From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Aug 18 17:35:13 2017 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 00:35:13 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for August 18, 2017 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF02BFC513F@DLCDSXCH05.dlcd.state.or.us> Welcome to this week's roundup of the Land Use News! Happy eclipsing! 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, agency announcements 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. ________________________________ You Can Camp With Goats While Watching The Eclipse Willamette Week You Can Camp With Goats While Watching The Eclipse And Fighting Corporate ... "But the reason I'm doing this is to protect all of Oregon.". Traffic is already bananas in Oregon for the solar eclipse WNCN Over 1 million people are expected to travel Oregon to see the solar eclipse, causing unprecedented traffic. It could be the worse traffic mess in state history. John Day airport booked during eclipse, but Hermiston, Pendleton runways open East Oregonian (subscription) With various warnings from government officials about the crush of people that could descend on rural Oregon not matching up with the reality in Hermiston up to this point, Rawe compared it to Y2K, the theory that the calendar change from 1999 to 2000 would cause massive problems in computers. Eclipse Chasers Are Descending on Oregon Slate Magazine "Act like an Oregonian," says Travel Oregon's Linea Gagliano. "Leave no trace, be kind. Pack your patience." Be a green groupie, a granola muncher. Developers appeal Timberhill decision Corvallis Gazette Times The developers, GPA 1 and Forest Heights, said that a 2016 Department of Land Conservation and Development enforcement order mandates that the city remove the planned development overlay from the property. Critics Claim Ruling Allows Pay-Offs for Farm Impacts The Capital Press "The State of Oregon is joined by the Oregon Farm Bureau and the 1,000 Friends of Oregon conservation group in asking the Oregon Supreme Court to overturn that decision." State board rejects third bridge decision, sends it back to Salem City Hall Statesman Journal In April, an intergovernmental agreement between Salem and the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development came before the council for approval. In a tight 5-4 vote, the council rejected the agreement, signaling the change away from the bridge proposal. Seaside residents lukewarm on urban renewal Daily Astorian "I think there has been some confusion between the urban growth boundary and the urban renewal district. They are two distinct things," he said. However, city councilors received written testimony hours before the hearing from Sean Malone, an attorney with the Oregon Coast Alliance, who asserts that by including property in the urban renewal district the city is not in compliance. Jordan Cove a threat to Oregon The Register-Guard The terminals would be built on the Cascadia subduction earthquake fault and tsunami zone. We can't solve climate disruption (drought, flooding, catastrophic storms, severe heat waves) by investing in expensive and dangerous new fossil fuel infrastructure built to last for 30 or more years. 'Granny Pods' Help Keep Portland Affordable NPR It's a type of housing city planners refer to as an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, often called a granny flat or granny pod. The Cully neighborhood is also, according to 2010 census data, one of the most diverse neighborhoods in Oregon. Oregon fast tracks $30 million I-205 widening project OregonLive.com Oregon fast tracks $30 million I-205 widening project. The bill funds road upgrades and public transit projects around the state through raising taxes and fees and creating a set of new taxes, including on the sale of new cars and bicycles and on payroll. Caltech, five other colleges, and nonprofit get nearly $5 million for earthquake warning system Pasadena Weekly Caltech, Central Washington University, UC Berkeley, University of Oregon, University of Washington, University of Nevada, Reno and University Navstar Consortium, Inc. received money to help advance the system. "The additional $4.9 million awarded to the Earthquake Early Warning brings us one step closer to fully deploying this technology." Oregon DOGAMI presents Mined Land Reclamation Awards for 2016 Aggregates Manager (registration) (blog) The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) announced the recipients of its annual Mined Land Reclamation Awards. Time to move Oregon forward on affordable housing Street Roots News Just a short month ago, the Oregon Legislature adjourned the 2017 session. Legislators had the chance to act during the session to take a bold step forward to address our state's housing crisis for the 4 in 10 people who rent their home in Oregon, and they failed. Oregon nursery industry reclaims No. 1 spot Capital Press Jeff Stone, director of the Oregon Association of Nurseries, said he is fortunate to be part of the nursery community, and that it is still a "handshake industry" where friendship and trust has been built over a long period of time. Housing and constructing industries are its major customers. Commission candidate proposes fee-based affordable housing program The Bozeman Daily Chronicle Cunningham based the system on a similar and successful program in Bend, Oregon, which started in 2006. Under the Bend program, developers are charged one-third of 1 percent for both commercial and residential building permits, and the funded projects must target residents at or below 80 percent median income. More than $1 million awarded to Adirondack communities The Daily Gazette More than $1 million in state funding for "smart growth" projects has been awarded to communities in the Adirondack Park, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said this week. A total of $1.35 million went to communities in the Adirondacks and Catskills. Your Chance To Weigh In On Mountain Bike Trails Adirondack Explorer (press release) (blog) The state Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Park Agency are seeking comments on guidelines for bike trails in the Forest Preserve. You can read the draft guidelines on the APA website. The Bronx Hopes to Tech Boom Planetizen "The Bronx is open for business-the tech business," according to an opinion piece in Crain's New York Business. "The new 'it' neighborhood in New York is the South Bronx," according to Marlene Cintron. 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: