From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Nov 20 16:37:11 2015 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 00:37:11 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for November 20, 2015 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF01C67918B@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. ________________________________ Filling in Central Oregon: Can we ease the squeeze? KTVZ In the last year, Oregon gained its 4 millionth resident. ... land supply that we need is already in the state-mandated urban growth boundary, or UGB. POPULATION SURGE: Oregon, Lincoln County numbers increasing Lincoln City News Guard According to the preliminary July 1 population estimates, Oregon's ... Statewide housing and group quarters' population data are collected from annual ... Portland's housing authority received 'unprecedented' number of rent increases OregonLive.com Andrew Theen | The Oregonian/OregonLive By Andrew ... number of rent increases for low-income tenants, according to housing authority officials. Housing tax credits garner far less than face value East Oregonian (subscription) Oregon has issued more than $38.2 million in agricultural workforce housing tax credits over the last two decades and the program, run by Oregon ... With eye on housing, homelessness crises, Charlie Hales asks bureaus to prepare 5 percent cuts OregonLive.com Andrew Theen | The Oregonian/OregonLive By Andrew ... "I will call on every bureau to help us find solutions to the housing crisis," he said. Hales said ... Lawmakers put housing woes under sights for 2016 session Bend Bulletin SALEM ? Oregon has nosedived into a housing crunch, with a growing number of residents from Portland to Bend unable to pay for an adequate ... Lawmakers plan to respond to housing crisis Portland Tribune Jon Chandler of Oregon Home Builders Association said onerous permitting rules, land use laws, and fees are obstacles to building more affordable ... Housing crisis lands on Oregon lawmakers' growing 2016 agenda OregonLive.com Keny-Guyer said she'll work particularly closely with the Oregon Housing Alliance, an umbrella group of nonprofits, service providers and community ... Oregon tech's outpost economy: Feeding or stunting the Silicon Forest? OregonLive.com The Silicon Forest began to transform into an outpost economy in the 1970s, when Hewlett-Packard Co. and Intel established manufacturing sites in ... Vision for Portland in 2035 coming into focus KOIN.com Members of Anti-Displacement PDX are urging city councilors to approve policies included in the draft Comprehensive Plan that align with their goals. Metro: No boundary expansion this time Portland Tribune Last week the Metro Council voted to not expand the urban growth boundary which determines where new development can occur in the region. This ... Metro Council debates Clackamas development Portland Tribune Urban reserve areas are outside the urban growth boundary, but can be ... Oregon lawmakers stepped in after the 2014 Oregon Court of Appeals ... Cornelius seals plans for rural areas outside town OregonLive.com Dillon Pilorget | The Oregonian/OregonLive By Dillon Pilorget | The ... Cornelius north urban growth boundary zoning A map shows planned zoning ... Land-use ruling a setback to Riverbend landfill expansion in Yamill County OregonLive.com SALEM ? Yamhill County is reconsidering a proposed landfill expansion onto farmland after a ruling from the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. Rural Eugene couple seeks payment from Lane County The Register-Guard They said they wouldn't have intervened in the land use battle and spent $150,000 of their own money to ?defend and enforce the county's land use ... Beware of rural-urban disconnect The Register-Guard Beware of rural-urban disconnect ... of Salem and Eugene,? a great example of Western Oregon cities pushing rural areas' interests out of their way. National Geographic Announces World Legacy Awards Finalists PR Newswire (press release) Travel Oregon, United States ? Travel Oregon works to promote economic development opportunities through such programs as the Rural Tourism ... Overrated? Not Eastern Oregon's Painted Hills Statesman Journal Visitors to the Painted Hills have skyrocketed ever since the state's tourism bureau, Travel Oregon, named the location one of the ?Seven Wonders of ... BPA starts up new Northwest transmission line KTVZ ... Administration has energized and brought into service a new 500-kilovolt transmission line, this time connecting central Washington and Oregon. Clean energy advocates file new versions of ballot measures to wean Oregon off coal Portland Business Journal (blog) Renewable energy advocates have filed their third and fourth versions of ballot measures to push Oregon closer to running on cleaner power. Measures would make buildings more energy efficient, reward personal solar use OregonLive.com GRESHAM, OREGON - Alan Johnston, senior engineer at Gresham wastewater treatment plant looks at the solar panels that help power the plant. New questions about fated transportation hearing should surprise no one: Editorial OregonLive.com Oregonians discovered this week that officials within the governor's office and Oregon's transportation department suspected for weeks prior to a ... Autonomous Vehicles and the VMT Problem Planetizen The flurry of speculation about the future of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is mostly ignoring a significant downside: the impact on vehicle miles travelled ... Efforts underway to prepare for disaster Coos Bay World To that end, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has been assessing the road and rail system in the state for earthquake and tsunami ... Cannabis Community Rallies in Medford, Oregon Marijuana Politics (blog) It is great to see firsthand how the cannabis community has rallied to fight a ban on personal marijuana cultivation in Medford, Oregon. Contrary to ... Pot business of interest to Warm Springs Tribes Washington Times (AP) - Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will vote Dec. 17 whether to operate a marijuana-growing facility on the reservation. More Marijuana Retail Shops Exist In Oregon, Outnumbering Starbucks or McDonald's Franchise Herald After the state of Oregon legalized recreational marijuana last month, the Oregon's Health Authority (via Zero Hedge) reports that there are now more ... Candidate proposes hemp as economic solution Herald and News The latest candidate to file in the Klamath County commissioner race is kicking off her campaign with a ?controversial? and ?outside-the-box? economic ... Business Oregon grant aims to grow rural entrepreneurs East Oregonian (subscription) Business Oregon will use the Rural Entrepreneurship Development Grant to invest $250,000 in helping public agencies and nonprofits in rural Oregon ... Oregon, Washington urged to spray for gypsy moths Capital press The Washington State Department of Agriculture is planning a two-year ... A science panel has recommended Oregon and Washington spray more ... Oregon senators encourage bill to complete land exchange Portland Tribune Oregon's U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced forward progress on a bill that would help resolve the decades-long dispute ... Oregon to help USDA ?distribute $350M for wetland, lands restoration Portland Business Journal (blog) A $350 million wetlands and working lands restoration program is being funneled through the Oregon arm of the federal agriculture department. Building habitat for the next century Portland Tribune Building habitat for the next century ... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencies and the states of Oregon and Washington created the Lower ... Approaching Elk Rock Portland Tribune Community volunteers and those groups have restored a half-acre of wetlands along with Oregon oak and cottonwood habitats at the 7-acre park. Endangered Species List: Wolves De-Listed in Oregon Nature World News Wolves have been knocked off the Endangered Species List in Oregon, although the state's Department of Fish & Wildlife says that management of ... Wild Wolves: The Old and the New West Huffington Post It cites a recent study on wolf habitat in Oregon. "Oregon could support an estimated 1,400 wolves statewide," the report says; and there is "ample wolf ... Congress should support fire prevention on family forests (OPINION) OregonLive.com As long as lightning and stupid people start fires, wildfires will always be a part of life in Oregon. While we can't stop lightning and, as much as we try, ... Just how bad was last year's Mount Hood snow pack? (data) OregonLive.com Steve Suo | The Oregonian/OregonLive ... And for much of the 2014-15 season, the snowpack was the worst since the station Mt. Hood station began ... McKenzie Pass in Central Oregon closes for the winter OregonLive.com In a sure sign that winter is approaching, the Oregon Department of Transportation has closed McKenzie Pass for the season. Approximately 6 inches ... 'Water is everything': Oregon remains in drought despite recent rain KVAL 'Water is everything': Oregon remains in drought despite recent rain ... "We have had low snow-pack years before and gone into the spring looking like ... Kate Brown and the Great Nestle Kerfuffle: Editorial Agenda 2015 OregonLive.com The springs provide water to the Oxbow Hatchery, which is operated by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The department owns rights to ... US judge in Nevada mulls order to block sage grouse rules Longview Daily News RENO, Nev. (AP) ? A federal judge put a Nevada lawsuit challenging U.S. sage grouse protections on the fast-track Wednesday but said she isn't ... Nevada neighborhood first to feel sting of sage-grouse rules Summit Daily News The proposal is in jeopardy because BLM considers it sage grouse habitat. ... One of the first, actual on-the-ground disruptions caused by new U.S. efforts to protect the greater sage grouse isn't on a cattle ranch in Oregon or an oil ... Tester, Bullock seek assurances on Plum Creek Great Falls Tribune It has 888,000 acres and much of the land is open to the public for free ... the merger will affect workers and land management decisions in Montana Is Federal control the best approach to conservation of land and water? American Thinker (blog) ... offshore energy development, these federally-acquired lands are primarily managed by agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), ... The Innovative MPO: Smart Planning, Strong Communities Smart Growth Network ?This new, free guidebook from Transportation for America will help Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) staff, board members and civic ... Six Foundations for Building Community Resilience Smart Growth Network ?Truly robust community resilience should engage and benefit all community members, and consider all the challenges the community faces?from ... The World's Largest Rooftop Farm PR Newswire (press release) Through their unique brand of urban agriculture, now spanning two major cities, Gotham Greens' expert growers are able to produce the highest ... Visionary Homefarm combines retirement homes and vertical urban farms Inhabitat (blog) Presented at the World Architecture Festival, the conceptual proposal combines urban retirement housing with vertical urban farming into a live-farm ... Joe Guzzardi: Suburbs Boom, But in 2050 Where Will 458 Million Americans Live? Noozhawk In the early 1990s, I attended the first-ever ?Smart Growth? conference. Held in Sacramento, the event was hosted by Phil Angelides, the then-state ... 8 reasons why Northland, Silverdome failed Detroit Free Press Two icons of Detroit's late 20th century suburban sprawl now face the ... Planning for a population surge that never came lay behind much of the ... 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