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HEAL: Grant program
could help unlock SDCs
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“I’m worried about some-
one coming from outside of
Keizer wanting to get some-
thing here that isn’t along our
lines or tastes,” Anderson said.
He suggested HEAL might
be a more for communities
like Portland and Vancouver,
Wash.
The portions of the HEAL
documentation
prompting
Anderson’s questions were
more along the lines of ex-
amples of what other cities
had done than a recipe Keizer
would have to follow.
“For that reason, I’m just
not ready to vote on this at
this time,” Anderson.
Councilor Roland Herrera
said that many of the policies
HEAL suggests had already
been enacted in the city.
Councilor Amy Ryan add-
ed that it simply looked like
a tool to support parks and
recreation.
Councilor Marlene Par-
sons sided with Anderson and
the HEAL proposal was sent
back to the parks board at its
obituaries
in public policy.
In particular, Mayor Cathy
Clark took issue with a para-
graph in the proclamation
stating that healthy eating
and active living options are
“within reach of the people
who live, work, go to school,
play, or worship in the city.”
“This is a separation (of
state and religion) issue in
my mind,” Clark said. “Why
single out faith-based organi-
zations? We cannot direct our
places of worship regarding
how they promote healthy
activities.”
After several minutes of
discussion between Clark and
Ryan, City Manager Chris
Eppley stepped into the fray.
“I think this is a lot more
generic than we are giving
it credit for. It’s everyone, it’s
throwing the broad net and
saying (HEAL) programs
should benefi t all people,”
Eppley said.
Not long after, the city
council fi nally approved a
motion declaring Keizer a
HEAL city.
February meeting, with a re-
quest for clarifi cation on its
thinking and an explanation
of obligations and costs.
After some reworking of
the message they wanted to
send forward to the council,
Parks board member Joe Til-
man spoke to councilors at
the Feb. 21 meeting of the
city council.
Councilors learned that
the city might be able to use
system development charges
(SDCs) – which are collected
from residential developers
for the improvement of pub-
lic spaces like parks – could
be used to match grant funds
from HEAL. That might be-
come key for Keizer as a
HEAL City. Currently, Keizer
has nearly $900,000 in col-
lected SDC funds, but no way
to use them without match-
ing money from somewhere
else.
However, most of the
questions from the previous
council meeting fell to the
wayside of a new discussion:
the role of religious worship
Martin L. Matiskainen
Betty Corey
1949 – 2017
June 4, 1925 –
December 31, 2016
Martin Leonard Matis- he became an esquire, chap-
kainen passed away on Feb. lain, and inner guard. He was
18, 2017, because of a heart also involved in the McNary
High School Band Boost-
attack. He was 67 years old.
He is survived by his wife ers while his children and
grandson were in the
Jill, daughter Nicole,
program.
sons Cory and Daniel,
He ran for Keizer
and his grandson Wil-
City Council in 2008.
liam.
Aside from his im-
After
graduating
mediate family, Matis-
with a bachelor’s de-
kainen was infl uential
gree in architecture
in many other peoples’
from Montana State
University, he moved M. Matiskainen lives.
Family came fi rst
to Keizer for job op-
portunities in nearby Salem. with him and everything
He held many jobs in archi- else was just a benefi t of liv-
tecture all throughout Salem, ing. Whenever he was out
Keizer, and even Woodburn. and about and people asked
Through his work, he how he was doing he would
joined the local Keizer Ro- always respond, “I’m super
tary Club where he wrote fi ne, and yourself?” Then he
the Rotary newsletter for would say, “Leastwise if I was
the Keizer chapter for many having a bad day I would
years. He eventually retired always be okie dokie.” He
from the Rotary program made people happy where
after he retired from writ- ever he went, and will be
ing the newsletter. He retired missed by all.
A Celebration of Life will
from his career in 2016 at the
be held at the Keizer Elks
age of 65.
Matiskainen joined the Lodge on Sunday, March 5
Keizer Elks Lodge where at 2 p.m.
A celebration of life for
Betty Corey will be held
March 11, 2017, at John Knox
Presbyterian Church 452
Cummings Lane N, Keizer
OR at 2 p.m.
Betty, a long time Keizer
resident, passed away on Dec.
31, 2016.
She is sur-
vived
by
Donna Ben-
jamin (Tom),
Steven Corey,
Patricia New-
ton (Richard);
grandchildren
B. Corey
Scott,
Greg,
Justin Benjamin, Travis, Sean
and Adrianne Newton; great
grandchildren Patrick, Kevin,
Dakota, Nikki Benjamin; Joby
(by marriage), Justin Ace, Lil-
liana and Grady Newton.
The family is asking any
donations be made to John
Knox Presbyterian Church.
Submit an obituary through
our website, keizertimes.com,
or send an email to: editor@
keizertimes.com
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