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[Cliff Voliva]

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Oct. 7: (Medford Mail Tribune) Jacksonville OKs regional planning
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081007/NEWS/810070320
JACKSONVILLE — The City Council voted Monday to continue
participation in a valleywide planning effort to shape county growth,
ending a threat that the town's withdrawal might kill the process...

Oct. 6: (Medford Mail Tribune) Hillside project in Talent rejected by
state
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081006/NEWS/810060313

TALENT - Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals has upheld the city's
denial of an application to build a 143-unit development on a hillside
in the southwest part of town...

Oct. 6: (Eugene Register-Guard) NEIGHBORHOOD INROADS: Families fight
for their homes as PeaceHealth and Springfield seek land
http://www.registerguard.com/web/news/246371//story.csp 
SPRINGFIELD - When Pam Basilius looks out her front window, it’s as
if she can see the inevitable driving right into her living room.
Probably because some day soon, it will...

Oct. 6: (Coos Bay World) Who’s making the marine reserves proposals?
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/10/06/news/doc48e7120c32521227271781.txt

Both sport and commercial fishermen say they are frustrated with the
lack of communication with conservationists who are proposing marine
reserves. But there is an even bigger issue, they said...

Oct. 6: (Guest Commentary, Bend Bulletin) What an eco-resort could do
for the Metolius basin
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081006/NEWS01/810060316

As a Camp Sherman resident, I read with great interest the “Calm
before the storm” article in the Sept. 21 Bulletin. My family has a
long history here...

Oct. 6: (Medford Mail Tribune) Commission candidates present land-use
views
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081006/NEWS/810060310

Jackson County Commissioner C.W. Smith and his challenger, Jim Olney,
voiced their visions for the Rogue Valley before a small audience
attending a land-use discussion held Sunday afternoon at Roxy Ann
Winery...

Oct. 5: (East Oregonian) Amazon of a project: Secrecy shrouds
construction of data center at Port of Morrow
http://www.eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=83586

The Port of Morrow is used to landing big fish at its 9,000-acre
industrial complex on the banks of the Columbia River. Now it looks like
they've snagged a whopper, although secrecy still surrounds the
industrial catch...

Oct. 5: (The Oregonian) Look out, Oregon, for a global warming land
rush
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/10/look_out_oregon_for_a_global_w.html

The prediction caused a collective grimace among the mayors, city
councilors, engineers and planners in the audience. By 2060, a Metro
economist said, the seven-county Portland area could grow to 3.85
million people -- nearly double the number here now...

Oct. 4: (Editorial, The Oregonian) Marine reserves are proven
successes
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/10/marine_reserves_are_proven_suc.html

The time for pilot projects and half-measures to protect Oregon's
precious marine resources has passed. Marine reserves and protected
areas elsewhere on the West Coast and across the world already have
demonstrated that they can benefit fish stocks -- and fishermen...

Oct. 5: (Eugene Register-Guard) Marine reserve concept debated
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/356753//story.csp 
FLORENCE - To the average Oregonian, to the ordinary tourist visiting
its coastline, marine reserves are an invisible concept. There’ll be
no ropes or signs or park rangers patrolling the swaths of ocean that
get closed off to fishing, wave energy parks and offshore oil rigs...

Oct. 3: (OPB News) Debates Abound At Final 'Big Look' Meeting
http://news.opb.org/article/3226-debates-abound-final-big-look-meeting/

Thursday night, while many people were at home watching the vice
presidential debate, more than 100 central Oregonians were sitting in a
gym, contemplating the future of the state’s one-of-a-kind land use
laws...

Oct. 3: (Baker City Herald) Gusts have power potential
http://www.bakercityherald.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=7433 
Even before Congress added funding for developing alternative energy
sources to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil, windmills have
been sprouting up across Northeastern Oregon. And more could be
coming...

Oct. 3: (Bend Bulletin) ‘Big Look’ at land use gets locals heated
up
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081003/NEWS01/810030453

Crook County farmer Gary Eder is no fan of destination resorts, but he
could soon be a neighbor to one, the 580-acre Crossing Trails...

Oct. 3: (Corvallis Gazette-Times) Commission OKs Evanite pathway
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2008/10/03/news/community/3aaa03_evanitepath.txt

City planning commissioners were split over a planned multi-use path
through property owned by Evanite, but they voted to approve it
Wednesday night...

Oct. 3: (Albany Democrat-Herald) COUNTY UPHOLDS VESTED RIGHTS DECISION
http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2008/10/03/news/local/4loc05_county.txt

Linn County commissioners upheld an earlier planning staff decision
Wednesday after hearing a man’s appeal for vested rights to more
parcels than were allotted him under a Measure 49 determination...

Oct. 3: (The Oregonian) A farmer's view on the 'Big Look'
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1222889109130590.xml&coll=7

THE DALLES -- At town hall meetings across the state, Oregonians are
saying they're worried that growth is changing the state and threatening
their way of life...

Oct. 3: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Report says Oregon land-use plan is
working
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/10/03/Report-says-Oregon-landuse-plan-is-working

A new report by the Institute of Natural Resources at Oregon State
University says Oregon is on track in regard to effectively protecting
farm and forest lands and controlling urban sprawl...

Oct. 2: (Capital Press) Promote farms, Big Look urged: By bolstering
high-value operations, state won’t have to protect land
http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=618&ArticleID=45051&TM=33304.7

MEDFORD, Ore. - Promote high value farming instead of sticking with
Oregon's protective farmland zoning, a state government task force
seeking public opinion on current land use law was told last week when
they came to Southern Oregon...

Oct. 2: (Daily Astorian) Astoria crosses new bridge with Riverfront
Vision Plan
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=54805

Rosemary Johnson wasn't selling tomatoes or cinnamon rolls or jewelry
at the Astoria Sunday Market last week. The product she had to offer was
much less tangible, but will prove far more enduring...

Oct. 2: (KTVZ-TV, Bend) Locals weigh in on Oregon's future growth
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=9117343 
Oregon is diverse. Ideas of how to plan for more of us in the future
are also diverse. So while the opinions of those who gathered at the
Bend Armory Thursday night differed, the idea that local voices need to
be heard was common ground for all...

Oct. 2: (OPB News) Eugene Neighbors See Progress In Arena Plan
http://news.opb.org/article/3207-eugene-neighbors-see-progress-arena-plan/

Eugene city planners are recommending approval of the construction of a
new $200 million basketball arena next to the University of Oregon
campus...

Oct. 2: (Coos Bay World) Fishing group proposes marine reserve at Port
Orford
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/10/02/news/doc48e3b7064bfda677955537.txt

PORT ORFORD (AP) - The first of an expected wave of ideas for marine
reserves off Oregon’s coast comes from a group of fishermen who would
bar themselves from a fertile site just off Port Orford...

Oct. 2: (Bend Bulletin) A ‘Big Look’ at Oregon’s statewide
planning system
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081002/NEWS01/810020428/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

SALEM - It is, quite literally, your chance to help map Oregon’s
future. Taking a page from the past, when thousands of Oregonians
offered their input to help create the state’s land use system...

Oct. 2: (Bend Bulletin) County approves mining activities in Millican
Valley
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081002/NEWS01/810020425/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

The Deschutes County Commission voted unanimously Wednesday morning to
rezone land in the Millican Valley for surface mining, possibly bringing
an end to more than three years of legal wrangling...

Oct. 2: (Bend Bulletin) Advisers to Bend council: Don’t promise
anything yet
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081002/NEWS01/810020440/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

The city of Bend should hold off on promising land to potential Juniper
Ridge tenants until it finalizes a transportation fix for a congested
intersection in the area, an advisory group told the City Council on
Wednesday...

Oct. 1: (OPB News) Eight Marine Reserves Proposed For Oregon Coast
http://news.opb.org/article/3199-eight-marine-reserves-proposed-oregon-coast/

Environmental and fishing groups are proposing eight new marine
reserves off the  Oregon coast Wednesday. If adopted, those areas would
be off limits to fishing and other commercial activity...

Oct. 1: (Medford Mail Tribune) Shady Cove floodplain probation to end
Nov. 1
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/NEWS/810010324

SHADY COVE - Residents will no longer have to pay an annual $50
surcharge on their flood insurance premiums starting Nov. 1 after the
federal government ruled enough progress was made in correcting
floodplain violations...

Oct. 1: (Eugene Register-Guard) Planners set conditions for UO arena,
recommend permit approval
http://www.registerguard.com/web/news/172774//story.csp 
Eugene planners are recommending that a hearings officer approve the
University of Oregon’s plans for a $227 million basketball arena by
granting the conditional use permit needed to start construction...

Oct. 1: (Bend Bulletin) State wants input on land use planning
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/NEWS01/810010396/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

SALEM - Oregon’s land use system has prevented California-style
sprawl, but it has also been criticized as unfair to landowners who
can’t develop their property...

Oct. 1: (Bend Bulletin) UGB ‘coming to crunch time’
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/NEWS01/810010415/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

After 14 months, more than 30 meetings and four maps, the Bend Planning
Commission is still undecided on where to draw the city’s expanded
urban growth boundary...

Sept. 30: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Scientists worried about impact of
wave energy
http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2008/10/01/news/local/6loc05_waves.txt

CORVALLIS - The development of wave energy facilities off the coast of
Oregon could have significant impacts on the ocean and the ecological
communities it supports, according to a newly published report...

Sept. 30: (East Oregonian) Citizens can respond to power line
http://www.eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=83388&TM=41647.89

Citizens can weigh in during public meetings about the proposed
500-kilovolt power line the Idaho Power Company wants to run 298 miles
from Boardman to a substation near Murphy, Idaho...

Sept. 30: (The Oregonian) Conservation groups propose marine reserves
off Oregon
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/122282970711550.xml&coll=7

A coalition of conservation groups on Tuesday proposed setting aside 14
percent of Oregon's territorial sea in marine reserves to create an
extensive network of no-fishing zones from just south of Cannon Beach to
just north of Brookings...

Sept. 30: (Commentary, The Oregonian) Unmerited crowing from a property
rights group
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/09/unmerited_crowing_from_a_prope.html

Oregonians in Action, the property rights group that tried but failed
to gut land-use planning in Oregon, claims on the Web site
oregoncatalyst.com that it mounted a telephone-calling campaign that
succeeded in holding up the appointment of Rep. Greg Macpherson, D-Lake
Oswego, to the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission...

Sept. 30: (The Dalles Chronicle) Big Look task force draws big local
crowd
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2008/09/news09-30-08-01.shtml 
The Big Look task force town hall meeting in The Dalles drew a big
response Monday. Nearly 120 people showed up for the event at the
Columbia Gorge Discovery Center...

Sept. 30: (Bend Bulletin) A fourth option, but still no UGB
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080930/NEWS01/809300448/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=

A fourth possible map of how to expand Bend’s urban growth boundary
was introduced to the Bend Planning Commission on Monday, prompting an
extended discussion but no decision on where the city should grow in the
future...

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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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