MARCH 20, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7
Plans progress for sand volleyball courts
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
In terms of new amenities
at Keizer Rapids Park, most of
the attention has been paid to
the upcoming Big Toy play-
ground project.
That’s not the only amenity
being worked on, however.
Last September, Hans
Schneider pledged his will-
ingness to put in a new sand
volleyball court at KRP.
Schneider brought the top-
ic up again at the March 10
Keizer Parks and Recreation
Advisory Board meeting.
“Volleyball is a major part
of fall sports, but there’s no
place for kids to play it in
Keizer except a gym,” he said.
“We’re hoping to get two or
three sand volleyball courts
at Keizer Rapids Park, which
could be used year-round.
We’ve been doing quite a bit
of research. We’re trying to
make a place where kids can
go to play volleyball. We’re
trying to create a program to
teach (younger) kids how to
play volleyball.
“My wife and I have
pledged $20,000 to build these
courts,” Schneider added. “It’s
so generations to come can
play volleyball here. Once the
court are built, there is virtual-
ly no maintenance. You would
need new nets every three to
fi ve years. They last if they’re
built right.”
Parks Board member Dylan
Juran asked about the current
“ragtag” sand volleyball court.
“That court wasn’t built
properly,” Schneider said. “We
don’t use it. These would be
professional courts.”
Bill Lawyer, Public Works
director for Keizer, said the
new KRP master plan ap-
proved last year calls for a new
parking lot to be added south
of the one currently at the dog
park, with room south of that
for two new volleyball courts.
“There should be room,”
Lawyer said. “It will replace
the sand court that’s there
now and basically be in the
same area.”
Schneider said he’d be
happy with two courts and
perhaps a third. He also point-
ed out he’s been involved in
coaching volleyball for about
20 years.
“Four years ago we started
a high school volleyball pro-
gram with the sand court
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College),” Schneider said. “We
want to see something like
that for Keizer kids. If we do,
there will be some incredible
volleyball at McNary, not that
there’s isn’t now.”
Schneider submitted a bid
showing the project would
cost about $33,000.
“How would you get the
rest of the money?” Parks
Board chair David Louden
asked.
“I’m hoping the city can
put it in,” Schneider respond-
ed.
Louden suggested Schnei-
der could apply for the Parks
Board’s matching grant pro-
gram, which partners city
funds with volunteer labor
and materials to get projects
done. Lawyer said the city’s
System Development Charges
(SDCs) could also be an op-
tion.
Clint Holland wanted to
know what kind of timeline
Schneider was looking at.
“How soon do you want to
start working on this?” Hol-
land asked.
Schneider made it sound
like the sooner, the better.
“Whenever we can,” he
said. “If we could do it this
year, that would be great.”
After more discussion,
Louden asked Schneider what
he wanted the Parks Board to
do at the meeting.
“I would like you to ap-
prove putting in sand courts,”
Schneider said.
Holland made a motion to
send a request to the Keizer
City Council to pay for the
remaining cost of three courts,
with Lawyer amending to in-
clude measurements to make
sure the courts fi t in the space.
The motion was approved
unanimously.
Juran talked about the
proposal during his commit-
tee report to the Keizer City
Council on Monday. Coun-
cilors overall expressed sup-
port for the idea, with mayor
Cathy Clark suggesting the
Parks Board matching grant
program be used fi rst before
any other city funds.
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Keizer’s Hans Schneider would like to replace the current sand volleyball court at Keizer Rapids
Park with at least two new ones.
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