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. We’re going to
try to get the water in, maybe
electrical, and the parking lot.”
CBTF
chair
Marlene
Quinn was among those ex-
pressing appreciation.
“I want to give kudos to
Clint and his group for the
time spent out there,” Quinn
said as former mayor Lore
Christopher gave Holland a
kiss. “Fantastic Clint, thank
you so much.”
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