From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Jan 8 16:56:29 2016 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 00:56:29 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for January 8, 2015 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF02ADCC5AD@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. ________________________________ State sends back Lafayette UGB plan for unusual reason KTVZ The Lafayette City Council approved an expansion of its urban growth boundary, or UGB, to include about 50 acres of land for new residences. Regional trail plan gets thumbs up from council Pamplin Media Group Regional trail plan gets thumbs up from council ... Oregon's Department of Transportation currently owns the 60-foot wide rail corridor and leases it to a ... Interpretive elements installed along Tualatin River Greenway Trail - Monday, 04 January 2016 17:48 Portland Tribune PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CITY OF TUALATIN - Workers set bronze footprints - covered for the When the new segment of the Tualatin River ... Nike to partner with Portland Bike Share; launch set for this summer Portland Tribune The Oregon Department of Transportation will also fund a bike share station at Union Station. The federal grant requires a 10-percent match ... Oregon DOT plans listening sessions for Transportation Safety Action Plan Equipment World Magazine Oregon traffic The Oregon Department of Transportation has planned a series of listening sessions to gather public comments on the department's ... Study Says New Residents are Jam-Packing Oregon GoLocalPDX Oregon is the most popular moving destination in the world. ... Forbes cited Portland's low median income and the high cost of housing, groceries, and ... Population growth spurs housing cost increases Portland Tribune PORTLAND TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO - Portland housing prices are skyrocketing as more people move to the People continue moving to Oregon at a ... 'It's definitely a sellers market': Demand for homes helps drive Oregon economy KVAL "It's definitely a sellers market," said Ed McMahon with the Home Builders Association of Lane County. "In fact I've heard stories now about buyers ... City willing to explore homeless crisis options Portland Tribune The city is working to remove campers on adjoining Oregon Department of Transportation property, and installed a fence last week to designate where ... The historical roots of Oregon's affordable housing crisis BlueOregon Oregon's housing crisis is front and center in our collective consciousness right now. Skyrocketing rents, spiraling property prices, and an intensifying ... Former Metro councilor takes PSU sustainability helm Pamplin Media Group Robert Liberty, a former land use attorney and executive director with 1000 Friends of Oregon and then an elected councilor at Metro regional ... Oregon Received 142 Recreational Marijuana Business License Applications On Monday The Weed Blog (blog) The State of Oregon (where I have lived all my life) started accepting recreational marijuana business applications on Monday. It was a bit of a bumpy ... Tillamook PUD offers grants for projects promoting local economic growth, community livability Tillamook County Pioneer The program is open to local nonprofit organizations with projects promoting economic growth and community livability in Tillamook County. Seaside students' GoFundMe campaign aims to get them out of tsunami zone OregonLive.com The odds of a big earthquake occurring in the next 50 years was roughly ... In Seaside, located in Clatsop County on the Oregon coast, students are ... Nigel Bray of Oregon City helps rebuild village school destoyed by earthquake - Wednesday, 06 ... Portland Tribune For years, Nigel Bray has wanted to take his general contracting skills to places affected by natural disasters, but even though he contacted church ... US wildfires just set an amazing and troubling new record Washington Post A single fire, the Canyon Creek Complex, burned 110,000 acres in Oregon. Ninety-eight fires met the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center ... Asian Gypsy Moth Spray Program Considered KEX The Oregon Department of Agriculture is proposing to treat Portland's Forest Park and a portion of north Portland this spring to eradicate an ... Oregon residents in packed town hall want armed militia to leave PBS NewsHour Harney County residents in rural Oregon look on as Harney County Sheriff David Ward speaks during a community meeting at the Harney County ... Native tribe blasts Oregon takeover CNN International The message came from several tribe members whose ancestors fought and died over portions of that land long before the ranchers and farmers had ... What the Oregon Standoff Is Really About The American Conservative The Oregon Swampland Act created a "Reclamation Service," which .... In the early 1990s the Hammonds applied for and were granted water rights in ... Oregon standoff latest protest in long-running controversy over Western lands, Stanford experts say Stanford University News Stanford law professors say the armed protestors in Oregon reflect a misreading of constitutional law and the history of federal land management in ... The twisted roots of U.S. land policy in the West The Conversation US The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was often referred to as the Bureau of Livestock and Mining in the 19th century. U.S. Bureau of Land ... Oregon standoff: Who's really getting hurt by federal grazing laws? Los Angeles Times The standoff at a federal wildlife reserve in Oregon has put a spotlight on an often overlooked conflict over grazing rights on federally owned land that ... Promising Mount Hood snowpack could bring relief Portland Tribune POST PHOTO: KYLIE WRAY - Dan Fries, an Oregon Snow Survey ... But a promising snowpack for this season could mean a cheerier outlook for the ... NOAA says 2015 was second hottest year in the US on record STLtoday.com Much warmer than average annual temperatures were recorded across the West, including Washington state and Oregon, as well as in the Southeast, ... Are Urban Growth Boundaries Driving Up House Prices? Sourceable ... opinions are divided about whether or not urban growth boundaries (UGBs) are ... In New South Wales, while not referring to metropolitan boundaries ... he says affordability challenges result not so much from the UGB but rather ... Landscape Architects Share Sustainable Design Concepts Smart Growth Network The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has made sustainable landscape design even more accessible with its new mobile-friendly ... Suburban Office Obsolescence: Quantifying Challenges and Opportunities Smart Growth Network The old-school office park does "not offer the experience most of today's tenants are seeking," according to this new report from Newmark, Grubb, ... Organic Farmers Score New Victory in 'David and Goliath' GMO Fight eNews Park Forest A federal judge in Jackson County, Oregon recently upheld a consent ... to grow traditional and organic crops without risk of transgenic contamination," ... The Best Planning Apps for 2016 Planetizen A list of mobile apps that support planning, as part of an annual update. Learn about exciting new ways to explore cities and enhance planning via ... 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