JUZY 21, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
Master plan change pushes
theater deal one step closer
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The cast of Keizer Homegrows Theatre’s productios of Romeo asd Juliet has its fisal
performasces Friday asd Saturday, July 21-22. Shows begis at 6:30 p.m. is the Keizer Rotary
Amphitheater at Keizer Rapids Park.
Council appoints new volunteers
The Keizer City Council approved appoint-
ments to two city committees at its meeting
Monday, July 17.
Suesann Abdelrasul was appointed to the
Keizer Public Arts Commission for her fi rst
term. Beth Melendy was reappointed to her
position. Their terms expire June 2019.
Crizalise Tamayo was appointed to the Keiz-
er Points of Interest Committee. Her term will
expire in November 2019.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
A change to the Keizer
Station Area B master plan,
approved by the Keizer City
Council Monday, July 17,
inches the city closer to clos-
ing a deal for a movie theater.
The city is in talks with the
owner of Cinemagic to lease
a space in the area across from
the Salem-Keizer Transit Cen-
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ter on Keizer Station Boule- tion is likely on the way. “Now
vard. The deal would be a fi rst there’s going to be a Waremart
for the city, which has chosen down the street.”
“There is no compensation
to sell property like the one in
question to developers. How- for the growth. What is going
ever, rather than a one-time to happen later in the parking
injection of revenue, a lease lot (after the theater is closed)
deal creates a new revenue behind my home? I wish I had
known this when I bought it,”
stream.
At the meeting Mon- said Cindy.
Brown noted that devel-
day, councilors approved text
changes that would allow one opment as a theater could be
24,000 square foot building to preferable to other types of
be constructed rather than an businesses.
“The beauty of the theater
assortment of smaller ones.
“The city is currently in is that their peak time is com-
discussions about leasing that pletely off normal peak (traf-
property to a theater, but could fi c) periods. That commercial
be anything appropriate in area has been established since
the city was
that zone. It
formed. The
doesn’t change
reality is that
any structure
some develop-
or restrictions,
ment will hap-
it’s just the ag-
pen,” Brown
gregation
of
said.
square
foot-
Issues
re-
age,” said Nate
garding traf-
Brown, Keizer
fi c, specifi cally
community
— Joel Taylor
as it relates to
development
Whiteaker,
director.
Brown added that one were also planned for in the
building on the site allows for original master plan process.
The Taylors also took issue
more parking and other effi -
with the size of a wall meant
ciencies.
The council heard from to alleviate the impact of lights
only two residents during pub- and noise on the neighboring
lic testimony, Joel and Cindy homes. A seven-foot wall is
Taylor, who opposed the planned, but many of the near-
changes. The couple said they by houses are two-story.
City Manager Chris Ep-
recently purchased a home
in the vicinity without any pley said the intent was only to
knowledge of the possibility of shield neighbors from light and
noise caused by vehicle traffi c.
commercial development.
“Our intent is not to have
“I have major concerns
with traffi c and property value any light source (meaning the
also the drop off with White- bulbs themselves) visible from
aker (Middle School),” said the homes,” Brown said.
Current plans for the the-
Joel. He added that the master
plan was approved in 2010 and ater include having marquee
the city has grown since then, lights face Keizer Station Bou-
and more traffi c and conges- levard, Eppley said.
“I have
coscerss about
traffi c asd
property value.”