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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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-SIZE: 10pt; 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></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #4472c4"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/Pages/news_2015.aspx#DLCD_Planning_Assistance_Grants_Awarded" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #4472c4">DLCD Planning
Assistance Grants Awarded </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #4472c4"></span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">Sixteen cities and counties across Oregon – from John Day to Wood Village – have been awarded planning assistance grants by Oregon’s Department of Land Conservation
and Development (DLCD). In total, $511,280 in grant money has been designated by the department to local and regional governments to complete projects that update and modernize planning documents and local regulations.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/Pages/news_2015.aspx#Sea-Level_Rise_Exposure_Inventory_for_Oregon's_Estuaries" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">Sea-Level
Rise Exposure Inventory for Oregon’s Estuaries </span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #737373">DLCD News
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">The exposure inventory fills a data gap for local partners working on climate adaptation planning and related coastal resilience issues. By identifying the assets
and geographies most likely to be impacted by sea-level rise in Oregon’s estuaries, the inventory prioritizes areas to focus resources.</span><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.bluemountaineagle.com/Local_News/20180112/city-moving-ahead-with-growth-strategy&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjQ1ODk3NTQ1Mjc3MjYxOTkxNDIaNDE4NGJlMTY3ZTA2Y2NjMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHtNqHDqAY2CLQhuOyRprO0RT0PCg" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">City
moving ahead with growth strategy </span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #737373">Blue Mountain Eagle
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">The city will apply for a $37,800 grant from the state
<span>Department</span> of <span>Land</span> <span>Conservation</span> and <span>
Development</span> to pay for the services. The goal is to promote house construction in John Day by providing cash and tax incentives to prospective homebuilders that the city would recoup through the increased tax revenues from the new development.</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/2018-01-17/endangered-species-and-wildlife/decision-expected-soon-on-fate-of-sage-grouse-plan/a61046-1&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgzNDc0OTc2Mjc1NjY0MTYzNTMyGjNmNmNhYzI4YjA0ZjBlYzY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHDj-FR0sP9Mr5hFkNC3c5ULArAmQ" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">Decision
Expected Soon on Fate of <span>Sage Grouse</span> Plan </span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; 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: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">The Interior Department is expected to announce its decision soon on the fate of the
<span>sage grouse</span> conservation plan, which spans <span>Oregon</span> and 10 other western states. Interior Secretary Ryan
<span class="SpellE">Zinke</span> says his agency is re-examining the plan to see if it hinders energy development, meaning
<span>sage grouse</span> habitat could be opened up to more drilling and mining.</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://democratherald.com/news/local/the-wetter-the-better-benton-county-aims-to-restore-hydrology/article_edcafa61-2118-56d9-ae5d-8f1e2ada3873.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTQ0MTAyMTA1OTk0MTY5MjYwMjIaZTk4YzkyNTJjZWY4OGFhMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEVsCyKVj-NTctHWWn7wCFXB1_j2Q" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">The
wetter the better: Benton County aims to restore hydrology and <span>habitat</span> at Jackson-Frazier
</span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #737373">Albany Democrat Herald
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">Benton County foreclosed on the property and assumed ownership in 1990, and in 1992 the county set it aside as a protected natural
area, prompted in part by a grassroots campaign led by the late <span>Oregon</span> State University professor Bob
<span class="SpellE">Frenkel</span>. <span class="SpellE">Frenkel</span>, who died early last year, also led the volunteer effort to finance and construct the boardwalk that opened in 1995 and now bears his name.</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/20180115/tsunami-resilience-study-at-top-of-gearharts-planning-goals&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgzNDc0OTc2Mjc1NjY0MTg2NjgyGjQxODRiZTE2N2UwNmNjYzI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFb_-sO83pQ7KDl0L8hZwdEZrRC7w" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">Tsunami
resilience study at top of Gearhart's planning goals </span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #737373">Daily
<span class="SpellE">Astorian</span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">By applying for a state
<span>Department</span> of <span>Land Conservation</span> and <span>Development</span> grant, the city could be among the first to
<span>develop</span> a coastal resilience plan. The $14,000 grant would be used to evaluate the city's risk to the Cascadia Subduction Zone tsunami hazard and decide which
<span>land</span> use measures to develop and implement to help reduce the city’s risk.</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/2018/01/portland_poised_to_drop_speed.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTQ0MTAyMTA1OTk0MTY5MzIxMTIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFI6H-WXFK8vLl21HQUEyr-JUu5Og" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">Portland
poised to drop speed limit to 20 mph on residential streets </span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #737373">OregonLive.com
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">"Broadly, the research would suggest that just changing out a sign isn't going to result in much change," said Chris
<span class="SpellE">Monsere</span>, a Portland State University <span>transportation</span> researcher. "If it's combined with some restrictions in width or other traffic-calming devices, perhaps with some advertising and enforcement, it could have an effect.”</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/wbi/152-news/384030-272971-woodburn-to-update-transportation-plan&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgzNDc0OTc2Mjc1NjY0MTYxNzQyGjcyYTBmOWVhNDcxMmNhYTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHLpRwGKDhL7sf6mY9HWpUa9brKkA" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">Woodburn
to update transportation plan </span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #737373">Pamplin</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #737373"> Media Group
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">Oregon</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525"> jurisdictions are required to have comprehensive
plans addressing 20 years of future growth that comply with statewide goals and guidelines. The transportation system plan, which is a key component of the
<span>comprehensive plan</span>, outlines projects, policies and strategies to improve all modes of the transportation system over the next 20 years.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/36330833-75/board-dismisses-challenge-to-eugenes-decision-not-to-expand-urban-growth-boundary-for-housing.html.csp" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">Board
dismisses challenge to Eugene's decision not to expand <span>urban growth boundary</span> for housing
</span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #737373">The Register Guard</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">An
<span>Oregon</span> land use board has dismissed a challenge to the city of Eugene's decision not to expand the city's
<span>urban growth boundary</span> for housing. But the fight may not be over. The Land Use Board of Appeals denied that the six errors that the Home Builders Association of Lane County alleged the city had made in using a study that underpins the
<span class="SpellE">nonexpansion</span> decision.</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/Opinion/Columns/20180116/column-for-oregons-farming-industry-support-clean-energy-jobs&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgzNDc0OTc2Mjc1NjY0MTkwMjIyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH9lEzMsLTnBcoxmeYS9_0RlICAfg" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">Column:
For <span>Oregon's</span> farming industry, support clean energy jobs </span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; 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: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">Clean Energy Jobs is designed to benefit all Oregonians, with tremendous opportunities for people who live in
<span>rural</span> parts of <span>Oregon</span>. It will help farmers pay to install advanced irrigation systems that are much more efficient, using less water and power, which saves money and guards against drought.</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.nrdc.org/experts/kevin-steinberger/western-renewable-energy-just-keeps-getting-cheaper&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgzNDc0OTc2Mjc1NjY0MTU5OTQyGmNlMGY0OWE4NTAzNTZkYWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGhrMcT5QqP43PeI6FBFg0KFHSFjQ" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">Western
<span>Renewable Energy</span> Just Keeps Getting Cheaper </span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #737373">Natural Resources Defense Council
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">Policymakers in the region should take note and ensure their states take full advantage highly competitive
<span>renewable energy</span>. <span>Oregon</span> and California both have enacted 50 percent renewable energy standards, and incredibly, new reports indicate that California is likely to meet that target a full 10 years early.
</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/36334710-75/salvage-logging-planned-after-big-wildfire-in-southwest-oregon.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODgyNDY4OTU3MDI4MTAwNzc0NDIaZmFlNzY5MzkxYmE4MjFmOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGCJzAd4ui7uepOSKeF7akBGJavaw" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">Salvage
logging planned after big <span>wildfire</span> in Southwest <span>Oregon</span>
</span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #737373">The Register-Guard
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">MEDFORD — Salvage logging is planned on more than 20 square miles of land that burned during last summer's
<span class="SpellE">Chetco</span> Bar <span>wildfire</span> in southwestern <span>
Oregon</span>. Documents obtained by the Mail Tribune newspaper show the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest eyes logging within lands already tapped for timber production and where the fire burned more than half the canopy cover.
</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.citylab.com/design/2018/01/the-granny-flats-are-coming/550388/%3Futm_source%3Dfeed&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTgzNDc0OTc2Mjc1NjY0MTk3MzcyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEQtK3c89tjhoAfv20KMuYfKxilqQ" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">The
Granny Flats Are Coming </span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #737373">CityLab</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #737373">
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">When
<span class="SpellE">Kol</span> Peterson moved to Portland, <span>Oregon</span>, in 2010, affordable
<span>housing</span> was a priority, as it was for many newcomers in this city's booming real-estate market. He looked at two frequently discussed options for high-cost cities—tiny houses on wheels and communal living—but decided on another option: accessory
dwelling units, or ADUs – also known as granny flats, basement and garage apartments, and the like.</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.bendbulletin.com/localstate/5915032-151/bends-affordable-housing-manager-retires&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgzNDc0OTc2Mjc1NjY0MTk3MzcyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGtk1mNB6KrfBFwaYrBIf7KzMll1A" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">Bend's
affordable <span>housing</span> manager retires </span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #737373">Bend Bulletin
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">And that success comes while the city of Bend receives less money per capita from a federal block grant program meant to support low-income
residents than any other entitlement city in <span>Oregon</span>. Bend receives about $446,000, or $5.12 per person, annually through the federal Department of
<span>Housing</span> and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant.</span></p>
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for everybody' </span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">House Bill 2012, co-sponsored by
<span>Oregon</span> House Speaker Tina <span class="SpellE">Kotek</span> and then-Rep. Cliff
<span class="SpellE">Bentz</span>, R-Ontario, was passed by the Legislature in 2017. It created the Eastern
<span>Oregon</span> Border Economic Development Region with the goal of making the region within
<span>Malheur County</span> more competitive with Idaho. In her interest form, Peterson states she “wholeheartedly” supports the premise of HB 2012. Through her practice, she has also seen “gaps and barriers to” developments along the border as well as “the
consequences of unchecked growth” in Idaho.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://urbanismnext.com/" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">National Urbanism Next Conference 2018 at Oregon Convention Center
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #737373">www.urbanismnext.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">Advances in technology such as the advent of autonomous vehicles (AVs), the rise of E-commerce, and the proliferation of the sharing
economy are having profound effects not only on how we live, move, and spend our time in cities, but also increasingly on urban form and development. While there has been a focused effort on research around the technological aspects of AVs, there has been
a shortage of systematic exportation of the secondary effects on city development, form, and design, and the implications for sustainability, resiliency, equity, cost, and general livability. Join us this March as experts from the public, private, and academic
sectors come together for three days of presentations, sessions, and interactive workshops.</span></p>
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companies eye <span>land</span> by Idaho Center Horse Park for manufacturing facility
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">NAMPA — Two companies have expressed interest in purchasing 10 of the 16 acres of surplus
<span>land</span> behind the Ford Idaho Center Horse Park to build a manufacturing facility. According to Mary Black, Snake River Paint Horse Club president, this property is vital for horse shows, which she said would relocate to
<span>Oregon</span> or Oklahoma if the land is sold. “The loss of this land is losing the horses and with that you will also lose at the hotels, fuel stops, restaurants, and that is just a start.”</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.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-gas-tax-oregon-california-mileage.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTgzNDc0OTc2Mjc1NjY0MTY1MzAyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH_tSnpu-CVbjUV5z-jjvwrgFMHmQ" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">With
Gas Taxes in Peril, More States Study Alternatives </span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">Oregon</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">, California and other states have proved
that it can be done, at least on a small scale. But there are still a lot of questions that must be addressed. The work comes as the per-gallon gas tax has become a less reliable source of funding for
<span>transportation</span> projects. Cars have become more fuel-efficient, and some don’t use gasoline at all.</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/blogs/96692-why-transit-ridership-declining&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTgzNDc0OTc2Mjc1NjY0MTU5OTUyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHBYgVShUzO3GKzXgsANU_9if6HHQ" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">Why
Is Transit Ridership Declining? </span></a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif"></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.liberianobserver.com/business/the-economy/rural-urban-shift-increasing-construction-works-threaten-urban-food-production/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODgyNDY4OTU3MDI4MTAwNjYyNzIaYjdhMTViYWZjYmZlODk0Mzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHIkktFDgTFJzWpWyidAby0MJSV9Q" target="_blank"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: #427fed">Rural-<span>Urban</span>
Shift, Increasing Construction Works, Threaten <span>Urban</span> Food Production
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: #252525">Moreover, the large population of urban cities do not only add up on the responsibilities of family members or friends who host them,
they also impact <span>urban agriculture</span> operations, as construction of homes, business centers, warehouses and offices are being witnessed on all forms of land including lowland and swampland.</span></p>
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