From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Mar 8 14:46:37 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 14:46:37 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B591701E3157271@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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County to proceed with LNG meeting (Daily Astorian) Despite a legal motion filed last week, the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners will proceed with a public hearing Wednesday to reconsider a liquefied natural gas pipeline land-use application. The petition filed by Oregon Pipeline LLC seeks ... LUBA hears pipeline arguments (Coos Bay World) At a Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals hearing at the law school in Portland, students watched pipeline opponents' attorneys argue that the county hadn't followed its own land-use guidelines. They said the pipeline's environmental studies hadn't ... Associated Fruit lays off half its workers (Mail Tribune) "Basically, we just ran out of land value collateral to satisfy (South Valley Bank & Trust's) requirements," Lowry said. "The irony of the Oregon land-use system designed to protect farming was that in overprotecting land, it becomes so devalued that ... PGE moving forward on biomass testing for Boardman (Sustainable Business Oregon) Portland General Electric is contracting with growers in Eastern Oregon to plant crops of a fast-growing woody grass known as Giant Cane - or Arundo Donax - for use in testing as a potential replacement for coal at the Boardman Power Plant. ... March 7: JOHN KITZHABER READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON NEW COLUMBIA RIVER BRIDGE (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/03/kitzhaber_ready_to_move_forwar.html Construction of a replacement bridge across the Columbia River is on track to get under way within two years, Gov. John Kitzhaber said Friday, setting a time line on a project that has been debated for years. ODFW RELEASES REVISED DRAFT OF GREATER SAGE GROUSE CONSERVATION PLAN (East Oregonian) http://www.eastoregonian.com/news/odfw-releases-revised-draft-of-greater-sage-grouse-conservation-plan/article_0881b22a-4694-11e0-bb7c-001cc4c002e0.html The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has revised its greater sage grouse conservation plan. WE NEED CLEARER LAND-USE REGULATIONS -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/03/we_need_clearer_land-use_regul.html The legislative process is sometimes described as being like sausage making and the results sometimes turn out to be little more than inspirational mush. But regulations implementing legislation should provide clear guidance about what is, and is not, lawful and what compliance requirements need to be met when taking lawful actions. March 6: Landowners upset about proposed riparian rules (Corvallis Gazette-Times) That's because, although Goal 5 directs counties eventually to develop riparian protections, the mandated inventory and planning work is expensive, said Rob Hallyburton, the manager of the planning services division of the Oregon Department of Land ... March 5: ODOT Planning New Bend Building (KTVZ) Managers for the Oregon Department of Transportation said Friday they have launched the design for a new building in Bend to house its Central Oregon highway project delivery staff. The two-story, 20000-square-foot building will use state-of-the-art ... Achieving Energy Independence atthe Gresham Wastewater Treatment Plant (Water World) "The City of Gresham shares a collective vision to achieve 100 percent energy independence at the wastewater treatment plant by 2015," said Alan Johnston, senior engineer, City of Gresham, Oregon. Because of that vision and the work of an innovative ... March 4: OREGON LAWMAKERS AGAIN TRY FOR WILD AND SCENIC DESIGNATION FOR MOLALLA RIVER (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2011/03/molalla_river_wild_and_scenic.html Oregon lawmakers will try once again to secure the highest federal protection for a stretch of the Molalla River, albeit facing an altered political landscape. KITZHABER SEES A PATH TO BRIDGE JOBS CHASM (Salem Statesman Journal) http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110305/NEWS/103050329/-1/7daysarchives/Kitzhaber-sees-path-bridge-jobs-chasm -Columbia River bridge project might create work by 2013, governor says- Oregon's governor said it's possible that construction of a replacement bridge across the Columbia River at Portland could begin in 2013, leading to much-needed jobs. BILL ENABLES AURORA TO BUILD FIRE STATION (Salem Statesman Journal) http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110305/STATE/103050330/-1/7daysarchives/Bill-enables-Aurora-build-fire-station Aurora Rural Fire Protection District would be able to build a central fire station and training center on a 10-acre parcel under a bill that passed the Oregon Senate without dissent. King Estate testimony heard (The Register-Guard) Currently, counties are left to decide these land-use challenges based on a confusing jumble of state laws and court opinions. Goal One Coalition argues that the rules are the rules, and Oregon statute prohibits full-service restaurants, ... Gorge reps brief county commission (Dalles Chronicle) We are looking for Keith's model for the other five counties [Clark, Klickitat and Skamania counties in Wash., and Hood River and Multnomah counties in Oregon]." Part of the Gorge Commission's work, Arens said, is regional coordination of land use ... March 3: Washington County planning commission vote on urban reserves irks County Commission Chairman Andy Duyck (OregonLive.com) Washington County's attempts to pinpoint where growth should and shouldn't occur over the next 50 years just got a lot more complicated -- and contentious. Governor taking right steps to mobilize state (The Times) An immediate effort to increase the number of industrial land sites throughout the state that are quickly able to serve new or expanded industries, This will require streamlining some very complicated local and state permit and land-use processes and ... Gun range aiming to add rifles, pistols (East Oregonian) McLane said the state of Oregon doesn't have rules for how a firing range should be built. The planning commission looked at the club's safety plan and found it adequate, she said, especially in light of the fact that it has never reported an accident. ... March 2: Hillsboro tries to simplify zoning code to hold onto development [http://djcoregon.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/dmc-story-security/key.gif] (Daily Journal of Commerce) The city of Hillsboro is proposing a zoning code amendment that would allow development of a mixed-use project featuring a space to house Lillian's Natural Marketplace. Q&A: New Metro councilor Barbara Roberts (Daily Journal of Commerce) Former Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts last week was sworn in as Metro councilor to fill the District 6 seat vacated by Robert Liberty earlier this year. The DJC recently spoke with Roberts about her experience and her new role. Plan would consolidate Oregon's natural-resources agencies (Statesman-Journal) The sweep also would include the Land Use Board of Appeals, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board and the Forest Resources Institute. All those functions would be consolidated into one state mega-agency, the Oregon Department of Natural Resources ... Debate on land for jobs heads to legislature (News-Times) The economy and record unemployment cast the role of Metro, the regional government that handles land use and other tasks for the region, in new light. Metro's duties include managing the Oregon Zoo, the region's Urban Growth Boundary and the trash ... Feb 28: Group fights Oregon urban renewal bill [http://djcoregon.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/dmc-story-security/key.gif] (Daily Journal of Commerce) Proponents and opponents of urban renewal are coming together to fight an urban renewal bill that even some of them admitted was a good idea. 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: