From laura.lehman at state.or.us Fri Apr 11 13:32:57 2014 From: laura.lehman at state.or.us (Lehman, Laura) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 20:32:57 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News April 11, 2014 Message-ID: <75CEA9162A70214AA950529470B5F383250D9AB5@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. ________________________________ Plan for public access to Willamette Falls moves ahead; $4 million needed for design, engineering The Oregonian An ambitious and expensive plan to open Willamette Falls to the public is gathering speed... Portland parking-lot tax? The Oregonian A politically connected downtown developer wants the city of Portland to ignite construction in Old Town Chinatown by taxing and eventually prohibiting surface parking lots in the historic Skidmore district... It's unclear if landslide lawsuits could win The Register-Guard The warnings could hardly have been clearer. One technical report told of the "potential for a large catastrophic failure" of the 600-foot hillside above a rural neighborhood near Oso... Gauging landslide danger in Central Oregon Bend Bulletin Gauging landslide danger in Central Oregon ... Peter Murphy, spokesman for the Oregon Department of Transportation in Bend said Wednesday. Roundabout considered for deadly intersection kgw.com Oregon Department of Transportation officials said they are considering adding a roundabout at a dangerous Forest Grove ... Hillsboro School District purchases 40 acres to build high school in South Hillsboro for $2.25 million The Oregonian As the South Hillsboro development area begins to take shape, the city's school ... In February, the Oregon Legislature approved House Bill 4078, which expanded the urban growth boundary and established new urban and rural ... Oregon trading Bandon land for waterfront property Daily Astorian The Oregon State Parks and Recreation Commission has approved a land trade that would allow development of a golf course ... Caught in development limbo: Hank Brown is first to submit Damascus deannexation application The Oregonian He talked with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development to get a copy of the required letter he needs to present with his ... More on Pioneer Courthouse Square; road tripping Oregon land-use history; more PR woes for ... The Oregonian The winning design submitted by a Portland team led by architect Will Martin, who died a year or so after Pioneer Courthouse Square's dedication. OSU-Cascades faces the future of parking Bend Bulletin Skepticism has emerged over the limited number of proposed parking spots at Oregon State University-Cascades Campus's new site, but those involved hew to a commonplace philosophy - if you build it, they will come... Business, fun and diversity on the agenda at Oregon Active Transportation Summit BikePortland.org The two-day Oregon Active Transportation Summit, which starts one week from Monday, is filling out its schedule and the official agenda has some ... Columbia River Crossing bridge fund will go to other projects Statesman Journal The mostly maintenance projects, such as paving highways or painting a bridge, were moved up on Oregon's Department of Transportation timeline in ... 'Electric highway' from Central Oregon to the valley taking shape Bend Bulletin Shelley Snow, a spokeswoman with the Oregon Department of Transportation, said her agency expects to complete all of the 43 charging stations by ... 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: