From cliff.voliva at state.or.us Tue Mar 16 11:03:02 2010 From: cliff.voliva at state.or.us (Voliva, Cliff) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:03:02 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - March 16, 2010 Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B591701579F5928@dlcdsxch01> 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. 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March 16: (Bend Bulletin) County told Bend that its UGB plan was lacking http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100316/NEWS01/3160398/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 SALEM - If Bend's urban growth boundary plan is eventually struck down, Deschutes County officials will be able to say, "I told you so..." March 16: (Eugene Register-Guard) Cottage Grove vote rejects two measures http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24568317-41/conrad-initiatives-planning-vote-commission.csp COTTAGE GROVE - Diane Conrad said Monday that she's disappointed that voters decided against a pair of initiatives that would change the way the city conducts its business... March 15: (Klamath Falls Herald and News) Group raising funds to buy foreclosed subdivision http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/top_stories/article_cb695528-30c3-11df-bfcb-001cc4c002e0.html A group of Klamath Falls residents is trying to raise at least $800,000 to stop development of a subdivision on the east side of the Link River... March 15: (McMinnville News-Register) Mountain development scaled back http://www.newsregister.com/article/43611-mountain+development+scaled+back For all intents and purposes, Gale Mills is running up the white flag on the 50 acres he owns on Chehalem Mountain... March 15: (Editorial, Eugene Register-Guard) The Steens dilemma: Man's green power vs. nature's stark beauty http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24549327-35/echanis-mountain-crowley-state-wind.csp On the northeast slope of Steens Mountain, Chris Crowley wants to plant 150 wind turbines - towers more than 400 feet high sporting giant propellers. Those machines will produce 300 megawatts of electricity, enough to serve 90,000 homes... March 15: (Eugene Register-Guard) State planning Belt Line upgrade http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/24557746-35/road-belt-highway-coburg-river.csp Three months ago, after leaving Eugene Sand & Gravel on Delta Highway, a 123-foot-long tractor-trailer rig got stuck on the tight onramp to eastbound Belt Line Road, blocking traffic for almost a day... March 12: (Editorial, Eugene Register-Guard) Councilors don't want LCC downtown campus http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/opinion/24553561-47/lcc-downtown-building-campus-councilors.csp The Eugene City Council's reluctance to accept Lane Community College's old downtown campus speaks volumes about the state of the downtown and the city's long-standing struggle to revitalize it... March 12: (Baker City Herald) Parkway extension starts soon http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Parkway-extension-starts-soon After years, and in some cases decades of planning, Baker City is undergoing one of its largest parks and street improvement campaigns since the gold mining heyday... March 12: (The Oregonian) At ground zero in Cornelius, Dave Vanasche leads fight to preserve Washington County farmland http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/03/at_ground_zero_in_cornelius_da.html CORNELIUS -- It wasn't exactly a burning bush, but it had the same life-changing effect. Dave Vanasche, making his way across a rocky slope while bow-hunting for elk in the Coast Range, grabbed a bush to steady himself and it pulled loose from the earth... March 12: (Statesman Journal) Developer courts tenant for Fairview site http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100312/NEWS/3120330/1001&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL John Miller, a local developer known for his interest in sustainable development and biodiesel, wants to bring a food processor to an 11-acre site at Fairview Industrial Park in southeast Salem... March 11: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Lowe's wants more time for proposal http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_ca5f9b70-2d52-11df-9c1b-001cc4c03286.html Albany will have to wait until mid-May to find out if a Lowe's home improvement center goes in at the southeast corner of Ninth and Oak. Representatives from Lowe's told City Manager Wes Hare just before a public hearing Wednesday they needed more time to craft a new street improvement obligation and payment package more acceptable to the council... March 11: (Portland Tribune) Looking past the coliseum http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826380514582900 As the Portland City Council moves closer to deciding the fate of Memorial Coliseum, two larger questions are starting to loom - what to do with the rest of the Rose Quarter and how to pay for all the improvements that the city and other interests would like to see... March 11: (Portland Tribune) Urban-rural debate far from over http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126826390655265300 "Remarkable." "Monumental." "Historic." It's rare for local governments in the Portland area to garner such accolades, but that's what occurred when Metro and the three area counties reached a grand compromise... March 11: (Coos Bay World) Ore plant approved http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2010/03/11/news/ore_plant_approved_c04.txt COOS BAY -- More than 20 years, $29 million and 14 permits later, Oregon Resources Corp. finally has the go-ahead to begin construction on its Bunker Hill ore processing plant... March 11: (Ashland Daily Tidings) Planners approve SOU's master plan http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100311/NEWS02/3110308/-1/NEWS The Ashland Planning Commission unanimously approved Southern Oregon University's 10-year master plan Tuesday as long as the university adheres to a set of stipulations suggested by city planners... March 10: (The Oregonian) Molalla fee-waiver experiment pays off with new downtown development http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/03/molalla_development_experiemen.html Molalla took an an economic-development step in December that no other Oregon city has tried in at least 15 years, waiving building fees for all of 2010 or until it rings up $1 million in waivers, whichever comes first... March 10: (Guest Commentary, Daily Journal of Commerce) Legislative session: Less than a whimper http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/03/10/legislative-session-less-than-a-whimper/ The 25-day short session of the Oregon Legislation is now over. Although there briefly seemed to be a whirlwind of activity coming from Salem, the activities relating to planning law... March 10: (Baker City Herald) Brownlee owners seek help from Congress, county http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Brownlee-owners-seek-help-from-Congress-county Landowners on Brownlee Reservoir who have been told by Idaho Power Co. that they must move mobile structures or sign leases limiting their ability to sell homes and other permanent buildings are asking the Baker County Board of Commissioners for help... March 10: (Baker City Herald) City unveils 'vision 2030' concept http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/City-unveils-vision-2030-concept The vision of a spruced up Baker City, where young families can make a home because there are more jobs that pay near the Oregon average... March 10: (Statesman Journal) Polk County will revisit quarry proposal http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100310/NEWS/3100432/1001/news One of the longest ongoing land-use clashes in Polk County will have another airing tonight... March 9: (Editorial, Daily Astorian) Inconvenient questions are urgent http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=68536 There has been a certain turn in the long road of government deliberation over whether a liquefied natural gas terminal will be sited on the Columbia River at Bradwood... March 9: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Beaverton plans canal district http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/03/09/beaverton-plans-canal-district-urbp/ Three creeks run through Beaverton, though folks may be challenged to find one of them. The city's daunting highways and expansive parking lots have cut off residents from the waters that once fed a thriving agricultural community... March 9: (AP, Eugene Register-Guard) Detroit mayor lays groundwork for downsizing plan http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MI_DOWNSIZING_DETROIT_BING?SITE=OREUG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT DETROIT (AP) -- Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said Tuesday the city will focus on demolishing thousands of its most dangerous vacant homes and fixing up salvageable ones as he lays the groundwork for a long-term plan to downsize. Plans to shrink or right-size the sprawling city... March 5: (KATU-TV) Could land swap spawn casino? Critics think so http://www.katu.com/news/business/86690717.html AURORA, Ore. - The family that owns the Langdon Farms Golf Course wants to put 385 acres of land in trust with the Klamath Tribes. Critics say that would allow them to go around state and local land-use laws... March 5: (Newport News-Times) Newport revises proposed zoning http://www.newportnewstimes.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=22345&page=72 Responding to concerns that a proposed update to Newport's geological hazard zoning could sink property values; the city has revised the ordinance ahead of a planning commission hearing Monday... 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 | www.oregon.gov/LCD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: