From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Aug 9 15:27:23 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 15:27:23 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B591701E530AC55@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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Washington County land reserves map recommended for approval (Daily Journal of Commerce) The Department of Land Conservation and Development has given a vote of confidence to Washington County and its retooled map of where it can expand its urban growth boundary in the coming 50 years. DLCD last week released a 60-page report that addressed concerns outlined by the Land Conservation and Development Commission when it remanded Washington ... August 7: DEBT DEAL COULD DEAL COLUMBIA BRIDGE A BLOW (Salem Statesman Journal) http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110807/UPDATE/110807001/-1/7daysarchives/Debt-deal-could-deal-Columbia-bridge-blow One casualty of the coming federal budget crunch could be a new $3 billion bridge carrying Interstate 5 across the Columbia River. AGENCY HAS COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING FUNDING CONCERNS (The Columbian) http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/aug/07/agency-has-crc-funding-concerns/ One of the agencies that signed off on plans for the Columbia River Crossing has also expressed its concerns about how the project is going to pay for itself. The Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council gave its approval to the CRCs Final Environmental Impact Statement last week, but included two amended statements expressing its worries about the $2.63 billion to $3.76 billion projects finances. WHY NOT HERE? (Medford Mail Tribune) http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110807/NEWS/108070320/-1/BIZ >From time to time during the past decade, business magazines and technology journals have highlighted the new wave of rural entrepreneurs who were escaping the cities to carry on major economic enterprises in beautiful places surrounded by nature. Trend-spotters were proclaiming that technology would increasingly free city dwellers of their urban-industrial chains so they could live far from urban sprawl. The Great Riparian Conspiracy (Corvallis Gazette Times) Opposition to Benton County's proposal for protected riparian corridors has been simmering for months, with rural landowners - especially in the Alsea Valley - objecting to what they call an unwarranted intrusion on their property rights. August 6: OSU RATED MOST GREEN (Corvallis Gazette-Times) http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_947c587a-bff2-11e0-a5ef-001cc4c03286.html Oregon State University has been named to the Princeton Reviews 2012 Green Rating Honor Roll the only university in Oregon to achieve the distinction. August 5: New Rules for Oregon Wineries (Wine Spectator) The legislation permits wineries to operate tasting rooms and host events on properties zoned as exclusive farm-use land. Vintners estimate that 60 percent of Oregon wineries reside on this type of land. While it does not affect existing wineries in ... $1.45 million planning grant: a help or a waste? (The Register-Guard) The grants are part of the Obama administration's goal to get HUD, the US Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency to consider a range of issues - such as affordable housing, transportation, land use, public health and ... Urban renewal triggers Clackamas County duel (Daily Journal of Commerce) While a citizens group is only days away from submitting signatures for a ballot measure that, if approved by voters, would require major urban renewal decisions in Clackamas County to go before voters, county officials are looking to craft a competing measure. August 4: Wave energy developers eager to learn Oregon's plans for zoning (Daily Journal of Commerce) Oregon's coastal waters continue to appeal to ocean energy developers, but they say progress is tied to state zoning, which may not be finalized until next summer. The state in 2007 established Oregon Wave Energy Trust, a public-private nonprofit charged with growing the wave energy industry, but not one full-scale device has been placed into the ... Public participation: Metro says it's ready to listen -- so let's speak up (OregonLive.com) Born of Oregon's 30-year-old system of centralized land-use planning, touted at the time as the way of the future but yet to be imitated by any other state, Metro has been composed of the far left, advocating for the far left. ... Golf course cell tower approved (The Register-Guard) Bill Kloos, a land use attorney who represents Oakway area residents fighting the tower, said his clients have yet to decide whether to appeal. But Kloos said any of the involved parties, including AT&T, could seek a different outcome before the ... Bennett finalist in Metro search (Ashland Daily Tidings) Metro works on transportation, land use, sustainability, recreation and tourism issues, among other tasks. It's in charge of everything from garbage collection to running the Oregon Zoo. With an annual budget of $385 million, Metro has a budget about ... August 3: Mixed results from Sunday school legislature (OPB News) Also left behind were bills to increase timber harvests and to give more authority to regional governments over land use. Ferrioli also pushed a bill to secure the privacy rights of concealed weapons permit holders, but Democratic opponents killed it. Land-use board hears arguments on Keizer (Statesman-Journal) Land Use Board of Appeals listened to oral arguments from two attorneys on a Keizer City Council decision about a development. Board chairwoman Melissa Ryan said the three-attorney board will issue an opinion by Aug. 19 on whether to uphold City ... Schools, hospital relocation making slow but steady progress (Seaside Signal) When a price agreement is reached, the district must go to the Land Use Board of Appeals for approval of an extension of the city of Seaside's urban growth boundary, as the property is located outside the current boundary. The district isn't yet sure ... BC's liquefied natural gas leaves Oregon lovestruck (Vancouver Sun) Oregon is not without potential obstacles as well. "LNG opponents have proven a potent force in Oregon, mounting effective legal challenges to local land-use approvals and mobilizing political opposition," reporter Sickinger noted. ... Oregon Gas Drilling: Different Challenges Between Sandstone and Coal Beds (OPB - Earthfix) Hydraulic fracturing hasn't been necessary for the region's only operating gas wells, located in northwestern Oregon. 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