From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Apr 19 14:06:57 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:06:57 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B591701E3157558@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 18: Portland meets London: A chat with Nicky Gavron (Sustainable Business Oregon) The aim is to focus much of the development on brown-field land alongside a vastly extended and improved public transport system. We use our policy instruments to build demand and shape markets, for instance, in micro-renewables, combined heat power ... Greenpeace Attacks Facebook's Power Supply (ConceivablyTech) "While other companies have chosen Oregon as a good choice given the abundant hydropower, it is expected to become more expensive by the time Facebook's data center is online. Facebook has chosen instead to go with PacifiCorp, a power company that gets ... April 17: FACEBOOK OPENS FIRST PRINEVILLE DATA CENTER (mycentraloregon.com) http://www.mycentraloregon.com/news/local/1305385/Facebook-Opens-First-Prineville-Data-Center.html Facebook leaders, including founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, joined state and local elected officials in Prineville Friday to officially open the company's first custom-built data center. OREGON WELCOMES FACEBOOK CENTER IN PRINEVILLE (Oregon Business Report) http://oregonbusinessreport.com/2011/04/oregon-welcomes-facebook-center-in-prineville/ State Treasurer Ted Wheeler welcomed social media giant Facebook today at the grand opening ceremony at the companys new, state-of-the-art facility in Central Oregon. Psst ... wanna buy a bridge? (The Columbian) That's something land-use planners will have to consider, including health and environmental implications. Boyd, recently named by the state Department of Transportation to represent Washington in the bistate co-directorship of the Columbia River ... April 16: KRIS AND TODD LOCKIE STRUGGLE TO REBUILD AFTER 2009 FLOOD AND PERMIT STRUGGLES WITH CLACKAMAS COUNTY (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2011/04/kris_and_todd_lockie_struggle_to_rebuild_after_2009_flood_and_permit_struggles_with_clackamas_county.html More than two years after floods destroyed Kris and Todd Lockie's creekside home south of Oregon City, the couple find themselves deeply in debt and unable to return to their property. Council to consider rest area (Ashland Daily Tidings) The state Land Use Board of Appeals and the Oregon Court of Appeals previously ruled that ODOT needs to get an exception to Goal 11 to move forward. Construction costs for the Siskiyou Safety Rest Area and Welcome Center would be $7.5 million, ... Conservation group: Siskiyou wild rivers watershed threatened by mining (Ashland Daily Tidings) Neither the staff at the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest nor the US Bureau of Land Management's Medford District could verify the claim numbers late Friday afternoon. The Siskiyou wild rivers area includes most of the streams in Southwest Oregon, ... Bill would open gates for wine-related events (McMinnville News-Register) At present, she said, a winery wishing to add a kitchen and engage in hot-food catering has to win authorization through a land use process designed to ensure it is appropriate for its particular location and circumstances. And she thinks that should ... April 15: BPA, WIND DEVELOPERS ARGUE OVER LOOMING PROBLEM OF TOO MUCH POWER FROM RENEWABLES (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/04/bpa_wind_developers_argue_over.html Under pressure from wind developers and investor-owned utilities around the region, the Bonneville Power Administration this week backed away from a plan to start pulling the plug on wind turbines when it has too much water and wind energy at the same time. Part one: It was worse than we thought (OregonLive.com) Their private Portland lawyers advised they needed to befriend 1000 Friends of Oregon. The environmental group was a watchdog over land use, especially guarding farmland from development. In late 1981, Sheela, Krishna Deva -- better known as KD -- and ... Back taxes to be paid in land sales, developer says (Keizertimes) Chris Eppley, Keizer's city manager, said back taxes can't be considered in a land use decision, which sets out "rights of use," he added. When taxes aren't paid the jurisdictions where the land sits don't get that money, said Susan Gahlsdorf, ... April 14: State's greenhouse gas mandate has Metro, cities thinking about getting public support (Metro News) Eighty percent of Metro area residents support "building more neighborhoods where people can get where they need to go by walking, biking or taking public transit," according to a recent scientific survey. April 13: OREGON FARMERS ADOPT ENERGY EFFICIENCY BUT COULD DO MORE, STATE REPORT SAYS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/04/oregon_farmers_adopt_energy_ef.html Oregon farmers are eager to put up solar panels, grow oil seeds for fuel and use anaerobic digesters to produce electricity from manure, but are held back by up-front costs and uncertain markets, according to a new report. Oregon bill would speed permits past environmental review, critics say (Daily Journal of Commerce) An Oregon bill that would establish more oversight to the permitting process for industrial land - in theory to make the process quicker - is heading to the Senate. Developers champion the bill, but environmentalists say it will allow industry to skirt the public process. A new addition to the graveyard of bad land-use ideas (Daily Journal of Commerce) Senate Bill 766 was featured prominently in the press recently. It is a priority bill for the governor and for some segments of the real estate and business community, particularly those who are frustrated by the city of Portland's North Reach River Plan because of the environmental and fiscal exactions placed on industrial development that [...] April 12: Fans of canine training push bill (Statesman Journal) The bill would would specifically allow dog training on land zoned for exclusive farm use. Currently the statute interprets dog training as being outside the boundaries of permitted land use, and many training facilities throughout Oregon have been ... Wilsonville wants new urban renewal area - around one building (Daily Journal of Commerce) The city of Wilsonville is eager to lure San Jose, Calif.-based solar manufacturer SoloPower - and as many as 500 jobs and investments worth as much as $340 million - to a vacant distribution warehouse. Creation of an enterprise zone, a typical incentive, is not an option, so Wilsonville is looking to create Oregon's first one-building, single-property urban renewal area. April 11: Metro brainstorming how to make commuters ditch cars (Daily Journal of Commerce) According to proposed rules issued by the state Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission earlier this month, Metro should plan to reduce per-capita carbon emissions from passenger vehicles from 2005 levels by 21 percent by 2025. 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