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By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
The City of Keizer is team-
ing up with Salem-Keizer
Transit District to apply for a
grant.
Keizer City Councilors
unanimously approved the re-
quest from Nate Brown, direc-
tor of Community Develop-
ment for Keizer, at their May
16 meeting.
The transit district has
asked Keizer and Salem to be
joint applicants for a Trans-
portation and Growth Man-
agement (TGM) grant, which
would allot funds to study and
identify pedestrian impedi-
ments to access the fi xed route
bus network system.
The estimated budget
amount in the application is
$72,300. The city wouldn’t
have any direct fi nancial im-
pact, instead supplying a soft
match in terms of staff time,
meeting space and logistical
support.
“The intent is for a study
to be done to look at obstacles
for people to access the tran-
sit system, then incorporate
that into a grant for things to
address in the future,” Brown
said.
Ted Stonecliffe spoke on
behalf of the transit district.
“We’re very interested to
study those obstacles that make
people unable to reach a fi xed
transit system and thus have to
use other systems,” Stonecliffe
said. “Those are very costly
systems we run, about 10 times
the cost compared to the regu-
lar Cherriots bus system. It is
in our best interest to close the
gap as best we can.”
Stonecliffe
said
many
neighborhoods in Keizer and
Salem don’t have adequate
sidewalk infrastructure, as well
as disconnected street net-
works. As a result, older riders
and people with disabilities are
forced to rely on the transit
district’s American with Dis-
abilities Act (ADA) paratran-
sit CherryLift service or the
RED Line Dial-a-Ride.
“By engaging this grant, we
can identify certain sections of
sidewalk that are missing – and
we have a few,” mayor Cathy
Clark said. “My question is,
will it help us get a grant we
may not have been otherwise
eligible for?”
Stonecliffe said it couldn’t
hurt.
“It’s always good to iden-
tify the data that is needed,”
he said. “A few years ago Sa-
lem and Keizer did a sidewalk
study. The access to transit
component was not there. The
more data we have to draw a
picture to the gaps and impor-
tance to closing those, it could
be to your advantage.”
Clark said everyone would
gain from that.
“By making sure roads,
sidewalks and buses are there,
that gives us the choice,” she
said. “Then everybody can ac-
cess it, so it’s an advantage for
us to do so.”
In response to a question
from councilor Marlene Par-
sons, Stonecliffe said the study
should take between six and
nine months to complete once
a consultant is on board.
In other recent council
business:
• In light of the upcom-
ing roundabout construction
at Chemawa Road and Verda
Lane, what is the best alter-
nate route? Bill Lawyer, Public
Works director for Keizer, said
there isn’t a truly good route.
“The best route is to take
Lockhaven Drive to River
Road, or take the parkway,”
Lawyer said. “For getting to
Keizer Little League Park, the
best way is the parkway to Ver-
da, then Keizer Road to the
complex.”
As discussion took place,
council president Dennis
Koho, who has voiced his dis-
pleasure over the roundabout
project in the past, shook his
head.
“Councilor Koho, this con-
struction will affect me a lot
since I take that route every
day,” Brown said. “All the con-
struction in South Salem will
affect me as well.”
City Manager Chris Eppley
felt sorry for Brown.
“Nate will have no way
home for three months this
summer,” Eppley quipped.
“But we have a shower here,
which is good.”
• Brown said a presenta-
tion for the state grant for the
next phase of the Big Toy play-
ground is set for Wednesday,
June 1.
uate, select, maintain and docu-
ment all artwork, public art, and
public murals within the city.
Commissioners may advise the
city council and city manager
on the management, execu-
tion, installation, or placement
of the artwork, public art and
public murals and will recom-
mend guidelines for adoption
The commission meets on the
fourth Tuesday of every month
at 6 p.m.
• Youth Councilor/Youth
Liaison/Page – Opportunities
are currently available to area
teens for service on city coun-
cil and various city committees
for 2016-17.
Nominations are also being
accepted for Volunteer of the
Quarter.
Volunteer applications and
Volunteer of the Quarter
nominations are available at
Keizer Civic Center, 930 Che-
mawa Road NE, Keizer, or you
can request an application be
mailed to you by calling 503-
390-3700. Electronic appli-
cations are available at www.
keizer.org.
The City of Keizer is solicit-
ing applications for volunteers
to serve on the following com-
mittees and advisory boards:
• Festival Advisory Board –
Serve in an advisory role to the
City of Keizer by researching
the feasibility for developing
venues for events and festivals,
streamlining policies and or-
dinances for potential events,
developing an all-inclusive
community calendar and de-
veloping a marketing plan to
enhance the use of Keizer-area
facilities for events, festivals, and
conferences. The committee
meets on the fourth Monday
of February, April, July, Septem-
ber and November at 6 p.m.
• Keizer Points of Interest
Committee (two vacancies) –
Identify, authenticate, and me-
morialize sites of interest lo-
cated in the Keizer area. Sites to
be identifi ed may be of the his-
torical, geographical, botanical,
or unusual value. The commit-
tee meets on the third Tuesday
of each month at 5:30 p.m.
• Public Art Commission
(two vacancies) – Review, eval-
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