[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - Feb. 17, 2009

[Cliff Voliva]

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Feb. 17: (Medford Mail Tribune) SOME CAN'T WAIT FOR LAND-USE KNOT TO UNTANGLE
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090217/NEWS/902170307 
While lawyers, judges and legislators try to untangle Oregon's two competing land-use ballot measures, some elderly Jackson County land owners are running out of time to see what happens to their development rights...

Feb. 16: (Medford Mail Tribune) Talent considers putting council member on planning body
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090216/NEWS/902160314 
TALENT A City Council member could chair the town's Planning Commission in a nonvoting role under a proposal that reduces the number of commissioners and advisory board members...

Feb. 16: (Daily Astorian) Kroger asks FERC to freeze LNG action
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=58385&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398 
Oregon Attorney General John Kroger wants to stop the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas project from moving forward while court appeals and state permits for the facility are still in the works...

Feb. 16: (Statesman Journal) Breitenbush Hot Springs seeks growth
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090216/GREEN/902160331/1001/NEWS 
While economic distress rattles the outside world, Breitenbush Hot Springs billed as "a place to bring life into balance" is seeking Marion County approval to expand...

Feb. 16: (The Oregonian) Legislature squints at "Big Look" land-use recommendations
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/legislature_squints_at_big_loo.html 
Revising Oregon's land-use system is proving to be a difficult task, mainly because one person's streamlining is another's trashing...

Feb. 15: (Guest Commentary, Bend Bulletin) Money or Metolius? Its an easy pick
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090215/OPIN/902150303 
A question in response to the article on the Metolian resort on Feb. 1: Is there anything in Central Oregon that is worth more than money?

Feb. 14: (Capital Press) Big Look's two-county system 'unworkable'
http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=94&SubSectionID=801&ArticleID=48814&TM=64834.77 
SALEM - A key ingredient in a land-use bill that came out of a three-year task force is unworkable, according to a panel of five county planners to address the House Land Use Committee Thursday, Feb. 12...

Feb. 14: (Bend Bulletin) Metolius resort may face water snag
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090214/NEWS01/902140365 
SALEM The Ponderosa Land and Cattle Co. wants to drill as many as 10 wells 1,000 feet into the earth to draw water for the companys proposed 2,500-unit destination resort on the edge of the Metolius River Basin...

Feb. 12: (Bend Bulletin) Metolius plan draws divergent opinions
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090212/NEWS01/902120400 
SISTERS About 250 people turned out Wednesday evening for the first of a series of meetings to discuss the future of development in the Metolius River Basin, the majority asking commissioners from the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development to prohibit development in the area...

Feb. 12: (Beaverton Valley Times) Train noise ticks off some folks
http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=123440702099456000 
The piercing, ground-shaking blast of a train horn is not a sound that is pleasant to most people. But since TriMet began operating its new commuter rail line Westside Express Service Feb. 2...

Feb. 11: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Housing project approved
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090211/NEWS02/902110311 
All eyes were on Ashland Planning Commissioner Melanie Mindlin when it was her turn to vote on a 107-unit affordable housing project on Clay Street, during the commission's Tuesday night meeting...

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