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Found this interesting story only now. The Statesman Journal reporting on a decision in Silverton NOT to apply for an historic district downtown. Instead, elected officials are seeking historic designation for a limited number of buildings, and creating a "non-regulated" historic district.

posted 3 years, 11 months ago
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Yes, NCLB is most certainly still in effect. As an act of Congress, the Obama Administration is not at liberty to revoke it, or change it (beyond some regulatory tinkering), so yes, it's still the law of the land.

posted 4 years, 1 month ago
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As I understand Measure 49, it basically forbids commercial development allowed under Measure 37. I believe that includes billboards. The "vesting" route, I suppose, is a possibility there. In other words, in the event someone spent a great deal of money (relative to the total cost of a billboard), then it's possible they could basically get "grandfathered" in, under Measure 37.

Another poster wondered whether there was a map available for Measure 49 claims - I don't believe that there is. At this point, it wouldn't look all that different from a Measure 37 map (and Portland State University did track Measure 37 claims graphically), because responses are still being processed at the state Dept of Land Conservation and Development. In time, that would be an interesting map to see (maybe PSU can come through for us again?).

There was also a question about maps of potential Washington County UGB expansion areas. Metro has a map of all the "study areas" for their ongoing "urban/rural reserves" process on their website: http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=26257

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"Is there a more expensive arena out there?"

I think the answer to this, is "yes." The arena anticipated to open in Louisville in 2010 is similar to the one proposed for U of O in Eugene in that the men's and women's basketball teams will be the primary tenants. According to the link provided below, the Louisville arena is expected to cost at least $255 million (or $55 million more than the one proposed for Eugene). Some cost projections have gone far higher for the Louisville facility, whereas U of O officials have insisted that the Eugene arena will absolutely not exceed $200 million.

http://chronicle.com/blogs/architecture/442/new-arena-for-u-of-louisville-basketball-teams-is-unveiled

That link is to an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education, last August. I tried to find more up-to-date info, but didn't find any.

Rob

posted 5 years, 4 months ago
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