[LandUse-News] Land Use News - May 27th 2014

Tue May 27 16:18:57 PDT 2014

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Oregon cities deal with marijuana in various ways<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2081377-151/oregon-cities-deal-with-marijuana-in-various-ways%3FentryType%3D0&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQ2NjU0MjEwMjk1ODI5ODQzNzAyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE9CSZgVJGqN4nY8XaYaVo9XD-0cA>
Bend Bulletin
Decades earlier, it had been part of an unincorporated stretch of land ... Oregon has allowed the possession of marijuana for medical purposes since ...

Bend discussing who to charge for planners' work<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.ktvz.com/news/bend-discussing-who-to-charge-for-planners-work/26022208&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTA2MTQ4OTMzODQzMTcyNzMzNzAyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHUX8io8lMO_9gT1HzWdyNQCMZ7Qw>
KTVZ
The city's Planning Division is where developers turn to get land-use permits processed, for a fee. It's also where the general community can get ...

The Register-Guard<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31593671-75/wetlands-area-eugene-gordon-road.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTNjIxMjYzMzUxMTY3NTQzMTUwMzIaYzJiNTIwOGZkYjQ3ZGVkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEzBR1vGn78NLKOJv9ruPJ9iebfOw>
The Register-Guard
Before the 1990s, west Eugene's wetlands were known as the "scablands," said Steve Gordon, a retired land use planner with the Lane Council of ...

New website offers info on Benton County trails<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://democratherald.com/oregon-outdoors/new-website-offers-info-on-benton-county-trails/article_0f29e6d2-de0e-11e3-9d25-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjk4MzM5ODgwNzU4MDUyNDY4MjIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEssBHiitaOsZbMnPkNSOE9y0t4Og>
Albany Democrat Herald
The Greenbelt Land Trust hopes to open a trail that will link Fitton Green Natrual Area with Bald Hill Farm this fall. The group is seeking volunteers to ...

LUBA highlights issue about farm rentals<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2087282-151/luba-highlights-issue-about-farm-rentals%3FentryType%3D0&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjk4MzM5ODgwNzU4MDUyNDY4MjIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFC--VMPAXXcJvQEwa4QsEtvC7vyw>
Bend Bulletin
The dispute took a new twist this spring, after a ruling by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals indicated the Simpsons' neighbors may have a good ...

Homes near Oregon forests drive up wildfire costs<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2014/05/20/homes-near-oregon-forests-drive-wildfire-costs/9333611/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNDc4NTA1NDM2Njc0NjM2NTM2MzIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFxgWCN267xA0if47Pr2GUax0f8GQ>
Statesman Journal
Despite Oregon's tough land-use laws and limits on sprawl, the state is sixth among states in the number of homes vulnerable to wildfires. And this ...

Jordan Cove LNG Terminal Offers Economic Windfall, but Creates Big Divisions in Coos Bay<http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/05/jordan_cove_lng_terminal_in_co.html#incart_river>
The Oregonian
After three decades of economic stagnation, broken promises, and failed efforts to resurrect this once-thriving industrial port, pessimism and economic insecurity have a stranglehold on Coos Bay.

Tribal groups: Oregon coal terminal will hurt fish<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tribal-groups-Oregon-coal-terminal-will-hurt-fish-5492836.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDc4NTA1NDM2Njc0NjM2NTM2MzIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH938sx0ADgT4Vf2IFJK0m5xxNKeQ>
SFGate
The Oregon land board is to decide by May 31 whether to approve the project. In a letter to the board, the company says tribes are currently not fishing ...

County declares drought emergency<http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31591120-75/emergency-drought-commissioners-schwarz-county.html.csp>
Eugene Register-Guard
The Josephine County Board of Commissioners voted this week to declare a drought emergency after hearing testimony from two experts.

Northwest mirrors national shift away from single-family homes<http://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-northwest-mirrors-national-shift-away-from-single-family-homes/>
Oregon Public Broadcasting
New housing starts are a key economic indicator. But not all new houses are created the same.

Many Sisters residents embrace roundabout plans<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.ktvz.com/news/many-sisters-residents-embrace-roundabout-plans/26068702&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYyNjA5Njk3OTIyMTA4NzUzMDUyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFhMIV1JfmemFmMuakie6G8Mh1Ydg>
KTVZ
The Oregon Department of Transportation is working with the city of Sisters to put a roundabout at the Barclay Drive and Highway 20 intersection

ODOT may scale back scope of Beltline/I-5 project<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31579661-75/beltline-project-odot-phase-road.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTY1MTc2NDUyMzQzNzA5MzA2MjIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF7-YKvtBTdjLPe0YXSbkz4JkY6wQ>
The Register-Guard
The Oregon Department of Transportation is scaling down the final piece of its mammoth project at Randy Papé Beltline and Interstate 5, and the ...

Aspects of I-5 plan worry council<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/aspects-of-i--plan-worry-council/article_ac357ad8-7765-577b-91c6-f11d6ba4f6a1.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTYyNjA5Njk3OTIyMTA4NzUzMDUyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGo1BkjkRGXtIjt083MKmMauYQJBw>
Corvallis Gazette Times
Staff from the Oregon Department of Transportation, led by project manager and planner David Helton, visited the council's work session to go over a ...

How Portland's public transit mobile ticket app maker recovered after being sued for patent ...<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.geekwire.com/2014/mobile-ticketing-startup-recovered-sued-patent-litigation/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjU4NDM3MDgyMzUwMjI2NzU2ODIaZTNiZWMzMWEwOWIyNGM5Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG0TFwvzSJX8qFAUaD15hSLpw2bog>
GeekWire
But that's exactly what happened to GlobeSherpa, the Portland-based startup that built TriMet's successful public transit mobile ticketing app.

Portland Mayor Charlie Hales has increased cash contributions to TriMet YouthPass program since ...<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/05/portland_mayor_charlie_hales_h.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTQzNjg5NDM5NzAxNzQ5ODk2MjIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF7FkbbwL_Ii8Y-2T1EcY3Ka7BjiA>
The Oregonian
... the transit agency, the school district and Mayor Charlie Hales. Oregon's largest school district doesn't have bus service for its high school students.

Trolley bridge gone, but not forgotten<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/221212-78647-trolley-bridge-gone-but-not-forgotten&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoUMTYyNjA5Njk3OTIyMTA4NzUzMDUyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGcXoIa2SLUGXiUxeCDxyRgRbuZbQ>
Portland Tribune
On another hopeful note, the Oregon Department of Transportation recently replaced bridges throughout the state using funds from the Oregon ...

CRC shutdown in final days; loose ends remain<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/may/21/crc-shutdown-in-final-days-loose-ends-remain/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTQzNjg5NDM5NzAxNzQ5ODk2MjIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG2rLo5dPWM_M_caAfMbFYACAgq5w>
The Columbian
By Eric Florip, Columbian transportation & environment reporter ... said Dave Thompson, an Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman.

Mayor Charlie Hales and Commissioner Steve Novick Debut $138-a-Year Street Fee<http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-31655-mayor_charlie_hales_and_commissioner_steve_novick_debut_%24138_a_year_street_fee.html>
Willamette Week
Mayor Charlie Hales and Commissioner Steve Novick will try to charge Portland households $138.72 a year without taking their "street fee" proposal to voters, they announced this morning.

Business Groups Opposed to Transportation Fee Begin Organizing<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-31658-business_groups_oppo.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTNTQzNjg5NDM5NzAxNzQ5ODk2MjIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEKB6GXiCGVCaa_24jimT4F9Upa4g>
Willamette Week
The Oregon Petroleum Association stopped a similar fee proposed by then-Commissioner Sam Adams in 2008 by threatening to refer it. The Oregon ...

Mass-transit magic: How America's fourth-largest city can abandon its addiction to cars<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.salon.com/2014/05/25/mass_transit_magic_how_americas_4th_largest_city_can_abandon_its_addiction_to_cars/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTExOTE1OTk4NDUwMDEyNTc5MjcyGmUzYmVjMzFhMDliMjRjOTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGEhZpoCS0LDlGI-gfOBYMJeLIG2g>
Salon
In 2000, there were 87 million mass transit trips in Houston, all by bus. In 2012, there were 81 million trips (by bus, light rail, and commuter bus). In-city ...

Driverless podcars bypassing traffic may be a Dubai reality<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/driverless-podcars-bypassing-traffic-may-be-a-dubai-reality-2014-05-18-1.549455&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoTMjQ4NDQ2MTI3MTEyMjcwMDM1ODIaZTNiZWMzMWEwOWIyNGM5Njpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHWrXTkf9c9Yx4bXO38lHD5sP5Uyg>
Emirates 24/7
"The Road and Transport Authority (RTA) is always keen on implementing state-of-the art public transport technologies in Dubai urban area. In this ...

Laura Buhl, AICP, CNU-A | Land Use & Transportation Planner
Planning Services Division | Transportation & Growth Management
Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development
635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR  97301-2540
Direct: (503) 934-0073 | Main: (503) 373-0050
laura.buhl at state.or.us<mailto:laura.buhl at state.or.us> | www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM<http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM>

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