APRIL 29, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7
Parks Board still looking
at various funding options
HOTEL,
continued from Page A1
mentioned several times in
the last few years as getting a
hotel.
However, none of the
previous plans have gotten to
this point.
“The property has changed
hands,” said Nate Brown,
director
of
Community
Development for Keizer. “I do
feel optimistic. We're talking
big dollars here. No one is
going to sink that money in
without a defi nite plan. We
have worked out most of
the details with the architect.
I'm very optimistic. It's not a
permit by any means, but it's
certainly signifi cant.”
Tzeo, who acknowledged
he was surprised the space was
empty, gave a timeline for his
hotel, which will most likely
be a four level structure with
80 rooms.
“Currently I'm waiting
for the design department to
fi nish the drawing,” he said. “I
would like to start it in June. It
will be nine or 10 months for
construction.”
The space almost wasn't
empty for Tzeo, according to
Yarbrough.
“He's going to build a
hotel and operate it himself,”
Yarbrough said. “He knew
some of the same people I did.
STAR,
continued from Page A1
she's won the Triple Crown.
She prepares for matches
by listening to music and
thinking about her strategy.
Survivor's Eye of the Tiger and
Alicia Keys' Girl on Fire are
two of her favorite pre-match
tracks.
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
The hotel lot at Keizer Station has long been vacant, even as the
area around it has developed. Now a developer has announced
plans to build a hotel at the site.
He had already done his due
diligence. We were going to
go with Marriott. My thought
is he's going to start pretty
quickly, to take advantage of
the spring and summer. He
doesn't seem like a guy that is
going to slow down.
“The sale came out of the
blue,” he added. “I was getting
ready to build it myself, but I
have a landfi ll project in Idaho.
I decided not to split my time.
I had a realtor (Rushing) get
ahold of me. I was preparing
to build it myself. I was just
getting started, but I couldn't
do both adequately. I would
have liked to own it and build
it.”
As Rushing talked with
Yarbrough,
she
became
worried that would indeed
happen.
“Cheo contacted us and
was looking for hotel sites,”
she said. “Jack was almost
going to do it himself. But
Cheo was on the ball. He's a
really interesting guy. They
have bought and worked on
apartments and hotels. Now
they have enough so they can
do something like this. They
are the nicest people you'd
want to meet. I showed the
property to him. He really
liked the site and so did
Holiday Inn Express. It moved
pretty quickly.”
Yarbrough was impressed
by the job Rushing did, as
well as the Tzeo family.
“Pam Rushing did a very
nice job,” he said. “She came
over, we did a few negotiations
and I decided to sell it. I also
met Cheo and his wife and
their two children. I thought
they were honorable people.
You could tell they were hard
workers.”
In many ways, Destiny's
career is just beginning, but
her mom, Veronica, said she's
already seen positive effects.
“She used to be really shy
about wrestling. It wasn't
the fi rst thing to come out
of her mouth when people
asked her if she played sports,”
Veronica said. “As time has
passed, she's gotten better and
her self-esteem has gone up.
Her sense of responsibility
and self-control has also gone
up. It's taught her a lot.”
Aside from the acclaim
(and numerous trophies,
plaques and medals), Destiny
said she likes traveling to
compete.
“We got to go to Colorado
and I met Adeline Gray, she's
a world champion,” she said.
If things go well, Destiny
has her sights set on achieving
the same level of success.
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Just how will parks in Keiz-
er get more funding?
Members of the Keizer
Parks and Recreation Advi-
sory Board are still looking
at options. A committee has
been set up and met briefl y
before the April 12 Parks
Board meeting. Jim Taylor
noted he met with city man-
ager Chris Eppley and that
mayor Cathy Clark also wants
to be involved.
“There are four options,”
said Taylor, the former Keizer
City Councilor now on the
Parks Board. “The fi rst option
is to do nothing. There is a
parks district, then a fi ve-year
levy and then the last option is
to do a parks fee on all prop-
erties in Keizer. Council could
do that (last one), but I can as-
sure you they won’t. We will
look at the options at our next
meeting and then come back.”
Taylor would also like to
see more funding for the
Parks Board matching grant
program.
For this fi scal year $20,000
was allotted, but all of the
funding has been pledged
with the last $10,000 going
to Keizer Little League Park
work. Taylor would like to
see $25,000 or $30,000 in the
fund next year.
Clint Holland feels the
work on the fi rst fi eld – Field
3 – will lead both to more
people helping out on other
fi elds and tournaments re-
turning to Keizer.
“KLL thinks they will have
other people step up,” Holland
said.
Holland pointed out proj-
J.T. Hager moved to elimi-
nate a paragraph and replace
it with the wording “Keizer
parks are in need of repair,”
with Bishop’s complete com-
ments attached. Richard
Walsh, meanwhile, wanted a
different section to be amend-
ed by adding that staff was
looking into issues raised at
the March Parks Board meet-
ing by Bishop.
The amendments were ap-
proved unanimously.
Later in the meeting, John-
son again referenced concerns
Bishop had raised previously.
“I did reply to him,” John-
son said. “We’ve taken a close
look at all the parks, at many
of the concerns he had. We
did fi nd a few issues. There
were a few loose or miss-
ing fasteners. On any slides
with possible water build-up,
we drilled holes so the water
would drain out.”
Parks Board chair David
Louden noted he would be at
Keizer Rapids Park for a boy
scout camporee at the end of
the month.
“Do you need any painting
or picking up things?” Louden
asked. “We’re good at both.”
Johnson was appreciative of
the offer.
“Excellent,” he said. “I will
have a big list for you.”
• Johnson said four boat
ramp fl oats were expected to
be put out at KRP the day af-
ter the meeting.
“I look at the river levels al-
most daily,” he said. “If we see
a major issue, we can maybe
remove two of them. We have
fi shermen down there already,
antsy to get their boats in. It’s
absolutely time.”
ects like the sand volleyball
courts and the amphitheater
patio at Keizer Rapids Park
are visible examples of work
done thanks to the matching
grant program.
“Jerry McGee asked for
that accounting last year,”
Richard Walsh said. “Maybe
we can get the whole list of
things done. Jerry wanted that
before committing to another
year. That’s our best argument
for getting the money allo-
cated.”
In response to a budget
question, Robert Johnson,
parks supervisor for Keizer,
said he has a status quo budget
for next fi scal year.
“We look at all the things
we need to fi x,” Holland said.
“We’ve got to get the revenue
side up.”
Taylor said the needs – such
as safe equipment – have to be
met fi rst.
“It’s important for this go
around to go with our ab-
solute needs and not wants,”
Taylor said. “The needs have
to be met.”
Parks Board members talk-
ed about going to the Keizer
Budget Committee meetings
which start on Tuesday, May
3 (see related story, pg. A1)
and asking for more funding
to pay for improvements in
Keizer’s parks.
In other Parks Board busi-
ness:
• Usually the approval of
minutes is a brief affair with
no comments. At the April
12 meeting, however, Parks
Board members reacted to a
request from Eamon Bishop
to change some of the word-
ing.
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