From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Jan 25 14:56:56 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:56:56 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B591701DF4C375C@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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Jan 23: LOCAL OFFICIALS BEING PROACTIVE WITH LEGISLATORS (Woodburn Independent) http://www.woodburnindependent.com/news/2011/January/23/Local.News/local.officials.being.proactive.with.legislators/news.aspx -Woodburn mayor, city administrator meet with Senate President Peter Courtney on local issues- EDITORIAL: Crunch time in Oregon City (TMCnet) The city would use urban renewal's longtime tool, tax-increment financing, to pay for the infrastructure costs by taxing the new land value created by the ... "Blue carbon" initiatives emerging as promising carbon sinks (Contra Costa Times) Saltwater marshes are also excellent carbon sinks, said Scott Bridgham, a scientist with the University of Oregon who has extensively studied carbon stores ... Jan 22: WASTE NOT YAMHILL COUNTY ALSO WANTS COURT TO CLARIFY LANDFILL DECISION (Newberg Graphic) http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2011/January/21/Local.News/waste.not.yamhill.county.also.wants.court.to.clarify.landfill.decision/news.aspx -Riverbend Landfill expansion opponents ask Court of Appeals to eliminate confusion in a different way- Jan 21: Whatever happened to the city's new comp plan? http://molallapioneer.com/news/2011/January/19/Local.News/whatever.happened.to.the.citys.new.comp.plan/news.aspx Although it was adopted by Molalla City Council last March, Molalla's new comprehensive plan and accompanying Urban Reserve Area documents have still not been approved by the state or county - two necessary steps to make them official. OREGON SENATE REPUBLICANS SAY STATE AGENCIES PUT TOO MUCH REGULATION, PAPERWORK ON BUSINESS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/01/oregon_senate_republicans_say.html Oregon Senate Republicans want a two-year suspension of all state agency rulemaking because they say excessive government regulation is keeping businesses from creating jobs. GETTING PUBLIC INFORMATION WITHOUT THE WAIT AND EXPENSE -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/01/getting_public_information_wit.html The struggle by any citizen to obtain information kept by any public agency in Oregon may soon get easier. Attorney General John Kroger this week proposed an overhaul to our nearly 40-year-old public records law, and if the Legislature obliges, every Oregonian will be better off for it. Port renews option on North Spit property (Coos Bay World) Changes to a deal regarding North Spit property should shrink risk to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay and improve the site's appeal to potential ... BPA plans new line across Columbia River Gorge (Seattle Post Intelligencer) All of the BPA's options cross the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, a stretch of river and land in both Oregon and Washington set aside for ... Jan 20: Oregon Shores appeals Crook Point Resort decision (Curry County Reporter)... the Board of Commissioners' decision to allow the development of the Crook Point Golf Resort to the Land Use Board of Appeals of the State of Oregon. ... Should Zoning Rules Be Relaxed In Hard Times? (OPB News) And then says King, there's the issue of prudent land use. Eric King: "For me, it's really important that we think very carefully about changing the ... Nitrate levels mysteriously rising (East Oregonian) By ERIN MILLS Despite years of effort, nitrates still are too high in the groundwater of the lower Umatilla basin, the Oregon Department of Environmental ... Sage grouse plan update sparks controversy (Capital Press) But, he said, the department likely would weigh in on land-use or development proposals that could potentially harm the bird's breeding sites. ... Enterprise zone expansion plans move forward (South County Spotlight) Oregon Business, a state agency, would still have to sign off on any final plan, and the enterprise zone would not go into effect until that happened. ... SOLOPOWER DEAL FOR NEW WILSONVILLE PLANT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/01/taxpayers_fork_out_millions_in.html Here's a sweet deal. A company can put up a $55 million solar factory in Oregon for just $13 million. Jan 19: New federal law lets Oregon tribes extend leases (Native Times) (AP) - When Oregon Indian tribes place land into trust, it allows them to conduct business there that they couldn't otherwise, including enterprises that ... Resort opponents down to 1 appeal (Statesman Journal) The project had been sent back to the county by Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals. The land-use court said the county needed to be more specific in how the ... Highway bypass urged in Seaside (Daily Astorian) A feasibility study, an alignment plan, land-use applications that address state goals, an environmental impact study, construction designs and funding are ... Smarter planning and increased transit makes us "grow wealthier" (FavStocks)... that have already improved quality of life and economic growth through increased transportation options and more efficient land use strategies. ... REPORT ON STATE HOSPITAL CUTS BEDS (Eugene Register-Guard) http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/25790873-35/hospital-junction-state-facility-patients.csp -Planners say a smaller psychiatric facility in Junction City is needed- A new forecast Tuesday said a psychiatric hospital is still needed in Junction City, but it should serve fewer than half the number of patients called for in the original plan. Jan 18: Landfill seeks clarification of ruling (McMinnville News-Register) ... this month on a Riverbend Landfill expansion approved initially by the county but subsequently overturned by the state Land Use Board of Appeals. ... Damascus' Growth and Development Plan Will Be On The Ballot (OPB News) Oregon has long limited growth to preserve farms, or wildlife habitat. And in some ways, the debate in Damascus is an old one: government-led plans for a ... Medford School Board to decide on land deal (Mail Tribune) It is part of an 80-acre site owned by the landowners who hope to build a mixed-use development on the remainder of the property. The land is now zoned for ... 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: