From laura.lehman at state.or.us Fri Nov 7 15:14:04 2014 From: laura.lehman at state.or.us (Lehman, Laura) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 23:14:04 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News November 7, 2014 Message-ID: <75CEA9162A70214AA950529470B5F3832A74969F@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. ________________________________ 'Liberation of Damascus' party fetes continued land use stalemate, new mayor Portland Tribune Measure 3-448 would have created a comprehensive land-use plan for the city, a requirement from the state of Oregon. Damascus is six years passed ... Oregon's Most Endangered Places: History, hard times, neglect The Oregonian - OregonLive.com The preservation organization Restore Oregon announced its 2015 list of ... it sits on the edge of the urban growth boundary in need of a foundation, ... City of Wilsonville hires Miranda Bateschell as new long-range planning manager The Oregonian - OregonLive.com In this position, Bateschell assumes a key role serving as the city's primary lead on long-term land use and regional planning activities including ... Comment period on Oregon Clean Fuels Program closes Nov. 7 Biomass Magazine Comment period on Oregon Clean Fuels Program closes Nov. 7 ... A land use or other indirect effect value of 30 gCO2e/MJ is a part of each corn ... Banks votes to annex 200 acres of land: Oregon Election Results 2014 The Oregonian - OregonLive.com About 56.7 percent of voters voted in favor of Measure 34-233, which sought to bring in 27.5 acres of residential land owned by the Van Dyke Family, ... OSU-Cascades' four-year campus faces second appeal Bend Bulletin On Tuesday, opponents of the project filed a notice of intent to appeal with the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, which has the power to reverse ... Metro measure, keeping regional government out of neighborhood density plans approved ... The Oregonian - OregonLive.com Nobody filed arguments either in favor or opposition to the wonky land-use ballot decision, which was first approved by voters in 2002. The prohibition ... Democratic Senate victories set the stage for a 2015 transportation bill BikePortland.org The key question in the Oregon legislature tonight wasn't whether the most ... He's also on the Business and Transportation Committee this year. ODOT names Talia Jacobson Active Transportation policy lead BikePortland.org The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has a new voice on its transportation team. The agency announced last week that Talia Jacobson ... Rent-a-goat? Hoofed critters might graze at city parks Statesman Journal Salem is considering an amendment to its land use code so goats can be used to clear brush at city parks. (Photo: Stephanie Hazen / Special to the ... Fish and Wildlife is pursuing two land acquisitions Statesman Journal The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will be holding meetings on Wednesday and Thursday about two potential land purchases. One of those ... Farming the Oregon Coast: Not so wild an idea Bend Bulletin It's not just buying the land, said Suzanne Hayes, farm loan officer for the USDA Farm Service Agency. Zoning issues can affect what you can and can't ... Bend Citizens Respond To Urban Growth Boundary Survey myCentralOregon.com The City of Bend registered more than 1,500 comments on a recent online survey, one part of the City's Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) ... If 'The Big One' hits, only two of Multnomah County's Willamette River bridges expected to survive Portland Oregonian The scientists who keep tabs on Oregon's seismic activity say there's a 37 percent chance that The Big One is coming within the next 50 years. That's to say, they're bracing for a major earthquake triggered by a shift along Oregon's Cascadia Subduction Zone. And for some time, Multnomah County leaders have been, too. The looming fight to tax recreational marijuana Statesman Journal Dozens of Oregon cities - including Salem - have passed a local tax on marijuana sales that would go into effect if Measure 91 passes. There's just one problem. The ballot initiative that would legalize recreational sales also prohibits local municipalities from levying additional taxes. Portland transit riders save $865 monthly; why bicyclists ride in middle of road: Commuting roundup The Oregonian - OregonLive.com According to the American Public Transportation Association's October Transit Savings Report, public transit riders in the 20 metro areas with the ... Three groups take Wizer Block plan to LUBA Portland Tribune Three groups opposed to the construction of a 290,000-square-foot, mixed-use development on downtown Lake Oswego's Wizer Block took their fight to the state's Land Use Board of Appeals this week. Peter DeFazio seeks top Democratic spot on House Transportation panel The Oregonian - OregonLive.com Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio is now seeking the top Democratic position on the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, which he has served ... Oregon officials support new state forest policy Capital press Oregon forestry officials are proceeding with a new plan to create specific timber and conservation ... The new concept is known as land allocation. North Coast Land Conservancy picks up 948 acres of conserved lands in Tillamook, Clatsop counties Tillamook County Pioneer These are among the habitats added to North Coast Land Conservancy's ... "The Nature Conservancy has several conserved lands on the Oregon ... 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