From Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us Tue Nov 4 10:56:36 2008 From: Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us (Cliff Voliva) Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:56:36 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD References: <4906D32D02000023000147FE@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4906DF670200002300014820@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4908301002000023000148AD@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4908377002000023000148C5@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49083AC702000023000148D3@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49083AED02000023000148D6@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49083EE902000023000148EC@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4908418702000023000148EF@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4909739A0200002300014921@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <490976C80200002300014928@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49097823020000230001492B@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49097D7A020000230001492E@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4909813E0200002300014931@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <490ABE5C02000023000149A5@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <490AC01702000023000149A9@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <490AC78202000023000149B1@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <490EBD510200002300014A5D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <490ECABA0200002300014A76@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <490ECB6C0200002300014A79@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <490ECFE10200002300014A85@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <490ED47A0200002300014A88@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <490ED6AD0200002300014A90@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <490ED7310200002300014A93@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <490EDB860200002300014A9C@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <490EDDB80200002300014A9F@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <490EDDDA0200002300014AA2@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49100B990200002300014B28@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49100D220200002300014B30@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4910263F0200002300014B41@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491027890200002300014B44@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491029840200002300014B47@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49102A640200002300014B4D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> Message-ID: <49102A5E.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 ____________________________________________________________ Nov. 4: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) A land-use system McCall would reject http://www.oregonlive.com/commentary/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1225756514290270.xml&coll=7 Preserving the natural beauty of our forests, beaches and rivers is fundamental to our quality of life, because as human beings we have an instinctive affinity for healthy, thriving natural areas... Nov. 4: (Roseburg News-Review) Costco site endorsed http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081104/NEWS/811049985/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Costco%20site%20endorsed In front of an overflow crowd, a citizen advisory panel on Monday endorsed locating a Costco Wholesale store at the proposed location on Northeast Stephens Street, just outside the Roseburg city limits... Nov. 4: (Corvallis Gazette-Times) Evanite pulls river trail plan http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2008/11/04/news/community/6aaa04_evanite.txt Plans to complete a riverfront trail from the north end of downtown to Willamette Landing are no more, for now... Nov. 3: (Editorial, The Oregonian) Analyzing the cost of dumb growth http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/11/analyzing_the_cost_of_dumb_gro.html Sometimes a statistic from somewhere else strays across our desks, and triggers an "Aha" moment. It provides a comparison, and a sudden illumination, of Oregon's land-use system... Nov. 3: (Daily Astorian) LNG is on path of fish sanctuary http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=55675 Juvenile chinook salmon swimming down the Columbia River often turn a corner at Clifton Channel, about 20 miles upriver from Astoria, and enter the marshy backwaters that meander through a cluster of islands between Bradwood Landing and Svensen... Nov. 3: (AP, Coos Bay World) $300M golf resort gets approval in Winston http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/11/03/news/doc490c0f595d157875302858.txt WINSTON (AP) - A $300 million resort that includes an 18-hole golf course has won preliminary approval from the town planning commission in Winston, near Roseburg... Nov. 3: (AP, Capital Press) Idahoans flock to Oregon town to avoid sales tax http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=94&SubSectionID=801&ArticleID=45851&TM=48539.01 ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) - About 18,000 people can be found inside this Snake River farming town on a typical weekday afternoon. But when Ontario residents put on their nightcaps and blow out the bedside candles, figuratively speaking, the population will have dropped to 11,000... Nov. 2: (Corvallis Gazette-Times) Council gets Evanite appeal http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2008/11/03/news/community/from_last_week/2aaa02_evanite.txt Evanite Fiber Corp.?s proposal to grant the city an easement through its property south of downtown in exchange for regulatory relief on future development will go before the City Council on Monday... Nov. 2: (The Oregonian) Oregon's 'Big Look' task force finds need for land-use reform http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/oregons_big_look_task_force_fi.html After two years of study, a high-profile group of land-use advisers believes there should be more local control over how Oregon shelters farms, timber and wildlife habitat from the advance of houses, malls and factories... Nov. 1: (AP, Eugene Register-Guard) Seafood groups back few reserves http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/1845433-35/story.csp NEWPORT - Just two of the 20 proposed marine reserves along the Oregon coast have found any support from seafood commodity commissions... Oct. 31: (Baker City Herald) County, city differ on power line plan http://www.bakercityherald.com/News/Local-News/County-city-differ-on-power-line-plan Baker County and Baker City appear to be taking entirely different routes dealing with Idaho Power Company?s plan to build a transmission line through the county... Oct. 31: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Bullock's appeal is rejected http://www.dailytidings.com/2008/1031/stories/1031_bullock.php The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals rejected Art Bullock's appeal of the Helman Baths project on Thursday... Oct. 30: (OPB News) Coastal Towns? Tsunami Vulnerability Rated And Ranked http://news.opb.org/article/3418-coastal-towns-tsunami-vulnerability-rated-and-ranked/ Aberdeen, Washington and Seaside, Oregon have the greatest exposure to loss if a major tsunami were to hit the Northwest coast. That comes out of two federal reports that rate and rank community vulnerability up and down the coast... Oct. 30: (OPB News) The Long Look At The Big Look Coming To An End http://news.opb.org/article/3417-long-look-big-look-coming-end/ Oregon?s three-year examination of the state?s land-use planning system formally ends Thursday. The ten-member Big Look Task Force plans to finalize a draft legislative proposal to re-direct the system from a centralized, regulation-heavy approach toward a more local, incentive-based system... Oct. 30: (Coos Bay World) Flood insurance rate maps revised http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/10/30/news/doc49089b508bd3d588771545.txt The Federal Emergency Management Administration recently completed a project to revise flood insurance rate maps for Coos County. Next month, the agency plans to host a meeting in Bandon to help people learn about the changes... Oct. 30: (Medford Mail Tribune) Liquid natural gas hearing draws protests http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081030/NEWS/810300335 As the Philadelphia Phillies were busy winning the World Series 2,800 miles away Wednesday, a group of Southern Oregonians filed into the Red Lion Hotel to voice their concerns over a proposed natural gas pipeline in their backyards... Oct. 30: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Citizens may get their say on urban renewal http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/10/30/Citizens-may-get-their-say-on-urban-renewal-Ballot-Measure-34160-would-make-it-easier-to-create-an-u With a population of nearly 87,000 people, Beaverton is the sixth largest city in Oregon. And it?s growing, with developments slated throughout the city... Oct. 29: (Curry Coastal Pilot) Brookings City Council OKs zoning change to reclassify auto dealerships http://www.currypilot.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=18502 Brookings City Council Monday approved wording for changes to the downtown zoning code to reclassify auto dealerships... Oct. 29: (The Oregonian) Damascus: Draft land-use plan is ready for community feedback http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2008/10/damascus_draft_landuse_plan_is.html To build? Not to build? To cut trees? Not to cut trees? To add roads? Not to add roads? Months of mulling these questions have resulted in a draft version of a comprehensive land-use plan for Damascus that is available for review at City Hall... Oct. 29: (Bend Bulletin) Modified Bend UGB map wins support of commission http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081029/NEWS01/810290365 More than a year after the city of Bend began drafting proposals for an expansion of the city?s urban growth boundary, the process turned a major corner Tuesday evening, with the Bend Planning Commission voting to recommend a map to the City Council... Oct. 29: (Medford Mail Tribune) Planners part over pesticides http://www.dailytidings.com/2008/1029/stories/1029_planning.php The Planning Commission waded through discussion on changing city rules about using herbicides, rebuilding after floods and building porches next to creeks at its Tuesday night meeting at the Civic Center... Oct. 29: (Roseburg News-Review) Hearing reopened on UGB expansion http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081029/NEWS/810299959/1001&parentprofile=1055&title=Hearing%20reopened%20on%20UGB%20expansion A controversial topic that it seemed the Roseburg City Council had decided upon will be open to debate again at its Nov. 10 meeting... Oct. 29: (Coos Bay World) FERC is a no-show at LNG hearing http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/10/29/news/doc49074c94dda45199451496.txt NORTH BEND - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission did not appear for its own public hearing Monday in North Bend... Oct. 29: (AP, Albany Democrat-Herald) Report says Springfield lacks industrial space http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2008/10/29/news/local/6loc19_woodheat.txt SPRINGFIELD (AP) - The Springfield planning commission has been told the city doesn?t have enough land to accommodate projected growth... Oct. 28: (Guest Commentary, Eugene Register-Guard) Collaborative effort will work for west Eugene http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/1608859-47/story.csp We?ve been talking about traffic in west Eugene and the West Eugene Parkway as long as we can remember. Whether or not you thought the parkway was a good idea... Oct. 28: (Tillamook Headlight-Herald) Public gets chance to view plans for old Miller's site http://tillamookheadlightherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=8&SubSectionID=8&ArticleID=10539&TM=47568.84 GARIBALDI - The City of Garibaldi will host an open house on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 4 to 6 p.m., to review conceptual site plans for future development at the old Miller's Restaurant site... Oct. 17: (Roseburg News-Review) Transportation plan withstands appeal http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081017/NEWS/810179982 A long-running dispute over the city of Roseburg?s plans for its transportation system has come to a halt, at least from a legal standpoint... 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