From sadie.carney at state.or.us Fri Jul 27 16:27:54 2018 From: sadie.carney at state.or.us (Carney, Sadie) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 23:27:54 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News for July 27, 2018 Message-ID: <50f10f1a41a246a383397b5597d2d479@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. ________________________________ Building for the Big One: Coastal campus designed to withstand quake, tsunami OregonLive.com Work on the 71,000-square-foot building has already changed the Port of Newport's skyline with a cluster of bright yellow construction equipment rising over the bay. The array includes a 100-foot-tall drill to burrow 100 feet into the earth for "deep soil mixing" - the combining of mortar with dirt. That will create a solid foundation to anchor the building against both shaking and being lifted out of the ground by a large wave, Cowen said. Ring of FIRE about to blow? 10 earthquakes strike USA off coast of Oregon Express.co.uk In the early hours of July 24, 10 quakes hit the southern Oregon coast - mainly between 5.16a local time and 10.22am. The most powerful was a strong 5.4 magnitude quake which hit at 7.44am, according to reports from the US Geological Survey (USGS). Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center, said that there is no risk of tsunami from the earthquakes which struck about 126 miles west of Crescent City, California. However, the tremors could be part of a much more serious problem and that the Ring of Fire could be ready to unleash devastating quakes. Two-Thirds of Portland-Area Elected Officials Aren't Happy With How Metro Handles Land for ... Willamette Week Seventy percent of elected officials in the three-county metropolitan region who ranked the regional planning agency Metro either "fair" or "poor" at one of its core responsibilities: "ensuring an adequate supply of land for homes through management of the urban growth boundary." Minimum-wage workers can't afford typical 1-bedroom apartment in 31 Oregon counties OregonLive.com A minimum-wage worker can't afford a typical one-bedroom apartment on a single full-time job in 31 Oregon counties. Even with the minimum-wage hike that took effect this month, a Portland-area worker would need to work more than two jobs -- 81 hours a week -- to make the rent. In all but a handful of counties, it would take a work week in excess of a 40-hour full-time job. The statewide average is a 65-hour work week. Blog: The complexities of gentrification Daily Journal of Commerce It's important to distinguish between the continuing need to preserve and create attractive urban neighborhoods and the methods by which that is achieved. Regional leaders stop telling people to live near work KOIN.com Regional leaders are no longer saying that people should live near employment centers. Instead, the newest idea for mitigating congestion and reducing carbon emissions involves ensuring that housing is located near other travel destinations, such as stores, recreational centers and community gathering spots. How One Odd Bird Embodies the Endangered Species Act Debate National Geographic The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have launched a new assault on the Endangered Species Act, the 1973 law credited with saving dozens of animals and plants. These include such icons as bald eagles, grizzly bears, and Florida manatees, and other species that many of us have never heard of-such as the Hidden Lake bluecurl, a small plant with delicate blue flowers that grows along a single lake in the San Jacinto Mountains of southern California. Earlier this month the bluecurl became the latest of dozens of species to be officially taken off the list, because officials determined that its population had recovered. Douglas County Announces Water Restrictions As Drought Conditions Continue To Plague Oregon KLCC FM Public Radio Governor Kate Brown declared a state of drought emergency for Douglas County in June. The Oregon Water Resources Department announced that water restrictions will be in place for county residents with stream or river water rights. Raquel Rancier is with the resources department: "Generally we're seeing that regulation is occurring earlier than normal. In addition, some streams that are rarely regulated we do anticipate will require water distribution this year due the significantly low stream flows." High-speed rail study from Canada to Oregon has $1.5 million backing KPTV.com Microsoft, the Oregon Department of Transportation, the Washington State Department of Transportation and the Province of British Columbia are studying a possible high-speed rail line that would span the Pacific Northwest. The Washington State Legislature allocated $750,000 for the study earlier this year. The other three partners announced a match of that funding Thursday, bringing the total funding to $1.5 million. Oregon airports receive $14 million in grants Transportation Today Hillsboro Airport was awarded $12.3 million; Albany Municipal Airport received $950,000; Crater Lake-Klamath Regional Airport received $620,000; Bend Municipal Airport received $279,249; and Grants Pass Airport received $150,000. Secure and reliable airport service is critical to job creation and economic growth, ensuring smaller communities are not left behind, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said. Pressure on state to expand road tolling Pamplin Media Group At the direction of the Oregon Legislature, the Oregon Transportation Commission has been studying whether to impose tolls on some or all of I-5 and I-205 in Portland. But, as the commission nears its December deadline to submit a request to the Federal Highway Administration, the public, elected officials and stakeholders are urging it to recommend tolling Highway 26, Highway 217 and I-84, too, Brouwer says. Much of the pressure is coming from a 25-member advisory committee appointed to assist with the Portland Metropolitan Area Value Pricing Feasibility Study commissioned by ODOT. According to Brouwer, most of the committee members favor tolling all the freeways. Travel Oregon Awards $853000 to Local Tourism Projects PR Newswire (press release) "Travel Oregon's mission is to inspire travel by sharing the stories of Oregon's people and places, delivering world-class experiences and strengthening the tourism industry to better Oregon's way of life," said Todd Davidson, Travel Oregon CEO. "These projects allow us to restore and preserve some of Oregon's iconic places, further develop trail systems and improve the overall visitor experience, creating a positive economic impact in communities, big and small, across the state." Tillamook Creamery Atlas Obscura Each day, as if to defy the stillness of the nearby Tillamook State Forest, the Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) processes one million pounds of milk and churns out at least 170,000 pounds of cheese. The creamery is both a marvel of cheese engineering and a slice of cheese history. Rent Control Is Popular in California. But Will It Pass? - CityLab UrbDeZine Overturning limits on rent control will be on the ballot in California this November, now that organizers have garnered enough signatures to certify Proposition 10. California could be the first state to repeal state-wide rent control limits via ballot initiative, as a number of other cities are challenging similar laws in other states. How do we solve the school drop-off debacle? Mother Nature Network But what was true then is still true today: morning and afternoon carpool lines are a mess. Many schools do their best to prevent issues by asking drivers not to idle their vehicles and trying to keep students on the curb. But the environment and the kids aren't always safe. Reducing Cities' Carbon Footprints Planetizen Statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicate a typical passenger vehicle emits approximately 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. That's one of the reasons officials in Washington, D.C. want to give incentives to people who use alternative forms of transportation. The goal is for the area's residents to eventually take 75 percent of trips via more sustainable modes, like walking, biking, and transit. 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: