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		<title>Easement Cannot be Defeated by Assertions that it is a License or Contract</title>
		<link>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/05/easement-cannot-be-defeated-by-assertions-that-it-is-a-license-or-contract/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Fraser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RELU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[easement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miller v Jones, 256 Or App 392 (2013),   Sercombe, J. Plaintiffs brought a declaratory judgment action to determine the validity of an agreement they claimed created an easement for an irrigation pipeline through Defendants’ property.  Defendants attempted to defeat that claim by asserting that the agreement between the previous property owners was not an easement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Oregon Planning Program At Forty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 20:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Richter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Land Use Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authors: Edward J. Sullivan and Carrie A. Richter &#160; In the human situation, middle age is often characterized by avoidance of disharmony, comfort with one’s surroundings and circumstances, and a conservative view of the future. The same often may be said of public agencies and programs. State and federal environmental agencies do not possess the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Affordable Housing Challenges for Municipalities after the Great Recession</title>
		<link>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/05/coming-affordable-housing-challenges-for-municipalities-after-the-great-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/05/coming-affordable-housing-challenges-for-municipalities-after-the-great-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 17:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Bragar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Housing Challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the day-to-day practice of law, we are often asked to sort out problems big and small with little opportunity to control who walks in our door. However, at Garvey Schubert Barer, the firm’s dedication to pro bono representation provides encouragement and support for its attorneys in giving a voice to those who cannot afford [...]]]></description>
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		<title>P3 Bridge Projects in Early 2013</title>
		<link>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/04/project-update-p3-bridge-projects-in-early-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Holden-Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bridge Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P3]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No matter your perspective on particular projects, there can be no question that the ability to finance and fund projects will continue to be a challenge.  One contracting method developed in part to address those kinds of concerns is referred to as P3, or public private partnership.  The P3 method allows major projects to move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rhode Island Supreme Court Limits Zoning Appeals</title>
		<link>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/04/rhode-island-supreme-court-limits-zoning-appeals/</link>
		<comments>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/04/rhode-island-supreme-court-limits-zoning-appeals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Zoning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lupo v. Community Works Rhode Island Inc., et al., 2012 WL 6585 278 (RI), involved Plaintiff’s challenge to use and dimensional variances granted to Defendant Applicant.  The challenge was by declaratory judgment but the Superior Court affirmed both actions and plaintiff appealed. The Supreme Court determined, based on Rhode Island precedent, that there was no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Energy Gets Another Lease on Life in Umatilla County</title>
		<link>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/04/wind-energy-gets-another-lease-on-life-in-umatilla-county/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Bragar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land Use in Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LUBA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Cosner v. Umatilla County (2012), the Land Use Board of Appeals overturned a series of Umatilla County ordinances adopted in 2011 to prevent several wind energy developments.  The main issues in the case involved the county’s compliance with Goal 5 and the constitutionality of 2-mile setbacks for wind turbines from certain uses and locations. LUBA found against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Supreme Court Affirms EPA’s Interpretation of the Clean Water Act; Justice Scalia Signals that the Tide for Agency Deference May be Turning</title>
		<link>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/04/us-supreme-court-affirms-epas-interpretation-of-the-clean-water-act-justice-scalia-signals-that-the-tide-for-agency-deference-may-be-turning/</link>
		<comments>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/04/us-supreme-court-affirms-epas-interpretation-of-the-clean-water-act-justice-scalia-signals-that-the-tide-for-agency-deference-may-be-turning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Richter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Land Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Water Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice Antonin Scalia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oregon courts have a long-standing practice of giving deference to an agency&#8217;s interpretation of its own administrative rule if the interpretation is “plausible” and not “inconsistent with the wording of the rule itself, or with the rule&#8217;s context, or with any other source of law.” This type of broad deference is given not only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Time to Build?&#8221; Forum</title>
		<link>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/03/time-to-build-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/03/time-to-build-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Bragar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GSB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Garvey Schubert Barer’s Hospitality Group hosted events in Seattle and Portland March 11 and 12, to discuss the comeback of hotel and hospitality-related development. More than 140 attendees ranging from construction industry representatives to flag representatives and investment bankers participated in the discussions. One panel about Construction and Transactional Development highlighted the return of bricks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 13th Euclid Society Meeting Re-Cap David Hill Development v. City of Forest Grove</title>
		<link>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/03/march-13th-euclid-society-meeting-re-cap/</link>
		<comments>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/03/march-13th-euclid-society-meeting-re-cap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Kabeiseman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Euclid Society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Euclid Society met again on Thursday March 12, 2013, to discuss the case of David Hill Development v. the City of Forest Grove. As has been discussed before on this blog, the David Hill case resulted in a 6.5 million dollar jury verdict against the City of Forest Grove for a series of violations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residential Parking and Transit: The Portland Puzzle</title>
		<link>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/03/residential-parking-and-transit-the-portland-puzzle/</link>
		<comments>http://northwestlandlawforum.com/2013/03/residential-parking-and-transit-the-portland-puzzle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Richter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land Use in Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land Use Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LUBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recently decided case by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (“LUBA”) says a lot about our land use system – perhaps too much. Richmond Neighbors for Responsible Growth v. City of Portland (February 20, 2013) started out as a challenge to project design and the parking requirements (or lack of such requirements) for [...]]]></description>
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