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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!
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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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/bend/3987717-151/bend-ugb-expansion-nearly-ready-for-state-review&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMjE0OTIyGmZjNjY1MGY0NWM0YjE5Zjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGDnD8s_FZ9enhg2-SxgibLxobMew"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bend
UGB expansion nearly ready for state review </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></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">Wednesday, the urban growth boundary steering committee — consisting of all seven members ... Under Oregon land use law, commercial
development and urban-style neighborhoods ... Both properties would come in to the UGB.<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.ktvz.com/news/special-report-bend-parks-soar-while-streets-break-down/37895376&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI2NzQzMjk0NTgxMDQ5NjYwMzkyGjJjYmE4ZjE2YTU3YWYzOWI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGywlYnzvPHL9GyEGYjUlTyu0qXTA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Special
report: Bend parks soar, while streets crumble </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KTVZ
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">“Oregon has a very complex and bizarre property tax system,” said ... dictated property tax payouts since the early 1990s, Measure 5
and Measure 50.<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=https://ecowatch.com/2016/02/07/noaa-climate-change-beer/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM2Nzc1NDEyOTA2OTE3NDIxMzAyGjI1Y2IwODI3NTVjNjAzYzM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFdY_a6PXBbIJ2v1R3y13BDFpSv0A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Climate
Change Poses Threat to Key Ingredient in Beer, NOAA Warns </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">Climate Change Poses Threat to Key Ingredient in Beer, NOAA Warns ... 15 percent in Oregon and 11 percent in Idaho, according to data
from Hop ...<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.tillamookcountypioneer.net/citizen-soil-scientist-to-share-advanced-agricultural-growing-techniques-at-nehalem-bay-garden-club-presentation/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTM2Nzc1NDEyOTA2OTE3Mzk5NjUyGmYyM2VhOGI3ZDQ0MDkzZDE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEgbhSDxb2rZsSDA7t6LVPjIJYc7Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">'Citizen
soil scientist' to share advanced agricultural growing techniques at Nehalem Bay Garden ...
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Tillamook County Pioneer
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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">MANZANITA, Ore. – “Citizen soil scientist” Jim Karnofski plans to present “Your Soil: The Basis of Health,” a talk geared toward helping
local ...<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://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/292608-169755-epa-harbor-superfund-cleanup-plan-must-be-approved-by-end-of-year&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMjA3MTAyGjBiMGY5ZGU5MzZmZjBiZDU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHxY55UkwO2MwEnSF3KkOhptFG08Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">EPA</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">:
Harbor Superfund cleanup plan must be approved by end of year </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">Grandinetti told the council the EPA is expecting to present its plan for ... discussion session, noon-1:30 p.m., Oregon Museum of Science
& Industry, ...<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.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20160210/oregon-lngs-final-environmental-review-pushed-back&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI2NzQzMjk0NTgxMDQ5NjMzMjkyGmU5OGM5MjUyY2VmODhhYTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF6joNEO18I8i3AAW03227OOr5QTA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
LNG's final environmental review pushed back </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Daily Astorian
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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">Opponents and supporters of Oregon LNG's terminal and pipeline project ... result in adverse impacts on water quality and fish and wildlife
habitat.<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.ktvz.com/news/groups-seek-court-order-to-change-deschutes-river-flows/37923594&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMjEyOTcyGjBiNTJlNjJiODUyNDA4MDA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE1FGpy-6eZiITIaPPxSZaL59kbLQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Groups
seek court order to change Deschutes River flows </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">KTVZ
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">"Mike Britton, President of the Deschutes Basin Board of Control, which represents eight irrigation districts, said in response to the
environmental ...<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.hoodrivernews.com/news/2016/feb/10/inclusionary-zoning-city-county-support-affordable/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMTg5ODgyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHIOaMIk7TvAmXK0sMHmGetkYUnNQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">City,
county support affordable housing bill </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Hood River News
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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">City, county support affordable housing bill ... units to be built alongside market-rate housing — has been illegal in Oregon since
1999, but many Hood ...<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.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20160209/affordable-housing-bills-encounter-farmer-objections&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMjEzMTAyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHVqkZyXr7_J9GLeBQ1Ath9fIf0cg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Affordable
housing bills encounter farmer objections </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;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:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">SALEM — With advocates for the poor lamenting Oregon's “affordable housing crisis,” lawmakers are considering altering land use laws
to allow more ...<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.gazettetimes.com/news/opinion/columnists/as-i-see-it-bill-would-deny-public-voice-in/article_e2c2d808-806e-5cde-b316-63f93e9a89f0.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMjEzMTAyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNELVBgy7aPwQs9eeG964Y-rLa-A_g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">As
I See It: Bill would deny public voice in land use </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Corvallis Gazette Times
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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">Oregon land</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> use planning is viewed as the national
gold standard, thanks largely to goal No. 1: “citizen involvement.” This is once again under attack ...<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://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2016/02/11/oregon-bill-proposes-ban-coal-generated-electricity-2035&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMjIwNDAyGmNlMGY0OWE4NTAzNTZkYWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGBqi0zv-00WYi5vEiin-SiuNN85w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Bill Proposes Ban on Coal-Generated Electricity by 2035 </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 Heartland Institute
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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">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> Bill Proposes Ban on Coal-Generated Electricity
by 2035 ... uncalculated amounts of money subsidizing uneconomic renewable energy ...<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://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/34041070-75/story.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI2NzQzMjk0NTgxMDQ5NjY3NzEyGjBkOWRiZDQ4NGE4NDAzNzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGCGfX6oGzHUmH4DU50L6oVi3v84w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bill
to let mass-transit agencies, including Lane Transit District, impose payroll tax on all workers ...
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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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">SALEM — A bill that would let six Oregon mass transit agencies, including the Lane Transit District, impose a new payroll tax on all
workers in their ...<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://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/34048079-75/story.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMTgzODgyGjIxYWM4ODFhODA1ZjlkMTI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGen9WG0blAHl7Fpuzy9xtqAdpWnQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland
agencies object to proposed doubling of Oregon lodging tax, posing hurdle for TrackTown ...
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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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">That version would permanently boost funding for Travel Oregon, the state's tourism marketing agency, and for the regional tourism agencies
around ...<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://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/292451-168943-study-digs-into-regions-housing-affordability&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI2NzQzMjk0NTgxMDQ5NjY4ODAyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHx2MR6bBY0LeBocxxmgzOVTrSE-g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Study
digs into region's housing affordability </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></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" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525">Chase is leading Metro's first look at housing affordability in the region. ... Many at the summit also hoped the 2016 Oregon Legislature
would repeal ...<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.publicnewsservice.org/2016-02-09/housing-homelessness/affordable-housing-supporters-gather-in-salem/a50261-1&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTI2NzQzMjk0NTgxMDQ5NjY4ODAyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEeYnUAGFt-fRwddRysyl420MKZig"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Affordable
Housing Supporters Gather in Salem </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#737373">Public News Service
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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">Advocates are meeting in Salem to discuss ways to fix the state's affordable-housing shortage. (Oregon Food Bank) ...<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.wallowa.com/opinion/20160208/guest-column-vacation-rental-ban-is-out-of-bounds&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI2NzQzMjk0NTgxMDQ5NjQ1NzUyGjYxOGZlZTA4OTZhNWU5OGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFZZeKe9egd7_jEwb0Kk56xzNRT5A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Guest
column: Vacation rental ban is out of bounds </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 City of Joseph's proposed ban of vacation rentals runs afoul of Section 18 of Oregon's Bill of Rights, which states that “[p]rivate
property shall not ...<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://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/34045261-78/urbanites-arent-hurting-rural-areas.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI2NzQzMjk0NTgxMDQ5NjM0NjQyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFDcpYA7300wZptGJlc3Q15BO6B2g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Urbanites
aren't hurting rural areas </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">This idea that urban Oregonians' elitist regulations have destroyed rural Oregon feeds the poor-me, cowboy-as-victim narrative that
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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/oregon-standoff/2016/02/malheur_refuge_occupation_spar.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMTg0MDEyGjJlYzBmOTAxZjU2YWM5MGY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHRI_p2AkFKDIv3JaaGWENOWwdkZw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Malheur</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
refuge occupation sparks fears of incursion in neighboring county </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">Fedor Zarkhin | The Oregonian/OregonLive ... The draft resolution states that the county supports a "peaceful resolution" to the protest
at the Malheur ...<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.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20160210/oda-schedules-meetings-on-gypsy-moth-spraying-plan&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMjE5MzYyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFX7HamBNdoEJLAuHb_58rhiIVk8g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">ODA
schedules meetings on gypsy moth spraying plan </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">A gypsy moth caterpillar feeds on a tree. The Oregon Department of Agriculture proposes to spray 8,674 acres in North Portland this
spring to head off ...<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.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2016/02/10/398283.htm&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMTkwOTIyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFhO18EsWIPMJGdgy0V-NElxK_oFw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Rural
Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> Fire Service Suspended Due to Insurance Lapse
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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 Lakeside Rural Fire Protection District in Oregon has suspended emergency operations because of a lapse in its insurance policy.
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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/environment/index.ssf/2016/02/post_47.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMTg0NDAyGjYxMmQ3MTJlZGE1OTYzMmI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHS9TXnxruD8MTKk7fkFVHK8eLcpQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Environmentalists
decry wolf delisting bill as unnecessary, 'undemocratic' </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 Fish and Wildlife Commission voted last year to remove the ... of the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
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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://newswire.net/newsroom/news/00091752-chaos-in-oregon-as-landslide-swallows-up-highway.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTM2Nzc1NDEyOTA2OTE3NDM0OTQyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHzEnlmjE7xAjofn8KI9_UZNloUZA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Chaos
in Oregon as Landslide Swallows up Highway </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 spokesman for the Oregon Department of Transportation, Jared Castle, ... "It's just part of the battle of having the Oregon Coast
Highway located ...<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://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/292895-169244-wilsonvilles-transit-plans-collide-with-trimets&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMjA3ODgyGjY4NTk1MTEzZWM0OTEwMGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHVMYhpqRnZelXqKrk-Vw5DH1tv6w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Wilsonville's
transit plans collide with TriMet's </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 City of Wilsonville's SMART (South Metro Area Regional Transit) ... sibling to the north: the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation
District of Oregon, ... receive services from the state's largest public transportation agency — until ...<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://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/34043738-78/back-off-on-transit-tax.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMjA3ODgyGjY4NTk1MTEzZWM0OTEwMGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF-5oVQFs7EkE0vOvSprQWUFi2mhg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Back
off on transit tax </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">Transit</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525"> districts' protected status comes with a
risk: Because there is no direct outlet for public discontent, resentment might build to the point at which it ...<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/commuting/index.ssf/2016/02/bill_would_allow_trimet_other.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI2NzQzMjk0NTgxMDQ5NjQ1MjMyGmZjNmM4NzUzZGYyNDAxMWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHKX4BSQSSuRPYYoR0jxj4WsMGuxw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bill
would let TriMet, other transit agencies tax employees' wages </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">A bill in the Oregon Legislature would authorize TriMet and other transit ... Some traditionally pro-transit groups — 1000 Friends of
Oregon, Better ...<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://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/292793-170117-brown-withdraws-resilience-officer-nominee&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI2NzQzMjk0NTgxMDQ5NjY4MjgyGmNlMGY0OWE4NTAzNTZkYWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEiv_Pd5ik4PGkgY67noV9lDgE5VQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Brown
withdraws resilience officer nominee </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">Brown's nominee, Derek Smith, a former CEO of Clean Energy Works, had no ... A panel of five - Cameron Smith, director of the Oregon
Department of ... its sphere to include seismic retrofits, solar energy and indoor air quality work.<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/opinion/index.ssf/2016/02/mandatory_inclusionary_zoning.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSODY2OTYwMzE0NDUwMTIwNDg1MhoyZjc3MDBlMjA5YmI5NjBiOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFS602OHdrMYULnPbCNaGjXdaaZNA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Mandatory
inclusionary zoning will make housing more expensive (OPINION) </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">Like many cities in the U.S., Portland is experiencing an affordable housing crisis. This month, the Oregon Legislature is considering
a package of bills ...<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.nrtoday.com/news/20485717-113/umpqua-basin-partnership-receives-grant-to-protect-improve&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM2Nzc1NDEyOTA2OTE3NDA2MTAyGmU5OGM5MjUyY2VmODhhYTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGHUgzgaUp0d5BC9Mo1l_TYtFlgrQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Umpqua
Basin Partnership receives grant to protect, improve habitat </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">OWEB distributed financial awards to several organizations to support fish and wildlife rehabilitation throughout Oregon. The board
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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.planetizen.com/node/83847/smart-growth-policies-urban-affordability-and-fertility&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMjE0MTQyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF2JLwNLTPnNcVRAdlNhkO2f8Oc4A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Smart
Growth Policies for Urban Affordability and Fertility </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 new International Housing Affordability Survey contains errors and biases identified in previous editions. The author even claims
that compact ...<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://mynorthwest.com/1024/2911313/How-Seattles-Lake-City-is-about-to-get-a-whole-lot-safer&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMzNTE2MzI3MDQ4NjYyMTkxMTgyGmUwNWU1Zjc3NWRhNTQxY2M6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHRLrFbNc03q8y4EYo6ny_PDgS9YA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">How
Seattle's Lake City is about to get a whole lot safer </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 Safe Routes To Schools Coordinator Brian Dougherty, $1 million of the $930 million Move Seattle levy is being used
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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/2016/02/08/utah-fights-feds-over-sage-grouse.htm&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTM2Nzc1NDEyOTA2OTE3NDM1NjgyGmYwMTQxZDQzOGI2ZWFlNTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG5mHAA8pPeMh9B34hDTBnQTK35yQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Utah
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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">Gary Herbert, the state, and the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration sued the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S.
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