AUGUST 21, 2020, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
Watch your step: KLL
parking lot might get redo
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Paving the parking lot at the
main entrance to Keizer Little
League Park has been a top pri-
ority for the park’s caretakers
and managers. Now, there is a
new push to move the project
up on the city’s to-do list.
“The largest concern is the
liability when elderly visitors
cross that lot,” Clint Holland
told members of the Keiz-
er Parks Advisory Board at a
meeting Tuesday, Aug. 11. “It’s
a liability for [Keizer Little]
League and the city.”
Holland is a longtime advo-
cate and volunteer for the park
as well as a member of the parks
board.
Holland reported one elder-
ly visitor had recently fallen in
the parking lot and requested
that the project be moved up
on the schedule of planned
parks improvements.
Holland said a two-year-old
estimate placed the cost to re-
pave at approximately $80,000,
but he expected it to have ris-
en by somewhere between 10-
20% since then. Holland said
“All that’s
there now
is dirt
that’s been
compacted”
— Clint Holland
he’d spoken with some city ad-
ministrators about moving the
project up and he was told that
a recommendation would be
needed from the parks board.
“All that’s there now is dirt
that’s been compacted,” Hol-
land said.
Despite the urgency sug-
gested by Holland, some parks
board members began tapping
the brakes. “We need to discuss
what other projects are coming
up on the schedule and how
moving this one would affect
them,” said Matt Lawyer, a
parks board member.
Lawyer wanted to have the
opportunity for the board to
discuss the matter with Robert
Johnson, Keizer’s parks supervi-
sor, who was absent the night of
the meeting.
Dylan Juran, another mem-
ber of the board, wanted to
know if the repaving would in-
clude a gravel path leading into
the park to the fi elds. Holland
said the project would stop at
the entrance to the park itself.
“[Repaving the interior
pathway] would have to be
ADA-compliant and may be
a couple of hundred thousand
dollars,” Holland said.
The board will revisit the
matter at its October meeting.
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plan. “We’re confi dent our
plan would have met with the
current guidelines.”
The Chamber would con-
tinue working on efforts made
to support small businesses
“that are in no way out of the
woods yet,” he said.
In addition to everyday
operations, the Chamber will
refocus on its annual Giving
Basket Program that supports
local families in need
“The need is going to be
nothing like we’ve ever seen
judging by the conversations
we are having with school
counselors,” Thompson said.
INCLUSIVE: ‘Prejudice has
a way of propagating’
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before turning around to
glare at him again.
“I’m curious how this
council plans to address it and
at what point are we going to
get a statement from council
on inclusivity so that every
person feels comfortable on
every single road in Keizer,”
Daya said.
Mayor
Cathy
Clark
responded that the council
was engaged in “taking action
on a policy basis” rather
than taking up an inclusivity
resolution.
“Changing the hearts and
minds of people in the city
is going to be an ongoing
conversation,” Clark said.
She added that Daya lived
in her neighborhood and she,
for one, was happy to have
him as a neighbor.
In addition to speaking in
favor of a resolution, resident
Sarah Grantham was pointed
in her critique of some
prejudicial attitudes she’s seen
on display in the city.
“When kids [of color]
leave an inclusive area, like
a park, they’re a problem.
They’re thugs or in the street
or riding in and out of cars
and not on the sidewalk,”
Grantham said. “These kids
need support, they are not a
problem going from the park
to home.”
Resident
Brandon
Sherrard spoke in favor
of a resolution from the
“standpoint of a white male.”
“Discrimination
or
prejudice, overt or otherwise,
does real harm. People say
I don’t do that, I’m a good
person … but it can manifest
in ways we don’t notice and
it’s important to listen to
people who feel otherwise
is the case,” Sherrard said.
“Prejudice has a way of
propagating from individual
to individual. Having the
statement or resolution leads
to conversations and that will
hopefully result in change.”
RJ Navarro, who is vying
against Rep. Bill Post in
November, read a sample
resolution into the record
and called for its adoption.
However, after the meeting,
he added that the city should
not stop at words.
“It's important that the
City of Keizer takes genuine
steps towards systemic change
after the resolution is passed.
Saying you want to be an
inclusive city and then funding
the chamber with tax dollars
(that immigrant communities
also pay into) which will then
be used to endorse candidates
that advocate for deporting
and criminalizing those very
same taxpayers is dishonest, to
say the least,” Navarro said.
You can read a copy of
Navarro’s suggested language
for an inclusivity resolution at
www.keizertimes.com.
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of the normal courseload of
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“Students that take a full
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minutes twice a week (Tuesday
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students will be responsible for
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that would take depends on the
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Students will be able to
earn half a credit per course
per quarter. The change will
mean traditionally year-long
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two quarters. The Salem-
Keizer School Board is also
considering offering advanced
placement (AP) courses in
quarters two and three. The
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May 2021 test dates thus far.
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Teachers will be reaching
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Even with the major changes,
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“That won't likely occur
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certain classes. A sophomore
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