From Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us Tue Feb 3 11:06:05 2009 From: Cliff.Voliva at state.or.us (Cliff Voliva) Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:06:05 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - Feb. 3, 2009 References: <497EE2860200002300016FD9@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4980124E0200002300017025@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <498013CB020000230001702E@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49801D850200002300017032@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49801DFB020000230001703C@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49801EBE020000230001703F@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <498020240200002300017042@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49817691020000230001712F@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <498176E20200002300017132@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49817DC00200002300017142@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4982BD960200002300017195@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4982BDE00200002300017198@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4982C09902000023000171A0@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4982C0AE02000023000171A4@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4982C55F02000023000171AF@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <498327D902000023000171EC@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4986B9D5020000230001722A@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4986BA1D020000230001722D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4986BB4B0200002300017230@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4986BB7B0200002300017233@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4986C3480200002300017248@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4986C498020000230001724B@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4986D0D70200002300017264@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4986D17F0200002300017267@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4987269B02000023000172C4@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4987F7DC02000023000172F0@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49881B730200002300017330@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <498820510200002300017359@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <498820D6020000230001735D@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <498821350200002300017361@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4988220E0200002300017364@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <498822440200002300017367@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <49882297020000230001736A@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> <4988251D020000230001737B@dlcdsgwava.dlcd.state.or.us> Message-ID: <498824B3.0046.0023.0@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 ____________________________________________________________ Feb. 3: (Daily Journal of Commerce) UO completes Tigard downtown vision plan http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/02/03/UO-completes-Tigard-downtown-vision-plan The city of Tigard, working in conjunction with the University of Oregon, recently completed a Downtown Future Vision project for the city... Feb. 3: (Corvallis Gazette-Times) Council approves southwest subdivision http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2009/02/03/news/community/6aaa03_subdivision.txt City councilors on Monday gave the go-ahead for a 42-lot subdivision in southwest Corvallis that has been in legal limbo since 2007... Feb. 3: (Coos Bay World) Feds OK wave energy at Newport http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/02/03/news/doc49888bc32a417894263916.txt COOS BAY The announcement came as a surprise to everyone. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions Thursday order issuing a preliminary permit for a 200- to 400-buoy wave energy project off of Newport... Feb. 3: (Commentary, The Oregonian) Barbed wire over the Metolius http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf?/base/news/12336333224370.xml&coll=7 The difference between an environmentalist and a developer, the saying goes, is that the environmentalist has a cabin in the woods and the developer wants one... Feb. 2: (Editorial, The Oregonian) Where unfairness springs from the ground http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/02/where_unfairness_springs_from.html It's not a thing of beauty, this state land-use system that seems prepared to tell developers yes, yes, yes, hell no you can't build resorts in the Metolius River Basin in the central Cascades... Feb. 2: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) A NEW LOW FOR LAND-USE LAWS? http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/02/a_new_low_for_landuse_laws.html I know it's not shocking when a politician talks out of both sides of his mouth, but Gov. Ted Kulongoski is becoming a master at this craft... Feb. 2: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Should CRC have 12 lanes or 10? http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/02/02/Should-CRC-have-12-lanes-or-10-City-of-Portland-welcomes-more-public-input-on-Columbia-River-Crossin Public discussion of the number of lanes for the Columbia River Crossing bridge will continue until Feb. 25, Mayor Sam Adams said at a meeting at Portland City Hall last week that featured public testimony... Feb. 1: (AP, Ontario Argus Observer) Eastern Oregon town ponders future http://www.argusobserver.com/articles/2009/02/01/news/doc4985554faf1e9977254622.txt ELGIN (AP) Ask Joe Garlitz what he thinks of living in Elgin, and he offers this old saying: The good thing about a small town is that everybody knows your business..." Feb. 1: (Bend Bulletin) In Metolius basin, a new type of destination resort? http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090201/NEWS0107/902010432/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 The planners of a destination resort just north of Suttle Lake in the Metolius River Basin envision it as a sustainable community that improves the health of the forest around it... Feb. 1: (Statesman Journal) Lawmakers take another look at rules for land use http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090201/LEGISLATURE/902010322/1042/STATE Bruce Chapin is a third-generation farmer with 300 acres north of Keizer, mostly in filberts and cherries. His son also is a farmer, but Chapin hopes that potential changes in Oregon's land-use planning laws... Jan. 31: (Medford Mail Tribune) Residents oppose controversial project http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090131/NEWS/901310306/-1/COMM01 MEDFORD Residents of a southeast Medford neighborhood hope the public outcry at a meeting Thursday night will lead to a compromise... Jan. 31: (The Oregonian) Land-use debate swirls around planned Metolius River resort http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/landuse_debate_swirls_around_p.html Portland entrepreneur Jim Kean says he wants to build a central Oregon resort that is greener and smarter than the garden-variety golf-based resorts dotting the area... Jan. 30: (Editorial, The Oregonian) Leonard leads way on I-5 bridge http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/01/leonard_leads_way_on_i5_bridge.html It was fascinating to listen to the Portland City Council hearing Thursday on the Interstate 5 bridge. The commissioners won't make a final recommendation until next month, but they're beginning to reveal their thinking. And City Commissioner Randy Leonard, to his credit, keeps insisting that the recommendation must be based on thinking... Jan. 30: (Eugene Register-Guard) Morrisette plans to try new anti-strip club legislation http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/6792911-35/story.csp SALEM - Sick of seeing Oregon cities stuck with no way to keep strip clubs out of their downtowns, state Sen. Bill Morrisette is asking lawmakers to consider allowing cities to decide where sexually oriented businesses can open up shop... Jan. 30: (Newport News-Times) Planner nixes DEQ permit request http://www.newportnewstimes.com/articles/2009/01/30/news/news05.txt Toledo Planning Director Rusty Klem has maintained all along that placing an asphalt plant within city limits - despite its proposed location in an industrial zone within the Toledo Industrial Park (TIP) - is a conditional use under provisions of the city's comprehensive land use plan... Jan. 30: (Portland Tribune) State panel puts a halt to city's big urban renewal expansion http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=123335583018142900 The citys ambitious plan to expand its most successful downtown urban renewal area is suddenly on hold. On Friday, the state Land Use Board of Appeals upheld... Jan. 30: (The Oregonian) Portland comes in at No. 8 in desirability http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/123328950631610.xml&coll=7 Everyone wants to live in Portland, right? Well, sort of. More people prefer Denver, San Diego, Seattle and Phoenix to Portland. But still, the Rose City ranks eighth... Jan. 30: (Roseburg News-Review) Winston City Council approves Brockway Resort http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090130/NEWS/901309957/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Winston%20City%20Council%20approves%20Brockway%20Resort WINSTON - A lofty project called the Brockway Golf and River Club was approved for the second time at a special Winston City Council meeting on Thursday... Jan. 29: (Editorial, Daily Astorian) County should do the right thing http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=57900 The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners staggered through 2008 like a drunken sailor. One of the commission's most egregious acts was finding that the proposed liquefied natural gas terminal at Bradwood Landing was not a major development and that it would have minimal impact on salmon in the Columbia River... Jan. 29: (Commentary, The Oregonian) Is land-use law guiding or choking growth? http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/01/andy_parker_is_landuse_law_gui.html "Why do you hate Oregon so much, Mr. Parker?" Write about land use in Oregon, and you either put people to sleep or awaken deep-seated views of support or mistrust... Jan. 29: (Bloomberg.com) Vermont Foreclosures Held Off by Yankee Ways, Land-Use Laws http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601213&sid=afvnBtrN0HSk&refer=home Vermont is avoiding the foreclosure crisis plaguing homeowners across the U.S., perhaps owing to traditions of thrift, modesty and self-reliance -- bolstered by laws that protect buyers and land... Jan. 28: (Roseburg News-Review) Planning West Avenue neighborhood focus of meeting http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090128/NEWS/901289933/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Planning%20West%20Avenue%20neighborhood%20focus%20of%20meeting The area is sandwiched between Northeast Stephens Street, Chestnut Street and the South Umpqua River in Roseburg. It is a mish-mash of zoning designations and land uses. And about a third of it sits vacant... Jan. 28: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Planners get to the art of the matter http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090128/NEWS02/901280315/-1/NEWS Is Alfredo art? That's one of the questions the Planning Commission pondered as members discussed changing the city's sign code at their Tuesday night meeting at the Civic Center... Jan. 28: (Daily Astorian) County's LNG decision overturned http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=57857 The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals remanded the Clatsop County Commission's approval of the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas project Tuesday... Jan. 28: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Oakridge looks to redevelop downtown, industrial park http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/01/28/Oakridge-looks-to-redevelop-downtown-industrial-park-Oregon-Main-Street-program-aids-revitalization- In 1990, the last lumber mill closed in Oakridge. In the aftermath, the town lost hundreds of jobs. It was an economic slide that has lasted almost two decades, residents say. But things are changing in Oakridge... Jan. 27: (Clackamas Review) OC approaches decision on Cove project http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=123310200929532500 A new development with a Kaiser Permanente medical clinic, up to four riverfront restaurants, 224 condos and lots of open recreational space is nearing a verdict in Oregon City... Jan. 27: (The Oregonian) Divisions deepen between Metro, homebuilders http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/divisions_deepen_between_metro.html Portland-area homebuilders say things are bad enough with the recession. Now they suspect members of the Metro Council -- elected officials who have much to say about how and where the area grows -- are philosophically bent against them... Jan. 27: (The Oregonian) Board overturns LNG terminal approval http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/01/board_overturns_lng_terminal_a.html The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals on Tuesday overturned Clatsop County's zoning approval of the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas terminal, proposed for a site 20 miles east of Astoria on the Columbia River... Jan. 27: (Roseburg News-Review) Discussion swirls around waterfront plan http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090127/NEWS/901279940/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055&title=Discussion%20swirls%20around%20waterfront%20plan Roseburg City Council member Tom Ryan said he would like to get behind the idea of developing a waterfront plan, but its kind of hard getting information on it... Jan. 27: (Baker City Herald) For Rep. Bentz, power line could be personal http://www.bakercityherald.com/News/Local-News/For-Rep-Bentz-power-line-could-be-personal Oregons legislative counsel has advised Rep. Cliff Bentz to stay out of the transmission line controversy in Malheur County, but in Baker County hes under no such restraint. The reason? Jan. 27: (OPB News) Oregon AG Sues Over LNG http://news.opb.org/article/4126-oregon-ag-sues-over-lng/ Oregon justice officials are appealing a recent federal approval of a liquefied natural gas terminal... END Cliff Voliva | Communications Officer OregonDept. of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 268 | Fax: (503) 378-5518 cliff.voliva at state.or.us| www.oregon.gov/LCD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: