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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.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2015/03/8563700/parking-needs-fall-city-hall-weighs-reduced-requirements"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">As
parking needs fall, City Hall weighs reduced requirements</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%">Capital New York<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">But even as views on parking have changed dramatically, zoning mandates have remained steady in much of New York. The city still requires most outer borough and upper-Manhattan
builders to provide approximately one off-street parking space for every two units of housing. Some planners say it is high time these dusty, worn-out regulations are replaced.<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.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/07/congestion-charge-accident-fall"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Congestion charge
has led to dramatic fall in accidents in London - Research shows 40 per cent drop in traffic accidents since 2003</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%">Guardian (London)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hated by some, loved by others, the London congestion charge has been a divisive issue ever since it was introduced in 2003. Now a new study suggests that it has had one impact
that will be welcomed by all: a dramatic decline in accidents.<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/2015/02/24/nyregion/for-enterprising-few-a-humble-patch-of-newark-to-build-a-dream-on.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">For
Enterprising Few, a Humble Patch of Newark to Build a Dream On</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"">Those lucky enough to get a plot must close on it within three months, build a home within 18 and then spend five years living there, all under the watchful eye of City Hall.
They will not be obliged to pay property taxes during that span, and some financial assistance is available, but if they fail to follow through, they will be fined and could face repossession.<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.planningreport.com/2015/02/13/cole-la-mayors-i-team-seeks-minimize-displacement-during-urban-revitalization"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Cole:
LA Mayor's "I-Team" Seeks to Minimize Displacement During Urban Revitalization</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 Planning Report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In this TPR interview, Cole outlines the goal for the new "i-team": coordinating LA's various urban revitalization programs to ensure the benefits minimize displacement and
maximize benefits for existing residents.<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://stories.californiasunday.com/2015-03-01/la-future"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Auto Correction: L.A. rethinks its car
culture</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%">California Sunday Magazine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">No one is more pleased than Aaron Paley to see Los Angeles morphing from a sprawling, car-dependent metropolis into a series of interconnected neighborhoods served by transit.
In 2010, Paley introduced CicLAvia to his hometown. Modeled on Bogotá’s street festival Ciclovía, the event drew an estimated 100,000 residents on foot, bike, scooter, Rollerblades, and skateboard to a seven-and-a-half-mile stretch of car-free road between
Boyle Heights and East Hollywood.<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://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/parents-seeking-urban-lifestyles-kids-29866699"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Parents Seeking
Urban Lifestyles for Kids</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%">ABC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A small but growing number of parents are bucking a trend when it comes to raising their kids: Rather than move to suburbs as their parents once did, many are opting to stay
in or near downtown. . . Along the way, they're pushing cities to be more welcoming to families. Parents in cities across the country, including Seattle, Minneapolis and Denver, are banding together to advocate for new downtown schools, more playgrounds and
more affordable family-friendly housing.<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.denverpost.com/news/ci_27668845/new-wave-development-poised-roll-across-denvers-suburban"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">New
wave of development poised to roll across Denver's suburban fringe</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%">Denver Post<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"We've been in a major slowdown for the last five years, so it looks pretty good right now," said Brad Calvert, Metro Vision manager for the Denver Regional Council of Governments.
"There's tons of pent-up demand." . . . Millennials, however, won't be satisfied with the suburbs of their grandparents' era, warns Chris Leinberger, a land-use strategist. They want a walkable and amenity-rich area with a more urban-style feel and alternative
transportation options.<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/2015/03/how-much-sprawl-costs-america/388481/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">How Much Sprawl Costs
America</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"">Sprawl costs America over $1 trillion a year, according to a new report by LSE Cities and the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, because it can increase per capita land consumption
up to 80 percent and car use by up to 60 percent. Together these outcomes create social costs that amount to $626 billion a year for people living in sprawling areas and $400 billion for those outside of them, the report estimates.<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://sf.curbed.com/archives/2015/03/09/planning_debuts_awesome_map_of_every_project_proposed_in_sf.php"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Planning
Debuts Awesome Map of Every Project Proposed in SF</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%">Curbed San Francisco<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The San Francisco-based startup Buildingeye just went live with the initial version of a map that shows all the projects in the Planning approval process going back to 2009.
Projects appear as clickable pins—green is for completed Planning applications, and blue is for projects still under review—and they can be manipulated as easily as Google markers or taco results on Yelp. Palo Alto's website, which was actually the second
American Buildingeye site to go live, launched in November. (The first was Corvallis, Oregon, in October.) San Francisco is third, and the fourth will be Alameda.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/03/dont_starve_the_census_new_yor.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Don't
starve the census: New York Times opinion</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Some Republicans in Congress are calling for cuts to the Census Bureau's budget that would impair the agency's already strained ability to gather basic data.<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.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article15100547.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjgxNDMzNTQ2NTQ3OTM5OTI0NzIaOTBmOTM2MDA5MjBlNTRhMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF_DaG9mDN2lXqqkUKBgET4IIaymg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Don't
forget land use in drought debate</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">Sacramento Bee
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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">Land use</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> is the context from which all our other
decisions about resources follow. How much land we devote to urban and suburban uses and how ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.cityofvancouver.us/cmo/page/hot-topic-oil-and-coal-project-proposals"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Hot Topic: Oil and
Coal Project Proposals</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%">City of Vancouver, Washington</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"">Two currently proposed projects involving increased railway transportation of fossil fuels through Vancouver have attracted broad interest within the community:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•the Tesoro Savage oil transport project at the Port of Vancouver; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">•the Millennium Coal Terminal proposal in Longview.<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="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/how-will-the-cowlitz-casino-affect-portlands-economy/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">How
will the Cowlitz casino affect Oregon's economy?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Cowlitz tribe in Washington has won a 10 year legal battle to secure reservation land near La Center. They plan to build a 134,000 square foot casino on the land that
will house lodging, shopping and dining.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.opb.org/news/article/washington-lawmakers-float-new-i-5-bridge-idea/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Washington lawmakers
float new I-5 bridge idea</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Washington lawmakers are discussing a new Interstate 5 bridge plan that would connect Vancouver, Washington, and Portland.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The plan would keep the existing I-5 bridge in place, but add a parallel fly-over bridge for through traffic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/03/portland_building_architect_mi.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Michael
Graves, who died Thursday, said Portland should 'take care' of his creation</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"">Michael Graves, the outspoken architect who designed the city of Portland's polarizing postmodern administrative offices, died Thursday. He was 80. Graves visited Portland
last year to defend his work on The Portland Building, in line for a substantial renovation to fix water-infiltration damage after just three decades in use.<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/253833-123083-metro-ponders-new-regional-funding-for-transportation&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA5MTQ5OTM1NTQ5NjQ5MDMxNTIyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHNptIPeT2YtI6JVEpzG4VnubHqiA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Metro
ponders new regional funding for transportation</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
<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">We're just aware that transportation is very important to the region and ... The Oregon Department of Transportation says declining
pavement and ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2015/03/bicycles_oregon_law_run_red_li.html#incart_m-rpt-1"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
senate passes bill allowing bicycles, motorcycles to run red lights</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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 bill would allow bikers to proceed at a red light if the signal "fails" to turn green after a "one full cycle." Under the proposal, the discretion to go is in the hands
of the motorcyclist or bicyclist . . . "Our preferred best solution is for lights to get fixed," said Rob Sadowsky, the BTA's executive director.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.opb.org/news/blog/newsblog/video-tackles-loss-of-black-culture-in-portland/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
Humanities video tackles loss of black culture in Portland</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Avel Gordly, a former Oregon lawmaker and self-described warrior of light, and others discuss the loss of Portlands black communities in Future:Portland, a short video presented
by the Oregon Humanities.<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="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2015/03/oregon_house_passes_tech_tax_b.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
house passes tech tax breaks, but scales back Comcast's savings</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Oregon House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Friday to approve big tax exemptions for Google Fiber and data centers in the state, but it cut in half the size
of proposed tax breaks for Comcast and other telecom companies.<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="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2015/03/three_finalists_vie_for_willam.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Three
finalists vie for Willamette Falls Riverwalk design</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Three design teams selected from 14 proposals are in the running to design a new walkway along the northernmost edge of the country's second-largest waterfall, by volume.<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.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/03/post_169.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Labor leader recuses
himself from state decision on Jordan Cove LNG project after ethics complaint</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"">A trade union representative who serves on Oregon's Energy Facility Siting Council will recuse himself from any decision involving the Jordan Cove Energy Project after repeatedly
acting as a mouthpiece for the controversial project, state officials said Thursday.<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://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32865939-75/story.csp?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">New
oil transport rules could mean jobs for Springfield</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"">With crude oil moving across American railways at record rates, and several major derailments drawing heightened attention to rail car safety, Oregons congressional delegation
is pushing the federal government to speed up its efforts to write new standards for designing rail tank cars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2015/03/is-rooftop-solar-under-threat-in-oregon.html?ana=twt"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Is
rooftop solar under threat in Oregon?</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="MsoPlainText"><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 Business Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A recent Washington Post article highlights a move by utilities to persuade state regulators to levy fees that could upend the economics of rooftop solar. Oregon isn't in
the fight yet, but there are hints in recent testimony by Jim Piro, president of Portland General Electric Co., that it is coming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.opb.org/news/article/low-snowpack-could-lead-to-more-fires-in-oregon-and-washington/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Low
snowpack could lead to more fires in Oregon, Washington</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Low snowpack this winter could lead to an earlier, and more extreme fire season in the Northwest.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonbusiness.com/must-reads/14767-farmers-wary-of-warm-winter"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Farmers wary of warm
winter</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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%">OregonBusiness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Last month was 5.5 degrees warmer than an average Oregon February, triggering concerns about potential damage if plants bud early and then freeze.<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="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.opb.org/news/article/warm-ocean-temperatures-could-mean-trouble-for-marine-life/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Warm
ocean temperatures could mean trouble for marine life</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">It’s a double-whammy kind of year for the Pacific. An unusually warm winter in Alaska failed to chill ocean waters. Then this winters El Nino is keeping tropical ocean temperatures
high. Combine these and scientists are recording ocean temperatures up to 7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than average off the coasts of Oregon and Washington.
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<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.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/03/gov_kate_brown_to_declare_drou.html#incart_river"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Gov.
Kate Brown to declare drought emergency in Lake, Malheur counties</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"">Perilously low snowpack levels in two southeastern Oregon counties have Gov. Kate Brown ready to declare a dought-related emergency. The state's Drought Council has decided
conditions are so dry in Lake and Malheur counties, a crisis is underway. After receiving pleas from both counties to recognize a drought, the council has sent recommendations to the governor to make it official.<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/environment/index.ssf/2015/03/federal_sage_grouse_protection.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTM4MDE5NjkzNjMyOTkzOTExMDIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGmECDFpqJ9rrFnIfiwiYIc_SHuEQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Federal
sage grouse protections too weak, scientists say</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 Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Federal and state wildlife officials in Oregon and 10 other western states where greater sage grouse live have been scrambling to put protections in ...<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/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/juniper-its-not-just-for-gin-anymore/#.VQOuAAKysvi.twitter"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Juniper:
It's Not Just For Gin Anymore</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 (Think Out Loud)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Twisted old Juniper trees can make for a pretty photograph, but they don’t have a lot of commercial uses. And that can be a problem because there are a lot of juniper trees
in Eastern Oregon, taking up space and water, and changing the habitat for species like the sage-grouse. We talk to Dylan Kruse, coordinator of the Western Juniper Alliance, and Gerard LaBrecque, who mills juniper at Joseph’s Juniper Inc. about how several
bills before the Oregon Legislature would affect the juniper market.<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="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://klcc.org/post/oregon-leader-removing-invasive-juiper-save-sage-grouse#.VQW06H_5bX0.twitter"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
a leader in removing invasive juniper to save sage-grouse</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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%">KLCC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon is being praised for its efforts to remove invasive juniper trees, which are harmful to the greater sage-grouse. A report issued from the Natural Resources Conservation
Service says Oregon has been a leader in removing juniper and replanting native grasses and sagebrush. NRCS Agency Chief Jason Weller says sophisticated mapping has helped the State locate the invasive plant.<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.capitalpress.com/Livestock/20150317/oregon-expands-sage-grouse-conservation-agreements&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzk3OTY3MDc1NjI2MjkzMzU2MDIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGwULHOYOnSmaYAw103is4BgHOM1A"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
expands sage grouse conservation agreements</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">In return, landowners are protected from additional regulation for 30 years, even if sage grouse are listed as endangered. Oregon ranchers
describe ...<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.ktvz.com/news/Deschutes-Co-state-plan-south-county-sewer-open-houses/31897180&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA5OTk3ODY2ODcxODIzMTQwNzkyGjQxODRiZTE2N2UwNmNjYzI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHgVXdHUDUBO8PRXp1GRRKyXa2wmA"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Deschutes
Co., state plan south-county sewer open houses</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">KTVZ
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">The Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Land Conservation and Development, and Deschutes County will hold open houses
in April ...<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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2970531-151/bends-ugb-plans-receive-cautious-praise&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc1MjQ3OTg2MzE3MTU4NjIyNDIyGjQxODRiZTE2N2UwNmNjYzI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHCUNH5whYuBqRwjUHMBbfC2k7D3A"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Bend’s
UGB plans receive cautious praise</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Bend Bulletin
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Jim Rue, the director of the Department of Land Conservation and Development, the state agency the commission oversees, said he has
heard there's ...<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.eastoregonian.com/20150314/franell-umatilla-port-city-set-aside-egos-for-greater-good&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU3MDIwNzk1MjE0NzcyMDA0MDAyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFoQTL6f9bajX6cHKCM5xco5qJmBQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Franell:
Umatilla port, city set aside egos for greater good</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">East 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">... Umatilla in regard to the zoning issue that surfaced about a year ago and subsequently was sent to the Oregon Land Use Board of
Appeals (LUBA).<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="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20150317/pendleton-council-approves-16-million-financial-package-to-build-hangars?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Pendleton
council approves $1.6 million financial package to build hangars</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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%">East Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mirroring the high risk/high reward nature of the Pendleton Unmanned Aerial Systems Range, the Pendleton City Council approved a $1.7 million financial package from the
state at a meeting Tuesday night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/03/oregon_invests_16_million_in_d.html#incart_2box_business_index.ssf"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon
invests $1.6 million in drone test site to stay competitive with other states</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon is investing $1.6 million in the Pendleton drone test range to make sure the state isn't overshadowed as a home to an $11 billion emerging industry estimated to grow
to $80 billion within 10 years.<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="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2969990-151/planned-la-pine-biomass-plant-hinges-on-market"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Planned
La Pine biomass plant hinges on market</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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%">Bend Bulletin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Company: Electricity buyer first step in making the plant happen-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A wood-burning power plant remains a possibility for La Pine, with the city now taking the lead on the project from Deschutes County and the company behind it waiting for
a change in the energy market.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2015/03/wacom_moving_vancouver_office.html#incart_2box_business_index.ssf"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Wacom
joins tech stampede to Portland, moving office from Vancouver and adding dozens of jobs</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Japanese digital graphics company Wacom plans to move its U.S. headquarters from Vancouver to Northwest Portland next year, bringing a major new technology employer
to the city's urban core and hiring dozens of employees within the next few years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/253757-123585-multnomah-neighbors-riled-after-land-use-plan-comment-extension-rejected&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTAwMzMwNjc4OTcxOTMwMTg1OTgyGjkwZjkzNjAwOTIwZTU0YTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEaaMjvE10A9KRn_aWqQNUhThQuyQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Multnomah
neighbors riled after land-use plan comment extension rejected</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
<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 Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission has declined to extend the public comment period on the city's draft comprehensive
land-use ...<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="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2015/03/can_economies_boom_without_inc.html"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Can economies
boom without increasing global-warming pollution? It's already happening</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">There's a practical reason Republicans tend to be suspicious of climate-change science, and it has nothing to do with suspicion of science. It's because the GOP is the party
of business. And there's a direct connection between economic growth and carbon-dioxide emissions.<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.oregonlive.com/beaverton/index.ssf/2015/03/beavertons_urban_renewal_distr.html#incart_2box_beaverton-leader_index.ssf"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Beaverton's
Urban Renewal District expected to bank enough funds to spend</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 numbers are still rough, but it appears Beaverton's urban renewal district will pull in about $1.2 million next year. The city hasn't determined where to start spending
the funds, but is in the process of developing a five-year action plan. The $1.2 million gives the Beaverton Urban Redevelopment Agency, which oversees the district, the ability to seek up to $10 million in bonds in 2016 to start revamping Beaverton's urban
renewal district. The 997-acre district covers part of Murray Boulevard, historic downtown, Beaverton Town Square and the commercial area east of Oregon 217.<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="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/business/2969410-151/mixing-medical-recreational-marijuana"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">OLCC:
Don’t mix medical, recreational pot</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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%">Bend Bulletin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Officials say Oregon should not blend the two regulatory systems-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In one of its first messages to the Oregon Legislature, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission warned against allowing retail marijuana shops, expected to open in late 2016,
to sell from the same locations from which medical marijuana is dispensed. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2970537-151/hemp-navigating-state-law"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Oregon hemp growers
face obstacles</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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%">Bend Bulletin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Central Oregon farmers may be interested, but climate might not be right-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Oregon Department of Agriculture is issuing licenses for growing industrial hemp, and although no one in Central Oregon has applied yet, there has been interest.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20150316/warrenton-planning-commission-to-hear-oregon-lng-requests&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTU0MzM3Mjc3OTU5MTk1MDcyNTcyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF0rv-ijJNnqPVenTIKZvWYx2hQ2Q"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Warrenton
Planning Commission to hear Oregon LNG requests</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Daily Astorian
<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 firm is seeking to delete conditions of approval related to traffic that had been recommended by the Oregon Department of Transportation
in 2005.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2015/03/16/four-oregon-dairies-seeking-expansion/24857133/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Four
Oregon dairies seeking expansion</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Four Oregon confined animal feeding operations CAFOs are looking to expand, and the public is invited to comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Oregon Department of Agriculture regulates manure discharges form the state's approximately 516 CAFOs, which include dairies and feedlots.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/2015031681791/News/Local-News/Some-cities-lose-funding"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Some cities
lose funding</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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%">LaGrande Observer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Several small communities in Oregon, including North Powder and Wallowa, are no longer eligible for large grants that would help them pay for water and sewer systems, community
centers and food banks.<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/wlt/95-news/254167-123822-transportation-planning-near-halfway-point&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSNzE4NzIwNjE1Nzk3NDg1MjQ5Mho3ZDExNmQ5YzFhNjIxMDIxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNGEb0CdILJ-sfo-Z0aMlkLIWBCGIQ"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Transportation</span><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">
planning near halfway point</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">An ongoing effort to update West Linn’s Transportation Systems Plan (TSP) is just about halfway complete, as the city completes its evaluation of existing conditions
and begins to discuss potential solutions to improve transportation infrastructure.<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://bikeportland.org/2015/03/19/bill-moving-salem-includes-map-roads-transferred-city-control-135772&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCSoSNzE4NzIwNjE1Nzk3NDg1MjQ5Mho3ZDExNmQ5YzFhNjIxMDIxOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEhdTU0fWEiKKQzbM985Bd5XMgfZg"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Bill
moving through Salem could hasten transfer of state roads to city control</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">BikePortland.org
<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">As we reported in November, state legislators, the Oregon Department of Transportation, Metro and a broad-based group of transportation
advocates ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/254358-124340-panel-denies-dock-funding-again"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Panel denies
dock funding again</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Oregon Transportation Commission has again denied state money for a much-debated renovation of a Columbia River dock that became a proxy in a wider debate over coal
exports to Asia. The commission voted 3-1 Thursday for the allocation of $7 million in lottery-backed bonds to six other projects under Connect Oregon, which funds projects other than highways and bridges.
<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="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2015/03/19/coal-terminals-loss-salems-gain/25047559/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Coal
terminal's loss is Salem's gain</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Oregon Transportation Commission has again rejected spending $2 million in taxpayer dollars on a proposed coal export facility in St. Helens.<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="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.opb.org/news/blog/newsblog/eugene-makes-moves-for-bike-share-program/"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Eugene makes
moves for bike-share program</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon’s first public bike-share system is coming closer to reality.<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="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><a href="http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32885510-75/bill-expanding-gravel-mining-tracts-draws-ire-from-farming-environmental-groups.html.csp?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed"><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">Rock-mining
bill stirs debate</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><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="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-Farmers and environmentalists say the measure would make it harder to defeat gravel operations-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A controversial pro-gravel-mining bill sponsored by a prominent Lane County Democrat is drawing ire from farming and environmental groups. Opponents say House Bill 2666
could open up large tracts of valuable Oregon farmland to new sand and gravel mines.<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Direct: (503) 934-0073 | Main: (503) 373-0050<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM">www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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