From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Mar 18 15:44:24 2016 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:44:24 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for March 18, 2016 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF02AE24A57@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. ________________________________ Our Opinion: Annexation votes thwart land use system Portland Tribune Since 1973, when the Oregon Legislature passed a historic land-use ... The result is an urban growth boundary that looks great on a map, but doesn't ... Kate Brown signs bills on affordable housing rules, renter relief OregonLive.com A hard-fought legislative compromise that trades housing mandates and renter relief provisions for tweaks in Oregon's vaunted land-use rules has ... High-density redevelopment won't help Eugene The Register-Guard California and Washington are the biggest sources of new Oregon residents, ... Housing affordability - the relationship between median income and ... Charlie Hales advocates for less density in Eastmoreland OregonLive.com Eastmoreland residents rallying against density in their affluent enclave have found an ally in one of their own: Portland MayorCharlie Hales. Novick: more 'missing middle' homes needed Portland Tribune He considers them to be part of housing's "missing middle" - smaller-scale units that include duplexes, triplexes, four-plexes and two-story ... Tiny House Concept Comes To Veneta KLCC FM Public Radio Tiny houses are recognized as a viable solution to the housing crisis in Oregon. Veneta is the latest community to help get people into homes they can ... Northwest Oregon economic development organization honors Sen. Betsy Johnson as Regional ... Tillamook County Pioneer Col-Pac helps retain and grow Northwest Oregon's businesses through ... Tillamook County Commissioner Mark Labhart, who also serves as ... Google greenlights new, $600 million data center in The Dalles OregonLive.com ... that could apply to the value of their companies' brands, Amazon, Apple and Facebook immediately began expanding their facilities in rural Oregon. DOJ Launches Investigation Into Grant County Sheriff KLCC FM Public Radio When Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer heard about the Oregon State .... "I can tell you it's not a standard practice in Oregon," said Malheur County ... Spring Break lesson: Prepare now for Big One Statesman Journal Perhaps no one is better prepared to dismiss cover-up theories than Kenneth Murphy, a former West Salem resident who headed Oregon's office of ... Wyden, Blumenauer Introduce Bill to Open Access to Outdoor Recreation The Source Weekly Earl Blumenauer today introduced legislation to increase outdoor recreation access for visitors and boost rural economies in Oregon and nationwide. A River Runs Through It - An Oregon National Forest at the Heart of a Movement USDA.gov (press release) (blog) Oregon's McKenzie River has a lot to boast about. ... Within Oregon's heavily populated Willamette River system, the forest plays a central role ... at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Jefferson Auditorium at 1400 Independence Ave., ... Feds divvying up Willamette Valley dam water Capital Press Future irrigation demands calculated by the Oregon Water Resources Department and Oregon Department of Agriculture will be considered by the ... Editorial: Don't endanger Central Oregon farmers Bend Bulletin Some Central Oregon irrigators are in a very uncertain place. ... River, in the process damaging habitat for the threatened Oregon spotted frog. Celebrating Ag Week & A Growing Demand for Local Produce AgInfo.net (press release) (registration) (blog) Oregon. Department of Agriculture Director Katy Coba has a messages for the urban consumer. COBA: Go out and enjoy Oregon agriculture products, ... EPA sues 77-year-old farmer over riverside earthwork near Albany The Register-Guard ... Oregon Department of State Lands and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Spokeswomen for the state and federal agencies declined to comment ... Oregon Governor Signs Solar Incentives Bill PlanetSave.com Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed a bill in Pendleton Wednesday that will create a program providing incentives to those who use solar energy for ... Transportation Levy Proposes Tax Increase to Support More Bus Routes KDRV MEDFORD, Ore. -- The Rogue Valley Transportation District is looking to increase property taxes to support more bus routes in southern Oregon. Yes, US Highway 101 has slumped near Manzanita, but no, it's not going to cave in, says ODOT Tillamook County Pioneer ... according to an Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman. ... section of roadway on the North County News public Facebook group page, ... Jackson County commissioner says state law does limit pot grows Mail Tribune ... officials are misinterpreting marijuana legislation approved by the Oregon ... Counties in the state differ on what they allow on rural residential land. ... "Our county mandate is clear - no farm use on rural residential land, and ... Helicopters To Drop Wood Mulch On Scorched Oregon Land OPB News by AP AP | March 14, 2016 8:05 a.m. | Baker City, Oregon ... dropping hundreds of tons of wood mulch on land burned by the Cornet-Windy Ridge fire. Portland named finalist in national 'Smart Cities' competition The Register-Guard AUSTIN, Texas - Oregon's largest city is a finalist in a national competition to find a city to fully integrate innovative technologies such as self-driving ... Google's Sidewalk Labs Is Creating a Platform to Make City Transit Better Mic Google is trying to transform public transportation. ... Kansas City, Missouri; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon and San Francisco, California. California Drought Monitor and National Drought Summary for March 15, 2016 Sierra Sun Times California Drought Monitor and National Drought Summary for March 15, .... D2 shrank in northeast Oregon to reflect improved reservoir and SWE ... Cleveland Neighborhood Votes on Creative Community Development Next City On a recent Wednesday afternoon in North Collinwood in Cleveland, ... artists and a slew of creative ideas for improving the neighborhood. The Science of Building Better Bridges Next City After collapsing in 2007, the I-35W bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis was rebuilt in 11 months using acceleratedbridge .. Why 'dynamic' pricing based on real-time supply and demand is rapidly spreading Los Angeles Times Walt Disney Co.'s move to lift prices at Disneyland and its other theme parks on busy days was a novel step for the entertainment giant, but the news ... The E-commerce Revolution Planetizen The internet has revolutionized the way people shop. From Amazon's Prime service, to grocery stores offering online ordering and delivery or store ... Sadie K Carney | Rural Policy Analyst/Communications Manager Director's Office Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Direct: (503) 934-0036 | Cell: (503) 383-6648 | Main: (503) 373-0050 sadie.carney at state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/LCD/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: