DECEMBER 21, 2018, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
COSTCO,
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said. “It’s also a good idea to let
Costco know that somebody
still loves them and wants them.”
By consensus, the council
agreed to draft a letter to Costco
expressing support.
“I think that it’s an
exceptionally good idea to
provide good feedback to that
business. Costco has a great
outlook in terms of how they
treat employees and treat their
customers,” said Councilor
Bruce Anderson.
At a Salem City Council
meeting Dec. 10, the group
nixed plans for Costco to move
from its current location off
Hawthorne Avenue to a new
space on Kuebler. Neighbors
of the planned shopping center
turned out en masse to express
their displeasure with the
Re-Imagine
proposal.
According to Salem Reporter,
opponents
couched
their
dissent in the traffi c impacts
to the surrounding area and
said a Costco was not in line
with original proposals for the
space. The council voted against
allowing the Costco move 5-3,
but the decision will likely end
up being appealed to the state’s
land use authorities.
There is no immediately-
apparent space where Costco
could move in Keizer’s current
boundaries. The plans submitted
to the Salem City Council
called for a 166,000-square-foot
store and a 30-pump gas station.
Still, Thompson said a
potential move could be
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a consideration as Keizer
considers growing its Urban
Growth Boundary (UGB).
Keizer
Development
Director Nate Brown said that
would still be a stretch.
“We would have to
document a specifi c land need
for retail, but our current need
is only minor.[Changing the
UGB] is all tied to the land
need and how is it justifi ed,”
Brown said.
Brown said a more likely
space would be across I-5 from
Keizer Station, but that land is
also controlled by Salem and
comes with signifi cant fl oodway
and fl oodplain issues.
Still, Brown said he would be
happy to reach out to Costco’s
development team and “tell
them what we’ve got.”
Mayor Cathy Clark said this
didn’t mean Keizer would be
willing to bend over backward
to bring the retail giant to the
city.
“We’re not giving away the
store, that’s not how we operate.
We don’t pay to have businesses
come here. We are the gift that
keeps on giving with a $2.08
tax rate,” Clark said.
Attracting Costco to Keizer
already has one high-profi le,
Keizer-minded proponent in
Oregon Rep. Bill Post.
“I am working behind the
scenes with city, chamber and
other offi cials to see what we
can do to help Costco fi nd
Keizer,” Post wrote on social
media after hearing news of
Salem’s decision.
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address it as a priority before
year three,” Bradley said.
Lawyer suggested postpon-
ing some of the tree work or
truck replacement to make
room for lighting in Bair Park.
Johnson said the replacement
of the truck had already been
put off a year to provide for ad-
ditional improvements this year.
Johnson did make one
change to the draft schedule
after the meeting at the request
of City Councilor Roland Her-
rera, who is council liaison to
the group. Herrera, who lives
near Country Glen Park, said
the south end of the park was
becoming a problem area and
asked that additional lighting be
installed. Johnson added to to
the third year to coincide with
the Bair Park lighting, for now.
Board member Wayne Frey
asked about a second-year proj-
ect, the demolition of a house
on the Keizer Rapids Park
(KRP) property. The house is a
remnant from the purchase of
property that became KRP, but
it is in its last days.
“Remodeling the house is
probably not the most effec-
tive at this point. We would like
to remove the house and then
have a conversation about what
it could become as support to
the amphitheater or other large
events,” Johnson said.
In the interim, the space
house would be replaced with a
gravel pad for food trucks to use
during large events.
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