From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Nov 2 10:01:02 2010 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 10:01:02 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B5917017CFC3E4F@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 ____________________________________________________________ Nov 2: CHARTING OREGON'S ENERGY FUTURE BEYOND COAL -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/11/charting_oregons_energy_future.html Closing a coal plant is a big deal. Closing a large, modern coal plant like the one at Boardman is a really big deal. It hasn't happened before in the Northwest -- or arguably anywhere else in the United States. But today Oregon is close to an agreement to end coal burning at Boardman by no later than the end of 2020. . . STATE PLAN WOULD BOOST LOGGING (Eugene Register-Guard) http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25489509-35/state-plan-board-logging-forest.csp -The new Elliott State Forest proposal would generate more money for schools- The state Department of Forestry proposed a new plan Monday that makes room for more logging on the only state forest that contributes money to schools. . . Oct 30: Regional planning process not quite done (Portland Tribune) By Jim Redden The state's land use agency approved most of a regional plan to guide long-term development in the Portland area, but remanded Washington ... HUD approves depot homeless plan (East Oregonian) Officials of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development have approved the homeless plan for the Umatilla Chemical Depot. . . PGE OFFERS TO CLOSE COAL PLANT EARLIER (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/pge_offers_to_close_coal_plant.html Facing a Sierra Club lawsuit and heightened federal scrutiny of its Boardman coal-fired generating plant, Portland General Electric has drafted a much firmer proposal to close Oregon's only coal plant by Dec. 31, 2020, at least 20 years earlier than anticipated. . . Oct 29: PORTLAND AREA BEGINS TO SEE THE FUTURE WITH URBAN/RURAL DESIGNATIONS BY STATE COMMISSION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/10/portland_area_begins_to_see_th.html The question of how and where the Portland area will grow in the next 50 years is two-thirds answered. The state Land Conservation and Development Commission approved unprecedented long-range planning for Multnomah and Clackamas counties Friday, but as expected stumbled over Washington County's contentious plan to allow urban development on prime farmland north of Council Creek near Cornelius. . . Rural and urban reserves: In Washington County, a creek divides them (OregonLive.com) You can tell the Washington County farmers by the way they pronounce it. It's a slender trickle either way, but planners, developers, attorneys and environmentalists call it Council Creek. Farmers, the ones who grow grass seed, grain and clover north of it, call it Council Crick. . . Lincoln County approves controversial Ruby Pipeline permit (Kemmerer Gazette) http://www.kemmerergazette.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=1959&page=72 The Lincoln County Office of Planning & Engineering has approved construction of a 42 inch natural gas pipeline with assurances that the pipeline company, Ruby Pipeline, LLC, would not facilitate in the removal of federal grazing leases. . . Tualatin mayor testifies against proposed quarry in Clackamas County (OregonLive.com) Tualatin Mayor Lou Ogden joined a chorus of opposition against a proposed quarry just off Southwest Tonquin Road, testifying during an hours-long hearing on Thursday. . . OREGON TOPS NATION IN THIRD-QUARTER WIND PROJECTS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/oregon_tops_nation_in_third-qu.html The quarter that ended Sept. 30 was the slowest since 2007 for the wind power industry nationwide, although Oregon topped the charts in terms of new capacity installed during the period, according to a report Friday from the American Wind Energy Association. . . SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS GRANT WILL MAKE WALKING, BIKING TO SCHOOL EASIER FOR STUDENTS IN PORTLAND (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/10/safe_routes_to_schools_grant_w.html The Portland City Council has passed an ordinance that should make walking and biking to school a lot easier -- and safer -- for students at eight public schools in Portland. .. STATE'S FIRST RAILS-TO-TRAILS PROJECT TO OPEN, LINKING BANKS AND VERNONIA THROUGH 21 MILES OF FORESTS AND FIELDS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2010/10/banks-vernonia_state_trail_ban.html The day Len Punzel's waited six years for arrives Friday with the completion and opening of a state rails-to-trails project two decades in the making. . . Oct 28: RULING ON ZIDELL SITE COULD CLEAR WAY FOR MORE RIVERFRONT CLEANUP (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/ruling_on_zidell_site_could_cl.html The Oregon Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that Lloyd's of London and other insurance companies may be liable to cover the cost of the environmental cleanup of Willamette riverfront land owned by Zidell Marine Corp., a Portland barge-building operation. . . Metro Landowner Alert: LCDC land redesignation (Oregon Natural Resources Report) By Oregonians In Action Rural property owners in Washington, Clackamas, and Multnomah Counties recently received some disturbing news from the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC). If you are a rural property owners in one of these counties, pay attention. . . PUD seeks falls land lease (Dalles Chronicle) Plans to bring the White River Falls hydroelectric project back to life hinge on current negotiations with the Oregon Parks Department for a land lease. . . Oct 27: SUPPORT GROWS FOR PGE BOARDMAN CLOSURE PLAN (Portland Tribune) http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128811807121067400 -Environmental groups back utility as it hopes to close coal-fired plant in 2020- In a major development in the future of Portland General Electrics coal-fired Boardman power plant, a coalition of consumer and environmental groups have agreed to support the utilitys proposal to invest about $75 million in new emission controls in the plant and then close it no later than 2020. . . Oregon's Transportation Planning Rule and Sustainability (Green Growth Cascadia) I recently attended the Oregon Transportation Summit here in Portland, where one of the sessions was Transportation Planning Rule (TPR) Cagematch, with different representatives from various jurisdictions here in Oregon (the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD), Metro, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), and the City of Eugene. . . Clackamas County planning staff recommends denial of Sherwood-area quarry (Sherwood Gazette) Those hoping to weigh in on the fate of a proposed rock quarry on Morgan Road will get their chance on Thursday morning with a public hearing planned on the issue in Oregon City. . . Restoration, ranching merge in vision for eco-resort (Blue Mountain Eagle) SILVIES - A quiet transformation is under way at the vast Silvies Valley Ranch - one that could seed new opportunities across the economic landscape of Grant and Harney counties. . . Oct 26: Q & A with Washington County's Director of Land Use and Transportation (BikePortland.org) I get the feeling that there's a lot of momentum around planning for the future of active transportation in Washington County. The Bicycle Transportation Alliance, the Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition, 1000 Friends of Oregon, . . . Oregon hot springs could be power plant site (myCentralOregon.com) U.S. Geothermal Inc. officials are optimistic they will be able to construct a power generating plant near Neal Hot Springs, west of Vale. . . Tangent tackles two issues (Albany Democrat Herald) Tangent residents are being asked to vote on two issues on the Nov. 2 ballot."We have been working on updates to our comprehensive plan and cleaning up amendments to our development code," said Georgia Edwards, city coordinator. . . 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: