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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! Happy New Year!</span></b><o:p></o:p></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,
agency announcements and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>New PAPA Database Tools from DLCD</b> – <a href="https://db.lcd.state.or.us/PAPA_Subscription/default.aspx">
<span style="text-decoration:none">Sign up to receive Plan Amendment Notifications automatically</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">DLCD has launched new options for receiving notification of plan amendments submitted to the agency. A notification service that sends a daily email of proposals or adoptions received, and user specified query
that allows a person to request information on proposals or adoptions submitted to DLCD during a specified time-period. If you have any questions or feedback, please contact DLCD's Plan Amendment Specialist at 503-934-0000 or
<a href="mailto:plan.amendments@state.or.us">plan.amendments@state.or.us</a><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"><b>Governor’s Regional Solutions Teams Launch Workforce Housing Initiative</b> –
<a href="http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1105173317681&ca=8aa16e17-e233-496d-b0fc-1c1030b19209">
<span style="text-decoration:none">Read the full announcement</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Oregon Housing and Community Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;background:white">Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS), in collaboration with Governor Brown's Regional Solutions Cabinet, has issued a Request for Applications (RFA) in support of workforce
housing pilot projects. The total amount of assistance available for all pilot projects is between $1,000,000 - $4,500,000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.kgw.com/news/local/oregon-second-most-popular-state-for-relocation-study-stays/504218372&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE2NjMyMDY0MTU5OTY2NTgyNjIyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEwflEXN7SckEWWZoxx94g68pb_Ew"><b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span></b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
second-most popular state for relocation, study stays </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">kgw.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">“This year's data reflects longer-term trends of movement to the western and southern states, especially to those where
<b>housing</b> costs are relatively lower, climates are more temperate and job growth has been at or above the national average, among other factors,” said Michael Stoll, economist and professor in the Department of Public Policy at the University of California.<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.kgw.com/entertainment/television/programs/portland-today/-priced-out-explores-gentrification/504586836&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE2NjMyMDY0MTU5OTY2NjA2MTIyGjQ3ZWQ0YWY2MGExODhmOTc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHAwFXAvUFwwzrobp6KXv4sULwaDw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
film 'Priced Out' explores Portland <b>gentrification</b> </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">kgw.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Filmmaker Cornelius Swart visits the Portland Today set to talk about his new documentary "Priced Out: 15 Years of
<b>Gentrification</b> in Portland, <b>Oregon</b>.” It's the feature-length sequel to his 2002 documentary “NorthEast Passage: The Inner City and the American Dream.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/tech/science/environment/2018/01/04/oil-drilling-oregon-washington-northwest-trump-proposal/1005548001/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIyNTI4MzM1ODU1OTkyMjY0ODEyGjdiZDlmYmJmNDhjZmRmYjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH7gwVvt518FwsbaOuIRdxt-XjVuA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Trump
moves to open <b>Oregon</b>, Washington coasts to oil drilling </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Statesman Journal
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The five-year
<b>plan</b> is the largest expansion of offshore drilling in U.S. history, making 90 percent of the Outer Continental Shelf available for exploration and development. It would reverse a decades-long ban that protects the West Coast from oil and gas drilling
and open drilling in new areas of the Arctic, the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
<b>Oregon</b> legislation prohibits drilling in its near shore “<b>territorial sea</b>” through 2023, Plybon said. “But any spill offshore can impact things near shore,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/382622-270434-city-hall-update-critics-continue-comp-plan-challenges&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTA1MDQzMTA1NTg1OTU5NDM3MDIaNDE4NGJlMTY3ZTA2Y2NjMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFzi_dGG1DvCT8bO4AU7sd_isctVg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">City
Hall Update: Critics continue Comp Plan challenges </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The Multnomah Neighborhood Association last Tuesday appealed the Oregon
<b>Department</b> of <b>Land Conservation</b> and <b>Development's</b> rejection of their challenges to the update of Portland's Comprehensive Plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.city-journal.org/html/fractured-west-15611.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTA1MDQzMTA1NTg1OTU5MzM4ODIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG0zEKPJ7wDZ3MsF1_mL0bO_GzKEw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Fractured
West </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">City Journal
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Urban</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">-<b>growth boundaries</b> make a lot of
sense in the Willamette Valley, where the vast majority of <b>Oregon's</b> population lives. Here is some of the best farmland in the entire United States. Pioneers who risked their lives on the
<b>Oregon</b> Trail 150 years ago came out West not for the mountains, beaches, and forests, but for that valley, with its rich soil and mild year-round temperatures. “Things like agriculture and water rights have no effect on people who live in skyscrapers.
Property rights issues don’t resonate with them.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/5877572-151/federal-agency-takes-aim-at-wildfires-in-sagebrush&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTA1MDQzMTA1NTg1OTU5MzY4MTIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGhgu3lfL4yN0ZHcDOG2kFhEE7XXg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Federal
agency takes aim at wildfires in sagebrush habitat </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Morse added that
<b>sage grouse</b> are particularly susceptible to impacts from wildfires. The <b>
sage grouse</b>, a ground-dwelling bird known for its elaborate mating rituals, lives in sagebrush across 11 Western states, including
<b>Oregon</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/opinion/state-official-raises-valid-concerns-about-pipeline-safety/article_aad1e613-b8a1-54cd-a178-5a8b45f21052.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTUxMjAxODcyOTExNzEwNDE1MjIaZTMyYzM5OThlYmM2M2U3YTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGjQU53KkreP-wvuBlVRnEpPg-qiA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State
official raises valid concerns about pipeline safety </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">NRToday.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The Mail Tribune published an article on December 11 about a letter from state geologist Brad Avy to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Avy wrote, "The scientific analysis of potential earthquake and tsunami hazards for the proposed natural gas pipeline and export facility is inadequate ...
<b>DOGAMI</b> (Department of Geology and Mineral Industries) find the information in the Resource Reports submitted by the applicant to be incomplete, has comments about possible deficiencies in the scientific and engineering analyses related to geologic hazards
and at this point is not satisfied that geologic hazards will be adequately addressed to ensure public safety.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/20180102/rural-counties-watch-closely-as-douglas-county-considers-rezoning-farm-land&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE2NjMyMDY0MTU5OTY2NjE1MTQyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFfpMOQ08Kzxc8OpcH2aJY5RaMxeg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Rural
Counties Watch Closely As Douglas County Considers Rezoning Farm <b>Land</b> </span>
</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The rezoning effort sets up a potentially major shift in how
<b>Oregon</b> — known for its conservative <b>land</b> use laws — manages a growing population. Some rural counties complain that
<b>Oregon's</b> laws that protect farms and forest <b>lands</b> are too restrictive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/20180102/dispute-erupts-over-replacing-farmland-dwellings&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTUxMjAxODcyOTExNzEwMjY0MTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEtM14SAM3Txlgdcli7CR32aGVKUg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Dispute
erupts over replacing farmland dwellings </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">A legal dispute has erupted over replacing dwellings on farmland in
<b>Oregon</b> due to an ambiguously written provision of the state's <b>land</b> use laws. The specifics of the controversy are convoluted, but it centers on whether
<b>Oregon</b> law allows landowners in “exclusive farm use” zones to rebuild dwellings that were torn down or destroyed by a natural disaster many years or even decades ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/or/newsroom/releases/%3Fcid%3DNRCSEPRD1374234&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE2NjMyMDY0MTU5OTY2NTg1NjgyGmU5OGM5MjUyY2VmODhhYTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG-PwtV6HnLPdGtHH3jhP0CrLjEzQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Opportunities
for Baker County landowners to maximize mule deer <b>habitat</b> </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Oregon Natural Resources Conservation Service (press release) (blog)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">BAKER CITY, Ore. — (Jan. 3, 2018) — Private landowners in Baker County may be eligible for financial assistance to help them improve
<b>habitat</b> for mule deer and other wildlife. The funding is available to eligible agricultural producers in the Keating Wildlife Management Unit. Applications should be submitted to the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office in Baker
City by March 16.<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.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/froskett-speckled-dace-01-03-2018.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTE2NjMyMDY0MTU5OTY2NjE1MTQyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEqhbLRk6O6Bmiv2B0ghpAe9UO9cA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Endangered
Species Act Success: <b>Oregon</b> Fish Recovered, Proposed for Delisting </span>
</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Center for Biological Diversity (press release)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The Foskett speckled dace was historically limited to one spring in the Warner Basin in eastern
<b>Oregon's</b> Lake County. The fish was protected under the Endangered Species Act in 1985.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2018/01/03/county-may-sell-former-deschutes-designated-land-greenville-developer/999572001/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE2NjMyMDY0MTU5OTY2NjE1MTQyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFwSlGSG1rgcHZzustRP6FAVdLJsw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">County-bought
<b>land</b> for Deschutes may go to Greenville residential developer for $5 million
</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Asheville Citizen-Times
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The 137-acre site on Brevard Road, accessible by Ferry Road, is in Bent Creek and was purchased by both city and county officials in an effort to lure
<b>Oregon</b>-based Deschutes to the area. The effort ultimately failed, leaving the
<b>land</b> unused since it was purchased for $6.8 million.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/2018/01/housing_crisis_highlights_our.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTUxMjAxODcyOTExNzEwNTkwMTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG27xPTd8NAGOPDkp5mZhugn2N8qg"><b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Housing</span></b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
crisis highlights our disparities: Letter to the editor </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">OregonLive.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Reading the guest opinion, "A class war brewing," on Dec 24, I was struck by how
<b>housing</b> shows the discrepancy between the haves and have nots. In <b>Oregon</b>, despite record wealth, homelessness has gone up 6 percent just this last year. Meanwhile,
<b>housing</b> prices keep surging.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/12/a_class_war_brewing_guest_opin.html"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none">A
class war brewing</span></em><span style="color:#4472C4;text-decoration:none"> (Guest opinion)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="ohs"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">OregonLive.com</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">It's beginning to look a lot like <em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">class war</span></b></em>. Last
Sunday, the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America gathered in downtown Portland to sing carols rewritten to reflect the rising rage against the Republican tax bill that passed this week. Songs included new takes on classics - "Away in a Mansion,"
“Have Yourself a merry Little Tax Scam” and “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Class War.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.bendsource.com/bend/new-year-new-ideas/Content%3Foid%3D4914250&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE2NjMyMDY0MTU5OTY2NjE2NjcyGjcyYTBmOWVhNDcxMmNhYTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHuyg983FxIWfvFp2zIqN6cF2xdBQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
Year, New Ideas. </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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 (press release) (blog)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">"Right now we're finishing up our
<b>comprehensive plan</b> which will be the guiding document for us in the next 10 years and will help prioritize project investment," says Michelle Healy, planning and park services director at Bend Park and Recreation District. Horton says the future of transportation
trails is in using Central <b>Oregon</b> Irrigation District ditch-rider canals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.thechronicleonline.com/news_paid/st-helens-to-hold-first-neighborhood-meeting-for-street-improvement/article_d9b8cf0e-efe8-11e7-9db6-83bfb4cb8b54.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTUxMjAxODcyOTExNzEwMzQyODIaNDE4NGJlMTY3ZTA2Y2NjMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGGTz25BOaU4vvlby1Savvr-pTG-w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">St.
Helens to hold first neighborhood meeting for Street Improvement Project </span>
</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">St. Helens Chronicle
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">St. Helens is planning for street improvements to some of the main roads and intersections in the city. To kick off the Riverfront Connector
Plan project, the City is hosting the first of three neighborhood meetings on Tuesday, January 16 from 6-8 p.m. in the St. Helens Council Chambers at City Hall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.hcn.org/articles/opinion-drastic-changes-in-forest-management-arent-the-answer-to-wildfire&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTE2NjMyMDY0MTU5OTY2NTgxMTcyGmZhZTc2OTM5MWJhODIxZjk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHoL8oskJZPZ1UHkZ2E7RVOM5jf1g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Logging
isn't the solution to our <b>wildfire</b> problems </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">High Country News
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Like a lot of small towns in the West, my town of Ashland,
<b>Oregon</b>, is nestled in a lovely valley surrounded by conifer <b>forests</b>. The
<b>forests</b> grow on public lands managed by the <b>Forest</b> Service and the Bureau of Land Management, and last year, as in many recent years, there were
<b>fires</b> on those lands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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/2018/01/post_62.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE2NjMyMDY0MTU5OTY2NjAzNzIyGjcyYmY4YTJiZTk5OTI3NjM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFy9OPPanpZrupcR6GFrt7M_3403A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Feds
propose removing protections for rare <b>Oregon</b> fish listed under <b>Endangered Species</b> Act
</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">OregonLive.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The fish has been listed as threatened under the
<b>Endangered Species</b> Act since 1985 and is found in "harsh conditions" of the desert waters of the great basin spanning parts of Southeast
<b>Oregon</b> and Nevada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/opinion/5824116-151/editorial-cities-should-have-control-of-transportation-plans"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none">Editorial</span></em><span style="color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none">: </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none">Cities
should have control of transportation plans</span></em></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span class="ohs"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Bend Bulletin</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">But it is evolving. A proposed change to the rule could be summed up as: Car bad. Local <em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">control</span></b></em> bad.
A state committee is drafting a policy that transfers more decision-making power on <em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">transportation</span></b></em> to Salem out of the hands of local government. That shouldn't happen.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.eastoregonian.com/eo/letters/20180102/letter-b2h-line-could-empower-eminent-domain&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTUxMjAxODcyOTExNzEwMzQzNTIaMzhlODdmMDU1ZTA1Yzg4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGJWgvol6n3-SG1zXbmeN0BQsPjWw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Letter:
B2H <b>line</b> could empower eminent domain </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">East Oregonian
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">This letter is in response to Idaho Power's intention to build a 500 kV power line through Eastern
<b>Oregon</b> and Idaho from Boardman to Hemingway, known as B2H. There are many ... Eminent domain laws for compensation in the case of
<b>transmission lines</b> are among the most restrictive.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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/oregon-lawmakers-to-propose-cap-and-trade-bill/680386427&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTA1MDQzMTA1NTg1OTU5NjI5NjIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHRB46Q2TfmHCUJCrUIhrNp0VivEw"><b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span></b><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
lawmakers to propose cap and trade bill </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">KTVZ
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The aim is to reduce the carbon emissions cap each year, and help
<b>Oregon</b> reach its goal of emissions that are 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. Sen. Michael Dembrow, a Democrat from Portland and one of the bill's chief architects, said recent changes will ensure that
<b>rural</b> Oregonians see the benefits of revenue generated by the program.<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://www.planetizen.com/news/2018/01/96547-new-york-spend-50-million-1500-protective-bollards&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTUxMjAxODcyOTExNzEwNTgzMTIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFSGBFBpGqforhq1fswqlS_Ma-RYA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
York to Spend $50 Million on 1500 Protective Bollards </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Planetizen
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">New York City officials, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, are responding to a wave of terrorist attacks and other tragic events with a
proposal to build protective bollards around the city.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Sadie K Carney</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Director’s Office</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Direct: (503) 934-0036 | Cell: (503) 383-6648 | Main: (503) 373-0050</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:sadie.carney@state.or.us"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue">sadie.carney@state.or.us</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> |
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue">www.oregon.gov/LCD/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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