[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - Nov. 25, 2008

[Cliff Voliva]

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Nov. 25: (Bend Bulletin) Interest in Bend’s UGB is still strong
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081125/NEWS01/811250440/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
After 15 months, five maps and more than 35 meetings, the expansion
process for Bend’s urban growth boundary is still attracting attention
from property owners, developers, attorneys and other residents —
including nearly 200 people who turned out Monday evening to a joint UGB
hearing of the Bend City Council and Deschutes County Commission...

Nov. 25: (Bend Bulletin) Farm zone weddings rejected
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081125/NEWS01/811250432/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
No more wedding bouquets will be tossed at Lavender Pond east of Bend,
after the Deschutes County Commission voted Monday morning to deny a
change in county code that would have allowed weddings on agricultural
land...

Nov. 25: (Bend Bulletin) Deschutes turns down Aspen Lakes destination
resort bid
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081125/NEWS01/811250422/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
The Deschutes County Commission rejected a proposal that would have
established a process to convert the Aspen Lakes Golf Course and
subdivision east of Sisters into a destination resort, in a 2-1 vote
Monday morning...

Nov. 25: (Statesman Journal) Hiker calls for statewide plan of attack
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081125/OUTDOORS/811250334/1034/NEWS

Al LePage is a man without a plan, but one who is very much anxious for
others to come together to craft and implement one. His love is the
Oregon Coast, and his objective is to preserve it in the most pristine
state possible...

Nov. 24: (Editorial, The Oregonian) A HUGE WIN -- FOR LAWYERS
http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1227317109167680.xml&coll=7

Sometimes a judicial opinion, for all its repercussions on the ground,
seems to float on another plane entirely. It cruises almost at an
altitude of its own making...

Nov. 24: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Portland City Council passes
Cully-Concordia Action Plan
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/11/24/Portland-City-Council-passes-CullyConcordia-Action-Plan-The-plan-lays-out-communityoriented-plans-fo

The Cully-Concordia neighborhood lacks many of the amenities, services
and developments on which the rest of the city prides itself. But it
doesn’t lack opportunities...

Nov. 24: (East Oregonian) 'Uncharted territory:' Proposal could
dramatically alter Oregon’s water quality standards
http://www.eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=85644

The state's proposed fish consumption rate could have far-reaching
effects on Oregon water quality standards, but most people - including
some city governments - aren't even aware of the topic...

Nov. 23: (Editorial, The Oregonian) Oregon's riptide over marine
reserves
http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1227317123167680.xml&coll=7

There was something sadly appropriate about the venue for last week's
big public airing of Gov. Ted Kulongoski's vision for fishing-free
marine reserves off the Oregon coast....

Nov. 23: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) Funding transportation
costs
http://www.oregonlive.com/commentary/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1227216303127800.xml&coll=7

No one can accuse Gov. Ted Kulongoski of playing it safe as he prepares
for his final legislative session as Oregon's governor. By unveiling a
$1 billion transportation package a week...

Nov. 22: (McMinnville News-Register) Critics dump on the landfill
http://www.newsregister.com/article/23357-critics-dump-landfill 
Riverbend Landfill may have emerged victorious from the Nov. 4
election, which featured a ballot measure intended to stop its proposed
expansion, but it took a beating Thursday that dragged into early Friday
morning...

Nov. 22: (Statesman Journal) Plan boosts local input on land use: Task
force will present ideas to 2009 Legislature
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081122/STATE/811220319/1042 
ALBANY - A state land-use task force is proposing to allow more local
say in determining which rural lands are suited for farming and
forestry. But the recommendations, which are still being finalized, are
unlikely to settle Oregon's long-running dispute about how to protect
farms, forests and natural areas from houses and other development...

Nov. 22: (McMinnville News-Register) Bees cause a buzz at planning
hearing
http://www.newsregister.com/article/23358-bees-cause-buzz-planning-hearing

Most of a nearly five-hour meeting Thursday night was devoted to the
issue of whether beekeeping should be allowed inside McMinnville city
limits...

Nov. 21: (Portland Business Journal) Oregon adds 45,620 new residents
in past year
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/11/17/daily52.html 
Oregon’s population increased from 3,745,455 in 2007 to 3,791,075 in
2008, or by 45,620, according to the latest preliminary July 1
population estimates released by Portland State University’s
Population Research Center...

Nov. 21: (Daily Astorian) Views on views make news: City sees big
turnout at Astoria Riverfront Vision Plan open house
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=56197

Astoria residents again demonstrated a deep commitment to their city's
riverfront as about 85 people turned out on a stormy Thursday night to
attend an Astoria Riverfront Vision Plan open house, the third one this
year...

Nov. 21: (Medford Mail Tribune) Medford City Council approves Regional
Problem Solving Plan
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081121/NEWS/811210320

MEDFORD - Medford will join forces with six other Jackson County cities
in an effort to shape growth within the Rogue Valley for the next 50
years...

Nov. 21: (Klamath Falls Herald and News) What's the plan? Klamath
community leaders share their strategies for the Basin’s future
http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2008/11/21/featured_story/doc49266f338b5d8447562311.txt

Preparing for development. Funding law enforcement. Stimulating
economic activity. Long-range goals and strategic planning were popular
topics for Klamath Basin candidates campaigning in the November general
election...

Nov. 21: (Editorial, Medford Mail Tribune) MEASURE 37 RULING SETTLES
LITTLE
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081121/OPINION/811210312

Some Jackson County property owners with plans to develop their land
got some encouragement last week when a federal judge ruled that waivers
granted to them by the county were contracts that must be honored. But
we wouldn't advise them to fire up the bulldozers just yet...

Nov. 21: (Capital Press) JUDGE: MEASURE 37 WAIVER A CONTRACT
http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=618&ArticleID=46401&TM=49858.15

A circuit court judge last week threw a wrench into how Jackson County,
Ore., handles Measure 37 waivers. Jackson County Circuit Court Judge
Owen Panner found Nov. 12 that Measure 37 development waivers issued
landowners by Jackson County are contracts and as such can not be
superseded by Measure 49...

Nov. 21: (Roseburg News-Review) Costco store could bring gridlock
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081121/NEWS/811219929/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Costco%20store%20could%20bring%20gridlock

Placing a Costco Wholesale store at the old Perry’s Electric site on
Northeast Stephens Street could bring gridlock never experienced before
in Roseburg, according to a review by the Oregon Department of
Transportation...

Nov. 20: (Baker City Herald) Second stories, city’s first priority
http://www.bakercityherald.com/News/Local-News/Second-stories-citys-first-priority

Building codes have long thwarted downtown business owners who want to
live on the level above their stores, but that could be changing...

Nov. 20: (OPB News) JUDGE'S RULING HELPS ESTABLISH MEASURE 37
THRESHOLD
http://news.opb.org/article/3606-judges-ruling-allows-helps-establish-measure-37-threshold/

Claimants under the 2004 property compensation initiative, Measure 37,
got a “good news, bad news” legal decision, this week...

Nov. 20: (The Oregonian) YAMHILL COUNTY JUDGE RULES PROPERTY OWNERS
HAVE RIGHT TO FINISH RURAL SUBDIVISIONS
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/11/yamhill_county_judge_rules_pro.html

For someone who emerged on the winning side of a complicated court
case, John Abrams was keeping a lid on his celebration Thursday. This
was land-use law, he noted, and decisions rarely turn out to be "for
certain, for sure..."

Nov. 20: (The Oregonian) On the land, awaiting 'progress'
http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2008/11/on_the_land_awaiting_progress.html

HILLSBORO -- They each have their attachments to the open land. It may
have been a place for adventures in the middle of the night with a twin
brother, fertile soil on which one rode tractors as a teenager, or
ground on which others built their family home, raising children and
sheep...

Nov. 20: (Statesman Journal) Development plan for former golf course
still opposed
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081120/NEWS/811200347/1001/news

Plans to build a senior-housing project on the former Battle Creek Golf
Course site continue to face stiff opposition from neighbors...

Nov. 20: (Portland Tribune) Businesses blast growth study
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=122713597873984200

A coalition of 10 business groups is sparring with Metro over the
question of whether it is cheaper to concentrate future growth in urban
centers instead of spreading it out through less-developed parts of the
metropolitan area...

Nov. 20: (Coos Bay World) Two marine reserves OK’d for coast
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/11/20/news/doc49245af8932cf170337699.txt

LINCOLN CITY - It’s all in the governor and state’s hands now. The
Ocean Policy Advisory Council is sending two marine reserve pilot
projects, three slightly modified plans and the suggestion for a
bottom-up approach for an area off Cape Arago to the governor for
consideration...

Nov. 20: (Bend Bulletin) La Pine struggles to fill city leadership
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081120/NEWS01/811200413/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01

The chance to oversee the birth of a city is rare in Oregon, with only
three new cities formed in the state since 1980, according to the
Department of Land Conservation and Development...

Nov. 19: (Statesman Journal) Council approves rezoning for site
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081119/COMMUNITIES/811190349/1105/SOUTH_SALEM

Salem - City council on Nov. 10 voted unanimously to rezone an 8-acre
site in the 5200 block of Caplinger Road SE from industrial to
multi-family residential...

Nov. 19: (McMinnville News-Register) Riverbend Landfill set for Round
2
http://www.newsregister.com/article/23289-riverbend-landfill-set-round-2

The public hearing on Riverbend Landfill's proposed expansion, launched
earlier this month, will resume at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the McMinnville
Community Center...

Nov. 19: (Albany Democrat-Herald) LINN COUNSEL: JACKSON JUDGE 'FAULTY'
ON M37
http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2008/11/19/news/local/5loc05_m37.txt

In response to a federal judge’s decision on a Jackson County case,
Linn County commissioners discussed Tuesday how the Measure 37 ruling
may impact claimants in Linn County...

Nov. 19: (The Oregonian) YAMHILL COUNTY JUDGE UPHOLDS LANDOWNERS ON
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/yamhill_county_judge_upholds_l.html

Ruling in Oregon's biggest cluster of Measure 37 "vested rights"
land-use cases, a Yamhill County judge has decided that five property
owners have the right to complete subdivisions on farmland...

Nov. 18: (The Oregonian) Just two of nine fishing-free reserves on
Oregon Coast win endorsement
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/just_two_of_nine_fishingfree_r.html

Gov. Ted Kulongoski's vision of fishing-free marine reserves off the
Oregon coast could be downsized dramatically if he accepts
recommendations made Tuesday by an ocean advisory panel...

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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