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Today in History Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the fi rst explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth. — May 29, 1953 Food 4 Thought “To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.” — Kahlil Gibran The Month Ahead Friday, May 29 Pentacle Theatre presents two comedic one-act plays: God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, and The Book of Liz by Amy and David Sedaris. Runs through June 20. Visit pentacletheatre. org for show dates and times. Final weekend performances of Always…Patsy Cline, presented by Keizer Homegrown Theatre, at Keizer Lions Club hall at 4100 Cherry Ave.N.E. Performances Friday and Saturday (May 30) at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15, available at Sam Goesch State Farm (3975 River Road N. #2). Saturday, May 30 McNary Athletic Booster Club’s 4th Annual Dinner, Auction, and Golf Tournament. Golfi ng is at noon and doors open at 4:30 p.m. at McNary Restaurant and Golf Club. Purchase tickets at mcnaryabc.com or call (503)510-8813 to donate items. Sunday, May 31 Salem Concert Band presents WU Hudson Hall A British Journey at 3 p.m. at Elsinore Theater, 170 High Street SE. For tickets and more information call (503) 362-0485 or go to www.salemconcertband.org. The Salem Singers will be in concert at Keizer Community Church at 6 p.m. The church is located at 380 Churchdale Avenue N. The concert is free; an offering will be taken. The all-male chorus travels around the Northwest. Monday, June 1 Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center. Tuesday, June 2 Free admission Tuesday at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700 State Street. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Stormwater Advisory Committee meeting, noon at Public Works conference room at Keizer Civic Center. Community Build Task Force meeting, 6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center. Wednesday, June 3 Claggett Creek Watershed Council meeting, 5:30 p.m. in Room B at Keizer Civic Center. Thursday, June 4 Salem Grow and Show Garden Club, 7 p.m. at Center 50+, 2615 Portland Road NE. Brian Bauman of Bauman Farms will speak about summer perennials. Visitors welcome. Sunday, June 7 The Evensong Concert series presents the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra, under the direction of Brian Oberlin, at 4 p.m. at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1444 Liberty St. S.E. Monday, June 8 Keizer City Council work session, 5:45 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center. Tuesday, June 9 Free admission Tuesday at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 700 State Street. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m. in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center. Wednesday, June 10 – Friday, June 12 Wings of Freedom Tour presented by the Collings Foundation at Aurora State Airport in Aurora Experience WWII fl ying history with tours and fl ights. Walk-through tour admission is $12, $6 for kids 12 and under. Thirty-minute bomber fl ights begin at $450. For information visit cfdn.org. Wednesday, June 10 – Sunday, June 14 Keizer Big Toy community build days at Keizer Rapids Park. Friday, June 12 Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H) will be the keynote speaker at the annual dinner meeting of Oregonians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty at the Keizer Civic Center. Reception at 5, dinner at 6 p.m. Tickets are $40. 503-990-7060 or visit oadp.org. By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes On Monday, members of the Keizer City Council are expected to vote on the Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget. The $38 million budget was combed over in three meetings earlier this month by the 14-member Keizer Budget Committee, which in- cludes the six city councilors plus mayor Cathy Clark. In addition to parts of the budget meetings already dis- cussed in the Keizertimes, here are some other items of inter- est from those meetings: • An Urban Renewal Dis- trict was closed during the May 12 Budget Committee meeting. Tim Wood, assistant con- troller for the city, explained the fund was the North River Road Urban Renewal Dis- trict. “We did not budget the Urban Renewal Project Fund and the Urban Renewal Tax Increment Fund for FY 15-16 as it is the city’s intent to close the North River Road Urban Renewal District in FY 14- 15,” Wood said. “Closing the district one year earlier than originally anticipated will save the city approximately $25,000 in additional interest expense.” City Manager Chris Ep- pley noted the importance of the action. “This is an historic mo- ment for the city, the closing of an urban renewal fund of 20 years,” Eppley said. Former Mayor Lore Chris- topher also touched on the signifi cance. “Cities do not end urban renewals, they add to them,” Christopher said. “Just look at Salem.” • The budget includes funds in case a signal is built this next fi scal year at the Keizer Transit Center, which is operated by Salem-Keizer Transit and cur- rently only allows right turns into and out of the facility. The item was brought up as committee members looked at a Program Income Fund. “I heard a rumor a signal is going on on the driveway there,” committee member David Dempster said. “Do we have to pay for any of that?” Eppley applied affi rma- tively. “Potentially,” Eppley said. “The current plan is we’d pay a portion of that. It’s a recoup with the sale of prop- erty around it. Adding the sig- nal increases the value of the property. Whoever buys the ground will pay the market value, which will increase be- cause a signal exists.” Dempster then asked if the transit district is putting any- thing towards the project. “They will pay about one- third and the city pays the other two-thirds,” Eppley said. “The current estimate, and this is incredibly rough, it’s $1.2 million for the proj- Salem Singers concert May 31 at Keizer church The Salem Singers will have a concert Sunday, May 31 at 6 p.m. at Keizer Community Church. Admission is free, but an offering will be taken. The church is located at 380 Churchdale Avenue N. Salem Singers is an all-male chorus that travels around the Pacifi c Northwest, spreading the good news through Southern gospel, traditional hymns and contemporary selections. KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy Keizer Budget Committee members and city staff listen to testimony at a meeting earlier this month. The budget will come before the Keizer City Council Monday, June 1. ect with a 40 percent contin- gency. It could be $700,000 to $800,000, or no more than $1.2 million.” Mayor Clark noted there will be additional turn lanes and an improvement of the entire intersection. “It’s a much more complex project than putting in a sig- nal pole and lights,” Clark said. “It will be intertwined with the current signal so we won’t have a stacking of traffi c.” Eppley said the new signal would indeed coordinate with the current one just to the south at Lockhaven Drive and Keizer Station Boulevard. “You don’t want the signal at Lockhaven and Keizer Sta- tion green and that new one red, or vice versa,” Eppley said. “It should work very well.” • A potential funding jump could come if the Rawlins family takes advantage of an option to purchase their old property in Keizer Station back from the city. After a long legal battle, the city fore- closed on the property and then bought it at auction from the Marion County Sheriff ’s Offi ce. Once the sale went through, the Rawlins had the opportunity to buy the prop- erty after 13 months for $3 million. That 13 month window started at the end of April and the lower price opportunity is valid for three months before the price goes up $500,000. “The Rawlinses don’t owe us anymore,” city attor- ney Shannon Johnson said. “They have an option. It was agreed upon in settlement and starts at $3 million. It goes up $500,000 roughly every seven to 10 months. It starts at $3 million from now to August, then it will be $3.5 million. It’s an option. We don’t know when they’ll pay it. You could guess if you wanted to, but that’s not what we’re here for. Their option will expire after fi ve years.” Regardless of what hap- pens with that property, city staff recommended the Salem- Keizer School District be paid back its debt. The fund being used for that would be replen- ished if the Rawlins family purchases its former property back from the city. “There’s no guarantee we’ll have a buyer,” said Susan Gahlsdorf, Keizer’s Finance manager. If no purchase is made within fi ve years, the property would be put on the open market. “The least they can buy it back for is now, at $3 million,” Lore Christopher said. “It will never be less than that. It be- hooves them to buy it back now if they want to buy it.” Ron Bersin pointed out the property could potentially cost less in fi ve years on the open market. “If they waited the fi ve years it could be less, that’s true,” Christopher acknowl- edged. ter, stormwater, application and administrative services. local weather public hearings The Keizer Urban Re- newal Agency Board will hold a budget hearing at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 1 in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE. The purpose is to discuss the agency’s Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget. The Keizer City Coun- cil will also hold a budget hearing on June 1 in council chamber at Keizer Civic Cen- ter, starting at 7 p.m. The pur- pose is to discuss the city’s Fis- cal Year 2015-16 budget. The total budget approved by the Keizer Budget Committee is a little more than $38 million. looking back in the KT 5 YEARS AGO City park gets community garden Mike Whittam Park, near the Little League fi elds, is being transformed into a community garden this summer, the fi rst garden within a Keizer city park. 10 YEARS AGO Proposed meeting for Keizer Rapids Park draws crowd Crowd reaction ranged from totally opposed to just curious at a meeting this week to discuss plans for the Keizer Rapids Park project. 15 YEARS AGO Developer plans huge Keizer project A Medford development company wants to put in blend of retail stores, business complexes and industry in Keizer along Interstate 5. 20 YEARS AGO Keizer, Salem battling over sewer plant lines The cities of Salem and Keizer are at loggerheads over the Willow Lake Wastewater Treatment Plan, leaving developers wondering if they will be able to build homes nearby. Council will also hold a hearing that night on the city’s proposed use of State Rev- enue Sharing Funds for next fi scal year. The available funds are approximately $300,000. Council will hold another hearing that night to discuss proposed fee changes for wa- The last council hearing on June 1 is for an amendment to the Keizer Development Code, with proposed revisions to the Shared Housing Facili- ties and Summary of Applica- tion Types sections. sudoku Enter digits from 1-9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square. KEIZERTIMES.COM Web Poll Results Which of the big community projects starting next month are you looking forward to the most? 60% - The turf fi eld project at McNary High School 40% - The Big Toy at Keizer Rapids Park Vote in a new poll every Thursday! GO TO KEIZERTIMES.COM