JUNE 17, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
GOALS,
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HERBER: New plans call
for 112 apartments
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The letter from Lien suggests the property owners – Judith Ann
Peters, Tyrene Ann Denlinger, Joseph Albert Herber and Mary
Ellen Herber Mize – would be willing to donate a tax lot on the
west side of the property for use as a park.
The revamped proposal includes a more detailed study of traffi c
increases that would result from the construction of apartments
on the site, prepared by Associated Transportation Engineering &
Planning.
The number of trips generated per day would still be
signifi cantly greater than if the site were converted to single family
residences. Sixty homes are estimated to generate 571 trips per day.
The proposed apartments would generate 745 trips per day, that
fi gure includes more trips during peak commute times than single-
family dwellings would generate.
After the initial application was denied last fall, the city's decision
was appealed to the Land Use Board of Appeals. The hearings
on the matter were stayed, and eventually withdrawn, when city
offi cials withdrew their decision to allow for reconsideration.
The city council held two hearings on the proposed construction
plans at the site in 2015. Both times approximately 100 local
residents herded into council chambers to voice opposition on
the matter. During public testimony in September 2015, project
developer Mark Grenz was the only one advocating for the project.
At that meeting, Keizer Development Director Nate Brown
cautioned that changes were coming to the property regardless for
the citywide affi nity for its current bovine residents.
“I want to stress that the property is going to change,” he said. “It
is private property under private ownership. It will be developed
and the cows will eventually go away.”
Opponents of the development cited traffi c impacts,
beautifi cation possibilities and school impacts.
“In an effort to get kids
excited about the prospects
of life, and build some rel-
evance in the student’s mind,
we want to bring people in
from around the community
and show them the reason
why they (should) want to do
well.”
Jespersen is not only
changing the scenery of Mc-
Nary, but also the culture.
“It will be inviting and
comfortable to all the stu-
dents, with somewhat of a
coffee shop feel to it,” he
said. “We want to not only
promote college, but also ca-
reers.”
In addition to the Nike in-
novation grant, McNary will
have the ability this summer
to send teachers to summer
training, allowing them to
learn and teach new strategies
to the students.
And that's not the only
academic shift that Jespersen
wants to see.
Academics at McNary are
on the rise, and with that, an
increase in academic achieve-
ment. The strategies that
are incorporated into the
program that is AVID (Ad-
vanced Via Individual Deter-
mination) will now be used
schoolwide. In conjunction
with the Equal Opportuni-
ties School’s Grant, McNary
is adding 160 students to next
year’s AP (Advanced Place-
ment) courses.
“We are trying to close our
access gaps. We want to pro-
mote challenges for the kids
that may want to take those
college and career classes, but
may have not had that push to
do it. In order to close those
gaps, we want all segments of
our student body to be taking
our advanced classes. We want
to provide more access to all
kids. Our numbers have gone
up, and so far the results have
been wonderful,” Jespersen
said.
With an increase in student
achievement, there also must
be support from the faculty.
Partnering with Google,
Jespersen has been granted
the opportunity to add 18
classroom sets of Chrome-
books. Google has also
aligned with the technology
department at McNary to al-
low the high school to host
their second annual Google
Summit, where teachers and
faculty from around the state
will have the opportunity
to learn the ins-and-outs of
Google Chrome and the An-
droid operating system.
“We are adding much
more technology into Mc-
Nary,” Jespersen said. “We
want to give kids access be-
cause we know that this is the
way of the future. We need to
be innovative into our teach-
ing practices because we want
to be the best of the best.”
Community involvement
and emotional investment is a
key philosophy that Jespersen
wants to emphasize to his stu-
dents.
“Our expectation, which
we are going to track, adver-
tise, and publicize, is that every
single kid at McNary is going
to be participating in at least
one club, activity, or sport ev-
ery year,” he said. “Whatever
they are doing, we want kids
to have some type of emo-
tional connection to McNary
High School. We know when
that happens, students will do
better academically, their at-
tendance will be better, and
their behavior will improve.
Everything we do is one step
closer to us becoming a world
class high school.”
births
• Lisandro David Juven-
tino Gutierrez was born June
6, 2016 at Salem Health. The
baby boy weighed 9 pounds 10
ounces. The parents are David
Jr. and Serena Gutierrez of Sa-
lem. The grandparents are Gina
Treichler and Orlando Cadile
of Keizer, David Gutierrez
Garcia and Yolanda Gutierrez
of Keizer.
• Waylon Gabriel Quilty
was born June 10, 2016 at
Salem Health. The baby boy
weighed 4 pounds 8 ounces.
The parents are Shawn and
Gabrielle Quilty of Keizer. The
grandparents are David and
Michelle Harryman of Keizer.
• Parker Grace Linhart
was born June 10, 2016 at
Salem Health. The baby girl
weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces.
The parents are Andrew Lin-
hart and Sara Magby of Keiz-
er. The grandparents are Bev
Guyton of Portland and Dean
Linhart of Milwaulkie.
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