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[Cliff Voliva]

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August 25: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Looking at harbor redevelopment
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/08/25/Looking-at-harbor-redevelopment-A-lot-of-potential-lies-within-brownfield-areas-enough-so-that-multi

Something needs to be done with Portland harbor’s brownfield sites,
says the city’s Harbor Redevelopment Initiative. According to a group
comprised of government agencies, nonprofits and businesses...

August 25: (Coos Bay World) State denies appeal of LNG opponents
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/08/25/news/doc48afb5f22ec32300355611.txt

It’s smooth sailing again for the Oregon International Port of Coos
Bay and its proposal to dig a berth on the North Spit for liquefied
natural gas tankers. At least for now...

August 25: (Guest Commentary, Statesman Journal) Act would reduce the
incidence of wildfires
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080825/OPINION/808250306/1049/UPDATE

By definition, wildfire is unpredictable. But there's one sure thing:
When a fire burns in the forest these days, it will cost more to put out
than 20, 10 or even five years ago. Hotter, drier summers, rising labor
and equipment costs, build-up of forest fuels and urban sprawl factor
into the increase...

August 25: (AP, Captial Press) California eyes Oregon wind power
http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=94&SubSectionID=801&ArticleID=44009&TM=45621.48

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- California, whose laws require it to get 20
percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2010, has its eyes
on Oregon's growing wind power industry...

August 24: (East Oregonian) Harnessing the Blues: Wind energy companies
look at Blue Mountain foothills
http://www.eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=81909&TM=42833.06

The foothills of the Blue Mountains near Athena and Weston may become
the site for a future wind farm or two. That, at least, is where
multiple companies are gathering wind information and attempting to
generate landowner interest...

August 24: (The Oregonian) Is there a big casino in French Prairie's
future?
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/is_there_a_big_casino_in_frenc.html

A megacasino just south of the Willamette River on Oregon's historic
French Prairie is either in the works or completely off the table,
depending on who is doing the talking...

August 23: (Medford Mail Tribune) Medford decision allowing Wal-Mart
supercenter appealed
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080823/NEWS/808230318
A citizens group on Friday appealed to the Medford City Council a
decision to allow construction of a Wal-Mart Supercenter at the former
Miles Field in the south part of town...

August 23: (Corvallis Gazette-Times) Seavey clears land-use hurdle
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2008/08/23/news/community/2aaa02_seavey.txt

With the deadline to appeal a planned low-income housing venture in
northeast Corvallis now passed, developers are looking to their next
hurdle: funding the project...

August 22: (KOHD News, Bend) Possible Land Use change in Deschutes
County
http://kohd.com/news/local/38533 
Jodi Lopez and her husband Jim, have been running Lavender Pond, a
wedding venue at their home on Powell Butte Highway, for the last four
years. It's something they say is not currently part of Deschutes County
Code...

August 21: (OPB News) Rural Oregonians Meet In Cascade Locks
http://news.opb.org/article/2883-rural-oregonians-meet-cascade-locks/ 
About 150 representatives from across Oregon met in Cascade Locks
Thursday for the first-ever Oregon Rural Congress. The summit gave rural
Oregonians a chance to air their frustrations with current state
policy...

August 21: (Bend Bulletin) Bend airport advisory group slow to take
off
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/NEWS01/808220455/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

Last fall, city officials, pilots and Bend Municipal Airport neighbors
began planning for a new advisory committee that would help smooth
relations and increase communication about development at the airport.
But nearly a year later, the group has failed to get off the ground...

August 21: (The Oregonian) GROUP TALKS OF RURAL PROSPERITY FOR RURAL
OREGON
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/group_talks_of_rural_prosperit.html

CASCADE LOCKS -- Rural Oregonians from the coast to across the Cascades
are meeting for the first time to try to forge a common agenda. The
inaugural Oregon Rural Congress that wraps up this morning in Cascade
Locks is largely an airing of perceived obstacles to rural
prosperity...

August 21: (Bend Bulletin) Bend UGB decision will have to wait
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080821/NEWS01/808210457/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

The Bend City Council won’t get to weigh in on the final plan for the
city’s urban growth boundary expansion until mid-fall - several months
past the August deadline councilors requested earlier this summer...

August 21: (Bend Bulletin) Nitrates rule could find spot on March
ballot
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080821/NEWS01/808210447/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

Residents of southern Deschutes County who are upset about a new
ordinance that regulates septic systems hope to prevent the rule from
taking effect by getting a measure on the ballot for the March
election...

August 20: (Portland Tribune) Auditor: Metro misses connection with
transit-oriented projects
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=121928000158827600

Metro’s efforts to spur new housing and retail near MAX stations and
bus lines took some hits Wednesday in a report by the regional
government’s auditors. Metro Auditor Suzanne Flynn said the agency’s
Transit-Oriented Development Program is still finding its way...

August 20: (Medford Mail Tribune) Talent reviews Planning Commission's
land-use proposal
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080820/NEWS/808200335

TALENT - Future annexations of land for residential development will be
based on need if the City Council adopts a Planning Commission proposal
during its meeting at 6:30 tonight in the community center...

August 20: (Bend Bulletin) Sunriver Resort-area residents may partner
up on sewers
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080820/NEWS01/808200408/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

One month after the Deschutes County Commission adopted an ordinance to
keep nitrates out of groundwater in the south county, residents near
Sunriver Resort are exploring a partnership with the resort that could
help them comply with the new rule...

August 20: (Bend Bulletin) Area’s traffic issues are prime example of
state’s challenges
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080820/NEWS01/808200412/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

SALEM - The story is largely the same, it’s just the highway mile
markers that are different. From the Oregon Coast, to the outskirts of
Portland, to the routes leading to destination resorts sprouting across
Central Oregon, growth is pouring more traffic onto the state’s rural
highways...

August 19: (Daily Astorian) Johnson fears LNG would disrupt airport
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=53629

WARRENTON - State Sen. Betsy Johnson is worried Oregon LNG's proposed
liquefied natural gas facility on Warrenton's Skipanon Peninsula will be
a hazard for planes flying in and out of the Astoria Regional
Airport...

August 19: (Baker City Herald) County unveils proposed land-use law
http://www.bakercityherald.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=7168 
HAINES - Five years in the making, the county's new zoning ordinance
had its coming out party Monday night in front of about 30 residents...

August 18: (AP, Eugene Register-Guard) Rural Oregonians meet to plot
strategy
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OR_RURAL_OREGON_OROL-?SITE=OREUG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

LA GRANDE, Ore. (AP) -- The recent dustup in Oregon over new rules
requiring ethics disclosures by small-town public officials is an
example of the way state government fails to understand the impact it
can have in the countryside, says an Oregon Rural Congress organizer...

August 16: (OPB News) Big Look Task Force Reviewing Oregon's Land-Use
http://news.opb.org/article/2841-big-look-task-force-reviewing-oregons-land-use-planning/

A task force is reviewing Oregon’s one-of-a-kind land use planning
system and hammering out the last details of its draft
recommendations...

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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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