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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.
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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
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