From laura.lehman at state.or.us Fri Dec 27 09:07:34 2013 From: laura.lehman at state.or.us (Lehman, Laura) Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 17:07:34 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News December 27, 2013 Message-ID: <75CEA9162A70214AA950529470B5F3839F0CA2@DLCDSXCH05.dlcd.state.or.us> Welcome to the last Land Use News of 2013! The Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). 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 may be found here: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news Anyone may subscribe, unsubscribe or change their subscription to the free service by visiting this site: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news. ________________________________ EmX land negotiations underway The Register-Guard Lane Transit District soon will begin property negotiations to make room for the controversial $92 million extension of EmX bus rapid transit service ... Tigard transit initiative touches a nerve Portland Tribune They do not believe that either transit option being studied - a new light-rail line ... Only 3 percent favored more bus service and public transportation... Federal tax benefit for transit users to shrink Jan. 1 Baltimore Sun 1 - potentially costing frequent mass transit users hundreds of dollars a year ... "Transit benefits are critical for thousands of Marylanders," said Rep... Oregon Begins Review Of Damascus' Fate OPB News A state hearings officer has started reviewing arguments to determine what should happen to a city that has failed to follow Oregon's land-use laws... Former Bend Trap Club site to be developed Bend Bulletin >From 1932 to 2005, Central Oregon marksmen honed their skills on the ... But with land values skyrocketing, the Trap Club's owners moved east of ... What are Washington County's long-term transportation needs? OregonLive.com "It's really big picture, an opportunity to think big" about transportation ... The Oregon Legislature approved the $1.5 million study at the end of its last ... Portlanders love their urban growth boundary Portland Business Journal (blog) For all the angst Portland's urban growth boundary can cause developers or ... The survey was sponsored by Oregon Health and Science University, ... Fed To Require Strengthened State Protection from Nonpoint ... eNews Park Forest EPA and NOAA's proposed disapproval action of Oregon's Coastal Nonpoint Program finds that the state has failed to adequately protect certain ... Statesman Journal: Cycling, Pedestrian Projects Vie For Connect ... OPB News Improvements for bicyclists and pedestrians account for the greatest share of non-road transportation projects seeking a share of Oregon Lottery ... Energy Committee Reports 10 Public Lands, Energy Bills MENAFN.COM Among the bills passed today is Wyden's Oregon Eastside Forests ... use of National Forest System land and other public land in the State of Montana, ... The window is closing The Register-Guard Oregon lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and House have introduced different plans for resolving the long deadlock over how to manage the O&C lands... Mayor Charlie Hales says the city -- not ODOT -- needs to manage ... OregonLive.com Although Powell Boulevard is technically a state highway managed by the Oregon Department of Transportation, in this part of east Portland, it's a ... Laura Lehman, AICP | Land Use & Transportation Planner Planning Services Division Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Office: (503) 934-0059 | Fax: (503) 378-5518 laura.lehman at state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/LCD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: