[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - March 9, 2010

[Voliva, Cliff]

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March 9: (Medford Mail Tribune) Court to hear Walmart appeal here
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100309/NEWS/3090318
The Oregon Supreme Court will travel from Salem to Medford on the state's spring election day to hear a citizen group's appeal of a Walmart Supercenter planned for construction at the old Miles Field property south of town...

March 8: (La Grande Observer) Commissioners hear from angry foe of wind farms
http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Local-News/Commissioners-hear-from-angry-foe-of-wind-farms
Some downright vituperative comment on the proposed Antelope Ridge Wind Farm highlighted a meeting of the Union County Board of Commissioners last Tuesday...

March 7: (Editorial, The Oregonian) That priceless view might just be for sale
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/03/that_priceless_view_might_just.html
Who really owns the view -- and what is its value? At the Grand Canyon, where smog can ruin the public's view into a very big hole in the ground...

March 6: (Medford Mail Tribune) Appeals court: Land-use activists must pay attorneys' fees, costs
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100306/NEWS/3060318
ASHLAND - The Oregon Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling that local land-use watchdogs Art Bullock and Philip Lang must pay $5,574 in attorneys' fees and costs to a development company after the two tried to block an Ashland project...

March 4: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Stimulus helps coastal sewage treatment plant
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/03/04/stimulus-helps-with-coastal-sewage-plant-bldgc/
For the small coastal communities of Netarts and Oceanside, finding stable ground to build a sewage treatment plant was challenging enough...

March 4: (The Oregonian) Wind farm faces Oregon fight: Union joins the resistance to turbines
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/03/fighting_wind_farms_in_oregon.html
Quaint little Union, spitting distance from northeast Oregon's spectacular Eagle Cap Wilderness, hasn't changed much since horseback desperadoes tried to rob the town bank in 1900...

March 4: (Portland Tribune) Sherwood OKs development of downtown core
http://www.portlandtribune.com/metro_news/story.php?story_id=126767299448046400
The Sherwood City Council has given the go-ahead for plans to redevelop Sherwood's downtown core. On Tuesday, the council approved a planned unit development (PUD) in Old Town...

March 4: (Portland Tribune) Troubled water over Tualatin bridge proposal
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126767228463131000
Tualatin's Police Training Room was packed Monday with more than 100 neighborhood residents with one goal in mind: Stopping any chance that a bridge be built over Tualatin Community Park....

March 4: (Statesman Journal) City Council votes to extend ban on keeping backyard hens
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100304/NEWS/3040349/1001/news
Silverton has said enough is enough when it comes to backyard chickens. The Silverton councilors decided by a 5-2 vote Monday night to keep an existing ordinance against owning backyard hens on lots that are less than one acre...

March 4: (Medford Mail Tribune) Ashland council grants development extensions
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100304/NEWS/3040323
ASHLAND - By a narrow majority, the City Council approved "recession extensions" for developers whose projects have been stalled by the economy...

March 4: (Eugene Register-Guard) City planning chief leaving
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24523351-41/muir-department-administrator-angel-eugene.csp
The city of Eugene will have to find a new person to lead its planning and development department. Susan Muir, in charge of the multifaceted department for five years, has been hired as city administrator of Mount Angel...

March 4: (Ashland Daily Tidings) City seeks ideas for use of 846-acre Imperatrice land
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100304/NEWS02/3040304/-1/NEWS
The city of Ashland will seek ideas from people and businesses interested in temporarily using 265 acres of city-owned land that sits north of town on the east side of Interstate 5...

March 3: (AP, Albany Democrat-Herald) Bill would give states control over LNG ports
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_eb69aadc-26e9-11df-a3c4-001cc4c002e0.html
GRANTS PASS (AP) - Senators from Oregon and Washington have joined with East Coast counterparts to file a bill in Congress that would return control over liquefied natural gas ports to the states...

March 3: (Guest Commentary, Bend Bulletin) Neighborhood association subsidies make sense for Bend
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100303/NEWS01/3030321/1034/OPIN&nav_category=
In a recent Sunday editorial, The Bulletin once again published an opinion critical of the city of Bend's efforts to support neighborhood associations (NAs). Of course, they posed some of the same complaints...

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