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Parks board begins to chart fee project plans
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory
Board’s attempt to cancel its September meet-
ing turned into a sprawling discussion about
how to proceed with parks planning now that
a dedicated parks fee is set to begin in No-
vember.
In the past, the board has canceled the Sep-
tember meeting because a parks tour – with
members of the city council – takes the place
of the meeting. However, given that the city
needs to come up with plans for utilizing the
parks fee, some members of the board objected
to taking the month off.
Keizer Public Works Director Bill Lawyer
told board members that city staff has some
priorities in mind, but they wanted to see a engaged, the better. It gives us more time to
develop a plan to put out to the community,”
renewed effort to get input from residents.
Bill said.
“The sooner we can do
Matt Lawyer, a mem-
that the sooner we can put
ber of the parks board,
together a plan of action,”
said additional input
Bill said.
could serve multiple pur-
While the city won’t be-
poses.
gin collecting the fee until
“Getting this back to
November, parks staff want
the community will allow
to be ready for construc-
them to confi rm their
tion season in 2018 if a large
project is in the offi ng, which 7
—7Bill7Lawyer vote or maybe settle some
Bill said meant being ready
Keizer7Public7Works7director of their feelings on how it
went. It can also provide
by February. By that time,
the people a checklist of
the city could have collected
things they can expect,” Matt said. “One of the
more than $200,000 in parks fees.
“I think the sooner we can get the public challenges (in getting the fee passed) was that
“It7gives7us7more7
time7to7develop7a7
plan7to7put7out7to7
the7community”
the police proposal was more nuanced than
ours, and this is an opportunity to show we are
going to be good stewards of the money.”
Parks Board Member Jim Taylor said a
stakeholder meeting in late October might be
a way to garner additional input with mem-
bers of the community assigning priorities on
a chart.
In the end, the board agreed to have at least
a short September meeting. In the meantime,
board members David Louden, Cat Gaynor,
Jim Taylor and Matt Lawyer planned to meet
and come up with a schedule for engaging
residents and enlisting other stakeholders. The
subgroup will present the plan during the
September meeting for approval by the parks
board.
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