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PAGE A2, KEIZERTIMES, NOVEMBER 9, 2018 School board votes on land action Tues. By Keizertimes Staff The Salem-Keizer School District (SKSD) Board of Di- rectors is expected to vote on whether to pursue eminent domain action on land owned by Keizer’s St. Edward Cath- olic Church at its meeting Tuesday, Nov. 13. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the Support Services Center, 2575 Commercial Street S.E., in Salem. Time will be provided for public testimony. The school district is seeking to take ownership of about six acres of church- owned property northeast of the current McNary High School campus. The land is needed to move forward with planned renovations and addi- tions to McNary so that the school can absorb projected growth in the student body. If the school board decides to move forward with an emi- nent domain claim, the church will have 40 days to respond to a fair market offer or seek resolution through the courts or arbitration. Regardless of where the dollar amount is fi - nalized, the church would be compensated for the “taking” of the land. The item was presented as a fi rst reading last month with staff recommending the board adopt the resolution. When asked by a mem- ber of the school board what would happen if the district didn’t acquire the land from the church, Michael Wolfe, the school district’s chief op- erations offi cer, said the dis- trict would have to look for 6 acres elsewhere, and while part of the process is to min- imize disruption, one option for the board to consider is acquiring nearby residential neighborhoods. At the October meeting, Wolfe told members of the board that there was still space to fi nd common ground with COUNCIL, continued from Page A1 Commissioners’ table. Camer- on was holding onto a 7-point lead over Shelaswau Crier. Willis was edging Bill Burgess with a 3-point lead. In the Oregon Legislature, both Sen. Kim Thatcher and Rep. Bill Post easily fended off challenges from Democrats Sara Grider and Dave McCall, respectively. In the biggest statewide race, Gov. Kate Brown ap- peared to have earned a second term with just over 50 percent of the vote. Republican Knute Buehler, earned more than 50 percent of the vote in Marion County, but it wasn’t enough CHAMBER, continued from Page A1 KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald The Salem-Keizer School District Board of Directors is expect- ed to vote on whether to launch eminent domain action to acquire six acres belonging to St. Edward Catholic Church. leaders of the church, but comments from Rev. Gary Zerr, St. Edward priest, make it seem as though the two par- ties are further apart than ex- pected. “We had some preliminary discussions with the district about potentially selling or leasing a portion of the parish’s property. But we were never interested in selling all of the bare land that the district now wants to acquire,” Zerr said. Zerr noted that the school district’s appraisal of the six acres is based on bare land – which it currently is – and the church likely desires an appraisal based on the the po- tential value if it were to be developed. The school district’s plan for the six acres is to move softball fi elds and tennis courts to the adjacent property, which will make way for new classrooms and reconfi gured parking. Under the Fifth Amend- ment to the U.S. Constitution, federal, state and local govern- ments can condemn private property and take ownership of it for public use while com- pensating the owner for the fair market value. The offi ce hours will stay the same, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., but Bethell plans to use the new location to bring new at- tention to businesses south of Dearborn Avenue. “Everything from Dear- born north does well because it has more landscaping and access to parking. Everything south of Dearborn is a little more out-of-sight-out-of- mind,” Bethell said. “I plan to go door-to-door with all the businesses south of Dearborn in hope of creating chances for our current members, who are already in the loop, to sit down with the business own- ers in south Keizer and fi nd to win the day. Most attempts at statewide measures took a drubbing at the ballot box. The only one to pass muster with voters was Measure 102, which will per- mit local bonds to be issued for affordable housing projects that include non-governmen- tal partners like developers and non-profi ts. Measure 103, which would have prohibited any local gov- ernment from instituting a sales tax on groceries – and created permanent tax loopholes for major grocery businesses – what shunned by more than 57 percent of voters. Measure 104, which would have revised the process, re- quired in the state Consti- tution, for approving reve- nue-generating changes, also failed with 65 percent of voters saying “no.” Measure 105, which would have allowed local law enforce- ment to investigate and detain undocumented residents even if it was their only crime, also failed by a large margin. More than 62 percent of voters said “no” to that effort. Measure 106, which would have reduced access to abor- tion by prohibiting use of “public funds” to pay for them, was rejected by almost 64 per- cent of voters. Overall, Oregon had epic voter turnout for a midterm election. Statewide, more than 62 percent of registered voters returned their ballots. 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