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  Interview with Eldon Hout

  Eldon Hout, Michael Rupp, Sy Adler, and Jim Knight

  Interview with Eldon Hout by Michael Rupp, Jim Knight, and Sy Adler on June 20, 2018. Eldon Hout was Oregon's first ocean program manager and worked with the Ocean Resources Management Task Force.

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  Interview with Allen Johnson

  Allen Johnson and Sy Adler

  Allen (Al) Johnson was interviewed by Sy Adler on June 2, 2017.

  Al Johnson is a retired Oregon land use attorney who founded and practiced with the firm Johnson, Kloos and Sherton (originally Johnson and Kloos) in the 1980s and 1990s. He worked as a hearings official for the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission in the 1970s. From 1993 until his retirement, he represented public- and private-sector clients throughout the state. After his retirement in 2010, he served as a member of the Urban Growth Boundary Residential Lands Technical Advisory Committee for the city of Bend, Oregon.

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  Interview with Jim Johnson

  Jim Johnson and Michael Rupp

  Jim Johnson was interviewed by Michael Rupp on September 17, 2019, in Portland, Oregon.

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  Interview with Stephen Kafoury

  Stephen Kafoury and Dillon Mahmoudi

  Interview with Stephen Kafoury by Dillon Mahmoudi on May 29, 2015. Stephen Kafoury was an Oregon State Representative and served as the Chair of the Joint Committee on Land Use during the adoption of the statewide land use program in the early 1970s.

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  Interview with Roger Kirchner

  Roger Kirchner and Jim Knight

  Interview with Roger Kirchner by Jim Knight on August 12, 2015. Roger Kirchner was a founding staff member of the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development and served on the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC).

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  Interview with James B. (Jim) Knight

  James B. Knight and Michael Rupp

  James Knight was interviewed on April 24, 2017, by Michael Rupp.

  Jim Knight's career in public agencies spanned thirty-three years. From 1970 to 1974 he worked in Buffalo, New York, for the Erie County Division of Planning and for the Office for the Aging. In June 1974 he joined the Oregon Department of Land Conservation (DLCD), which administers Oregon's land use planning program. He retired from DLCD in March 2003.

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  Interview with Brent L. Lake

  Brent L. Lake and Jim Knight

  Interview with Brent Lake by Jim Knight on July 24, 2015. Brent Lake began his service with the Department of Land Conservation and Development in 1974. He helped draft twelve of the first fourteen statewide planning goals and served as a field representative of the department to cities and counties throughout Oregon.

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  Interview with Robert Liberty

  Robert Liberty and Kevin Pozzi

  Interview with Robert Liberty by Kevin Pozzi on August 13, 2015. Robert Liberty served as staff attorney and as Executive Director of 1000 Friends of Oregon, as an elected Metro Councilor in the Portland region, and as the Director of the Sustainable Cities Initiative at the University of Oregon.

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  Interview with Ted Lorensen

  Ted Lorensen, Lloyd Chapman, James B. Knight, and Michael Rupp

  Ted Lorensen was interviewed by Michael Rupp, Lloyd Chapman, and Jim Knight on October 20, 2017, in Portland, Oregon.

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  Interview with Richard Mathews

  Richard Mathews, Michael Rupp, and Jim Knight

  Richard (Dick) Mathews began his career with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development in 1975, and was the department's Coastal Program manager. He was interviewed on May 15, 2017, by Michael Rupp and Jim Knight.
  

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  Interview with Don Mazziotti (on Goal 10)

  Don Mazziotti and Jim Irvine

  Interview with Don Mazziotti in 2017 by Jim Irvine focused on Goal 10 of Oregon's Statewide Land Use Planning Program. Mazziotti headed the Portland Development Commission from 2001 to 2005, served as Portland’s chief planner in the 1970s and acted as chief information officer for Oregon in the late 1990s. (Second half of interview missing.)

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  Interview with Janet McLennan

  Janet McLennan and Kevin Pozzi

  Interview with Janet McLennan by Kevin Pozzi on June 11, 2015. Janet McLennan was House Counsel for the Oregon House Committee on Land Use and the Environment during the 1973 legislative session, during the passage of Senate Bill 100.

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  Interview with Lee Miller

  Lee Miller and Kevin Pozzi

  Interview with Lee Miller by Kevin Pozzi on August 12, 2015. Lee Miller's career in land use includes positions as Director of the Lane County Planning Department and as Chair of the Oregon Planning Director's Association.

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  Interview with Terry Moore (on Goal 10)

  Terry Moore and Bob Rindy

  Terry Moore was interviewed by Bob Rindy on June 20, 2017. Their interview discusses Mr. Moore's long career as a planning consultant in Oregon and his perspectives on how Oregon's statewide land use planning program influenced urban growth, housing development, and affordable housing in the state.

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  Interview with Claire Puchy

  Claire Puchy, Katherine Daniels, and Jim Knight

  Claire Puchy was interviewed by Katherine Daniels and Jim Knight on July 19, 2018, at the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development offices in Salem, Oregon. Puchy was a plan review specialist for DLCD and worked with the department on writing and implementing numerous statewide land use planning goals, particularly those concerning the protection of natural resources and wildlife.

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  Interview with Henry Richmond

  Henry Richmond and James Sitzman

  Interview with Henry Richmond by Jim Sitzman on June 1, 2015. Henry Richmond co-founded 1000 Friends of Oregon in 1974 and served as the group's first executive director for over 19 years.

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  Interview with Bob Rindy (on Goal 10)

  Bob Rindy and Sy Adler

  Interview with Bob Rindy by Sy Adler on May 16, 2017 focused on Goal 10 of Oregon's Statewide Land Use Planning Program. Bob Rindy is Legislative Coordinator for the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, the agency that administers the statewide land-use planning program set forth in 1973 with Senate Bill 100.

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  Interview with Mitch Rohse

  Mitch Rohse and Jim Knight

  Interview with Mitch Rohse by Jim Knight on August 6, 2015. Mitch Rohse was Planning Director of Polk County, served on the staff of the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development for 20 years between 1980-2000, and worked as a planning consultant for Oregon coastal and rural counties.

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  Interview with James Ross

  James Ross and Jim Knight

  Interview with Jim Ross by Jim Knight on June 15, 2015. Jim Ross worked in land use planning in Marion County and served as the director of the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development.

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  Interview with Steven Schell

  Steven Schell and Jim Knight

  Interview with Steven Schell by Jim Knight on June 24, 2015. Steve Schell was a member and vice-chair of the first appointed Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission, 1973-76.

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  Interview with Arthur Schlack

  Arthur Schlack and Dillon Mahmoudi

  Interview with Arthur Schlack by Dillon Mahmoudi on June 25, 2015. Art Schlack was a planner in Washington County, a comprehensive plan administrator in Clark County, Washington, a planning director in Polk County, and also served as a planner and policy manager for the Association of Oregon Counties.

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  Interview with Curt Schneider

  Curt Schneider and Michael Rupp

  Curt Schneider was interviewed on October 23, 2019, by Michael Rupp.

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  Interview with James Sitzman

  James Sitzman and Kevin Pozzi

  Interview with James Sitzman by Kevin Pozzi on August 27, 2015. Jim Sitzman worked with Metro and its predecessor, the Columbia Region Association of Governments (CRAG), where he assisted in drawing the first urban growth boundary around the Portland metropolitan area. He also served as a field representative for the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development.

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  Interview with Matt Spangler

  Matt Spangler, Michael Rupp, and Hui Rodomsky

  Matt Spangler was Interviewed by Michael Rupp and Hui Rodomsky on May 13, 2021, in Newport, Oregon.

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  Interview with Robert E. Stacey (on Goal 10)

  Robert E. Stacey and Jim Irvine

  Interview with Robert E. Stacey by Jim Irvine on May 15, 2017 focused on Goal 10 of Oregon's Statewide Land Use Planning Program. Bob Stacey serves on the Metro Council representing District 6, which includes portions of the city of Portland. He has served as senior policy advisor to Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts, and was the executive director of 1000 Friends of Oregon, a non-profit organization focused on land-use planning.

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  Interview with Edward Sullivan

  Edward Sullivan and Kevin Pozzi

  Interview with Edward Sullivan by Kevin Pozzi on August 20, 2015. Ed Sullivan served as Assistant County Counsel and County Counsel for Washington County and as Legal Counsel for the Governor of Oregon. He was a board member of the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association and chair of the Housing Land Advocates.

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  Interview with Ed Sullivan (on Fasano and Baker cases)

  Edward Sullivan and Michael Rupp

  Ed Sullivan was interviewed on February 10, 2020, by Michael Rupp in Portland, Oregon.

  In this interview, Sullivan discusses the legal cases Fasano v. Washington County Board of Commissioners and Baker v. City of Milwaukie, two Oregon Supreme Court decisions that upheld the necessity of guaranteeing fair, reviewable, and predictable decision-making in Oregon land use.

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  Interview with John VanLandingham (on Goal 10)

  John VanLandingham and Jim Irvine

  Interview with John VanLandingham by Jim Irvine in 2017 focused on Goal 10 of Oregon's Statewide Land Use Planning Program. John VanLandingham has served as chair of the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission, the Eugene Planning Commission, and the Housing Policy Board for Lane County and the cities of Eugene and Springfield. He is a lawyer for the Lane County Legal Aid & Advocacy Center and is active with the Oregon Housing Alliance, the Fair Housing Council of Oregon, and the Network for Oregon Affordable Housing.

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  Interview with Fred VanNatta (on Goal 10)

  Fred VanNatta and James Irvine

  Interview with Fred VanNatta by Jim Irvine on May 15, 2017 focused on Goal 10 of Oregon's Statewide Land Use Planning Program. Fred VanNatta began his career as a paid campaign staffer for two presidential candidates and as an aide to the Oregon House Speaker during the 1965 and 1967 legislature. As a political lobbyist from 1969 on, his clients included the Oregon State Homebuilders Association and the Association of Engineering Employees of Oregon.

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  Interview with Fred VanNatta

  Fred VanNatta and Bob Rindy

  Interview with Fred VanNatta by Bob Rindy on June 25, 2015. Fred VanNatta began his career as a campaign staffer for two presidential candidates and as an aide to the Oregon House Speaker during the 1965 and 1967 legislature. As a political lobbyist from 1969 on, his clients included the Oregon State Homebuilders Association and the Association of Engineering Employees of Oregon.