From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Dec 1 15:07:24 2017 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 23:07:24 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for December 1, 2017 Message-ID: <5BFC63B298A82F4F9C841F27468D2DF02C0CDD6F@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. ________________________________ Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals blocks Jordan Cove permit Coos Bay World Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals on Monday ruled in favor of the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition's appeal of Coos County's land use approval for the proposed Jordan Cove LNG (liquefied natural gas) export terminal. Tue 8 AM | Sage Grouse Protection, From The Pro Side Jefferson Public Radio Think spotted owl, marbled murrelet, and sage grouse. The grouse, the so-called "prairie chicken," is a candidate for federal protection, but the feds declined to put it on the Endangered Species List. And now the Trump administration wants to make sure grouse protection does not get in the way of economic activity in the West. The Oregon Natural Desert Association is making sure the Interior Department hears plenty of comment. Urban streams surprise with wild steelhead in Rogue River basin OregonLive.com 22, 2017, a juvenile steelhead, collected by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife from a small stream in Medford, Ore., is displayed. Larson Creek is a key tributary to Bear Creek, which is the Rogue Basin's most urbanized stream, yet still produces wild steelhead, chinook, and coho as well as the most overlooked of Oregon's anadromous fishes - Pacific lamprey. KING TIDES: Round 2 The News Guard The current focus is on the set of extreme high tides - known as "king tides" - arriving Dec. 3-5. The first round of the project took place in November; the last series of tides to be photographed will rise Jan. 2-4, 2018. This is the eighth year that Oregon has participated in this international citizen science effort. Solar developments could prompt new land regulations Capital Press "We've go tenought concern for two counties to take this on their own and not wait for LCDC," Johnson said during a Nov 28 meeting of the Oregon Board of Agriculture, which advises ODA. Eugene Creates Plan to Make Streets Safer U.S. News & World Report Making streets safer also is needed if the city is to reduce carbon emissions by getting people out of their cars and biking, walking and taking the bus more often, she said. The plan was created in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Transportation, Lane County and other public agencies. Region plan calls for connectivity of non-motorized trails East Oregonian Inspiration for the Blue Mountain Region Trails plan can be traced back to Community Council, a nonprofit organization based in Walla Walla that gathers residents to study broad, regional issues such as food insecurity and reducing gang membership. He pointed to the growing trend of "agritourism" in Eastern Oregon, including a new farm loop between Pendleton and Milton-Freewater developed recently by the Easter Oregon Visitors Association. Lane County Could Approve Overnight Camping Program U.S. News & World Report The Register-Guard reports many neighborhoods in the pilot area lie within Eugene's urban growth boundary but are outside the city limits. Under the program, businesses, churches, nonprofit agencies and other commercial property owners could agree to host homeless campers on their properties. Housing emergency declared in Grants Pass OregonLive.com The board asked Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to declare a two-year emergency. A housing crunch caused by a rising population and meager apartment construction has sent vacancy rates plummeting and rents soaring. The growing city of Grants Pass has seen an average of just 10 new apartments added per year over the past decade, the Daily Courier found. Josephine County Board Of Commissioners Declare Housing Emergency OPB News A severe housing crunch brought on by an increasing population and a depressed housing construction industry has sent vacancy rates plummeting and rents soaring, while construction of new homes in the area remains below pre-Recession levels 10 years ago. The board is asking Oregon Gov. The Republican Tax Plan Could Wipe Out Vital Funding For Affordable Housing The Portland Mercury Housing providers are screaming at anyone who will listen. And they've been met with conspicuous silence from one Oregon Congressman, US Rep. Rail shipping facility bound for Nyssa Ontario Argus Observer This fact was confirmed by Greg Smith, Malheur County Development Corporation Board director, on Tuesday. The intermodal facility was one of four ConnectOregon projects included in House Bill 2017. How states generate money from the land they own High Country News Older states, such as California and Oregon, have little acreage left today because they quickly sold off their "trust lands" to generate money - a move that clashed with the federal government's long-term vision for those lands. So when newer states like Arizona and new Mexico received their trust lands, the federal government, and sometimes the states themselves, place restrictions on sales, such as minimum prices. Where a 'home for everyone' collides with 'not in my neighborhood': Editorial Agenda 2017 OregonLive.com Considering that Portland is in a crisis because the housing supply is already tens of thousands of units short, it makes no sense to adopt a cap that would further crimp the supply. Commissioner Amanda Fritz told The Oregonian/OregonLive Editorial Board last week that she didn't see a reason to revisit the question and that she will again seek to strip out any such proposal. Portland's homeless crisis needs collaborative approach to address root causes: Guest opinion OregonLive.com A local business organization is calling for other business leaders to help address systemic issues with long-term housing affordability and supportive services, rather than putting more police on the street. We know that the best way to address homelessness is to stop it from happening in the first place. With high housing costs, few shelter beds, where can the homeless go? Mail Tribune Homelessness is more prevalent in Oregon than almost any other state as a percentage of the population, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The 2016 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress ranked Oregon 49th in the nation when calculating the percentage of its homeless population forced to sleep "unsheltered." Portland to help fund affordable housing complex in Lloyd District OregonLive.com Low-income Portland residents and families seeking affordable housing close to downtown will have 240 new options come 2019. The Portland City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved spending almost $6 million on a 12-story affordable housing complex on Northeast Grand Avenue in the Lloyd District. Desecrating the Oregon Trail: Letter to the editor OregonLive.com The Bureau of Land Management has just approved the proposed Boardman to Hemingway power line project across Eastern Oregon, from the Columbia River to west of Boise. The bureau's decision is an absolute disaster for the Oregon Trail and a slap in the face to all those emigrants and their ancestors. Entrepreneurs Say Weddings and Weed Are the Perfect Pair Voice of San Diego "Weedings" have already taken off in Colorado and Oregon, where marijuana is legal. They're weddings where weed, not alcohol, is the primary social lubricant. The Right Stuff Oregon Quarterly In Nancie Peacocke Fadeley's first term in the Oregon House of Representatives, she cast her vote in favor of Oregon's historic bottle bill-the first in the nation to require a five-cent deposit on cans and bottles. Two years later, in 1973, as chair of the House Environment and Land Use Committee, she helped shepherd through Senate Bill 100, visionary land-use legislation that would leave its mark on the state for the next several decades. Denver Cafe 'Happily Gentrifying'? Neighbors Aren't So Happy New York Times Ink Coffee is the kind of business that is often a marker of gentrification - one that caters to a clientele with money to spend on fancy coffee. It began in the 1990s near Aspen, after its founder, Keith Herbert, traveled to Italy to study coffee making, and has grown to a chain of 16 stores, including the one in Five Points. Bans on rough sleeping and begging pursued, parking price hike blocked New Zealand Herald After the parking price increase was voted down the council decided to put a hold on the two most controversial parking changes until they had feedback and ideas from Tauranga Mainstreet. The price rise would have seen eight daytime hours of on-street parking more than double from $12 ($2 per hour for 9am-3pm) to $34 ($2 per hour for the first two hours, $5 p/h thereafter), and getting rid of free weekday parking after 3pm - measure intended to get commuters vehicles out of the city centre to make room for shoppers and visitors. Report: NYC Bus System in Crisis Planetizen Very few who have tried to ride a New York City bus will be surprised by the comptroller's deeply critical report on the system. From The New York Times: "Though New York City's buses carry over two million passengers a day - more than the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North, PATH and New Jersey Transit combined - they are often treated as an afterthought, even as they hemorrhage riders and strand the mostly low-income New Yorkers who depend on them." New Urban Agriculture Program to Turn Vacant Lots into Community Gardens, Commercial Farms Long Beach Post Vacant lot owners in Long Beach can now apply for the city's new Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone (UAIZ) program, which reduces the property tax on lots committed to urban agriculture for five years. These Real Estate Trends Will Be Game-Changers in 2018 Realtor.com News When it comes to home sales growth, bet on Southern cities to beat the national average in 2018. Inventory levels shrank 27 percent to 2,074 units, leading to a 33 percent drop in the months supply of inventory. Baby Boomers Adopt Millennial Style Living Builder Magazine Ollie, a national co-living brand that provides all-inclusive micro-unit one bedroom studios with shared kitchens, bathroom and common areas. John Ewing, banker, environmentalist, mentor, dies after long illness BurlingtonFreePress.com Howard Dean; founding chairman of Smart Growth Vermont; founder of the Vermont Chapter of the Nature Conservancy; and the first-ever recipient of the Vermont Natural Resources Council's Art Gibb Award for his "leadership, vision, and courage" in guiding the way communities incorporate growth and conservation. SF set to become first US city to price all metered parking based on demand SFGate Surge pricing could be coming to every parking meter in San Francisco in 2018 under a plan being considered by the Municipal Transportation Agency. Under the proposal, each of the city's 30,200 meters would be subject to hourly rates that vary depending on demand. The charges would fluctuate block by block and by time of day. The Quiet Revolution Happening in the Suburbs Governing That may be the most radical change in suburban planning: the growing consensus that transit matters. The most in-demand suburban developments are being built around transit, and this is true even where the share of commuters using transit is still low. Shops and apartments are springing up alongside fixed-rail stations all over the country. 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: