[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - Nov. 18, 2008

[Cliff Voliva]

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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...

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Cliff Voliva
Communications Officer
Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
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cliff.voliva at state.or.us
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