[LandUse-News] Land Use News for June 3, 2016

Fri Jun 3 16:43:05 PDT 2016

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Final comp plan hearing set <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/309563-187180-final-comp-plan-hearing-set&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTk4MzU0NDg5ODE5ODM3NjkzMjIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFcD4reEswfu9psujF7h5jr5n0Vmw>
Portland Tribune
It envisions the construction of at least 120,000 new housing units, with approximately 80 percent of them being apartments concentrated in downtown ...

Public forum planned on EPA's Superfund cleanup plan <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/sl/309717-187802-public-forum-planned-on-epas-superfund-cleanup-plan-&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTk4MzU0NDg5ODE5ODM4MDA5NjIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEBvoRbJU6T95wJtgJHi1C4qD1GRw>
Portland Tribune
With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finally set to release its cleanup plan for the Portland Harbor Superfund site on June 8, community and ...

Lawmakers Again Tackle Housing Crisis <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.kbnd.com/kbnd-news/local-news-feed/256817&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI4MDM5NDc4ODI3ODExMjMwNDQyGjQwZGU4YzMxOWVmZWZiZTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGCF3HANTW6_DeKAC-A4LbKgTNc6Q>
KBND
SALEM, OR -- Many Oregon cities continue to struggle with a severe shortage of affordable housing. Lawmakers took up the issue again, during last ...

Housing The Homeless Could Eventually Pay For Itself <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterubel/2016/05/31/housing-the-homeless-could-eventually-pay-for-itself/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTgyNzczOTU3NjQ5NDA2NTM4MhoyZjc3MDBlMjA5YmI5NjBiOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFZ9VzDya2HW1SODPO6HqgZjQzkkA>
Forbes
A study of a supportive housing facility in Portland, Oregon, provides provocative evidence that a decent chunk of the cost of running such a facility ...

Home prices, rents continue to rise <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/309358-187379-home-prices-rents-continue-to-rise&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSNTgyNzczOTU3NjQ5NDA2NTM4MhoyZjc3MDBlMjA5YmI5NjBiOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNF2TZcXz4xURF3oAw1XxUnhyDKE9g>
Pamplin Media Group
A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition says Oregon has the 18th most expensive rents in the country, with the highest rents ...

Farmworkers' Families Struggle to Find Safe Housing <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-05-31/housing-homelessness/farmworkers-families-struggle-to-find-safe-housing/a52145-1&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioSNTgyNzczOTU3NjQ5NDA2NTM4MhoyZjc3MDBlMjA5YmI5NjBiOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNE9MMmt3YtlWarg0fUJxw86H6LG6A>
Public News Service
Farmworker Housing Development Corp. builds housing, such as the ... As fresh cherries go on display in Oregon's grocery stores, one organization is ...

East Oregon farm proposes farmworker housing project <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/2/east-oregon-farm-proposes-farmworker-housing-proje/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTk4MzU0NDg5ODE5ODM3NjkzMjIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHDRJ4xhn5HqQnEgn20qxxTXKBrjQ>
Washington Times
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) - A farm in eastern Oregon is looking to add a new housing development for 200 to 800 seasonal workers. The East ...

Welfare Utopia <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/05/welfare-utopia/484607/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI4MDM5NDc4ODI3ODExMjMxMDUyGjQzYTdmZjdhYTE2YjJlMzE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGfdCduYFQJhXDz1-0C9zsJ19taFQ>
The Atlantic
Oregon, on the other hand, has tried to patch the holes. When ... Then, in 1999, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a study showing that 12.6 ...

Sage grouse concerns nix Oregon energy project <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://katu.com/news/politics/sage-grouse-concerns-nix-oregon-energy-project&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTk4MzU0NDg5ODE5ODM3NzE5MjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEfgUrcXyw3rRWauLjMcf1VOm-QzA>
KATU
Sage grouse concerns nix Oregon energy project ... Grasty questioned the ability of courts to interpret land management-related decisions, saying ...

Southwest Oregon's fire season starts Friday <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20160601/NEWS/160609946&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNTk4MzU0NDg5ODE5ODM3NzE5MjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHIeTw4WLYmRQ17ooxnxK5VMZdn2w>
Mail Tribune
After that, burn piles and burn barrels will not be allowed on the 1.8 million acres of lands protected by the department's southwest Oregon district.

Land transfer has an ulterior motive <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/34426972-78/land-transfer-has-an-ulterior-motive.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTgwMTEyMTk5MjA5NDQ4NjQ4NjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFlSyM_UgZr8pYygcqNwpcyF1l8dw>
The Register-Guard
In the 50-plus years I've hunted, I've watched as Eastern Oregon ranchers have systematically eliminated natural forage for deer and elk on public ...

ODF declares fire season in Central Oregon District <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ktvz.com/news/ODF-declares-fire-season-in-Central-Oregon-District/39868238&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTk4MzU0NDg5ODE5ODM4MDQwMDIaZmFlNzY5MzkxYmE4MjFmOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE4l3kgaDfhls1alMwOiKtssQnMzQ>
KTVZ
This year's fire season will begin Friday at 12:01 a.m. for the Oregon Department of Forestry's Central Oregon District. Warm spring temperatures have ...

At 107, Tillamook Cheese still growing <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/SpecialSections/Dairy/20160602/at-107-tillamook-cheese-still-growing&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTk4MzU0NDg5ODE5ODM3ODQ4MjIaZjIzZWE4YjdkNDQwOTNkMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFeWcbHLROh5UQ9zKOIf3hZA0F1rg>
Capital Press
... president and CEO of Tillamook County Creamery Association and Tillamook Cheese, has traced his ancestry in Oregon back seven generations.

Find earthquake hazard at your house with new OSU tool <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2016/06/new_tools_show_earthquake_haza.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTk4MzU0NDg5ODE5ODM3ODIyNzIaNTM0OWRhZDRjYTVjYmU4NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF0YhfmfRBhSPuTGsDPp7F4ajejeg>
OregonLive.com
Oregon State University launched a tool to help engineers, planners and ... hazards in Oregon - just in case the 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes from ... landslides, liquefaction and potential tsunami inundation lines, on a scale of ...

CNN show about Portland's hipster invasion and gentrification gets Twitter talking <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/tv/2016/05/cnn_show_about_portlands_hipst.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzc1OTgwMTM1OTQ0Njc0MzU3NTIaNDdlZDRhZjYwYTE4OGY5Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGzxy94_16jyiU66-_4eDWprR_6ew>
OregonLive.com
In the Portland episode of CNN's "United Shades of America," host W. Kamau Bell got a cuddle from Samantha Hess, Portland's "professional cuddler.

Wind shuts down Sasquatch! main stage, local wildfire 'not' a risk <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2016/05/wind_shuts_down_sasquatch_stage_wildfire.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzc1OTgwMTM1OTQ0Njc0MjMwNDIaZmFlNzY5MzkxYmE4MjFmOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGeOZxRogo2fU7Aeg5Ilf8ffiwanA>
OregonLive.com
... from the Gorge Amphitheatre on Sunday, May 29, 2016, as a Columbia River wildfire burned. ... David Greenwald | The Oregonian/OregonLive ...

Lawmakers tour local I-5 interchanges <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.pamplinmedia.com/wbi/152-news/309221-187323-lawmakers-tour-local-i-5-interchanges&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTgwMTEyMTk5MjA5NDQ4NDA2NjIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEAj-mTp6t-7EKbQgWlgYKiU3W3bg>
Pamplin Media Group
... Tina Kotek for the purpose of preserving and modernizing Oregon's transportation system, which is a top priority for lawmakers across the state.

The cost of green energy is more pollution <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://koin.com/2016/06/02/the-cost-of-green-energy-is-more-pollution/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTk4MzU0NDg5ODE5ODM3ODMzMDIaNzUyYWMzN2ZlMTM5M2JkZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHSwwekActQTHvN5SNTihWrX-orrA>
KOIN.com
The old saying "There's no such thing as a free lunch" applies to Oregon's new green energy law. There are many benefits to green energy, but it also ...

Lane Transit District, other local agencies vying for millions of dollars in transportation grants <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/34426835-75/lane-transit-district-other-local-agencies-vying-for-millions-of-dollars-in-transportation-grants.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNTgwMTEyMTk5MjA5NDQ4NDA2NjIaN2QxMTZkOWMxYTYyMTAyMTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFc_B2-8A_1Yh9GFiV57SxcGfsn4g>
The Register-Guard
The Oregon Department of Transportation has finalized a list of applicants for $45 million in bus, air, rail, pedestrian and bicycle grants. The list of ...

Season's first potato psyllids captured in Malheur County <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Idaho/20160531/seasons-first-potato-psyllids-captured-in-malheur-county&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTgyNzczOTU3NjQ5NDA3MDM1MhoyZWMwZjkwMWY1NmFjOTBmOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNEBVvsdq_ZqDdiDtxaiALdj65_kHQ>
Capital Press
KIMBERLY, Idaho - A monitoring program has detected the arrival of the first psyllids in commercial potato fields. They were found in Malheur County ...

When New York City tried to ban cars - the extraordinary story of 'Gridlock Sam' <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jun/01/new-york-city-ban-cars-gridlock-sam-schwartz-manhattan&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTgwMTEyMTk5MjA5NDQ4NjA0NjIaMmJmMjQyMDhhY2UyYmE3ODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGm4QeOusLaT5oqgB0h4Qy0wsA7Bg>
The Guardian
Brooklyn Bridge c1890. Toll charges were removed in 1911, and the streetcar tracks ripped up by the 1950s. Photograph: Imagno/Getty Images ...

Sidewalk Labs and Transportation For America to Develop Connected Streets <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.planetizen.com/node/86679/sidewalk-labs-and-transportation-america-develop-connected-streets&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTk4MzU0NDg5ODE5ODM3OTk4ODIaYTI4ZTJkYWVjZWQwMTc4ZTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFtDOOwVbhVFKYnFXFBCCl6e8IlLA>
Planetizen
"The national advocacy group Transportation for America (T4A) and Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet, announced ...

Webinar: Why Walking and Walkability? <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://smartgrowth.org/webinar-walking-walkability/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTgwMTEyMTk5MjA5NDQ4NDYzNzIaMzc3NjNhYThmZjZhYmM2Nzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNF-qYNxEKThu3TJKFKAsUh3tSHijg>
Smart Growth Online
Join America's best-known Walking Champion, Mark Fenton, for an inspiring presentation on why walking and walkability matter in this America Walks ...

The Graying of Rural America <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/the-graying-of-rural-america/485159/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTk4MzU0NDg5ODE5ODM3NzE5MjIaMWU1NWFiMzNlZTdiMzZkNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEDi74h0F0hbFcRjXwMxDr31eiH7Q>
The Atlantic
There's a lot of wide-open land there, but most people, and young people especially, live in the cities. Half the jobs in Oregon, for example, are now in ...

End of the road: Uber and millennials help US cities cut car addiction <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/may/31/uber-millennials-us-cities-cars-austin-lyft&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSNTgyNzczOTU3NjQ5NDA0NDMwMhoyYmYyNDIwOGFjZTJiYTc4OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNH8u87L_Nl2O0RPw9161vAaaikPzA>
The Guardian
Those technologies arrived amid a renewed emphasis by city and regional planners on improving public transit and encouraging non-car modes of ...

Mexico City is 'crowdsourcing' a new constitution. But will it change anything? <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jun/02/mexico-city-crowdsourcing-new-constitution-change-mayor-mancera-president&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNTk4MzU0NDg5ODE5ODM3ODM4NDIaMmJmMjQyMDhhY2UyYmE3ODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEFBcSPAfEqobRueW5YmbHVYQpnVw>
The Guardian
Commuters in Mexico City, where the average journey to work takes one hour 21 ... The new constitution is also one of the last cards the city's mayor, Miguel ... in 2012 with the largest margin in the city's democratic history (63.6% of votes, .... Sign in or create your Guardian account to join the discussion.

Quiz: can you identify the city from the blank street map? <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/31/quiz-can-you-identify-the-city-from-the-blank-street-map&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNTgyNzczOTU3NjQ5NDA0NDMwMhoyYmYyNDIwOGFjZTJiYTc4OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNF_W4pakGQVh5t9bl7LQKGH9d_XDQ>
The Guardian
Gretchen Peterson's City Maps: A Coloring Book for Adults will no doubt take up all of an urban geek's spare time, but can you recognise the cities ...

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