[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - December 22, 2009

[Voliva, Cliff]

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Dec. 22: (The Oregonian) Long-range plans will shape how and where the Portland area grows and travels
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/long-range_plans_will_shape_ho.html
Metro i s asking for the public's insight, reaction and suggestions on a pair of major planning documents...

Dec. 22: (KDRV-TV, Medford) Eugene Inches Closer To Getting Vibrant Downtown
http://kdrv.com/news/local/156126
EUGENE, Ore. -- The goal to make Eugene's downtown a vibrant one and has had stops and starts. However, city planners said Thursday they're taking big steps toward making it a reality for this go-around...

Dec. 22: (Bend Bulletin) LAND USE WAIVER CLAIMS WINDING DOWN
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091222/NEWS01/912220407/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
Property owners Marie Harry, Frank Rencher, David Hurtley, and Olaf and Jannis Bolken recently got a green light from Deschutes County to subdivide and develop their properties, after several years of legal wrangling over voter-approved land use laws...

Dec. 21: (Editorial, Eugene Register-Guard) Let states decide on LNG
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24272746-35/energy-state-ferc-lng-commission.csp
Four years ago, Congress approved an energy bill that wrested siting authority for liquefied natural gas terminals away from the states and handed it to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission....

Dec. 21: (The Oregonian) A word about Oregon agriculture: It's crucial to urban life
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/a_word_about_oregon_agricultur.html
With the complex process of designating urban and rural reserves, the Portland region is attempting to establish which areas will be developed and which will be reserved for farming and forestry during the next 40 to 50 years...

Dec. 21: (McMinnville News-Register) Formal findings reveal Riverbend thinking
http://www.newsregister.com/article/42646-formal+findings+reveal+riverbend+thinking
The decision to expand Riverbend Landfill relied on economic, technological and environmental criteria...

Dec. 20: (Medford Mail Tribune) County set to leave statewide lobbying effort http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091220/NEWS/912200333
Jackson County commissioners have given notice they will drop out of a 105-year-old lobbying organization for Oregon counties because of a growing rift over legislative direction...

Dec. 20: (Bend Bulletin) State's first review of Bend growth plan finds 'fatal flaws'
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091220/NEWS0107/912200416
SALEM - As Bend nears its first round of official state feedback on its road map for future growth, draft documents show that state officials consider much of the city's urban growth boundary proposal erroneous and incomplete...

Dec. 19: (Guest Commentary, Statesman Journal) Decision shows need for better representation
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091219/OPINION/912190310/1049
Once again a significant land-use decision has been made by our Marion County commissioners that demonstrates the interests of the few over the many...

Dec. 19: (Contra Costa Times, Calif.) Climate change shifting how Bay Area land-use decisions are made
http://www.contracostatimes.com/opinion/ci_14026259
IN THE battle against global warming, increasing attention is focused on land-use patterns because of the interconnection between development and transportation...

Dec. 18: (The Oregonian) Once again a significant land-use decision has been made by our Marion County commissioners that demonstrates the interests of the few over the many
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/once_the_firebrands_now_the_es.html
The roast was held on Halloween night, and the crowd -- almost all of them old enough to remember their own hippie days -- laughed hard at the photos of Bob Stacey in full 1970s regalia...

Dec. 18: (Portland Tribune) Economist questions Portland's economic development strategy
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126116110490784900
University of Oregon economist Tim Duy delivered a pointed critique of Portland's previous and current economic development strategies...

Dec. 18: (AP, Statesman Journal) Cliff apartments are evacuated
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091218/NEWS/912180333/1001/news
PACIFICA, Calif. - A crumbling cliff forced residents to grab what they could and flee an apartment building on a Northern California coastal bluff over fears it could slide into the Pacific...

Dec. 18: (Medford Mail Tribune) FERC approves LNG pipeline through Upper Rogue
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091218/NEWS/912180323
In a 3-to-1 vote, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday approved building a controversial liquefied natural gas import terminal in Coos Bay and a pipeline that crosses through the upper Rogue River watershed to Malin near the California border....

Dec. 17: (Ashland Daily Tidings) City OKs stream, wetland buffers
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091217/NEWS02/912170319
The City Council approved a new ordinance creating protective buffer zones around streams and wetlands...

Dec. 17: (The Oregonian) Metro seeks public comments on long-range growth map as disputes persist
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/metro_seeks_comments_on_long-r.html
The Metro Council gave its first nod of approval Thursday to a plan that designates nearly 29,000 acres where homes, businesses and industry could expand as the Portland region absorbs a million more people...

Dec. 17: (The Oregonian) Giving livability goals a going-over
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/giving_livability_goals_a_goin.html
Ron Carley once had a conversation with a group of Portlanders living in a low-income neighborhood. Carley talked about sustainability, about consuming less, driving less and conserving energy. The Portlanders taught him a lesson...

Dec. 17: (The Oregonian) Oregon objects to federal OK of Coos Bay gas terminal
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/12/post_34.html
The multibillion-dollar horse race to bring more natural gas to the Northwest and California tightened Thursday as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted 3-1 to approve a controversial terminal in Coos Bay and its associated pipeline to import liquefied natural gas...

Dec. 17: (Commentary, The Oregonian) Taking the low road to Stafford
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/andy_parker/index.ssf/2009/12/taking_the_low_road_to_staffor.html
Beyond homemade signs pushing "U-cut Nobles" and "Ready-to-Burn Firewood," the lush green landscape dips and rolls, shifting from white-fenced horse pastures to towering firs cobwebbed in wispy clouds...

Dec. 17: (Bend Bulletin) Legislation for La Pine land swap advances
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091217/NEWS01/912170390/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
WASHINGTON - A bill to transfer about 900 acres of federal land to Deschutes County advanced unanimously through the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday...

Dec. 17: (Roseburg News-Review) Roseburg council adopts new flood maps
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20091217/NEWS/912179978/1001&parentprofile=1055
Revised flood plain maps approved by the City Council Monday evening will allow the city to remove 573 Roseburg homes from the flood plain, according to city officials...

Dec. 16: (Eugene Register-Guard) Council limits height of buildings
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24262934-41/height-neighborhoods-building-neighborhood-university.csp
Members of the south and west university neighborhood associations said Tuesday they're thankful they no longer have to fret about 120-foot-tall buildings being constructed in their neighborhoods...

Dec. 16: (The Oregonian) Plan to designate Portland area's long-term urban growth areas reaches a stalemate
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/plan_to_designate_portland_are.html
Decisions coming to a head Thursday will shape the Portland area's urban form and rural edge for decades to come. But a key piece -- an unprecedented process in which Metro and three counties would designate urban and rural reserves for the next 40 to 50 years -- is unsettled...

Dec. 16: (Statesman Journal) Home Depot to build at Mill Creek
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091216/NEWS/912160398/1001
The Home Depot Inc. is the proposed tenant of the 465,000-square-foot distribution warehouse planned for Mill Creek Corporate Center in southeast Salem...

Dec. 16: (Bend Bulletin) Crook County ranch owners sue over Shotgun Road access
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091216/NEWS01/912160361/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
Ranch owners in Crook County have filed a million-dollar lawsuit against the county for allegedly taking their property without compensation...

Dec. 12: (Corvallis Gazette-Times) Mill closure: Strictly business
http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_1ee3e620-e7b1-11de-aea0-001cc4c002e0.html
After more than half a century of churning out containerboard for cardboard boxes, the Albany Paper Mill will grind to a halt on Tuesday...

Dec. 12: (Eugene Register-Guard) Growth a hot topic in Eugene next year
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24242776-35/eugene-growth-boundary-council-grow.csp
Look for the controversial topic of growth in Eugene to heat up next year. Through 2010 and into early 2011, the City Council will seek to determine how Eugene should accommodate growth for the next 20 years...

Dec. 10: (Editorial, Keizertimes) Increase park SDCs, but slowly, prudently
http://www.keizertimes.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=12123
Kudos to the Keizer City Council for finally implementing long-overdue ways to assess fees for development impact on city parks. Kudos also for recognizing that now is not the time to put those fees into play...

Dec. 9: (Eugene Register-Guard) City to preview plans for Walnut Station
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24237669-35/walnut-area-eugene-franklin-station.csp
Lydia McKinney is as excited as a Eugene city planner can be. A little nervous, too. On Thursday, she will host an open house at the Eugene Public Library showing residents the latest ideas for Walnut Station...

Cliff Voliva | Communications Officer
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