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Keizer may pursue different
kind of UGB expansion
Employment land expansion
would aim to lift Keizer’s
abysmal job-to-household ratio
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
While discussing projected
goals for the Keizer Planning
Commission in the coming
year, Community Development
Director Nate Brown
pro-
posed investing staff time into
the pursuit of an Urban Growth
Boundary expansion dedicated
to employment land.
“We have a justifi ed need –
approved by state offi cials – for
49 acres of employment land.
This is a different process from
expansion for housing needs,”
Brown said at the Jan. 8 meet-
ing.
Keizer offi cials previous-
ly looked at the need for em-
ployment lands in the city and
decided to pursue employment
space for: medical facilities, in-
cluding research, development
and support information tech-
nology/back offi ce; educational
services, including educational
research and job training; pro-
fessional services, including
corporate headquarters; and
sporting events.
“I think there is a tremen-
dous upside to making this
happen and provide local fami-
ly-wage jobs and solve some of
our fi nancial issues,” said Com-
missioner Garry Whalen.
The primary goal of pursu-
ing such an expansion would be
to create living wage jobs with-
in the city. Keizer’s current job-
to-household ratio is .5-to-1.
During a 2018 meeting on the
city’s housing needs, consultant
Glen Bolen said, “We looked at
rates for growth in this scenar-
io, and it tracks, but the popula-
tion is aging and children have
gone to other places. Keizer is
not getting the recapture rate of
other areas.”
The recapture rate refers to
the number of young people
growing up in Keizer who re-
turn as part of the workforce.
The two most likely areas
for the city to expand are along
north River Road or north of
KT on vacation
Volcanoes Stadium, but part of
the process would be to deter-
mine the best options.
Commissioners supported
pursuing the possibilities by
unanimous consent.
In other business:
• Other goals considered by
commissioners were: updating
a master plan for the Keizer
Station “jug handle” where de-
velopers broke ground recently;
updating development codes
regarding front-yard fencing;
working out the kinks in new
legislation exempting cell tow-
ers from the building permit
process; examining effi ciency
measures, such as smaller lot
sizes, to help pave the way for
additional density; and clarify-
ing development code language
on accessory structures related
to attached shops and garages.
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