[LandUse-News] Land Use News for January 30, 2015

[Buhl, Laura]

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Getting Ready for Change - Vermont is different, or at least that's what Vermonters like to claim<http://www.timesargus.com/article/20150118/OPINION06/701189954>
Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
Many Vermonters claim that our distinctiveness is no accident, and in many respects they are right: Vermont banned billboards in the 1960s and enacted Act 250 - the state's landmark development review law - as well as many other forward-thinking policies and programs. These have helped retain a largely rural, working landscape, and most of our villages and downtowns remain vital places to shop and interact with neighbors.

Oregon's wine industry packs a surprising economic punch<http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20150123/oregons-wine-industry-packs-a-surprising-economic-punch>
Capital Press
-A new study says Oregon's focus on high-quality wine has paid off in the form of a $3.3 billion economic impact.-
The first comprehensive look at Oregons wine industry in four years estimates it has grown to have an economic impact of $3.35 billion, counting direct and related sales, jobs, services and products.

Legal marijuana market grew 74 percent<http://www.opb.org/news/article/study-legal-marijuana-market-grew-74-percent/>
Oregon Public Broadcasting
A new report from a pro-cannabis research and investment firm finds that legal marijuana is the fastest growing industry in the U.S.

Dungeness crab fishery proving what goes up must come down<http://theworldlink.com/news/local/dungeness-crab-fishery-proving-what-goes-up-must-come-down/article_d392f907-8f67-54e0-a591-623c170fc934.html>
The World
-Dungeness crab fishery seeing fewer pounds of crab being pulled from the ocean-
The Oregon Dungeness Crab fishery is a cyclical one, meaning it has its share of up-and-down seasons. This year is going to be one of the latter. Hugh Link, executive director of the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, said this week that the quality of crab remains high, but the quantity is lacking.

City looks to mediation, Legislature in UGB case<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/wbi/152-news/248451-117029-city-looks-to-mediation-legislature-in-ugb-case&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTYyNjY5MTA4NTYzNjI2ODA1MjgyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE9lmOG4dJasZ-vf-PEZT6cKFR1Mw>
Hillsboro Tribune
... long-running and much-disputed effort to expand its urban growth boundary (UGB). "Now that the Oregon Consensus Assessment is completed, the ...

Residents air frustrations over land swap negotiation between THPRD and Beaverton<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/beaverton/index.ssf/2015/01/residents_air_frustrations_ove.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTQ2NDg0NDIwODE4MTEwNDMwMDIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFwQFL6QnvdeTIYaw7UDZ8PKpvz9g>
Portland Oregonian
THPRD and the city have been negotiating a possible land swap or sale whereby the district would exchange about 2.5 acres of the 8.66-acre ...

Clearing properties costly, worthwhile<http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32675104-75/clearing-properties-costly-worthwhile.html.csp>
Eugene Register-Guard
Contaminated and abandoned commercial properties, such as the former McAyeals lot, are common in Oregon.

Northwest expansion before Eugene council<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32701205-75/northwest-expansion-before-eugene-council.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYyNjY5MTA4NTYzNjI2ODA1MjgyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF98dJowgmh8Xxl0-UFkxxo4ZRcIA>
The Register-Guard
Under the proposal, Eugene would extend its urban growth boundary to include land for light industry and other businesses north and south of Clear ...

State contributing $400,000 to Springfield mill for post-fire rebuild<http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2815741-151/state-contributing-400000-to-springfield-mill-for-post-fire>
Bend Bulletin
Steve Swanson, the president and chief executive officer of Swanson Group Inc., picked up his ringing phone the day after a massive fire destroyed his company's plywood and veneer mill in Springfield. On the other end was Gov. John Kitzhaber, offering his help.

Catherine Mater: Port of St. Helens fraudulently sought state money for coal project<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/01/catherine_mater_port_of_st_hel.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTM2MjIzNTk2OTQxODk4MDYzODIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEK0GgAjZCs9dWdf9v-fV4XcuyncA>
Portland Oregonian
Catherine Mater, the fired former chairwoman of the Oregon Transportation Commission, addresses her former colleagues during a Jan. 15 hearing in ...

Committee begins work on transportation plan<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/committee-begins-work-on-transportation-plan/article_965ba31e-748a-5d02-a9b7-03c8575fd602.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMTM4MTU1NTY2NTY2NTgyOTU0MTIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEf4hyoQ3_qCQOXuNOTy8DHXyY09g>
Corvallis Gazette Times
Chaired by former Public Works Director Steve Rogers, the committee will use $1 million granted by the Oregon Department of Transportation to ...

House speaker: Transportation finance plan will not revive Columbia bridge<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/248667-117260-house-speaker-transportation-finance-plan-will-not-revive-columbia-bridge&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMTM2MjIzNTk2OTQxODk4MDYzODIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGcYCK6j27Oatjua4koOO0upHzFGA>
Portland Tribune
Although Oregon lawmakers are working on a transportation package this session, House Speaker Tina Kotek says she does not expect any plan to ...

Transportation improvement<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.argusobserver.com/news/transportation-improvement/article_2c625e80-a719-11e4-a445-57a0122c1ae6.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoTMTM4MTU1NTY2NTY2NTgyOTU0MTIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFHuZmMHARaFaHormbUCv2OjBDesw>
Ontario Argus Observer
A STIP is Oregon's four-year transportation capital improvement program, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. It is the document ...

Proposed 180-unit apartment village near Oregon City High School could be first in major ...<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2015/01/developer_moving_ahead_with_18.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzQ4NzQyMDIyNTM3NjYyMjE1NDIaMDNhMDBlZDQzNDdmNTY3NDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHimR8gVnRzBygFZukW2n5sLNI1Rw>
Portland Oregonian
The Beavercreek Road Concept Plan is a guide to the development of a 453 acre site that was brought into the Urban Growth Boundary in 2002 and ...

OR App. Court Fails to Find Actual Bias in Land Use Decision Regarding Gas Pipeline<https://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/or-app-court-fails-to-find-actual-bias-in-land-use-decision-regarding-gas-pipeline/>
Law of the Land Blog
Oregon Pipeline Company, LLC (OPC) petitioned for review of two decisions of the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) that related to OPC's application for land-use approvals from Clatsop County for a 41-mile segment of a natural gas pipeline. In November 2010, the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners approved the application, and parties that opposed the application appealed that decision to LUBA. Before the county provided the record to LUBA, the board, with three newly elected commissioners, voted to withdraw its approval and reconsider its decision. OPC challenged the board's withdrawal through a mandamus action in the circuit court. The circuit court dismissed the mandamus action, and the court affirmed that dismissal on appeal.

OSU-Cascades and opponents continue paper spat<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2824516-151/osu-cascades-and-opponents-continue-paper-spat&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBCoTNTA3MTQ2NjQwMjA1Mzk3MzI4NzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGl1ODxt5B_jjhls0j400wqqlD8Gg>
Bend Bulletin
Most recently, however, Truth In Site appealed to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, which can overturn a local land use ruling. As part of LUBA's ...

String of pedestrian deaths in Salem raises questions<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2015/01/28/string-pedestrian-deaths-salem-raises-questions/22501579/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYByoTMTM2MjIzNTk2OTQxODk4MDYzODIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEV2Sb4byi5w9iM8C2ikMXdQXVFbA>
Salem Statesman Journal
According to Lt. Dave Okada of the Salem Police Department and data from the Oregon Department of Transportation, the four fatalities that occurred ...

Deschutes County looks at its priorities for Legislature<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2812325-151/deschutes-county-looks-at-its-priorities-for-legislature&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTAwOTgyOTA4MTc3NTIxOTQxMzIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFanVBbluUOVr-8DbKKJe8lJqqqOQ>
Bend Bulletin
12 during an organizational period for the Oregon Senate and House. ... Bill 2633, which looks at statewide land use planning and natural hazards .

Hillsdale's Wilson Park: Land of the split-level ranch<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.ssf/2015/01/portland_hillsdale_houses_ever.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTI0MjI0MDY5MDYxMTY3MDY2MzUyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHQOpExycVB84BPvjVHUls0LT1TlQ>
Portland Oregonian
Hillsdale is a good name for a Portland neighborhood in a hilly place and the Wilson Park Neighborhood is the Land of the Split-Level.

Why build a hospital in a tsunami zone?<http://www.opb.org/news/series/unprepared/new-hospital-planned-in-tsunami-zone/>
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Gold Beach City Administrator Jodi Fritts was angry  or, as she put it in an email to state officials: Incredible Hulk ANGRY. Then, in the spring of 2014, state officials from the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries DOGAMI started asking questions about the location that local officials had chosen for Curry General.

Army Backs Out of Proposed Free Land Deal with Eastern Oregon's Economic Development Leaders<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.salem-news.com/articles/january272015/army-land-oregon.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI0MjI0MDY5MDYxMTY3MDY2MzUyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHJxtg_6T36e3o6BrlFj4oKL_1_MA>
Salem-News.Com
If the Umatilla Chemical Depot is closed, and all munitions have been safely destroyed, why hasn't the Army passed the land to Eastern Oregon's ...

Howard Hall's fate sealed, as court dismisses case<http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/health/2015/01/26/howard-halls-fate-sealed-court-dismisses-case/22370357/>
Salem Statesman Journal
The fight to save the last standing building of the Oregon School for the Blind has seemingly come to an end, after the Oregon Court of Appeals dismissed the case Friday on the basis that the appellants failed to serve the hospital before the deadline.

Green coalition seeks ban on coal burning for Oregon customers<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/sl/248247-116735-green-coalition-seeks-ban-on-coal-burning-for-oregon-customers-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNDg1NjUzNjk2MDYyNTQyMDMwMjIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG-ZzHgekR5wp9tjWEh3xGn6PBdLQ>
Portland Tribune
The Oregon Conservation Network agreed to make the Coal to Clean ... transit, pedestrian and bicycling facilities; ensuring that Oregon Department of ...

Historic traction -Last stop before feds? Heritage commission to focus on Willamette Falls plan for state<http://portlandtribune.com/cr/24-news/248251-116399-historic-traction?utm_source=webmaster&utm_medium=twitter>
Portland Tribune
The application to designate Oregon's first state-recognized heritage area will be a highlight for the Oregon Heritage Commission meeting at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, 1726 Washington St., Oregon City.

Warm temps are bad for Oregon's snowpack<http://www.opb.org/news/article/warm-temps-are-bad-for-oregons-snowpack/>
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Many parts of Oregon are seeing unusually warm temperatures for this time of year. That doesnt bode well for farmers, rivers or fish.

Seaside group will seek sidewalk funds<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20150127/seaside-group-will-seek-sidewalk-funds&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNDg1NjUzNjk2MDYyNTQyMDMwMjIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGFbn6RskqqxQhG5MDSojfYstU7aQ>
Daily Astorian
SEASIDE - Seaside's Transportation Advisory Commission may have found a ... which is administered by the Oregon Department of Transportation.



Laura Buhl, AICP, CNU-A | Land Use & Transportation Planner
Planning Services Division | Transportation & Growth Management
Oregon Department 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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