PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, JUNE 22, 2018
Growth talk dives deep
into impacts, options
development codes to accom-
By ERIC A. HOWALD
modate more people. Both
Of the Keizertimes
The City of Keizer will fall options will have costs in
short of the needed space to terms of dollars and livability,
accommodate its projected and city offi cials are looking
growth during the next 30 to establish what those will be
years. There are ways to miti- before leaping in one direc-
gate the problem, but it will tion or the other.
“If our ability to grow
likely require a lengthy, and
in building
costly,
di-
single fam-
vorce from
ily (housing)
the
Urban “We can talk
is diffi cult,
G r o w t h
what are op-
B o u n d a r y about how much
tions?” said
(UGB)
it
Glen
Bo-
shares with it costs to build a
len, a senior
Salem or re- water treatment
planner with
vising
de-
OTAK, Inc.
v e l o p m e n t plant, but its
“As the lots
codes in a
get smaller
way
that harder to talk
could reshape about the costs of and fewer, we
have to look
the city dra-
increased traffi c
at the miss-
matically.
ing middle –
T h o s e
duplexes and
were
two or car crashes.”
multifamily
of the big
— Glen Bolen
developments
takeaways
Senior planner with
in
smaller
from a Keiz-
OTAK, Inc.
spaces.”
er Growth
By con-
Wo r k s h o p
trast, if Keiz-
hosted
by
Keizer’s Planning Depart- er planned to accommodate
ment and hired consultants on some of that growth by ex-
panding the UGB, the fi rst
Wednesday, June 6.
Operating under the as- place it would have to look is
sumption that Keizer will areas north of the Clear Lake
continue to grow faster than neighborhood where zoning
comparable cities in Oregon, modifi cation would encoun-
the city would need to incor- ter fewer hurdles. Expanding
porate another 313 acres into in that area would likely be
its urban growth boundary more attractive to new and
with more than 1,600 hous- current residents, but less so
for job-creating business and
ing units.
Keizer’s UGB is shared industry, which would most
with the City of Salem and likely want better access to In-
it cannot grow beyond previ- terstate 5. Keizer currently has
ously-established boundaries less than one job in city limits
without Salem’s approval and per household.
Regardless of the route city
that of state offi cials. Only four
cities have shared UGB’s in offi cials and residents choose,
Oregon’s history and disputes there will be costs, some
over the other one – Eugene quantifi able and others that
and Springfi eld – were settled are more subjective.
“We can talk about how
legislatively almost a decade
ago. It means that there isn’t much it costs to build a water
much precedence for what a treatment plant, but it’s harder
divorce of the UGB would
entail and, even if that hap-
pened, attempts at expanding
UGB boundaries in other cit-
ies have taken upward of 10
years with mixed results.
As open spaces shrivel in
Keizer, it will mean looking
more closely at either expand-
ing the UGB or overhauling
to talk about the costs of in-
creased traffi c or car crashes,”
Bolen said.
Current and new residents,
as well as developers, are also
going to shoulder the burden
of associated costs. Expansion
of the UGB might entail add-
ing a second high school or
redirecting students currently
headed toward McNary High
School to North Salem or
McKay.
Housing in areas added
to the city, in the event of a
UGB expansion, might also be
priced well beyond the range
of the current city residents.
Because expanding city in-
frastructure into new spaces
would be largely the respon-
sibility of developers, the costs
would be bundled into the
prices of property in those ar-
eas.
In other places that suc-
ceeded in expanding UGBs,
system development charges
(SDCs) increased about 25
percent, said Bolen. Those in-
creased costs are also fi gured
into the prices of homes in the
new areas.
The results of all those
forces working in concert puts
Keizer in a quandary that’s
also being felt in other places
trying to determine the next
steps in their growth.
“Large cities can’t offer the
small town feel many residents
desire, and smaller cities can’t
cultivate the economic engine
to maintain their population,”
Bolen said.
The city could also decide
not to grow in any signifi cant
manner, Bolen added.
“Not growing in Keizer
would still be legal. The more
important question is are we
providing what the commu-
nity wants?” he said.
The answer to that ques-
tion will only be determined
through resident participation
in the process.
Coming soon to Keizer parks:
DRONE ZONES
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
After lengthy debate, the
Keizer Parks Advisory board
determined that parks users will
be able to use drones in Keizer
parks, but only in designated ar-
eas.
The conversation about
drones was part of a larger dis-
cussion about updating Keizer’s
park rules. Other new additions
include a ban on smoking and
vaping in parks as well as revised
fi nes for violation of park rules.
The revised rules will need to
be discussed and formally ad-
opted by the city council before
taking effect.
Drone talk got off the ground
at the board’s May meeting and
continued at the meeting Tues-
day, June 12. Board members
attempted to walk the line be-
tween an outright ban of the
devices and allowing them to be
used in ways that are unintru-
sive to other parks users. Anyone
who has fl own drones in Keizer
parks up to this point has been
in violation of city ordinance,
which was part of the problem.
“If someone brought a drone
out during a concert, that would
be illegal. Most don’t realize it’s
illegal,” said Board Member
Matt Lawyer.
Board members attempted
to project some of the possible
outcomes of any new policy, but
it often led back to the same
place.
“I think enforcing this is
above and beyond what is al-
ready enforced is above and be-
yond what the city can do – un-
less we say no drones in the park,
period,” said Donna Bradley,
board member. “The city should
back off, let it happen and see if
it becomes a nuisance.”
One of the issues the board
attempted to navigate was recent
complaints to city staff about
drone operators dive-bombing
dogs at the Keizer Rapids dog
park as well as some other park
users. While those instances have
been limited, Board Member
Dylan Juran sided with Bradley
with different reasoning.
“Should we ban (drones) just
because it is new and scary? I
think that with responsible rec-
ommendations of rule-follow-
ing, people should be allowed to
do it,” Juran said.
Under the revised rules,
drone pilots will need to abide
by all applicable Federal Avia-
tion Administration laws and
advisories, and only fl y in spac-
es established by city offi cials.
There were no offi cial recom-
mendations from the board as
far as what should constitute a
“drone zone” in a park, but the
open space inside the walking
path on the west side of Keiz-
er Rapids Park was repeatedly
mentioned as one possibility.
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