JANUARY 30, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE 9
AREA C: ‘...an elephant
into a Volkswagen’
(Continued from pg. 1)
in places to four stories in
other places. The two Salem-
based companies will also be
taking care of infrastructure
that can be used for future
commercial development, in-
cluding McLeod Lane being
punched out towards Ridge
Drive.
Councilors waded through
more than 500 pages of docu-
ments and approved the pro-
posal last week. Brian Moore
with Mountain West said he
is hoping to break ground by
mid-year.
“It’s our desire to start con-
struction in June,” Moore said
following last week’s meeting.
Ben Settecase with Bo-
naventure Senior Living
wasn’t as committed to a
timeline, but did say starting in
2015 would be fi ne with him.
“There are a lot of factors,
down to the weather,” Sette-
case said. “If those factors go
well, if we feel comfortable
with the stormwater down-
stream analysis and the reim-
bursement district, if things
fell into place for sometime in
2015 that would be great. But
the infrastructure has to go
fi rst, with McLeod Lane.”
Sam Litke, senior planner
for Keizer, said an order ap-
proving the master plan will
come to councilors at their
Feb. 17 meeting.
“Once that is done there
will be a 21-day appeal pe-
riod,” Litke said. “If no one
appeals then they are good
to go. They would have to
comply with the conditions
of approval such as having the
property surveyed, doing the
storm water analysis, getting
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
Members of the Keizer City Council watch a slideshow presentation by Ben Settecase of
Bonaventure Senior Living during their Jan. 20 meeting.
puzzle answers
the construction drawings for
the public improvements re-
viewed and approved.”
Of course, past experience
shows an appeal to LUBA
could change everything.
“If it is appealed to LUBA
then it would likely take sev-
eral months until there is de-
cision from LUBA what with
putting together the record,
written arguments, hearing
and then decision,” Litke said.
Appeals to the previous
plan were spearheaded by
Kevin Hohnbaum with Keep
Keizer Livable, who came
out against the revised plans
last fall. Hohnbaum credited
Moore and Settecase with re-
vising plans – including add-
ing more trees – based on
concerns he raised, but was
still surprised by some of what
he saw in council chambers
last week.
“I expected approval,”
Hohnbaum said. “But I ex-
pected a bit more discussion
among councilors. I was really
surprised they voted to not in-
stall stoplights at McLeod (and
Chemawa Road) until com-
mercial development starts.
Traffi c impact is one of the
greatest concerns. The traffi c
is not good now. Putting in
(180) apartments and (154)
senior living units and no
stoplights, to me that is insane.
That is just crazy.”
Further, Hohnbaum ques-
tions whether the new devel-
opment fi ts into the area.
“It’s a really nice way to
squeeze an elephant into a
Volkswagen,” he said. “It
doesn’t fi t to have a four-
story building added into that
neighborhood. You see the
pink house there now, then
picture a four-story building
200 feet behind that. It just
does not make sense. It just
does not fi t. It’s a very pretty
elephant they squeezed into a
Volkswagen.”
So will Hohnbaum be pro-
testing last week’s decision?
“I don’t anticipate do-
ing that, no,” he said. “It’s too
early to say at this point. City
staff has to create the ordi-
nance and council has to vote
on that. Staff may come back
with something that doesn’t
look like that. I don’t antici-
pate doing something unless
it comes back drastically dif-
ferent.”
Most vocal in his criti-
cism to the current proposal
has been Jack Yarbrough, who
owns Area C land adjacent to
the property being used.
“At this point I don’t have
any comment,” Yarbrough said
when asked if he plans to ap-
peal. “I’m having some people
who are much smarter than
me look at it. I didn’t like
how they did it so quickly. I
just want to make sure I know
what I’m talking about before
I give my opinion. I’m having
an expert in the fi eld give me
an opinion. That will deter-
mine if I appeal it or not.
“I was ill prepared for the
hearing,” he added. “I didn’t
get a notice. I was out of
town for two or three weeks.
It isn’t the developer’s prob-
lem. I just want to make sure I
know what I’m talking about.
I haven’t had a chance to re-
view every document they
provided. I will do that with
an expert. That’s my opinion
at this point.”
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