[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - October 20, 2009

Tue Oct 20 13:34:30 PDT 2009

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Oct. 20: (The Oregonian) Portland's street grid: Bad for the environment?
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/portlands_street_grid_bad_for.html
For decades, urban planners have hailed Portland's street grid as one of several influential ideas others should replicate. But…

Oct. 20: (AP, Capital Press) Many Willamette Basin streams deemed too warm
http://www.capitalpress.com/orewash/AP-warm-Willamette-102009#
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A new state study has found that nearly 70 percent of the rivers and streams in the Willamette Basin are too warm to protect salmon, trout and other cold-water fish…

Oct. 19: (The Oregonian) Interest in green development practices will rebound when the economy does
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/green_issues_will_rebound_when.html
The recession has temporarily diminished the importance of climate change and alternative energy sources as a factor in commercial real estate investment decisions, but interest is likely to pick up when the market rallies, according to a survey…

Oct. 19: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Winning design concept for I-5 cap project is all about healing
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/10/19/winning-design-concept-for-i-5-cap-project-is-all-about-healing/
Judges in a design competition to cap Interstate 5 in Vancouver picked the one concept that unbuilds more than it builds…

Oct. 19: (Medford Mail Tribune) The loss of a lake: Homeowners now must deal with a different Rogue River following removal of Savage Rapids Dam
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091019/NEWS/910190324
ROGUE RIVER — Jan Tarantino peers over her summer patio/dock on what used to be "Savage Lake," looking down at the Rogue River flowing more than 15 feet below…

Oct. 19: (Bend Bulletin) A tale of two cities http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091019/NEWS0107/910190368/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
REDMOND — Last winter, a Bend restaurant and a Redmond restaurant closed within a month of each other. What has happened at the two vacant buildings helps tell the story of how far Redmond…

Oct. 19: (Coos Bay World) Port, Jordan Cove pressure FERC
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/10/19/news/doc4ad9787a6f608294133028.txt
Local port officials are calling on federal regulators to decide — and soon — whether to allow a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay’s North Spit…

Oct. 18: (Statesman Journal) Task force given green task: It will be the third try for a plan to cut greenhouse gases
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091018/STATE/910180324/1042/LIFE
A legislative task force will take a third stab at what another task force and lawmakers failed to do in the past two years — propose ways for how transportation and land-use planning can help reduce Oregon's greenhouse-gas emissions…

Oct. 17: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) How to stop doubting and love the climate models
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/10/how_to_stop_doubting_and_love.html
Does human activity affect Earth's climate? A simple question, no? It's been settled with a ringing "yes" among the scientific community. Yet…

Oct. 17: (Portland Tribune) Gresham wrestles with big-box rules
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125573870173965000
It’s been five years since the Southwest Gresham Neighborhood Association appealed to Gresham city leaders to create a code regulating big-box stores. Now, after a Tuesday, Oct. 13, presentation in which city planners insisted none is needed, councilors appear to be ready to fast-track the idea…

Oct. 17: (The Oregonian) Residents of transit-oriented Orenco Station still driving cars to work
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/despite_urban_design_most_oren.html
HILLSBORO – Orenco Station, the award winning neighborhood touted as an ideal of mass-transit oriented New Urbanism, has failed to persuade a majority of its residents to use mass transit to get to work…

Oct. 16: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Debate grows over the future of historic Washington High School
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/10/16/debate-grows-over-the-future-of-historic-washington-high-school/
After five years of work, Portland Parks and Recreation and a citizen’s advisory committee are closing in on a plan to locate a community center within or next to 86-year-old Washington High School on Portland’s east side. But preservationists…

Oct. 15: (Portland Tribune) Tigard officials tell mom to move kids’ playhouse or tear it down
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125559098200065900
A Tigard woman is looking to donate her children’s play structure to anyone willing to take it off her hands, after city officials told her it would have to be removed from her property. To call the building in the far northwest corner of Wendy Tait’s home a “play structure” would be like comparing Godzilla to a common gecko…

Oct. 15: (Portland Tribune) Carbon down, but goal elusive
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125555331169825100
Total greenhouse gas emissions in Multnomah County fell 3 percent in 2008 compared to the prior year, according to new federal data. The reduction largely appears traceable to reduced driving spurred by last year’s $4-a-gallon gas prices…

Oct. 15: (Portland Tribune) A great place to live, not work
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125555333382725400
Portland’s new economic development strategy includes a shocking admission for this city: Livability alone does not create jobs…

Oct. 15: (Portland Tribune) Connector project – a long time coming
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125559039600561700
As Metro tries to achieve regional consensus on how the Portland area should grow, Clackamas and Washington County officials are fighting over a long-studied transportation project. At issue is the Interstate 5-to-Highway 99W Connector Project…

Oct: 15: (The Oregonian) Portland's suburbs press for economic development
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/portlands_suburbs_press_for_ec.html
Portland's suburbs sometimes feel as though their bigger neighbor calls all the shots when it comes to what makes for a livable, sustainable region…

Oct. 15: (The Oregonian) Oregon global warming commission launches Web site
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/oregon_global_warming_commissi.html
The Oregon Global Warming Commission has launched a Web site to disseminate information on the local impact of climate change. The site, KeepOregonCool.org<http://www.keeporegoncool.org/>, is also intended to educate the public about strategies and choices that arise from efforts to reduce carbon emissions….

Oct. 15: (Capital Press) Committee mulls need for ag land
http://www.capitalpress.com/orewash/ml-rural-reserves-101609-w-sidebar
PORTLAND -- Taped to a wall of Metro Councilor Kathryn Harrington's office is a map showing the Portland Metro area's farm lands…

Oct. 15: (Medford Mail Tribune) New rules for hillside development
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091015/NEWS/910150325
Any new construction on steep slopes in Medford will require more effort from builders up front starting today when a hillside ordinance takes effect to control erosion and ensure safe buildings…

Oct. 15: (Bend Bulletin) Deschutes County seeks residents’ input
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091015/NEWS01/910150380/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
In an effort to collect public input on a proposed update of Deschutes County’s land use blueprint, county staff will host 10 public meetings over the next three months…

Oct. 14: (Beaverton Valley Times) State gives Metro’s growth boundary ideas a qualified thumbs-up
http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=125558285837794700
Oregon land-use officials are beginning to like Metro Chief Operating Officer Michael Jordan’s for the region’s “reserve” land in the Portland-area urban growth boundary. Jordan issued his recommendations for the region’s urban and rural reserve land that will likely be set aside for development in the next 50 years…

Oct. 14: (East Oregonian) Wind farms springing back to life
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=98984&TM=44496.79
The northeast corner of Umatilla County is again alive with the construction of wind turbines…

Oct. 14: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Planning Commission approves Granite Street home
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091014/NEWS02/910140312/-1/NEWS
The Planning Commission unanimously voted Tuesday to allow an Ashland couple to demolish their mold-infested Granite Street home and construct a new one on their property…

Oct. 14: (Curry Coastal Pilot) New project spurs interest in rules on destination resorts
http://www.currypilot.com/20091014114012/News/Local-News/New-project-spurs-interest-in-rules-on-destination-resorts
GOLD BEACH – More than 70 people attended a Saturday morning workshop in Gold Beach about destination resorts conducted by 1000 Friends of Oregon, the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition and Curry County Planning Director Dave Pratt…

Oct. 14: (Bend Bulletin) Zoning pits state vs. county, again
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091014/NEWS0107/910140382/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
SALEM — Has Jefferson County become the bad boy of Oregon land use politics? Or is the state just really mean?

Oct. 12: (Eugene Register-Guard) City reaches out for input
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/21407521-55/story.csp#
Eugene leaders have broad goals for the city, but now they want residents’ help to turn them into action. And they want to hear from as many residents as possible, not just those who frequently comment on city issues…

Oct. 10: (Hermiston Herald) Stanfield to reach Pilot Travel Center
http://hermistonherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=11721&TM=35853.92
The city of Stanfield will soon lay a water line from downtown to the Pilot Travel Center to open up development on Highway 395…

Oct. 10: (The Oregonian) Astoria, Warrenton take different paths to the future
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/astoria_warrenton_take_differe.html
Real estate broker Leslie Brophy likes to tell people her house is "by Costco." That is how much she buys there, and it's not the only store in Clatsop County registering this Washington resident's ka-ching…

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