From cliff.voliva at state.or.us Tue Mar 23 09:47:26 2010 From: cliff.voliva at state.or.us (Voliva, Cliff) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:47:26 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - March 23, 2010 Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B59170157E3C56E@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. 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 23: (Eugene Register-Guard) A pretty path: Springfield soon will have a new route for bikers and walkers http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24588690-41/path-bike-springfield-fork-middle.csp By summer 2011, Springfield will have a new bike and pedestrian path below its southern flank along the Middle Fork of the Willamette River, just below the urban growth boundary... March 23: (Portland Tribune) Adams pushes Memorial Coliseum redevelopment forward http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126930736570291100 Mayor Sam Adams says the operating agreement governing the Memorial Coliseum needs to be renegotiated, but not before the City Council chooses a redevelopment plan for the aging building... March 23: (Bend Bulletin) Controversy surfaces as canals are buried http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100323/NEWS01/3230389/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 SISTERS - Driving up a dusty road toward her McKenzie Canyon property last week, Jan Daggett pointed out where irrigation water created a waterfall before winding down the valley between Sisters and Terrebonne... March 23: (Bend Bulletin) Jefferson County to formulate wind power regulations http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100323/NEWS01/3230367/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 Loren Obrist, a 77-year-old farmer in Jefferson County, wants to lower his power bill, and he's hoping the Jefferson County commissioners will help... March 23: (McMinnville News-Register) County says no on LNG http://www.newsregister.com/article/43679-county+says+no+lng In a rare show of unanimity Wednesday, Yamhill County's board of commissioners became the third in Oregon to pass a resolution opposing the piping of liquefied natural gas through their land... March 22: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) Oregon needs a water strategy -- you can help http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/03/oregon_needs_a_water_strategy.html Most Oregonians believe we are blessed with a clean and abundant water supply because of our world-renowned rainfall and snowpack. The reality is this luxury is not enjoyed by all Oregonians... March 22: (La Grande Observer) County voters might get to weigh in on wind farm http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Local-News/County-voters-might-get-to-weigh-in-on-wind-far The public may get a chance to offer the Union County Board of Commissioners some guidance on the Antelope Ridge Wind Farm question, but probably not until November... March 22: (The Oregonian) A Damascus farmer's ideas on sustainable urban agriculture are breaking new ground http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/03/a_damascus_farmers_ideas_on_su.html Larry Thompson was born and raised on his family's farm in what is now the city of Damascus. No one has to tell him the importance of staying ahead of spring and fall rains when there's work to be done... March 19: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Another big marine facility for Newport? http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/03/19/another-big-marine-facility-for-newport/ One huge project already is raising Newport's status as a world leader in oceanic research while promising long-term jobs for the state's depressed construction industry. Another project may soon follow.... March 19: (Bend Bulletin) Bend UGB hearings begin http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100319/NEWS01/3190381/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 State growth managers and Bend officials continue to wrestle over the city's proposed urban growth boundary expansion with the state warning that major issues are still unanswered... March 19: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Promenade gets approval on 3-2 vote http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_bdd1a106-32c9-11df-b2bd-001cc4c03286.html Albany's project to turn one block of Broadalbin Street into a "promenade," a kind of a public plaza, now has the city council's final OK... March 18: (Portland Tribune) New LO homes could get more scrutiny http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126886041893231800 Lake Oswego City Council will soon decide whether or not to develop a new design review process for single-family homes - a process about which the Infill Task Force and the Planning Commission disagreed... March 18: (Roseburg News-Review) Roseburg Mill-Pine plan goes to council http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20100318/NEWS/100319759/1001&parentprofile=1055 The Roseburg Planning Commission unanimously agreed Monday evening to forward a draft master plan for the Mill-Pine National Register Historic District to the Roseburg City Council.... March 18: (Bend Bulletin) Bend UGB topic of tour for state officials http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100318/NEWS01/3180371 The message from the Oregon Department of Justice lawyer to a crowd standing outside Bend City Hall on Wednesday afternoon was clear: Do not talk to the people in green hats... March 16: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) Wind farms and rural Oregon: At a crossroads with the wind at our back http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/03/wind_farms_and_rural_oregon_at.html Never ones to shy away from a challenge, Oregonians have set an ambitious goal for ourselves: 25 percent of energy consumed in Oregon produced from renewable sources by the year 2025... 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: