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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!</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#212121"><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/SS/news/20180308/listening-to-the-land-series-at-seaside-library&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI1MzQ4MzczNDA1MTc4ODEzODcyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEhgUGbWYiOZbJxesBQz4KFyc09kw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Listening
to the Land series at Seaside Library </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">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">On Wednesday, March 21, the Necanicum Watershed Council Listening to the Land series hosts Kim Nelson, research wildlife biologist at
Oregon State University. Nelson will share about the enigmatic marbled murrelet in Oregon, a dove-sized seabird that lives primarily at sea and returns to nest in mature conifer forests.<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.mycolumbiabasin.com/2018/03/09/hermiston-wins-big-with-county/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI1MzQ4MzczNDA1MTc4ODEwMTUyGjY3MzBjYmFmYjM0OTAyNGY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGj_7LAOuJDJQYL3_Aj8NDhRz7M6Q"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Hermiston
wins big with county </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">My Columbia Basin
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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">PENDLETON, Oregon – The city of Hermiston reaped rewards at yesterday's meeting of the Umatilla County Board of Commissioners meeting.
The commissioners approved turning its 50 percent ownership of the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center to the city, and earmarked enterprise zone funds to the city for infrastructure to support new housing.<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://transportationtodaynews.com/news/8565-50000-evs-expected-oregons-roads-2020/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI1MzQ4MzczNDA1MTc4ODA5MjIyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGn7k37LgMacK7VDJs3enxgzDu55g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">More
than 50000 EVs expected on Oregon's roads by 2020 </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">Transportation Today
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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">These efforts get Oregon closer to meeting the benchmarks set in the 2016 Clean Electricity and Coal Transition Act. The state legislation
sets the goal of more than 80 percent of electricity coming from renewable and clean sources by 2040. “We are making the grid more efficient, cleaner, and more reliable,” Sefan Bird, Pacific Power president and CEO, said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://patch.com/oregon/wilsonville/i-5-traffic-congestion-plan-open-house-next-week&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTI1MzQ4MzczNDA1MTc4ODA5MjIyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFG_Mn6L8ytV1WQcjBIg-fZji1Kww"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">I-5
Traffic Congestion Plan Open House Next Week </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">Patch.com
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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 Council approval of the plan is expected in May, with adoption this summer by the Oregon Transportation Commission for inclusion
in the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) and Metro Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). For more information, check the project web site at www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/I-5BooneBridge.<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://bikeportland.org/2018/03/07/the-odot-files-portland-mercury-checks-in-on-freeway-tolling-efforts-270614&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTI1MzQ4MzczNDA1MTc4ODA5MjIyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFHz2nx9h7yViL4MXWn1px7_-BouA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
ODOT Files: Portland Mercury checks in on freeway tolling efforts </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">BikePortland.org
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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 a firm hired by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), none of the dozen highway-widening projects that are currently
being planned in and around Portland by state officials would be enough in coming years to stem the increasing congestion choking Portland highways.<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.bendsource.com/bend/grow-woes/Content%3Foid%3D5330998&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTI1MzQ4MzczNDA1MTc4ODEzODcyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEJCHaE4pI2luMzG1-9cHrwLve3pg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Grow
Woes </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)
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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">Fox and many other opponents say "industrial" cannabis operations are incompatible with rural, agricultural communities. They run afoul
of the spirit, if not the letter, of Oregon's land-use law. "The growers want to use land that has been used for farming and livestock for something that doesn't need land,” Fox said. “They don’t need dirt, They just need space and water.”<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://siskiyou.sou.edu/2018/03/07/southern-oregon-tenants-union-pickets-against-rent-increase/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTI1MzQ4MzczNDA1MTc4ODI1MjUyGjQwZGU4YzMxOWVmZWZiZTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF2ImUIsoT9lWRoC4M_RDdRQg3dZw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Southern
Oregon Tenants' Union Pickets Against Rent Increase </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">Siskiyou
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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">Nothing is possible unless you introduce it and speak for it and argue why it should happen. I'm fine having that discussion with the
Medford City Council.” Southern Oregon is facing a housing crisis. Jesse Sharpe, who works for Community Alliance of Tenants said “The most recent data from the Oregon Department of Education puts Medford with the highest K-12 homelessness rates of any metro,
with nearly 10% of the k-12 student population experiencing homelessness.”<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/portland/index.ssf/2018/03/portland_makes_permanent_rule.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI1MzQ4MzczNDA1MTc4ODEyNjMyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHkeB2dYgQEdTglgZ8RsJuOntnAJA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland
makes permanent rule that landlords must pay some tenants' moving costs </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
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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 program, a brainchild of Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, is designed to address Portland's escalating housing and homelessness crisis,
in addition to other steps taken by the city council. It had been used on a trial basis for a year before commissioners made it permanent, and included a blanket exemption for landlords that own only one rental unit.<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/business/index.ssf/2018/03/portland_city_council_nixes_pe.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTI1MzQ4MzczNDA1MTc4ODEyNjMyGjJmNzcwMGUyMDliYjk2MGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEtJ0dg5CcpWX5WzBSNaUYoQgqB6A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland
City Council nixes Pearl District apartment building opposed by neighbors </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
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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 design took advantage of several density bonuses for including housing, bicycle facilities and a "green roof" covered with vegetation
to absorb stormwater. The developer also sought several exemptions from design standards, including approval for a taller but thinner tower than is allowed by right under the rules.<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.bendsource.com/bend/mitchell/Content%3Foid%3D5331021&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI1MzQ4MzczNDA1MTc4ODA3NjcyGjk4Y2JkMzkzNWM0ZjE3N2M6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHU7fEl-cX8kAo96dG2_TsKroItwg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Mitchell:
Exploring the Painted Hills </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)
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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">If you're looking for lunch and a beer, Mitchell has its very own brewery—Tiger Town Brewing Company. located on Main Street. Population:
121. TIME from Bend: 1 hr. 40 min. Fun Facts: Mitchell has survived three major floods, in 1884, 1904 and 1956. click to enlarge. The Historic Oregon Hotel has ...<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://dailycaller.com/2018/03/07/global-warming-ninth-circuit-oregon/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTI1MzQ4MzczNDA1MTc4ODI0MDEyGjYxOGZlZTA4OTZhNWU5OGE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFsUR6e9G1BmtoyZMF_BwZrnQhR-A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
Ninth Circuit Just Allowed Children To Sue Trump Over Global Warming </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 Daily Caller
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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 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judges refused to grant mandamus relief and block the U.S. District Court in Oregon from hearing the
suit, which was originally filed by the environmental group Our Children’s Trust in 2015. Olson's case on behalf of youngsters argues constitutional rights to life, liberty and property are being violated by the federal government's failure to enact policies
to stop catastrophic global warming.<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://kxan.com/2018/03/08/city-council-looks-to-turn-the-tide-of-gentrification-in-east-austin/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI1MzQ4MzczNDA1MTc4ODM4NDkyGjQ3ZWQ0YWY2MGExODhmOTc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGUpMeNAppQKfhUKZRrrIqMbWZSkg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">City
council looks to turn the tide of gentrification in east Austin </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">KXAN.com
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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's Institutional Racism and Systemic Inequities Task Force recommends that Austin adopt their own version of Portland, Oregon's
policy for bringing former residents back to gentrified areas. Austin's policy hasn't been finalized yet, but it would give priority status to people applying for affordable housing in east Austin who are part of families who have lived in the area for years
or who have been forced out by gentrification.<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://theconversation.com/transit-networks-are-key-to-smart-growth-in-suburbs-90992&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI1MzQ4MzczNDA1MTc4ODEyMzIyGjM3NzYzYWE4ZmY2YWJjNjc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGnhk9JvPH8mb7zQ8qceYnp-05gdQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Transit
networks are key to smart growth in suburbs </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 Conversation CA
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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 networks are key to smart growth in suburbs. March 8, 2018 5.12pm EST. A woman is helped out of the wrecked car of a train that
derailed at the station of Pioltello Limito, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. (AP Photo)<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.postandcourier.com/news/downtown-charleston-workers-dread-higher-parking-fees-but-new-bus/article_6e9e32f4-2224-11e8-a59f-5b01792e375a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI1MzQ4MzczNDA1MTc4ODM1MDgyGjk2YzgwMTdkZmM0ZDk0OTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFUgUUBVmBtkbmnQ7Rqv8lt7GZDVQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Downtown
Charleston workers dread higher parking fees, but new bus service could offer solution
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Charleston Post Courier
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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">When the fee rises to $2 per hour and the spaces are enforced until 10 p.m., they say it will eliminate their cheapest option to park
near their jobs. And because many low-wage workers such as dishwashers and hostesses are already facing escalating housing prices throughout Charleston, they say higher parking fees will only make it harder to live and work here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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