Citizens For Florence

-- CITY OF FLORENCE PROPOSES RESTRICTING PUBLIC COMMENTS - Florence City Manager is proposing
"Administrative Directives" to restrict submission of written testimony at public heargins and at City Council meetings. Proposal to be considered by City Council APRIL 21, 7:00 pm, Florence City Hall. http://www.citizensforflorence.com/CFF/a-current.html

-- CFF SPONSORING MAY 4 INFO MEETING - Chuck Willer of Coast Range Association will be speaking about Oregon Sen. Smith's proposal to transfer 63,000 acres of Siuslaw National Forest lands to Confederated Tribes. (This is NOT the land proposed for a casino.) Sunday, May 4, 2:00 pm, Siuslaw Public Library.

-- CFF SUBMITS TESTIMONY RE: UGB EXPANSION. City of Florence is considering expansion of Urban Growth Boundary in order to be able to provide water and sewer to a few houses, a 50-house / 50-condo golf course development, and a proposed casino. CFF opposes this expansion. The Planning Commission hearing is set for April 22, 7:00 pm, Florence City Hall.
4/17/03 Comments: http://www.citizensforflorence.com/Issues/comp-cff-2003-030417.html
3/18/03 Comments: http://www.citizensforflorence.com/Issues/comp-cff-2003-030318.html
4/17/03 1000 Friends Comments: http://www.citizensforflorence.com/Issues/comp-pub-5.html

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OREGON
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-- BEND SMART GROWTH COMMUNITY TAKING SHAPE - Oregon's largest mixed-use community is taking shape in Bend. The 486-acre Northwest Crossing is under construction by West Bend Property Co., and general manager David Ford argues the city council and groups like the Friends of Bend supported the project "because they see it as the application of smart growth."
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=3312&state=38

-- OPPONENT OF STREAM PLAN MOVES - According to an article in the Portland Tribune newspaper, "Property rights activist Bennet Langlotz, who vigorously fought the city of Portland’s Healthy Streams project, has sold his West Hills home and moved to Nevada." Mr. Langlotz has contacted CFF and requested that the UPDATE's previous (12/12/02) mention of his activities be removed from our web site, and we have done so. If the Tribune's previous article regarding his
activities was inaccurate, we apologize if CFF contributed to presenting any inaccurate information in any way. The most recent Portland Tribune article regarding Mr. Langlotz's and United We Stand Foundation activities:
http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=14344

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LEGISLATIVE NEWS
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-- APPEALS FEE BILL HEARING MONDAY - At 1 pm on Monday, April 21, a hearing on HB 2782 is scheduled in front of the House Judiciary Committee. The bill would encourage citizen involvement in the planning process by ensuring appeals fees are not exorbitant. We
encourage you to attend the hearing or send testimony to the Committee, care of Rep. Max Williams (rep.maxwilliams@state.or.us, phone: 503 986-1435). Make sure to ask that copies of your testimony be made for the whole committee. 1000 Friends strongly SUPPORTS the bill. The bill: http://tinyurl.com/9tmo

-- HB 3228 - RIPRAP ON BEACHES - would allow the use of riprap (large rocks that disrupt beach ecology) on significantly more of Oregon’s famous coast, by greatly expanding the types of development that can be protected by such structures to include roads and other items. Keep updated on the most critical bills at the Oregon Legislature, to sign up for weekly updates on
more upcoming hearings and votes on land use and environmental bills, visit:
http://www.olcveducationfund.org/Pages/ocn/SalemWatch/salemwatch.html
1000 Friends OPPOSES these bills.
Contact info for legislators: http://www.leg.state.or.us/house/houseset.htm
Bill language: http://www.leg.state.or.us/03reg/measures/main.html

-- LEGISLATION INFORMATION - For the complete committee schedule and list of bills, copies of bills, or legislative contact information, visit: http://www.leg.state.or.us/

-- TRACKING LEGISLATIVE BILLS - 1000 Friends’ bill database, or to find your legislator:
http://www.billstatus.com/friends

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NATIONAL
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-- GOVERNOR BASHES SPRAWL AS “FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE” - President of the Smart Growth Leadership Institute, Parris Glendening, called fighting sprawl “a very conservative issue:”
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=3208&state=20

-- NEW LANES CAUSE MORE TRAVEL - “Most transportation experts now agree that building or widening urban highways attracts some traffic that wouldn't be there otherwise. They call it ‘induced travel’ — an increase in traffic that's generated not by growth or other
demographic forces but by expansion of the road system itself,” said Eric Pryne of the Seattle Times. Pryne describes the basic supply and demand mechanics behind the induced travel explanation and analyzes if adding highway lanes helps or hurts congestion.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134620380_induced23m.html

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LINKS OF INTEREST
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-- DOES GROWTH PAY FOR ITSELF? - The EPA notes a relatively simple guide to do back-of-the-envelope calculations on whether growth pays for itself.
http://www.epa.gov/greenkit/2toolgro.htm

-- SMART GROWTH CASE STUDIES - “Smart Growth, Better Neighborhoods: Communities Leading the Way,” National Neighborhood Coalition. This includes 15 case studies of how smart growth projects have happened in low-income and working class neighborhoods.
http://www.neighborhoodcoalition.org/smartgrowth/whatis.asp

-- SMART GROWTH SHAREWARE - includes PowerPoints and PDF reports, including an introduction to smart growth presentation that people can adapt for their own communities. http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org

-- SCORING LOCAL GROWTH - New Jersey Future has developed two score cards, one for development
projects and one for master plans/zoning ordinances. http://njfuture.org/articles/scorecards.html

-- FUN WITH STATISTICS ABOUT CARS - Quick – how many million cars are there in the U.S.? This and more at: http://www.gristmagazine.com/counter/counter022603.asp

-- FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION SPENDING - A national analysis of ten years of federal spending, summarized by state. http://www.transact.org/library/300B.asp

- SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TOOLKIT - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently posted its Safe Routes to School Toolkit on-line. "Safe Routes to School is a toolkit foruse by educators and others to promote walking and biking to school that includes sections on mapping the routes to school, activities and outreach,and classroom lessons. The toolkit also
includes sample Safe Routes to School forms, press releases, posters, and other resources."
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/ped/saferouteshtml/index.html

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ACTIVISM VIA THE NET
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CFF provides these links for your convenience only,and recommends you research any issue before
participating.

-- RACE TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING - Portland Zoo, April 27 www.racetostopglobalwarming.or

Index to All CFF Update Newsletters
April 20, 2003
In this issue: Local -- City Proposes Restricting Public Comment -- CFF Sponsoring May 4 Info Meeting -- CFF Submits Testimony re: UGB Expansion Oregon -- Bend Smart Growth Community Taking Shape -- Opponent of Stream Plan Moves Legislative News -- Appeals Fee Bill Hearing Monday -- HB 3228 - Riprap on Beaches -- Legislative Information -- Tracking Legislative Bills National -- Governor - Sprawl is Fiscally Irresponsible -- New Lanes Cause More Travel Links of Interest -- Does Growth Pay For Itself? -- Smart Growth Case Studies -- Smart Growth Shareware -- Fun with Statistics About Cars -- Federal Transportation Spending -- Safe Route to Schools Toolkit Upcoming Events -- April 21, Florence Considers Limiting Comments -- April 22, Florence Considers Expanding UGB -- CFF UPDATE Calendar ** Activism Via the Net -- Race to Stop Global Warming