[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - May 5, 2009

Tue May 5 11:04:17 PDT 2009

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
____________________________________________________________

May 5: (Roseburg News-Review) LUBA rules for Melrose housing
development
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090505/NEWS/905059957/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055

The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals has turned down the latest in a
series of appeals filed over a proposed Melrose housing development...

May 3: (Bend Bulletin) Scope of ban limited to resorts
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090503/NEWS01/905030420

SALEM - Backers of designating the Metolius River Basin for special
protection use lofty language to describe the area - words like special,
unique, pristine and a national treasure.

May 3: (Madras Pioneer) Pioneers of the North Unit
http://www.madraspioneer.com/MAPFeatures.shtml 
Like water flowing through an irrigation ditch, stories poured out of
the mouths of farmers who pioneered the North Unit Irrigation
District...

May 2: (Guest Commentary, Anchorage Daily News) Anchorage running out
of land for industry
http://www.adn.com/money/story/781374.html 
A new report assessing the industrial land in Anchorage confirms what
everyone in commercial real estate already knows -- Anchorage is
critically short of industrial land. This shortage is a serious threat
to our economic growth...

May 1: (Commentary, Statesman Journal) LNG work would sever
agricultural roots of state
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090501/COLUMN0101/905010321/1001/news/LNG+work+would+sever+agricultural+roots+of+state

Lolita Carl, a fifth-generation farmer in Marion County, was amused to
learn that Rep. Tobias Read, D-Beaverton, was upset when his home was
picketed by opponents of a bill to aid the development of liquefied
natural gas pipeline and terminals in Oregon...

May 1: (Bend Bulletin) Bends future growth could be hindered by
insufficient infrastructure
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090501/BIZ0102/905010375/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01

The global recession will eventually turn around, but Bends pressing
road, sewer and water needs could pose a more long-term problem if
efforts to update them are not successful, economic development and city
officials say...

April 30: (Capital Press) Big Look improves with age: Bill would give
counties more control of land zoning
http://www.capitalpress.com/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=619&ArticleID=50909&TM=42674.44

SALEM - Oregon counties will have more authority to reclassify farm and
forest lands under a landmark land-use bill a state House committee
moved to the House floor Tuesday, April 28...

April 30: (Medford Mail Tribune) Jacksonville says no to RPS committee
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090430/NEWS/904300335

JACKSONVILLE - The City Council has withdrawn from a regional planning
committee that will help shape Jackson County's growth over the next
half-century...

April 30: (Capital Press) Land-use bill picks up momentum
http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=618&ArticleID=50948&TM=45768.71

SALEM - An Oregon House committee this week moved a bill that could
provide relief for hundreds of Measure 49 claimants who filed
incorrectly. Under House Bill 3225...

April 30: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Metolian eco-resort proposal at
heart of debate
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/04/30/Metolian-ecoresort-proposal-is-in-trouble-Jefferson-County-may-sue-state-of-Oregon-over-its-handling

A proposed eco-resort in the Metolius River Basin may spur a showdown
between Jefferson County and the state's Land Conservation and
Development Commission...

April 29: (Portland Tribune) Who wants to talk growth? Metros
listening, but local city officials worry that few are in the mood to
talk
http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=124102817329211700

If the city of Forest Grove gets its way, Lyle Spiesschaerts farm could
be designated an urban reserve, paving the way for fields of Timothy
Grass to transform into tracks of housing...

April 29: (Portland Tribune) City: Proposed boundaries hinder growth
http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=124102739480011000

When you look at the city of Sandy's proposed Urban Growth Boundary
extension, Estacada is forced into a holding pattern with no room to
expand its boundaries in order to grow the Estacada Industrial Park...

April 29: (Statesman Journal) Keizer to seek bridge funding, OKs
transportation plan
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090429/COMMUNITIES/904290336/1106/keizer

At last week's meeting, Keizer City Council decided to seek funding for
a bridge, supported a new library idea, approved a transportation plan
and postponed a decision on increasing developers' fees...

April 29: (Baker City Herald) Council hires planner as private
contractor
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Council-hires-planner-as-private-contractor

After a lengthy debate and following considerable public input, Baker
City councilors voted 5-1 Tuesday to privatize the citys planning
department and hire the current planning director, Don Chance, as a
contractor starting July 1...

April 29: (OPB News) Legislature Taking A New Look At The Big Look
http://news.opb.org/article/4879-legislature-taking-new-look-big-look/

If a committee vote in Salem yesterday is any indication, Oregon may be
reaching a détente in the long-standing battle over land-use planning in
the state...

April 29: (Bend Bulletin) Senate panel advances Telfer bill on city
growth
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090429/NEWS01/904290382/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01

SALEM - A key Senate committee Tuesday unanimously approved a bill
intended to help Bend grow onto a square-mile parcel on the southeast
edge of town, near Stevens Road and 27th Street...

April 29: (Bend Bulletin) Neither side thrilled as Skyline bill
advances
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090429/NEWS01/904290395/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01

SALEM - A state House committee on Tuesday approved legislation letting
a corporate landowner build 197 dwellings in a portion of Skyline Forest
near Bend if the company agrees to sell about 45,000 acres, including
most of Skyline, to a land trust...

April 28: (Roseburg News-Review) Costco says county decision proper
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090428/NEWS/904289935/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055

The Douglas County Planning Commission was correct when it determined
that a combination warehouse, wholesale and retail facility is permitted
in the county's medium industrial zone, Costco Wholesale argues in a
brief submitted to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals...

April 28: (Roseburg News-Review) City discusses ways to fill vacant
downtown properties
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090428/NEWS/904289939/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055

About 15 percent of Roseburg's downtown property sits vacant. Some
would provide a good home for housing units. Some would best be suited
for businesses...

April 25: (The Oregonian) Oregon's water issues run deep
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/oregons_water_issues_run_deep.html

SALEM -- Lobbyist Craig Campbell was chasing a favor when he phoned
Gov. Ted Kulongoski in early 2007. The eastern Oregon farming interests
who hired Campbell wanted a private meeting with the governor...

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: <https://omls.oregon.gov/pipermail/landuse-news/attachments/20090505/2d0e3579/attachment.html>