From cliff.voliva at state.or.us Tue Aug 11 10:57:07 2009 From: cliff.voliva at state.or.us (Voliva, Cliff) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:57:07 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - August 11, 2009 Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B5917EA748EE3@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. 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August 11: (Bend Bulletin) Guidelines issued for development site http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090811/NEWS01/908110364/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 Oregon's Department of Human Services has issued guidelines for how developers of a proposed housing development west of Terrebonne should test for environmental problems... August 11: (Bend Bulletin) Thornburgh partners suing CEO and seeking his removal http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090811/NEWS01/908110394/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 Partners in the proposed 1,970-acre Thornburgh resort west of Redmond are suing the destination resort's manager and CEO Kameron DeLashmutt and his company for more than $5 million and seeking to push DeLashmutt out of his leadership position... August 10: (Editorial, Daily Astorian) Newport stuck with its vision http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=63197 Those who dismissed that there was any chance NOAA's 10-vessel research fleet would move its homeport from Seattle were wrong. Barring some last-minute political manipulation, it will go to Newport... August 10: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Public invited to learn about Boones Ferry Road traffic study http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/08/10/public-invited-to-learn-about-boones-ferry-road-traffic-study/ The results of a traffic study performed on Boones Ferry Road by the city of Lake Oswego's planning department will be revealed in a public meeting on Wednesday... August 10: (Polk County Itemizer-Observer) 99W corridor is concern http://www.itemizerobserver.com/DIONews4.shtml POLK COUNTY -- Patience is hard to come by if you've ever been among the drivers backed up for blocks behind the Highway 99W/Main Street intersection during rush hour... August 10: (Statesman Journal) Wind projects are generating interest http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090810/GREEN/908100335/1001/UPDATE An Independence company is hoping to make wind turbines a more common feature of the Willamette Valley landscape... August 9: (The Oregonian) Portland-area cities behind in updates to sensitive land policies http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/portlandarea_cities_behind_in.html Portland and several other metro area cities are months -- even years -- behind complying with a January 2009 deadline set by Metro to update policies that protect environmentally sensitive lands... August 8: (Bend Bulletin) Planning a route to regional transit http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090810/NEWS0107/908100356/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 Central Oregon has several transit systems, but some local government leaders have begun to ask whether it would be best to have a single, district-wide system... August 8: (The Oregonian) Blurring the urban-rural line in Damascus http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/blurring_the_urbanrural_line.html DAMASCUS -- Larry Thompson has always been ahead of everybody else. He stopped using pesticides and fungicides on his fruit, berries and vegetables years before organic became iconic... August 7: (Portland Tribune) No 'urban reserve' land added to Multnomah County planning map http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=124968761223602800 A Multnomah County citizens advisory committee and county planning staff have recommended that little to no land in Multnomah County should be designated as "urban reserves"- candidates for inclusion inside the urban growth boundary over the next four to five decades... August 7: (Hillsboro Argus) County: 33,800 acres for 550,000 people http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1249669228109060.xml&coll=6 Washington County planners have proposed designating 33,800 acres of urban reserve in the area, while recommending that more than 108,000 acres be protected from development for the next half century... August 6: (Medford Mail Tribune) County backs problem-solving agreement http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090806/NEWS/908060324 A nine-year effort that could add 8,800 acres to local cities for future growth reached a milestone Wednesday when Jackson County commissioners voted to sign off on a pivotal agreement even as they were warned about the possibility of an appeal... August 6: (Daily Astorian) Computer models to guide development in downtown Astoria http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=63100 Is it a cat burglar? Is it Spider-Man? No, the person climbing up the front wall of the Fort George Brewery and Public House Monday morning was Brenton Christensen. The 22-year-old student intern was taking measurements... August 5: (The Oregonian) With light rail on the way, downtown Milwaukie due for a makeover http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/08/with_light_rail_on_the_way_dow.html By the time the first TriMet light-rail train slides into downtown Milwaukie sometime in 2015, city leaders expect riders to see a dramatic new welcome mat to their city... August 5: (Guest Commentary, Eugene Register-Guard) Reform of land use law took a broad, cooperative effort http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/18135307-35/story.csp This week, I signed into law a major bipartisan accomplishment for Oregon's 35-year-old land use planning program. House Bill 2229 builds on a unique part of what makes Oregon special for all of us... August 5: (Editorial, Medford Mail Tribune) Two bright spots for downtown Medford http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090805/OPINION/908050313/-1/OPINION02 The future of downtown Medford continues to look brighter. The first hopeful sign was the recent announcement that The Commons project is moving again after being suspended during the economic downturn. Now two more pieces of news bring added reason for optimism... August 4: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Planners critique the City Council's vision and values http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090804/NEWS02/908040319/-1/NEWS01 At least three Planning Commission members think the City Council's vision and values statements are too utopian and need more "grit." 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: