SINCE 1979 • VOLUME 39, NO. 49
SECTION A
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
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Man killed at neighbor’s home
KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald
Offi cers from Keizer Police Department and Salem Police Department were stationed outside a home on Cummings Lane North
and waiting to execute a search warrant where Bryan Franklin O'Connor, 27, was shot and killed Tuesday, Sept. 4.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Details were still sparse at
press time, but a 27-year-old
Keizer man is dead after be-
ing shot at a home in the 400
block of Cummings Lane
North.
The victim was identifi ed
as Bryan Franklin O'Connor.
O'Connor's residence was
listed as next door to the
home where the shooting
took place.
Keizer police responded
to 401 Cummings Lane N.
shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 4, where O'Connor was
found deceased.
Police executed search
warrants on both residences
Tuesday evening.
The investigation is con-
tinuing and Keizer Police
Department is being assisted
by the Marion County Dis-
trict Attorney’s Offi ce, the
Marion County Medical
Examiner’s Offi ce, the Salem
Police Department, and the
Marion County Sheriff ’s Of-
fi ce.
Anyone with information
is asked to call Det. Andrew
Phelps at 503-390-3713, ext.
3497.
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Fire tears through home City backs two
Photo submitted by Marion County Fire District No. 1
A fi re that began on a deck moved inside
a Keizer home rendering it uninhabitable on
Wednesday, Aug. 29.
Marion County Fire District No. 1
responded to the call in north Keizer about
4 p.m. Fire Marshal Paula Smith said fi re and
smoke damage were found throughout the attic
and home.
Responders from the American Red Cross
arrived at the scene about 6:30 p.m. to assist
two adults and one child.
The Red Cross provided resources to help
address the immediate basic needs of those
affected such as temporary housing, food,
clothing, comfort kits with toiletry items,
disaster health services, and information about
recovery services.
The Red Cross in Oregon and Southwest
Washington (the Cascades Region) helps an
average of three families affected by disasters,
like home fi res, every day. The Red Cross
advocates emergency preparedness and offers
the installation of free smoke alarms in our
community. Residents may call 503-528-5783
or complete an online form at www.redcross.
org/GetAnAlarm to schedule an appointment.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Consultants working with Keizer’s city staff on
possible growth scenarios fl eshed out some of the
possibilities during a
work session Monday,
Aug. 27.
Numerous members
of the city council, plan-
ning commission, parks
advisory board and
traffi c safety commit-
tee were in attendance
as discussion centered
around growth in Keiz-
er’s business corridors,
River Road North and
Cherry Avenue Northeast.
Working off a draft report that included three op-
tions – staying the course, implementing effi ciency
measures and upzoning – Glen Bolen of OTAK,
Inc. and Kate Rogers of Angelo Planning Group
expanded on the included scenarios and answered
questions from attendees.
Staying the course means Keizer’s business areas
will continue to look much like they have to this
point: small-ish wood structures of one or two stories.
While the city would not change much aestheti-
cally, staying on that path has other potential conse-
quences, Bolen said. For example, Keizer’s job-to-
household ratio of .5-to-1 would not shift much,
which has repercussions on how current residents
and their families will grow in the future.
“We looked at rates for growth in this scenario,
and it tracks, but the population is aging and chil-
dren have gone to other places. Keizer is not getting
the recapture rate of other areas,” Bolen said.
Creating more jobs through fostering additional
offi ce-type employment and manufacturing would
sidewalk projects
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The City of Keizer will is-
sue letters of support for two
projects to improve pedes-
trian access around Kennedy
and Cummings elementary
schools.
The letters will be submit-
ted along with projects pro-
posals to the Safe Routes for
Schools National Partnership.
The council approved the re-
quest from the Keizer Traffi c
Safety, Pedestrian and Bike-
ways (TPB) Committee at its
Aug. 20 meeting.
Members of the TPB
Committee have haggled over
whether to support one proj-
ect over another for months
and ended up throwing its
weight behind both. Rough
outlines of the projects in-
clude additional sidewalk and
bike lanes as well as additional
infrastructure.
At the TPB committee’s
most recent meeting, Aug. 17,
issues of money dominated
discussion. Requirements for
Safe Routes funding include a
20 percent match on the part
of the city. In regard to Cum-
mings, the city might be able
to negotiate using an invest-
ment being made in by the
Salem-Keizer School District
– to install sidewalks on the
school campus – as match-
ing funds. Around Kennedy,
which is the larger of the two
projects, the city would likely
need to come up with the
matching money on its own.
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firefighters
take show
on road
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Growth livability
costs detailed
at work session
KEIZERTIMES/Andrew Jackson
City leaders turned out to learn about costs of growth in Keizer during a recent city council work session.
One sign of the change was the recent demolition of the oldest home in Keizer on Verda Lane Northeast,
it is expected to be replaced by apartments.
put the city on a path more appealing to young
adults that cannot fi nd opportunities locally, he add-
ed. Standing in the way that of course is a lack of
available land to develop or redevelop.
The second option discussed is known as effi -
ciency measures, which would mean changing the
requirements on certain types of zoning that cur-
rently exist, but not rezoning outright. Potential
changes include: increasing density options and re-
ducing the minimum lot size, parking, landscaping,
and lot coverage requirements.
The third option, upzoning, would mean chang-
ing some existing zones outright. Bolen showed one
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miss playoffs
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