From casaria.r.tuttle at state.or.us Tue Mar 15 12:02:31 2011 From: casaria.r.tuttle at state.or.us (Tuttle, Casaria R.) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:02:31 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] DLCD Press Release - Governor taps DLCD's Richard Whitman; LCDC appoints Jerry Lidz as acting director of DLCD Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B591701E3119E97@dlcdsxch01> Good afternoon. Please find attached a press release from the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. This is also on the DLCD webpage at http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/news_2011.shtml If you have any questions please let me know. Casaria Tuttle | Rules, Records & Policy Coordinator/Asst to Deputy Director Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 322 | Fax: (503) 378-5518 casaria.r.tuttle at state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/LCD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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 ____________________________________________________________ March 15: Forestry report chronicles land-use changes in Oregon (OregonLive.com) By The Hillsboro Argus A new report says 98 percent of Oregon's land designated in 1974 as non-federal forest, agricultural and farmland remains in that use today. Unlike many other states, Oregon has held onto almost all of its resource land during ... Portland to delay airport land-use rules (Bizjournals.com) The city began rethinking the land-use section of the airport futures plan after a state decision regarding the River Plan spotlighted the city's lack of industrial land. In January, Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals asked the city to reconsider ... Wilsonville City Council to talk airport Thursday night (Wilsonville Spokesman) Last July, city and Clackamas County officials testified in front of the Oregon Transportation Commission that if the agency funded the Aurora Airport tower project, it should only do so after a complete study of the land use and transportation for all ... Ocean resources will be next fight (Daily Astorian) As reporter Deeda Schroeder neatly summarized in our story Thursday, there's prime real estate off Oregon's coast. Figuring out who gets to use what has the potential to become a political, legal and economic quagmire for decades to come. ... Wilsonville, Tualatin city councils discuss Basalt Creek Industrial Area (Wilsonville Spokesman) Goddard said there is a bill introduced in the Legislature that will allow the cities to plan the road, even though some of the property isn't in the urban growth boundary - something not allowed by Oregon land use law. The bill was brought forward by ... March 14: Hearings set on 2 permits for UO (Register-Guard) The reports indicate that the proposal substantially complies with applicable land use standards. The projects will be built at the athletics complex around Autzen Stadium. The complex is a short distance from the Willamette River, and a greenway ... Oregon company teams with engineer to turn duckweed into electricity (The Republic) "We're having to deal with the land-use planning people, Fish and Game, water resources and lot of state agencies," he said. "Everyone wants to know what's going on, and they definitely want some money." "Hopefully," he said, "we'll be through the ... March 12: THE COST OF GREEN: HUGE EASTERN OREGON WIND FARM RAISES BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT STATE, FEDERAL SUBSIDIES (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/03/post_20.html The gravel haulers start rolling down Oregon 74 before dawn, their air brakes bellowing under the heavy loads they ferry into the neighboring hills. SHEPHERDS FLAT WIND FARM: WHAT'S THE COST TO TAXPAYERS? (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/03/post_19.html The Business Energy Tax Credit started life in the 1970s as a conservation and clean energy incentive, but the chief rationale has become economic development -- namely green jobs. ONLINE REPORT DETAILS CHANGES IN FORESTS, NON-FEDERAL LANDS (Salem Statesman Journal) http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110313/STATE/103130362/-1/7daysarchives/Online-report-details-changes-forests-non-federal-lands The "Forests, Farms and People" report can now be found on the Oregon Department of Forestry website. Compiled by the Oregon Department of Forestry and U.S. Forest Service from detailed analyses of thousands of aerial photographs, the 74-page report examines changes in activity on non-federal lands between 1974 and 2009. River Loop residents not thrilled that new facility would house hospice patients (KMTR NewsSource 16) To the neighbors, land use is the biggest issue at hand. They say there are clear guidelines via the state of Oregon and in Lane County and building this facility would violate the guidelines. Also, while the judge and Cascade both use 'seamless' as a ... Court remands McClure decision (Newberg Graphic) But the passage of Measure 49 curtailed development allowed under Measure ... Gordon Cook in the subsequent appeal of his case to the Oregon Supreme Court. ... March 11: BILL WOULD SPECIFY ANNEXATION MAJORITIES (Salem Statesman Journal) http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110311/STATE/103110341/-1/7daysarchives/Bill-would-specify-annexation-majorities A bill pending in the House Rules Committee would require separate counts of city and county voters, and majorities of both would be needed for approval of annexations of 20 acres or more. Land-use bills draw unexpected broad support (Daily Journal of Commerce) Land-use planning in Oregon is a lot like religion, says Sen. Chris Edwards. There's this side and that side, and never the two shall meet. This year in Salem, however, something new is afoot, and Edwards likes what he sees. CLATSOP BOARD MOVES TOWARD REVERSAL ON LNG DECISION (Oregon Public Broadcasting) http://news.opb.org/article/77319-clatsop-board-moves-toward-reversal-lng-decision/ The Clatsop County Commission has taken a big step toward reversing the land-use approval for the Oregon LNG liquefied natural gas project in Warrenton. March 10: How will we divide up the ocean? (Daily Astorian) Nick Furman, executive director of the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, represented ocean users - people who make their living from the sea. Bob Bailey, manager of the Ocean and Coastal Division for Oregon Land Conservation and Development, ... Clatsop County votes against LNG project in Warrenton (OregonLive.com) The county's five-member Board of Commissioners had previously voted that the pipeline project was consistent with county land use laws. But three newly elected commissioners were sworn in Jan. 12 and immediately voted to re-examine their predecessors' ... Residents unhappy with Washington County land-use decisions gather in Forest ... (OregonLive.com) The proposal will get a public hearing Tuesday, but has already been met with objections from area land-use groups, including some who will participate in the weekend summit. Commissioners Dick Schouten and Greg Malinowski, who have been on the losing ... Police tower's future remains undecided (Mail Tribune) Last week, the council reaffirmed the city is allowed to build a public utilities tower for use by police and fire departments without public notification. In the meantime, neighbors have appealed to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. ... State will outline alternatives for Aurora airport Thursday (Wilsonville Spokesman) This alternative also includes an improved instrument approach system that would allow planes to land with visibility at three-quarters of a mile. This plan would also allow planes with faster approach speeds from 120 to 140 knots to use the Aurora ... Up next: Making 99E look better (Woodburn Independent) The project is meant to outline land use and transportation strategies over the next 10 to 20 years, he said. The goal is to improve the corridor's function, viability and aesthetic appeal. Now that business owners have been queried, the consultant ... How does preserving land prevent global warming? (The Mercury) The Act protects some 2 million acres outright as wilderness in nine different states (California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia) and requires the Bureau of Land Management to prioritize conservation on ... March 8: Keizer approves master plan for big-box store (Daily Journal of Commerce) The Keizer City Council on Monday approved a master plan for a new 116,000-square-foot, large-format retail store and a 36,000-square-foot, mixed-use building to be built on a parcel near Interstate 5. But the council's approval of the master plan stifles a citizen-driven ballot measure being voted on today that would stop the development. LNG pipeline project gets another hearing in Clatsop County (OregonLive.come) The original approval had been appealed to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals by the conservation group Columbia Riverkeeper. But before LUBA had a chance to rule on the appeal, the commissioners voted 4-1 to withdraw their previous approval to ... Scappoose council approves plan for UGB expansion (South County Spotlight) Portland-based real estate consultants Johnson Reid, which the city has used on prior occasions to conduct land-use studies, had prepared the analysis. Mayor Scott Burge said he believed the analysis' job projections are similar to what existed prior ... Reserving farmland (News-Times) Duyck recalls Linda Peters, a former Washington County Chair, testifying in front of LCDC against the land north of Cornelius, a stance long held down by 1000 Friends of Oregon, the land use advocacy group, and the Washington County Farm Bureau. ... Life is Good Ranch takes a bad turn (Mail Tribune) Davis' attorney, Sydnee Dreyer of Huycke, O'Connor, Jarvis & Lohman, LLP in Medford, plans to appeal Rubenstein's ruling to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. "The only way they can hang onto the property is if they can rent the property," said ... 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: