From laura.lehman at state.or.us Fri Feb 28 12:33:47 2014 From: laura.lehman at state.or.us (Lehman, Laura) Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:33:47 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News February 28, 2014 Message-ID: <75CEA9162A70214AA950529470B5F383250889DC@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. 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. ________________________________ Land use 'grand bargain' headed for vote in Oregon House The Oregonian Rep. Brian Clem, D-Salem, is the chief architect of House Bill 4078, which would expand the Urban Growth Boundary and establish new urban and ... Forest Grove could grow north in land use 'grand bargain,' but lose land in study area The Oregonian House Bill 4078, the "grand bargain"? between state lawmakers, land ... The deal was sparked by a court ruling last Thursday, when the Oregon Court ... Blueprint for land use takes shape Portland Tribune Lawmakers in Salem are rushing to complete a so-called land-use grand bargain before the 2014 Legislature ends on March 5. Hearings on the ... Land use 'grand bargain' gets flak from Clackamas County: Take 3 for Politics (video) The Oregonian The land-use "grand bargain" that is aimed at structuring growth in the Portland metro area for decades to come is proving to be a tough sell ... Our Opinion: Legislature should OK land-use bargain Portland Tribune Prior to the body proclaiming sine die on March 5, lawmakers can approve the land-use ?grand bargain? that has been forged in recent days. Oregon Senate passes bill to protect state renewable energy mandates The Oregonian ... through the Senate's Business and Transportation Committee Tuesday, ... But citizen's in Eastern Oregon who signed on to support the initiative feel ... Central Oregon weighs pot dispensary rules Bend Bulletin There are no existing rules in business or land use permitting that would ... Endicott, past president of League of Oregon Cities, an organization that ... Land use 'grand bargain' has kumbaya moment at Oregon Legislature The Oregonian Rep. Brian Clem, D-Salem, is working on finalizing amendments to House Bill 4078, which would expand the Urban Growth Boundary and establish ... Why Are Land-Use Deals So Challenging? OPB News It's just the latest skirmish over land-use policy in the Northwest. So why land use deals are so hard to reach? Branden Born, an associate professor at ... Clackamas County commissioners oppose land use 'grand bargain' The Oregonian The Clackamas County commissioners oppose an amendment to the land use ?grand bargain? that is expected to move quickly through the Oregon ... Council in agreement as terms for reserves-UGB deal released Metro newsfeed The Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission would have to issue its written evaluation of UGB expansions within 180 days of ... Parks commission scuttles Grant County park Capital Press ... and Recreation Board has unanimously voted to end an effort to create a new state park in Grant County, Ore., as part of a complicated land swap. Fitting into Oregon's timber land use laws proves expensive, time-consuming for small-time loggers The Oregonian When Chuck Vance bought his 39-acre tree farm just outside Sandy in 1990, he was logging for a company during the week and planting trees on his ... Timber veterans struggle to navigate Oregon's land use law and make forestry profitable The Oregonian Mark Fritch talks fast and swears a lot, standing in ankle-deep snow in Government Camp. As he carries wooden pallets up icy stairs of the three-story ... Court wants more scrutiny of Metro's land plan Sustainable Business Oregon The court sent Metro's reserves plan back to the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission for further review. A band of land owners ... Oregon lawmakers ink land use 'grand bargain' with developers, conservationists The Oregonian Oregon lawmakers have reached an agreement on a land use ?grand ... out an agreement that will expand the region's Urban Growth Boundary and ... Oregon has forgotten the 'D' in LCDC (guest opinion) The Oregonian We are the innovators of land use planning, public access to our beautiful ... Unfortunately the letter 'D' has been forgotten by many in Oregon. Central Oregon farms see uptick in events San Francisco Chronicle ... time when this has been so prevalent," said Jon Jinings, a Bend-based staffer with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. Josephine County officials say they won't allow pot dispensaries Mail Tribune Rich said that makes the matter a land-use issue. ... or the Board of Commissioners can take their case to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. South Cooper Mountain: Land use ruling may delay, but not halt, Beaverton development The Oregonian What it means for Washington County: Metro and Washington County might have to redraw urban and rural reserve lines unless a land-use ?grand ... City asks residents, 'Where do we start?' as officials eye transportation, safety priority list: Portland ... The Oregonian (blog) Robert Liberty, the former Metro Councilor, urged the city to follow through on plans to push the Oregon Department of Transportation to invest more ... Bend mayor pitches urban growth boundary idea Bend Bulletin Bend is updating its growth plan, which will likely call for an expansion of the city limit known in Oregon as the urban growth boundary, or UGB. Urban ... 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: