From cliff.voliva at state.or.us Tue Sep 7 13:12:46 2010 From: cliff.voliva at state.or.us (Voliva, Cliff) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 13:12:46 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News from DLCD - September 7, 2010 Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B5917017967C8AE@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 ____________________________________________________________ Sept. 7: (Corvallis Gazette-Times) Climate change conference to focus on oceans http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_510f4b66-ba4d-11df-b757-001cc4c03286.html A one-day symposium in Eugene will bring together policy experts and marine scientists - an important step in exploring how climate change impacts on the world's oceans may necessitate new policies and management approaches... Sept. 6: (Woodburn Independent) City opposes land-use change on Crosby Road http://www.woodburnindependent.com/news/2010/September/06/Local.News/city.opposes.landuse.change.on.crosby.road/news.aspx WOODBURN - The city of Woodburn has testified against a controversial auto wrecking project proposed on Crosby Road, just outside city limits... Sept. 6: (La Grande Observer) Comment period ending soon on proposed 300-mile high-voltage line http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Local-News/Comment-period-ending-soon-on-proposed-300-mile-high-voltage-line The public comment period on Idaho Power's proposed Boardman to Hemingway transmission line is winding down, but there's still a little time left for citizens to register their opinions... Sept. 5 (Eugene Register Guard) Urban expansion: Where and by how much? http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25202297-57/growth-eugene-boundary-urban-committee.csp They may have different views on growth, but several members of a Eugene committee studying land use predict that the city will have to expand its urban growth boundary. That's where their agreement could end... Sept. 5: (Eugene Register-Guard) Seeking common ground on growth: A diverse group tries to fashion a vision of Eugene's future http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25194499-41/growth-eugene-committee-residents-ruiz.csp Kevin Matthews and Laura Potter don't often agree. He's president of Friends of Eugene and one of the city's best-known environmentalists. She's the lobbyist for the Home Builders Association of Lane County. The two regularly clash on where real estate development should occur in Eugene... Sept. 3: (Eugene Register-Guard) Pipeline company sues state: Pacific Connector alleges that land use agencies are unlawfully obstructing a liquefied natural gas project http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/business/25250329-41/pipeline-oregon-state-federal-gas.csp A Delaware company that wants to build a liquefied natural gas pipeline from Coos Bay to Central Oregon has filed a federal lawsuit challenging state land use officials' refusals to sign off on the project... Sept. 3: (The Oregonian) Graham Oaks Nature Park in Wilsonville opens with a solitary oak, but a promising future http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/09/post_19.html WILSONVILLE -- This is where the visioning thing comes in. Looking out on Graham Oaks Nature Park, the first thing you think is that it ought to be singular. Graham Oak... Sept. 3: (Guest Commentary, The Oregonian) Seeing the long-term picture on energy facilities http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/09/seeing_the_long-term_picture_o.html The Oregonian recently published an editorial calling for the development of an energy commission to provide thoughtful guidance in the siting of energy developments in the state... Sept. 3: (Medford Mail Tribune) ... and then the bottom fell out http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100903/NEWS/9030325 If better times were possible for Rogue Valley real estate agents than in 2005, Ron Galbreath can neither remember nor imagine it. "There was a sense that we had arrived," Galbreath recalled... Sept. 3: (La Grande Observer) Wind farm advisory vote will appear on ballot http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Local-News/Wind-farm-advisory-vote-will-appear-on-ballot The Union County Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 Wednesday to poll local citizens on whether they want to see Horizon Wind Energy build a $600 million wind farm near Union... Sept. 2: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Hillsboro could cut fees for downtown storefronts http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/09/02/hillsboro-could-cut-fees-for-downtown-storefronts/ Hillsboro will consider cutting land use and planning fees by half for improvements made to downtown storefronts... Sept. 2: (Daily Astorian) Transportation plan for Seaside relates a tale of two cities http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&ArticleID=72988 SEASIDE - At first, the idea of reading a 92-page report that talks about Seaside's transportation system may seem as exciting as watching rust on a bumper. Despite its potential to be a real yawner, the report contains a tale of two cities: the Seaside of the present and the Seaside of the possible... Sept. 2: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Gresham lures Portland business to the 'burbs http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/09/02/gresham-lures-portland-business-to-the-%e2%80%98burbs/ Matt Thomas is a businessman with a passion for loose-leaf tea. With teahouses in Northeast Portland and Bend, and plans for a second Portland location... Sept. 1: (The Oregonian) Measure 49 housing boom is a bust http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/09/cue_the_tumbleweeds_rural_hous.html GASTON -- It may help that Jim Beecher is in his 80s, raised crops for years and thereby gained the patience and perspective that age and farming instill... Sept. 1: (The Oregonian) Hearings examiner to decide by mid-September on changing Wapato Jail's zoning http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/09/hearings_examiner_to_decide_by.html Portland police support land use changes that Multnomah County is seeking for the Wapato Jail but question allowing the siting of a prison in the empty building... Sept. 1: (Bend Bulletin) DMV siting irks neighbors http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100901/NEWS01/9010387/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 Residents of the quiet, well-kept RiverRim neighborhood in southwest Bend aren't happy about a DMV office moving into the Brookswood Meadow Plaza in December... August 31: (Newberg Graphic) ODOT moves ahead with Newberg-Dundee bypass right-of-way purchases http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/August/31/Local.News/odot.moves.ahead.with.newbergdundee.bypass.rightofway.purchases/news.aspx The Oregon Department of Transportation is moving ahead with the acquisition of land in the Newberg-Dundee bypass corridor, Region 2 public affairs spokesman Lou Torres confirmed... August 31: (Corvallis Gazette-Times) Willamette River Project http://www.gazettetimes.com/promo/homepage/article_0db6d4de-61f5-5e52-91ea-f3f148af964a.html It's a little before 9 on a weekday morning, and a steady stream of commuter traffic is pouring into downtown Corvallis on Highway 20. Just a few yards from this pulsing urban artery, Travis Williams slides a canoe into the quiet waters of the Willamette River... August 31: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Helix wind development plans expansion http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/08/31/helix-wind-development-plans-expansion/ It's windier in Umatilla County than developer Iberdrola Renewables previously thought. The wind developer has submitted a request to the Oregon Department of Energy to add 102 megawatts of turbines... August 26: (Editorial, Lake Oswego Review) Region's success will require strong strategy http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/opinion/story.php?story_id=128277002955255100 Michael Jordan, Metro's top administrator, threw out a considerable challenge this month to Portland-area leaders - and the public - when he said that if citizens care about the future of their communities and region... 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