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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="MsoPlainText"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2016/08/oregons_top_20_commodities.html#0">Oregon's Top Commodities</a>
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<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">In 2015, Oregon was home to 34,600 farms on 16,400,000 acres, according to the Department of Agriculture. Oregon as a whole is about 63 million acres. Oregon was the nation's
No. 1 producer of blackberries, boysenberries, hazelnuts, black raspberries, various seeds including orchardgrass and ryegrass, peppermint and Christmas trees in 2015.<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"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/08/draining_oregon_solutions.html#incart_river_index">Draining Oregon: What Can We Do About Over-Pumping?</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">Excessive pumping threatens communities with economic upheaval. It can rob water from streams where threatened steelhead struggle to find cool water spawn. It can sap wetlands
where other species rely on spring water to thrive.<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"><a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2016/08/21/new-court-ruling-limits-historic-designation-statute/88832950/">New court ruling limits historic designation
statute</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Salem Statesman Journal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Oregon Supreme Court has narrowed property owners' options for removing their historic designation. The court's Aug. 4 decision allows only the original property owner to
request the local government remove the historic designation; subsequent owners can not make such a request.<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"><a href="http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/320122-199776-washington-county-sets-vehicle-fee-in-motion">Washington County Sets Vehicle Fee In Motion</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">Washington County commissioners have set in motion a plan to impose a vehicle registration fee to raise money for local road work. But the proposed $30 annual fee, equal to
an amount that voters rejected in 2014, would be delayed until after the Oregon Legislature ends its next regular session in mid-2017.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://pamplinmedia.com/scs/83-news/319323-198657-st-helens-awarded-grant-to-fund-transportation-improvement-plan">St. Helens awarded grant to fund transportation
improvement plan</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%">Scappoose South County Spotlight<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">St. Helens was one of 15 cities in Oregon to receive grants ranging from $75,000 to $200,000 from the Transportation and Growth Management Program grant, which is supported by
the Department of Land Conservation and Development and the Oregon Department of Transportation, according a press release sent out Wednesday, Aug. 17.<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"><a href="http://www.dailyastorian.com/SS/news/20160819/what-will-maps-mean-to-you">What will maps mean to you?</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%">Daily Astorian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Residents in Gearhart, Seaside, Cannon Beach, Clatsop County and those in Warrenton’s Diking District No. 1 will be unable to buy flood insurance, renew existing flood insurance
policies and will face additional consequences unless their jurisdiction adopts new federal flood insurance rate maps.<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"><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/4609363-151/adjusting-to-state-marijuana-rules-is-tough-for?referrer=carousel1">Bend Residents Clash Over Neighborhood Marijuana
Grow</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">-Figuring out what’s legal and what isn’t can be confusing for residents and law enforcement alike-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bend resident Art Johnson and his wife wanted to retire in Bend. But so far, retirement hasn’t been quite as relaxing as they planned, Johnson said. After Johnson moved into
his home in east Bend, the house next door was sold to new neighbors who started using the property to grow medical marijuana. A warehouse next door constantly smells like marijuana and most of the windows are blacked out.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/4610175-151/hundreds-show-up-to-give-feedback-on-proposed?referrer=carousel2">Hundreds Show Up To Give Feedback On Proposed
UGB</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">-Plan sets guidelines for Bends urban growth-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">After listening to dozens of Bend residents give feedback on the citys plan to expand its urban growth boundary, Bend city councilors are working toward approving the plan.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/4602417-151/car-camping-raises-enforcement-questions-in-bend">Car Camping Raises Enforcement Questions In Bend</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">-While neighbors feel unsafe, court rulings make it tricky to enforce-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How to deal with people who sleep in cars throughout Bends neighborhoods has become a thorny enforcement problem for city officials. Last week, the issue became a topic of
debate at the Bend City Council meeting, and it’s something that has been brought up at various meetings since April. The most recent discussion was spurred when the city received an email from a Bend resident wondering what to do about a man sleeping in a
van in her neighborhood.<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"><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/opinion/4609589-151/janet-stevens-column-no-quick-solutions-to-bends">Janet Stevens Column: No Quick Solutions To Bend’s Affordable
Housing Problem – Opinion</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">Only one city in Oregon has built more affordable housing than Bend in the last 10 years, and its more than seven times larger than Bend. That said, both Bend and Portland
continue to have some of the least affordable housing in Oregon. Jim Long, the city’s affordable housing manager, knows that Bends shortage won’t end anytime soon. Meanwhile, the city continues to work to improve the situation, and with good reason.<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"><a href="https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/five-lessons-for-preserving-affordable-housing">How Cities Are Preserving Affordable Housing</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Next City<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Building more units will help, but preserving existing affordable housing is critical too: It’s generally cheaper than new construction, prevents displacement, takes advantage
of existing land use patterns and allows people to remain where they already live. But preservation also presents challenges of its own, often necessitating the blending of multiple federal, state and local funding sources and greater collaboration between
developers, policymakers and other stakeholders.<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"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/technology/cloud-computing-brings-sprawling-centers-but-few-jobs-to-small-towns.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160826&nlid=60914347&tntemail0=y">Cloud
Computing Brings Sprawling Centers, But Few Jobs, To Small Towns</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%">New York Times<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A giant Microsoft facility just outside this very small town hides behind a quarter-mile berm and a guard house, across the highway from the rubble of a demolished prison.
Behind the berm, six unmarked hangars each hold tens of thousands of computer servers. Microsoft has cleared enough scrub trees and vines for at least 15 of these buildings, and six more are already under construction.<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"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/08/communities-color-portland/493844/">The Atlantic Notes: Race Relations in Portland</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The Atlantic Monthly - online<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Readers and staffers, primarily from Portland, Oregon, discuss and debate the various issues surrounding race, ethnicity, and class in the city. (The ongoing conversation was
spurred by Alana Semuels’s article “The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America.”)<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"><a href="http://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/08/25/portland-wants-to-rethink-speed-limits-by-factoring-in-walkers-and-bikers/">Portland Wants to Rethink Speed Limits By Factoring
in Walkers and Bikers</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%">Streetsblog USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">State statutes usually limit how cities set speed limits. In Boston, for example, the City Council has voted numerous times to reduce the speed limit to 20 miles per hour, but
state law won’t allow it. Now Portland is taking on this problem. A pilot program expected to be approved by the Oregon Department of Transportation proposes a new way to evaluate what speeds are appropriate for urban areas.<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"><a href="http://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/08/26/engineers-to-u-s-dot-transportation-is-about-more-than-moving-cars/">Engineers to U.S. DOT: Transportation Is About More Than
Moving Cars</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%">Streetsblog USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A trade group representing the transportation engineering profession thinks it’s high time for American policy makers to stop focusing so much on moving single-occupancy vehicles
. . . In its comments to the Federal Highway Administration about how to measure performance, the Institute of Transportation Engineers — a trade group representing 13,000 professionals — said that, in short, the system should not focus so heavily on cars.<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"><a href="http://www.recordnet.com/article/20160821/NEWS/160829975">SJ looks to finalize winery ordinance</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 Record (Stockton)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to discuss an amendment to the ordinance relating to winery operations and events. Changes to the ordinance,
which was drafted in 2014, have been sought by residents who have become increasingly upset with the number of events held at neighboring wineries. The events, residents say, can attract hundreds of guests and generate unwanted traffic and noise, particularly
amplified music.<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"><a href="http://environment.yale.edu/news/article/yale-study-reveals-surprising-role-of-haze-in-warming-of-china-cities/">Study Reveals Surprising Role of Haze In the Warming
of Chinese Cities</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A new Yale-led study published in the journal Nature Communications sheds light on the surprising role that haze in China plays in promoting the urban heat island effect [UHI],
a process whereby city centers tend to be significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas.<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">Laura Buhl, AICP, CNU-A</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> | Land Use & Transportation Planner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Planning Services Division | Transportation & Growth Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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