From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Feb 8 14:54:06 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 14:54:06 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B591701DF4C38BE@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 ____________________________________________________________ Feb 8: BILLS EXPEDITE ROADS, PIPELINE (The World) http://theworldlink.com/news/local/article_22a44781-93ff-53fb-9058-845c21ab9d51.html First in a weekly series of reports on the Oregon Legislature. Salem Update will focus on issues of interest to the South Coast and the activities of local legislators. Biodiesel: the state of the states and Canada (Biodiesel Magazine) Considering the cultivation and indirect land use change of soybeans factored in, however, one must add 62 gCO2e/MJ to that number, bringing it up to more ... Feb 7: Doing a double-take at the dragon (OregonLive.com) In 2007, Oregon voters overwhelmingly repealed Measure 37, putting in its place Measure 49. And, yes, this compromise fashioned by the Oregon Legislature ... Out & About: Getting green for going green (McMinnville News-Register) And nowhere in the wine industry is this more true than in Oregon. LIVE - Low Impact Viticulture and Enology - is a homegrown Oregon wine industry program ... Creating the Perfect City Is About Illusions, Like Shorter Blocks (Co Design) Cities like Portland, Oregon, hog urban planning's limelight with their schemes to fix American urban living, but meanwhile, many lesser-known cities and ... Feb 6: IN OUR VIEW: THREE GOOD IDEAS -- OPINION (The Columbian) http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/feb/06/three-good-ideas/ Although Columbia River Crossing planners were told last week by Govs. Chris Gregoire and John Kitzhaber to abandon pursuit of one particular design for a new Interstate 5 bridge, there are plenty of new positives that keep the message from sounding negative. Feb 5: County urged to rezone ag land (Dalles Chronicle) According to the information provided by Murray, counties can work with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development to rezone some of the ... City weighing River Plan options (Portland Tribune) A number of harbor-related businesses appealed the first phase of the plan, arguing, among things, that it violated state land-use planning goals requiring ... Feb 4: Wilsonville neighborhood remains worried about the impact of closed Parkway ... (OregonLive.com) Johnstone said he first heard about the permanent roadblock three years ago and appealed the decision to the Land Use Board of Appeals last fall. ... Riverfront building project nears start (Eugene Register-Guard) But appeals to a city hearings official and the State Land Use Board of Appeals were rejected. Project officials say the building deserves to go forward. ... Eugene growth plan still developing (Eugene Register-Guard) His recommendations call for the city to use its existing land for projected commercial growth - mainly offices and retail. But he's not finished deciding ... GOVERNORS NARROW I-5 BRIDGE OPTIONS (Northwest Cable News) http://www.nwcn.com/home/?fId=115299199&fPath=/news/local&fDomain=10202 In a joint statement released Thursday evening by Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber and Washington Governor Chris Gregoire, they expressed a preference for the composite deck truss bridge to cross the Columbia River on Interstate 5. PANEL REJECTS PRICEY, INNOVATIVE DESIGN FOR PORTLAND-TO-VANCOUVER BRIDGE; SUGGESTS THREE CHEAPER PLANS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/02/panel_rejects_pricey_innovative_design_for_portland-to-vancouver_bridge_suggests_three_cheaper_plans.html For years, plans for the $3.6 billion Columbia River Crossing have envisioned an ambitious double-decker structure with V-shaped girder sides curving downstream from the aging Interstate Bridge. Feb 3: Oregon City commissioners bow to public pressure and pull the plug on a ... (OregonLive.com) The community center was used for public hearings on a proposed Wal-Mart store and when the city updated its comprehensive land-use plan. 2 casinos proposed near Portland (Daily Journal of Commerce) Pacific Northwest tribes are pursuing two casino projects slightly outside the Portland-metro area. But one proposal is facing strong opposition, and the other could encounter some in the future. Feb 2: STARTED WITH MEASURE 37, OREGON LAND-USE WAR SETTLED WITH A MUTED IMPACT ON THE LAND (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/02/oregon_land-use_war_gets_settl.html Despite all the grief and bitterness of Oregon's property rights war, a new report suggests a relatively muted impact on the landscape. Portland River Plan appealed (Oregon Business) The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeal's has remanded the only adopted portion of the Portland River Plan. The plan was immediately appealed by Gunderson LLC ... Update on HB 2229: The big re-zoning bill (Oregon Natural Resources Report, Oregonians in Action) ... we've discussed the provisions of House Bill 2229, the bill passed by the 2009 Oregon legislature that made important changes to Oregon's land use laws. ... LNG Fast-Track Bills Threaten Landowners, Salmon, and the Climate (BlueOregon.com) Though cloaked in the obscure language of land-use permits, the intent of this year's "LNG fast-track bills" is clear. Giant energy companies are trying to ... Feb 1: Portland River Plan immediately appealed (Daily Journal of Commerce) The latest effort by the city of Portland to strengthen zoning and regulate development along the Willamette River has hit a legal snag that could end the process before zoning even becomes effective. Oregon City urban renewal board splits on a proposal that some say will kill redevelopment projects (Portland Oregonian) Oregon City's urban renewal commission declined to take a stand this week on a proposal that could endanger plans for a $200 million mall and other public-private development projects. 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