[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - January 12, 2010

[Voliva, Cliff]

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Jan. 12: (Medford Mail Tribune) Recession leads to scaled-down Commons plan http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100112/NEWS/1120317
MEDFORD - A plan to revitalize a blighted nine-block area in downtown Medford and erect a corporate headquarters for Lithia Motors has been scaled back significantly, though the $14 million cost to the city will remain the same...

Jan. 12: (Bend Bulletin) State tells Bend to redo growth plan
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100112/NEWS01/1120440/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
SALEM - The city of Bend needs to become more dense and less sprawling, according to a state Department of Land Conservation and Development decision that kicked back the city's proposed growth map for more work...

Jan. 12: (Bend Bulletin) Bend seeks input on resort buffer proposal
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100112/NEWS01/1120442/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
Members of the Bend City Council said they want to chime in on Deschutes County's discussions about the amount of space that should be left between the city and new destination resorts - but first they want to hear from residents...

Jan. 11: (KOHD-TV, Bend) Urban Growth Boundary Still Needs Work
http://kohd.com/news/local/158450
More costly work for the City of Bend, as plans for growth are in question. The State Department of Land Conservation and Development issued more than a 150 page report Monday morning which includes areas the city needs to work on related to the City's Urban Growth Boundary Expansion Plan...

Jan. 11: (Capital Press) Ag, conservation groups air Metro reserves proposal
http://www.capitalpress.com/oregon/ml-metro-map-011510-art
PORTLAND -- A coalition of agriculture and conservation organizations want the Portland metro area's elected officials to beef up farmland protections in the officials' plan to manage the area's growth...

Jan. 11: (Portland Tribune) Coalition wants more rural lands preserved
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126324691221694500
A coalition of conservation and farming organizations disagrees with how much land Metro is considering setting aside for future development and preservation...

Jan. 11: (Bend Bulletin) New rule would keep resorts 5 miles away
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100111/NEWS01/1110353/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
The Bend City Council is scheduled to meet today with the Bend Planning Commission to discuss rules Deschutes County is considering for future destination resorts...

Jan. 11: (Portland Tribune) Two proposals stand out for Memorial Coliseum
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/01/11/two-proposals-stand-out-for-memorial-coliseum/
The city of Portland received approximately 80 proposals to redevelop Memorial Coliseum; close to 30 came in on the Jan. 8 deadline date. While the proposals range from detailed to whimsical, the Daily Journal of Commerce focuses on two...

Jan. 10: (East Oregonian) Housing, rental crunches threaten city
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=102394&TM=64845.43
For more than the past year, the nation's housing slump has been defined by a glut of empty homes, foreclosures and depressed prices. Some of those effects still linger. But not in Pendleton...

Jan. 10: (Capital Press) Scientist group wants Farm Bureau's ear on climate change
http://www.capitalpress.com/washington/SB-climate-letter-010810
A group of scientists who endorse the popular theory of human-caused global warming has asked for equal time with leaders of the nation's largest agricultural organization...

Jan. 8: (Sweet Home News Era) City planners honor quality development
http://www.sweethomenews.com/article/20824-city+planners+honor+quality+development
The Sweet Home Planning Commission presented its 2009 Quality Development Awards Monday night...

Jan. 8: (The Oregonian) Blazers submit proposal for Coliseum
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/01/08/blazers-submit-jumptown-proposal-for-coliseum/
The Portland Trail Blazers submitted their proposal for the Jumptown entertainment district in the Rose Quarter ahead of today's city deadline for Memorial Coliseum redevelopment ideas...

Jan. 8: (The Oregonian) Metro buys 1,143-acre Chehalem Ridge property for future park
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/with_a_6_million_purchase_on_c.html
GASTON -- When the fog lifts, Metro's latest, largest and most expensive land purchase reveals itself as a regal place. Straddling Chehalem Ridge...

Jan. 7: (Keizertimes) Room to grow? That is the question
http://www.keizertimes.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=12194
Approximately $185,000 in state grants will help city leaders determine future economic opportunities and how much buildable land is available in Keizer...

Jan. 7: (The Oregonian) Urban and rural reserves draft map set for Jan. 16 review
http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2010/01/urban_and_rural_reserves_draft.html
An open house for the public to comment on proposed urban and rural reserves will be held...

Jan. 7: (OPB News) Council's Wind Turbines Exemption Draws Fire
http://news.opb.org/article/6501-councils-wind-turbines-exemption-draws-fire/
The Portland city council got a lesson Wednesday in how hard it is to turn lofty environmental goals into action on the ground...

Jan. 7: (Portland Tribune) Stafford dispute could derail urban growth
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126283248653462100
A political dispute over the Stafford Basin is threatening to derail the regional government's efforts to plot future urban growth...

Jan. 6: (East Oregonian) Council votes in favor of Love's
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=102183&TM=48405.95
Love's Travel Stops won the latest round in its fight to build a travel center near Boardman Tuesday night, thanks to a seemingly unpopular City Council vote...

Jan. 6: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Planning can spur business growth
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100106/NEWS02/1060306/-1/NEWS
Ashland Community Hospital has been at its current location on Maple Street since it opened in 1961. But because it was built in an area zoned for residential use...

Jan. 6: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Adair poised for growth
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_024fa712-fb00-11de-9ce4-001cc4c03286.html
ADAIR VILLAGE - City Manager Drew Foster faces a good-news, bad-news year in 2010. The good news is that the community's 930 residents have an average higher household income...

Jan. 6: (The Oregonian) Oregon Supreme Court deliberates on Dorothy English land use case
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/01/oregon_supreme_court_deliberat.html
SALEM -- The late Dorothy English was sharp-tongued and outspoken, but even she might have been confounded into silence at the sight of Oregon Supreme Court justices in black robes giving somber consideration to the case that bears her name...

Jan. 6: (OPB News) Oregon Supreme Court Hears Measure 37 Arguments
http://news.opb.org/article/6496-oregon-supreme-court-hears-measure-37-arguments/
The Oregon Supreme Court took up Oregon's longest-running property-rights battle today...

Jan. 6: (Bend Bulletin) Jefferson considers renewable energy zone
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100106/NEWS01/1060375/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
Jefferson County is considering creating a rural renewable energy zone with the hope that it could attract family-wage jobs...

Jan. 2: (Corvallis Gazette-Times) City proposal would allow more farm uses on industrial land
http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_ca746de0-f777-11de-9b6f-001cc4c002e0.html
Bald Hill Farms is again on the Corvallis City Council agenda, this time to consider changes that would allow expanded farming on industrial land in the city...

Dec. 29: (Roseburg News-Review) Roseburg to annex 185 acres
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20091229/NEWS/912299980
While residents of the seven areas north of Roseburg being annexed by the city might not be able to avoid higher property taxes, they could see some road improvements in their neighborhoods...

Dec. 15: (Sisters Nugget) Transportation plan goes to city council
http://www.nuggetnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=16668&TM=39277.98
After years of starts and stops, a traffic plan to take Sisters through the next 20 years of development is up before the Sisters City Council for approval...

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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