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GROWTH,
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enormous infrastructure costs; a
second abandoned its effort and
a third had to settle for less than
it desired.
While Keizer’s room to
expand within the UGB is
shrinking rapidly, Salem still has
room to meet all of the required
housing needs for both cities.
Brown urged the council to
take advantage of that situation
and fi gure out exactly how the
city wants to grow.
Keizer
Public
Works
Director Bill Lawyer urged
the council to maintain a good
relationship with Salem even
amidst a potential UGB divorce.
“We
want
a
good
relationship with Salem for
sewer and traffi c light systems.
What we have works well. We
don’t want to alienate Salem
in a way that threatens those
systems,” Lawyer said.
The
Department
of
Land
Conservation
and
Development recently issued a
statement on whether it would
be possible for the two cities to
separate the shared UGB. It is
possible, the memo said, but it
will require the approval of the
City of Salem, Marion County
and Polk County.
What precisely Keizer
needs to provide in terms of
housing is also under review.
In November, the council
commissioned a new task
force that will assess the city’s
buildable land and housing
needs. It is expected to begin its
work in the near future.
In addition to all of that,
the city still has a Keizer
Revitalization Project study
in the works. That study is
looking specifi cally at the
River Road North and Cherry
Avenue Northeast corridors.
Specifi cally, it is offering new
visions of development and
how Keizer can incorporate
housing goals into commercial
and mixed use development.
Once
that
study
is
complete, a Salem-Keizer Area
Transportation Study will
look at how possible growth
scenarios will affect the area
transportation network.
“At some point we will have
to revisit Lockhaven and River
Road intersection completely”
Brown said. “That kicks off as
soon as the corridor studies are
complete.”
On the topic of growth, City
Councilor-elect Dan Kohler
asked what role Keizer has in
Huge progress on
short term goals
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
A Dec. 10 Keizer City
Council
work
session
focused on growth, but
councilors also looked back
on the city’s short-term goals
set two years ago. In almost
every facet, the city has made
considerable strides.
The short term goals
were:
• Continue community
outreach.
• Consider adopting an
inclusivity resolution.
• Initiate conversations
around and adopt fees to
create sustainable funding
for police and parks.
• Complete a strategy
plan for the downtown core.
• Analyze transportation
impacts if the Urban
Growth Boundary (UGB) is
expanded.
• Begin a community
discussion
on
UGB
expansion.
• Develop a youth
council/page program.
On the outreach goal,
Councilor Roland Herrera
has made large strides in
getting representatives of the
city’s Hispanic community
more involved. In addition,
the city recently began
publishing Spanish-language
editions of city council
agendas on the city’s website,
www.keizer.org.
Conversations
about
police and parks fees were
already in progress or in
the queue when the goals
were set. The council
adopted the fees in July 2017
and collection began in
November 2017. As a result,
several parks improvements
are already completed or
underway. Four of the fi ve
offi cers hired with the
fee are now on the streets
running solo patrols.
A revitalization study
looking at the city’s
commercial corridors is
about to enter its fi nal stages.
UGB conversations have
dominated council meetings
and community discussion
for the past six months
although any action might
still be years away.
The
councilor/page
program is stronger than
its been in the past, but
recruiting remains diffi cult.
Councilor Laura Reid
said it might be benefi cial to
encourage sitting members
of the various task forces and
committees to recruit youth
liaisons.
“Coming into a room
with a bunch of adults can
be kind of intimidating but,
if we can get the current
volunteers to help out, the
students might see it as more
of a mentoring program,”
Reid said.
development north of Keizer
that could potentially impact
an attempt to grow on Keizer’s
part.
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it at fi rst, but for some reason, I
just felt like I needed to stop. So
I pulled off the side of the road
and I could see a tiny red light
way off in the distance.”
Nowlin knew that some-
thing was wrong, so he pulled
his car over and set out on foot
to go investigate the situation.
As he got closer to the
sound, Nowlin became puzzled
when the honking stopped all
of a sudden and the red light
disappeared.
After pausing for a moment,
Nowlin then heard the faint
sound of a woman’s crying
voice.
“I almost went back to my
car. But when I heard the voice,
I knew I had to keep trudging
through the mud,” Nowlin said.
“As I got closer, I started to hear
crying. It wasn’t long after that
when I saw the white car.”
When Nowlin approached
the vehicle, he saw Martin there
and immediately called 911.
At this point, Martin was
going in-and-out of conscious-
ness. So Nowlin pinched her
arm to try and keep her awake.
It took 30 minutes for the am-
bulance to get to the car and
Nowlin didn’t leave Martin’s
side the entire time.
“I can’t quite remember ev-
erything, but I remember when
(Nowlin) touched my hand it
comforted me. I knew that their
was a higher power involved,”
Martin said. “I just thank God
that he took a second to listen
Brown suggested that might
be putting the cart before the
horse.
“Even if we wanted a
massive expansion, we are still
so far away from that … we’re
not even up to bat yet,” Brown
said.
and follow his instinct.”
As it turned out, the rea-
son that Martin’s lights went
out was because her battery
had died just moments before
Nowlin got to the crash site.
“The paramedics told me
that if I hadn’t have found
(Martin), she likely wouldn’t
have been found until the next
morning and they didn’t know
if she would have made it that
long,” Nowlin said. “The car
was freezing cold and she was
soaking wet.”
After the paramedics re-
moved Martin from the vehicle,
she was then rushed to the Sa-
lem Hospital. Nowlin took his
daughter home and then went
to visit Martin in the emergen-
cy room to make sure every-
thing was okay.
Nowlin stayed with Martin
at the hospital until members of
her family showed up.
The following day, Nowlin
got a Facebook message from
Martin’s daughter, Melody
Burke, thanking him for his he-
roic efforts.
“I just want everyone who is
reading this to know that there
still are good people out in this
world,” Burke said.
“We will never forget
(Nowlin’s) heroic efforts that
night and we hope that as soon
as (my) mom is better, we can
all go have lunch together and
get to know each other on a
better basis.”
Nowlin didn’t give much
thought to his good deed in the
moment, but was happy that
Burke had connected with him
to show her appreciation.
“It meant a lot that (Burke)
and (Martin) found me and
gave me a call and told me how
thankful they were for what I
had done,” Nowlin said.
Although Martin suffered
some bad bruises to her neck
and chest, she had no other se-
rious injuries and was released
from the hospital the following
day.
Nowlin and Martin haven’t
re-connected in person yet, but
when they do, it will be a cele-
bratory time.
“I just love that man,” Martin
said. “I’m going to take him out
for the biggest steak he’s ever
had.”
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WorshipDirectory
These Salem-Keizer houses of worship invite you to visit. Call to list your church in our Worship Directory: (503) 390-1051
KEIZER CLEAR LAKE
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
a member of Open Door
Churches of Salem-Keizer
REV. ALYSSA BAKER, Lead Pastor
Services are Sunday at 10 am
(Nursery & Sunday School for Children)
7920 Wheatland Rd N • 503-393-2402 • www.kclumc.org
PEOPLESCHURCH
4500 LANCASTER DR NE | SALEM
503.304.4000 • www.peopleschurch.com
Father Gary L. Zerr, Pastor
Saturday Vigil Liturgy: 5:30 p.m.
Sundays: 8:15 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
La Misa en Español: 12:30 p.m.
SUNDAY
SERVICES
4505 River Road N, Keizer • 503-393-4507
www.FLCkeizer.org
Sunday School - 9:00 am
Worship Service -10:00 am
452 Cummings Lane North • 393-0404
8:30 am • 10 am • 11:30 am • 6 pm
Faith Lutheran Church , ELCA
Pastor Linda Matz Easterling
John Knox Presbyterian Church
JOIN US FOR
SUNDAY WORSHIP
9:00 am
Children’s Programs, Student and Adult Ministries
1755 Lockhaven Dr. NE Keizer
503-390-3900
www.dayspringfellowship.com
and
10:45 am
www.KeizerChristian.org
Rev. Dr. John Neal, Pastor
Worship - 10:30 a.m.
Education Hour - 9:15 a.m.
Nursery Care Available
www.keizerjkpres.org