Developer wants to remove land from environmental corridor near Silver Lake


Developer wants to remove land from environmental corridor near Silver Lake


Bear Development is seeking to have 3.5 acres of land removed from a Primary Environmental Corridor across the street from Silver Lake in exchange for adding five acres under that designation elsewhere.

A public hearing on the mitigation plan was held this week before the Salem Lakes Planning Commission.

The 3.5-acres Bear seeks to mitigate is part of a larger 14-acre tract off Cogswell Drive just south of the Industrial Park that was cleared more than 10 years ago by then-owner Bob Heilgeist.

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Ken Notes: Would it not make sense to have a master plan for the state with environmentally sensitive lands that are at risk prioritized so that when a "trade" is proposed we can protect the most sensitive at risk land in the state or region. Also I have seen many examples of bad development moving forward because they could not get permits for far better plans that required environmental exchanges or other conditional use permits.

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