[LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - August 31, 2010

[Voliva, Cliff]

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August 30: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Debate arises over Portland industrial land use
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/08/30/debate-arises-over-portland-industrial-land-use/
Creating industrial jobs in the Portland-metro area starts with making land available where business can locate. On that, local commercial real-estate groups can agree. But where two of Portland's most notable commercial real-estate organizations can't agree is how that land should become available...

August 27: (Editorial, The Oregonian) Should gravel-mining hold a trump card over farming?
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/08/should_gravel-mining_hold_a_tr.html
For many years, some have warned that a serious collision loomed between two of Oregon's natural resources. Some of the state's richest topsoil covers its treasury of sand and gravel. To get to the second, you have to dig up the first...

August 27: (Statesman Journal) Judge's decision blocks subdivision plan
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100827/UPDATE/100827049/-1/update
A Marion County judge has issued a decision that blocks the proposed Ridge View Estates housing development in the South Salem Hills...

August 27: (San Diego Union-Tribune) State board likes Imperial Valley solar plant
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/27/state-board-likes-imperial-valley-solar-plant/
A project to cover 10 square miles of federal land with sun-powered engines to provide electricity to San Diego<http://topics.signonsandiego.com/topic/San_Diego> Gas & Electric is moving forward before the state Energy Commission...

August 26: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Linn commissioners continue FEMA flood map hearing
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_f4a74c56-b14c-11df-85c9-001cc4c002e0.html
The Linn County commissioners on Wednesday decided to continue a public hearing to discuss a Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain mapping plan that could affect building requirements and flood insurance for more than 600 homeowners...

August 26: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Parents: Roundabout is unsafe
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_28901c84-b14b-11df-be99-001cc4c002e0.html
The Albany school district will keep busing students to Timber Ridge School for the month of September to give drivers a chance to adjust to the new traffic roundabout...

August 26: (Bend Bulletin) What is the right land use?
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100826/NEWS01/8260402/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
MADRAS - Jefferson County Planning Director Jon Skidmore pointed his red laser at a picture of a large dock in his PowerPoint presentation. Later, he fixed the red dot on a picture of a sink he believed drained into Lake Billy Chinook...

August 25: (Newberg Graphic) Fred Meyer gas station appeal stalls
http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/August/24/Local.News/fred.meyer.gas.station.appeal.stalls/news.aspx
A small crowd turned out for the hearing of the controversial Fred Meyer gas station proposal at the Aug. 16 meeting of the Newberg City Council, but after taking hours of testimony, the council was unable to render a decision...

August 25: (Guest Commentary, Statesman Journal) Retailer limit bad for Keizer, mayor says
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100825/COMMUNITIES/8250351/Retailer-limit-bad-for-Keizer
Some of our neighbors and friends are circulating a petition that will result in an initiative for a special election in March 2011 to ban all retail employers in the city of Keizer that are larger than 65,000 square feet...

August 25: (Seaside Signal) More delays in finding flooding solutions
http://www.seasidesignal.com/news/local_news/article_ecd43ccc-af09-11df-a155-001cc4c03286.html
It will likely be at least another year before solutions to prevent flooding along U.S. Highway 101 south of Seaside are identified...

August 25: (South County Spotlight) City adopts revised flood insurance maps
http://www.spotlightnews.net/news/story.php?story_id=128276920840155300
Come hell or high water, St. Helens resident Jim Pierce said he won't willfully buy flood insurance. But due to new federal regulations and a city decision, he may have to do just that...

August 25: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Last house rolls out of Lents floodplain
http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/08/25/last-house-rolls-out-of-lents-floodplain/
The city of Portland recently cleared its largest hurdle for a construction project to reduce flooding in Lents, when the last house within the floodplain was trucked to a new home. In order to reduce flooding along Southeast Foster Road between 106th and 111th avenues...

August 25: (Albany Democrat-Herald) Albany tackles floodplain ordinance
http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_947926ce-b089-11df-8df1-001cc4c03286.html
The city of Albany is on track to adopt a new floodplain development ordinance that will help property owners learn whether their land is located within a 100-year floodplain...

August 25: (La Grande Observer) Hearing to address advisory vote on proposed wind farm near Union
http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Local-News/Hearing-to-address-advisory-vote-on-proposed-wind-farm-near-Union
Round three of Union County's public hearing on a potential advisory vote on the Antelope Ridge Wind Farm question is set to take place Wednesday...

August 24: (The Oregonian) In Yamhill County, opponents says gravel mining will harm a Grand Island
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/08/in_yamhill_county_opponents_sa.html
GRAND ISLAND -- Despite its name, this is a place of little pretense. A single bridge curves onto the island, seven miles outside Dayton...

August 24: (McMinnville News-Register) Stakes high as gravel hearing looms
http://www.newsregister.com/article/45289-stakes+high+gravel+hearing+looms
A bus full of farmers, bureaucrats, politicians, activists, citizens and journalists rolled around Grand Island for nearly two hours...

August 24: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) The Columbia River Gorge: An Oregon icon is no place for a casino
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/08/the_columbia_river_gorge_an_or.html
A decade-long battle over the fate of the Columbia River Gorge is coming to its final months. At stake is whether Oregon's first off-reservation casino resort...

August 20: (Hillsboro Argus) City skeptical of request for denser South Hillsboro
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1282326641290850.xml&coll=6
Hillsboro City Council members expressed reluctance Tuesday night to a suggestion that the master plan for South Hillsboro include even denser housing...

August 20: (Editorial, Albany Democrat-Herald) A new start for downtown
http://www.democratherald.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_ed52839a-ac8c-11df-a68f-001cc4c002e0.html
Albany's downtown renewal agency is taking an important step forward by engaging George Crandall and his firm for advice in the form of a "retail refinement plan..."

August 18: (Architecture Week) On 'Travel and the Built Environment'
http://www.architectureweek.com/2010/0818/index.html
News flash: The distance between a residential development location and the metropolitan center is one of the strongest factors influencing how much residents will drive...


Cliff Voliva | Communications Officer
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