From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Nov 16 15:18:51 2010 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:18:51 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B5917017CFC3F76@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. 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PGE FAILS TO PERSUADE OREGONIANS ON ITS 2020 PLAN -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/11/pge_fails_to_persuade_oregonia.html Portland General Electric wants you to believe it has everything worked out. Last month the utility unveiled an updated plan to burn coal at its Boardman power plant for 10 years, then close the plant in 2020. PGE proudly brought its proposal to the Department of Environmental Quality, backed by several lobbying groups. At PGE's request, DEQ re-opened a comment period on the Boardman plant just to look at the new proposal. . . Nov 15: Biomass Plant Proposal near Oregon Draws Censure (AZoCleantech) Also the Clackamas County would have to modify the zoning from farm land to forestry and then give out a conditional use permit. ... Bend DMV Move Facing New Obstacles (KTVZ) If the city does find more impact than originally believed, that could open the door for foes of the DMV move to take the case to the state Land Use Board ... Nov 14: CHANGING LANES (Albany Democrat Herald) http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_c497ef3c-efb0-11df-a0aa-001cc4c002e0.html The vision: A smooth flow of afternoon traffic out of downtown Corvallis onto Highway 34 as commuters head to their homes in Albany and Lebanon. The reality: A wait as three lanes of eastbound traffic creep toward the one-lane bottleneck on the Van Buren Bridge. . . Eugene's appeal is justified: No matter the result, city should review water deals (Eugene Register-Guard) At a time when water access has so many land use, environmental, financial and other ramifications, the city should not easily surrender its right and ... Council to decide Creekside Center appeals (Corvallis Gazette-Times) 1 to hear testimony from appellants to the Planning Commission's proposed land use plans for Creekside Center. It is a 43000-square-foot retail and ... Finding a Smarter Vision (BlueOregon) There's little in the basic CRC proposal that indicates a broader vision for the region's growth and land use patterns. At a recent forum convened by Metro ... Biomass biz expands (Oregon Business) Gresham-based HM3 Energy plans to build 20 more biomass briquette plants throughout Oregon, starting in Prineville. HM3 Energy manufactures biomass ... Nov 12: THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY: DRAWING A SENSIBLE BORDER TWIXT TOWN AND COUNTRY -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/11/the_urban_growth_boundary_draw.html In all the drama of a tsunami election, many Oregonians probably missed reports of an extraordinary event a few days earlier. The Land Conservation and Development Commission approved almost all of the work done by Metro and the three Portland metro-area counties to plan where the region will and will not grow for the next 50 years. . . University of Portland looks to build on Gateway Site at Willamette Bluff ... (OregonLive.com) The university proposes to reforest and protect about five acres in exchange, planting native white Oregon oak starting in spring. Kuffner calls the trade a ... Turning brown to green not so easy (Portland Tribune) Much of the land in the Pearl District and South Waterfront was contaminated before being cleaned up and redeveloped. Those examples have helped prompt ... MARINE RESERVES RECOMMENDED FOR 3 MORE SITES ALONG OREGON COAST: CAPE FALCON, CASCADE HEAD, CAPE PERPETUA (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/11/marine_reserves_recommended_fo.html Oregon's efforts to establish a string of fishing-free marine reserves off its biologically rich coast surged forward this week, though not without resistance from fishermen and crabbers who worry that expanded reserves will hurt business. . . Nov 11: County Court hears presentation on sage grouse assessment plan for Oregon (Ontario Argus Observer) Wednesday's Malheur County Court session focused on ranching and rangeland issues as Wannie MacKenzie, a Malheur County and Baker County rancher, met with the court to discuss sage grouse recovery plans and energy project sitings. . . Nov 10: How not to plan for future industry in Oregon (Daily Journal of Commerce) http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/11/09/how-not-to-plan-for-future-industry-in-oregon/ Industrial developers already struggling in the recession, specifically the now nearly defunct Opus Northwest LLC, were dealt another blow in September by the Court of Appeals in 1000 Friends of Oregon v. Land Conservation and Development Commission. . . Iberdrola Renewables Starts Biomass Energy Construction in Lakeview, Ore. (Environmental Experts) Iberdrola Renewables today announced the start of construction at its 26.8-megawatt Lakeview Biomass Cogeneration Plant in Lakeview, Ore. The Lakeview project is expected to finish construction and begin producing enough power for 18,000 typical homes by the fall of 2012. . . KULONGOSKI NATURAL RESOURCES AIDE MIKE CARRIER TAKES NEW POST (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/11/kulongoski_natural_resources_a.html Mike Carrier, natural resources policy director for Gov. Ted Kulongoski for 7 years, has taken a new job to help coordinate research into threats to fish and wildlife, from climate change to wildfires to invasive species. . . OREGON STATE DEVELOPS CLIMATE MONITORING SYSTEM (Albany Democrat Herald) http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_f4ef4dcc-ec29-11df-8377-001cc4c002e0.html Oregon State University has developed a climate and weather monitoring system that will be used to help underwrite and verify claims of crop losses for farmers across the nation. . . BOARDMAN CLOSURE PLAN FLAWED, SAYS SIERRA CLUB (OregonBusiness) http://www.oregonbusiness.com/high-five/10-high-five/4390-boardman-closure-plan-flawed-says-sierra-club Portland General Electric's proposed 2020 closure of their Boardman coal-fired power plant is flawed, according to the Oregon Sierra Club. . . Nov 9: Oregon Grapegrowers Hope to Preserve Farmland (Wine Spectator) Grapegrowers in Oregon's Willamette Valley are cheering two recent court decisions backing strict land use rules in their state. The rules, which limit development, especially in agricultural and forest areas, are crucial to preserving Oregon's wine regions, they argue. After 40 years of debate, however, the battle over land use is far from over. . . Proposed development near Oregon City could impact popular bike route (BikePortland.org) A scenic road and popular bike route between Oregon City and the Clackamas River could be severely impacted if a proposed, 139 acre development moves forward. . . 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