From cliff.voliva at state.or.us Tue Jul 14 09:51:20 2009 From: cliff.voliva at state.or.us (Voliva, Cliff) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:51:20 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - July 14, 2009 Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B5917E49887FF@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 ____________________________________________________________ July 14: (Coos Bay World) Zoning proposal irks neighbors http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/07/14/news/doc4a5b6c0a11bec876638512.txt NORTH BEND - Standing in front of the old Bangor School, only 60 feet from his front door, Michael Dean said he had concerns when the defunct elementary finally sold... July 13: (OPB News) City Forming Rose Quarter Task Force http://news.opb.org/article/5411-city-forming-rose-quarter-task-force/ A newly announced task force is expected to help Portland leaders decide how to develop the Rose Quarter district... July 13: (Commentary, The Oregonian) Coliseum still the future of baseball http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2009/07/coliseum_still_the_future_of_b.html I guess we need a show of hands. Is city Commissioner Randy Leonard the only one on the council who believes Memorial Coliseum is the best site remaining for a minor-league baseball park in Portland? July 13: (Editorial, The Oregonian) Designs on Memorial Coliseum http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/designs_on_the_memorial_colise.html Thirty-two years ago this June, the Blazers captured their one and only NBA championship in Memorial Coliseum. It was a peak moment in Oregon sports history. And the arena's address... July 13: (Baker City Herald) Comments sought on property rules http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Comments-sought-on-property-rules Baker City's new property maintenance code is ready for public comment. The new ordinance, No. 3292, has been developed through the work of at least two City Council work sessions, and it's seen many changes... July 13: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Planners to discuss A Street development http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090713/NEWS02/907130320/-1/NEWS Planning Commissioners will hear reports on a mixed-use development on A Street and Southern Oregon University's Master Plan at their Tuesday meeting... July 13: (Medford Mail Tribune) Noise level rises in Nunan Estate debate http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090713/NEWS/907130304 JACKSONVILLE - The city has yet to settle a simmering debate between neighbors who don't want amplified music disturbing their evenings and a business that wants clarification on how it can operate... July 13: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Lebanon dreams big with 55.5-acre development http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/07/13/Lebanon-dreams-big-with-555acre-development-Medical-campus-is-the-first-phase-of-mixeduse-project-ex During the early planning stage for Samaritan Health Services' 55.5-acre mixed-use development in Lebanon, the town's community development manager, Walt Wendolowski, started dreaming about what the project could bring the town... July 12: (East Oregonian) Caught in the turbine Some aren't so excited to see the region filled with new wind farms http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95196 Even though wind energy companies are flocking to Oregon and the state is working to attract the business, not everyone is jumping for joy for the arrival of this new institution... July 12: (East Oregonian) Morrow County projects promise cash, contention http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95195&TM=45026.46 The wind industry in Morrow County shows no signs of slowing. The county court recently signed its third strategic investment plan, this time with the behemoth Shepherds Flat Wind Farm, securing millions in new funds for the county... July 12: (East Oregonian) Shepherds Flat farm lifts off http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95194&TM=45026.46 After seven years of planning, the Shepherds Flat wind project - the largest in Oregon, and once described as the largest in the world - will break ground soon in Gilliam and Morrow counties... July 11: (East Oregonian) 'Just barely tapped' http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95148&TM=45026.46 First, there's a step through a ship-like door. Then a climb up 280 rungs of a metal ladder. An overhead hatch finally emerges on top of tower 91 at Wheat Field Wind Farm, about 275 feet above ground... July 10: (Commentary, The Oregonian) Land use ruling clips farm activities http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/anna_griffin/index.ssf/2009/07/land_use_ruling_clips_farm_act.html Don Kruger always figured it was just a matter of time before somebody complained. Kruger, a Sauvie Island farmer, began offering happy couples the right to wed on his 160-acre spread seven years ago. He's since added birthday parties, corporate picnics, summer concerts and bike races... July 9: (Commentary, Daily Journal of Commerce) Little done with task force's recommendations http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/07/09/Little-done-with-task-forces-recommendations-Oregon-Legislature-in-2009-session-does-virtually-nothi The 2009 Oregon legislative session is over. While taxes, the budget and health-care reform all were important legislative topics, there was precious little done to reform the Oregon planning system... July 9: (OPB News) New Map Shows Metro's Future Light Rail Plans http://news.opb.org/article/5394-new-map-shows-metros-future-light-rail-plans/ Portland's regional government, Metro, unanimously approved a new map Thursday of where future light rail lines or new high speed routes are planned... July 9: (Editorial, Daily Astorian) We must be patient with Safeway block http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=62364 Parking is one of the most frequent topics in cities and towns. Is there enough of it? How much does it cost? The Astoria City Council had a useful conversation... July 9: (Statesman Journal) Land-use board won't make Elkhorn decision just yet http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090709/UPDATE/90709014/1133/Land-use-board-won-t-make-Elkhorn-decision-just-yet The state's land use board of appeals (LUBA) will delay its final decision regarding an appeal of Marion County's approval of a destination resort targeted for the Little North Fork River... July 8: (Roseburg News-Review) Morgan questions wave energy viability http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090708/NEWS/907089990/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055 Douglas County Commissioner Susan Morgan on Tuesday questioned whether a proposed wave energy plant at Winchester Bay would make money or end up costing the county money it cannot afford to waste... July 8: (East Oregonian) Quenching desert's thirst: Columbia River water can restore declining aquifers http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=94999&TM=48614.39 The Umatilla Aquifer Recharge Project, in its most basic form, aims to take water from the Columbia River during high-flow times in the winter and early spring and store it in aquifers... July 8: (Daily Astorian) County concludes LNG remand hearing without decision http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=62338&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398 After five hours of testimony on the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas project, Clatsop County commissioners called it quits Wednesday without taking a vote on the two land-use issues remanded to them by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals... July 8: (Daily Astorian) Chickens take roost in Cannon Beach http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=62317 CANNON BEACH - The chickens have come home to roost, finally. Residents in Cannon Beach may soon be clucking over their new feathered friends now that the City Council has approved an ordinance allowing up to four chickens per household... July 8: (Eugene Register-Guard) Wetlands demand becomes an issue http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/16307075-41/story.csp HARRISBURG - Big development in Junction City is beginning to cause concern in Harrisburg, as a nervous city administrator worries that an upcoming prison and wastewater treatment plant expansion will use the majority of available "wetlands credits" needed to develop the area... July 7: (Roseburg News-Review) Citizens speak out on proposed Riddle ash pit http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090707/NEWS/907079981/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055 An ash disposal landfill proposed by Roseburg Forest Products in Riddle is drawing fire from both nearby residents and elsewhere in the county.... June 30: (OPB News) Memorial Coliseum Headed to National Register http://news.opb.org/article/5334-memorial-coliseum-headed-national-register/ The Portland sports arena that was recently threatened with demolition is on its way to being listed on the National Register of Historic Places... June 5: (Guest Commentary, High Country News) California prepares for the next burn http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.10/california-prepares-for-the-next-burn When Steve Quarles drives the narrow roads that wind through the steep wooded hills above Oakland and Berkeley, he doesn't get distracted by the million-dollar views of San Francisco Bay... May 1: (Guest Commentary, High Country News) To fight fire, fight forest development http://www.hcn.org/wotr/fight-forest-development Spring is here, and the forest fire season will soon be upon us. Every year, the cost of fighting forest fires increases so that now, firefighting accounts for close to half the Forest Service's budget. The cost to tax payers has risen to the billions of dollars... 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: