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LIBRARY CARD
Location: 1 central library
Operating expenses:
$2 million annually
Expected annual visits:
217,000
Annual borrows:
Associated Programs:
24,000 reaching about
65% of the district
602 annually (storytimes,
author visits, education, etc.)
KEIZERTIMES/Andrew Jackson
A brief history
of Keizer
library eff orts
Keizer has a somewhat fraught history
of investigating what it would take to
establish its own public library.
In the summer of 2000, the Keizer
City Council rejected an attempt to
place a measure on the ballots would
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Keizer newcomers typical-
ly have a number of questions
when they arrive, among the
most frequent is: where’s the
library?
Depending on who is an-
swering, there are two poten-
tial answers. The fi rst answer
involves the all-volunteer
Keizer Community Library,
which has performed as val-
iantly as anyone could ask for
three decades but still has lim-
have extended the Salem Area Library
District into Keizer. The main concern
was that there was no assurance a Keizer-
based branch would be established.
Instead, it commissioned a task force.
In 2001, the fi rst Keizer Library
ited hours, space and resources.
The second answer is: Salem.
For Keizerite Jane Herb,
neither of those answers pass
muster.
“The Keizer Community
Library has been resilient, and
it’s a great start, but we are so
close to being a public library
– one full time position away
from meeting the qualifi ca-
tions,” said Herb, who started
organizing a grassroots effort
last year to establish a public li-
brary in Keizer and, potential-
ly, some of the outlying Mar-
ion County areas like Brooks
and Gervais.
Previously, city offi cials
formed three different task
forces to explore the possibili-
ties of a Keizer library, the last
made its fi nal recommenda-
tions as the bottom fell out of
the economy in 2008.
Herb is building on some
of the earlier efforts, but she’s
also casting a much wider net.
She’s found a number of local
supporters to serve as an ad-
visory board and is enlisting
the help of the EveryLibrary
Institute, a national political
Health &
Wellness
Magazine
SEE INSERT
Please see LIBRARY, Page X
Task Force came back with a split
recommendation. One faction wanted a
traditional library that met the threshold
of membership in the Chemeketa
Please see HISTORY, Page A6
Residents plead for KFD planning for more
better traffi c mgmt growth over next decade
Boys rout
McKay
PAGE A14
New
series
PAGE A3
3,866
5,678
them to house 16 people instead of 10. How-
By MATT RAWLINGS
ever, it has become clear to KFD staff that
Of the Keizertimes
Last week, the Keizertimes reported on the the size of the station — especially when it
massive increase in call volume that Keizer comes to dining, dishwashing and laundry —
Fire District has gone through during the last isn't made for that many people.
“Math and history shows us that we proba-
10 years.
In 2019, KFD received 5,678 calls for ser- bly just need to double the size of the station,”
Cowan said. “When you
vice, nearly a 32 percent
have more people, you
increase from the 3,866
KFD CALL INCREASE
also need more of the
calls they received in
8000
* Predicted
other things. You need
2009.
30 percent
50 percent more stuff if
But in order to keep
7000
increase
there's 50 percent more
up with the consistent
6000
people.”
increase in call volume
The current size of
they have received over
5000
the station could also be
the last decade, KFD
an issue for KFD's medi-
hopes to have logistical
4000
cal equipment.
changes come to the de-
3000
Brian Butler, who is
partment in the years to
the
Division Chief of
come.
2000
Operations with KFD,
“We're going to need
shared that the district
to have a plan for the
1000
would like to purchase
future, because if we go
0
a fourth medic unit in
without for another 10
2009 2019 2029
the near future to better
years, we could poten-
handle the increased call
tially have a 30 percent
KEIZERTIMES/Andrew Jackson
volume.
higher call volume and if
They still plan to have three medic units
we're already running 15 calls a day, we would
be running more than 20 (calls per day) in in service during a typical day, but this way, if
10 years,” Keizer Fire Chief Jeff Cowan said. one of the medic units is out of service, they
“That's the kind of growth we're dealing will be able to have one on reserve.
However, there would currently be no spot
with.”
According to Cowan, the department re-
Please see GROWTH, Page A5
modeled its upstairs rooms, which allowed
7,381 *
e
od
to
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
A
larger-than-normal
crowd turned out at a meeting
of the Keizer Traffi c Safety,
Pedestrian and Bikeways
Committee to talk traffi c
Thursday, Feb. 13.
“We believe there is a
problem. We want someone
to acknowledge it and help
solve it,” said resident John
Henry Maurice. “During
my time on this committee,
many people came over and
over again to talk about the
problem. We need a solution
that is multifaceted and broad-
based.”
In 2019, members of the
committee heard from most
sectors of the city about
speeding on neighborhood
streets. Some of those involved
are hoping a more united front
pushes city offi cials to take
action.
Carol Doerfl er, president of
the West Keizer Neighborhood
Association, said speeding in
neighborhoods is about more
than safety alone.
“This has to do with
property values. I have a
neighbor who said they never
would have bought their house
if they knew how people sped
down the street,” Doerfl er said.
“I think for the city to ignore
this is just not right.”
In response to many of the
complaints, the Keizer Police
Department took action
of some sort. While traffi c
offi cers – there are only two
and a sergeant – deploy in
problem areas and others that
are known to be longtime
trouble spots, radar trailers and
speed signs that notify drivers
how fast they are traveling
were deployed in almost every
instance.
Keizertimes spoke with KPD
traffi c offi cers last month about
speeding in neighborhoods.
Lt. Trevor Wenning said they
respond to many complaints by
deploying unmanned controls
and sharing data collected
with concerned residents.
Frequently, the data does not
support the perceived need for
enforcement. However, once
those tools are put elsewhere
in the city, the problems return,
according to residents.
“When the trailers leave,
the solution goes away,” said
Ken Gierloff, a resident of
southeast Keizer.
Gierloff, a longtime partic-
ipant in the Southeast Keizer
Neighborhood
Association
(SEKNA), said one solution
that bore fruit in the past was
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