[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD

Tue Nov 4 10:56:36 PST 2008

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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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Department of Land Conservation and Development
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Salem, OR 97301-2540
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cliff.voliva at state.or.us
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