From Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us Wed Nov 12 10:38:35 2008 From: Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us (Cliff Voliva) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:38:35 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD References: <49102A5F0200002300014B4A@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4911655B0200002300014BA8@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4911778F0200002300014BE6@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491179770200002300014BEB@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491408400200002300014D97@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49140A150200002300014D9A@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49140CA70200002300014D9D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49140D190200002300014DA0@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491457720200002300014FC4@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4917FA970200002300014FFD@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4918012E0200002300015005@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491820680200002300015037@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491820F0020000230001503A@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491821FB020000230001503D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491A9D3A02000023000150BE@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491A9DF802000023000150C1@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491AA2C902000023000150C4@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491AA33D02000023000150C7@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491AA42F02000023000150CA@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491AA79802000023000150CD@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491AAD3102000023000150D6@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491AAF4402000023000150D9@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491AAF5202000023000150DC@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491AB16B02000023000150DF@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491AB22B02000023000150E5@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> Message-ID: <491AB21C.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. 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Nov. 12: (Bend Bulletin) As residents fight resorts, developer may appeal county ban http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081112/BIZ01/811120346/1001/NEWS01&nav_category= Destination resorts in Crook County continue to create controversy on both sides of the issue ? more than 40 people pooled $6,850 to challenge the approval of Crossing Trails, while others are saying they will appeal the county?s decision last month to block new resorts in the area... Nov. 12: (Bend Bulletin) Deschutes to update its blueprint for development http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081112/BIZ01/811120386/1001/NEWS01&nav_category= When Deschutes County officials last asked residents for their opinions on how the county should develop, the timber industry was still a major employer and people could only guess what issues the county would face 20 years into the future... Nov. 12: (Roseburg News-Review) State land use director disagrees with county's Costco interpretation http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081112/NEWS/811129986/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=State%20land%20use%20director%20disagrees%20with%20county%27s%20Costco%20interpretation%20 The state Department of Land Conservation and Development is taking issue with a Douglas County interpretation that would allow Costco Wholesale to construct a store in the county?s M-2 medium industrial zone without seeking a zone change... Nov. 11: (The Oregonian) Sherman County farmers reap stability from wind http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/sherman_county_farmers_reap_st.html Hilderbrand Lane slices through acres of wheat fields as it heads east out of Wasco, a tiny town burrowed into Oregon's poorest county. Stubble from summer's harvest bristles in every direction. Nothing interrupts the tawny expanse until the road rises to expose hundreds of wind turbines... Nov. 11: (The Oregonian) Legislature will consider a regional approach to land use http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/legislature_will_consider_a_re.html Economic recovery, climate change and the state's budget problems have elbowed to the front of the issues line ahead of it, but a proposal to revise Oregon's land-use planning system will get serious consideration in the upcoming session of the Legislature, officials say... Nov. 11: (Ontario Argus Observer) Big Look Task Force may propel big land use changes http://www.argusobserver.com/articles/2008/11/11/news/doc4919c61611611007258494.txt SALEM ? If approved by the governor and the Legislature, the Big Look Task Force?s proposed changes to Oregon?s land-use system may give Malheur County officials some of the flexibility in land-use planning they?ve sought for years... Nov. 11: (Baker City Herald) Zoning ordinance gets first public hearing http://www.bakercityherald.com/News/Local-News/Zoning-ordinance-gets-first-public-hearing After a half-dozen meetings designed to explain the county?s new zoning ordinance, residents now have the chance to tell the Planning Commission what they think of the document... Nov. 10: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Private forest owners can profit with subdivisions http://www.dailytidings.com/2008/1110/stories/1110_forests.php ALBANY ? Many private forest owners are facing a tough decision during the economic downturn ? sell timber or sell the land... Nov. 10: (AP, Eugene Register-Guard) Amazon adds data center on river in rural Oregon http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/2294140-35/story.csp BOARDMAN - A huge data center linked to Amazon.com is going up quietly at the end of a dirt road nearly a mile long in Eastern Oregon... Nov. 10: (Daily Journal of Commerce) The Ulven Cos. feel at home in Hubbard http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/11/10/Small-town-suits-style-of-The-Ulven-Cos-Four-incorporated-businesses-thrive-in-Hubbard-while-shippin The five incorporated businesses that work closely with The Ulven Cos. (TUC) are studies in contrasts. Four are located in the small town of Hubbard, but many of their products are used around the world... Nov. 8: (Eugene Register-Guard) Cautious reception for wave proposal http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/2213573-35/story.csp COOS BAY - What is so far the largest proposal for a wave energy park on the Oregon Coast met with some skeptical questions and criticism at a federal public hearing on Friday, but not nearly with the same amount of virulence that has faced another perceived threat to local livelihoods: marine reserves... Nov. 8: (McMinnville News-Register) Landfill makes case; opponents blast plan http://www.newsregister.com/article/23137-landfill-makes-case-opponents-blast-plan Riverbend Landfill spent the last few months pleading its case to Yamhill County voters. And it succeeded in persuading voters to strongly reject a ballot measure it regarded as a threat to its expansion plans... Nov. 7: (Roseburg News-Review) Roseburg works to encourage downtown dwellers http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081107/NEWS/811079928/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Roseburg%20works%20to%20encourage%20downtown%20dwellers Not that long ago, downtown Roseburg store owners often lived in apartments above their stores. They, and other downtown dwellers, walked to work, walked to nearby shopping and walked to nearby parks, said Community Development Director Fred Alley... Nov. 7: (The Oregonian) Tired strip malls present opportunities to reshape the landscape http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/tired_strip_malls_present_oppo.html It's an aging strip mall: Hair salons, a video poker outlet, coin laundry, four businesses closed on a Monday morning and a series of empty storefronts with "For Lease" signs in the windows. Fourteen lonely cars dot the vast parking lot... Nov. 7: (Medford Mail Tribune) City Council approves agreement on Northgate Centre development http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081107/NEWS/811070327 MEDFORD - The City Council on Thursday signed off on an agreement allowing for development of an 800,000-square-foot retail and business center to proceed at the site of the former Medco timber mill near the Rogue Valley Mall... Nov. 6: (Medford Mail Tribune) Alba Village project gets a public hearing today in Medford http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081106/NEWS/811060334 The Medford City Council could decide today whether to sign off on a plan conceived six years ago to build a large shopping center and business and industrial park at the site of the former Medco timber mill... Nov. 6: (Klamath Falls Herald and News) New resort wins approval http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2008/11/07/breaking/doc4913f1e6bdbf1551967723.txt A destination resort expected to cost nearly $1 billion to build in Northern Klamath County has received preliminary approval - and a list of nearly 70 conditions - from county planning officials... Nov. 6: (Capital Press) Crook County resort decision under appeal http://www.capitalpress.com/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=619&ArticleID=45985&TM=42674.44 A citizens' group and the Oregon Department of Transportation on Monday, Nov. 3, appealed a Crook County decision to allow a fourth destination resort in Powell Butte... Nov. 5: (Coos Bay World) Wave energy topic of meetings http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/11/05/news/doc4910a47298fdc477329229.txt The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will hold joint meetings with representatives from Oregon Wave Energy Partners I on Thursday and Friday regarding a proposed wave energy park off the North Spit of Coos Bay... Nov. 5: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Sherwood moves forward on canned development http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/11/05/Sherwood-moves-forward-on-canned-development-Redevelopment-of-old-Sherwood-Cannery-is-intended-as-a- Throughout the 1990s, Sherwood was among Oregon?s fastest-growing towns, with a population that increased by 350 percent. Now, with the long-awaited Sherwood Cannery redevelopment poised to start construction next summer, the city intends to keep growing its economic base... Nov. 3: (Editorial, Corvallis Gazette-Times) Take advantage of Evanite?s good offer http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2008/11/03/news/opinion/7edi01_evanite1103.txt As the City Council weighs in today on the issues surrounding Evanite Fiber?s proposal to grant the city an easement through its property south of downtown, here are the equations it needs to keep in mind... END Cliff Voliva Communications Officer Oregon 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 www.oregon.gov/LCD