Changes to master plans
for parks approved quietly
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
This time the process was
simple.
Keizer City Councilors on
Monday approved amend-
ments for the master plans for
both Keizer Rapids Park and
Chalmers Jones Park.
Aside from one brief ques-
tion, there was no discussion
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as councilors unanimously ap-
proved the motion.
As previously mentioned
in the Keizertimes, the master
plans were amended by the
Keizer Parks and Recreation
Advisory Board last month,
with fi nal approval needed
from the council.
Monday’s quick approval
marked a big difference in
how another master plan
amendment for KRP went in
2014.
Back then, the Big Toy play
structure was moved into the
fi lbert orchard area and 28
acres had to be incorporated
into city limits, requiring
months of meetings and hear-
ings, with part of the process
including discussions of what
amenities should be part of
the park in the future.
This time around, the mas-
ter plan amendment was once
again centered around the Big
Toy – built last June – but in a
far simpler setting. A planned
improvement for the park is a
looped pathway system, with
part of that pathway providing
Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) access to the Big
Toy.
At the same time, the mas-
ter plan for Chalmers Jones
Park had to be amended to
more accurately refl ect the
development of the adjacent
Keizer Civic Center, which
opened in 2009. Though that
amendment was recognized as
being needed in 2014, it was
decided to delay the work un-
til later.
Bill Lawyer, Public Works
director for Keizer, noted
there is no cost involved with
the amendments.
“The
additional
path
would be an additional ex-
pense, but at this time there
is no direct fi scal impact in
approving these master plan
amendments,” Lawyer said.
In response to a question
from Mayor Cathy Clark,
Lawyer said the amendment
will be useful in the upcom-
ing application for a poured-
in-place surface for the Big
Toy. City staff is submitting
an application to the Oregon
Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment this spring and is hoping
to secure funding to pay for
the pathway, the surface and a
bathroom.
“The cost of the pathways
is not substantial compared to
some of the other things being
considered,” Lawyer said.
With Chalmers Jones Park,
the master plan has needed al-
tering for years since the cur-
rent plan was from before city
hall opened in 2009 and the
layout is slightly different than
the plan shows.
“It’s something we’ve
known we’ve needed for a
while,” Lawyer said during last
month’s Parks Board meeting.
“We decided to not include
it with the last master plan
update for Keizer Rapids be-
cause we didn’t want to mud
up the topic then.”
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JANUARY 8, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
(From left) Cilnt
Holland, Bill Lawyer,
Lore Christopher and
Mark Caillier discuss
revisions to the
Keizer Rapids Park
master plan in 2014.
Smaller updates
were recently
approved to master
plans at both KRP
and Chalmers Jones
Park.
KEIZERTIMES fi le/
Craig Murphy