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<p class="MsoNormal"><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></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"">Past Land Use News weekly e-mails may be found here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://naturalresourcereport.com/2015/08/sage-grouse-rules-adopted/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYyMDA5MDY5NzA3ODYyNzc1MTkyGmVmNzU1ZjkyN2I3NGI2NTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFGJwa3jeh0OnkqUGvFHufcZZc2TQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Sage-grouse
 rules adopted </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></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">On July 24th, the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) adopted new rules that would allow limited development
 in core ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.naturalgasintel.com/articles/103233-sage-grouse-census-could-change-debate-on-listing&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU3MzU1MjI3Njc3NDA4OTY5NzUyGjNmNmNhYzI4YjA0ZjBlYzY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFBUKUyqNk5ckIXV7nmXNiCrjCLug"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Sage
 Grouse</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> Census Could Change Debate on Listing
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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 greater sage grouse became a candidate for protection under the ... across nine states: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
 Oregon, ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-transfer-policy-gentrification-affects-schools/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTk3NjgwMDgxNDY4MjY5MTEwMjIaNTViMjcyMjk4ODE3YjY1Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEuo0nM_o2bs41szXFxqHpozy7A6w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">When
 Gentrification Meets School Choice, Portland-Style </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></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">Rising home prices have brought a profound demographic change to the Boise neighborhood in North Portland: the white population has
 almost ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/08/03/builders-challenge-portland-ore-parks-fees.htm&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjAzMDg0NTAzMjk5MDczMzkwODIaMGY3MWZhYzgwZThhZWY0Yzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHspE2iiXYcvzwWAwlZwiJIA7a--g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Builders
 Challenge Portland, Ore. Parks Fees </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></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">... including the Oregon Association of Realtors, claim the city did not identify how it will spend its "windfall," as required by Oregon
 law. ... Dave Nelson, CEO of the co-plaintiff Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland, said ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/268467-142592-no-expansion-likely-for-metro-urban-growth-boundary&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM3MTIyNjA2NjczNzAxNzU5NjQyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHVU3TU3RtUD5A_DnD7QEadYKecQg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">No
 expansion likely for Metro urban growth boundary </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Pamplin Media Group
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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">Not expanding the Urban Growth Boundary this year would maintain a ... Land Use Board of Appeals and, from there, the Oregon Court of
 Appeals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendsource.com/bend/building-bends-future/Content%3Foid%3D2524006&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTk3NjgwMDgxNDY4MjY5MjU0NDIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHnImXF3YhPRk9bsWjAJt4PZ98P2g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Building
 Bend's Future </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Source Weekly
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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">And some city leaders believe that loosening up the Urban Growth Boundary could provide some relief from that chokehold. It is a basic
 theory that ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2015/08/05/main_line_suburban_life/news/doc55c0f1645137f861955356.txt&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM3MTIyNjA2NjczNzAxNzQ1NTMyGmI2NDkzZjAwZThhZWVhNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHX_Xk5frl_wZIc10-O3ykhyNBVww"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Radnor
 Planning Commission mulls Mixed Use PLO zoning overlay </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></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">RADNOR >> The Radnor Planning Commission discussed a proposed zoning overlay for the Planned Laboratory Office district that encompasses ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/2015/08/05/3925964/oregon-warning-marijuana-growers.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTk3NjgwMDgxNDY4MjY5MTAxOTIaOWMyOGU4MDRhNWZlM2NmYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHzt-4WhDp3uV84oAFnUqva0_bZsw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
 warning marijuana growers against illegal pesticides </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></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">The Oregon Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it has drawn up a ... the Oregon Health Authority is sending to registered medical
 marijuana ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.hannibal.net/article/20150806/NEWS/150809604&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTOTk3NjgwMDgxNDY4MjY5MTkyNTIaODE5ZjZlMjg1YjNmNmVkMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFMq19KUlzWoCrIASRcvU87GAygMA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Harvard
 review of housing programs to be presented to funding sources </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></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">... Programs Carla Potts in partnership with the Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission and the Illinois Two Rivers Regional Council
 of Public ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-weight:normal">Welcoming the Flood With Open Arms</span></em></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">By far, the biggest challenge that will face
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">Miami</span></em> over the next century is the changing sea levels. A reputation for eye-grabbing curves aside, ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 Will Become Of China's Ghost Cities?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">All</span></em><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> in hopes that its rural population will one day move
 to a flat in a city without a mayor. ... population will be 1 billion; three times that of the United
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">States</span></em>. ... That would require the construction of
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">50</span></em> Bostons, or six Shanghais, by 2020. ... Tattoed
<em><span style="font-weight:normal">hipster</span></em> and Silk Road traveling journalist Wade Shepard calls ...<span style="color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/these-are-the-10-best-states-for-people-with-disabilities_55bb96fde4b0d4f33a0280ab&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYyMDA5MDY5NzA3ODYyNzYwODIyGmUxZTg2YzM5Mjg1OTlmMTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFY4EWWPgbc_4Qx4vG0ZEb9OOkjgQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">These
 Are The 10 Best States For People With Disabilities </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></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">According to the United Cerebral Palsy's most recent ranking of the best states for people with disabilities, there are five distinct
 categories. It requires ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 Traffic a Plus for Walkable Developments </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></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">Olsen: “People spaces, eyes on the street, slow-moving traffic and a few strategically located parking spaces are essential in a walkable
 development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/2015-08-05/article-4236736/The-political-power-of-walking/1&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTM3MTIyNjA2NjczNzAxNzQwNjUyGmZkNjcyMDJkYzBjYmQzNzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGMaJARhdme0h-zgEJ6eEan7yQZ3A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
 political power of walking </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></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">In the walkable neighbourhoods, elderly or frail residents living alone had some acquaintance with the local barber or letter carrier
 or fruit-market ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2015/08/uber-and-public-transit-are-trying-to-get-along/400283/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYyMDA5MDY5NzA3ODYyNzY4MzIyGjk2ZDNiMmQ0YzYwYWQ2MGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFxHCipwhcv0PAQDjYjrfj1DcB4iw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Uber
 and Public Transit Are Trying to Get Along </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></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">But the e-hail cab company seems to be making an effort with public transportation agencies in the U.S., at least if a few early partnerships
 are any ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/08/firefighters_work_to_put_out_f.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU3MzU1MjI3Njc3NDA4OTgwNzQyGjA5ZGRjMzIzMTJjYzFhYzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFYQPoyHgSrcXiYsehzBYK_1rz-5w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon
 wildfires</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> at a glance: Crews continue to do battle
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></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">The fire area and forest roads remain closed to the public, and Oregon 138 remains open with the aid of a pilot car. The cause of the
 fire remains ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.trivalleycentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/arizona_news/wet-el-nino-winter-expected-to-raise-state-reservoir-water/article_e3d147c0-3a03-11e5-8b78-07d60d1db89f.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTYyMDA5MDY5NzA3ODYyNzc1NjEyGjhhMjBlYTE0ZDhjZGQzM2M6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG2xLoNtFHdxPt44IamLV6t8617RA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Wet
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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">“What we would ideally like is a good soaking rain before we get our first snowfall,” Selover said. “So the soil gets wet, then we have
 our snow pack on ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2015/08/01/dallas-conserve-water-help-parched-users-downstream/31009783/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTU3NzMzNzE0NTY3NDcwOTg1MTIyGjJkMGFiM2Q5Yzk5NWVmYTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHwoUijM8DbwbGYt6vHIbPoIL46Kw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Dallas:
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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">In Oregon, water is publicly owned. However, cities, farmers, businesses, factory owners and some others must obtain water-rights permits
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Water/20150806/usda-extends-drought-disaster-to-more-pnw-counties&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU3MzU1MjI3Njc3NDA4OTY5MzIyGmVkODRjNjYyMzViYjc1YTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFrkvpsbnDCWbXJ5T07ltTp3hAedg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">USDA
 extends drought disaster to more PNW counties </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">USDA extends drought disaster to more PNW counties ... ranchers eligible for federal drought relief in 18 Washington counties, seven Oregon counties ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.kval.com/news/local/In-drought-Pacific-Northwest-cities-farms-face-water-cuts--320443302.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYyMDA5MDY5NzA3ODYyNzUzNTMyGmVkODRjNjYyMzViYjc1YTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGpYUEwdsWz1kJpfOdynlYEGAQ6mQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">In
 drought, Pacific Northwest cities, farms face water cuts </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></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">(AP) — A deepening drought in the Pacific Northwest is forcing some cities, ... Brown has also declared drought emergencies in 23 of
 Oregon's 36 ...<o:p></o:p></span></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">A dry summer in Southern Oregon means the important salmon and ... By the 1980s, water rights associated with the dams had been abandoned, ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sadie K Carney</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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