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FEBRUARY 5, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11 One week, two outages FIRST: ‘The first one will control the 1,000 foot area’ It’s not too often power goes out in Keizer during relatively calm weather. It’s even less frequent for the power to go out twice in the same week. Yet that’s just what hap- pened last week in Keizer. In both cases, power outages were caused by crashes. Shortly after midnight on Jan. 26, Portland General Elec- tric (PGE) started getting calls about power outages through- out the 97303 zip code. “A vehicle hit a breaker box,” said Stan Sittser, a spokes- person for PGE. “In that box was a large breaker controlling a feeder for a large area. There were 3,047 customers affected. It happened at 12:15 a.m. and was repaired at 6:47 a.m.” Sittser said the accident was on the 2900 block of Tep- per Lane NE, which is in the Keizer Station area. However, other reports listed the accident as being at 35 th Avenue and Per- kins Road. A second crash later in the week did happen on Tepper Lane. Jeff Kuhns, deputy chief with the Keizer Police Depart- ment, said the crash was re- ported shortly after 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29. “We responded to a report of a single vehicle that slid off the road and hit a power box,” Kuhns said. “The box is located in the very northeast corner of the Target parking lot. PGE responded to the scene of the incident to repair the damaged box and to restore power.” Kuhns said there were no injuries reported in the crash and the vehicle – shown to be a Porsche in witness photos – was towed from the scene. “It was very close to, but not the same place as the accident that caused the previous power outage,” Kuhns said. An online PGE report Jan. 29 listed outages for 2,950 cus- tomers in the 97303 zip code and 100 in the 97305 zip code. Some Keizerites got their pow- er back shortly before 10 p.m., with others having power re- stored around 10:30 p.m. How can you prepare for a disaster? Answer these questions: Where will my family be and how will I reach them? Where will I get medical help? Am I prepared to live without the essentials? How will I pay for things? How will I repair dam- age? Do I live work or visit a tsunami hazard zone? To learn the answers, at- tend the next two West Keizer Neighborhood Association meetings. WKNA will host both meetings at the Keizer Civic Center. On Thursday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. there will be a presenta- tion by the Marion County Offi ce of Emergency Manage- ment. On March 10 at 7 p.m., there will be a presentation by the Keizer Fire Department and CERT (Community Emergen- cy Response Team). All Keizer citizens are invit- ed. Refreshments will be served. Go to www.westkeizerna.org for more information. WKNA meetings on disaster prep (Continued from pg. A1) Control Commission must fi rst issue a state retailer license. Once that is submitted, the application gets date and time stamped. “That date/time becomes the priority date as long as the application is not later denied,” Johnson said. The 1,000 foot gap between retailers means, unlike other cities, Keizer shouldn't have recreational marijuana shops next to each other or across the street from each other. Nate Brown, director of Community Development for Keizer, said there has been interest in opening such businesses in Keizer. “We have been contacted by four individuals that want to open a shop,” Brown said. “As we understand how the state processes (applications), they will be processed in order of the production cycle. It is conceivable they will be issuing licenses in batches. We have no way to evaluate or judge that. The more fair way is the fi rst person coming into the offi ce with all the information, and it seems to be complete, gets a time and date stamp. That is used for priority because of the 1,000 foot rule.” City Manager Chris Eppley provided more information about potential retailers. “The reason we're here tonight is at least two applicants would have facilities directly across the street from each other,” Eppley said. “We have a rule they can't be located any closer to each other than 1,000 feet, so that we don't have a proliferation of marijuana shops in an area. The fi rst one in will control the 1,000 foot area. 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We want to do it early in fairness to any business people might want to apply for.” Johnson said a city's portion of the state tax will be divided up based on how many recreational marijuana facilities are in that city, with more facilities meaning more money for the city. The city attorney also feels Keizer would struggle trying to defend the 10 percent tax being upheld when the state local limit is 3 percent. “The Legislature has made it clear they will preempt that,” Johnson said. “I think there would be an uphill challenge to support that.” Council president Dennis Koho, who has previously expressed being tired of dealing with the marijuana issues, did so again. “We've spent so much time on this issue, we deserve the 3 percent,” Koho joked. “This is the result of some bad legislation. Now we have a hodgepodge of regulations around the state.” Councilors unanimously approved the idea of the local option tax being sent to the ballot.
