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NOVEMBER 17, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7 THEATER, continued from Page A1 wouldn’t work,” said Nate Brown, Keizer community development director. In October 2016, Chuck Nakvasil, owner of several the- aters in Oregon and Washing- ton, approached the city about the possibility of a long-term lease on a portion of the land across from the Salem-Keizer Transit Center. The city has been working out the lease details during the past year, but the request for a design variance is the surest sign yet that the plan is moving forward. The granting of a variance alone is a rarity for the city. Since adopting its design code, only two variances have been granted. The fi rst was for additional awnings at the Smoker Friendly location on River Road in 2004. The second, in 2005, was a waiver for a pedestrian access at the Willow Lake Treatment Facil- ity. Approving such variances is also one of the few actions the Planning Commission can take without needing addi- tional approval by the Keizer City Council. Aside from the inherent problems of having windows in theater spaces, the request to replace windows with landscaping is an attempt to offset the size of the nine- screen theater. “This planting plan is a natural-look with a random placement of vertical trees. It is a 35-foot building and the intent is to break up some of the verticality,” Brown said. Jeremy Grenz, of Multitech Engineering, the engineer- ing fi rm for the project, said he was personally excited to be involved in the project to bring a theater back to Keizer. “That the city planners are willing to work with us tells me that they understand the excitement around this proj- ect,” Grenz said. Keizer did have a theater in the past – located at what is now Skyline Ford – but it was shuttered in the 1990s. Commissioner Garry Whalen asked whether the city or the tenant would be responsible for maintaining the landscaping given the na- ture of the lease. Brown said the theater owner would have responsibility for the mainte- nance. Whalen also wanted it to be known that the variance was being approved because of the unique nature of the development, not because the city was trying to sidestep its own development code on property it owned. BOND, continued from Page A1 Matt Haymowicz, an or- chestra parent, said, “In the same way you can’t add a sink to a room and call it a science lab, you can’t add a music stand to a room and call it an orchestra room.” McNary principal Erik Jes- persen said he was all ears. “We have a choir room, a band room and an orchestra closet,” Jespersen said. “That sort of thing is what we’d like feedback on.” Everyone at the meet- ing was given a survey with four questions: Does the con- cept meet your vision for the growth of the school? Does this concept support your child’s learning? Does this concept support your child’s safety? And knowing that there isn’t much fl exibility with the budgeted amount, are there changes you would recommend? The results will be shared with the school board and used to fi nalize the bond package. In order to make changes to the orchestra room, McNary would have to take money away from other projects. The new construction at McNary would take place on the turf fi eld side of the cam- pus. Jespersen added spending money in the current build- ing, where the orchestra room is currently located, is more expensive because of code compliance. Construction would begin in the summer of 2019 and be completed in September of 2020. Michael Wolfe, chief opera- tions offi ce for the school dis- trict, led the forum. “This is not a wish list, these KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald Gubser Principal Dave Bertholf discusses changes planned for his school with parents during a listening session for the May 2018 school bond. are real needs,” Wolfe said. Salem-Keizer School Dis- trict has grown by 1,745 students since the last bond passed in 2008 and is expect- ed to grow by another 1,000 in the next fi ve years. Wolfe said if the district did nothing, there would be no room for 1,300 high school- ers and that number jumps to 2,200 without portables. The needs for each school were determined by an 18-member citizen’s facilities task force over three and half months, who recommended a $766 million bond. However, a community survey showed that price tag, which would result in an in- crease of $3 per thousand of accessed property value, was a little too high. Wolfe added that poll- ing showed for the fi rst time in decades that people were willing to pay more, just not that much. A $620 million bond would be an increase of $1.28 to $1.39. The majority of the money, $433.5 million, would go to- wards adding capacity to sup- port enrollment and educa- tional programs. Construction at Claggett Creek Middle School, which would begin in 2020, in- cludes cafeteria expansion and repurposing two general classrooms into science labs. Whiteaker would also turn a general classroom into a sci- ence lab as well as replace its gym fl oor. Two elementary schools, Gubser and Keizer, would get new cafeterias, kitchens and classrooms. Cummings is set to expand its cafeteria. Con- struction at Cummings and Gubser would begin in 2020 and at Keizer Elementary in 2022. Weddle Elementary is al- ready over capacity but has no room to expand due to wetlands. However, other el- ementary schools, like Ken- nedy and Forest Ridge, are under capacity. “There will need to be changes in Keizer’s feeder sys- tem,” Wolfe said, referring to boundaries. Increasing the safety of schools in the event of a seis- mic event like an earthquake would cost $66 million. Wolf said each structure was evaluated for risk of col- lapse and $56 million would be used to make sure people can get out of buildings in case of an emergency. The other $10 million will in- crease the design standard of new additions to an immedi- ate re-occupancy standard. The rest of the bond would go towards an increase in safe- ty and security ($33 million), non-routine maintenance ($73.5 million) and technol- ogy and upgrades that comply with the Americans with Dis- abilities Act ($13.2 million). “These numbers are not fi - nal. That’s what these sessions are about,” Wolfe said. The school board will fi - nalize the bond package in January to be put on the May ballot. To follow the develop- ments, go to www.salemkeiz- er.org/about/2018-bond- measure. 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