[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - July 20, 2010

[Voliva, Cliff]

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July 19: (OPB News) Task Force Recommends Broad New Ocean Policy
http://news.opb.org/article/9258-task-force-recommends-broad-new-ocean-policy/
Sweeping federal recommendations on ocean policy released Monday are getting a warm reception from a leading Oregon conservation group...

July 19: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Albany mulls future of unused PepsiCo site
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/07/19/albany-mulls-future-of-unused-pepsico-site/
The city of Albany lost 270 jobs this past December when International Paper Company shut down its mill in the community 26 miles south of Salem. Replacing those jobs...

July 19: (Coos Bay World) Hearings officer signs off on pipeline
http://www.theworldlink.com/news/local/article_dee3f200-9380-11df-9f79-001cc4c03286.html
Developers of a natural gas pipeline that would tie in to a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal are on the cusp of garnering county approval...

July 19: (AP, Ashland Daily Tidings) Projects wouldn't detract from high-desert beauty
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100719/NEWS/7190307/-1/NEWS
PORTLAND - A draft environmental study has found that four proposed wind energy projects on the north end of Steens Mountain in southeastern Oregon would have little effect on its pristine high-desert beauty...

July 18: (The Oregonian) Heirs add up the spoils of epic land-use battle
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/07/land-rights_case_ends_with_15.html
When Doug Sellers went to the Multnomah County building last week, the attorney on the other side handed him a check for $1.15 million...

July 18: (McMinnville News-Register) Landfill plans two-headed attack
http://www.newsregister.com/article/44942-landfill+plans+twoheaded+attack
Greek mythology tells of the Hydra, a creature who grows two heads for every one a warrior cuts off with his sword. Apparently, the Greeks anticipated the Riverbend Landfill expansion application...

July 17: (Newberg Graphic) Waste Management will appeal LUBA ruling
http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/July/16/Local.News/waste.management.will.appeal.luba.ruling/news.aspx
Representatives of Waste Management of Oregon, parent company of the Riverbend Landfill south of McMinnville, announced Friday their intent to appeal the Land Use Board of Appeals' decision disallowing expansion approval on procedural grounds...

July 15: (The Oregonian) Beaverton mayor aims for North Bethany area, asks Metro to bring the land inside growth boundary
http://www.oregonlive.com/beaverton/index.ssf/2010/07/beaverton_mayor_aims_for_north_bethany_area_asks_metro_to_bring_the_land_inside_growth_boundary.html
BEAVERTON -- With ink barely dry on a long-term development plan for the region, Beaverton's mayor wants to immediately expand the urban growth boundary to add more than 2,000 acres to his city's limits...

July 15: (Bend Bulletin) Deschutes stalls new resort map: County commissioners couldn't agree to pass resort map
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100715/NEWS01/7150393/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
Deschutes County commissioners reached a stalemate Wednesday over a controversial amendment to a proposed destination resort zoning policy...

July 15: (Bend Bulletin) Redmond looking at porn ban: City may create a zone to restrict adult stores
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100715/NEWS01/7150418/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
REDMOND - A business person recently sought to open an adult entertainment store in downtown Redmond, near the city's new centerpiece - Centennial Park...

July 14: (The Oregonian) Farm agency protest could plow under land-use plan
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/07/objections_to_metro_land_desig.html
Metro and the three Portland-area counties thought they had it dialed in. After three years of work, they agreed to a plan this spring that designated which areas of Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties will be eligible for development...

July 14: (The Oregonian) FEMA lawsuit settlement could make building in Oregon floodplains tougher
Building near Oregon's rivers could get much tougher under a federal court settlement that forces the Federal Emergency Management Association to consider the damage its flood insurance ends up doing to wild salmon and steelhead...

July 13: (The Oregonian) $3 billion gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon wins federal OK
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/3_billion_gas_pipeline_from_wy.html
A proposed $3 billion natural gas pipeline crossing from Wyoming to Oregon has cleared its last major regulatory hurdle and construction could begin soon...

July 13: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Oregon wind project faces environmental scrutiny
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/07/13/oregon-wind-project-faces-environmental-scrutiny/
Visitors come from all over to see Harney County's untouched and expansive desert. But the Eastern Oregon area's beauty and unique wildlife population has led to conflict over development of a new industry in the struggling area...

July 9: (Guest Commentary, Daily Journal of Commerce) Florida homeowners cannot stop the beach renourishment
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/07/09/florida-homeowners-cannot-stop-the-beach-renourishment/
The current U.S. Supreme Court rarely issues unanimous opinions, and that's especially true for land use and takings...


Cliff Voliva | Communications Officer
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