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
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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. In our
estimation, this is the best way
to do that.”
The city permit would have
to be renewed annually, which
prompted a question from
councilor Brandon Smith
about what would happen if
a retailer “disappears in the
middle of the night three
months in” and still has nine
months left on the permit.
“If proprietor A disappears
in the middle of the night and
proprietor B wants to open
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across the street, B could call
A and see if they want to give
up the license. Then they can
apply,” Brown said.
Councilors unanimously
approved
the
revised
ordinance.
Councilors also revisited
the taxation of recreational
marijuana
once
again.
Previously, councilors had
approved a 10 percent local
tax on recreational marijuana.
Since then, House Bill 3400
has been adopted by state
legislators, which calls for a
state tax of 17 percent and a
local tax of no more than 3
percent.
“I want to get feedback
from the council before we
put it on the ballot,” Johnson
said. “The 3 percent local tax
would have to go to voters. It
would be on the November
ballot. 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.