Click here to see responses to questions raised at the November 12, 2009 SGNA Meeting.

Click here to see changes currently under consideration.

We are seeking energetic, responsible volunteers. Sign up to be a harvest leader, neighborhood coordinator or site scout. We’ll show you how to organize a fruit-picking adventure while meeting neighbors and new friends.

To volunteer, contact Katherine at kdaniels@salemharvest.org. Register your tree, vine or berry bush using our online form, or contact Dick at dyates@salemharvest.org. For information visit www.salemharvest.org or contact Lisa at lclark-burnell@salemharvest.org.

Safety Tip: Dowels in windows need to fit tightly to prevent the window from being opened. A loose dowel can be lifted out!

Click here to see a document submitted by Geoffrey James of Land Design NW that provides a narrative description with a color vicinity map and site map of the proposed apartments to be located south and east of Rainier St South (just south of Davis Road).

This information was presented during the February 11th SGNA General Meeting.

The Planning Commission is scheduled to hear this proposal on March 2.

Option 1
Widen Reed Ln by 10 ft
Allow on-street parking on both sides of street
15 to 16 parking spaces

Option 2
Widen east side of Reed Ln by 7ft
10 to 11 parking spaces

Option 3
Widen south side of Baxter Rd by 19ft
35 parking spaces

Option 4
Mark out the on-street parking spaces
Park side or both sides
Mark loading zone for drop-off and pick-up

Option 5
Mark 5ft yellow curb next to driveways to improve driveway access

Option 6
No on-street parking in the vicinity of the Park
No parking hours limited (ie 10am to 6pm)

Option 7
Install Residential Permit Parking District
Residents could park with permit
Visitors allowed to park for 90min once per day

Option 7a
Install No Parking except for Residential Parking Permit
Residents and visitors can only park if they have a permit

Option 8
Install splash fountain at Woodmansee
Has 102 pkg spaces
Has restrooms

Option 9
Move splash fountain from Wes Bennett Park and install at Woodmansee Park

Option 10
Restrict hours of splash fountain at Wes Bennett Park

Option 11
Keep existing signing (No parking Wes Bennett Park Users)

One place under consideration is the entrance through the fence just west of Lone Oak Rd. which provides access to Kuebler Blvd. from Khyber Ct. (See pictures below).

If this entrance remains and becomes a part of the widening process, a concrete incline would have to be built with no more than a 7% drop down to Kuebler. The current drop is 3 feet. Because of the 7% requirement, this new concrete incline would have to be up to 60 feet wide. This change would be required because of A.D.A. laws.

If this entrance is eliminated, some adjacent personal property would not have to be purchased, and the City would save approximately $35,000. It has been suggested that walking or riding around the small block, adjacent to that entrance, is a short walking distance and that many people already use that alternative.

If you have any concerns or disagreements with the idea of eliminating this entrance, please feel free to contact SGNA and/or come to our December 10th meeting. Our Transportation Committee will be considering this issue over the next few weeks.

- Pat O’Dell

Looking from Khyber Ct. through the entrance toward Kuebler Blvd.

Looking from Khyber Ct. through the entrance toward Kuebler Blvd.

Looking up toward Khyber from Kuebler

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7. PUBLIC HEARINGS (b)

Council Review of Planning Commission Decision for Comprehensive PlanChange / Neighborhood Change / Zone Change 08-15 for property located at 6161 Commercial Street SE – Ward 4 – Councilor Sullivan – South Gateway (CD)

Recommended Action: Staff recommends that City Council affirm the decision of the Planning Commission to approve the request to change the Salem Area Comprehensive Plan Map designation from “Parks, Open Space and Outdoor Recreation” to “Commercial,” “Multi-Family Residential,” and “Single-Family Residential” and the zone district from PA (Public Amusement) to CR (Commercial Retail – 4.67 acres), RM1 (Multiple Family Residential – 10.59 acres), and RS (Single Family Residential – 26.77 acres); and to amend the Liberty-Boone Neighborhood Plan map from “Parks, Open Space” to “Single Family,” Multifamily,” and “Commercial Retail” for property located at 6161 Commercial Street SE. Approximately 2.27 acres of the site will remain designated “Parks, Open Space and Outdoor Recreation,” zoned PA, and maintain its current map designation on the Neighborhood Plan Map.

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