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PAGE A10, KEIZERTIMES, MAY 15, 2020 REOPENS: Some things headed back to ‘normal’ (Continued from Page A1) will be set up in the main lobby, police department lob- by and city hall offi ces with signage directing visitors to sanitize their hands before entering the space. • Investigating the possibil- ities for redirecting air fl ow away from customer counters. • Markings on the fl oors of the civic center indicating appropriate spacing. • Providing take-away masks for customers to wear prior to entering customer service areas. The civic center may also reopen to small groups that fi t within the governor’s guide- lines for gatherings. Employ- ees with customer service du- ties will be returning to work from telecommuting, and municipal court proceedings will restart with social dis- tancing measures in place. The second phase of the plan begins May 25 and calls for: • Public works fi eld staff being returned to normal shift and hours, wearing masks when sharing service vehicles and other situations that force employees to be in close proximity to each other. • Maintaining social dis- tancing as much as practicable. BUDGET, continued from Page A1 issues as the Keizer Police Department reached full staff- ing. Keizer Police Chief John Teague fi elded the answer. “There are things offi cers encounter every day that are not criminal and that the city can address through code en- forcement in a way that will keep the city safe and livable,” Teague said. The committee did not recommend adding code en- forcement capacity as part of its approval of the budget. • The committee recom- mended maintaining the po- lice and parks services fee at $4 per month, effective- ly punting on the question of what to do as the cost to maintain offi cers hired with the fee increases. • The Keizer Chamber of Commerce will be getting a boost in what it receives from the city’s Transient Occupan- cy Tax (TOT). Last year, the In Phase 3, telecommuting employees will return to po- sitions where it will be more effective for them to be at their regular stations. Some employees may shift to per- manent or semi-permanent hybrid shifts that mean tele- commuting on some days and appearing in person on oth- ers. There is no set date for this phase to begin as it will need to coincide with the governor’s easing of work- from-home directives. Phase 4, which has no set date attached, will see the re- turn of in-person city council meetings and other task force and committee meetings. So- cial distancing measures will remain in place for members of the groups and audience members with continued op- portunities for electronic par- ticipation by members of the public. “Through all of these phases, we will provide ap- propriate hand sanitizer, gloves and masks for those employees who desire to use them,” Eppley wrote. Usage of the civic cen- ter by large groups as well as usage of sports courts, play- grounds and the skate park will remain tied to the gover- nor’s orders. chamber requested a doubling of the contribution it received from the city to approximate- ly $16,000 because TOT rev- enues began to climb. This year, Executive Direc- tor Danielle Bethell pleaded with members of the bud- get committee for another $12,000 from TOT revenues as the organization scrambles to help local businesses re- spond to the alteration of ser- vices forced by the pandemic. Committee members ap- proved the increase with no resistance, but Mayor Cathy Clark had hoped to have Bethell return with a more fi ne-tuned proposal, specifi - cally one that would have seen a laid off employee restored. It may only be a sign of the times, and a desperate need for alternative entertainment, but almost 900 people viewed some part of Monday meet- ing that was livestreamed on Facebook in addition to oth- er online spaces. Another 50 residents took advantage of a live broadcast translated into Spanish. GARDEN, continued from Page A1 members from the Keizer Station Apartments that are gardening, but we have room for more,” Joans said. The garden is starting its fourth, and according to Joans, best year. “This is the summer that we’ve had the most infrastructure and organization,” Joans said. They have 20 four- by-eight-foot raised beds available for rent. For $25, an individual or family can rent a box from mid-April through November. The money covers the cost of the water. After paying the initial fee, WICKED, continued from Page A1 same day it became available, actually. We met and toured the space. It ticked all the right boxes, and so we found ourselves signing a lease,” Ka- tie said. Wicked Sweet Bakery, at 3852 River Road North, is opening … sometime. With stay-home orders and a pan- demic sweeping the globe, there is still much uncertainty. “We plan to open with a limited menu of doughnuts and (Odolla Coffee Roast- ers) espresso, offering curb- side pick up and delivery. Our hope is that we will fi nd our footing with the limit- ed menu and add our other menu options as we are able,” Katie said. The other things Katie hopes are added to the menu soon aren’t found in run-of- the-mill doughnut establish- PROJECT, continued from Page A1 “We’ve done a couple of projects in Keizer already and the public works team and the planning department are the real heroes,” he said. “It feels like they are on our team.” Blackburn expects to open up an application process for the apartments at the Clutch Industries website, the box is turned over to the gardener’s custody where they can grow whatever they’d like. There are hand tools out in the garden that the gardeners are welcome to use. “They can grow fruits, vegetables, fl owers, any of that,” Joans said. He said people have grown everything from beans to strawberries. It is still early on in the growing season and the garden has room for more. “Please come garden with us,” Joans said. “Our little title is Growing Together and we really do think the garden is a way of serving people who are our neighbors and creating an opportunity to make friendships with people we don’t know yet,” Joans said. Phone & Video Conferencing Available 503-371-9636 Protecting You and the Ones You Love Kathy Belcher Attorney at Law McGinty Belcher & Hamilton, Attorneys 694 High Street NE, Salem • mcginty-belcher.com Estate Planning • Elder Law • Probate Social Security • Wills & Trusts Asset Protection • Medical Directives Guardian & Conservatorships ments. The full menu will feature cupcakes, cookies, scones, cinnamon rolls and sticky buns, brownies and a “miscellany of other baked goods.” The pandemic has meant not hiring the staff originally anticipated for the roll-out of the shop, and there’s a grow- ing frustration in not being able to show off the space she and Michael have tried to create inside. “Well, we had planned on opening with our full menu and an open seating area, but that plan has since gone out the window. It's a real bum- mer,” Katie said. Eventually, when every- thing returns to some sem- blance of normal, Katie said Wicked Sweet Bakery plans to offer its sugar injections Tuesday through Saturday from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. For updates on progress, follow Wicked Sweet Bakery on Facebook. clutchindustries.com, in the near future. During the past two years, the city took input on and drafted new development standards that encourage developments like the Sonic River Apartments. 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