From cliff.voliva at state.or.us Tue Aug 4 11:08:12 2009 From: cliff.voliva at state.or.us (Voliva, Cliff) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 11:08:12 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - August 4, 2009 Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B5917EA75DCF3@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 ____________________________________________________________ August 4: (Roseburg News-Review) Costco proposal takes another step forward http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090804/NEWS/908049997/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055 After about 15 minutes of discussion, the Roseburg Planning Commission gave its blessing Monday to changes that would clear the way for a new Costco Wholesale store to be built in north Roseburg... August 4: (Eugene Register-Guard) State favors broad course for climate change goals http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/18135021-35/story.csp FLORENCE - State land use officials have decided that now is not the time to add a climate change-specific 20th goal to the set of 19 planning principles that guide development in Oregon. But they stressed that the issue remains an urgent one... August 3: (Ashland Daily Tidings) City to look at helping builders http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090803/NEWS02/908030312/-1/NEWS With the recession putting a damper on construction, the Ashland City Council will consider whether to give 18-month extensions to all development approvals in town... August 3: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) Urban growth boundary: Denying smaller cities the benefits of growth http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/urban_growth_boundary_denying.html In the face of a projected population increase of 1 million people by 2030, Metro is making the case that the existing urban growth boundary contains enough land for the next two decades of regional growth... August 3: (Medford Mail Tribune) Objections lead SOU to consider revisions to 10-year master plan http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090803/NEWS/908030316 ASHLAND - Southern Oregon University is taking its 10-year master plan back to the drawing board after neighbors protested the proposal at a Planning Commission meeting earlier this month. The university will hold a neighborhood meeting in October... August 2: (East Oregonian) County asks to discard designation http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=96067&TM=44501.3 Umatilla County leaders are petitioning to have more control over wind project development in a 300,000-acre box near Athena known as the Energy Generating Area (EGA).... July 31: (Statesman Journal) Elkhorn land-use decision delayed http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090731/NEWS/907310346/1001 Oregon's land use court won't make a decision until Aug. 12 on plans to build a resort along the Little North Fork River... July 31: (Editorial, Medford Mail Tribune) Welcome to Oregon; please don't stop http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090731/OPINION/907310314 It's rare that we find ourselves in agreement with Jack Walker. But when it comes to the proposed welcome center on northbound Interstate 5, the Jackson County Commissioner has it exactly right... July 31: (Roseburg News-Review) LNG: Douglas County Planning Commission holds hearing http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090731/NEWS/907319978/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1055 The Douglas County Planning Commission heard Thursday that construction of a 230-mile liquefied natural gas pipeline through Southern Oregon could encourage economic development and the creation of new jobs in the region... July 30: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) Land-use planning: What did we get for our 'smart growth'? http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/landuse_planning_what_did_we_g.html During a recent appearance on KGW's public affairs show "Straight Talk," Metro Council President David Bragdon waxed profoundly over the regional impact of the federal stimulus package... July 30: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Croman plans face questions http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090730/NEWS02/907300306 Planners are hopeful that a plan to redevelop the defunct Croman Mill site will be ready to implement when the economy recovers and the construction climate improves... July 29: (Guest Commentary, Daily Astorian) Warrenton's big box culture comes with a price http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=62898&TM=29881.51 Social costs are an elusive concept, because they are not on a company's profit and loss statement, and society tends not to quantify them... July 29: (Portland Tribune) West Linn City Council supports ODOT solar highway http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=124889501007391000 The Oregon Department of Transportation will move ahead with plans to build the world's largest solar highway on a hillside in West Linn after receiving the city council's go-ahead for additional studies Monday night. More than 100 people crowded into council chambers... July 29: (Statesman Journal) Turner development plan considered: Planning group weighs bid to turn mine site to homes http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090729/COMMUNITIES/907290378/1133/stayton&template=staytonart Audience members asked questions and were concerned about density at a July 21 Turner Planning Commission public hearing regarding a proposal to redevelop a former mining site on the north end of town... July 29: (Medford Mail Tribune) Phoenix planners hear testimony on poultry issue http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090729/NEWS/907290325/-1/NEWS02 PHOENIX - The Planning Commission sat down to talk about chickens Monday evening. Some city residents want to have a few laying hens, but the municipal code doesn't allow farm animals of any kind... 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: