregon have been selected to receive a combined $22 million in federal funding under a new Farm Bill 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.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/01/bottled_water_wars_nestles_lat.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Bottled
water wars: Nestlé’s latest move in Cascade Locks sparks outcry from opponents</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"">Now, Nestlé wants to scrap the existing permitting process for an approach with the potential to cut the remaining wait time in half. Instead of obtaining the water through
a gallon-for-gallon trade between the state and Cascade Locks city government, which would then sell the water to Nestlé, the company wants the state to trade its legal right to some of the Oxbow 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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2802753-151/bends-central-westside-plan-begins&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoUMTE4NDkwMjkwNTI3NjczNzE3NjkyGjkwZjkzNjAwOTIwZTU0YTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGAwxYTRHaTXFUiwPNyqCCh6Pe0gA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Bend's
Central Westside Plan begins</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"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A group charged with advising the city of Bend on west-side land use and transit planning kicked off its work Tuesday night. The Central Westside Plan and its
23-member community advisory committee is funded by a $257,500 transportation growth management grant from the state.<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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2789453-151/central-oregon-cities-draft-marijuana-ordinances"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Central
Oregon cities draft medical marijuana ordinances</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"">-Bans on dispensaries expire May 1-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">While Oregon lawmakers decide future state policy concerning marijuana, cities in Central Oregon and around the state have little time to wait and see what regulations pan
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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/marijuana/index.ssf/2015/01/oregon_marijuana_growers_vie_f.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI5NjkxNDMzMzI5MjA3NTA2OTUyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGcYVHh6eDlUbHvQbZl5Mv5so9-UA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
marijuana growers vie for real estate as they prepare for recreational market</span></a>
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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">... modern-day land grab for warehouse and retail space. Portland, home to more big medical marijuana growers than any other city or
town 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.willamettelive.com/2015/news/salem-hospital-may-harming-living-trees/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIyMjgxMDM4MDgwMzU2NDk4ODQyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHiFNZWxH88rSRfT4TdQg_1_CVnoQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Salem
Hospital may be harming their living trees</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 Weekly<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">In December, Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) found against the hospital's request for a variance to city code that it could
install 264 ...<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.eenews.net/stories/1060011805"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Ore. braces for a fight over funding seaport to ship powder
river coal to Asia</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"">A governor, an ousted commission chairwoman and a crowd of concerned citizens made their voices heard in Salem, Ore., yesterday as the Oregon Transportation Commission OTC
considered whether to supply public funds for a project initially aimed at shipping coal to Asia.<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://t.e2ma.net/webview/2mfyd/7a0d24e476c7d2b8a480202fe70d63f7"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Announcement: Oregon Population
Forecast Program March Public Meetings</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 State University Population Research Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beginning in 1973 with the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 100, Oregon’s growth management system has relied on population forecasts as the primary tool for determining Urban Growth
Boundary (UGB) expansions, as well as for crafting planning policy. By estimating future populations based on historic and current trends, as well as assuming the likelihood of future events, population forecasts provide necessary information to help planners,
public officials, private firms, and developers better understand the short and long-term implications of population growth in local areas. In the recent past, Oregon law required that counties prepare coordinated population forecasts according to "generally
accepted" demographic methods, which yielded forecasts produced with a highly diverse set of methods. Equally important, the prohibitive cost of forecasting meant that not all communities could update their forecasts on a regular basis. Recognizing the need
to be more responsive to accounting for current population trends by preparing population forecasts on a more regular basis, and with a consistent forecast methodology for communities across the state, the Oregon House of Representatives and Senate approved
legislation in 2013 assigning coordinated population forecasting to the Population Research Center (PRC) at Portland State University (PSU).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Friday bonus from the Washington Post – test your city knowledge!<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/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/09/quiz-can-you-name-a-city-just-by-looking-at-its-streets/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Can
you name a city just by looking at its streets?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></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/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/16/quiz-can-you-name-these-cities-just-by-looking-at-their-subway-maps/?Post_generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Can
you name these cities just by looking at their subway maps?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></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"><a href="mailto:laura.buhl@state.or.us"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">laura.buhl@state.or.us</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> |
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
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