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[Cliff Voliva]

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Sept. 9: (Statesman Journal) Salem OKs buying part of golf course for
flood control
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080909/NEWS/809090323/1001
Salem City Council approved Monday night to buy a portion of the Battle
Creek Golf Course site. The $3.5 million purchase will buy 40 acres in
the southern half of the former golf course. City leaders intend to turn
the property into a flood control and environmental enhancement
project...

Sept. 9: (OPB News) Mine Owners Resume Legal Battle In Southern Oregon
http://news.opb.org/article/3006-mine-owners-resume-legal-battle-southern-oregon/
A landowner in the city of Jacksonville, near Medford, has sued Jackson
County in state and federal court over a proposed mining operation...

Sept. 9: (Bend Bulletin) Nitrate rule spurs annexation effort
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080909/NEWS01/809090430/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=
In an attempt to avoid complying with a new ordinance that regulates
septic systems in south Deschutes County, one resident recently launched
an effort to annex portions of land into the city of La Pine...

Sept. 9: (Bend Bulletin) Bend gets a look at 3 potential UGB plans
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080909/NEWS01/809090438/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=
Bend’s urban growth boundary expansion began to take shape Monday
evening as city planning officials unveiled three proposed alternatives
to a standing room-only crowd at a meeting of the Bend Planning
Commission...

Sept. 9: (Bend Bulletin) Judge calls CEC actions ‘egregious’
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080909/NEWS01/809090421/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=
Calling Redmond-based Central Electric Cooperative’s conduct
“inexcusable,” “contemptuous and egregious,” a Deschutes
County judge has ordered the company to pay more than $50,000 in legal
fees to a Sisters landowner and threatened to cut the company’s court
case off at the knees...

Sept. 8: (The Dalles Chronicle) Land use plans draw Mosier concerns
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2008/09/news09-08-08-01.shtml 
The Wasco County Planning Commission has ruffled a few feathers around
Mosier with its latest amendments...

Sept. 8: (Medford Mail Tribune) Opp Mine owners sue county
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080908/NEWS/809080308

JACKSONVILLE - Opp Mine owners have again filed suit against Jackson
County, claiming that decisions to deny them historical use of their
land has resulted in a taking of their property without payment of just
compensation...

Sept. 8: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Gresham forms city’s first
design commission
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/09/08/Gresham-forms-citys-first-design-commission-Architect-Rick-Potestio-will-lead-group-in-its-first-tas

The future of building design in the city of Gresham may be turning a
corner, as the city forms its first design commission...

Sept. 8: (AP, Coos Bay World) Roseburg Costco site faces new appeals
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/09/08/news/doc48c1e07e6ec44373178717.txt

ROSEBURG (AP) - Two new appeals have been filed against a proposed
Costco Wholesale site in Roseburg. The appeals were filed by the
attorney representing former Douglas County Commissioner Joyce
Morgan...

Sept. 8: (Bend Bulletin) Planned resort near Crescent to get hearing
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080908/NEWS01/809080373/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

Residents and others who want to weigh in on a proposal to build near
Crescent what could be Central Oregon’s largest destination resort
will have a chance Tuesday, when Klamath County holds a public
hearing...

Sept. 7: (Editorial, Bend Bulletin) Affordable housing is not just more
housing
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080908/NEWS01/809080314/1050/OPIN&nav_category=

The city of Bend’s affordable housing fund has already been diverted
to one questionable purpose - paying lawyers to defend the city’s
flawed mobile home park ordinance...

Sept. 7: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Nature-area proposal goes to council
http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2008/09/07/news/local/1loc02_natureproposal.txt

Some residents of North Albany have been working on turning the site of
a proposed subdivision along East Thornton Lake into a nature area
instead, and on Monday the city council will be asked if it’s
interested in pursuing such a plan...

Sept. 6: (McMinnville News-Register) Developer wins city council
audience
http://www.newsregister.com/article/20622-developer-wins-city-council-audience

Repeated discouragement from the city council and its planning staff
notwithstanding, local developer Alan Roodhouse wants to revamp the
development plan for industrial-zoned land along Three Mile Lane. And he
wants to do it his way...

Sept. 5: (Capital Press) E. Idaho group wants court to look at wind
farms
http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=94&SubSectionID=801&ArticleID=44320&TM=47020.99

BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) - A limited partnership in southeastern Idaho has
requested a judicial review of the Bingham County commissioners'
approval of two wind farms...

Sept. 5: (Bend Bulletin) Debate over planned resort in Crook County to
continue
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080905/NEWS01/809050432/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

The Crook County Planning Commission declined to decide on the fate of
a proposed destination resort at its meeting Wednesday night but plans
to take up the issue again when it meets Tuesday...

Sept. 4: (Coos Bay World) Coquille works on development deal for old
mill site
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/09/04/news/doc48c026142b581793092170.txt

COQUILLE - The city of Coquille is in the beginning stages of working
out a deal with Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Inc. for the sale and
development of a 2.67-acre piece of the old Georgia-Pacific mill
site...

Sept. 4: (East Oregonian) Finding transmission lines solutions
http://www.eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=82261&TM=41968.24

Giant wind turbines are already dotting much of the Eastern Oregon
landscape. And as they continue to multiply, transmission lines are sure
to follow...

Sept. 4: (AP, Corvallis Gazette-Times) Oregon farm profits hit $1.5
billion record
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2008/09/04/news/community/4loc19_farmprofits.txt

SALEM (AP) - Farm profits in Oregon have hit a record of nearly $1.5
billion. The Oregon Department of Agriculture says net income for farms
was $1.48 billion in 2007 compared to the previous record of $1.21
billion in 2004...

Sept. 4: (Editorial, The Oregonian) The winds of change
http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1220491513280020.xml&coll=7

America remains desperate to free itself from the tyranny of foreign
oil. Oregon is showing the way. No state stands ahead of us in promoting
the development of alternative energy...

Sept. 3: (Daily Astorian) Sign code changes sent to Planning
Commission
http://www.dailytidings.com/2008/0903/stories/0903_council.php 
The Downtown Task Force's recommendations for relaxing the city sign
code are headed to the Ashland Planning Commission for review...

Sept. 3: (Curry County Reporter) Tidewater gravel mining site
application denied
http://www.currycountyreporter.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=3880 
Tidewater Contractor's request for a conditional use permit to mine
gravel, and construct a processing facility five miles up the Rogue near
the Old Mill Site was rejected by the Curry County Planning
Commission...

Sept. 3: (The Oregonian) Plan to annex Oregon City golf course faces
hurdle
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/122040691910030.xml&coll=7

OREGON CITY -- A state Land Use Board of Appeals opinion has put into
question whether a proposal to annex the 120-acre Oregon City Golf
Course tract will appear on the November ballot. The proposal was
defeated in March...

Sept. 3: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Hillsdale to focus on town center
development
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/09/03/Hillsdale-to-focus-on-town-center-development

Portland’s Bureau of Planning will hold three public meetings in the
coming months to get public input on developing Hillsdale’s town
center...

Sept. 3: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Neighbors push to downsize condo
project
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/09/03/Neighbors-push-to-downsize-condo-project-Neighborhood-association-developer-squareoff-over-height-of

After two years of battling, members of the Irvington Community
Association say they are close to prevailing in their effort to downsize
a proposed development called the Irvington Squire...

Sept. 2: (Daily Astorian) Governor tweaks concept of marine reserves
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&ArticleID=54021 
The state of Oregon has surprised sport and commercial fishers by
changing the rules on its marine reserves plan a month before site
proposals are due to the Oregon Ocean Policy Advisory Council...

Sept. 2: (East Oregonian) Planner measures city's ups, downs
http://www.eastoregonian.info/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=82191&TM=67390.34

With a little help, Hermiston might be looking to spruce up its
downtown in the future. As part of the periodic review the city
completes every 10 years...

August 29: (East Oregonian) Changing the view of the Blues
http://www.eastoregonian.info/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=82118&TM=67390.34

Drivers along Highway 11 and residents in and around Milton-Freewater,
Athena, Weston and Adams seem to be looking at two possible futures for
their view of the Blue Mountains: One much like the current view or one
full of windmills...

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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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