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PAGE A8, KEIZERTIMES, MARCH 6, 2015 DELAY, continued from Page A1 Lawyer said there are some positives to the delay. For one, bids in the late fall/early win- ter are usually lower than pri- or to the construction season. The additional time will also allow utilities to be relocated as needed. There is also the issue of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, which be- gins March 1 each year and mandates nesting birds found in a work zone not be dis- turbed. Thus, trees that would need to come down for the round- about – Lawyer estimated four large fi r trees would be im- pacted – could not be taken down until after nesting sea- son. The federal law must be followed on any project using federal funds, such as this one. “This wasn’t widely publi- cized,” Lawyer said of the fed- eral law. “It was discussed for delaying the (Chemawa Road Reconstruction Project) con- tract. We couldn’t get on the road until we could get the right-of-way. The trees came out like Feb. 29. It was that close. We all knew it wasn’t going to be possible to keep it on this year’s project.” Lawyer said none of the factors were necessarily more important than the others. “It was a combination of factors,” he said. “It wasn’t any one thing that jumped out. If you reverse engineer them, those were some of the down- sides to getting it done this year.” Lawyer said there should be no need to wonder if another delay will happen. “I don’t see that at all,” he said. “We have to stay on schedule. We have to have the right-of-way closed by Sep- tember to keep this on sched- ule.” The roundabout topic typ- ically draws quite a bit of re- action. Last week’s Keizertimes web poll, posted on the paper’s Facebook page each Thursday, reached more than 1,400 peo- ple and had 26 comments on- line, on top of the actual poll results. A story on the topic last month had more than 30 comments online. According to Lawyer, proj- ect plans such as the round- about are developed in stages, working through an ODOT process. The Plan Specifi ca- tion and Estimates has to be turned in several weeks before the bid date. “They are close to turning that in,” Lawyer said of the project consultants. “The de- sign is basically done.” KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy Jerry Nuttbrock (left) took down 198 trees to make room for the Big Toy and the associated parking, at the request of Clint Holland (right). KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy Above: Jerry Nuttbrock moves a couple more trees to a big pile while clearing land for the Big Toy on Feb. 26 in the orchards at Keizer Rapids Park. Below: Mark Caillier painted white spots on trees to be cut down, while Tony Weathers did the trimming on the trees. BIG TOY, continued from Page A1 “We’ve done some great projects before,” he said. “Clint and I are a team. I’ve been in this business for 40-plus years. In this business, you’re always thinking ahead. I’m visualiz- ing where the parking lot and where the Big Toy will go. “This is going to be a great amenity of the park,” Nutt- brock added. “What I like is it’s primarily being done with volunteers. This whole park was done with volunteers. Whatever comes in the future will be done by volunteer ef- forts as well.” Trees at the perimeters were marked with ribbons, letting Nuttbrock know the outside dimensions for the area. “The parking lot will come to here,” he said, pointing to an area he had just cut trees from. “The Big Toy will go out from here to the south.” Like Holland, Nuttbrock had some question about tak- ing out so many trees from a working orchard, but he looks at the big picture. “In the end, it’s for the kids,” Nuttbrock said. “It’s why I am here.” For Nuttbrock, taking down a lot of trees is no work at all. “I’ve taken a lot of orchards out, so 200 trees is not much,” he said. “I don’t even have to think about it. Usually I’m thinking about something else.” Once the trees were cleared out, a big sign denoting the area as the future home of the Big Toy was put up. Caillier said 600 yards of gravel will be brought in later, roughly a half-foot thick. During Tuesday’s Commu- nity Build Task Force meet- ing, Holland said the four days spent clearing the trees went well. “You couldn’t ask for any- thing better,” Holland said. “The weather cooperated. If you hired people to get this done, you’d be talking one- third to one-quarter of the to- tal project cost. 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