From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Apr 5 16:03:30 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 16:03:30 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B591701E3157458@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 ____________________________________________________________ April 5: INDUSTRIAL LAND BATTLE UNDERWAY IN SALEM (Oregon Business Journal) http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2011/04/04/industrial-land-battle-underway-in-salem.html An Oregon Senate committee has begun considering a measure intended to boost industrial lands availability. Senate Bill 766, which Gov. John Kitzhaber introduced in hopes of creating more developable manufacturing-zoned lands, was to receive a full hearing Monday afternoon. No runway extension recommended for Aurora State Airport (Woodburn Independent) Wilsonville Mayor Tim Knapp (right) testifies at the Oregon State Aviation Board meeting Thursday about the 20-year plan for the Aurora State Airport. Planners have recommended not extending the runway at this time, but strengthening the runway to ... Council approves Brooklane Heights plans (Corvallis Gazette Times) Each time, neighbors have appealed the council's decision to the state Land Use Board of Appeals. Only the most recent council decision for the plan was affirmed by LUBA. Before construction of the new stormwater facilities can start, the developer ... City sees enough space for housing (Eugene Register-Guard) Mia Nelson of the environmental group 1000 Friends of Oregon praised the analysis for its embrace of mixed-use and redevelopment proposals. Like the home builders, her organization wanted to see a "parcel specific" plan confirming the city's ... April 4: I-5 ROSE QUARTER TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE SUBJECT OF MEETING: CITY, STATE SEEKING IDEAS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/04/i-5_traffic_nightmare_around_r.html The three day charette, April 11, 12 and 13, is an opportunity for the public to "sit down with guidance from engineers, planners and urban designers." Central Oregon cities push their priorities (Bend Bulletin) The bill would allow large commercial solar farms on land zoned for exclusive farm use. But the land would have to be deemed non-valuable farmland. "I coined this new technical term for that land. It's called 'crap land,'" Huffman said. ... April 3: STATE MAY LOOK INTO PRIVATE BRIDGE FUNDING (The Columbian) http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/apr/03/state-may-look-into-private-bridge-funding-bill-pr/ As engineers finalize the design of a new Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River, the next big step will be coming up with the money to build it. April 2: Council mulls Brooklane Heights plan (Corvallis Gazette Times) It was approved three times by the city, amended with conditions and then neighbors appealed it each time to the state Land Use Board of Appeals. The most recent council decision for the plan was affirmed by LUBA. Last month, the council approved the ... April 1: STATE RULES PUSH METRO TO SLASH CARBON EMISSIONS (Portland Tribune) http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=130169253809046000 Metro must devise a plan to slash carbon emissions from passenger vehicles, under a proposed state regulation issued Friday. Clackamas County planning commissioners recommend denying Molalla ... (OregonLive.com) By Yuxing Zheng, The Oregonian OREGON CITY -- Molalla's nearly six-year, $250000 attempt at updating its comprehensive plan and designating a 50-year supply of urban reserves stumbled at the first Clackamas County obstacle this week. ... INITIAL AURORA STATE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PLANS INCREASE RUNWAY CAPACITY, NOT LENGTH (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/wilsonville/index.ssf/2011/04/initial_aurora_airport_plans_i.html The Aurora State Airport runway will remain 5,000 feet long for another two decades under a detailed proposal released today, capping a three-week debate centered on the airport's future growth. ROSS ISLAND RESTORATION COULD TAKE A DECADE LONGER THAN PLANNED (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/04/ross_island_restoration_could.html When Ross Island Sand & Gravel won a key endorsement for downsizing its restoration work on the Willamette River island in 2002, a big reason was the company's declaration that it would finish the work in a decade. Tax Increases Not A Popular Solution For Greenhouse Gas Problem (OPB) The Portland area will have to find ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 21 percent over the next 25 years, under draft rules the state released this week. A new poll out Friday shows Portlanders like some solutions better than others. March 31: STATE TELLS COOS COUNTY TO RECONSIDER LNG LINE (Eugene Register-Guard) http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26067924-41/pipeline-county-coos-gas-lng.html.csp -Foes of the natural gas line say the ruling is a victory for landowners and oysters- An Oregon land use board has told Coos County to take a new look at two provisions of the approval for construction of the first leg of a pipeline that would carry imported liquefied natural gas from Southwestern Oregon to California. March 30: FEDS APPROVE DESIGN FOR PORTLAND-MILWAUKIE LIGHT-RAIL LINE (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/03/feds_give_design_for_portland-.html TriMet can move full speed ahead on a final design of the $1.5 billion Portland-Milwaukie light rail line. 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: