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HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The Keizer Planning Com- mission is recommending the city absorb its projected growth for the next 20 years within the existing city limits, but asked for a more detailed plan that moves the Keizer toward expanding its Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). The commission spent its entire October 9 meeting dis- cussing one recommendation from a recent report on hous- ing needs and available land in Keizer. Commissioners dis- cussed the rest of the report in September, but set aside the question of how to grow for a dedicated meeting. A committee that oversaw the study recommended the city grow within its limits, but city staff wanted the planning commission to weigh in as well. Three options were pre- sented: expand the UGB, ab- sorb growth through infi ll or a combination of the two. The biggest obstacle to ex- panding the UGB is cost, both in dollars and staff time as the city attempts to establish its own UGB separate from Sa- lem. “If we get a divorce, be pre- pared for some major expens- es,” said Nate Brown, Keizer community development di- rector. “Even in the most amica- ble divorces there will be col- lateral damage,” added Shane Witham, Keizer senior plan- ner. The collateral impacts could present themselves in the need to add more staff to process permit requests, main- taining public infrastructure like streets and sewers or in- terrupt the fl ow of transporta- tion in the city. Commissioner Mark Caillier said he has touted the Jogging for dollars PAGE A4 idea of Keizer having its own UGB, but the costs associated with it give him pause and the possibility of having to add an additional high school looms large over the discussion. “I feel like if you go from one high school to two, you split the community in half. That already happened to a degree when we added Clag- gett Creek [Middle School],” Please see UGB, Page A5 Keizer man’s bail $ 955K Second annual for identity theft crimes music festival A Keizer man was arrested Thursday, Oct. 10, on multi- ple charges relating to iden- tity theft. In April, Keizer police were contacted by Homeside Financial, LLC, reporting the company was the victim of a data compromise. Homeside received notifi cation from two employees that accounts were being opened in their names and money was being fraudulently routed to other accounts. Looking into it further, the company learned that a laptop belonging to an employee was used to ob- tain unauthorized fi les from Homeside's fi le server. They also learned that numerous fraudulent connections were made that originated from the router registered to the employee’s Keizer home. Jackson Hansen While investigating, de- tectives learned that the em- ployee’s son, Jackson Hansen, 28, had cloned a copy of his parent’s work laptop and is allegedly responsible for the various crimes that included at least 80 fraudulent credit card applications as well as issuance of a loan secured against a victim’s 401(k) ac- count. Detectives identifi ed 11 victims. On Thursday, detectives served a search warrant in the 800 block of Manbrin Drive Northeast, Hansen’s home. Among other items, de- tectives located a fraudu- lently created checkbook in a victim’s name, but with Hansen’s address printed on the checks. They also located a small amount of metham- phetamine. Hansen was transport- ed to the Marion County jail where he was charged with nine counts of identity theft, two counts of comput- er crime, one count of theft, one count of attempted theft, one count of forgery and un- lawful possession of metham- phetamine. His bail was set at $955,000. coming to MHS By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes The Salem-Keizer area is known for having exceptional music programs. For the last 33 years, stu- dents from the Salem-Keiz- er School District have been awarded more championships at the OSAA State Music Championships than all other City is SHARP on safety By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes When Keizer’s director of human resources, Machell DePina, called OSHA – the Occupational Safety and Health Administration – to fi nd out if the city might qualify as a Safety Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) honoree, OSHA administrators were skeptical. No city had ever managed to pull off such a feat, some didn’t even get past signing off on an attempt. DePina said ... bring it on. “OSHA had certifi ed departments of some cities, but never a whole municipality. As soon as they understood that we were already under the averages for workplace Submitted City employees were honored with SHARP recognition, given for excelling in safety, at the Keizer City Council meeting October 7. injuries, OSHA started taking us more seriously,” DePina said. At the Keizer City Council meeting Monday, Oct. 7, the city received its offi cial certifi cation as a SHARP organization. In addition, city staff received a League of Oregon Cities award recognizing that no Keizer employee had lost work as the result of a workplace injury in the previous year. Keizer had a couple of other things working in its favor. Some of the jobs 6A school districts combined. However, this upcoming Keizer music event is truly one-of-a-kind. On Saturday, Oct. 26, McNary High School, in partnership with Valor Mentoring, will be hosting the second annual Xpereince Music Festival, an event that is designed for 7th-12th grade students who have a passion for contemporary music and are looking to improve their skills in their specifi c area of interest. “I'm over-the-top excited for this year's festival. I'm really glad we can give our kids this experience,” said Andy Thomas, who is in charge of the contemporary music Open house at Keizer Fire District PAGE A6 Please see FEST, Page A5 considered to be the most potentially hazardous, like sewer maintenance and fi refi ghting, are not part of the city’s services. The Keizer Fire District is a separate entity and Keizer pays Salem to maintain sewers. Those unique aspects of the city helped, but qualifying for the SHARP designation required throwing open the doors of the city to OSHA inspectors looking at everything health- and safety-related. That included all property owned by the city from the Keizer Civic Center to the Keizer Police Station to water pump houses and parks located throughout the city. “We had to be okay with them to come and look at everything, and also to talk to anybody they want to talk to as they're walking around,” DePina said. Please see SHARP, Page A5 Countryside welcomes new pastor PAGE A7