From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Jun 21 11:59:38 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:59:38 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B591701E530A9D0@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 ____________________________________________________________ June 21: CAN THE LEGISLATURE KILL OREGON'S WINE INDUSTRY? (Medford Mail Tribune) http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110621/OPINION/106210302/-1/NEWSMAP Do you want to see headlines like this: "Medford to host wine tourism event in November" or like this: "Fruit Growers League disbands after 96 years"? The wine industry is one of the few economic bright spots in Oregon's economic picture. With a little encouragement that can continue. But there's a black cloud on the horizon. Oregon's Legislature is in session and is considering House Bill 3280, an esoteric land-use bill of the type that usually flies under the radar. The kind that often creates damage we never can quite trace back to its cause. FARM ACTIVITIES BILL HEADS TO GOVERNOR'S DESK (East Oregonian) http://www.eastoregonian.com/news/regional/farm-activities-bill-heads-to-governor-s-desk/article_d54293c6-9b6a-11e0-bfa5-001cc4c03286.html A farm activities bill designed to clarify allowable activities on farmland is headed to the desk of Gov. John Kitzhaber after the Oregon House June 17 approved it by a vote of 53-5. Senate Bill 960, which came out of a work group that included Associated Oregon Counties and Oregon Farm Bureau, provides guidance to counties for regulating farm activities. June 20: Woody biomass produces clean energy jobs (Politico) After forest restoration projects on federal land, this waste has traditionally been put in piles to rot or be burned. But this renewable waste can be turned into a source of energy. It's already happening in Oregon and holds great promise for creating ... Highway 34 neighbors worry over construction plans (Corvallis Gazette Times) A northside frontage road will be built from Wolcott to the Oregon State University-Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife compound, with a bike path from there to the South Bypass intersection. Timeline: Underway and expected to be completed by this ... Clatsop County seeks attorney fees from Oregon Pipeline (Coast River Business Journal) Clatsop County filed a motion in circuit court Monday seeking reimbursement for more than $60000 in attorney fees incurred in the legal dispute over the county's jurisdiction of the Oregon Pipeline LLC land-use application. The motion claims the county ... Land Use Law Alert: Oregon Legislature Passes Fast-Track ... (Stoel Rives LLP) Land Use Law Alert: Oregon Legislature Passes Fast-Track Industrial ... (Oregon Business Development Department, Department of Land Conservation and ... June 18: Complaint alleges Methven violating permit (McMinnville News-Register) By Hannah Hoffman The land use advocacy group Friends of Yamhill County filed a complaint against Methven Family Vineyards Monday, alleging the winery operation is violating the terms of a conditional use permit it obtained from the county six years ... Metro tees up options at Northeast Portland's Glendoveer Golf Course (OregonLive.com) It's an issue that's equal parts links and land-use. Golf play is decreasing nationally, Glendoveer included, and the course sits on 242 mostly-wooded acres in a part of town that could use more open space. Glendoveer includes two 18-hole layouts, ... June 17: NOAA KEEPS OREGON COASTAL COHO ON ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/06/noaa_keeps_oregon_coastal_coho.html NOAA Fisheries said today it would keep Oregon coast coho salmon listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act despite relatively high returns of the fish in recent years. Jamie Damon, Clackamas County's newest commissioner, has a reputation for ... (OregonLive.com) Although she never previously held public office, she has spent years mediating a number of government-related issues such as land use, urbanization, transportation, social services and public safety. Her experience includes work on the Stafford ... INDUSTRIAL LANDS BILL WINS FINAL OREGON LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/06/industrial_lands_bill_wins_fin.html A bill meant to speed the permitting of major industrial projects within urban growth boundaries won final legislative approval in the Oregon House Thursday on a 51-9 vote. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS: OREGON NEW WATER STANDARDS; ATTACK ON WATER RULES; CLEAN WATER ACT QUIZ (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/06/environmental_news_oregon_new.html Nobody wants dirty water, but safe-to-drink, clean water remains elusive in rivers, streams and oceans. So, for more than 40 years the country has enacted laws and standards to help clean up waterways. June 16: What's next for former mill's land? (West Linn Tidings) CenterCal, developer of Bridgeport Village and of a controversial shopping mall called The Rivers proposed in Oregon City, confirmed in March that the company was interested in the waterfront property for a mixed-use development to complement The ... The Unfulfilled Promise of the World's Marine Protected Areas (Yale Environment 360) "This is the first time that larval dispersal has been shown to be one of the mechanisms underlying what we call the seeding effect of marine reserves," said Mark Hixon, an Oregon State University marine ecologist and former chair of NOAA's Marine ... GORGE COMMISSION REACTS TO BUDGET CUTS (The Columbian) http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/jun/15/gorge-commission-reacts-to-budget-cuts/ -Review deadlines relaxed to aid strained planners- The Columbia River Gorge Commission, facing new cuts to its already slashed budget, took action Tuesday to give its tiny planning staff more time to review development applications from Gorge counties. June 15: Casino Developments Get a Boost (Wall Street Journal) The policy shift is poised to revive numerous plans for off-reservation casino projects, from the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon to the Catskills in New York. And it comes as Indian tribes increasingly need casino revenue to create jobs and help offset ... Rep. Sprenger reviews legislation as 2011 session winds down (Lebanon Express) She discovered that the issue isn't that you can't make wine from fruits other than grapes, but how you use your property. The work group will delve into the land use issues and the legal definition of "winery." O'Driscoll and representatives of the ... Sewer spat: The devil is in the details (Oregon City News) It'll certainly take many more meetings for local leaders to hammer out details in the rate dispute, but it could help negotiations if they put aside the various land-use issues involved with the Kellogg Wastewater Treatment Plant, ... Growth at a Crossroads - the Intersection of Water Law and Land ... But on a secondary level, Oregon's land use laws also govern natural ... to both OWRD and the Department of Land Conservation and Development (sometimes ... www.jordanramis.com/articles/article0213.html Lawsuits likely from BPA wind power shut down (Daily Journal of Commerce) The Bonneville Power Administration's recent response to a short-term oversupply of energy - requiring wind farms to power down without compensation for lost revenue - reflects the agency's failure to adapt to the evolving Northwest power marketplace. June 13: Progress made for contractors in Oregon Legislature (Daily Journal of Commerce) Last fall, I joined contractors and others to discuss and define top priorities for the Oregon Legislature's 2011 session. Following Election Day, we knew that at least one of the chambers would be split evenly, so we would need to be precise in our goals. 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