[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - December 29, 2009

[Voliva, Cliff]

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Dec. 27: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) Stafford: You can never get it back once it's gone
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/12/stafford_you_can_never_get_it.html
In "Taking the low road to Stafford" (Dec. 18), The Oregonian's Andy Parker trivializes the Stafford Basin…

Dec. 27: (The Oregonian) The quest to designate Portland's growth areas sets counties against each other
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/the_quest_to_designate_where_t.html
Metro and its three counties find themselves at a stalemate over what areas to set aside for long-range development, putting an unprecedented attempt to find regional land-use happiness in jeopardy…

Dec. 27: (The Oregonian) Portland area projects seek Metro grant money
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/portland_area_projects_seek_me.html
Metro announced that public agencies in 12 Portland-area cities have applied for a slice of $3.5 million in grants that can be used to make land within the urban growth boundary ready for development….

Dec. 27: (Editorial, Bend Bulletin) State takes ‘use’ out of ‘land use’
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091227/OPIN01/912270306
So this is where nearly eight years of Gov. “shovel-ready Ted” have gotten us. In a draft demolition of Bend’s proposed urban expansion…

Dec. 27: (The Oregonian) Conservation groups hope to buy forestlands to manage
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/12/conservation_groups_hope_to_bu.html
SISTERS -- Brad Chalfant eases a 12-passenger van over a jagged logging road just miles from the Three Sisters. Once owned by a timber company…

Dec. 26: (The Oregonian) When the land's worth more than the trees
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/12/when_the_lands_worth_more_than.html
GLENWOOD, Wash. -- For 100 years, Ponderosa pines nourished this logging town of 500 nestled along Mount Adams' southeastern flank…

Dec. 25: (Portland Tribune) Tigard looks to withdraw from Metzger, Bull Mt. CPOs
http://www.portlandtribune.com/metro_news/story.php?story_id=126161919650103400
It wasn’t long ago that Tigard wanted Bull Mountain to consider the big “A” word — annexation. Now, it looks like Washington County’s third largest city wants nothing to do with the unincorporated area…

Dec. 24: (The Oregonian) Troutdale wants to put its wind to work
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/troutdale_wants_to_put_its_win.html
If Troutdale is known for anything, it's wind. Sitting at the mouth of the Columbia River Gorge, the town east of Portland gets some howlers, especially when the wind is coming from the east. So why not, Mayor Jim Kight figures, put that wind to use?

Dec. 24: (Time Magazine) Climate Change: How Fast Is the Earth Shifting?
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1949869,00.html#ixzz0b0JMaG6D<http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1949869,00.html>
There are many units by which to measure the impact of climate change: degrees of increasing temperature, feet of rising sea level, dollars needed to adapt to a warming world…

Dec. 24: (Newberg Graphic) 1000 Friends protests city’s economic analysis
http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2009/December/24/Local.News/1000.friends.protests.citys.economic.analysis/news.aspx
As the Newberg Planning Commission discusses a staff report on economic opportunities and development, state and local conservation groups are making their objections known…

Dec. 24: (Guest Commentary, West Linn Tidings) Oppose extension of land-use approval
http://www.westlinntidings.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=126159798338315200
We watched the two-year extension discussion on channel 30 last night. This two years would be on top of the already very generous…

Dec. 23: (KDRV-TV, Medford) State Ruling Could Cost Bend Big
http://kdrv.com/news/local/156809
A battle over how and where the City of Bend will grow could put a million dollar expense on the city's already cash strapped budget…

Dec. 23: (Cottage Grove Sentinel) Council names planning commissioners
http://www.cgsentinel.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=4185&page=72
The Cottage Grove City Council appointed four individuals to the Planning Commission at the Council’s Dec. 14 meeting…

Dec. 22: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Zidell plans waterfront development
http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/12/22/zidell-plans-waterfront-development-after-cleanup/
Zidell, the Portland maritime firm, says it wants to turn its industrial property along the Willamette River into a “spectacular mixed-use” development…

Dec. 22: (Editorial, L.A. Times) For U.S., leadership role in climate talks should begin in Washington
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-copenhagen23-2009dec23,0,2588247.story
We've been reserving judgment on last week's United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen because we're still trying to figure out what, exactly, happened…

Dec. 22: (The Oregonian) 1000 Friends of Oregon is calling on its pals
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/1000_friends_of_oregon_is_call.html
With Metro and three Portland-region counties seemingly at a stalemate on designating urban and rural reserves, the conservation group 1000 Friends of Oregon is asking its supporters to lean on the decision-makers…

Dec. 22: (Daily Astorian) Walmart is not yet a ‘done deal’
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=66583
A new local group called Clatsop County Citizens for Responsible Development has formed to fight the proposed Walmart Supercenter in Warrenton…

Cliff Voliva | Communications Officer
Director's Office
Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development
635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540
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