[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - March 30, 2010

[Voliva, Cliff]

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March 29: (USA Today) Cities slap fees on storm runoff
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2010-03-28-runoff-fees_N.htm
New environmental regulations are prompting cities to impose fees on property owners for the cost of managing storm water runoff, the leading cause of water pollution in most of the nation...

March 29: (USA Today) Portland's sewers right as rain
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2010-03-28-portland-sewers_N.htm
The most surprising tourist attraction in Portland<http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Places,+Geography/Towns,+Cities,+Counties/Portland>, Ore., is its storm sewer system. Eco-friendly tourists flock to the city to understand how Portland's innovative system of curbs, gutters, roofs and rain gardens sharply cuts water pollution...

March 25: (Portland Tribune) Creeks, bridges could dot Beaverton's future downtown
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126948342209991000
What is a "Village of Bridges?" It's one possible part of the future of downtown Beaverton. Earlier this month, consultants hired by the city presented the "Three Creeks Confluence" concept plan...

March 25: (Medford Mail Tribune) Bypass plan hits skids in Jacksonville http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100325/NEWS/3250316
JACKSONVILLE - A proposal to bring a 30-acre piece of property deemed vital for a truck bypass route into Jacksonville's urban growth boundary has been shelved after the property owner said he would no longer provide financial assistance...

March 24: (King City Regal Courier) King City's growth options are topic of CPO 4K talk
http://www.theregalcourier.com/news/story.php?story_id=126946965298858100
People who attended the Feb. 22 meeting of Citizen Participation Organization 4K (King City) got a civics lesson from City Manager Dave Wells. King City, which was incorporated in 1966, is 418.1 acres in size and had a population of 2,775 residents in 2008, according to material presented by Wells...

March 24: (Roseburg News-Review) Roseburg changes commission requirements
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20100324/NEWS/100329896/1001&parentprofile=1055
The Roseburg City Council passed ordinances Monday evening revising the membership requirements for six of the city commissions...

March 24: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Brookings campus project moving quickly
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/03/24/brookings-campus-project-moving-quickly/
Janet Pretti has had plenty of time to imagine a new college campus in Brookings on her 2½-hour drives to Coos Bay. That's the same drive Southwestern Oregon Community College students must make to take classes that aren't offered at the college's tiny Brookings center in Curry County...

March 24: (Bend Bulletin) Crook County backtracks on bonds http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100324/NEWS01/3240360/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
The Crook County Court used an obscure section of county code to help a local rancher develop his land last October, despite concerns of favoritism. Now, after another developer expressed interest in the same deal, county officials are trying to wipe the code from the books...

March 23: (Daily Journal of Commerce) A fresh look at Columbia River Crossing
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/03/23/architects-take-fresh-look-at-columbia-river-crossing/
The Columbia River Crossing is one of the region's largest infrastructure projects ever. But since the project to replace the Interstate-5 Bridge between Portland and Vancouver, Wash., was announced in the early 2000s, discord has arisen on both sides of the river. From the number of lanes to the ballooning price tag, no one seems to agree on what the CRC should be...

March 19: (The Oregonian) Lincoln City, once known for tourist traps, is remaking its image
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/lincoln_city_once_known_for_to.html
LINCOLN CITY - Glass artist Kelly Howard remembers the first tears. She had just hung the sign on the front of the Jennifer Sears Glass Art Studio, a shop that teaches visitors to blow their own glass art....

Cliff Voliva | Communications Officer
Director's Office
Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development
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