[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - May 12, 2009

Tue May 12 09:41:43 PDT 2009

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May 11: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Planners to discuss Croman site
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090511/NEWS02/905110315/-1/NEWS 
In their first meeting since they walked the 60 acres of land last month, Planning Commissioners will discuss how to create zoning requirements for Ashland's Croman Mill site Tuesday...

May 11: (Central Oregonian) Religion vs. land use
http://www.centraloregonian.com/PCONews4.shtml 
The Diocese of Baker's desire to build a pastoral office building on its Catholic retreat center in Powell Butte may be more difficult than expected...

May 10: (Statesman Journal) City to hold forum on proposed mixed-use zone near high school
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090510/NEWS/905100327/1001 
Salem is moving forward with plans for a new Mixed-Use Neighborhood Center zone to be located in the vicinity of West Salem High School...

May 8: (Portland Tribune) Does Portland have enough land for jobs?
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=124172203964171600 
Although Metro is still studying the issue, disagreements are already emerging about whether the region has enough available land to meet the expected demand for jobs during the next 20 years...

May 8: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Metro releases growth and labor report
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/05/08/Metro-releases-growth-and-labor-report-Agency-expects-construction-to-slow-but-industrial-land-devel 
Metro anticipates that by 2030 there will be demand in a seven-county area surrounding Portland for as much as 82 million square feet of industrial space and 188 million square feet of nonindustrial space...

May 7: (Vancouver Columbian) Former Clark County planner in documentary about growth
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090508/BIZ01/705089976/-1/BIZ 
Richard Carson, who led Clark County's planning department during a time of rapid development, shares his views on growth management in a documentary airing Sunday...

May 7: (The Oregonian) Portland proposes extending land-use approvals
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1241666706105020.xml&coll=7 
Developers who have city approvals in their back pockets but can't get financing are waiting for the credit freeze to thaw to send hammers humming...

May 7: (Roseburg News-Review) Costco breakthrough: Morgan withdraws appeal
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090507/NEWS/905079997/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055 
Former Douglas County Commissioner Joyce Morgan has set aside her challenge of Costco Wholesales plans for a store on Northeast Stephens Street after the company agreed Tuesday to seek a zone change and annexation into the city of Roseburg...

May 7: (Bend Bulletin) Jefferson County protests DLCD request
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090507/NEWS01/905070408/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 
Jefferson County commissioners voted Wednesday to raise objections to a state Department of Land Conservation and Development request that would give the agency an additional 49 days to provide the full record to the Oregon Court of Appeals of DLCDs recommendation to create an Area of Critical State Concern in the Metolius River Basin...

May 7: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Counties seek development assistance
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/05/07/Counties-seek-development-assistance-Senate-bill-would-create-fund-to-pay-for-infrastructure-for-cit 
What happens when a city wants to spur development in a rural area, but theres little money to add roads or water lines? Usually, not much...

May 6: (Bend Bulletin) Ethics panel investigates Crook County planner
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090506/NEWS0107/905060371/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 
SALEM - On June 26, 2008, Crook County Planning Director Bill Zelenka played a round of golf that he may come to regret. Not because he was terrible on the links, as he recalls his play that day, but because playing those 18 holes for free while attending a conference...

May 6: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Counties differ in views of urban reserves
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/05/06/Counties-differ-in-views-of-urban-reserves-Washington-and-Clackamas-counties-help-Metro-plan-urban-g 
For almost a year, Washington and Clackamas counties have worked to determine where to place their urban reserves, and help Metro lay out future urban growth boundary expansion...

May 5: (The Oregonian) Portland-area growth blurs rural-urban borders
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/05/portlandarea_growth_blurs_rura.html 
FOREST GROVE -- The land used to be known simply as the family farm. Now it's part of what's called the urban-rural interface, and complications sprout alongside the crops. Like when a new neighbor reported Lyle Spiesschaert to the state Department of Environmental Quality for stirring up dust...

May 5: (Editorial, Daily Astorian) Growth is not necessarily good
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=60658 
Warrenton voters certainly should vote in favor of Measure 4-146, the renewal of a 28-cent per $1,000 property tax levy that provides vital augmentation for the police force. At the same time, citizens there should ponder exactly what their leaders have wrought in recent years...

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