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[Cliff Voliva]

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August 19: (Albany Democrat Herald) Board wants more input on development tax
http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2008/08/19/news/local/6loc01_tax.txt 
LEBANON - No decision will be made on pursuing a tax on new development until more stakeholders have a chance to speak, members of the Lebanon School Board said Monday...

August 18: (Baker City Herald) Baker County rewriting its land use laws
http://www.bakercityherald.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=7157 
The first of six community meetings to discuss the draft version of Baker County's revised zoning and subdivision ordinance will be held tonight in Haines...

August 18: (Medford Mail Tribune) Gold Hill planning fee hike proposed
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080818/NEWS/808180312
GOLD HILL - Four years after the last planning fee hike, officials are slated to increase fees at the City Council's September meeting to cover the costs of doing business...

August 16: (McMinnville News-Register) Voters will weigh in on landfill
http://www.newsregister.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=239221 
The November ballot just got a little bigger in Yamhill County. Clerk Jan Coleman said late Thursday that an initiative targeting Riverbend Landfill's planned expansion will go to voters this fall, setting the stage for a debate that will play out at the ballot box as well as in the land-use arena...

August 15: (Hillsboro Argus) Call goes out: Envision downtown of future
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1218822627289561.xml&coll=6
Work on the Downtown Community Plan continues as City of Hillsboro staff expands outreach efforts...

August 15: (Hillsboro Argus) Hillsboro mayor suggests setting rural reserves first Smaller suburbs skeptical, worry doing so could lead to more dense development
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1218822624289560.xml&coll=6
PORTLAND - About halfway through Wednesday's meeting of the 31-member Urban and Rural Reserves Steering Committee, someone realized nobody was talking about the latter half of the equation...

August 15: (Guest Commentary, Statesman Journal) Time for common ground on LNG
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080815/OPINION/808150313/1049/COLUMN0801 
During my 33-year career in organized labor, I was involved in many negotiations. I've seen discussions get completely out-of-hand, but I've also seen sides go from opposing each other one day, to shaking hands the next day...

August 15: (The Oregonian) Land-use panel will focus on local control
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1218768924236310.xml&coll=7 
Oregon's land-use system should give rural communities more control over development and focus statewide regulation on significant farm, forest and natural resource land, a special task force says...

August 14: (Albany Democrat Herald) LINN BOARD OKS VESTED RIGHTS IN FIRST APPEAL
http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2008/08/14/news/local/4aaa02_linnboard.txt 
Linn County commissioners, going against the county planning department in their first review of a decision made under Measure 49, have determined that the applicants did in fact have a vested right to continue development of a subdivision near Albany...

August 14: (The Oregonian) Citizen involvement, round 2, starts roughly
http://www.oregonlive.com/metrosouth/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/metro_south_news/1218430503327630.xml&coll=7 
OREGON CITY -- Almost three years after Oregon City's Citizens Involvement Committee suspended operations, an effort is under way to improve communications between the city government and the people it serves...

August 13: (OPB News) Vancouver Planning For Future Of Mill Property
http://news.opb.org/article/2805-vancouver-planning-future-mill-property/ 
Vancouver is in the middle  of an ambitious plan to change what used to be a Boise Cascade timber mill into a high-rise waterfront community...

August 13: (Statesman Journal) Participate in Independence's 2020 Vision survey
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080813/COMMUNITIES/808130336/1117 
INDEPENDENCE - Two days remain to chip in your two bits concerning the future and direction of this town as the city gathers input to help guide its 2020 Vision planning...

August 13: (Statesman Journal) City council hears details about Battle Creek Golf Course
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080813/COMMUNITIES/808130326/1105/SOUTH_SALEM 
Salem City Councilors recently heard details about a plan to spend $3.7 million in public funds to buy half of the Battle Creek Golf Course site. Roughly 40 acres of the former golf course in South Salem would become a flood- control and environmental enhancement-project, as well as a green space open for public use...

August 13: (Cottage Grove Sentinel) Speedway issue takes another lap
http://www.cgsentinel.com/fe_view_article.php?story_id=3224&page_id=72&heading=0 
On Wednesday morning of Aug. 6 the City of Cottage Grove received a decision from the state Land Use Board of Appeals concerning an appeal of the city's approval of the continued use of the Cottage Grove Speedway...

August 12: (Hillsboro Argus) LUBA OKs Pacific University project
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1218622862123820.xml&coll=6 
Pacific University has inched closer to breaking ground on expansion of its Hillsboro Health Professions Campus. A July 31 opinion written by Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals member Michael A. Holstun affirmed Hillsboro City Council approval of amendments to the campus's concept development plan for a second campus building...

August 7: (Eugene Register-Guard) Speedway case not finished yet
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=126323&sid=4&fid=2 
COTTAGE GROVE - The city must take at least one more lap in defending its four-year-old approval of expanded operations at the Cottage Grove Speedway, a state panel ruled Wednesday...

August 6: (Eugene Register-Guard) City approves Amazon deal
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=126204&sid=1&fid=1 
After more than a year of controversy, the city of Eugene has agreed to buy 40 acres in the Amazon Creek headwaters for $1.6 million, City Manager Jon Ruiz said Tuesday...

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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
http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/index.shtml