From cliff.voliva at state.or.us Tue Jul 28 08:33:11 2009 From: cliff.voliva at state.or.us (Voliva, Cliff) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:33:11 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - July 28, 2009 Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B5917EA75DCE1@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 28: (Bend Bulletin) Appeal to LUBA over Bend shelter planned http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090728/NEWS01/907280354/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 A neighboring property owner with land near The Shepherd?s House has filed documents indicating he intends to appeal to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals the city of Bend?s decision to allow the homeless shelter to add more beds? July 27: (Medford Mail Tribune) A simpler plan: Ashland City Council sets goal to clear up the city's muddy planning process http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090727/NEWS/907270303 Ashland's planning process has become so complex, so burdened with contradictory ordinances and so open to citizen challenges that builders say they don't know what to expect ? and even are avoiding building here? July 27: (Medford Mail Tribune) Planning Commission reviews animal ordinance http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090727/NEWS/907270304 PHOENIX ? A Planning Commission meeting today may not resolve the age-old question about the chicken and the egg, but it could help determine whether city residents can keep a few laying hens in their backyards? July 27: (Coos Bay World) Port seeks zoning change http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/07/27/news/doc4a6a9a92e4931183863616.txt Port officials have asked Coos County to change the zoning for the Kentuck Golf Course so liquefied natural gas developers can use the land for wetland mitigation? July 27: (Editorial, Bend Bulletin) Banner year for Skyline Forest http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090727/NEWS01/907270304/1050/OPIN&nav_category= Central Oregonians could someday look back on 2009 as a pivotal year in the history of the Skyline Forest. If all goes well, this could be the year that both the state of Oregon and the federal government approved legislation paving the way for saving roughly 30,000 acres that link us to our past? July 26: (The Oregonian) Debate begins on ODOT plan to install up to 17,000 solar panels on I-205 http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/some_west_linn_and_oregon_city.html WEST LINN -- Solar highways now join wind turbines and wave-energy projects on the list of innovations that pit Oregon's increasingly green ethos against not-in-my-backyard activism. Some residents in West Linn and Oregon City are gearing up for a battle with the Oregon Department of Transportation? July 25: (Editorial, Bend Bulletin) ?Green economy? test for environmentalists http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090725/OPIN01/907250324 Gov. Ted Kulongoski, with the support of state lawmakers, has steadily pushed Oregon toward a ?green economy,? with all of the tax credits, energy mandates and so forth that such a shift entails. We have our reservations about the green-or-bust approach to economic development? July 25: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) Columbia River Crossing: a bridge we don't need and can't afford http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/columbia_river_crossing_a_brid.html We're all smarting from the economic recession that's hurt our incomes and job prospects, from the decline in housing values that's dented our wealth, and the collapse in financial markets that's dealt a big setback to our retirement plans. We're smarting, but, we tell ourselves, we're smarter, too? July 24: (East Oregonian) Downtown effort takes another step http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95725&TM=46448.8 City leaders and community members took another step Thursday in the lengthy process of trying to revamp Pendleton's downtown. The latest installment:?a public workshop presenting a consultant's report? July 24: (East Oregonian) Farm size doesn't mean a thing, researcher says http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95708&TM=46389.13 A farm's size has nothing to do with its profitability or its longevity. OSU Economist Bruce Sorte reaches that conclusion after his four-month study of Umatilla County? July 24: (East Oregonian) Community economist studies small farms http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95709&TM=46137.91 HERMISTON - Bruce Sorte has been looking into Umatilla County's agricultural future. Sorte doesn't have a small, round, draped table and a crystal ball, but his job does involve looking forward. Sorte is a community economist? July 24: (Bend Bulletin) Environment tops list of concerns on wind farm Residents weigh in during BLM meeting on proposal http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090724/NEWS01/907240417/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 The prospect of a wind farm on Steens Mountain drew a couple dozen Deschutes and Harney county residents to a Bureau of Land Management open house Thursday? July 23: (Portland Tribune) Solar panels along I-205 draw heat from West Linn residents http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=124828843637534400 West Linn?s involvement in the Oregon Department of Transportation?s solar highway project, billed as the ?world?s largest,? could face a crush of opposition at Monday?s City Council meeting. A handful of West Linn and Oregon City residents? July 23: (OPB News) Hayden Island Due For A Bit Of A Facelift http://news.opb.org/article/5474-hayden-island-due-bit-face-lift/ The unofficial gateway to Portland is due for a facelift. The City Council approved final amendments Wednesday to the Hayden Island plan? July 23: (Portland Tribune) Developers flock to old Lents ballfields http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=124829882855092800 In the 1989 movie ?Field of Dreams,? a dreamy farmer decided if he built a sparkling baseball diamond on his isolated Iowa farm, people would come. In the working-class Lents neighborhood in outer Southeast Portland, city officials are pursuing the opposite tack: Take the ballfields away and people will come? July 23: (Guest Commentary, Bend Bulletin) In protecting Metolius, land use system worked as intended http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090723/OPIN/907230338/1034&nav_category= In passing House Bill 3298, the Metolius Protection Act of 2009, and creating the Metolius Area of Critical State Concern, the Oregon Legislature utilized the state?s land system exactly as intended to protect one of Oregon?s most revered and threatened places? July 23: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Mill Creek infill project prepares site for future growth http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/07/23/Mill-Creek-infill-project-prepares-site-for-future-growth A $1.5 million to $2.2 million ditch infill project at Mill Creek Corporate Center is up for bid. The project, according to planner Darrin Brightman, will fill an area within Salem?s 100-year flood plain to prepare it for future construction? July 22: (Portland Tribune) Regulatory flood slams dike district http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=124828182562181400 Now might be a good time for people living on the 5,700 acres south of Scappoose whose homes are protected by the Multnomah Channel levee to re-up their flood insurance policy? July 22: (Editorial, The Oregonian) Beaverton steps up to the plate http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/beaverton_steps_up_to_the_plat_1.html In case you haven't talked to any baseball fans lately, take it from us: There are a lot of irritated followers of the Portland Beavers out there. They are unhappy about any prospect that the team could move away from Portland? July 22: (Capital Press) USDA: Farmers to profit from climate bill http://capitalpress.com/main.asp?SectionID=94&SubSectionID=801&ArticleID=52998&TM=42821.58 WASHINGTON (AP) - Farmers stand to make more money than they will lose if Congress enacts legislation to limit the gases blamed for global warming, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Agriculture Department? July 21: (The Oregonian) Beaverton in running for new Beavers baseball stadium http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/07/beaverton_in_running_for_new_b.html So long, Portland Beavers. Hello ... Beaverton Beavers? Beaverton Mayor Denny Doyle is pitching his city as an ideal setting for minor league baseball should the Triple-A Beavers leave Portland? July 21: (Roseburg News-Review) Proposed Costco store seems to be moving forward http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090721/NEWS/907219992/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055 A year-long debate about whether Costco Wholesale will set up shop in the city of Roseburg seems to be drawing to a close? July 21: (Guest Commentary, Victoria Times Colonist) Climate change calls for land-use plan rethink http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/comment/story.html?id=1dfd9e50-adf6-4242-8ee1-6de507943756 The spectre of rising sea levels and ecological change from climate disruption show land-use plans for Vancouver Island and the B.C. coast will need to be revisited and recalibrated to account for rapid and unabated climate change? July 18: (East Oregonian) Downtown plan puts town in motion http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95467&TM=33718.76 During the past year, Pilot Rock has been steadily working to re-establish its image in the minds of its citizens and the minds of outsiders. Some changes are visual, such as new benches with flower pots, new trees planted last spring and new community gardens. Some changes aren't so obvious? July 23: (Portland Tribune) Solar panels along I-205 draw heat from West Linn residents http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=124828843637534400 West Linn?s involvement in the Oregon Department of Transportation?s solar highway project, billed as the ?world?s largest,? could face a crush of opposition at Monday?s City Council meeting. A handful of West Linn and Oregon City residents? 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: