From cliff.voliva at state.or.us Wed Jun 17 09:05:25 2009 From: cliff.voliva at state.or.us (Voliva, Cliff) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:05:25 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - June 16, 2009 Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B5917E4988746@dlcdsxch01> 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 ____________________________________________________________ June 16: (The Oregonian) Oregon House rejects Metolius River bill http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/house_says_no_to_metolius_prot.html SALEM -- The Oregon House of Representatives narrowly voted down creation of strict new environmental protection for the Metolius River basin on Tuesday... June 16: (Statesman Journal) Senate OKs land-use bill http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090616/LEGISLATURE/906160336/1042/NEWS Supporters say it offers a way to break the decades-old deadlock over which of Oregon's rural lands should be open to development or saved for farming and forestry... June 16: (Statesman Journal) BILL LETS CLAIMS PROCEED http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090616/LEGISLATURE/906160333/1042 A bill passed Monday by the Oregon House would allow relief for some landowners who failed to file Measure 49 claims with all affected governments, or who missed last year's deadline for choosing options... June 15: (Editorial, The Oregonian) Oregon needs to give green-themed destination resort a chance http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/06/oregon_needs_to_give_greenthem.html Tuesday's vote in the Oregon House on a bill aimed at blocking two proposed resorts in the Metolius Basin, including a "sustainable resort" named the Metolian, is too close to call. But whatever the outcome... June 14: (Roseburg News-Review) ODOT fears Del Rio vote http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090614/NEWS/906139997/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055 A pending vote by directors of the Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce on a major Winchester road project has the Oregon Department of Transportation worried.... June 12: (Roseburg News-Review) Ideas offered to revitalize downtown Roseburg http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090612/NEWS/906129947/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055 Improve the building facades. Make Main Street more like a Main Street. Have a 4K run through downtown to build on the wellness-related businesses located there. Those were among the recommendations a team from the Oregon Main Street program... June 12: (Daily Astorian) Gearhart chicken regulations won't roost http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=61760 GEARHART - Chickens may be finding another place to roost if Gearhart officials can come up with an ordinance that fulfills the city's requirements and satisfies potential chicken owners... June 12: (The Oregonian) Contested Metolius River basin bill passes Senate http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/contested_metolius_river_basin.html SALEM -- Environmentalists favoring strict protection of the Metolius River got a big boost Friday when the Oregon Senate passed a contentious bill that would ban most development in the Metolius basin... June 10: (Ontario Argus Observer) Downtown plan set: Ontario planning board OKs revitalization blueprint http://www.argusobserver.com/articles/2009/06/10/news/doc4a2fe89ac5604636946035.txt ONTARIO - More than a year's worth of work to develop a plan focusing on downtown revitalization could successfully come to a close if the City Council approves the blueprint Monday... June 9: (Wilsonville Spokesman) A work in progress http://www.wilsonvillenews.com/WVSNews5.shtml All that's left of the nursery is a concrete slab and broken pipes jutting from the ground. Standing among the remnants, brothers Tom and Chris Maletis watch as trucks driving Highway 51 pass by their property... Cliff Voliva | Communications Officer Director's Office Oregon Dept. 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: