SEPTEMBER 6, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
police scanner
MONDAY, AUGUST 26
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30
12:01 a.m. - Theft in the 6000
block of Keizer Station Boulevard
NE.
7:59 a.m. - Injury from traffi c ac-
cident at the intersection of Che-
mawa Road NE and 7th Avenue
NE.
11:51 a.m. - Arrest for arraign-
ment warrant in the 900 block of
Chemawa Road NE.
2:24 p.m. - Arrest for simple as-
sault in the 4000 block of Gracie
Lane N.
3:33 p.m. - Failure to perform
duties of driver when property
was damaged in the 5000 block
of River Road N.
4:21 p.m. - Arrest for theft in the
5000 block of River Road N.
8:35 p.m. - Shoplifting in the
6000 block of Ulali Drive NE.
2:08 a.m. - Arrest for fl eeing or
attempting to elude police offi cer
and reckless driving at the inter-
section of Cherry Avenue NE.
and Industrial Way NE.
10:01 a.m. - Arrest for parole vio-
lation in the 6000 block of Village
Place NE.
5 p.m. - Burglary in the 800 block
of Cummings Lane N.
7 p.m. - Burglary and theft from
building in the 1000 block of
Shady Lane N.
9:47 p.m. - Physical harassment in
the 600 block of Rose Park Lane
NE.
10:06 p.m. - Arrest for warrant
served at the intersection of
Glynbrook Street N. and River
Road N.
10:30 p.m. - Motor vehicle theft
in the 1000 block of Krysti Court
NE.
12:11 a.m. - Past curfew and un-
lawful possession of marijuana
in the 3000 block of Rivercrest
Drive N.
11:29 a.m. - Identity theft in the
3000 block of 5th Avenue N.
11:50 a.m. - Criminal trespassing
in the 5000 block of Shoreview
Lane N.
7:33 p.m. - Injury from traffi c ac-
cident in the 5000 block of Mc-
Leod Lane NE.
10:15 p.m. - Traffi c accident at
the intersection of Chemawa
Road NE. and Keizer Station
Boulevard NE.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27
4:15 a.m. - Traffi c accident in the
4000 block of Verda Lane NE.
5:47 a.m. - Arrest for warrant
served at the intersection of
Dearborn Avenue N. and River
Road N.
2 p.m. - Theft from motor vehi-
cle, unlawful entry vehicle and
the intent to commit theft in the
4000 block of River Road N.
5 p.m. - Theft from motor vehi-
cle in the 100 block of Manbrin
Drive N.
7:57 p.m. - Arrest for violation of
release agreement at the intersec-
tion of Wheatland Road N. and
River Road N.
9:03 p.m. - Failure to perform
duties of driver when property
was damaged in the 700 block of
Chemawa Road N.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29
3 a.m. - Warrant served and felon
in possession of a weapon in the
1000 block of Chemawa Road
NE.
8:30 a.m. - Arrest for criminal
trespassing in the 5000 block of
River Road N.
8:58 a.m. - Arrest for criminal
trespassing in the 5000 block of
River Road N.
2:45 p.m. - Arrest for warrant
served in the 1000 block of Che-
mawa Road NE.
5:14 p.m. - Arrest for criminal
trespassing in the 5000 block of
River Road N.
9:24 p.m. - Arrest for traffi c ac-
cident and driving under the in-
fl uence of intoxicants in the 500
block of Evans Avenue N.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31
2:46 a.m. - Arrest for criminal
trespassing in the 100 block of
Chemawa Road N.
5 p.m. - Arrest for bench warrant
in the 3000 block of River Road
N.
4 p.m. - Residence burglary in
the 400 block of Hornet Court
N.
11 p.m. - Theft from motor ve-
hicle in the 4000 block of River-
crest Drive N.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
1:04 p.m. - Injury from traffi c
accident in the 5000 block of
Windsor Island Road N.
8 p.m. - Motor vehicle theft in
the 800 block of Manbrin Drive
8:22 p.m. - Traffi c accident at the
intersection of Lockhaven Drive
NE. and 14th Avenue NE.
8:40 p.m. - Arrest for warrant
served in the 1000 block of Che-
mawa Road NE.
9 p.m. - Theft in the 6000 block
of Keizer Station Boulevard NE.
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Planning commissioners approve
River Road plan – with a caution
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Members of the Keizer Planning Com-
mission gave their fi nal blessing to a plan to
re-envision Keizer’s commercial corridors at a
meeting Wednesday, Aug. 14, but three mem-
bers of the commission charged the Keizer
City Council with doing more for pedestrian
safety before fi nalizing the plan.
“As we go through this process, and I gen-
erally really like what is here, the thing that
stood out to me was marked crosswalks,” said
Commissioner Jeffrey Watson. “Crosswalks are
a requirement for me and it seems to be the
obvious critical piece missing from this plan.”
Watson’s found allies in fellow commission-
ers Mark Caillier and Mike DeBlasi.
“We are missing an opportunity here. I don’t
think we go far enough as far as pedestrian
safety is concerned,” Caillier said.
Caillier expressed frustration over past bat-
tles with those that feel non-signaled crosswalks
provide a false sense of security to pedestrians.
He added that there are three components to
safety: engineering, education and enforce-
ment.
“If we aren’t going to have enforcement, we
better start doing more on engineering,” he
said.
DeBlasi, one of the city’s most ardent sup-
porters of designing for multimodal transporta-
tion, said the council needs to look at the new
plan in the context of larger goals and consider
the positive and negative impacts it will have
throughout the city.
The largest change proposed in the plan is
rezoning commercial areas along River Road
North and Cherry Avenue Northeast to mixed
use. The change is intended to “increase fl exi-
bility, effi ciency and create opportunities for a
broader mix of development,” said Matt Hastie,
a senior planner with Angelo Planning Group.
No owners will be forced to redevelop in a
specifi c direction, but certain new construction
and standards will kick in when major redevel-
opment occurs. For instance, a shopping center
with multiple entrances along River Road will
need to consolidate or shift the access points.
Changes to major centers, there are three desig-
nated, will also have to include some residential
component when redevelopment occurs.
Additional improvements, that would re-
quire public investment, include creating paral-
lel bike paths to River Road in neighborhoods,
developing a sidewalk upgrade and infi ll pro-
gram, turning the area where the city’s Christ-
mas tree sits into an actual pedestrian plaza, and
performing a road safety and mobility audit.
DeBlasi said a number of the plans goals
were duplications of earlier work that created
the River Road Renaissance Plan, which fi z-
zled out during The Great Recession, and won-
dered what made this plan different.
“We did not implement additional code
changes like the ones here,” said Shane Witham,
Keizer senior planner. “The Renaissance plan
was more of a guidance, there were no regula-
tory changes that forced compliance.”
Several residents turned out for the meeting
but only a few offered comment during a pub-
lic hearing. Residents of Maine Avenue North-
east voiced concern over their ability to exit
onto River Road North with further chang-
es, one property owner was concerned about
the potential effect on property values, another
wanted to see more trees along River Road in
the plans.
On the topic of crosswalks, Mike Jaffe, trans-
portation program manager of the Mid-Wil-
lamette Valley Council of Governments, urged
the commission to consider mid-light crossings
in areas where long distances between signaled
intersections prompt pedestrians and cyclist to
attempt dangerous crossings.