MAY 20, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
Group willing to help at Palma Ciea Park
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
Gary Blake is still pushing
for improvements at Palma
Ciea Park.
Blake, president of the West
Keizer Neighborhood Asso-
ciation, spoke about proposed
improvements at the May 10
Keizer Parks and Recreation
Advisory Board meeting.
“We are all concerned
about Palma Ciea Park,” Blake
said. “We have had a number
of get-togethers to talk about
it. WKNA came up with a
proposal, which I am submit-
ting. There have been a num-
ber of suggestions, from this
board and the WKNA board
and from different individuals
in the area as to what could be
done to improve the look of
Palma Ciea Park.”
Blake emphasized there has
been interest on behalf of park
neighbors.
“Some neighbors have vol-
unteered time and money to
do work around the park,” he
said. “We want to do a picnic
table, in the center by the sign
area. We want a picnic table or
a bench. A number of others
are willing to donate funds to
help build a walkway down to
the river. WKNA is commit-
ted to do whatever we can to
put the park together. We’re
making this proposal tonight
so we can move forward and
help to improve the park.”
Parks Board member Matt
Lawyer liked what he saw.
“It’s a good starting point
to see what kind of man hours
are being used,” Lawyer said. “I
would encourage you to put
together how many hours you
have put in. Some other orga-
nizations like Claggett Creek
Watershed and Men of Action
in Keizer could be willing to
help out as well.”
Part of Blake’s proposal was
for city staff to come out an-
nually to spray ivy in the park.
“I do have a question about
spraying the ivy,” Parks super-
visor Robert Johnson told
Blake. “Are you talking about
prior to you going in or af-
ter?”
Blake deferred to Johnson’s
knowledge and experience on
the topic.
“Whatever you feel is ap-
propriate,” Blake said.
Johnson said killing ivy
could require multiple sprays.
“It could take three years,”
Johnson said. “The prob-
lem with ivy killing is some
chemicals used for it shouldn’t
be sprayed by water. There
are some chemicals to use for
other invasives, with ivy being
the hardest to kill. We’ll need
to work together and see what
we can come up with.”
Blake fi gured it would be
better for city staff to spray
due to liability concerns.
“If we all run out there
with Round-up, it might not
work right,” he said.
Johnson noted he attended
a class last month focused on
ivy.
“It’s a horrible, horrible
thing,” Johnson said.
Board member Richard
Walsh had a question about
volunteers limbing trees, as
mentioned in Blake’s proposal.
“Work with the city,” Walsh
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Gary Blake talks with members of the Keizer Parks and
Recreation Advisory Board on May 10 about Palma Ciea Park.
said. “To limb the trees, work
with the city as closely as pos-
sible. If you’re an offi cial vol-
unteer, you could get work-
man’s comp.”
In response to a question
from Walsh, Blake said WKNA
won’t be asking for money to
buy a bench.
“Two gentlemen volun-
teered to bring a bench in,”
Blake said. “They are donating
the bench. We have some Boy
Scouts who are willing to do
the concrete slab for it.”
Walsh also had a concern
about the frequency of spray-
ing.
“I understand we should,
but we should at a lot of
parks,” Walsh said. “I don’t
want to say this should take
priority over the other parks.
We do have limited resources.
Maybe if we sprayed every
other year.”
Blake was understanding
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“We’re just trying to make
it a more attractive place to
look at river,” Blake said. “I
understand some of the ivy
will kill the trees if it’s left
there.”
Walsh noted work by the
neighbors could be a pilot
project of sorts, if the end
product is ecologically friend-
ly as well as nice looking.
“It’s not our intention to
change the overall park pro-
gram,” Blake said. “We’re just
interested in helping. We will
help bring people together.”
“Well, we’re very grateful
for you taking this on,” Walsh
said.
Blake said it was his plea-
sure.
“We’re happy to partici-
pate,” Blake said.
Board member JT Hager
noted he and some neighbors
had a big ivy issue at Hidden
Creek Park a few years ago.
“If you leave a good gap,
you will kill the amount up
in the trees,” Blake said. “You
get a maximum kill if you
cut them all the way down
in the fall. It’s also true with
blackberries. Spray them and
you can have success. But in-
dividuals at random should
not and cannot just spray. You
could hire someone who is
licensed and coordinate that
with Robert.”
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