SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 38, NO. 27
SECTION A
JUNE 17, 2016
By ERIC A. HOWALD
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Food trucks will be coming to
town if the Keizer City Council ap-
proves a recommendation that passed
the city’s planning commission last
week.
Commissioners engaged in a mara-
thon three-hour meeting Wednesday,
June 8, that included discussion of
issues related to permitting, signage,
hours of operation, and what would
constitute a “pod,” or cluster of food
trucks, which triggers another set of
regulations.
“This is the kind of use that can
create a lot of problems. But I think
what we are going to pass is good
stuff, and we’re not taking too much
of a mother-may-I giant step that
would get us into trouble,” said Com-
missioner Jim Jacks.
Before taking affect, the Keizer
City Council will need to approve the
$1.00
recommendation – and hold a pub-
lic hearing – which may not happen
until late July or August, said City At-
torney Shannon Johnson.
Currently, a mobile food vendor
can only operate in the city for up to
a 90 days in any one year period.
Commissioners were able to clear
up some matters speedily. They agreed
with city staff recommendations that:
any non-permanent truck, van, or
trailer that has been outfi tted to to
prepare and serve food would be con-
sidered a “mobile food vendor;” ven-
dors would be issued annual permits
without any limits on the number of
days of operation; vendors must op-
erate on hard-surface areas that meet
off-street parking requirements; the
Please see TRUCKS, Page A2
Discrimination
complaint filed
against city
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PULP FUSION
Food truck facts
Pending Keizer City Council
approval in the coming
months, food trucks will be
able to operate in city limits.
Vendors will be limited
to properties zoned for
commercial mixed use —
primarily River Road North
and Cherry Avenue
Northeast.
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KFD adds
shift
commanders
if budget
gets OK
pod
pod requirements
Any time more than two vendors
set down stakes on a single piece of
property, it will become known as a pod.
In addition to all the standard
requirements for operation, pods must
have a covered dining area that can
withstand the elements.
Dining structures will need to adhere
to all applicable building codes,
e.g. no pole barns.
Signs of the Times
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Signage was the hottest topic of the
planning commissioners' debates
before voting on the food truck
proposal.
Under the proposal, vendors may
have unlimited signage on their
trucks, and will be permitted to have a
sandwich-board sign up during hours
of operation. The code is slightly
different for brick-and-mortars.
EDITORIAL DESIGN/Andrew Jackson
Big goals on the board at McNary
By TIM HAYS
place,” Jespersen said. “It is
Of the Keizertimes
going to be a world class
A world class high gymnasium.”
school. That is the goal
Another athletic de-
for
McNary
velopment that
Principal
Erik
is important to
Jespersen.
Jespersen are the
Where does
softball dugouts.
he plan to begin?
Alongside
the
Well, he’s already
booster club, Jes-
started.
persen hopes to
With support
begin
building
of the McNary
the new softball
E. Jespersen
Athletic Booster
dugouts in the
Club,
the
spring of 2017.
turf football fi eld was
It wouldn’t be world
completed last fall and class without an academic
Jespersen is back at it again. pursuit of excellence.
With the summer
For the upcoming fall,
approaching quick, he is Nike has agreed to grant
getting started as soon as McNary with a $20,000
possible with the makeover sponsorship. With that
of the high school gym, grant, Jespersen and his
and plans include more staff are currently working
than just the fl oor.
with a company to remake
“We are going to be the space of the College
painting the walls and and Career Center.
really brightening up the Please see GOALS, Page A9
What makes a world
class high school?
McNary High School Principal Erik
Jespersen is setting high standards for
the Celtic students, faculty and staff.
This is his six-point goal list:
1. We will strive to outperform all oth-
ers in academic, athletic, and extra-cur-
ricular opportunities and experiences
for our students.
2. We will focus on improving our pro-
fessional practices and seek new ways
to innovate.
3. We will invest in our staff and provide
a great working environment.
4. We will forge great partnerships with
the community of Keizer.
5. We will build on the strengths of oth-
ers and promote talent upward within
our building and school district.
6. We will celebrate our successes to-
gether and own our defi cits together as
a team.
Cow pasture redo hits
city council agenda
By ERIC A. HOWALD
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The Keizer City Council
will be taking another look at
potential plans for the Herber
family, aka the cow pasture, at
its meeting Monday, June 20.
The site is located between
Chemawa Road North-
east and Dearborn Avenue
Northeast on the west side of
Verda Lane Northeast.
Councilors unanimously
rejected a proposal that
called for converting the land
into three-story apartment
complexes with 120 units
in October 2015. The need
for single family residences,
impacts on nearby residences
and transportation impacts
were all cited as grounds for
the denial.
The new proposal calls
for 112 apartment units in
complexes that will look
like two-story, single-family
residences from Verda Lane
Northeast. The units will look
like traditional apartments
when viewed from Claggett
Creek Park.
“The reduction in the
number of units, together
with the redesign of the
exterior of the buildings do
not suggest there are even 112
units in the project,” suggests
a letter to the city prepared
by attorney Wallace Lien on
behalf of the owners, Herber
Farm, LLC.
Allowing
apartments
on the site would require a
change in zoning from the
current low denisty residential
to medium high density
residential. Under the current
zoning, up to 60 single family
units could be constructed on
the 7.5-acre site.
Please see HERBER, Page A9
Gym’s open
for the
summer
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