From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Nov 3 16:26:35 2017 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 23:26:35 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for November 3, 2017 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF02C0B7E64@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, 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. ________________________________ State approves part of Envision Eugene growth plan; land allocation for new housing still being ... The Register-Guard The nonhousing land being brought into the urban growth boundary near the Eugene Airport and along the River Road corridor for future nonhousing urban development. A LUBA decision can be appealed to the Oregon Court of Appeals. Ruling reverses solar project on Oregon farmland Capital Press "I would still assume there are a lot of options," such as industrial areas within "urban growth boundaries" or marginal lands, she said. "Just as with any energy facility, we think the siting considerations are important and should not be bypassed." Protecting rural land The Register-Guard A previous owner of the 500-acre property, the last businessman John Musumeci, bought the land more or less on spec, hoping that Eugene would expand its urban growth boundary there some day, making the land developable. The McDougals aren't waiting around to see if, or when, that day comes. Instead, they now appear to be using the same tactic they've successfully used elsewhere to develop this large piece of land. KING TIDES: Highest high tide event The News Guard The King Tides, the highest high tides of the year, are coming up Nov. 4-6. Residents and visitors to Oregon's Coast are invited to safely capture these ... North Coast planners question development in tsunami zone Daily Astorian North Coast planners question development in tsunami zone. This fall a child care center moved into a building in Astoria that Oregon State Police had left because it was in the tsunami inundation zone. One day, an event that hasn't happened since 1700 will shake much of the West Coast. The "Big One" - the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami. But the North Coast is already in motion. Bend councilor proposes big developer-fee hike for roads KTVZ "The housing crisis we face in Central Oregon is the No. 1 issue changing our community, and I am terribly concerned about the impact on everyday people - not just the poorest of the poor, but all the way up in middle and upper-middle income people," Moseley said. "The choice we are really confronted with right now is either not build housing or coming up with the infrastructure we need to build it." What Public Transit Can Learn from Uber and Lyft Government Technology In Portland, Oregon - a city known for its strong focus on transit issues - commuters face a whopping 41 additional minutes of average daily congestion. Leaders herald convention center contract as a promise finally kept Metro newsfeed A $27 million project to renovate the Oregon Convention Center and its northeast entrance was awarded this summer to Colas Construction, a firm owned by an African-American family and rooted in Portland's historic black community that once was centered where the convention center now stands. "Many promissories were made by formerly what we would call the Portland Development Commission, the City of Portland and others, and some of those, we're just beginning to make good on those promissories, we're just beginning to own the fact that gentrification was not a market dynamic, that there were policy driven implications behind it, and not always in the best interests of the local citizenry," Leary said. Meet the company that's turning the tide at Cannon Beach Portland Business Journal Linea Galiano, director of global communications for Travel Oregon, said adding more options for visitors is something that's happening across the state. Cannon Beach's Martin North, which owns the Stephanie Inn and other properties, navigates the seasonal nature of coastal tourism. You are here: A snapshot of housing affordability in greater Portland Metro newsfeed Regional leaders added them to the urban growth boundary over the past 19 years to make room for housing an demployment. Leaders hope to avoid these kinds of delays in future UGB expansions. Wyden and Merkley still in the dark on plan to shrink Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument OregonLive.com The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is in Southern Oregon. "Southern Oregonians deeply value their public lands while maintaining healthy support for private property rights and the need to properly fund our schools," Walden said in a statement. Wine Country and Cannabis OregonWinePress.com An "elephant" roams the fields of Southern Oregon, so to speak. Although many would rather ignore cannabis, everyone definitely has an opinion on it. No matter where you live in this part of the state, there's likely a retail shop or a grow site nearby, and as fall Harvey continues, its skunky smell competes with the sweet, fruity scents of nearby pears and wine grapes. State ignoring residential problems of marijuana growing sites Statesman Journal Inquiries to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (the OLCC oversees recreational marijuana in Oregon) brought a copy of the application, with blacked-out sections to protect the grower - something like a CIA document. Althought the grower's application stated that non-potable, processed sewage water was to be used for irrigation of the plants, two illegal wells were dug. Living near marijuana grow can be unhealthy experience The Register-Guard Nevertheless, groundwater gets pumped for large-scale marijuana irrigation without such water rights, drawing down the local water table and affecting water levels in surrounding wells. Cannabis may be classified as an agricultural crop, but the security concerns attached to it produce a cartel-like atmosphere where drones, security cameras and armed guards with high -powered rifles with ranges of more than two miles. Fire recovery group sets priorities Curry Coastal Pilot "But Oregon has a story, and we got hit really hard. We need to really work on this." Ron Wyden has proposed a Wildfire Disaster Funding Act that would set aside funding for for agencies that exceed their fire suppression budgets to put out remaining fires and end what is called "fire borrowing." For fifth time, House passes Walden forest management bill KTVZ The Resilient Federal Forests Act will bring proper management to federal lands in Oregon to improve the health and resiliency of forests, and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires that ravage Oregon and much of the West every year. Sage-Grouse Conservation Plans Threatened in Western States Public News Service The fate of the sage grouse is intertwined with hundreds of other high-desert species across the Great Basin, from California to Montana. The sage-grouse plans are an effort to stave off an endangered species listing for the bird, which has already lost half its habitat and 95 percent of its historical population. Jose Antonio Vargas | Gentrification Documentary | Tribal Spiritual Site KUOW News and Information In 2011, journalist Jose Antonio Vargas published a revealing personal essay in the New York Times Magazine called "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant." This fall, he's in residence at the University of Oregon, and he joins us to discuss his story and the immigration issues impacting Oregon and the nation. Vargas has upcoming speaking events in Eugene and Portland. Enjoy extra hour of sleep as we 'fall back' Pamplin Media Group The law mandated Daylight Savings time across the Pacific Time Zone, which covers nearly every Oregon city - except for residents of sparsely-populated Malheur County (who live in the Mountain Time Zone because of their proximity to Boise, Idaho). This update on the classic Oregon Trail game will entice you to plan a trip Lonely Planet Travel News Travel Oregon: The Game is an update on the classic Oregon Trail - renowned for being both fun and educational enough to play at school. It brought players on a journey on the historic trail, which early settlers took from Missouri to Oregon in the mid-1800s, facing issues like potentially dying of dysentery or snakebites. Seattle Seahawks fans cause earthquake with their cheers New York Daily News You're going to hear them roar. Seattle Seahawks fans triggered the earthquake seismometer at the nearby University of Washinton with the loudness of their cheers as Jimmy Graham scored a game-winning touchdown during Sunday's game against the Houston Texans. Six Things You Might See in November's Weather The Weather Channel Weather conditions in November are highly variable depending on the weather pattern in place during a given year. Snow, tornadoes and damaging windstorms are all possible. 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: