From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Sep 27 15:32:03 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:32:03 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B59170229920E82@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 ____________________________________________________________ September 27: CRC legal challenge to go before Oregon appeals board (The Columbian) By Eric Florip Four Oregon groups attempting to derail the Columbia River Crossing with a legal challenge will make their case before the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals this Thursday. The appeal specifically challenges an August decision by Metro to ... CRC legal challenge to be heard Thursday (Portland Tribune) By Jim Redden The first legal challenge to the Columbia River Crossing will be heard by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals on Thursday. The board will hear arguments about Metro's approval of the Land Use Final Order allowing construction of the ... Neighborhood group to challenge Columbia River Crossing at LUBA hearing (Daily Journal of Commerce) A northeast Portland neighborhood coalition is one of four groups that plan to challenge the Columbia River Crossing project to expand a stretch of Interstate 5 around the Columbia River. Portland's Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods and the Coalition for a Livable Future have filed an appeal against Metro's recent approval of the Columbia River Crossing Land [...] Editorial: Surprise, surprise (Daily Astorian) Remember when Northern Star LLC hustled Clatsop County to gain land-use approval for an LNG import terminal at Bradwood. Skeptics of that plan doubted there was sufficient demand for imported natural gas. Northern Star insisted the facility was for ... Gas pipeline export talk not a surprise to LNG opponents (Mail Tribune) "From the perspective of a private property owner, this feels more and more like it could be the use of eminent domain for profits for a private company," said Barker, who is among other project opponents meeting today with representatives of Gov. ... ON GLOBAL WARMING, OREGONIANS SEE 'SEPARATE REALITIES,' SURVEY FINDS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/on_global_warming_oregonians_s.html When it comes to views on global warming, Oregonians are living in "separate realities" based on political ideology, a new online survey indicates. Liberals and conservatives do line up on a lack of enthusiasm for coal and affection for energy conservation that knocks down utility bills, the survey commissioned by Oregon's Global Warming Commission found. ARE GREEN BUILDINGS REALLY SAVING ENERGY? (OregonBusiness) http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/104-october-2011/5928-are-green-buildings-really-saving-energy A couple of years after the Natural Capital Center, a pioneering green office building in the Pearl District, was completed in 2001, the LEED gold-rated structure underwent a post-occupancy evaluation to see if it really consumed less energy than a conventional office building. September 24: UGB process mired in legal morass (McMinnville News-Register) State land use law already says cities must consider expansion onto farmland a ... in conjunction with the Department of Land Conservation and Development. ... Land-use battle continues in Keizer (Statesman Journal) A development company and the city of Keizer have filed petitions for judicial review with the Oregon Court of Appeals. The city filed a petition recently that announces its intention to file a brief disputing a decision the Land Use Board of Appeals ... AT HAYDEN ISLAND INTERCHANGE, THE COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING WILL CAST A HUGE FOOTPRINT (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/at_hayden_island_interchange_t.html On the docks of Jantzen Beach Moorage, looking out over the silent blue-green current of North Portland Harbor, the roar of I-5 fades. LNG SHIFT NEEDS HARD LOOK -- OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard) http://www.registerguard.com/web/opinion/26925007-47/gas-lng-energy-export-terminals.html.csp Just a few years ago, energy companies trying to build liquefied natural gas import terminals in Oregon scoffed at the idea of switching their projects to export facilities. September 23: Bidding on the Blue Heron (OregonLive.com) No one knows yet what the price of the mill property would be -- the value has been pegged in the vicinity of $4.4 million -- but Oregon City has long coveted the riverfront site for a possible mixed-use development of retail, office and residential. ... Oregon's economy: Little for lawmakers to do but wait and think long-term (OregonLive.com) Potiowsky cautioned against jumping too fast or trying too hard to lure businesses by messing with environmental regulations, land use laws or the state's tax code. By and large, he said, those factors aren't big enough to drive out business. ... Wyden calls for 'time-out' on LNG (Daily Astorian) That shouldn't be a hurdle; other companies have received export licenses. Land-use permits for the import terminal were complete, and environmental permitting was well advanced, Braddock said. The Oregonian and The Associated Press contributed to this ... LRA plan questioned during Depot forum (Hermiston Herald) The discussion of land use and time tables may be moot, however. According to Hansell and Perkins, the LRA currently has no authority. The Department of Defense announced earlier this year that the Base Realignment and Closure regulations governing the ... NYU study finds congestion pricing works best when partnered with land-use ... (e! Science News) The conclusion arises from an examination households' VMT data in a pilot mileage-fee program run in Portland, Oregon. The analysis sought to determine whether land-use planning reinforced the benefit of congestion pricing, and whether congestion ... BACKERS OF COOS BAY LNG SITE TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL EXPORT LICENSE (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/09/coos_bay_lng_backers_to_apply.html The backers of a controversial proposal to build a liquefied natural gas import terminal in Coos Bay took the first step Thursday to convert their project to an export terminal. September 22: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR REMOVAL OF KLAMATH DAMS IN OREGON, CALIFORNIA RELEASED (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/noaa_releases_environmental_im.html The long-awaited environmental impact statement from the Interior Department says removing four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River in California and Oregon would help boost salmon runs in a river marked by poor water quality and fish disease. TROUBLED PROJECT TO STRAIGHTEN U.S. 20 DELAYED AGAIN BY CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/09/troubleed_us_20_project_delaye.html With one completion date passed and a new one about to come and go, the largest contract let by the Oregon Department of Transportation no longer has a projected finish line. ODOT: ROAD PROJECTS MAY BE CUT (Salem Statesman Journal) http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110922/NEWS/109220337/-1/7daysarchives/ODOT-Road-projects-may-cut -Officials cite lower revenue from gasoline taxes, less federal funds- Oregon transportation officials say they may have to scale back plans for highway work because revenue from road users is coming in more slowly than expected. Metro considers tapping natural-areas fund to buy industrialized Oregon City site (OregonLive.com) If Metro buys the land, it will years before it opens to the public or results in new commercial projects. "Don't expect a park there in two years," said Metro Councilor Carlotta Collette, whose district includes Oregon City. ... Jordan Cove proposes exports (Coos Bay World) The land-use hearing was held for the proposed natural-gas pipeline through Haynes Inlet connecting the Jordan Cove terminal to a pipeline near Malin. Jordan Cove Energy Project hopes a $50 piece of paper will redeem its $80 million investment on Coos ... Hospice foes face bill for challenge (The Register-Guard) He cited a prior Oregon Court of Appeals opinion that individual members of the public should not face "economic ruin" for participating in land use deliberations against "opponents with far greater economic resources." Page's husband, Chris Page, ... Co-speaker: Tough choices loom (Albany Democrat Herald) He also said the legislature missed a bet when it failed to approve some land use reforms, including a measure that would have allowed counties to experiment with a regional land use approach. He challenged his business-friendly audience to call ... September 21: Scappoose voters support urban growth boundary expansion plan (Daily Journal of Commerce) Slightly more than 53 percent of the Scappoose voters who turned out for a special election on Tuesday voted in favor of a citizen-driven referendum that asked whether they supported a city plan to expand its urban growth boundary by 365 acres. The plan is scheduled to now go before the Columbia County Board of Commissioners. Final approval would come from the state Land Conservation and Development Commission. 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: