[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - March 2, 2010

[Voliva, Cliff]

Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail list!

Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states.

The links to copyrighted news stories in Land Use News are not archived by DLCD, and the archiving policies of these sources vary. The stories, if available, reside on the site of the original news source. Please direct requests for archived stories, or permission to reprint them, to the original news source.

Past Land Use News weekly e-mails can be found here:
http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news

Anyone can subscribe to the free service by visiting this site:
http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news

____________________________________________________________

March 2: (Statesman Journal) Keizer transit center project moves forward
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100302/NEWS/3020320/1001
The multimillion dollar Keizer transit center project at Keizer Station is moving forward...

March 1: (Statesman Journal) Keizer considers flood plain changes
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100301/NEWS/3010331/1001
Every year, there's a slim chance that many homes near the Willamette River and Claggett Creek could be flooded...

March 1: (Eugene Register-Guard) Riverfront visions: The public has one more opportunity to discuss the EWEB space
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24507919-41/eweb-master-plan-vision-eugene.csp
Community members will get one last chance to weigh in on a development vision for a key stretch of the Willamette River when the Eugene Water & Electric Board holds a final open house on the riverfront master plan...

March 1: (Medford Mail Tribune) Winery legislation 'levels the playing field'
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100301/NEWS/3010310
A bill passed by the Oregon Legislature last week will bring uniformity to a patchwork of local and state regulations spelling out what events are allowed at wineries and how much nonwine sales are permitted...

March 1: (Statesman Journal) Executive is named to land-use panel
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100301/LEGISLATURE/3010312/1001/ARCHIVE
Barton Eberwein, a long-time vice president of Hoffman Construction in Portland, is the newest member of Oregon's Land Conservation and Development Commission...

March 1: (Bend Bulletin) Concerns, confusion over Bend UGB appeal
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100301/NEWS01/3010355/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
Bend city planner Damian Syrnyk spent a frenzied three weeks in January working days, nights and weekends to fight a state decision that the city's proposal to expand its urban growth boundary fell far short of complying with Oregon law...

March 1: (Ashland Daily Tidings) City could look at new uses for land http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100301/NEWS02/3010305/-1/NEWS
The Ashland City Council will consider whether to seek ideas and bids from people interested in using part of a large block of city-owned land that sits north of town on the other side of Interstate 5...

Feb. 28: (McMinnville News-Register) Wine bill passes to mixed reviews
http://www.newsregister.com/article/43465-wine+bill+passes+mixed+reviews
Oregon wineries will have more leeway to host events and sell wine, food and merchandise on site following House approval Wednesday of Senate Bill 1055...

Feb. 26: (OPB News) School District Boundries Become Issue In Urban Growth Debate
http://news.opb.org/article/6804-school-district-boundries-become-issue-urban-growth-debate/
Portland-area leaders voted for the last time Thursday, on where the region will grow, in the decades to come. But even before the ink has dried on the maps, people are clashing over the next set of questions - like, where are the children in the future urban areas going to go to school?

Feb. 26: (Eugene Register-Guard) Measures would alter city's system
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24501745-41/commission-council-planning-conrad-decisions.csp
COTTAGE GROVE - Diane Conrad believes the town's planning commission has too much power, but that individual city councilors and planning commission members have too little, when it comes to forcing their colleagues to step away from certain votes...

Feb. 25: (Portland Tribune) Metro designates 28,000 acres for future urban growth
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126715031804668400
In a move that could shape development in the Portland area for a half-century, the Metro Council voted 5-2 Thursday to designate several tracts of land for urbanization between now and 2060, while putting a much broader swath of land off-limits to development during that time period...

Feb. 25: (The Oregonian) Metro approves land-use blueprint for Portland-area growth
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/02/metro_approves_land_use_bluepr.html
It passed in a convoluted manner by a split vote, but the Metro Council approved land-use designations Thursday that lay out the future of the tri-county Portland area for the next 40 to 50 years...

Feb. 25: (Roseburg News-Review) Public hearing for Roseburg's Mill-Pine planned
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20100225/NEWS/100229859/1001&parentprofile=1055
The Roseburg Planning Commission is holding a public hearing regarding the adoption of the Mill-Pine National Register Historic District Neighborhood Master Plan on March 15...

Feb. 25: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Linn board OKs amendment on quarry expansion request
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_3cd28186-2259-11df-b6db-001cc4c03286.html
The Linn County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday approved an aggregate resource overlay amendment for expansion of a rock quarry near Lyons...

Feb. 25: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Albany adopts street plan
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_2c95ee42-2250-11df-a130-001cc4c03286.html
Albany has a new plan for street and other transportation developments all over town, but details near two Interstate 5 interchanges remain unsettled...

Feb. 25: (Eugene Register-Guard) Project's foes: Appeal likely
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24497371-41/building-park-opponents-research-decision.csp
Opponents of a proposed new riverfront building in the University of Oregon's research park say they'll probably appeal a decision allowing more time for construction to take place...

Feb. 25: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Panel approves Croman plan http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100225/NEWS02/2250301/-1/NEWS
The Planning Commission approved the city's Croman Mill plan Tuesday, but the two dissenters are crafting a minority report to give to the City Council in April...

Feb. 25: (Statesman Journal) Bill targets transportation greenhouse gas
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100225/LEGISLATURE/2250332/1001/UPDATE
A bill to cut greenhouse gas emissions in transportation will head to the governor's office after passing out of the House 32 to 26 Wednesday...

Feb. 24: (The Oregonian) Metro and the Portland-area counties head to a fractured agreement on land use
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/02/metro_and_the_portland-area_co.html
Thursday is D-Day, in the Wonk World of land-use planning. That's when the Metro Council will vote on agreements with the three Portland-area counties to designate which land will be developed and which will remain rural for the next 40 to 50 years...

Feb. 24: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Washington Co. approves new reserves
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/02/24/washington-county-approves-new-reserves-urbp/
The Washington County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously last night to approve the county's agreement with Metro designating urban and rural reserves...

Feb. 24: (Bend Bulletin) In Bend, emissions bill still a bone of contention
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100224/NEWS01/2240419/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
A bill that would set vehicle emission goals for Bend and five other urban areas passed the Senate on Tuesday, leaving members of the Bend City Council at odds over its potential effects...

Feb. 23: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Talent decision cuts revenue from development http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100223/NEWS/100229993
Talent will give up nearly $80,000 in revenue but is doing the right thing by changing the classification of a commercial building, city officials say...

Feb. 23: (The Oregonian) Oregon Senate approves bill to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/02/oregon_senate_passes_bill_to_c.html
Despite unanimous opposition from Republicans, Oregon's Senate passed a bill this afternoon aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from cars, SUVs and pickup trucks in metropolitan areas even as the state's population grows...

Feb. 23: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Portland planning materials library
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/02/23/portland-takes-steps-to-become-a-material-city-bldgc/
Some libraries offer a lot more than just books. The city of Portland is planning to open one in which architects from small and independent firms can check out fabric that turns to concrete or wood flooring with resistance to fungus...

Feb. 23: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Sherwood caught in urban planning dispute
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/02/23/sherwood-caught-in-middle-urbp/
Washington and Clackamas county leaders both point to Sherwood as an example of the compromises required in a regional planning process. But the mayor of Sherwood said he feels his city's future vitality is being compromised...

Feb. 23: (Albany Democrat-Herald) 53rd Avenue design complete
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_518e5926-20b8-11df-80f0-001cc4c03286.html
Albany is moving ahead with planning for an $18 million road extension and bridge at 53rd Avenue, hoping that the federal government will come up with the money to build it...

Feb. 21: (The Oregonian) Is Damascus in danger of death by initiative?
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/02/is_damascus_in_danger_of_death.html
Approval of four initiatives on Damascus' ballot in March could pave the way for the fledgling city's eventual disincorporation, say local residents who oppose the measures...

Cliff Voliva | Communications Officer
Director's Office
Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development
635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540
Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 268 | Fax: (503) 378-5518
cliff.voliva at state.or.us<mailto:cliff.voliva at state.or.us> www.oregon.gov/LCD<http://www.oregon.gov/LCD>



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://omls.oregon.gov/pipermail/landuse-news/attachments/20100302/8e4c8f90/attachment.html>