City to consider abandoning comp plan co-adoption
The City of Florence took seven years to update its 1988 comprehensive plan, finally putting it to bed nearly a decade ago. But five years ago it was discovered that the portions that applied to land outside the city but in the Urban Growth Boundary hadn’t been acknowledged by Lane County.
200 – “The process is always pretty straightforward, it’s very collaborative and it happens fairly quickly.”
But, says Florence City Manager Bob Willoughby, it’s turned into a very difficult challenge. Gaining Lane County acceptance of the plan has been going on since before he was hired in late 2006. He and other staffers thought they were on the verge of approval last week when the final document went to the Board of Commissioners.
201 – “Apparently the County Commissioners take a different approach and made a ‘non-decision’ last week, decided not to decide, which leaves that area in limbo.”
Willoughby calls the process frustrating. The State of Oregon acknowledges the 2000 plan, but Lane County only recognizes the 1988 version. He says he’s going to discuss whether or not to just leave things as they are with the city council next week.
The suspect in a Coos County double-homicide has been captured. 33-year old Gabriel Christian Morris, along with his wife Jessica Morris and their four year old daughter, was apprehended without incident by police in Prince William County, Virginia Monday evening. A U.S. Marshal’s news release credits the TV show “America’s Most Wanted” with prompting a tip that led to Morris’ arrest. Morris has been sought in conjunction with the February 8th murder of his mother Robin Lynn Astey and her boyfriend Robert William Kennelly Jr.
The Florence Planning Commission is expected to sign off on the final plat for Keener Place this evening. When they do, that’ll trigger the final deed transfer of the parcel of land that will ultimately provide homes for ten area families by Habitat for Humanity. Habitat broke ground on the first home in the development over the weekend.. their 17th in the area.
A new video surveillance system is being installed this week at the Florence Events Center in an effort to deter illegal activity. The $8-thousand price-tag for the system is being paid by the volunteer group “Friends of the
Events Center”. Red Rose Catering, the on-site food services provider at the center has been broken into three times in the past year. Owner Tony Evans said she has three exterior storage units that have been entered, the most recent was Thursday night. Evans said she has also regularly encounters vagrants, needles and even feces. FEC manager Kevin Rhodes said the system can be remotely monitored by center personnel or even police.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A fallen hiker who had been stranded near
Multnomah Falls has been rescued. A dispatcher told The Oregonian
rescuers reached the 26-year-old man early today. He was uninjured
but stuck on a rock shelf after yesterday's fall. A Coast Guard
helicopter from Astoria was unable to reach him because of the
location.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Employers checking on job applicants would
not be able to see their credit history under a bill the Oregon
Legislature has sent to Gov. Ted Kulongoski. The bill would exempt
banks, credit unions and law enforcement agencies.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The former Oregon School for the Blind in
Salem could be up for sale as soon as next month. The Statesman
Journal reports Salem Hospital and Willamette University may be
interested in the property. The state closed the school last
summer. The eight-acre property is valued at $5 million.
(Statesman Journal)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland Mayor Sam Adams is traveling to
Washington, D.C., today for meetings with federal Transit
Administration officials about streetcar funding. Officials from a
number of cities are talking about how cities can use streetcars to
plan more livable communities.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A weeklong series of pretrial hearings have
begun in Salem for a father and son accused of a 2008 bank bombing
in Woodburn that killed two Oregon police officers. Bruce Turnidge
and his son, Joshua, are charged with aggravated murder after a
bomb planted at a West Coast Bank branch killed a Woodburn police
captain and an Oregon State Police trooper.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A Polk County sheriff's officer says a
Salem-area man has been arrested after explosions rocked his
neighborhood and partially blew up a tree on Zachary Leone's
property. Sgt. Mark Garton says explosive material was put in a
tree and then detonated. One 911 caller reported "two very loud
kabooms" Sunday evening. No injuries were reported.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Oregon environmental regulators have
told developers who want to build a liquefied natural gas terminal
on the lower Columbia River that a crucial water quality permit
will likely be denied. The Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality says Northern Star Natural Gas has not provided the
computer modeling and sampling needed to evaluate erosion, water
quality and fish habitat issues for the proposed terminal.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Scientists from Oregon State University
and a university in Mexico say they've found evidence that sperm
whales work in teams to hunt squid. The scientist think the animals
may be sharing roles so the squid can be more easily picked off by
other whales.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's Legislature has passed a bill to
prevent many employers from checking the credit of job seekers.
Supporters of the measure approved Monday say thousands of people
have bad credit because of layoffs and medical bills that are
beyond their control and have nothing to do with their job
qualifications.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
Athlete of the Week:
Mapleton Basketball standout Chad Walker is Coast Radio Sports Athlete of the week. The senior forward led the Sailors with 25 points in Saturday’s Mountain West League Playoff victory over Siletz Valley. Honorable mention is given to Siuslaw forward Seabre Church who led the Lady Vikings in rebounds last week, averaging eight per game and scoring 16 points in their game against South Umpqua.
College Baseball:
The Oregon State Beavers capped their four game series against Hawai’I with a five-run shutout victory yesterday afternoon. The Oregon Ducks are in the midst of an eight game road trip… the downed Loyola-Marymount 12-3 yesterday afternoon.
On The Schedule:
The final week of Far West League basketball gets underway this evening for the Siuslaw Vikings in North Bend. The girls tip off against the Bulldogs at six… the boys right after that… airtime on Coast Radio Sports will be at 5:45.
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