From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Nov 9 13:42:10 2010 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 13:42:10 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B5917017CFC3EF6@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 9: Bend's latest growth boundary plan a no-go http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/11/08/bends-latest-growth-boundary-plan-a-no-go/ In Bend, when all else fails, try, try again. The seven-member state land-use board, the Land Conservation and Development Commission, sent back the city of Bend's latest urban growth boundary proposal late last week. . . OREGON'S CENSUS PARTICIPATION NUMBERS ABOUT THE SAME AS 2000, BUT CITY OF TURNER EXCELS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/11/oregons_census_participation_numbers_about_the_same_as_2000_but_city_of_turner_excels.html For another decade, the true population of Granite will remain uncounted. Only 20 percent of households in the Grant County hamlet sent back the 2010 census questionnaire, apparently because its citizens harbor the opinion that Uncle Sam is too nosy. . . TURBULENCE IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/11/turbulence_in_the_grande_ronde.html It's hard not to see a postcard image from most places in Union County, in northeastern Oregon. The rugged Blue Mountains vault from a farmed valley floor, and cities and towns -- Cove, La Grande, Union -- throw a twinkle at twilight. Best of all, the fabled Grande Ronde River runs through it. . . Nov 8: Rock in all the wrong places (McMinnville News-Register) The Willamette River snakes around Lambert Bend, separating the peninsula of farmland from its opposite shore in a horseshoe shape, like a thin band of blue cartilage lining a ball and socket joint. But around the bend, the river slams into a massive mound of gravel - an entire island of it, actually - and splits in two. . . DLCD examines rules for big solar in Oregon (Sustainable Business Oregon) The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development has convened a committee, called the Solar Rulemaking Advisory Committee, to consider the issue. ... Burning questions about biomass (High Country News) At first glance, it looks like a great way to counter climate change -- convert a greenhouse-gas-spewing coal power plant to a clean, modern facility fueled by plant matter. But the devil, as always, is in the details. . . Nov 7: MINING OPERATION UNEARTHS DEBATE (Eugene Register-Guard) http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25505324-35/chromite-oregon-company-county-resources.csp -A Coos County project pits jobs against environmental fears- An Australian-owned company first started poking around on the southern Oregon Coast back in the late 1980s, on the hunt for a valuable collection of heavy minerals that gives some beaches here a distinctive black hue. . . Nov 6: DOUSING OUR COAL FIRE ONCE AND FOR ALL -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/11/dousing_our_coal_fire_once_and.html Every day, a power plant in Boardman burns thousands of tons of coal and sends up into the atmosphere tons of emissions, some of it the kind that sullies air, rain and, in certain seasonal wind shifts, views in the coveted Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. . . Opinions differ on sources of 'horrible stench' over Irrigon (East Oregonian) City officials are upset their efforts to attract industry are being thwarted by the not-so-sweet smell of agricultural success. . . Port buys industrial land (Dalles Chronicle) The Port of The Dalles finalized a purchase and sales agreement this week for 70-plus acres of former Northwest Aluminum land. The agreement with Golden Northwest Holding, the company that purchased the site after the aluminum plant's bankruptcy, centers on the former golf course and the rodeo grounds and parking lot. Sales price has been set at $2.4 million, or $34,000 per acre. . . Nov 5: NW NATURAL UNVEILS JOINT VENTURE ON PALOMAR PIPELINE PROJECT (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/11/nw_natural_unveils_joint_ventu.html Northwest Natural Gas Co. said Friday that the biggest pipeline operator in the Northwest has signed on as a prospective partner in the controversial Palomar pipeline project. . . BPA HEAD STEVE WRIGHT DEFENDS DECISION ON WASHINGTON TRANSMISSION LINE (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/clark-county/index.ssf/2010/11/bpa_administrator_steve_wright_defends_decision_on_transmission_line.html Bonneville Power head Steve Wright took a drubbing Thursday night from southwest Washington residents and officials angry about the agency's plan to place a 500-kilovolt transmission line in southwest Washington. But he defended his decision to drop a proposed route through Oregon, saying it was never really a reasonable option. . . EASTERN OREGON RESIDENTS NEAR WIND FARMS EXPRESS HEALTH CONCERNS OVER NOISE, LIGHTS, STRESS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/11/eastern_oregon_residents_near_wind_farms_express_health_concerns_over_noise_lights_stress.html If there's anything that worries Linda Bond, it's the prospect of living in the shadow of hundreds of wind turbines with their noise and blinking lights. . . COURT DECISION MAY COMPLICATE LNG EFFORTS IN COOS BAY, WARRENTON (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/11/court_decision_may_complicate.html The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a decision by state authorities to overturn local zoning approvals for the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas terminal, proposed for a site 20 miles east of Astoria on the Columbia River. . . ORE. RULING: LNG PORT VIOLATES COUNTY REGULATIONS (Business Week) http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9JA1IF80.htm The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that Clatsop County should never have approved construction of the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas project on the Columbia River . . . Ore. orders Bend to trim urban growth proposal (The Columbian) The state has rejected a city of Bend proposal to expand its urban growth boundary by about 8,500 acres. . . . County's urban plan to get second look (OregonLive.com blog) In early 2009, Metro, the regional land planner for the Portland metropolitan region, embarked on an effort to engage Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington ... UO eyes property east of freeway (The Register-Guard) The University of Oregon is looking to expand east, again.The university wants to buy a four-acre piece of land east of campus to provide some added flexibility and perhaps allow the UO to move some operations out of the core campus. It has done that in the past, buying the former Romania auto dealership and state highway department properties just east of campus on Franklin Boulevard. . . Nov 4: Bend gets UGB order from state (Bend Bulletin) http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101104/NEWS01/11040417/1011 The city of Bend has some work to do before the state accepts its plan for how and where it will grow over the next 20 years. . . SALEM MEETING TUESDAY WILL UNVEIL SALMON, STEELHEAD RECOVERY PLAN (Salem Statesman Journal) http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101103/OUTDOORS/101103035/1034/STATE Officials with three state and federal agencies are holding a meeing Tuesday in Salem about the plan to restore spring Chinook and winter steelhead in the upper Willamette River Basin. The meetings are sponsored by the State of Oregons Governors Natural Resources Office, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Marine Fisheries Service. . . Court hands LNG terminal foes ultimate victory (KATU) The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that Clatsop County should never have approved construction of the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas project on the Columbia River. . . Exclusive Survey: 36 States Address Greenhouse Gases from Sprawl, Building ... (PR Newswire) California, Oregon and Washington have taken specific legislative action to control GHG emissions by changing land use patterns and construction practices. ... Motocross enthusiasts, neighbors face off over course proposed south of Molalla (OregonLive.com) Metro area motocross racers and horse cart enthusiasts might not have to travel far to enjoy their hobby if Clackamas County approves a new private park south of Molalla. . . Reserves ruling is big step backwards (Forest Grove News-Times) Once again, a group of powerful folks who have probably never set foot in Cornelius or Forest Grove have decided that they know what's best for us poor, hapless rubes who live here in western Washington County. Well, excuse us if we don't a thank-you card to 1000 Friends of Oregon. . . State Appeals Court rules against Clatsop County in LNG controversy (Chinook Observer) The judges upheld the decision by the Land Use Board of Appeals ordering the county to take a fresh look at two key aspects of its Bradwood approval and how ... Rejection of Cornelius reserve puts UGB talk off (Forest Grove News-Times) The Metro region's effort to set up a land bank of urban and rural reserves for the next 50 years of growth took another surprise turn Friday, Oct. 29, when the state's Land Development and Conservation Commission toppled agreements that would have set aside farm land for future growth in Washington County. . . Council can't have it both ways (Lake Oswego Review) On another hand, the city has sent the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission a letter stating that, based on a 2005 Metro 2025 traffic model, ... Nov 3: Guest Opinion: State's land use system is broken (Newberg Graphic) http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/November/03/Opinion_Guest.Opinion/guest.opinion.states.land.use.system.is.broken/news.aspx I found the Newberg Graphic's article on urban growth boundary appeals interesting. On one hand, our local planning department says that the system isn't working due to endless appeals; on the other, Friends of Yamhill County say that it is. . . Nov 2: Third runway project tempered by legal issues (OregonLive.com blog) The Port of Portland appears to be moving forward on plans for construction of a new 3,600-foot parallel runway in the next year, regardless of two pending legal decisions that reasonably could affect the outcome. . . Biomass plant proposed near Oregon City (kgw.com) A biomass energy plant near Beavercreek has drawn hundreds of detractors. . . >From industrial to urban village (Register-Guard) The Rexius family may convert its 44-acre compound of towering mounds of dirt and bark on Bailey Hill Road into a village of single family houses, townhouses and apartment buildings with retail spaces on the ground floor. . . County backs creation of transportation body (Register-Guard) The Lane County Board of Commissioners has voted unanimously to support the creation of a group that will lobby to bring state transportation dollars home for local projects. The board's action last week followed earlier disagreements with other jurisdictions and stakeholders over the establishment of the Lane Area Commission on Transportation, or Lane ACT. . . 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