[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - December 8, 2009

[Voliva, Cliff]

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Dec. 5: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Council to hold Lowe’s hearing
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_a468169a-e13f-11de-b746-001cc4c03286.html
The Albany City Council is holding a land-use hearing Wednesday on a proposed Lowe’s home improvement center on the southeast corner of Ninth and Oak…

Dec. 5: (Curry Coastal Pilot) Curry board hears mixed reviews on destination resorts, map
http://www.currypilot.com/20091205114318/News/Local-News/Curry-board-hears-mixed-reviews-on-destination-resorts-map
GOLD BEACH – The Curry County Planning Commission on Thursday heard from supporters of destination resorts, such as the Crook family golf proposal at Pistol River, and citizens concerned that those resorts would harm wildlife and affect beaches, forests and rivers at Thursday’s meeting…

Dec. 4: (Portland Tribune) I-5 bridge project still up in the air
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125996301930537900
Despite an appeal from Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, the bi-state panel appointed to advise on the Columbia River Crossing took no action on the revised project at its Friday morning meeting…

Dec. 4: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Group puts off I-5 bridge decision
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/12/04/group-puts-off-i-5-bridge-decision/
Given an opportunity to accept changes to the Interstate 5 bridge replacement project, the group overseeing the process declined Friday, putting the decision off for at least a month…

Dec. 4: (The Oregonian) U.S. states have taken big steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions, report says
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/us_states_have_taken_big_steps.html
State climate change policies will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 536 million metric tons by 2020, about 7 percent of the United States' 2007 emissions…

Dec. 4: (The Oregonian) Oregon Iron Works will build first buoy for wave farm off Reedsport
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/12/oregonians_build_wave_energy_b.html
A New Jersey firm has hired Oregon Iron Works to build the first of 10 wave energy buoys that it will begin installing off the Oregon coast next year in the country's first commercial-scale wave energy farm…

Dec. 3: (Capital Press) Farmers question power line
http://www.capitalpress.com/orewash/ml-pge-line-120409-art--map-and-info-box
SALEM -- Oregon farmers in the path of a proposed 200-mile power line planned between Boardman and Salem are speaking out against it.  Growers say they are concerned about farming restrictions…

Dec. 3: (East Oregonian) The bounty of nature: Wildlife is a major source of income in Eastern Oregon
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=100918
People spent more money in 2008 viewing wildlife in Umatilla and Morrow counties than harvesting it. Spending totaled more than $15 million for wildlife viewing in Morrow and Umatilla counties that year…

Dec. 3: (The Oregonian) Growth boundaries stop sprawl, but author argues they stop dreams, as well
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/growth_boundaries_stop_sprawl.html
Proponents of compact development point out that urban growth boundaries such as in the Portland area have stopped sprawl and preserved farms and forests at the city's edge. But free-market partisans…

Dec. 3: (The Oregonian) Idaho utility may route line through south-central Oregon
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/idaho_utility_may_route_line_t.html
PENDLETON -- A utility in Idaho may route a transmission line through south-central Oregon rather than along the Interstate 84 corridor…

Dec. 3: (The Oregonian) Study: Wind farms have no effect on property value
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/study_wind_farms_have_no_effec.html
DENVER -- Wind farms have no measurable effect on nearby property values, according to a government report…

Dec. 2: (Portland Tribune) Chicken owners crow with delight
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125996173380080200
After voting in October against allowing more residents to keep urban chickens, Gresham city councilors reversed course and in a 4-3 vote approved a new chicken code Tuesday, Dec. 1…

Dec. 2: (The Oregonian) Governor urges action on Columbia River Crossing
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/governor_urges_action_on_colum.html
Using a tugboat as his pulpit, Gov. Ted Kulongoski urged regional leaders to press forward with a multi-billion dollar project to replace the Interstate Bridge over the Columbia River…

Dec. 2: (The Oregonian) Other cities echo Portland's call for density
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/other_cities_echo_portlands_ca.html
Does this sound familiar? A metro area, faced with soaring growth projections but wanting to avoid sprawl, comes up with incentives to encourage denser development of its urban core. It's Austin, Texas, this time…

Dec. 2: (The Oregonian) Growth controls help Portland-area get strong real estate investment ranking amid gloomy market outlook
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/growth_controls_help_portland.html
The Portland area ranks as the nation's No. 16 region for commercial/multifamily real estate investment, a strong ranking due in large part to growth controls and promotion of infill development…

Dec. 2: (Statesman Journal) Distribution center to be built at Mill Creek site
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091202/NEWS/912020419/1001/news
The Oregon Department of Administrative Services said Tuesday it has struck a real estate deal with a developer, who intends to build a 465,000-square-foot distribution center at the Mill Creek Corporate Center in South Salem…

Dec. 2: (Bend Bulletin) Commercial vacancy rates stabilizing in Bend - a positive sign, some say
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091202/BIZ0102/912020343/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
Commercial vacancy rates in Bend changed little between the second and third quarter of the year, according to a local report released last week by Compass Commercial Real Estate Services…

Nov. 30: (Newport News-Times) Toledo considers plan to connect to waterfront
http://www.newportnewstimes.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=21847&page=72
A one-year effort involving participants from the public and private sectors has yielded a draft of the Toledo Waterfront Connectivity Plan…

Cliff Voliva | Communications Officer
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Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development
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