From laura.buhl at state.or.us Fri Jan 27 17:12:34 2017 From: laura.buhl at state.or.us (Buhl, Laura) Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 01:12:34 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for January 27, 2017 Message-ID: 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. ________________________________ La Pine Targets Manufacturing Firms The Bulletin (Bend) Much of Central Oregon, including Bend and Redmond, has been plagued by a shortage of affordable industrial land. However, the state's youngest city claims to have a solution. La Pine City Manager Cory Misley said the city has around 30 lots that are zoned industrial within its urban growth boundary, ranging from a half-acre up to 40 acres. With a new economic development director for the region, Misley said one of the city's goals is attracting manufacturing development and stable jobs as the area continues to grow. Prineville is Running Out of Electricity, Jeopardizing New Manufacturing Jobs The Oregonian (Portland) Prineville may lose a factory that could bring more than 300 jobs to the central Oregon community because the region lacks electricity to power the facility, city leaders said. Corps Meets With Officials about Flooding Concerns The Argus Observer (Ontario) Local officials met with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Friday to discuss how to deal with potential flooding of Snake River in Idaho and Oregon. According to a news release from the Payette County Sheriff's Office, the federal agency met with the Idaho Office of Emergency Management Southwest Idaho Area field officer and the Payette County Emergency Manager. Wallowa County Ranch to Adopt New Water Conservation Practices Capital Press (Salem) A Wallowa County ranch figures to save 1 billion gallons of water annually through a series of conservation projects, such as adding sprinklers and forgoing irrigation during peak summer months. Right to Farm Law Among Targets in Oregon Legislature Capital Press (Salem) -Farm lobbyists said they expect new threats to emerge during the 2017 Oregon legislative session- Agribusiness groups have cheered the Trump administrations vow to roll back federal regulations but they continue to fear overreach by the state government in Oregon. With Democrats controlling the Oregon Legislature and the governor's office, farm lobbyists said they expect new threats to emerge during the 2017 legislative session. Government Plan for Klamath Wildlife Refuges Violates Law, Conservation Groups Say The Oregonian (Portland) Three conservation groups filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday alleging a management plan for five wildlife refuges in Southern Oregon and Northern California doesn't do enough to restore and protect key habitat for tens of thousands of migrating waterfowl. Oregon Will Defy Joint Fish Management on the Lower Columbia River The Oregonian (Portland) The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission ripped a hole Friday in the 99-year-old fabric of concurrent fish management on the Columbia River. With a split 4-3 vote, commission members defied the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission's attempt to negotiate the long-contested Columbia River Management Plan. Affordable Home Backers Lay out Lobbying Plans Portland Tribune By coincidence, the council adopted state and federal legislative agendas that prioritized those issues on the same day that leaders of six affordable housing advocacy organizations appeared on a panel in downtown Portland to discuss them. Reducing homelessness and increasing affordable housing were the No. 1 priorities on both of the council's agendas. How Mormon Principles and Grassroots Ideals Saved Utah Politico - Fearful of rampant growth, officials put control in the hands of citizens who preferred collaboration to government dictates - Imagine getting 90 municipalities in 10 counties in one of the nation's fastest growing regions to get on board for a 20-year land use planning effort intended to conserve water use, promote clean air and avoid the destruction of open spaces by slashing housing lot sizes, encouraging higher-density development and imposing new taxes to build a light rail network and commuter rail system from scratch . . . You might assume it must have started in a liberal bastion like Portland, Oregon . . . But the most ambitious and successful long-term land-use planning effort in American history is happening in ultra-conservative Utah, a state with powerful ranching, mining and energy interests and a reflexive distrust of top-down government solutions. What if Uber Kills Off Public Transport Rather Than Cars? The Guardian (U.K.) Uber's privatised transportation system may do more harm than good if cities allow public transport to deteriorate. The perceived wisdom is that Uber has disrupted taxis and that private automobiles are next, but what if we've misread what is happening in our cities? Transportation Agencies Will Finally Measure the Movement of People, Not Just Cars Streetsblog USA "What you measure is what you get," the saying goes, and for a long time, America's transportation policy establishment was obsessed with measuring one thing: car congestion. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent in the quest for free-flowing vehicular traffic. The result is wider highways, more sprawl, and more people stuck in congestion. But this week U.S. DOT took an important step to change course, releasing new standards to guide how transportation agencies measure their performance. Advocates for transit and walkability say the policy is a significant improvement. Portland Plans New Development Fee Structure Based on People Instead of Cars State Smart Transportation Initiative For 20 years, Portland, OR, has assessed Transportation System Development Charges (TSDC) on developments based on the presumed new trips that each project would generate. In December, the City Council unanimously passed a resolution allowing the Portland Bureau of Transportation to use a new methodology for assessing the fees based on person trips instead of car trips. Michigan Joins Small Number of States With Self-Driving Car Laws American Planning Association In response to continued development of autonomous vehicle technology and testing, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law a series of measures to help provide a legal and regulatory framework for how self-driving cars could be used on roads in the state. . . . While the intent of the regulation is to not impede car maker flexibility in testing and developing what could be the transportation of the near future, large areas of planning policy concern have been left unaddressed. Municipalities May Be Liable for Crashes on Streets Where Design Encourages High Speeds State Smart Transportation Initiative On December 22, the New York State Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, ruled that municipalities may be liable for traffic injuries when the design of roads contributes to reckless driving or excessive speeding. The 6-1 decision in Turturro v. City of New York found that city transportation officials did not adequately study traffic calming as a way to reduce the problem of excessive speeding on Gerritsen Avenue, a busy street in Brooklyn. FHWA Publishes "Small Town and Rural Multimodal Networks" Human Environment Digest (FHWA) In December 2016, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published a new report, titled "Small Town and Rural Multimodal Networks." The report addresses challenges specific to rural areas, recognizes how many rural roadways are operating today, and focuses on opportunities to make incremental improvements despite the geographic, fiscal, and other challenges that many rural communities face. 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 | www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: