From lisa.howard at state.or.us Wed Oct 6 08:35:24 2010 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 08:35:24 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B5917017979DBC2@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 ____________________________________________________________ Oct 4: EPA puts at risk Oregon biomass (Natural Resource Report.com) ... for keeping lands in forests and reducing the motivation for land conversion. In Oregon, the potential for new jobs in rural areas is especially great. ... Wind, tides hold economic potential, top lab chief says (Peninsula Daily News) Oregon is ahead of Washington state when it comes to renewable energy, and California has set the highest goal for that type of energy production on the ... Oct 2: Legal tangles stall land-use claims in Clackamas County (OregonLive.com) But like dozens of other Clackamas County residents trying to pursue claims under Oregon's Measure 49 property-rights law, Gilmore has hit a legal roadblock ... Candidates for Metro Council president debate land-use, growth policies - and ... (OregonLive.com) They agreed on facets of the land-use planning role that Metro plays in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties. At one point they asked each other to ... Oct 1: FEARS OF AN EARLY ECLIPSE (Portland Tribune) http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128579295581531200 -Oregon bets big on solar and wind, but China may sweep it away- Portland is banking on solar and wind energy as a mother lode of green jobs, and Oregon is doling out tens of millions of dollars in state tax breaks to lure and nurture both industries. . . PENTAGON OKS NEW OREGON AND WASHINGTON WIND FARMS DESPITE RADAR-INTERFERENCE CONCERNS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/10/pentagon_oks_new_oregon_and_wa.html Pentagon officials said this afternoon that they have approved eight Oregon and Washington wind-energy projects with 1,128 turbines after concluding that the risk of the turbines interfering with a military radar station near Fossil is "manageable." . . . Connecting Eugene to try new tactics with Riverfront development (Daily Emerald) During the summer, Connecting Eugene tried to appeal a Riverfront development permit extension with the city and the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. ... ODOT adopts alternative for bypass (Newberg Graphic) Before construction begins, the state agency must complete Tier Two of the impact study and secure city and county land-use approvals. ... Sept. 30: (Bend Bulletin) Planners to reassess building at junction http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100930/NEWS0107/9300344/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 The Deschutes County Commission decided Wednesday to have county planners re-evaluate whether a hot-pink building at U.S. Highway 97 and Tumalo Road qualifies as a permanent residence... Sept 30: (The World) State Wants Agency To Rule On Pipeline http://www.theworldlink.com/news/local/article_a007ffd0-6d4b-5d93-9ff3-ea526e475832.html Oregon's attorney general wants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to weigh in on a lawsuit Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline filed Aug. 27 against state officials in Oregon District Court. . . Sept. 29: (OPB News) DLCD Recommends Approval For Portland Area Growth Plan http://news.opb.org/article/14453-lcdc-recommends-approval-portland-area-growth-plan/ Oregon's land-use agency has recommended approving the Portland region's controversial long-term plans for where to grow in the next 50 years... Sept. 29: (The Oregonian) Portland region needs cohesive growth strategy, Metro says http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/09/portland_region_needs_cohesive.html Michael Jordan, Metro's chief operating officer, likes to say the Portland area is great at making land-use plans. But it's time, he says, to move from being the best planned place to being the best place... Sept. 29: (Bend Bulletin) No one's happy with this decision http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100929/NEWS01/9290378/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 A move earlier this month by Jefferson County commissioners to allow a group of landowners to build more than a dozen 850-square-foot fishing accommodations on their property, which sits near the Metolius River on Lake Billy Chinook, has everyone involved - including the landowners - appealing the commission's decision... Sept. 29: (Bend Bulletin) Farmland wedding dispute goes on http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100929/NEWS01/9290375/1001/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01 A Redmond woman who has rented out her farmland for weddings wants to restart the process to legalize the practice in Deschutes County, and she is asking the county to waive a $10,000 land use fee... Sept. 29: (Eugene Register-Guard) Turbine project stirs up protests | An opposition group forms in Oregon's Grande Ronde Valley over a wind farm http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25345649-35/wind-valley-turbines-wilkinson-county.csp TELOCASET - A storm is brewing in the Grande Ronde Valley, and it's about to get windier. After the success of its Elkhorn Valley wind farm project near the tiny community of Telocaset, developer Horizon Wind is looking to add as many as 164 turbines to the foothills of this windy valley. But the 475-foot-tall turbines have divided the sparsely populated county... Sept. 28: (The Oregonian) State recommends approval of Portland area's long-term growth plan http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/09/state_recommends_approval_of_p.html The Portland area's unprecedented attempt to make long-term land-use designations has passed its first test. The state Department of Land Conservation and Development recommended approval Tuesday of the urban and rural "reserves" adopted this summer by Metro and its tri-county partners... Sept. 28: (Portland Tribune) State land-use staff gives thumbs-up to Metro reserves plan http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128571995058170200 Staff of the state Land Conservation and Development Commission has recommended that the panel approve Metro's designation of urban and rural reserves in the Portland area... Sept. 28: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Recommendations approved for CRC project http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/09/28/crc-project-moves-forward/ Oregon and Washington's departments of transportation have given the thumbs up on recommendations made by an independent review panel for the Columbia River Crossing project. The DOTs told project leaders they may move forward with final planning for the multibillion-dollar bridge project... Sept. 28: (Roseburg News-Review) Roseburg roundabout may cost more http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20100928/NEWS/100929786/1001&parentprofile=1055 A roundabout to keep motorists streaming to the Roseburg Costco from getting caught in gridlock will cost "much more" than the $1.2 million the city expected... Sept. 23: (Daily Journal of Commerce) Sensitive lands initiative looms http://www.portlandtribune.com/metro_news/story.php?story_id=128519535415483400 The city of Lake Oswego is weighing the legality of a proposed ballot initiative aiming to change the way protections are placed on environmentally sensitive lands... Lisa Howard | Assistant to the Director Director's Office Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 271 | Cell: (503) 383-8911 | Fax: (503) 378-5518 lisa.howard at state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/LCD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: