From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Oct 11 15:48:50 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:48:50 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <0BAEA486E031B943A99D9F4E0FC1F73401EC67@DLCDSXCH05.dlcd.state.or.us> 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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John Kitzhaber has nominated four Oregon natural areas for federal wilderness protection, as part of the Obama administration's Crown Jewels initiative. The administration hopes to add wilderness designations to lands controlled by the Bureau of Land Management. October 9: TALK OF COASTAL RESORT BRINGS SWIFT STATE RESPONSE (Eugene Register-Guard) http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/26984793-41/state-county-rhodes-floras-parks.html.csp Curry County commissioners are back to the drawing board with a plan to swap land with the state for a recreational vehicle park and golf course, after a letter from the director of the state Parks and Recreation Department put a damper on the idea. A NIGHTMARE/FAIRY TALE -- OPINION (Eugene Register-Guard) http://www.registerguard.com/web/opinion/26975801-47/rail-port-railroad-state-costs.html.csp -Difficult rescue of rail line should have happy ending- It says much about the sorry state of Americas railroads when Oregonians get amped up over the reopening of a rail line on which track conditions will prohibit speeds of more than 10 mph. October 8: GOV. WANTS WILD ROGUE LISTED AS A 'CROWN JEWEL' (Medford Mail Tribune) http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111008/NEWS/110080325/-1/NEWSMAP Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has sent a natural-treasures wish list to Uncle Sam that includes a portion of the Lower Rogue River drainage. LUBA: Glide concert appeal not our jurisdiction (NRToday.com) The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals recently rejected a bid to stop the concert from taking place. Long after the last note of a rock concert in Glide last month, the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals has rejected a bid to stop the concert from takin. ... Shift to exports raises questions on Jordan Cove (Coos Bay World) Coos County granted land-use permits for the proposed route on the condition that the pipeline be used for imports only. Whether future county commissioners would modify the permits, or the conditions would stand up in court, is unknown. ... Decision in gravel case continues long process (Yamhill Valley News-Register) Given that, Yamhill County was correct in its two-phased approach to the land use application. Deciding one issue at a time makes sense. Here's a ... First, the layer of gravel must be deemed "significant" as defined by Oregon Administrative Rules. That means the site must contain at least 2 million tons of ... Additionally, planning director Mike Brandt said that the state Department of Land Conservation and Development agreed. In the end, commissioners, who admitted they wanted ... October 7: Hillsboro's nature park plans will displace Saint Child from historic Orenco house (OregonLive.com) Over the past decade, the land around the house has been mired in controversial development plans. In 2004, Venture Properties agreed to buy the land from the Elks and proposed building a 252-home subdivision. When Orenco appealed, the Oregon Land Use ... S&H Logging applies for new composting facility in Stafford (OregonLive.com) A public hearing was held on Thursday at the Clackamas County Development Services Building in Oregon City on a conditional use permit being sought by S&H Logging Inc. The permit would allow the construction of a new composting facility and surface ... State panel backs Skamania wind project (The Columbian) Nathan Baker, staff attorney for Friends of the Columbia Gorge, said the council found the Whistling Ridge wind project to be consistent with land use zoning ordinances and state guidelines covering habitat for fish and wildlife. ... Peril in the West (FairWarning) Amid an expansion of roads, pipelines, power lines, wind and solar farms and recreation sites in remote areas of the West, erionite is unregulated, and federal agencies have failed to alert land-use officials, developers and residents of affected areas ... OREGON TO BE NATION'S FIRST BLUEBERRY EXPORTER TO KOREA (Oregon Business Journal) http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2011/10/oregon-to-be-nations-first-blueberry.html The Oregon Department of Agriculture on Wednesday said the state will become the first in the nation to ship fresh blueberries to Korea, opening a potentially lucrative new market to one of Oregon's most promising agricultural exports. October 6: NEWPORT'S YAQUINA BAY MAY SOON NEED A SECOND BRIDGE, BUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT? (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/10/newports_yaquina_bay_may_soon.html The 75-year-old Yaquina Bay Bridge isn't the easy cruise it used to be. These days, you may easily find yourself in a traffic jam, crawling along 135 feet above the bay with more than ample time to appreciate the view. OREGON CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION PUSHES PLAN TO BRING MILLIONS TO PROP UP COUNTY SERVICES (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/10/oregon_congressional_delegatio_1.html With rural counties in Oregon on the brink of financial crisis and even bankruptcy, Sen. Ron Wyden announced a deal Wednesday that could extend a federal program that pours millions of dollars into communities to underwrite law enforcement, schools and libraries. Future offshore renewable energy projects has coastal counties ... (North Coast & Cannon Beach Citizen) Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) coastal planner ... future development, that, he said, would be subject to county land-use authority. ... The Cove stays afloat as Urban Renewal Commission OKs developer's request to ... (OregonLive.com) By Steve Mayes, The Oregonian Oregon City's Urban Renewal Commission agreed Wednesday that developers of The Cove could seek additional land-use permits for the long-delayed project. Changing market conditions and difficulty obtaining financing slowed ... County wants Butte Falls schools to have abandoned fish hatchery (Mail Tribune) They cited the location's remoteness and lofty expenses as reasons not to create a training center on the land. The 13-acre site, formerly run by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, closed in September to offset department budget shortfalls. ... Right-to-farm law gets a boost (Capital Press) A challenge to Oregon's right to farm law has been dismissed without a declarative judgment that the Right to Farm and Right to Forest Act meets constitutional muster. The case is the product of an ongoing dispute, and stemmed from a previous Lane ... PANEL ... - Clatsop County Oregon - Department News Release (Clatsop County) Clatsop County's land-use review program may soon extend beyond the land itself. ... Coordinator, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development ... The scoop on poop (McMinnville News-Register) But if you have enough land and follow the guidelines for where to dig, a hole in the ground is an environmentally sustainable place to put dog poop. Using a composter for disposing of poop doesn't work very well in Oregon, since it has to reach 155 ... October 5: Federal jury hits Forest Grove with $6.5 million verdict for 'abuse of power' (OregonLive.com) In September 2005, the city approved David Hill Development for a binding land use permit to develop the 217-lot subdivision. According to the plaintiff's amended complaint, the city determined as early as October 2005 that the company's proposed sewer ... Ballot on tap in Clackamas County jobs forum (Clackamas Review)... referring to the county's current review of land-use codes. Several commissioners spoke to how the county has turned a special focus to building codes in response to complaints from business owners about regulations. Julie Skirvin of Oregon Iron ... Jill Arens stepping down as executive director of Gorge Commission (The Columbian) Commissioner Harold Abbe, a retired union official who lives in Camas, said Arens has been "a great asset" to the 13-member commission, which sets policy and oversees land-use decisions in the six Gorge counties. "She has been very good at reaching out ... October 4: City close to deal on Orenco Woods property (OregonLive.com) But the city council, the city's planning and zoning hearings board - and eventually the state's Land Use Board of Appeals - disagreed, and the sale went forward in September 2007. After the national housing bubble burst in the fall of 2008, ... Long-term West Hayden Island plan eyed (The Columbian) Audubon's concerns helped scuttle earlier plans for West Hayden Island, which would have developed twice as much land for industrial use. Residents of Hayden Island have also raised concerns about whether future development would bring unwanted traffic ... 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