From Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us Tue Oct 21 14:10:59 2008 From: Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us (Cliff Voliva) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:10:59 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD References: <48F8621F0200002300014433@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <48FD958802000023000144F2@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <48FD9ADB0200002300014504@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <48FDC030020000230001455C@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <48FDD9CA0200002300014590@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <48FDDA2F0200002300014594@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <48FDDC6D0200002300014599@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <48FDE2B502000023000145AF@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <48FDE2F302000023000145B2@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> Message-ID: <48FDE2FC.0046.0023.0@lcd.state.or.us> Welcome to the Land Use News email list! Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. (Measure 49 articles have headlines in ALL CAPS.) The links to copyrighted news stories in Land Use News are not archived by DLCD, and the archiving policies of these sources vary. The stories, if available, reside on the site of the original news source. Please direct requests for archived stories, or permission to reprint them, to the original news source. Past Land Use News weekly emails can be found here: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news/ Anyone can subscribe to the free service by visiting this site: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news ____________________________________________________________ Oct. 21: (Daily Astorian) State of Oregon tells feds to put the brakes on LNG http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=55286 The state of Oregon has joined a chorus of legal challenges to the federal approval of the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas project... Oct. 21: (Eugene Register-Guard) ?Pit? redevelopment on hold http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/1217843-35/story.csp Eugene?s downtown pit across the street from the public library will remain an eyesore for longer than anticipated... Oct. 20: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Solar-cell material plant breaks ground in Salem http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/10/20/Solarcell-material-plant-breaks-ground-in-Salem State and local officials broke ground Wednesday on an $80 million solar-cell factory in Salem... Oct. 20: (Ashland Daily Tidings) City eyes changes to its affordable housing policies http://www.dailytidings.com/2008/1020/stories/1020_council.php The City Council will consider changes to city rules so that developers will have more flexibility to provide a mix of affordable housing to low- and middle-income households... Oct. 19: (Medford Mail Tribune) "Big Look" to hold another forum after capacity turnout http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081019/NEWS/810190332 Local residents will have a chance to take another look at Oregon's "Big Look Task Force" project Monday... Oct. 17: (The Oregonian) Resorts ride the economy up, now down in Central Oregon http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/10/resorts_ride_the_economy_up_no.html PRINEVILLE -- As resorts sprung up across central Oregon in recent years, so did concerns about how their golf courses and thousands of new homes fit into the rural landscape... Oct. 16: (Statesman Journal) Elkhorn resort OK'd with conditions http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081016/NEWS/810160350/1001/NEWS A destination resort planned along the Little North Santiam River that has been on the docket since the 1980s got a green light Wednesday morning from the Marion County Board of Commissioners... Oct. 16: (Bend Bulletin) State considers a major update of resort rules http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081016/NEWS01/810160440/1001/NEWS01&nav_category= For former state Sen. Charlie Ringo, D-Beaverton, who now lives in Bend, a family trip last summer brought home the difference between destination resorts that cater to tourists and ones that resemble exclusive rural subdivisions... Oct. 16: (Bend Bulletin) No new resorts in Crook County http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081016/NEWS01/810160431/1001/NEWS01&nav_category= PRINEVILLE - With a tap of Judge Scott Cooper?s gavel Wednesday morning, the development of any new destination resorts in Crook County was blocked for at least three years... Oct. 16: (The Oregonian) Crook County removes resort zones http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/crook_county_removes_resort_zo.html Prineville - Crook County this morning removed from its zoning map most of the land it had set aside for destination resorts... Oct. 15: (KTVZ, Bend) Destination resorts remain hot-button issue http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=9186395 The hot-button issue of allowing destination resorts was up for discussion at a big state meeting in Prineville late Wednesday afternoon, just hours after Powell Butte area resort foes got Crook County leaders to do as the voters had asked... Oct. 15: (AP, Coos Bay World) Third company enters LNG race http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/10/15/news/doc48f4d200091de781645433.txt WARRENTON (AP) - Backers of a third proposed liquefied natural gas terminal, this one near Warrenton, have applied to federal energy regulators to build a facility on a spit of sand that juts into the Columbia River... Oct. 15: (Bend Bulletin) Without financing, Tetherow on hold indefinitely http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081015/NEWS01/810150390/1001/NEWS01&nav_category= Stagnant sales and frozen credit markets have indefinitely delayed hotel construction at Tetherow, a 700-acre destination resort west of Bend... Oct. 15: (Bend Bulletin) Plan for Redmond industrial site clears key hurdle http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081015/NEWS01/810150404/1001/NEWS01&nav_category= SALEM - A plan that will redefine the landscape south of Redmond - and potentially lure large industrial employers to Central Oregon - earned a preliminary green light on Tuesday... Oct. 14: (Daily Astorian) Oregon LNG is back in the race http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=55113 WARRENTON - Oregon LNG has filed with federal authorities to move forward with its proposed liquefied natural gas terminal at the mouth of the Columbia River... END 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