From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Oct 18 15:32:36 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:32:36 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <0BAEA486E031B943A99D9F4E0FC1F734022D30@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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Turning wood into oil, in two simple steps (Reuters India) Wheeler's process could entice the paper industry to take a second look at Maine, Oregon and other timber-rich states. "This is the kind of stuff you could do in a pulp and paper mill," Wheeler said. "Paper plants are already used to high temperatures. ... October 17: Landowners sue for Measure 37 compensation (Capital Press) A property rights group claims some Oregon landowners are still owed compensation for zoning restrictions under a now-defunct Oregon land use law. Citizens for Constitutional Fairness and individual landowners allege they were unconstitutionally ... The right choice for growth (OregonLive.com) The fight over dollars plays out everywhere, whether it's about school closings in Lake Oswego or a mall developer's subsidy in Oregon City or improved pedestrian features along treacherous stretches of McLoughlin Boulevard. ... October 15: Hanford stimulus spending called a success (The News Tribune) Before cleanup the land was dotted with buildings, research sites and debris that was not consistent with its use as a national monument. Gone are Cold War military buildings, many of the communication towers that once stood across the top of ... October 14: Commissioners scratch golf course/park (Curry County Reporter) Before voting Commissioner Waddle restated his previous position that he believed the land use laws could be complicated with the proposal. After voting to drop the golf courses/community park proposal the commissioners launched into discussing forming ... How Umatilla chemical weapons changed NW history (Crosscut) Just ahead were Vortex, the nation's only state-sponsored rock festival, which McCall arranged to head off possible violence from anti-military protests against an American Legion conference in Portland; the state's land-use laws; verbal blasts at the ... Florida Repeals Smart Growth Law (Canada Free Press) Under the law, local jurisdictions were required to adopt comprehensive land use plans stipulating where development could and could not occur. These plans were subject to approval by the state Department of Community Affairs, an agency now abolished ... October 13: Iberdrola halts work on $100 million Lakeview biomass project (OregonLive.com) Greg Walden, and was a prized piece of Lake County's strategy to be Oregon's leading sustainable energy county. At the Oregon Leadership Summit in Portland last December, speakers cited the plant as an example of the way that Oregon's rural areas could ... City digs for money to keep streetcar on track (Portland Tribune) It will cross the river south of the Marquam Bridge, between South Waterfront and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. The $10.5 million is only part of the money still needed for the loop. An additional $20 million is also required to buy four ... Composting proposal creates a stink (West Linn Tidings) According to the county, S&H needs a conditional-use permit for composting and land mining to happen on the site, which has a Borland Road address but is accessible from Stafford Road. S&H Logging's landscaping supply store sits just southeast of the ... Three books lead to a land-use revolution (Daily Journal of Commerce) Recently, Edward Sullivan was asked to speak at a law school conference in Chicago. The conference was to commemorate "The Quiet Revolution in Land Use Control," which was published 40 years ago. That book was one of three significant publications which, taken together, led to a significant change in the way land-use controls are employed in the United States. OREGON PROPOSES APPROVAL OF OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES' WAVE ENERGY PROJECT OFF REEDSPORT (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/10/oregon_regulators_propose_appr.html Oregon environmental regulators today proposed approving a New Jersey company's plan to put 10 wave energy buoys off the central Oregon coast. October 12: OREGON'S OBESITY CRISIS: SEEKING SOLUTIONS IN THE DESIGN OF CITIES AND SUBURBS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2011/10/obesity_crisis_seeking_solutio.html The way we've built cities and neighborhoods appears to be making us fatter and less healthy. Subdivisions designed for cars discourage walking. Fast food outlets and convenience stores offer a bounty of cheap, high-calorie, nutrient-poor food. Some city dwellers live miles from the nearest park. New program to expand, enhance use of LIDAR sensing technology (Space Daily) by Staff Writers Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyze soil movements caused by active landslides and erosion and use the powerful tool of ... County may be sued over riparian rules (Corvallis Gazette Times) "It affects everybody's property, and to an extent that is pretty traumatic to anyone who has a stream on their property," McCracken said. County officials have said the new rules are necessary to comply with state land use mandates and federal ... October 11: Liability issues shape Dunes City discussions (Siuslaw News)... stems from a $3800 Department of Land, Conservation and Development (DLCD) ... is potentially vulnerable in the way it conducts land use site reviews. ... 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