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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=https://salemweeklynews.com/2018/07/mixed-reactions-to-state-street-development-plan/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTEzNzA1OTYxNTA0Mzc1NTcyMDkyGjQxODRiZTE2N2UwNmNjYzI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEB-itXyqxdvTIX7WfAEl38dKOPCw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Mixed
reactions to State Street development plan </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">One of many who finds the decision a sound compromise is Nancy McDaniel, land use chair of the Northeast Neighbors Neighborhood Association (NEN).
“I’m delighted by the Council’s decision,” she says. “I don’t think the current condition of State Street does much for surrounding neighborhoods.”<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/da/capital-bureau/20180718/report-knocks-oregon-property-tax-system&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEzNzA1OTYxNTA0Mzc1NTkwMTIyGjQyOTI0OWNjMjRlODg2NTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGS1LyNCEJEvVK2VBskoQtBRmRAdA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Report
knocks Oregon property tax system </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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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A new report from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities is critical of Oregon’s property tax limits, which could be a target of reform in 2019. The new report, released Wednesday,
examined Oregon and three other states — Michigan, Massachusetts and New York — with limits on property taxes.<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.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/2018/07/13/oregons-environment-past-prologue/781369002/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBioTNDU4MDEzNzU4OTQ0NjIwMTgwNTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFykI50an1W6KsRI0PDbH2nstZeyw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">With
Oregon's environment, the past is a prologue </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
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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">It was in this spirit that the Oregon Environmental Council, a nonpartisan nonprofit, was formed in 1968, working to protect clean water,
air and land.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20180719/agricultural-water-scrutiny-increases-in-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEzNzA1OTYxNTA0Mzc1NTY3MTkyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHcGMhjc95DCiq9Q_mZKmBcDfQNlw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Agricultural
water scrutiny increases in Oregon </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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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Agricultural water quality was discussed at the two most recent quarterly meetings of Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission, which oversees the Department of Environmental Quality,
the state’s chief environmental regulator. While DEQ is the main agency charged with implementing the federal Clean Water Act in Oregon, it’s the Oregon Department of Agriculture that actually enforces water regulations on farmland.<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/editorials/20180716/our-view-what-to-do-with-shrinking-frontier-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTQ0NzQzOTIyODY0MTIwMTI2OTIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNExwBEVj0b0cb46_z6OBzk7kpukWQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Our
view | What to do with shrinking frontier Oregon? </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
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">There is a problem with funding public safety in rural Oregon, and nowhere is that more clear than in Wheeler County. Chris Humphreys, who has been sheriff there since 2013, declared his
intention to leave the office — and that change in management caused each of his deputies to find work elsewhere. That will leave the rural Oregon county of about 1,400 people without any full-time law enforcement officers on the job when Humphreys exits.<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://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/14661-blm-and-partners-sign-agreement-to-improve-fish-and-wildlife-resources&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNDc1NzUwMjYxMTQxNzkxODczOTIaZTk4YzkyNTJjZWY4OGFhMzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEwY0myandzt7Xaw2JsGU0fcE7Bzg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">BLM
and Partners Sign Agreement to Improve Fish and Wildlife Resources </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">Sierra Sun Times
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">“Part of our mission as a land management agency is to help manage our nation's fisheries and wildlife resources,”</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> said
BLM Assistant Director of Resources and Planning Kristin Bail. <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">“Coordinating on land use planning processes with these important representatives of state fish and game agencies helps the
BLM better manage these resources to protect and enhance habitat for fish and wildlife on public lands.”</span></strong> For the MOU signing, which took place at WAFWA’s annual conference in Eugene, Oregon, Bail was joined by AFWA President Virgil Moore and
WAFWA President Curt Melcher.<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.bluemountaineagle.com/Local_News/20180717/rough-in-work-on-bike-park-trails-completed&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjM1MTI4MjIzMjI0MzYxNDAwNDIaMjFhYzg4MWE4MDVmOWQxMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEVdo7yQHRJr15vSLEMIAGcwHDf1A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Rough-in
work on bike park trails completed </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Three weeks of digging, scraping and prying wound down last week, as the Ptarmigan Ptrails bike trail construction company completed roughing in Phase 1 of the Seventh Street Bike Park. The park will
open to the public before school starts, Aaron Lieuallen told the Eagle. Lieuallen is a member of the nonprofit Grant County Economic Council, which led the fundraising for the project.<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://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/400450-296155-city-rezone-seeks-to-protect-3000-families-in-mobile-home-parks-pwoff&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMjM1MTI4MjIzMjI0MzYxNDA2MzIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGEow6wG9P7Y9ovRrsvo4l4-BJOLg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">City
rezone seeks to protect 3000 families in mobile home parks </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">Pamplin Media Group
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">More than 3,000 Portland families in mobile and manufactured home parks stand to get new assurances their complexes won't be redeveloped for other uses, alleviating their fears of getting
kicked out. The city Planning and Sustainability Commission voted 7-2 last Tuesday to rezone 56 mobile and manufactured home parks in the city with a new "residential manufactured dwelling park" designation. The move is designed to protect affordable housing
by thwarting redevelopment of the parks into apartments or other more lucrative investments.<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://capitalresearch.org/article/woes-of-the-western-sage-grouse-part-1/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjM1MTI4MjIzMjI0MzYxNjM5MTIaM2Y2Y2FjMjhiMDRmMGVjNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHLcZOtj6pRrH0psxL_xBLHQzzHVQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
Woes of the Western Sage Grouse: Environmental Canary in the Coal Mine </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 Research Center
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:#FDFAF3">If you happen to speak with Erik Molvar, the executive director of Western Watersheds Project—one of several nonprofit environmental advocacy groups based in
the western U.S. that make frequent use of the ESA—he might acknowledge that state-level initiatives have met with quantifiable success. But in response to further inquiry, Molvar will then proceed to explain why there is no substitute for federal litigation:
In the event of a natural disaster, he says, such as an extreme weather condition or disease, the main population center of species could be wiped out. Therefore, Molvar and his fellow green activists, feel a compulsive need to hit the litigation button again
and again to agitate for an endangerment listing even when species population trendlines point to recovery.<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.businessinsurance.com/article/20180718/NEWS06/912322750/US-House-of-Representatives-bill-would-extend-National-Flood-Insurance-Program-t&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTc1NDI4MjQ5OTkxMDAwMzA3ODIaOTBjNGE3ZDU0YWQ0NjY5MTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHCZU7Vtrzz0wNuFboI0B-QqJImDw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">House
bill would extend NFIP to Nov. 30 </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0in;line-height:9.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to extend the National Flood Insurance Program to Nov. 30.
H.R. 6402, called the National Flood Insurance Program Extension and Enhanced Consumer and Community Protections Act of 2018, would also require communities to identify areas and facilities repeatedly damaged by floods and develop community-specific plans
for mitigating continuing flood risks to such repetitively flooded areas and to submit the plan and any updates to the administrator of the program, according to the bill introduced Tuesday.<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://bikeportland.org/2018/07/17/gerik-kransky-to-leave-the-street-trust-for-job-with-state-of-oregon-285971&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjM1MTI4MjIzMjI0MzYxNTQ3ODIaZTA1ZTVmNzc1ZGE1NDFjYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHNfhRRh1YVAMZ4bQRWv96NswkxHA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Gerik
Kransky to leave The Street Trust for job with State of Oregon </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;background:#FDFDFB">Gerik Kransky, who joined the organization in 2010 when they were known as the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, announced yesterday
he’ll leave the organization at the end of this month. Kransky has accepted a position with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality where he’ll help administer the </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/deq/aq/programs/Pages/VW-Diesel-Settlement.aspx"><span style="color:windowtext;background:#FDFDFB;text-decoration:none">Volkswagen
Diesel Settlement grant program</span></a><span style="background:#FDFDFB">.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20180717/astoria-backs-enterprise-zone-expansion&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTQ0NzQzOTIyODY0MTIwMTE3MjIaNjczMGNiYWZiMzQ5MDI0Zjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEV7qu7Lh9QxWu5z7_nJFPhvQ_IXw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Astoria
backs enterprise zone expansion </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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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Enterprise zones are a tool to encourage development, offering property tax exemptions for new businesses or businesses looking to expand. Oregon has 69 enterprise zones, most of them
in rural areas. The zones do not supersede existing city codes and zoning restrictions. Astoria city councilors rejected the enterprise zone in 2015 over qualms about partnering with the Port. But times have changed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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data center in Oregon to be supported by renewable energy </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Prineville is home to Facebook’s first custom-built data center, which opened in 2011. “Our work with Pacific Power to develop new solar resources represents a significant milestone for
our hyper-efficient Prineville Data Center,” Peter Freed, Facebook’s energy strategy manager, said. “We are committed to supporting 100 percent renewable energy, and we are thrilled to have found a solution for our first data center.”<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.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2018/07/17/oregon-electric-utility-regulation-under-a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTQ0NzQzOTIyODY0MTE5OTA4NzIaNzUyYWMzN2ZlMTM5M2JkZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHSksyIGAdWCig4eRsdhRyzhIKtgw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
electric utility regulation under a microscope </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="contentsegment" style="margin-top:0in"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Portland General Electric argued for retaining the “basic framework” of Oregon’s electric utility regulatory structure as stakeholders offered <a href="https://www.puc.state.or.us/Pages/SB978-FinalComment-July2018.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">final
written comments</span></a> recently in a discussion that’s quietly unfolded since January. Whether that much is really at stake in the exercise could be known soon. The Public Utility Commission will hold a final public meeting on the topic Tuesday afternoon
in Salem, and is due to submit a report on its findings to the Legislature by Sept. 15.<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/20180718/two-positions-opening-on-oregon-board-of-agriculture&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTc1NDI4MjQ5OTkxMDAwMjQ4MTIaNDNhN2ZmN2FhMTZiMmUzMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEU9FimyR99359Sg7c029HyO84dGA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Two
positions opening on Oregon Board of Agriculture </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Farmers and ranchers are being encouraged to apply for two positions that are opening on the Oregon Board of Agriculture, a 10-member body that advises the Oregon Department of Agriculture
on policy. Candidates must be actively engaged in producing agricultural commodities and have until July 30th to submit applications to the Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s executive appointments office, along with a resumé, biography and statement of interest.<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.columbian.com/news/2018/jul/15/in-our-view-toll-plan-a-slap-in-face/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTAyMjc4NDEwNjgyNzc5NzA1MjIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFCPL9AmcSIfZeZJK0GJUgnP0QIhA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">In
Our View: Toll Plan a Slap in Face </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The latest news about plans for tolls on Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 in the Portland area is disappointing — but far from surprising. In that regard, we probably should thank the
Portland City Council for putting an end to a disingenuous dance around the inevitable conclusion to any tolling plan. In pushing for tolls along the bulk of the region’s major interstates, Portland’s council has removed any doubt that the issue is a slap
at Washington residents. Oregon officials are prepared to reach into the pockets of Clark County residents while making no promises about benefits to those residents.<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.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2018/07/courtesy_a_two-way_street_for.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTQ0NzQzOTIyODY0MTIwMTI2OTIaYjNlMzFhMDQzODlhZjhlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE5oeGruVG41IvoDVmYs-CtPpkO0g"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Courtesy
a two-way street for urban, rural neighbors: Letter to the editor </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">Enacted in 1993 and updated twice since, Oregon's Right to Farm law protects Oregon growers from
court decisions because of normal agricultural practices. The law was put into place to help defend growers from legal action due to regular agricultural activities and noises that could be considered nuisances. While easing anxiety for growers near urban
communities or houses, the Right to Farm law has also caused tension between the agricultural and non-agricultural communities.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><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.opb.org/news/article/substation-fire-death-cause-evacuation-arson/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEzNzA1OTYxNTA0Mzc1NTY3MDAyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGKvPL3AZF2yYyzxgcOUgH2iVvcWw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Man
Died Trying To Protect Neighboring Land From Substation Fire </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">OPB News
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">The man who died from exposure to the Substation Fire was trying to save a neighboring property from burning, and Wasco
County officials appeared for the first time Thursday to suggest that the fire was human-caused.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525"><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.oregonlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/07/8738566d8d2532/fight-for-public-land-which-or.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDU4MDEzNzU4OTQ0NjIwMTgwNTIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGHnUGjkAn4Q8ynnuCCS2pbWiyECA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Fight
for public land: Which Oregon counties have the most? </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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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.15pt">Anger over management of public lands and the Hammonds' conviction helped spark the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. We've ranked each of
Oregon's 36 counties by the percentage of land area owned by public entities. Hint: It varies a lot, from a high of 78 percent to a low of 8 percent. Read on for details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Regional Design Gets National Attention </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">Builder Magazine
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Online inspiration resource Pinterest’s first major pockets of users were in </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.builderonline.com/local-housing-data"><span style="color:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;text-decoration:none">Iowa</span></a><span style="background:white"> and </span><a href="http://www.builderonline.com/local-housing-data"><span style="color:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;text-decoration:none">Utah</span></a><span style="background:white">,
and the Modern Farmhouse craze trend got its start in a tiny town in </span><a href="http://www.builderonline.com/local-housing-data"><span style="color:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;text-decoration:none">Texas</span></a><span style="background:white">.
These unlikely starting points have empowered a new generation of creative thinkers driving a trend to create an attainable mainstream lifestyle without sacrificing design, re-setting expectations and creating new blurred boundaries impacting the residential
landscape.<o:p></o:p></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=https://www.planetizen.com/news/2018/07/99690-new-york-city-clamps-down-short-term-rentals&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEzNzA1OTYxNTA0Mzc1NTc4OTQyGmEyOGUyZGFlY2VkMDE3OGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHMid-VuynUIcXZ2e210q1ONVFVAg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">New
York City Clamps Down on Short-Term Rentals </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">New York City just approved new regulations on short-term rentals that could greatly reduce the number of listings in Airbnb's largest
domestic market.<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://urbdezine.com/2018/07/17/route-66-is-reborn-for-bikes-not-cars-citylab/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjM1MTI4MjIzMjI0MzYxNjY1NjIaMDk0MGYxZDEwODIwMWU5ODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFaDt6VFrN9ENcpGUrEIXmPDyWABw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Route
66 Is Reborn—For Bikes, Not Cars – CityLab </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The new U.S. Bike Route 66 in Missouri and Kansas is the first portion of a route planned to follow the whole length of the historic 2,400-mile
highway.<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://urbdezine.com/2018/07/19/the-ultimate-primer-on-inclusionary-zoning-citylab/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEzNzA1OTYxNTA0Mzc1NTY4NTcyGjA5NDBmMWQxMDgyMDFlOTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGTc3eIgCF2pDrVthdeD5VpXb3_-A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">The
Ultimate Primer on Inclusionary Zoning – CityLab </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B;background:white">You’ve seen the term. You may think you know what it means. But you never quite understood why it exists or how it works. Here’s your introduction
to inclusionary zoning.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><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.sacbee.com/entertainment/state-fair/article214858720.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNDU4MDEzNzU4OTQ0NjIwNDc4NTIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH_oG9TMktyyZ5S5b7YG9QanmaIVA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Tiny
homes exhibition comes to California State Fair this weekend only </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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</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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