From Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us Tue Nov 18 14:31:47 2008 From: Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us (Cliff Voliva) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:31:47 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - Nov. 18, 2008 References: <491AB21502000023000150E2@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491BE9FA020000230001518B@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491C025002000023000151BD@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491C027F02000023000151C0@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491C04F102000023000151C3@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491C0ACC02000023000151D3@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <491C0DA602000023000151D6@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <492127F202000023000152C9@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4921287D02000023000152CD@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <492128DE02000023000152D0@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49212B2B02000023000152D5@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49212C6E02000023000152D8@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49212D3E02000023000152DB@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49212F9602000023000152F1@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <492130F50200002300015308@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4921357A020000230001532D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49227FF5020000230001540A@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49228055020000230001540D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4922812A0200002300015410@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <492281C20200002300015413@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4922C8BB0200002300015451@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4922C9FB0200002300015454@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4922CBEB020000230001545D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4922D1D30200002300015461@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> Message-ID: <4922D1BD.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. 18: (Roseburg News-Review) Planning Commission recommends expanding UGB http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081118/NEWS/811189960/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Planning%20Commission%20recommends%20expanding%20UGB A topic that months ago brought standing-room only crowds to Roseburg Planning Commission meetings wound down Monday with a quick decision witnessed by only a few audience members... Nov. 18: (Bend Bulletin) Bend council puts off decision on UGB http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081118/BIZ01/811180378/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 The Bend City Council agreed Monday not to make a recommendation on the expansion of Bend?s urban growth boundary until after it hears from the public in a hearing scheduled for next Monday... Nov. 18: (OPB News) Resort Developments Around The West Suffering http://news.opb.org/article/3563-resort-developments-around-west-suffering/ In the last several years high-end resort communities have sprung up across the West. Many rural areas were hoping it would give them an economic boost. But those destination resorts are suffering big time under the housing slump and credit crunch... Nov. 17: (Daily Astorian) LNG firm calls for delay in action http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=56057 NorthernStar Natural Gas Inc. has asked federal energy regulators to delay their response to legal challenges filed after the September approval of the company's Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas project... Nov. 17: (Eugene Register-Guard) Marine reserve pilot plan possible http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/2667695-35/story.csp FLORENCE - And then there were two. After months of debate, of intense political pressure from environmentalists pledging to save the ocean and fishermen forecasting their own demise, a plan to implement marine reserves off the Oregon Coast may come down to a compromise... Nov. 17: (Daily Journal of Commerce) FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT DEALS BLOW TO MEASURE 49 http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/11/17/Federal-district-court-deals-blow-to-Measure-49-Decision-protects-landowners-who-received-developmen In what the fiscally conservative foundation Americans for Prosperity is declaring to be a "stunning" victory for rural property owners, a federal district court decision last week negates the retroactive aspects of Measure 49 and allows property owners who received a land-use waiver under Measure 37 to proceed with their developments... Nov. 15: (Eugene Register-Guard) Proposal may reignite land use debate http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/2600782-35/story.csp SALEM - Voters may have thought they had settled Oregon?s land use policies once and for all when they passed Measure 49. That ballot measure pared back an earlier citizen initiative, Measure 37, to allow more limited development on long-held farm and forest land... Nov. 14: (Baker City Herald) Crowd tells planners what they think of zoning plan http://www.bakercityherald.com/News/Local-News/Crowd-tells-planners-what-they-think-of-zoning-plan It took the Baker County Planning Commission and about 80 others 3.5 hours, but they got through the county?s draft zoning ordinance Thursday night. Except for the controversial part... Nov. 14: (Guest Commentary, Statesman Journal) Oregonians seek ocean reserves http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081114/OPINION/811140349/1049/election03 Oregon is coming to a critical decision-point in a long public process designed to establish a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) and Marine Reserves to sustain a healthy ocean legacy... Nov. 14: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Open houses planned in Portland and Vancouver concerning Columbia River Crossing project http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/11/14/Open-houses-planned-in-Portland-and-Vancouver-concerning-Columbia-River-Crossing-project-Among-the-t Two open houses on the Columbia River Crossing project will be held next month. Plans for light rail on Hayden Island and in Vancouver will be discussed, as well as a replacement bridge and the repair of seven interchanges... Nov. 14: (The Oregonian) JACKSON COUNTY LAND-USE RULING COULD HAVE BROADER CONSEQUENCES http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/122663672111020.xml&coll=7 Medford attorney Bob Robertson and other property rights lawyers are savoring a rare win: a federal court ruling that potentially could reset a land-use battlefield that was just settling down after four years of combative ballot measures and bitter lawsuits... Nov. 14: (Guest Commentary, Inside Tucson Business) No excuse for poor land use http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2008/11/14/opinion/columnists/guest_opinion/doc491dc0505d253495731457.txt When I moved to Arizona several years ago, I learned about the ?Five C?s? economic drivers of our state: copper, cattle, cotton, citrus and climate. I also realized just how important land use was to the economic future of our region. Now, public opinion on our Five C?s seems to have changed... Nov. 13: (Editorial, The Oregonian) A rare opportunity for a new state forest http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1226537713220790.xml&coll=7 Lawmakers in Salem will have an intriguing opportunity next year to help Oregon add its first new state forest in 65 years... Nov. 13: (The Oregonian) FEDERAL JUDGE RULES MEASURE 37 WAIVERS STILL APPLY IN JACKSON COUNTY http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/federal_judge_rules_measure_37.html In a decision that could knock Oregon's land-use system for yet another loop, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that development rights granted to Jackson County property owners under 2004's controversial Measure 37 are valid and can't be undone by the revisions of 2007's Measure 49... Nov. 13: (Portland Tribune) Commuter river dams neighborhood http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=122653027168027700 Mark Lerner says he had no idea when he bought his house on Northwest Westover Road a year ago that he wouldn?t be able to back out of his driveway during rush hour every weekday morning... Nov. 13: (Medford Mail Tribune) JUDGE BACK MEASURE 37 CLAIMS http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081113/NEWS/811130319 A federal judge in Medford breathed new life into a controversial property rights law Wednesday by ruling that Measure 37 claims still are valid and constitutionally protected in Jackson County... Nov. 12: (Stayton Mail) Turner starts growth, transportation plan http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081112/COMMUNITIES/811120414/1133/STAYTON&template=staytonart The city of Turner has initiated a transportation and growth management planning process that City Administrator David Sawyer said could revitalize the community's vision... Nov. 11: (Roseburg News-review) Pipeline opponents share their views http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081111/NEWS/811119921/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Pipeline%20opponents%20share%20their%20views Although the topic wasn?t on the agenda, opponents of a proposed liquefied natural gas project showed up in force at a Roseburg City Council meeting Monday... Nov. 11: (Roseburg News-Review) Roseburg council projects 2.5 percent population growth http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081111/NEWS/811119979/1006/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Roseburg%20council%20projects%202.5%20percent%20population%20growth Once again, the Roseburg City Council has decided it believes the population of the city and the area just outside of the city will grow by 2.5 percent a year for the next 20 years... 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