MARCH 20, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
Cherriots is Moving Forward
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Increased frequency of ser-
vice along key bus routes in
Salem and Keizer will be tak-
ing effect on Sept. 8.
The Salem-Keizer Transit
Board of Directors recently
approved a Moving Forward
plan, after a year of outreach
efforts by transit offi cials.
Allan Pollock, general
manager for Cherriots, noted
the changes represent phase
1. In the fi rst phase, popular
routes will increase to stops
every 15 minutes, as opposed
to the current 30 minutes.
The routes will keep the stops
every 15 minutes from 6 a.m.
to 7 p.m., dropping to stops
every 30 minutes from 7 to 9
p.m.
The fi rst phase does not in-
clude added evening or week-
end service.
“We morphed phase 2 and
3 into just phase 2, for evening
and weekend service,” Pollock
said.
As previously mentioned in
the Keizertimes, weekend ser-
vice was eliminated in 2009
due to budget constraints be-
ing faced at the time.
“For phase 2, the board
asked me to do some outreach
events and report back my
fi ndings in May,” Pollock said.
“The board will not go (for a
vote) in May. We are potential-
ly looking at November 2015
or later. More revenue would
be needed.”
Pollock said two options
are being looked at to bring
in additional revenue, either of
which would require a vote.
One option would be a fi ve-
year property tax at $.58 per
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
Cherriots general manager Allan Pollock (right), shown talking
to U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader during the Keizer Transit Center’s
grand opening in 2013, will be doing outreach about two
options being looked at to expand bus service in the area.
$1,000 of assessed value or a
permanent payroll tax.
“In order to implement
phase 2, it will take $5 million
a year,” Pollock said. “It would
have to be new revenue.”
Prior to the May 28 board
meeting, community outreach
meetings will be held.
“What the board is really
doing is trying to determine
what the community support
is for the two options and
when we should seek going
out for the ballot measures,”
Pollock said.
It hasn’t been determined
yet when an option would be
sent out for a vote.
Jared Choc, Planning and
Technology manager for Sa-
lem-Keizer Transit, gave a syn-
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opsis of Moving Forward in
October.
“Phase 1 is increased fre-
quency on busy routes,”
Choc said at the time. “That’s
a change from now. Now,
routes operate with peak ser-
vice. We’ve found bus usage
is consistent through the day.
Buses are running on a con-
sistent schedule with this new
phase. It will hopefully lead to
increased ridership. The bus is
used by commuters, but not
all workers have shifts that
start at 8 a.m. It’s becoming
more and more of a national
trend that ridership is more
stable throughout the day than
in the past.”
According to a statement
from Cherriots, Moving
Forward will add crosstown
routes resulting in fewer trans-
fers and reduced travel time
while staying within the cur-
rent budget. As one example,
riders can catch a bus every 15
minutes on South Commer-
cial Street in Salem and take
it to the Keizer Transit Center
without any transfers.
Choc noted last year a
common question transit of-
fi cials get is when weekend
service will be restored.
“Everyone tells us they
want weekend service,” Choc
said. “We have a proposal for
that. This is preplanning for
what Saturday service could
be. We’re trying to do more
with the resources we have.”
More information about
Moving Forward is available at
the Cherriots website online
at www.cherriots.org/mov-
ingforward.
Keizer Albertsons is
converting to Haggen
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
The Albertsons in Keizer
will soon become a Haggen.
The store is one of 20 Alb-
ertsons or Safeways in Oregon
being converted to Haggens in
the fi rst half of 2015.
As previously mentioned in
the Keizertimes, Washington-
based Haggen Food and Gro-
cery used to have 18 grocery
stores and 16 pharmacies in
Oregon and Washington, but is
in the process of acquiring 146
Safeways and Albertsons around
Oregon, Washington, Califor-
nia, Nevada and Arizona.
Albertsons and Safeway un-
derwent a merger earlier last
year, with the agreement to sell
168 stores to acquire merger
approval as part of AB Acqui-
sition LLC agreeing to buy
Safeway for $9.4 billion. Hag-
gen is acquiring 146 of those
stores, including the Albertsons
in Keizer that opened in 1985.
The Safeway in Keizer will be
unchanged.
Nine stores are listed for
transition to Haggen this
month, with eight of them be-
ing Albertsons. The fi rst con-
version is expected to take
place in Lake Oswego today,
March 20.
The Keizer Albertsons is one
of eight stores listed for conver-
sion in April.
As part of the conversions,
Haggen leaders are looking to
meet with community mem-
bers in informal, public meet-
ings. Local farmers and produc-
ers will be able to discuss selling
their wares on Haggen’s shelves,
while small businesses can talk
about co-marketing programs
and non-profi t organizations
can learn about Haggen’s com-
munity giving.
“We hope community
members will join us for a fun
evening to learn about how we
can work together to strength-
en our community,” said John
Clougher, CEO of Haggen Pa-
cifi c Northwest.
Deborah Pleva with Wein-
stein PR said an exact date for
the Keizer Albertsons hasn’t
been determined yet.
“It is slated to convert late
March to early April,” Pleva
said. “We will reach out as soon
as we have determined the date
and time of the community
meeting.”
The conversion schedule for
each store will follow a similar
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Washington-based Haggen will be the name soon on the
current Albertsons in Keizer.
timeline. The store will close at
6 p.m. Haggen will take owner-
ship of the store just after mid-
night and begin the conversion.
Both interior and exterior sig-
nage will change at all locations
and every store interior will re-
ceive a fresh coat of paint. Then
two days after the closure, the
store re-opens as a Haggen.
Dennis McCoy, Communi-
cations and Public Affairs man-
ager for Albertsons, told the
Keizertimes back in December
shoppers won’t notice much
difference.
“Under the terms of the
purchase agreement, Haggen
has agreed to hire all store em-
ployees upon the close of the
Albertsons/Safeway merger,”
McCoy said.
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