From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Aug 16 13:05:16 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:05:16 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B59170205B11A3E@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 ____________________________________________________________ August 14: Sweet Home cancer survivor wants to build small dam, reservoir (Albany Democrat Herald) David Harmon wants to use the elevation change of Two Girls Creek to run his hydro project. (Mark Ylen/Democrat-Herald) SWEET HOME - Civil engineer Dave Harmon spent decades designing bridges, first for the Oregon Department of Transportation and then ... August 13: COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING COULD BE A CASUALTY OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET CRUNCH (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/08/columbia_river_crossing_could.html Can the Columbia River Crossing survive the Tea Party? The historic deficit-reduction deal that conservative Republicans wrested from the Obama administration two weeks ago, as well as the subsequent downgrade of U.S. government debt by Standard & Poor's, has delivered a potent one-two punch to business as usual in Washington, D.C. FARMERS SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES AS OREGON'S GRASS SEED INDUSTRY DECLINES IN ACREAGE, VALUE AND SMOKE (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/08/farmers_search_for_alternative.html It's the summer of discontent for Oregon's grass seed industry, once king of the Willamette Valley. The market remains poor and the list of successful, money-making alternative crops is short. On top of that, the harvest is two weeks late. Tower violates setback distance (Mail Tribune) By Hannah Guzik The city of Medford broke its own setback rules when it built a 130-foot emergency communications tower too close to east Medford homes, the state Land Use Board of Appeals has ruled. The controversial tower that looms above treetops in ... Civic saved? Group offers to lease historic stadium (KVAL) The district requested proposals for leases after rejecting three competing plans for the land: a Fred Meyer mixed-use development, the Eugene YMCA and the Save Civic Stadium organization's hope to re-use the facility. As of 4 pm Friday, ... August 12: Oregon's Metro balks over CRC document approval (The Columbian) The appeal process for the Land Use Final Order is a rather short one: Opponents of the Columbia River Crossing will have 14 days to appeal its passage to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. Once the board rules, further appeals go straight to the ... Metro says CRC impact needs more study (Portland Business Journal) The approval of the land use final order, by a 6 to 1 count, is a formality that lets the project move forward under Oregon's land planning laws. Metro set no timetable as to when it would reconsider the project's environmental implications. ... The Importance of Regional Planning That Matters (The Atlantic) By Kaid Benfield The Places to Grow land use plan for the region of Ontario around Toronto and Hamilton (image above) is one of the best I have seen. I will discuss it more below, but you can tell how well-conceived it is just by looking at the amount ... Sam Adams commits to helping Milwaukie entice minor league baseball team (OregonLive.com) "They've been through land use planning before with PGE Park and Rose Garden Arena," Ferguson said. "They've really got the expertise and we've got the TGM grant." Milwaukie wants to buy an 8-acre property where an Oregon Department of Transportation ... Oregon's waves have draw from near and far (Sustainable Business Oregon blog) While it's clear that the waves in Oregon are growing up, it's still a frontier, hardly without its challenges. There's ample parity between the emerging wave technologies. Developers are struggling with grid connection and land use. ... Umatilla receives $390000 for Safe Routes to School (Hermiston Herald) "We're going to be improving the bicycle and pedestrian access to our schools, and hopefully this will make the Umatilla River footbridge that much safer and much more enjoyable to use." Because part of the project will affect land owned by the US Army ... IN AUTO TEST IN EUROPE, METER TICKS OFF MILES, AND FEE TO DRIVER (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/science/earth/11meter.html As Sander Van Dedem recalled watching the charges tick up every 10 seconds on the dashboard meter on the way to the airport, he resolved to try public transportation next time. Looking at the money makes you realize that a car isnt always a good idea, said Mr. Van Dedem, a commercial sales manager for I.B.M. here. August 11: ODOT SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT FOR STATEWIDE PLAN (Salem Statesman Journal) http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110811/NEWS/108110349/-1/7daysarchives/ODOT-seeking-public-input-statewide-plan Oregon Department of Transportation is seeking public comment on a statewide transportation capital improvement program. August 9: Metro sets target for housing needs (Daily Journal of Commerce) A "jumping off point" was established for discussions about how much land for housing should be included in an urban growth boundary expansion, if Metro Council were to green-light one. During a work session last week, Metro Council determined that if it chose to expand the UGB, the incoming land would need to be able to ... 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