People and the Land: An Oral History of Oregon’s Statewide Land Use Planning Program
"People and the Land" is a collaboration between the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development and Portland State University. The goal of this project is to document and preserve a record of Oregon’s land use program through the recording, transcription, collection and archiving of personal oral histories.
The project is intended to enable Oregon’s statewide planning agency to make a significant, abiding contribution to the body of literature that records and analyzes the politics, policy, and practices that make Oregon's land use program unique.
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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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Panel Discussion: 1000 Friends of Oregon v. LCDC Curry County
Robert Liberty, Jerry Herbage, Jon Jinings, and Chuck Nordstrom
Robert Liberty, Jon Jinings, Chuck Nordstrom, and Jerry Herbage engage in a panel discussion on the 1985-86 land use case 1000 Friends of Oregon v. LCDC (Curry County).
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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 Greg MacPherson
Greg MacPherson and Bob Rindy
Greg MacPherson was interviewed by Bob Rindy on June 1, 2023, in Portland, Oregon.
MacPherson spoke at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Senate Bill 100 at Portland State University on May 24, 2023. His remarks are included in an accompanying PDF file.
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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 Chuck Nordstrom
Charles Nordstrom and Hui Rodomsky
Chuck Nordstrom was interviewed by Hui Rodomsky on September 28, 2022.
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Interview with Jim Owens
Jim Owens, Claire Puchy, and Michael Rupp
Jim Owens was interviewed by Claire Puchy and Michael Rupp on February 15, 2024, in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
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Interview with Steve Pfeiffer
Steven Pfeiffer and Michael Rupp
Steve Pfeiffer was interviewed by Michael Rupp on July 21, 2022.
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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 Allan Rumbaugh
Allan Rumbaugh and Hui Rodomsky
Allan Rumbaugh was interviewed on May 17, 2023 by Hui Rodomsky in Tigard, Oregon.
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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 Crystal Shoji
Crystal Shoji and Hui Rodomsky
Crystal Shoji was interviewed by Hui Rodomsky on October 20, 2023, in Coos Bay, Oregon.
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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.