[LandUse-News] Land Use News for August 8, 2014

[Buhl, Laura]

Welcome to this week's roundup of the Land Use News

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Oregon officials take up fight against using public funds to subsidize coal, oil exports<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/sbo/2014/08/oregon-officials-take-up-fight-against-using.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU1NDk1MDIwNDk2MjkwMjMzNzcyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFb76T-IQYFeHvbgwLp3C051vkekg>
Portland Business Journal (blog)
A coalition of 31 elected officials in Oregon is asking Gov. John Kitzhaber and the Oregon Transportation Commission to reject a plan to award $7 ...

Commission sounds alarm on coal, oil transport<http://portlandtribune.com/go/42-news/229169-92237-commission-sounds-alarm-on-coal-oil-transport>
Portland Tribune
Asks governors to assess risk to Columbia River Gorge
The Columbia River Gorge Commission has passed a resolution against the transport of coal and crude oil through the Columbia River Gorge in Washington and Oregon.

Key permit for Oregon coal export terminal under review<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2014/08/07/key-permit-oregon-coal-export-terminal-review/13746023/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTM5MTgxNjIwMjg2NDc3NTU5NjIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG8PBIIHk5Gfpft-e1k6VWW00r_ag>
Statesman Journal
Meanwhile, nearly 8,000 people have signed petitions asking the Oregon Transportation Commission not to approve nearly $7 million in tax-funded ...

Friends of HRW appeal Naito ruling<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.hoodrivernews.com/news/2014/aug/02/friends-hrw-appeal-naito-ruling/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTYzMDM2MjYyMTYyMzg2MjU2NTkyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEqVLiqzI_OMY4MHjmWomCblXej0A>
Hood River News
Earlier this month, the city planning commission heard arguments on the latest remand from the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) and ...


Platt's Oak Hill Dairy plans to expand<http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2014/08/05/public-comment-sought-dairy-expansion/13646787/>

Salem Statesman Journal

An Independence-area dairy plans to expand by about 50 percent, and the public is invited to comment on the environmental implications.


Damascus lawsuit over secession heads to Oregon Court of Appeals<http://www.oregonlive.com/happy-valley/index.ssf/2014/08/damascus_lawsuit_over_secessio.html#incart_river>

The Oregonian

The city of Damascus heads to court Wednesday to make the case that the Oregon Legislature stepped on the city councilors' rights to determine who lives in the city.

Boundary change hurts rural lifestyle<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/229041-91497-boundary-change-hurts-rural-lifestyle&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoUMTI5MjAxNzMzOTcwNTI5MjEzMDIyGmMyYjUyMDhmZGI0N2RlZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF_ClzrXbz-29xCPDvrpUcdhLwPmg>
Portland Tribune
They'd emailed the Washington County Department of Land Use and Transportation about a previous issue and the response mentioned their ...

Washington County community members speak out about proposed land use ordinance at County ...<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2014/08/rural_community_members_speak.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoSNDAwNDI2MDIxMjU3NDExODgyMhpjMmI1MjA4ZmRiNDdkZWQ0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHN-AIbQi6pZ6mmXNXGkOpADDRXwA>
The Oregonian
Washington County Commissioners met Aug. 5 to cover ordinances concerning land use, transportation plans and farmers markets. (Kelsey ...

Bus tour highlights Portland's dirty underbelly and hopes for a sustainable future<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/08/bus_tour_highlights_portlands.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTg3OTEzMDY1NzA2ODc2NDY1MjIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGdr1C8E8tzBXvkqYQCHAlJ9wVdvg>
The Oregonian
In 2008, Multnomah County, which took over the land after foreclosure, transferred it to the Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust for use as a ...

Portland Mayor Charlie Hales wants highway tolls: 5 takeaways from Oregon transportation forum ...<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2014/08/portland_mayor_charlie_hales_w.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjMxMTM2MTQ1NTY4MTAyNTEzNDIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGnmkYcNOtXRngjgDj2f__U_Rc_rQ>
The Oregonian
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales talks about tolls on freeways, highways Portland Mayor Charlie Hales used a transportation forum sponsored by U.S. ...

Sources Say: Let's hear it for taxes and wedded commissioners<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/229310-92044-sources-say-lets-hear-it-for-taxes-and-wedded-commissioners&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTU1NDk1MDIwNDk2MjkwMjMzNzcyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF9GC_F7ZeQ8Ivv5JSD7J2tRM9tyg>
Portland Tribune
The Forum on the Future of America's Transportation Infrastructure was ... the Oregon Business Association, and the Oregon Working Families Party.

Hales confident street fee will pass<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/229313-92430-hales-confident-street-fee-will-pass&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTU1NDk1MDIwNDk2MjkwMjMzNzcyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG4cYgr92BPAEljppCMHZsdFlDuhw>
Portland Tribune


Water cut off to some farms<http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31972646-75/water-cut-off-to-some-farms.html.csp>

Eugene Register-Guard

-The action results in the loss of irrigation on 50,000 acres in the Klamath Basin-

Irrigation water is being cut off to about a third of the farms on a federal irrigation project in the drought-parched Klamath Basin of Oregon and California.

Should Controversial Southern Oregon Timber Harvest Become Regional Model?<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://ijpr.org/post/should-controversial-southern-oregon-timber-harvest-become-regional-model&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjAxNDkwOTg5MTkzNTY0OTEzNjIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHO59sf_89wXyRAh-McVRdHbvCg5Q>
Jefferson Public Radio
A controversial method of logging is being tested on a Bureau of Land Management forest in Southern Oregon. The idea is to remove trees in the ...


The city fixers<http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31932681-75/uo-seeks-real-world-solutions-via-sustainable-cities-initiative.html.csp>

Eugene Register-Guard

-The UO seeks professors to make urban areas more sustainable-

University of Oregon faculty members who propose hiring four new "hot shot" professors who are experts in "sustainability" lack nothing when it comes to thinking big.

ODOT Settles With Angry Campers, Once Again. That'll Be $60K.<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2014/08/01/odot-settles-with-angry-campers-again-thatll-be-60k&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTc2Njg2ODUwODg5MDY5MjUyODAyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHh7Dx9_TG5HbznFULJyF3dRJDefQ>
The Portland Mercury (blog)
For the second time since 2011, the Oregon Department of Transportation has settled a lawsuit with homeless campers who claimed the



Federal highway money keeps flowing<http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/229268-92827-federal-highway-money-keeps-flowing>

Portland Tribune

Oregon and other states narrowly averted a crash last week when both houses of Congress came up with a temporary fix to keep the federal highway fund solvent  and the cash flow continuing for construction projects.

Wildlife Underpasses Save More Than Animals<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/Wildlife-Underpasses-Save-More-Than-Animals/23356/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTU1NDk1MDIwNDk2MjkwMjMzNzcyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH4JzztGC-Dp2tolDnnpSy6Mr3oEA>
Construction Equipment Guide
When officials with the Oregon Department of Transportation talk about the two wildlife migration underpasses they recently built and a third proposed ...

Boulder County won't block controversial marijuana facility<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.timescall.com/news_region-news/ci_26253844/boulder-county-controversial-marijuana-facility-fits-zoning-land&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTOTg5ODY2MzI3MTY2NDY4NDY2ODIaYzJiNTIwOGZkYjQ3ZGVkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFo7R69QhyQvGLxGUkzkqhzSuB2RA>
Longmont Daily Times-Call
Boulder County Land Use planner John Holste told the commissioners that the 7.91-acre property on which the medical marijuana center would be ...

New online map identifies public lands<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.spokesman.com/outdoors/stories/2014/aug/03/new-online-map-identifies-public-lands/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoTNDMyNTM2ODkyNTgxNTc5MzAwNTIaYzJiNTIwOGZkYjQ3ZGVkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFoUxK0oQPVBGKMaMhpQfRR4qJOFw>
The Spokesman Review
The public can search government-owned parcels by owner and principal land use. "This map will be very useful to people who want to see what's ...

Neighbors Say Barn Weddings Raise a Rumpus<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/04/us/neighbors-say-barn-weddings-raise-a-rumpus.html>
New York Times
In rural areas across the country, residents have protested that some barn owners flout zoning rules requiring that they operate only as agricultural enterprises. . . . "As a preservationist, I feel it's been a godsend for some of these barns to be saved like this," Mr. Bruentrup said. "Some of them were beautiful old barns, and if it wasn't for this to generate some income, they wouldn't exist."





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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