PAGE A6, KEIZERTIMES, AUGUST 28, 2015
COUNCIL,
continued from Page A1
Further limits on early sales
deal with the type of marijuana.
The only allowed type of rec-
reational marijuana would be
a marijuana plant that is not
fl owering, as well as seeds, dried
leaves and fl owers of marijuana.
Edible marijuana, processed
marijuana of any type and other
marijuana products are not al-
lowed.
There was limited discussion
on the topic.
“In regards to banning early
sales, any direction or should we
just leave that one to go with
state regulations?” mayor Cathy
Clark asked councilors, getting
no response.
The most discussion among
councilors came during discus-
sion of taxation. Councilors had
previously adopted a 0 percent
FIRES,
continued from Page A1
Upon arriving at the house
fi refi ghters found heavy smoke
and fl ames coming from the
rear of the home and backyard.
The fi re was called in by a
tax on medical marijuana and a
10 percent tax on recreational
marijuana.
Information from the League
of Oregon Cities showed a ma-
jority of cities in Oregon have
adopted a 10 percent tax on
recreational marijuana, while
most cities have either a 0 per-
cent or 5 percent tax on medi-
cal marijuana.
Johnson said House Bill
3400 allows cities to impose
up to a 3 percent tax on rec-
reational marijuana sold within
city limits.
“If 10 percent is on the
books now but the legisla-
ture only allows 3 percent, do
we have to adopt 3 percent or
do we not have to amend it?”
councilor Brandon Smith asked.
Johnson suggested coun-
cilors may want to choose 3
percent or else face a challenge
from a recreational marijuana
user or facility that the city can’t
impose a 10 percent tax.
“My question is if you’d want
3 percent versus zero,” Johnson
said. “That’s the basic gist.”
Councilor Amy Ripp noted
if Keizer drops to 3 percent
while other cities stay at 10 per-
cent or go higher, there could
be unwanted consequences.
“I don’t want to have it
where everyone moves to Keiz-
er for that,” Ripp said.
Johnson suggested a wait-
and-see approach.
“I think there will be a few
places that want to push this,
but very few,” Johnson said.
Clark suggested keeping the
10 percent for now.
“Let’s watch the other juris-
dictions and see how they play
out,” the mayor said. “Leave it
at 10 percent and wait. If other
cities fi nd 3 percent is too low,
it would give us some legal
background to say we already
had it in place, which gives us
a stronger legal foundation to
stand on.”
passerby, as no one was home at
the time. Firefi ghters were on
scene for more than an hour.
Rod Conway, KFD deputy
fi re marshal, said initial esti-
mates of the damages were
$70,000, but “most likely it will
be a total loss.”
Four engines, one medic and
one duty offi cer with 14 fi re-
fi ghters responded. Salem Fire
Engine 3 assisted with the fi re,
while an engine and medic unit
from MCFD was at the station
to cover other calls.
District offi cials remind resi-
dents they should always check
their smoke alarms to ensure
they work properly and to have
an exit plan for escaping.
MURAL,
continued from Page A1
Commissioners and Brown
spent a while coming up with
the wording before fi nally
agreeing on “Join Keizer’s
mural project 2016,” with
the city’s web address (www.
keizer.org) underneath it. In-
formation will be put on the
website explaining the project.
Day noted he will be mak-
ing some repairs to the wall
next week to get it ready for
primer. The wall will also be
pressure washed.
“It will sit there and en-
courage people to look at it,”
Jill Hagen said. “We won’t
start putting the mural on un-
til the spring.”
With the wording decided,
Hagen then explained her up-
dated conceptual drawing for
the mural and put up a chart
listing who will do what steps
when. The mural is meant to
depict the Keizer Iris Festival
Parade.
The drawing incorporated
images commissioners agreed
last month should be included
since they were deemed to
best represent the parade: pet
parade, color guard, antique
fi re truck, the McNary High
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
A look at Jill Hagen’s conceptual drawing of the mural, to be
put up at Town & Country Lanes next summer.
School band, rodeo queens,
classic cars, the Salem-Keizer
Volcanoes fl oat with mas-
cot Crater, Spanish prancing
horses and a fl ower box fl oat.
Police, Community Emergen-
cy Response Team (CERT)
members and clowns will be
interspersed throughout the
mural.
There will also be various
store fronts depicted and mu-
rals of all six Keizer mayors to
date.
“This is great,” Christopher
said of Hagen’s sketch.
Hagen emphasized the
need for participation.
“I have a number of art-
ists in the community already
willing to do it,” she said.
“This is a community project.
I want the community to be
involved. I will be calling nine
or 10 people to help out.”
Hagen gave a rough up-
dated timeline for the project.
“This will be completed
next July,” Hagen said. “Hope-
fully we can start a call to art-
ists in February, then do some
of the base painting in March.”
Christopher said another
big recent community project
has convinced her this can be
done with community mem-
bers.
“After the experience with
the Big Toy, I would say this
could totally work,” Christo-
pher said.
Day said he loved the con-
cept, which will be stretched
over the long bowling alley
wall previously estimated by
Christopher to be 140 feet
wide.
“This is fantastic,” Day said.
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