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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://www.oregonlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/07/ff21851daa6374/building-for-the-big-one-coast.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgwMzY0MjA1NDc4NjY3MDg4MTIyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFKpu-8j-t8JHsdAN9UMMGEHtYGGQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Building
for the Big One: Coastal campus designed to withstand quake, tsunami </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">Work on the 71,000-square-foot building has already changed the Port of Newport’s skyline with a cluster of bright yellow construction equipment rising over the
bay. The array includes a 100-foot-tall drill to burrow 100 feet into the earth for “deep soil mixing” – the combining of mortar with dirt. That will create a solid foundation to anchor the building against both shaking and being lifted out of the ground by
a large wave, Cowen 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://www.express.co.uk/news/science/994055/ring-of-fire-oregon-earthquakes-big-one-san-andreas-fault-USGS&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCSoTNDA1OTc4NzMzMjQ2NzUzODE3MjIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE8_NiUM_Kw_qnIFquCA915001rOw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Ring
of FIRE about to blow? 10 earthquakes strike USA off coast of Oregon </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:#333333">In the early hours of July 24, 10 quakes hit the southern Oregon coast – mainly between 5.16a local time and 10.22am. The most powerful was a strong 5.4 magnitude
quake which hit at 7.44am, according to reports from the US Geological Survey (USGS). Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center, said that there is no risk of tsunami from the earthquakes which struck about 126 miles west of
Crescent City, California. However, the tremors could be part of a much more serious problem and that the Ring of Fire could be ready to unleash devastating quakes.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373"><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.wweek.com/news/2018/07/25/nearly-three-quarters-of-portland-area-elected-officials-are-happy-with-how-metro-handles-land-for-housing/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDA1OTc4NzMzMjQ2NzUzODcwMTIaMzUwNDdjZGJhMjdjMDdkNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGn_8Mwr0YaWM4mmVUT3p0TASVr1A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Two-Thirds
of Portland-Area Elected Officials Aren't Happy With How Metro Handles Land for ...
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Seventy percent of elected officials in the three-county metropolitan region who ranked the regional planning agency Metro either "fair" or "poor"
at one of its core responsibilities: "ensuring an adequate supply of land for homes through management of the urban growth boundary."<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/bd14d2e9565861/minimum_wage_workers_cant_affo.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzA4NTM2NjUwNTEzMDExOTkyMzIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGXdqgDpdw69nv875PcZsQ8gsQSmw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Minimum-wage
workers can't afford typical 1-bedroom apartment in 31 Oregon counties </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">A minimum-wage worker can't afford a typical one-bedroom apartment on a single full-time job in 31 Oregon counties. Even with the minimum-wage hike that took effect
this month, a Portland-area worker would need to work more than two jobs -- 81 hours a week -- to make the rent. In all but a handful of counties, it would take a work week in excess of a 40-hour full-time job. The statewide average is a 65-hour work week.<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://djcoregon.com/news/2018/07/24/the-complexities-of-gentrification/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDA1OTc4NzMzMjQ2NzUzNjgzMDIaNDdlZDRhZjYwYTE4OGY5Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGJjMns1-g0B4MNhZOewXgDkSHazg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Blog:
The complexities of gentrification </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 Journal of Commerce
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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's important to distinguish between the continuing need to preserve and create attractive urban neighborhoods and the methods by which
that is achieved.<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.koin.com/news/oregon/regional-leaders-stop-telling-people-to-live-near-work/1325736545&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgwMzY0MjA1NDc4NjY3MDc2MDMyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFKHcdy40p84diE5fr6BlogxL7WJA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Regional
leaders stop telling people to live near work </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">KOIN.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:#4A4A4A;background:white">Regional leaders are no longer saying that people should live near employment centers. Instead, the newest idea for mitigating
congestion and reducing carbon emissions involves ensuring that housing is located near other travel destinations, such as stores, recreational centers and community gathering spots.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A;background:white"><a href="https://relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/animals/2018/07/american-west-sage-grouse-sagebrush-sea-fate"><span style="text-decoration:none">How
One Odd Bird Embodies the Endangered Species Act Debate</span></a><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:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#7F7F7F;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;background:white">National Geographic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have launched a new assault on the Endangered Species Act, the 1973 law credited with </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.fws.gov/endangered/news/episodes/bu-04-2013/coverstory/index.html"><span style="color:windowtext;letter-spacing:.1pt;text-decoration:none">saving
dozens of animals and plants</span></a><span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">. These include such icons as bald eagles, grizzly bears, and Florida manatees, and other species that many of us have never heard of—such as the </span><a href="https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/hidden-lake-bluecurls-05-31-2018.php"><span style="color:windowtext;letter-spacing:.1pt;text-decoration:none">Hidden
Lake bluecurl</span></a><span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">, a small plant with delicate blue flowers that grows along a single lake in the San Jacinto Mountains of southern California. Earlier this month the bluecurl became the latest of dozens of species
to be officially taken off the list, because officials determined that its population had recovered.<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=http://klcc.org/post/douglas-county-announces-water-restrictions-drought-conditions-continue-plague-oregon&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgwMzY0MjA1NDc4NjY3MDkxNDYyGjJkMGFiM2Q5Yzk5NWVmYTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGzhMlaTZGbPHzmC47U1e1uagCXpA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Douglas
County Announces Water Restrictions As Drought Conditions Continue To Plague Oregon
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3D3D;letter-spacing:.05pt">Governor Kate Brown declared a state of drought emergency for Douglas County in June. The Oregon Water Resources Department announced that water
restrictions will be in place for county residents with stream or river water rights.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3D3D;letter-spacing:.05pt">Raquel Rancier is with the resources department:</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3D3D;letter-spacing:.05pt">“Generally we’re seeing that regulation is occurring earlier than normal. In addition, some streams that are rarely regulated we do anticipate will require
water distribution this year due the significantly low stream flows.”</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373"><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.kptv.com/story/38745908/high-speed-rail-study-from-canada-to-oregon-has-15-million-backing&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgwMzY0MjA1NDc4NjY3MDg5ODcyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEDFa35XuPyT02Uy0sqKjBsJv_Yjg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">High-speed
rail study from Canada to Oregon has $1.5 million backing </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">KPTV.com
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Microsoft, the Oregon Department of Transportation, the Washington State Department of Transportation and the Province of British Columbia are studying a possible
high-speed rail line that would span the Pacific Northwest. The Washington State Legislature allocated $750,000 for the study earlier this year. The other three partners announced a match of that funding Thursday, bringing the total funding to $1.5 million.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373"><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/10135-oregon-airports-receive-14-million-grants/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTgwMzY0MjA1NDc4NjY3MDg5ODcyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFIaeY1Hf0xmq-qsMnEL_p-vaxiug"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
airports receive $14 million in grants </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 style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hillsboro Airport was awarded $12.3 million; Albany Municipal Airport received $950,000; Crater Lake-Klamath Regional Airport received $620,000; Bend Municipal
Airport received $279,249; and Grants Pass Airport received $150,000. Secure and reliable airport service is critical to job creation and economic growth, ensuring smaller communities are not left behind, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said.<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/401686-297603-pressure-on-state-to-expand-road-tolling&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTgwMzY0MjA1NDc4NjY3MDg5ODcyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF03R4cAPCWGs80-ipNGj5MGC7O1w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Pressure
on state to expand road tolling </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">At the direction of the Oregon Legislature, the Oregon Transportation Commission has been studying whether to impose tolls on some or all of I-5 and I-205 in Portland. But, as the commission
nears its December deadline to submit a request to the Federal Highway Administration, the public, elected officials and stakeholders are urging it to
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#373737;background:white">recommend tolling Highway 26, Highway 217 and I-84, too, Brouwer says. Much of the pressure is coming from a 25-member advisory committee appointed to assist
with the Portland Metropolitan Area Value Pricing Feasibility Study commissioned by ODOT. According to Brouwer, most of the committee members favor tolling all the freeways.<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.prnewswire.com/news-releases/travel-oregon-awards-853-000-to-local-tourism-projects-300686037.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDA1OTc4NzMzMjQ2NzUzOTE5NTIaMjFhYzg4MWE4MDVmOWQxMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFlAmo75fIwT92UBlh9lXkxseZ88w"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Travel
Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> Awards $853000 to Local Tourism Projects
</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">PR Newswire (press release)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#373737;background:white">"Travel Oregon's mission is to inspire travel by sharing the stories of <span class="xn-location">Oregon's</span> people and places, delivering
world-class experiences and strengthening the tourism industry to better <span class="xn-location">Oregon's</span> way of life," said <span class="xn-person">Todd Davidson</span>, Travel Oregon CEO. "These projects allow us to restore and preserve some of <span class="xn-location">Oregon's</span> iconic
places, further develop trail systems and improve the overall visitor experience, creating a positive economic impact in communities, big and small, across the state." </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.atlasobscura.com/places/tillamook-creamery&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDA1OTc4NzMzMjQ2NzUzOTI2OTIaZjIzZWE4YjdkNDQwOTNkMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGTKVv5DlL471-VTOnu6szDSWwdLA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Tillamook</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Creamery </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">Atlas Obscura
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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">Each day, as if to defy the stillness of the nearby Tillamook State Forest, the Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) processes
one million pounds of milk and churns out at least 170,000 pounds of cheese. The creamery is both a marvel of cheese engineering and a slice of cheese history.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/07/rent-control-is-gaining-steam-in-california/565856/"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Rent Control Is Popular in California. But
Will It Pass? – CityLab </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">UrbDeZine
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Overturning limits on rent control will be on the ballot in California this November, now that organizers have garnered enough signatures to certify </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-rent-control-ballot-20180615-story.html"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Proposition
10</span></a><span style="color:black">. California could be the first state to repeal state-wide rent control limits via ballot initiative,<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"> </span></strong>as a number of other cities
are challenging similar laws in other states.</span><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.mnn.com/family/family-activities/stories/school-carpool-lane-debacle-solutions&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgwMzY0MjA1NDc4NjY3MDgzMTkyGmUwNWU1Zjc3NWRhNTQxY2M6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHlLT7IXvILTf2bIBHQLTnLlOzOJQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">How
do we solve the school drop-off debacle? </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">Mother Nature Network
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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">But what was true then is still true today: morning and afternoon carpool lines are a mess. Many schools do their best
to prevent issues by asking drivers not to idle their vehicles and trying to keep students on the curb. But the environment and the kids aren't always safe.</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.planetizen.com/blogs/99777-reducing-cities-carbon-footprints&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDA1OTc4NzMzMjQ2NzUzNjY5MDIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEyss4bghDL3f4x2r5ZEOl0y4yRUQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Reducing
Cities' Carbon Footprints </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
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicate a typical passenger vehicle emits approximately <a href="https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1677A7;text-decoration:none">4.6
metric tons of carbon dioxide</span></a> annually. That’s one of the reasons officials in Washington, D.C. want to give incentives to people who use alternative forms of transportation. The goal is for the area’s residents to eventually <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/03/17/d-c-wants-employers-to-pay-workers-not-to-drive-to-work/?utm_term=.105b46a0e7ee"><span style="color:#1677A7;text-decoration:none">take
75 percent of trips</span></a> via more sustainable modes, like walking, biking, and transit.<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"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sadie.carney@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">sadie.carney@state.or.us</span></a> |
</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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