From Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us Tue Dec 16 14:25:36 2008 From: Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us (Cliff Voliva) Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:25:36 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - Dec. 16, 2008 References: <493E54300200002300015C49@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493E56150200002300015C50@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493F91930200002300015D0F@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493F92DF0200002300015D13@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493F97FF0200002300015D17@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493F987F0200002300015D1A@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493F9A7A0200002300015D1E@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <493FEFDC0200002300015D72@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4940CC830200002300015D88@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4940CC8E0200002300015D8B@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4940CDF50200002300015D8E@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4940D1000200002300015D93@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4940D2D40200002300015D96@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4940D60C0200002300015D9D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49422F740200002300015EA0@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49422FED0200002300015EA3@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4942408C0200002300015EB2@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <494241130200002300015EB5@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <494281070200002300015F2A@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4942854D0200002300015F2D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <494773AD0200002300015F8D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <494799B4020000230001602D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4947AB4B020000230001604A@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4947AEBA020000230001604D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4947B0BC0200002300016050@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4947B1340200002300016053@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4947B1760200002300016056@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4947B90F020000230001605F@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4947B9A70200002300016063@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4947BA60020000230001606A@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> Message-ID: <4947BA27.0046.0023.0@lcd.state.or.us> Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail 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 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. 16: (Commentary, The Oregonian) Sky's the limit in Old Town http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf?/base/news/1229396111290500.xml&coll=7 One of the things I found fascinating about Portland in the last half of the 20th century is that so many blocks within 300 feet of the Willamette River were more valuable as parking lots than anything else... Dec. 16: (Medford Mail Tribune) Open house lays out future of transportation in the valley http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081216/NEWS/812160330 MEDFORD ? An outlook on transportation in the Rogue Valley over the next 25 years will be offered at an open house today from 5 to 7 p.m. at Medford's Central Library... Dec. 15: (Portland Tribune) Region's future beginning to take shape http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=122927877035369500 Potential winners and losers are beginning to emerge from Metro?s two-year study of where and how the region should grow in the future. Regional leaders meeting last Wednesday expressed strong support for concentrating new development in existing urban centers and along major transportation corridors... Dec. 15: (Editorial, The Oregonian) DELIVER ON 'EXPRESS LAND' PROMISE http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/12/deliver_on_express_lane_promis.html It was an inspired metaphor. Problem is, it's also starting to look like a gross exaggeration. Or worse. In 2007, Gov. Ted Kulongoski helped to win voter support for a land-use compromise, Measure 49... Dec. 15: (Daily Journal of Commerce) East Portland Action Plan items are prioritized http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/12/15/East-Portland-Action-Plan-items-are-prioritized-City-Council-to-determine-whether-to-adopt-plan-at-m At the Dec. 17 City Council meeting, Mayor Tom Potter and city commissioners will consider whether to adopt the East Portland Action Plan... Dec. 12: (Editorial, McMinnville News-Register) There's much to like in transportation plan http://www.newsregister.com/article/23645-editorial-there039s-much-transportation-plan Transportation infrastructure improvement projects are at the top of governmental ?to do? lists at all levels these days. In fact, McMinnville?s Transportation Advisory Committee got its first look at the city?s draft plan earlier this month... Dec. 12: (Eugene Register-Guard) 15 firms apply to help develop plan for EWEB?s riverfront property http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/4094393-45/story.csp Consultants from as far away as Dallas, Texas, and New York City want the opportunity to help Eugene come up with a development vision for about 18 waterfront acres... Dec. 12: (Guest Commentary, Statesman Journal) Land-use planning: One size can fit all http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081212/OPINION/812120315/1049 As the Big Look Task Force readies its report on Oregon's land- use planning system, its chief conclusion seems to be that "one size doesn't fit all." Oregon deserves more than such simplistic sound bites... Dec. 11: (Guest Commentary, Daily Journal of Commerce) STRAIGHTENING OUT MEASURES 37, 49 http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/12/11/Straightening-out-Measures-37-49-The-Panner-decision-A-bump-in-the-road-for-Oregon-land-use-planning Just when Oregon appeared to achieve a level of stability in the Measures 37/49 controversy, a U.S. District Court decision made life much more interesting... Dec. 11: (Capital Press) Larger dam means less land, again http://www.capitalpress.com/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=618&ArticleID=47023&TM=66935.47 Staring into the placid depths of Hagg Lake, farmer and forester Hank Scott sees more than a 50,000-acre-foot reservoir. Beneath the lake's surface once stood a handful of homes, a church, a grade school... Dec. 11: (The Oregonian) Palomar files formal papers to start controversial gas line http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/palomar_files_formal_papers_to.html It's official: Palomar Gas Transmission LLC filed its formal federal application Thursday to build a 217-mile natural gas pipeline from a liquefied natural gas terminal on the lower Columbia River to an interstate gas hub in central Oregon... Dec. 11: (Medford Mail Tribune) Jacksonville council takes another look at RPS plan http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081211/NEWS/812110333 JACKSONVILLE - An eight-year effort to shape the growth of Jackson County may be in jeopardy after the City Council Tuesday reversed an earlier decision to support the plan... Dec. 11: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Gramor Development files pre-application with Vancouver for Columbia Waterfront project http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/12/11/Gramor-Development-files-preapplication-with-Vancouver-for-Columbia-Waterfront-project-With-a-1-bill Vancouver?s catalytic mixed-use project encompassing 32 acres of Columbia River property officially entered the pre-application phase Tuesday, signaling a step forward for the $1 billion project... Dec. 11: (Bend Bulletin) Redmond using SDC credits to lure developers http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081211/BIZ01/812110388/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 REDMOND - A new plan to help attract affordable-housing development to Redmond could be before the City Council by January... Dec. 11: (Medford Mail Tribune) MEASURE 37 CASE FALLS UNDER BROAD SCRUTINY http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081211/NEWS/812110332 Jackson County Board of Commissioners temporarily backed off from a decision on a Measure 37 claim Wednesday after the head of state lands sent a letter warning that any action might be unlawful... Dec. 10: (The Oregonian) Goodbye to those ugly infill houses? http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1228877714128080.xml&coll=7 Portland City Commissioner Randy Leonard wondered aloud Tuesday what it would take to require design standards for new homes here... Dec. 10: (Newport News) Lincoln City denies VRD appeal http://www.newportnewstimes.com/articles/2008/12/10/news/news02.txt There are no guarantees in life. The City Council of Lincoln City put aside the precedent it set in September, and set a new one during Monday evening's session when it turned down an appeal protesting a vacation rental dwelling permit for a residentially zoned home... Dec. 10: (Statesman Journal) Community debates proposed transit center http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20081210/COMMUNITIES/812100340/1106 Controversy continues to slow the Keizer transit center project. After a public hearing last week, Keizer City Council chose not to accept a text amendment that would have paved the way for a Keizer transit center... Dec. 10: (Coos Bay World) Gov tells feds Coos Bay LNG report is flawed http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/12/10/news/doc493eb8f1ce891718638172.txt Gov. Ted Kulongoski has criticized a federal report on the local liquefied natural gas terminal project. He suggests it failed to consider alternative energy sources and provided little assurance of environmental protections... Dec. 10: (Bend Bulletin) UGB presents ethics issues for Bend officials http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081210/NEWS01/812100387/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 Since it began more than a year ago, the process of expanding Bend?s urban growth boundary has attracted attention from landowners and developers hoping their properties will be included and possibly go up in value... Dec. 10: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Siskiyou condos approved http://www.dailytidings.com/2008/1210/stories/1210_planningfolo.php Come next fall, there will likely be 13 new condos on Siskiyou Boulevard, as the Planning Commission gave the go-ahead to the developer, even though neighbors argued the area was already too crowded at the Tuesday night meeting... Dec. 9: (Commentary, New York Times) This Old House http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/opinion/09brooks.html?_r=1 The 1980s and 1990s made up the era of the great dispersal. Forty-three million people moved every year, and basically they moved outward - from inner-ring suburbs to far-flung exurbs on the metro fringe... Dec. 9: (Roseburg News-Review) Opponents of UGB expansion air views http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081209/NEWS/812099937/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Opponents%20of%20UGB%20expansion%20air%20views Don Bailey has been raising sheep and cattle on his ranch north of the Charter Oaks neighborhood since the early 1960s. But he fears a proposal to absorb his 481 acres into Roseburg?s Urban Growth Boundary will change that... Dec. 9: (Roseburg News-Review) Development charges may be trimmed http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20081210/NEWS/812109979/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Development%20charges%20may%20be%20trimmed A proposed change that could make it cheaper to develop new homes and businesses within Roseburg will be considered by a city commission on Thursday, according to city staff... 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