From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Feb 15 14:31:38 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:31:38 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B591701E157B5A5@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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River Plan headed to Court of Appeals (Portland Tribune) The appeal came after the city of Portland announced it would not appeal the ruling by the state Land Use Board of Appeals that sent the plan back to the ... Agriculture: Legislation aims to clarify uses (The Register-Guard)... April to examine the issue and forward its recommendations to the Legislature, said Art Schlack, the association's policy manager for land use issues. ... Feb 13: NEW FOREST RULES LOOK GOOD TO SENATORS (East Oregonian) http://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local_news/new-forest-rules-look-good-to-senators/article_c7e730f8-3736-11e0-bc5f-001cc4c002e0.html Oregons U.S. senators said the U.S. Forest Service is heading in the right direction with its new proposal to manage national forests. GORGE COMMISSION EYES BUDGET TRIMS (The Columbian) http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/feb/13/gorge-commission-eyes-budget-trims/ Hard realities dogged the Columbia River Gorge Commission last week as it confronted the prospect of more deep budget cuts from the Washington and Oregon legislatures over the next two years. Competing interests bog down Deschutes land plan (Albany Democrat Herald) Pace said Central Oregon LandWatch is concerned about language in the plan that calls for addressing land-use "challenges" in an area east of Bend where ... Feb 12: River Plan stays up in the air (Portland Tribune) The city has decided against a challenge to a recent ruling by the state Land Use Board of Appeals that found the plan did not comply with state land-use ... Feb 11: GOVERNOR SEEKS FEDERAL DISASTER AID FOR COAST AFTER JANUARY STORMS (Daily Astorian) http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/free/governor-seeks-federal-disaster-aid-for-coast-after-january-storms/article_0113ef98-3542-11e0-b369-001cc4c03286.html Gov. John Kitzhaber on Thursday asked President Obama to declare a federal disaster in six Oregon counties including Clatsop and Tillamook because of damage and emergency response costs resulting from the winter storm Jan. 11 through Jan. 14. OREGON GROUPS PAN AND PRAISE FOREST SERVICE'S NEW PLANNING RULE (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/02/oregon_groups_pan_and_praise_f.html The U.S. Forest Service believes proposed revisions to its forest planning rule will accelerate timber sales and provide rural jobs while protecting watersheds, wildlife and quiet spaces for recreation. State moves pipeline debate to Salem (Coos Bay World) The Coos County Board of Commissioners approved the project's land use permits Sept. 8. CALNG, Friends of Living Oregon Waters, Jody McCaffree, ... Experts: Measure may not stop planned big box store (Keizertimes) "You have uses that are ... vested regardless of how the law has changed," added Steve Oulman, a regional representative for the Oregon Department of Land ... Warm Springs Tribe eyes Highway 26 for casino (The Columbian) The tribal council will close its existing casino, at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort in a remote corner of its Oregon reservation, and build a temporary gaming... DON KAHLE: To look into our future, please step into the time machine (The Register-Guard) "Envision Eugene" deliberately has taken the state mandate for 20-year land use planning and used it to launch a community conversation about Eugene's ... Feb 10: It's 'ordinance season' in Washington County, ending an annual November-to ... (OregonLive.com) It's a provision not found in any other county in Oregon. Simply put, it bans the county commissioners from adopting new land-use ordinances from November ... Local lawmakers introduce bill to help rural fire districts (Woodburn Independent) Aurora Fire Chief Rod Yoder said fire districts like his are handcuffed by current Oregon land use laws. Local lawmakers agree and have introduced a bill ... Feb 9: BILLS TAKE AIM AT LAND USE ADVOCATES-- BLOG (Willamette Week) http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-26447-bills_take_aim_at_land_use_advocates.html Early in the legislative session many bills filed that may never get a hearing or may languish in committee. This year, as in sessions past, Oregon property rights advocates are taking aim at the process around land use decisions. LAWMAKERS WANT TO ELIMINATE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (Oregon Public Broadcasting) http://news.opb.org/article/59766-lawmakers-want-eliminate-oregon-department-energy/ Some Oregon lawmakers want to pull the plug on the Oregon Department of Energy. The chief House sponsor of the bill to abolish the agency says the proposal is not a response to recent allegations of wrongdoing at the Department. Verizon wants to build a 135-foot -- or taller -- cell tower next to a ... (OregonLive.com) The tower, which would be between 135 and 155 feet tall, will improve service, said Ed Fournier, a Verizon consultant who handles real estate and land-use ... What to Do if a Cell Tower is Proposed in Your Neighborhood (Neighborhood Notes) Neighbors have attended meetings, learned about Portland's zoning and land use laws, researched other cities' ordinances that regulate and site cell towers, ... Legislators introduce bill to help rural fire districts (Canby Herald) The district has been eyeing land for that project between Aurora and Donald. But there is one problem: Oregon land use laws. Most of the land where the ... City undetermined about River Plan process (Daily Journal of Commerce) Tom Hughes' first goal as Metro president is to reshape the traditional dialogue between local businesses and governments on how to provide, and pay for, the services that create jobs. 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: