From laura.lehman at state.or.us Mon Feb 3 08:27:45 2014 From: laura.lehman at state.or.us (Lehman, Laura) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 16:27:45 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News January 31, 2014 Message-ID: <75CEA9162A70214AA950529470B5F38323ED186C@DLCDSXCH05.dlcd.state.or.us> Welcome to this week's roundup of the Land Use News! 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. 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G-T land use appeal dropped Corvallis Gazette Times - Cloyd and fellow association members Trish Daniels and Garry Stephenson filed a notice of intent with the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals on Jan ... Oregon's growth has planners looking ahead KOIN.com - She and many other people love Portland and all of Oregon. ... One other thing Metro is looking at is to expand the urban growth boundary where new ... Lawsuit fights ecosystem-driven timber sale Highlands Today - Oregon Wild and Cascadia Wildlands filed the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. ... Wyden, D-Ore., has offered a bill to fast-track logging on the O&C lands ... Threatened flower adds delay for Sather site's wetlands permit Corvallis Gazette Times - Both agencies will forward their reports to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Oregon Department of State Lands, the ultimate arbiters on ... Kitzhaber: CRC will die without action by March The Columbian - By Eric Florip, Columbian transportation & environment reporter ... on Monday, Oregon Department of Transportation Director Matt Garrett said the two ... South Cooper Mountain: Planners narrow down options OregonLive.com - South Cooper Mountain and North Cooper Mountain fall within the urban growth boundary; South Cooper Mountain is slated for development in the ... Anti-rail measure signal's challenge in region's governance OregonLive.com - Few things in the Portland-Vancouver region ignite political fire as much as the mass transit modality known as light rail... Our opinion: Bus line gives Metro chance to get it right PortlandTribune.com - For anyone who has driven east on Powell Boulevard in recent years, the need for some economic stimulus is readily apparent... Tigard ballot measure may create transit gridlock Hillsboro Tribune - Normally we wouldn't comment on a ballot measure going before the voters of another city... Damascus planning director resigns as state land-use agency ... OregonLive.com - Don Olson uses his tractor to weed pumpkin plants on his small farm in Damascus. The mostly-rural area is still trying to pass a comprehensive plan ... Bend commission to plan for OSU Bend Bulletin - The Bend Planning Commission will begin examining how the city can use zoning and other land use laws to shape the new Oregon State ... Portland Public Transit Partners with ZipCar Government Technology - Zipcar, the world's leading car sharing network, will station a total of six vehicles at the city's TriMet locations... Oregon governor, legislators don't agree on future of I-5 bridge The Seattle Times - Oregon Department of Transportation officials say they can secure necessary permission through intergovernmental agreements with Washington, ... Work in eastern Oregon is tied to the land: Guest opinion The Oregonian - At the December Leadership Summit, Oregon business leaders placed poverty reduction on par with other economic priorities for the state. 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 Direct: (503) 934-0059 | Main: (503) 373-0050 | Fax: (503) 378-5518 laura.lehman at state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/LCD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: