From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Jul 13 16:51:35 2018 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 23:51:35 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for July 13, 2018 Message-ID: <2482007106a04b39a77ab8329a5a082c@dlcd.state.or.us> Welcome to this 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. ________________________________ Medford UGB expansion gets green light Mail Tribune Medford has the green light to expand its boundaries by 4,046 acres over the next 20 years. The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development approved the urban growth boundary in May, and a 21-day appeal period that ended June 8 came and went with no objections filed, making the expansion official. LUBA rules for city in Scravel Hill property tussle Albany Democrat Herald The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals has reversed a February decision by the Linn County Board of Commissioners affirming a county Planning Commission decision to allow building upon or dividing a 1.98-acre parcel near Knox Butte Road and Scravel Hill Road. Lawmakers Set Sights On Changes To Endangered Species Act OPB News Federal lawmakers are making a move to change the Endangered Species Act. Susan Jane Brown, an attorney with the Western Environmental Law Center, says industry advocates in congress push reforms to weaken the environmental law fairly regularly, but that the Endangered Species Act remains popular among voters. Oregon is home to 57 species on the endangered species list. Washington has 48. California has 300. Denial for oil, gas drilling overturned in Malheur County Ontario Argus Observer VALE - While there has been oil and gas exploration and drilling across the river in Idaho for a several years, action may be starting up on the Oregon side following action by the Malheur County Court Wednesday. Is the state losing momentum in curbing the growth of transportation emissions? Oregon Business Despite policies to reduce transportation GHGs, such as the promotion of electric vehicles and efficient land use, it is the only sector where emissions rose in Oregon between 2014 and 2016, the DEQ report shows. GHGs from agriculture, industry, electricity, natural gas and residential and commercial sources were all down over the same period. First new roads to open in South Hillsboro after decades of planning OregonLive.com South Hillsboro, the long-planned community on some 1,400 acres of farmland south of Tualatin Valley Highway in Washington County, is finally underway. Housing construction began in 2016, and on Thursday, two key roads will open at the northern edge of the area, a major step in the nearly two decades long push to create a new master-planned community there. Freeway toll recommendations mask polarized views in Portland region Portland Business Journal The long trek toward possible freeway tolls in the Portland area continues on Thursday when the Oregon Transportation Commission meets to take public testimony on recommendations from an advisory committee that recently wrapped up work. The committee largely endorsed pilot projects on portions of Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 as a way to begin tolling. But at their final meeting, many members were eager to express more nuanced points of view. Invasive Species Find Points to Disturbing 'Garbage Bridge' to Oregon Coast Oregon Coast Beach Connection (Warrenton, Oregon) - Marine expert Russ Lewis made the discovery last week near Leadbetter Point when he found a chunk of styrofoam with living marine species on it, three of which are considered invasive species and could spell trouble for the Oregon coast. Chapman said the styrofoam piece included a sea anemone, an Asian shore crab, and a species of large barnacles that don't belong here. First annual Freedom Float and Boat Trip to be held Areawide News Oregon County Farm Bureau President Mike Crews stated, "the purpose of the first annual Freedom Float and Boat Trip is to celebrate the freedom and opportunity that comes with private property ownership and to make the public aware of the shrinking private property land base in Oregon County." Pot Farming Threatens Adorable Weasel HowStuffWorks According to the Center for Biological Diversity, the pressures on this deep-forest dweller - and what initially drove them to the brink of extinction - have been logging, trapping and general over-development of their forest habitat. Although only around 300 of these feisty, adorable little mustelids (mammals of the weasel family) exist in the wild, these are split into three smaller populations of about 100 each. Some Western Oregon fires rekindling after dry winter and spring Creswell Chronicle Some of last summer's fires in western Oregon have shown light smoke or small hotspots recently after a dry spring and low snowpack this winter. Land trust plans five cottages in Bend Bend Bulletin The nonprofit land trust filed a site plan with the city of Bend this week for 21221 SE Hurita Place, a half-acre lot east of SE 27th Street. The 1,100 square-foot homes will be built under the city's cottage code, which allows small, single-family houses to be clustered together. The affordability of the homes hinges on Kor's ground-lease business model, which has become more popular in Central Oregon over the past decade. Portland to launch criminal expungement pilot, opening doors to affordable housing KPTV.com The City of Portland plans to launch its first pilot program designed to help people expunge their criminal records in an effort to give them access to better housing options. A city spokesperson tells FOX 12 the initiative comes from Mayor Ted Wheeler's office with a focus on how the criminal justice system marginalizes communities of color. ADUs pass council muster, privilege tax increased Pamplin Media Group The Newberg City Council has overcome a number of setbacks to approve an update to the city's municipal code to accept accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and bring local regulation into compliance with Senate Bill 1501, which took effect July 1. The council had to declare an emergency in order to approve the code change last week to comply with the state law. A Revolution Is Brewing to End Homelessness OZY The name might evoke a desperate stab at postapocalyptic agriculture, but the Atomic Orchard Experiment is far more hopeful. When it opens, likely in 2020, the mixed-use project in a rapidly gentrifying part of northeast Portland, Oregon, will offer 18 of its 86 rental lofts for $582 per month in a neighborhood where the average apartment rents for $1,550. 'This waterfront needs a highway': the huge mistakes cities keep making The Guardian Unless, of course, you're a city. Too often, cities think they're unique and repeat the blunders that others have made before them. Here are three of the worst ideas that keep getting recycled; let us know about others in the comments below. 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: