[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - August 10, 2010

[Voliva, Cliff]

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August 10: (Medford Mail Tribune) Jacksonville fears mysterious development to the east
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100810/NEWS/8100323
JACKSONVILLE - A step that could lead to development of 403 acres east of the city will be the subject of a public hearing before the Jackson County Board of Commissioners Wednesday. But just what that development would look like remains anyone's guess...

August 9: (Portland Tribune) I-5 bridge project moves forward
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128138709501982000
Major progress was made Monday morning resolving serious problems with the Columbia River Crossing at an important advisory committee...

August 9: (Daily Journal of Commerce) 10-lane plan approved for Columbia River Crossing
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/08/09/10-lane-design-approved-for-columbia-river-crossing/
On the road to giving the Columbia River Crossing a definite shape by approving a 10-lane bridge and a new intersection at Hayden Island, a 10-person group hit yet another speed bump in the process...

August 9: (The Oregonian) Columbia River Crossing will be 10 lanes, not 12; Hayden Island to get interchange
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/columbia_river_crossing_will_b.html
Ugly or not, it just got a whole lot easier to picture the proposed $3.6 billion Columbia River Crossing. A committee of local and state representatives...

August 9: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Hearing to look at flood study
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_fda42dce-a3eb-11df-a7d7-001cc4c03286.html
The Linn County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10, on the Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Study for Linn County...

August 9: (Guest Commentary, Statesman Journal) Level playing field equals loss of economic freedoms
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100809/OPINION/8090307/1049/COLUMN
An important discussion is taking place in Oregon among counties and agricultural interests regarding regulating activities allowed on farmlands...

August 9: (OPB News) Portland Mayor, Metro President Endorse 10-Lane Bridge
http://news.opb.org/article/10678-portland-mayor-metro-president-endorse-10-lane-bridge/
A group advising the construction of a new I-5 bridge over the Columbia, is scheduled to vote Monday. But as Kristian Foden-Vencil reports, some elected officials have already announced their preferences...

August 9: (Medford Mail Tribune) County rewrite of flood plain regulations is 'housekeeping'
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100809/NEWS/8090313
Jackson County hopes to streamline its complicated flood plain rules as a first step toward incorporating regulations that could further restrict development in flood-prone areas...

August 8: (Santa Fe New Mexican) State beefs up effort to protect open lands
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/State-beefs-up-effort-to-protect-open-lands
ALBUQUERQUE - Take any highway in any direction out of New Mexico's largest city. Beyond the green "city limit" signs are acres of agricultural fields, sweeping expanses of high desert and, eventually, ponderosa forests and mountain grasslands...

August 8: (Portland Tribune) Adams shakes up coliseum, Rose Quarter process
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128131315315189800
Mayor Sam Adams has again shaken up plans for deciding how to redevelop the Memorial Coliseum and Rose Garden, despite an ongoing public process...

August 7: (Eugene Register-Guard) Proposal would put building on pit site
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25144660-41/bennett-building-beam-council-downtown.csp
One of downtown's two unsightly pits could be replaced by a five-story office and retail building proposed by the owners of the Downtown Athletic Club...

August 7: (Editorial, The Oregonian) On the I-5 bridge, a wake-up and a call for a shake-up
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/08/on_the_i-5_bridge_a_wake-up_an.html
We badly need a new Interstate 5 bridge connecting Portland to Vancouver. But here's a warning: It has to be big -- bigger than many Oregonians have previously understood...

August 6: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Cascade Locks casino gets federal go-ahead
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/08/06/cascade-locks-casino-gets-federal-go-ahead/
The effort of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to build a casino in Cascade Locks has shifted from a decade-long marathon to a sprint...

August 6: (La Grande Observer) Opinions vary at hearing on wind farm advisory vote
http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Local-News/Opinions-vary-at-hearing-on-wind-farm-advisory-vote
People testifying in a hearing Wednesday on a possible Antelope Ridge Farm advisory vote offered some differing opinions...

August 5: (Portland Tribune) Hollywood 'square' may round out area
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128095613583757900
Hollywood community leaders want to see the Portland neighborhood's name in lights once again...

August 5: (Statesman Journal) Union Street NE could be new bus mall location
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100805/UPDATE/100805038
Cherriots buses in November will likely start picking-up riders at a bus mall located just north of the Marion parking structure on Union Street NE...

August 5: (The Oregonian) Banks woman fights tenaciously to be heard over din of airplanes
http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2010/08/hillsboro_woman_fights_tenaciously_to_be_heard_over_din_of_airplanes.html
HILLSBORO -- Of all the Port of Portland's records on citizens, Miki Barnes' is the biggest. For more than a decade, she's complained, testified at meetings, volunteered on citizen boards and published an aviation website trying to change airport noise policies...

August 5: (Bend Bulletin) Deschutes OKs mining in Millican
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100805/NEWS01/8050407/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
Deschutes County officials said Wednesday morning they want to rezone farmland in the Millican Valley for surface mining...

August 5: (Bend Bulletin) County won't give resorts a break
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100805/NEWS01/8050409/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
Deschutes County commissioners decided Wednesday not to give buyers of new homes in destination resorts a break on a $3,400 fee, which pays for the impact of new development on local roads...

August 5: (Portland Tribune) Slough rules hit business in wallet
http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128095600388381500
Luke Hanset says his family's business has survived by being nimble and having the ability to change...

August 4: (Oregon Business Journal) Oregon Coast wave energy park clears hurdle
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/08/02/daily22.html
Ocean Power Technologies Inc. on Wednesday said it reached a critical agreement on how to develop its proposed wave energy park off the Oregon Coast without damaging the region's environmental and commercial fishing resources...

August 4: (Newberg Graphic) Wineries lobby to change land use and expand on-site business
http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/August/04/Local.News/wineries.lobby.to.change.land.use.and.expand.onsite.business/news.aspx
The Willamette Valley wine industry netted more than $16.5 million in 2009, according to PR Newswire. Public and private agencies across Oregon are trying to create standardized rules that will help it, and other agricultural businesses, entertain on-site larger numbers of guests...

August 4: (La Grande Observer) Pro-wind farm group organizes
http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Local-News/Pro-wind-farm-group-organizes
As the Union County Board of Commissioners gets set to hold public hearings on a proposed advisory vote on the Antelope Ridge Wind farm, a new local group has emerged backing the project's construction...

August 4: (Coos Bay World) County OKs natural gas pipeline
http://www.theworldlink.com/news/local/article_0bfc92b2-baa5-5829-b399-4d78794166d1.html
Coos County commissioners unanimously approved a hearings officer's recommendation to grant a land use permit for the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline on Tuesday...

August 3: (The Oregonian) Ground broken for long-awaited retail area in Wilsonville
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2010/08/ground_broken_for_long-awaited.html
An 18-year wait is over, and the grassy area on Wilsonville Road just west of the Interstate 5 overpass will soon be home to a Fred Meyer store, along with an additional 30 retailers...

August 3: (The Oregonian) PacifiCorp and PGE team up in effort to build new power lines
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/08/pacificorp_and_pge_consider_bu.html
Oregon's two largest electric utilities may team up to build a major new transmission line from northeast Oregon to Salem...

August 3: (McMinnville News-Register) Baker Rock makes its case for Grand Island quarry
http://www.newsregister.com/article/45092-baker+rock+makes+its+case+grand+island+quarry
GRAND ISLAND - Grand Island holds special values for many of its residents, as Karl Klooster reveals in "From Tranquility to Turmoil on Grand Island" in the Feature section. However, it also has significance for Baker Rock Resources...

August 3: (Coos Bay World) Junction City coping with growth
http://www.theworldlink.com/news/local/article_a4ea5cd9-fdcc-574a-b521-08c6a95318ba.html
JUNCTION CITY -- Christina Zimmerman never really intended for the Buttermilk Junction to be anything more than a hobby business, where people could stop in for...

August 3: (The Oregonian) Multnomah County seeks new land use rules for closed Wapato Jail
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/08/multnomah_county_seeks_new_lan.html
Multnomah County's mothballed Wapato Jail could be ready for its repurposing as a state prison or another use by the end of September. But first Portland has to change the rules...


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