From Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us Tue Dec 9 11:20:32 2008 From: Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us (Cliff Voliva) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:20:32 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - Dec. 9, 2008 (b) References: <4939023B0200002300015B6B@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49395E610200002300015B86@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493CDE910200002300015BA9@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493CE30A0200002300015BB4@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493CE4370200002300015BB7@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493CEC0A0200002300015BBE@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493CED100200002300015BC2@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493CEE2E0200002300015BC7@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493CEE6F0200002300015BCA@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493D02E10200002300015BCE@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493E33AC0200002300015C23@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493E38AF0200002300015C26@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493E3A5C0200002300015C2B@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493E4F450200002300015C34@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493E4FB90200002300015C37@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493E50120200002300015C3A@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493E50490200002300015C3D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493E51D30200002300015C40@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493E54800200002300015C4C@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> Message-ID: <493E5450.0046.0023.0@lcd.state.or.us> Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail list! 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Past Land Use News weekly e-mails 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 ____________________________________________________________ Dec. 9: (Bend Bulletin) Traffic through Sisters: Compromise for downtown bypass may save money http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081209/NEWS01/812090414/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 Sisters could finally have a transportation plan that could ease traffic through downtown, but the project still faces funding hurdles... Dec. 8: (OPB News) Ecotrust Software Charts Best Coastal Fishing Grounds http://news.opb.org/article/3733-ecotrust-software-charts-best-coastal-fishing-grounds/ One of Oregon?s leading environmental organizations received a prestigious technology award on Monday. The Mellon Foundation has awarded Ecotrust $50,000 in recognition of its mapping software designed to chart the best coastal fishing grounds... Dec. 8: (Klamath Falls Herald and News) No protests filed against destination resort plan http://www.heraldandnews.com/articles/2008/12/09/breaking/doc493dd06433c19759049230.txt A destination resort proposed in northern Klamath County is one step closer to development... Dec. 8: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) A third way forward on our ocean's future http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/12/a_third_way_forward_on_our_oce.html There are two positions already staked out on the issue of creating marine reserves off the Oregon coast. There is an emotional and often irrational drive to lock up much of Oregon's ocean from commercial and sport fishing, and there is the predictable response to that drive that amounts to "no way." Dec. 8: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Commission to tackle Siskiyou condo complex http://www.dailytidings.com/2008/1208/stories/1208_planningpreview.php Should a proposed Siskiyou Boulevard condo complex be allowed to sidestep some city building requirements? Dec. 7: (AP, The Oregonian) Yamhill group advises against LNG lines http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/12/yamhill_group_advises_against.html A committee appointed to study proposals for two liquefied natural gas pipelines will advise Yamhill County's commissioners to oppose them... Dec. 6: (McMinnville News-Register) Yamhill County is going urban http://www.newsregister.com/article/23558-yamhill-county-going-urban Yamhill County's population continued to edge toward six digits in 2007. However, growth was incremental and limited largely to five cities - Lafayette, McMinnville, Newberg, Sheridan and Yamhill... Dec. 6: (McMinnville News-Register) Slowdown opens door for long-range work http://www.newsregister.com/article/23556-slowdown-opens-door-longrange-work The abrupt slowdown in local building has given the city's planning department time to finally begin working on some long-stalled projects... Dec. 6: (Curry Coastal Pilot) Curry County, City of Brookings on verge of adopting storm water plan http://www.currypilot.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=18699 The Storm and Surface Water Facilities Plan for the Brookings-Harbor area, a project under development for almost four years, is on the verge of adoption by the Brookings City Council and the Curry County Board of Supervisors... Dec. 5: (The Dalles Chronicle) Wal-Mart hearing draws crowd of 100 http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2008/12/news12-05-08-01.shtml A four-hour hearing on a site plan review for a 150,000 square foot Wal-Mart building on property at the west end of town ended without any decision ? in fact without any deliberation by the planning commission... Dec. 5: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Transportation Commission formed anew http://www.dailytidings.com/2008/1205/stories/1205_traffic.php The Traffic Safety Commission met for the final time Thursday night, after which it was abolished along with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission to prepare for a new Transportation Commission forming after the first of the year... Dec. 5: (The Oregonian) Panel says bigger I-5 bridge won't increase sprawl http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/12/panel_says_big_i5_bridge_wont.html One of the great concerns about widening the Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River to 12 lanes was that suburban sprawl and more congestion would be the inevitable and direct result. But it isn't so... Dec. 4: (Portland Tribune) City, neighbors scrap over Tabor land http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=122834389266162400 You might call this story: Pesky Mount Tabor Park Neighbors vs. City Bureaucrats, Round III. In recent years, neighborhood activists fended off a Portland Water Bureau plan to enclose Mount Tabor Park?s open-air reservoirs... Dec. 4: (Baker City Herald) County paves way for canyon RV park http://www.bakercityherald.com/News/Local-News/County-paves-way-for-canyon-RV-park County Commissioners approved a zone change Wednesday on a 76-acre parcel alongside Hells Canyon Reservoir north of Oxbow, clearing the way for a Colorado company to build a 60-site RV, tent and cabin development at the site along Homestead Road... Dec. 4: (New York Times) Vermont Town Turns to College in Bid to Guide Change http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/us/04middlebury.html?_r=1 STARKSBORO, Vt. - Old-timers in this hill town remember when a car driving through at night would draw residents to their windows. Now headlights routinely gleam on the narrow roads well past dark... Dec. 4: (Capital Press) Big Look irritates two sides http://www.capitalpress.com/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=619&ArticleID=46734&TM=66868.61 Oregon's Big Look Task Force is proposing a new land-use wrinkle designed to give local government more control over zoning. Whether the proposal actually does what is intended, however, is debatable, as is whether lawmakers will ultimately adopt the plan... Dec. 4: (Guest Commentary, Capital Press) Activists use courts as weapon to attack animal agriculture http://www.capitalpress.com/main.asp?SectionID=75&SubSectionID=768&ArticleID=46706 A number of activist groups have long been opposed to modern livestock production, but have found it difficult in many states to have animal agriculture simply zoned out of existence... Dec. 3: (Daily Astorian) Cannon Beach approves cell phone tower http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=56428 CANNON BEACH - Despite testimony from several Cannon Beach residents expressing concerns that a 60-foot cell phone tower could cause health problems, the City Council approved a 25-year lease with Verizon Wireless... Dec. 3: (La Grande Observer) New public transit hub opens http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Business/New-public-transit-hub-opens The timing was just about perfect. Monday at 10:25 a.m., a Greyhound bus pulled up for the first time to the new Northeast Oregon Public Transit Building at 2204 E. Penn Avenue. It let off a couple of passengers and took on a couple more... 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) 378-5518 cliff.voliva at state.or.us http://www.oregon.gov/LCD