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Oregon
Land Use Update
May 18, 2005
In
this issue:
1000
FRIENDS OF OREGON
- Take
Action: Ask Your Senator to Vote NO on SB1037: It’s worse than
Measure 37!
- Coastal
Design Action Teams: Nominate a Project on the Coast
OREGON
NEWS
- Oregonian
Editorial: SB1037 is bad for Oregon agriculture
- PSU Measure
37 Forum May 25
- DLCD issues
staff reports on Measure 37 claims
- State
intervenes to uphold Columbia Gorge interstate compact against Measure
37
- New Willamette
Valley study looks at changing land use patterns
NATIONAL
NEWS
- Transportation
Reauthorization passes Senate: Veto Threatened
- Washingtonians
see benefits of planning
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1000
FRIENDS OF OREGON
Take
Action to Protect Oregon: Ask Your Senator to Vote NO on SB1037: It’s
worse than Measure 37
Next week,
the full Senate will consider SB1037, a bill that is worse for Oregon
than Measure 37. The bill:
Please
contact your Senator using this look
up form call 1-800-332-2313 (or 503-986-1187 if calling from Salem).
Coastal
Design Action Teams: Nominate a Project on the Coast
The Coastal
Futures Project is offering Design Action Teams to support a model development
project on each of the north, mid-, and south coasts. If you are involved
in a project that could benefit from conceptual design services, we
want to hear from you! Preliminary requests for services for north coast
(Clatsop and Tillamook Counties) may be submitted through June 1st.
Stay tuned for work on the mid- and south coasts beginning this fall.
Learn more
online or contact Dan
Eisenbeis, (503) 497-1000.
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OREGON
NEWS
Oregonian
Editorial: SB1037 is bad for Oregon agriculture
The Oregonian
today included an editorial about the problems with SB1037, arguing
for different legislation that provides compensation, not waivers, to
landowners would provide the fairness voters support without putting
Oregon family farms at risk. Read
the full editorial. Read other news and
editorials regarding Measure 37 developments.
PSU Measure
37 Forum May 25
On May
25 at 6:00 pm, the Community Development Student Group at Portland State
University will host a forum entitled “Measure 37: The Dynamic
Future of Oregon’s Land Use Planning and Property Rights.”
The panel includes Lane Shetterly (DLCD Director), Laura Oppenheimer
(Oregonian reporter covering Measure 37), Mike Collmeyer (staff attorney
at 1000 Friends), and many others. Learn
more.
State
intervening to uphold Columbia Gorge interstate compact against Measure
37
The State
of Oregon has asked to join with the Columbia Gorge Commission to clarify
that Columbia Gorge protections under an interstate compact agreement
trump state law in Measure 37. Read
more.
DLCD Issues
Staff Reports on Measure 37 claims
About a
dozen staff reports have been issued by DLCD on Measure 37 claims. Download
the staff reports (as PDF documents).
New Willamette
Valley study looks at changing land use patterns
The Biodiversity
Partnership has issued a report, “Willamette River Basin: Challenge
of Change” by Marcia Sinclair. The report looks at how the basin
has changed and the connection between land use planning and habitat
conservation. Download
or order a copy of the report.
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NATIONAL
NEWS
Transportation
Reauthorization passes Senate: Veto Threatened
The Senate
passed a transportation bill yesterday, providing $11 billion more than
the $284 President had requested and the House had already passed. Administration
sources suggest a veto is possible if the conference committee does
not agree on the lesser number. Find
more information.
Washingtonians
see benefits of planning
As discussion
about the impacts of Measure 37 heats up, Washingtonians consider what
could be at risk there. Read
more.
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