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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 2017 Critics claim ruling allows payoffs for farm impacts Appeals court ruling under state scrutiny By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI EO Media Group Critics claim an Oregon Court of Appeals ruling will undermine farmland protec- tions by allowing developers to pay off farmers rather than avoid disrupting agricultural practices. The s tate is joined by the Oregon Farm Bureau and the 1,000 Friends of Oregon con- servation group in asking the Oregon Supreme Court to overturn that decision. The dispute emanates from a lawsuit over the planned expansion of the Riverbend Landfi ll onto farmland, which was permitted by Yamhill County over the protests of neighboring landowners. Earlier this year, the Court of Appeals decided that Yam- hill County didn’t violate land use law by requiring Waste Management, the land- fi ll’s owner, to compensate farmers for impacts to their operations. Mateusz Perkowski/EO Media Group Ramsey McPhillips, a farmer near McMinnville, discusses impacts from a nearby landfill on his property. A lawsuit over the landfill’s expansion will be reviewed by the Oregon Supreme Court. For example, Waste Man- agement must either pay a farmer for cleaning up trash blown onto his property from the landfi ll, or hire a third party to perform the service. The company must also pay another nearby farmer for orchard crops that are destroyed by waste from birds that are attracted to the landfi ll. Critics argue this type of compensation isn’t allowed under Oregon’s land use law, which aims to preserve farm- land and avoid disruption to agricultural practices. “I don’t want to be paid off. I just want them not to affect my farm,” said Ram- FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 56 69 57 Increasing cloudiness Sun and areas of low clouds ALMANAC 69 52 Times of sun and clouds Mostly sunny First Full Aug 29 Newport 52/64 Coos Bay 54/67 Sep 12 Burns 47/93 Klamath Falls 52/89 Lakeview 51/90 Ashland 63/96 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 8:43 a.m. 8:52 p.m. Low -1.4 ft. 0.7 ft. REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 90 90 66 89 68 92 99 90 63 65 Today Lo 47 54 54 55 58 52 63 59 52 54 W s s pc pc pc s s pc pc pc Hi 96 93 65 87 66 89 99 89 64 66 Tues. Lo 53 55 55 56 59 56 64 58 54 56 W s s pc s c s s s pc pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 83 91 88 92 92 72 86 90 87 92 Today Lo 53 60 61 60 59 57 58 57 59 54 W pc s pc pc pc pc pc pc pc s Hi 84 97 88 91 89 69 91 88 87 97 Tues. Lo 55 65 60 60 59 58 62 58 59 62 W s s s s s c s s s s TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Hi 92 86 88 87 92 89 87 66 89 89 84 96 80 91 93 90 91 88 95 88 85 94 73 80 90 Ontario 55/96 Roseburg 60/91 Brookings 52/64 Tonight's Sky: Total solar eclipse! Sunrise will be at 6:21 a.m. First contact at 9:05 a.m. Second contact at 10:17 a.m. Totality at 10:18 a.m. Last contact at 1:37 a.m. Sunset will be at 9:07 p.m. Today Lo 74 71 71 58 69 71 69 49 76 73 71 78 64 77 81 75 78 74 74 74 74 69 61 58 76 By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau Baker 47/96 John Day 56/96 Bend 54/93 Medford 63/99 UNDER THE SKY High 9.0 ft. 8.2 ft. Prineville 51/96 Lebanon 58/89 W s pc pc pc r t t c c pc t pc pc t pc s t s pc t pc s pc pc t Tues. Hi Lo 91 75 87 71 79 59 86 59 81 55 82 57 90 71 62 47 90 77 80 62 83 57 100 81 82 64 93 74 89 79 93 73 89 77 89 73 92 67 93 75 84 62 92 69 73 59 83 59 94 77 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc s t pc pc t t c sh t c s pc pc t t t pc t pc t s pc s pc broad look at the farm impacts test,” Bernasek said. Opponents of the Court of Appeals’ interpretation recently fi led their opening briefs with the Supreme Court, to which Yamhill County and Waste Management must respond by the end of September. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for mid-November. Tim Sadlo, general coun- sel for Yamhill County, said the planned landfi ll expan- sion has been greatly reduced in size but other requirements were imposed on Waste Man- agement to prevent potential adverse effects. “I don’t think we tried to buy anybody off,” Sadlo said. “We can fi x it with conditions, and that’s what we tried to do.” The county set the com- pensation requirement despite there being limited evidence of birds defecating on fruit and garbage drifting onto neighbor- ing property, he said. Sadlo said he’s surprised the Supreme Court has agreed to review the case and disap- pointed that the state govern- ment wants the previous ruling reversed. “I think it’s regrettable they’ve decided to pile on,” he said. New education union president seeks conservative inclusion Larson has bipartisan approach La Grande 50/94 Salem 59/89 Last Sep 5 Pendleton 60/97 The Dalles 61/97 Portland 61/88 Eugene 55/87 Sunset tonight ........................... 8:14 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 6:24 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 6:11 a.m. Moonset today ........................... 8:23 p.m. City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Low clouds Tillamook 55/70 SUN AND MOON Time 1:57 a.m. 2:56 p.m. 66 51 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 56/69 Precipitation Sunday ............................................. 0.00" Month to date ................................... 0.38" Normal month to date ....................... 0.62" Year to date .................................... 50.05" Normal year to date ........................ 37.56" Aug 21 69 52 FRIDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 69°/49° Normal high/low ........................... 69°/53° Record high ............................ 89° in 1966 Record low ............................. 43° in 1947 New THURSDAY sey McPhillips, the landowner who would be compensated for trash clean up. Such compensation should not be a condition of county permits allowing non-farm uses, since farming operations could be rendered unfeasible even if the growers receive money, critics argue. Such pay offs would make it easier to site other condi- tional use developments on farmland, such as mines, golf courses, large transmission towers and power facilities, according to critics. “Now, all they need is to force the farmer to be paid off for the loss, and they can have their development. Where does that end?” said McPhillips. Under Oregon law, coun- ties can issue such conditional use permits for non-farm uses as long as they don’t signifi - cantly change or drive up the cost of farm practices on sur- rounding land. Conditions imposed on such permits should prevent such impacts, instead of allow- ing the disruption as long as farmers are compensated, said Tim Bernasek, attorney for the Oregon Farm Bureau, which weighed in on the case. “That’s not how it’s sup- posed work,” Bernasek said of the payment requirement. The landfi ll dispute is note- worthy because it’s poised to defi ne what is a signifi cant impact to farmland, which has been vague up until now, he said. “This is really the fi rst time the Supreme Court is taking a SALEM — John Larson has been involved in working bipartisan relationships since he was born. Both schoolteachers, his mother was a Republican, and his father was a Democrat. As the freshly minted president of the Oregon Edu- cation Association, Larson hopes to bring his biparti- san background to make the state’s largest labor union more effective in building support for public education. “We tend to be viewed as a liberal organization, but real- ity is more than one-third of our members are conserva- tives,” Larson said. In his career as an English teacher and union representa- tive in Eastern Oregon, Lar- son routinely worked across party lines. He worked in both the Morrow County School District and, most recently, the Hermiston School District. Paris Achen/Capital Bureau John Larson, the new pres- ident of the Oregon Educa- tion Association, hopes to bring his bipartisan back- ground to make the state’s largest labor union more effective in building sup- port for public education. Larson, who is unaffi liated with any political party, plans to revive a plan for an Ore- gon Education Association Republican caucus, a group of conservative educators who want to advocate for public education. “We are in the beginning stages but we fi rmly believe as Oregonians we need all to get on the same page,” he said. “There is not a single member who doesn’t believe public edu- cation is important. We have differences on how it should be funded, but there isn’t anyone who doesn’t think we should have public education.” PUBLIC MEETINGS MONDAY Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. TUESDAY Port of Astoria Commission, 4 p.m., special session to interview candidates, 5 p.m., Such inclusion may seem at odds with an association that most closely aligns with Dem- ocratic candidates and bal- lot measures. Larson sees the shift as following the mission of the association to do what is best for the students in public education. As the son of schoolteach- ers in Montana, Larson grew up in a culture that values union ideals. His fi rst stint as union representative came early in his career when he volunteered as a building representative for the Morrow County Education Association. He later served as president for the association for four years. During his involvement in the Oregon Education Asso- ciation , he has served as bar- gaining chair, president of the Hermiston Association of Teachers, the National Educa- tion Association b oard direc- tor, NEA PAC captain, on res- olution committees for NEA and OEA, and on the OEA Executive Committee. He was elected as OEA president in April and started his four-year term in July . The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. DEATH regular meeting, Port offi ces, 10 Pier 1, Suite 209. Warrenton City Commis- sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Astoria Planning Commis- sion, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Aug. 19, 2017 BEIGH, George Ronald, 69, of Seaside, died in Sea- side. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. 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