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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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/2015/02/06/michigan-detroit-public-transit/22926133/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMzI1MDIwOTE5MjQxMTY2MjQ3NDIaOTZkM2IyZDRjNjBhZDYwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHcm7UOzbST4sameqRNaJ0P5doLbA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">How
metro Detroit transit went from best to worst</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Detroit Free Press
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">At the turn of the 20th Century, southeast Michigan had the largest and one of the best mass transit systems in the country. Today,
we have one of the ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/02/every-city-should-have-something-like-san-franciscos-mass-transit-access-map/385336/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMjI5NDI3MjU0NTU3OTU5NjE0NzIaOTZkM2IyZDRjNjBhZDYwYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGjf-sDcjtEHO5hfUNLLdQs2fsjBQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Every
City Should Have Something Like San Francisco's Mass Transit Access Map</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">CityLab
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Transportation planner Chris Pangilinan likes to think of a public transit agency as a manufacturer that sells a product, and that product
is access.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="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/2015/02/metro_considers_delay_on_urban.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTQwMDk1ODg1NjEyMjEwMjY2NTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGszjY3NSLe6agpkEyCAZJD2GnSgg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Metro
might delay urban growth boundary decision amid legal wrangling</span></a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The regional government and land-use authority says it may push back its ... The complicating issue is land in the rural Stafford Basin,
an area of ... West Linn and Tualatin appealed Metro's decision all the way to the Oregon Court of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2855237-151/thornburgh-resort-plan-takes-a-step-back&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTQwMDk1ODg1NjEyMjEwMjY2NTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGbTnP-PlDVy3dVRH-wUEXar6uEPg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Thornburgh
resort plan takes a step back</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Bend Bulletin
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals sent back the Deschutes County commissioners' latest decision last week. Loyal Land could choose
to take ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/lake-oswego/index.ssf/2015/02/after_years_of_fighting_l.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTNTQwMDk1ODg1NjEyMjEwMjY2NTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHnJuCg3Q3mZqwlGYq5URjk7X9UCg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">After
years of fighting, Lake Oswego's oldest home loses its historic designation, clearing the way ...</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">On Wednesday, Oregon Court of Appeals Judge James Egan overturned a Land Use Board of Appeals decision which upheld the designation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2015/feb/05/plans-update-plan/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCSoUMTQzNjUwOTQ5ODk3ODIwMjAwMzQyGjkwZjkzNjAwOTIwZTU0YTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGqNhO3CXzXZLFMGRGfPCGWRAly8A"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Plans
to update a plan</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Dalles Chronicle
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">For awhile now, Mike Davis of Tygh Valley has wanted to update Wasco County's land use rules and its comprehensive plan, the latter
of which is ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="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/2015/02/a_portland_with_no_traffic_dea.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoTMjc0OTY2NjMzOTQyNjg4MTE3MzIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGANmu3iQ4bNgVlx93ifpSuia0IrA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">A
Portland with no traffic deaths and good streets? Plan sets slow path forward</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Leah Treat, director of Portland's Bureau of Transportation, and Commissioner Steve Novick, who oversees the bureau, as depicted in
a new two-year ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/bill-takes-aim-at-aerial-pesticide-spraying-on-oregon-forests/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTE0MjMzMzA2MzE2MTMyODAyNDUyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFUkS5OKQ7EZBIE3PmxgRvIB399jA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Bill
Takes Aim At Aerial Pesticide Spraying On Oregon Forests</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Oregon Public Broadcasting
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">An Oregon Senate bill introduced Tuesday would tighten rules for aerial pesticide spraying on forest land and overhaul how the state
responds to ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="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/249920-118064-move-to-protect-west-hayden-island-leaves-few-people-happy&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQ5NjUxMjE4OTEyOTU2MDk4NTYyGmVmNzU1ZjkyN2I3NGI2NTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEE4rd0M7C35alpBHZbnwaUqtt5XQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Move
to protect West Hayden Island leaves few people happy</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The industrial land inventory is a component of Portland's updated ... be approved by the state Land Conservation and Development Commission</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060013185&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTI5MTIwODUyNzAyMjYwNjA4MDIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNELKE_yyoO3pAy-D2N6AoFf5w2g2Q"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">ENDANGERED
SPECIES: FWS urges protection of 16.5M acres for sage grouse</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Environment & Energy Publishing
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... the most stringent protections on roughly 16.5 million acres of high-value sage grouse habitat in order to save the bird from the
threat of extinction. ... A proposed plan for Oregon would designate 5.1 million acres of "focal" areas of ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/02/sage_grouse_protection_work_ge.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQ4OTI5MjU0ODQ3Mzk2MzA1ODgyGjNmNmNhYzI4YjA0ZjBlYzY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHqKQJ1rH5CfY9VP50upJumV67s9w"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Sage
grouse</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none"> protection work gets 4-year, $200 million commitment from USDA</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Biologist estimate between 200,000 and 500,000 greater sage grouse are scattered throughout the West with about 30,000 in Oregon. A
subspecies ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2015/02/10/osu-cascades-launches-bike-loan-program/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMjIyODMwMzg2NzE3MTgzOTQ5NzIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHHO2slp0UAmQRKj4jW9N63Iic3fA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">OSU-Cascades
Launches Bike Loan Program</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A pilot bike loan program is one of the first tangible ways Oregon State ... Plans and policies for the new campus support sustainable
transportation ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2874465-151/osu-cascades-appeal-to-be-decided-by-late-april&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTY2Mjk0Mjk3MjQ3NTA4MTMwODIyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHWjBeMlC6tJf0BkMFPXnOzS75LeA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">OSU-Cascades
appeal to be decided by late April</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Bend Bulletin
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">A ruling will be made on the appeal challenging OSU-Cascades' expansion plans by April 29. The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, which
is ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2878622-151/deschutes-county-considers-rezoning-process&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA0NDgwMDU1MTEyMDM3NzEzMzgyGjQxODRiZTE2N2UwNmNjYzI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFGg1RRMU9neOhsgbbYpPwS-1xIxQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Deschutes
County considers rezoning process</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Bend Bulletin
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Lands</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> used for farming and timber production are
zoned with strict ... But the Department of Land Conservation and Development relayed an ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20150210/umatilla-city-port-agree-to-deal-in-zoning-dispute&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTYyNzQyNDQ5MDM0MTE3NDQxNjcyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGxe6fLGjkTwG_5Q6MEoGEsb3HS0g"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Umatilla
city, port agree to deal in zoning dispute</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">East Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">... narrow strip of land to the city for $176,000, stepping away from the conflict while avoiding a hearing before the Oregon Land Use
Board of Appeals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://democratherald.com/news/local/commissioners-seek-land-use-zoning-info-for-pot-grows/article_4288dcb4-5acf-5139-9fc1-c151d6089f3a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoUMTYyNzQyNDQ5MDM0MTE3NDQxNjcyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHwcX7kNCWRCqJqNLUvxCGXAljHaQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Commissioners
seek land use, zoning info for pot grows</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Albany Democrat Herald
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Effective July 1, Oregon will join Washington and Colorado in allowing ... County's land use and zoning laws allow such activities —
commissioners ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="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/2015/02/cornelius_urban_growth_boundar.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTEzMTQwNDgwODA3NTQ2MzE0NzIyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEIuI_CU5OTeKb579-Q7ad6CKBXrg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Cornelius
seeks further help from neighbors to shape fate of surrounding land</span></a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Cornelius Community Development Director Mike Cerbone explains the city's new urban growth boundary at a neighborhood meeting Jan. 8,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="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/2015/02/under_amanda_fritz_portland_de.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTODUzMDYzMTc4MDI0NzE4MzMyNjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH1w4cuow1li3if4VV0UFoo-T4ilA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Under
Amanda Fritz, Portland development bureau told to say 'no' more often</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">"If you know the code, there's predictability," said Douglas MacLeod, a real estate agent who works in land acquisition and development.
"Now it's ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20150217/restrictions-proposed-for-hazard-prone-land&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODMxODg4NzgzNDg0Nzc1Nzc1MjIaNDE4NGJlMTY3ZTA2Y2NjMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF53Zme4PDFWUbif7Up0i2kaVrT5Q"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Restrictions
proposed for hazard-prone land</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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Under House Bill 2633, the state's Department of Land Conservation and Development would set policies to limit construction and retrofit,
relocate or ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.nuggetnews.com/main.asp%3FSectionID%3D5%26SubSectionID%3D5%26ArticleID%3D23264&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSMzYxMDkxMDgxNzg4Mjk3MjUxMhoxZTU1YWIzM2VlN2IzNmQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGaev7gpjK4BamPCs8YF3aCjNyzjQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Forest
Service trails specialist focuses on Sisters</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Sisters Nugget
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Whether you are in Arizona or Oregon the objective is to work toward a sustainability of the land that is responsive to forest and community
needs ...<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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