** CFF Activities
-- CFF to Present "Vision" to Democratic Club
-- BLM tells Florence to choose Oak Street options
** Links
-- Casino Information
** Other Info
 -- DLCD will Review Florence Comp Plan
-- Eugene UGB Expansion Foiled Again
-- Oregon Bird Atlas on CD
** National
-- EPA Lacked Research on Sewage Sludge Fertilizer
** Upcoming Events

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** CFF ACTIVITIES **

-- CFF TO PRESENT "VISION" TO FLORENCE DEMOCRATIC CLUB  - Noon, Windward Inn, Florence.  CFF Directors Jan Cole and Kathleen Sullivan, and others, will present CFF's "Vision for Florence."

--  BLM TELLS FLORENCE TO CHOOSE OAK STREET  CONSTRUCTION OPTIONS -- In August 2001, the City of Florence filed an application for a right-of-way across BLM land (Cannery Dune behind Fred Meyer) for the construction of Oak Street. According to a January 9, 2002 letter from BLM, Florence must decide whether to continue with the right-of-way application which would involve an  environmental assessment review and public comment - OR - withdraw the BLM application and negotiate with Fred Meyer Stores for excavatoin and rearrangement of  the Dune, as Fred Meyer holds an easement for this purpose.  As of last week, the City of Florence had not responded to the BLM's letter.  According to City documents, the City may lose it's matching grant if the project is not completed by November 2002.  See BLM letter to City:

** LINKS **

-- CASINO INFORMATION -- CFF's new Casino Page

 ** OTHER INFO **

-- DLCD WILL REVIEW OBJECTIONS TO FLORENCE COMP PLAN UPDATE - DLCD determines that proposed section of Florence Comprehensive Plan to expand UGB (including area for Indian casino) is "incomplete".
DLCD Letter.     Also see Objections filed with DLCD:

--  UGB EXPANSION FOILED AGAIN - Friends of Linn County won its 10th straight victory at the Land Use Board of Appeals without a loss last week when LUBA  remanded an expansion of the Harrisburg UGB.   In its opinion LUBA  concluded, "The county's decision does not justify the approved expansion of the UGB. Given the amount of vacant land and redevelopable land that is already  included in the UGB, it seems highly unlikely that the county could show that the disputed property is  needed."  http://luba.state.or.us/pdf/2002/feb02/feb02.htm

-- OREGON BIRD ATLAS ON CD - Interactive CD includes color maps, photos, narritives, calendar, climate, geology, soils - Cost: $25 - Contact Oregon Field Ornithologists, PO Box 10373, Eugene, OR 97440

** NATIONAL **

-- EPA LACKED RESEARCH BEFORE ALLOWING SEWAGE SLUDGE USE AS FERTILIZER - According to article in Coos Bay World newspaper, Today, more than 4 million tons of recycled wastewater sewage are spread on rural and suburban properties across America each year, but an internal federal investigation has found the government has done too little research to ensure humans are safe form the viruses, bacteria and toxins that are contained in the sludge. The harmful substances can include salmonella, typhoid, dysentery, hepatitis,  rotaviruses, cryptosporidium and tapeworms. http://www.citizensforflorence.com/News/arch-0202.html
Also see Florence's past sewage spills, with report on  pathogens contained in sludge (at bottom of page)

** UPCOMING EVENTS **

-- CFF's UPDATE Calendar

** CFF Activities
 -- CFF Presentation of  "Vision for Florence" to Democratic Club
** Links
 -- Casino Comments
** Other Info
-- Impacts of Large Retail on Florence Property Values
-- Latest News on Florence 17-Acre Parcel
-- UBG Boundaries Don't Cause Affordable Housing Shortage
-- Water Board Sued for Ignoring Pesticide Discharges from Agriculture
** Upcoming Events

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** CFF ACTIVITIES **

-- CFF TO PRESENT "VISION" TO FLORENCE DEMOCRATIC CLUB - Kathleen Sullivan and Jan Cole presented CFF's Vision to the Florence Democratic Club 3/1/02.

** LINKS **

-- CASINO Comments - See what others are saying about proposed casino in Florence:

 ** OTHER INFO **

-- IMPACTS OF LARGE FOOTPRINT RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ON FLORENCE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUES -- For every action, there is a reaction.  The development of a large retail complex in a small city cannot help but  have an effect on local residents, businesses and property owners.  Until now, there has been no documentation of those effects on Florence since the construction of the Fred Meyer retail complex in 1998-99.  The City of Florence recently hired an appraisal firm to determine the value of property which the city was "taking" in order to extend Oak Street from 37th Street to the southern entrance to the Fred Meyer retail complex.  As part of that appraisal, the City's appraisers conducted an analysis of comparable commercial land sales and listings in  the area.
http://www.citizensforflorence.com/Issues/past-fred-impact.html

--  Latest news on 17-acre corner lot (Hwy 101 and Munsel Lake Road):
http://www.CITIZENSforflorence.com/News/arch-0202.html

-- UGB BOUNDARIES DON'T CAUSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGE - Growth Management Increases Availability of Affordable Housing, Report Shows. A landmark report  from the Brookings Institution confirms what Oregon growth management advocates have said for years:  even though urban growth boundaries limit the supply of land for development, those limits do not play a significant role in housing price increases.
 http://www.citizensforflorence.com/News/arch-0202.html

--  WATER BOARD SUED FOR IGNORING PESTICIDE DISCHARGES FROM AGRICULTURE -- Earthjustice filed suit on behalf of WaterKeepers Northern California and the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) against the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board seeking first-ever controls on agricultural discharges to Central Valley waterways. The suit was filed in Sacramento Superior Court and seeks the revocation of a 20 year old waiver issued by the Board which exempts irrigation return flows and farm runoff from compliance with the state's clean water act. http://www.citizensforflorence.com/News/arch-0202.html

** UPCOMING EVENTS **

-- CFF's UPDATE Calendar