SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 39, NO. 2 SECTION A OCTOBER 13, 2017 $1.00 Council caves to pressure on public amenity fund By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes After numerous discussions during city council and planning commission meetings, the city council declined to approve a program that would have given city staff the tools and funding to begin to reshape River Road North. The council took up the issue for a third time at the city council meeting Monday, Oct. 2. The city's planning commission had rec- ommended an amend- ment to the Keizer development code that would have required new and redevelop- ment of commercial properties to set aside 1 percent of a project's total cost to create public amenities. The amenities could be included in development plans onsite or the busi- ness could opt to pay an equivalent amount into a fund for public art. While the council approved chang- es that will require businesses rede- veloping property interiors to bring landscaping up to code, the council re- moved a section of the amendment es- tablishing the public amenity require- ment. In lieu of the public amenity and impact on people and businesses. But if we want to change someone is going to be impacted, nothing is going to change because it is a nice thing to do.” The council ended up having the equivalent of two pub- lic hearings on the matter. After the fi rst one in August, the council directed staff to draft an ordinance that included the pub- lic amenity require- ments. However, ad- ditional parties spoke on the issue the next time it was addressed in September and led to a re-opening of the — NATE BROWN BROWN, Keizer Community Development Director hearing. Specifi cally, councilors requested some way to address the difference in types assessment, the council directed staff “I have heard from business owners, of development, e.g. a medical offi ce to “work with the Keizer Chamber the council and the Chamber that we costing more to develop even though (of Commerce) and others to come have to do something about upgrading it is smaller than a retail space. up with viable options to beautify our River Road,” said Nate Brown, Keizer At the council meeting last week, city.” community development director. the same two detractors, Alan Rood- City staff began investigating the pos- “We know (the assessment) represents Please see CAVES, Page A8 sibility of requiring additional invest- ment in public amenities when two River Road businesses –Winco and Taco Bell – balked at including additional landscaping improvements to coincide with large-scale interior remodels. The road to district for XC team PAGE A12 “If we want to change, someone is going to be impacted, nothing is going to change because it is a nice thing to do.” Attempted murderer gets 25 years Rockin’ the boat Avoiding the pitfalls of social media for business PAGE A2 New Honor Society inductees KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald Jose A. Hernandez was sen- tenced to 25 years in prison Monday, Oct. 9. KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes A Keizer man convicted of attempted aggravated murder of a Keizer police offi cer, among other charges, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday, Oct. 9. Jose Antonio Hernandez was found guilty of the attempted murder, attempting to elude an offi cer in a vehicle and on foot, unlawful use of a fi rearm and being a felon in possession of a fi rearm by a jury on Oct. 4. The charges stem from an incident in October 2016. In issuing the sentence, Judge Channing Bennett took into account two prior fi rearm-involved incidents for which Hernandez served time. “The reality is that it is necessary. You make – and I don't know if this is infl uenced by the use of drugs and alcohol – you make some very dangerous decisions while you are out,” Bennett said. Members of the Keizer Police Department were in attendance during the sentencing, but the contingent did not include Sgt. Jeff Please see SENTENCE, Page A9 Michael Bowar checks out the Flotilla 66 Coast Guard Auxiliary patrol boat with member Dean Wimer at a Keizer Fire Dis- trict open house on Monday, Oct. 9. For more photos, See Page A4. No bail for man on 3rd drug arrest By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes A Keizer man on probation for drug-related charges for a second time in less than a year was arrested on a third round of drug charges last week. On Monday, Oct. 2, Clayton Lee Smith, 32, arrived at the Keizer Police Department to turn himself in to his probation offi cer, Marion County Sheriff Deputy Eric Bandonis, who works out of the Keizer police station. Smith denied offi cers access to his car, but members of the Community Response Submitted by KPD Police found 130 grams of heroin in the car of a man turning himself into his parole offi cer. FIRST RESPONDER APPRECIATION PROGRAM Keizer Ford wants to thank you for your service. Unit (CRU) believed they saw items inside the car that were evidence of narcotics crimes. After obtaining a search warrant, the vehicle was searched the following day and police found 130 grams of heroin, scales and packaging materials, $3,500 in cash, a pistol and three rifl es. One of the rifl es was determined to have been stolen. Smith was charged with delivery of heroin and parole violation. He is being held without bail at the Marion County Correctional Facility. 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