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[Cliff VOLIVA]

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April 17: (Capital Press) BEYER UNVEILS MEASURE 37 PROPOSAL
http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=792&ArticleID=31729
SALEM - Sen. Roger Beyer, R-Molalla, last week unveiled a proposal he
believes resolves some of the most controversial issues surrounding
Measure 37 in a way both parties can support...

April 16: (Editorial, Albany Democrat-Herald) A CASE OF STATE
OBSTRUCTION
http://www.dhonline.com/articles/2007/04/16/news/opinion/7edi01_obstruction.txt

The Measure 37 claim of Ron and Sandy Whitelaw in Lebanon makes the
state look willfully blind to reality. It makes state officials look as
though they are intentionally trying to obstruct the clear intent of the
law...

April 16: (The Oregonian) DEVELOPERS SEEK BLUEBERRY PLOTS, SLICED TO
ORDER
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1176690319233250.xml&coll=7

HILLSBORO -- The Washington County Board of Commissioners has been
asked to ponder a prickly question: Does tending a blueberry patch count
as farming?

April 15: (Commentary, The Oregonian) Living on the edge: Beachfront
realities
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/stories/index.ssf?/base/business/1176438319309090.xml&coll=7

Before summer comes, bringing its annual flock of beach property
buyers, let's look at some risks of buying and building at the Oregon
coast...

April 15: (Statesman Journal) RALLY HEATS UP OVER STATE INITIATIVE
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006704150342

Tempers flared on the Capitol steps Saturday when both sides of
Oregon's debate over land-use rights showed up to protest...

April 14: (McMinnville News-Register) Hotel's opponents appeal LUBA
ruling
http://www.newsregister.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=220618 
Opponents of a proposed five-star hotel and spa in the hills north of
Dayton have filed a 45-page challenge to an Oregon Land Use Board of
Appeals ruling rejecting the bulk of their case...

April 14: (Curry Coastal Pilot) COUNTY OKS MEASURE 37 CLAIMS THAT OPEN
LAND FOR HOUSES
http://www.currypilot.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=14889 
GOLD BEACH - Curry County Commissioners gave preliminary approval
Tuesday for four Measure 37 claims in the Harbor area requested by
Hastings Bulb Growers Inc...

April 14: (AP, Coos Bay World) GOP UPSET OVER NEW LAND-USE PROPOSAL
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2007/04/14/news/news10041407.txt 
SALEM (AP) - House Republicans said Friday they oppose many suggestions
in a new land-use proposal to deal with Oregon's divisive property
rights law - a plan that was initially advertised as a bipartisan
fix...

April 13: (OPB News) MEASURE 37 RE-WRITER LURCHES ALONG
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/opb/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1067026

The on-again, off-again agreement over how to alter Oregon's
controversial property compensation law is apparently moving ahead. A
proposed framework to change Measure 37 was heard in public for the
first time Thursday evening...

April 13: (The Oregonian) Legislature answers the call for more time to
draw contentious Metro lines
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/117643112139530.xml&coll=7

Portland-area leaders are on their way to getting what they want from
the Legislature: two extra years to choose new suburbs...

April 13: (Albany Democrat-Herald) LEBANON COUPLE SUE OREGON OVER M37
CLAIM
http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2007/04/15/news/local/2loc02_m37.txt

Through attorney Ed Schultz, Ron and Sandra Whitelaw of Lebanon have
filed a lawsuit against the state over a Measure 37 claim on their
Bellinger Road property...

April 12: (McMinnville News-Register) Developers reach out to placate
foes
http://www.newsregister.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=220529 
Some of the neighbors still aren't happy about the plans of KHA
properties to develop a 447-lot subdivision in the west hills above
McMinnville, land currently occupied by trees, deer, coyotes, raccoons
and other wildlife...

April 12: (Beaverton Valley Times) LANDFILL'S MEASURE 37 CLAIM RILES
NEIGHBORS
http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=117640121590019300

Cooper Mountain neighbors are lining up to fight a Measure 37 land-use
claim that could expand the Lakeside Reclamation Landfill on Southwest
Vandermost Road...

April 12: (Guest Commentary, Daily Journal of Commerce) MEASURE 37
COMPROMISE IS OUT THERE, BUT IS IT VIABLE?
http://www.djc-or.com/viewStory.cfm?recid=29278&userID=1 
After weeks of discussions behind closed doors (though with much
technical help), a special legislative committee released the broad
outlines of a compromise designed to resolve the difficulties for
land-use regulation arising from Measure 37, passed by voters in
November 2004...

April 11: (Curry Coastal Pilot) COUNTY TENTATIVELY OKs PROPOSED GOLF
COURSE, HOUSING PROJECT IN SIXES
http://www.currypilot.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=14847 
GOLD BEACH - The Curry County Board of Commissioners gave preliminary
approval Tuesday on a Measure 37 claim for the Sweet Ranch property next
to the Sixes Airport, the site of a proposed golf and housing
complex...

April 11: (Medford Mail Tribune) Planners hope for high-density trend
http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2007/0411/local/stories/oak_grove_estates.htm

Medford developers want to bring a new high-density townhouse and
commercial neighborhood to the west edge of town near Oak Grove
Elementary School, and city planners hope it's the first of many such
developments...

April 10: (OPB News) LUBA RULES MEASURE 37 CLAIMS MUST GO THROUGH
STATE
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/opb/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1065244

Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals has ruled that when it comes to
claims under Ballot Measure 37, permission from the local county alone
isn't enough...

April 10: (Forest Grove News-Times) GREEN BRIEFS: NEWS FROM AROUND THE
SUSTAINABLE WORLD
http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=117589683520618400

(Scroll down to read the Measure 37 piece)
A Measure 37 compromise hammered out by legislators late last month has
drawn a thumbs-up from Gov. Ted Kulongoski, who praised the Framework
for a Better Measure 37 as a *sensible solution to re-establish
fairness for property owners and protections for farm and forest
lands.*

April 10: (Roseburg News-Review) PLANNERS HAVE VERY BUSY YEAR
http://www.newsreview.info/article/20070410/NEWS/70410016 
The Douglas County Planning Department recorded its busiest year in
2005. However, that was before an avalanche of Measure 37 claims came
tumbling in. As a result, the department last year registered an 8
percent increase over the previous year...

April 10: (The Oregonian) LANDOWNERS FACE ANOTHER HURDLE FROM MEASURE
37
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1176254732218890.xml&coll=7

MEDFORD -- An Oregon board says property owners who use Measure 37 to
develop land may need approval from both local and state agencies...

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Cliff Voliva
Communications Officer
Department of Land Conservation and Development
635 Capitol St. NE, Suite 150
Salem, OR 97301-2540
Phone: (503) 373-0050 x268
Fax: (503) 378-6033
cliff.voliva at state.or.us
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