South Gateway Neighborhood Association

Free Security Surveys

nidaba — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:37:48 +0000

Volunteers from the police department are offering to do free security surveys.
If you are interested in having an officer survey your home call the City Crime Prevention Unit at 503-588-6175.

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

What do you think of the proposed apartments?

nidaba — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:45:11 +0000

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.

Lone Oak Final Master Plan

nidaba — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:19:40 +0000

Click here to see the Lone Oak Final Master Plan

New Signal at Mildred & Sunnyside

nidaba — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:03:53 +0000

The new signal at Mildred & Sunnyside
was turned on Tuesday 1/12/10.

Please note this when driving through this intersection.

Wes Bennett Survey Results

nidaba — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:21:14 +0000

Below is a visual representation of the results submitted to the City of Salem. Click on the image for a larger view.

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)

Changes Under Consideration

nidaba — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:00:25 +0000

Because of the widening of Kuebler Blvd., there will be some changes in certain areas of SGNA during the next few months. Property has been or will be purchased along the Kuebler Blvd. right of way which is needed in order to widen that beltline and meet state and federal requirements.

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 up toward Khyber from Kuebler

Tree removal points to possible development

nidaba — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:27:51 +0000

Trees are coming down on an approximately 40-acre site in Marion County just outside South Salem.

The property, located on the southwest corner of Kuebler Boulevard and Interstate 5, could be poised for development if its owners can get it annexed to the city in 2010. Its owners, an investment group called Cascade View, have recently started clearing the land.

“We’re getting ready to evaluate what we really have there,” said Albert Castaneda, a representative of Cascade View. It’s too early to determine the type of development the property would support, he said, although the site’s large size and topography lends itself to mixed-use development rather than a single-user, he said.

Cascade View took over the 40 acres in a deal cut in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Sunwest Management Inc. founder Jon Harder, Castaneda said. Harder and a group of investors, who had formed limited liability corporations, had acquired the land for investment property.

During Harder’s bankruptcy proceedings, the investors negotiated with lenders and took control of the 40 acres.

“There was no purchase,” Castaneda said.

The property — two parcels split by Boone Road SE — is next to where Portland developer PacTrust has discussed building a shopping center and office project. Cascade View investors likely will seek to have its site annexed to the city in the November 2010 election, Castaneda said.

In 2003, the property now owned by the Cascade View group was part of the proposed Hazel’s Hill annexation that Salem voters rejected.

The failed Hazel’s Hill annexation, as well as PacTrust’s project, drew opposition from neighbors worried about increased traffic on area roads.

Salem City Councilor T.J. Sullivan, whose Ward 4 includes South Salem, said he hasn’t heard any comments from neighbors about the land now being cleared at Kuebler Boulevard and Interstate 5.

Standards for removing trees from county land are less stringent than those for property in the city. Sullivan noted that property owners can clear land and then bring it into the city without having to meet the city’s requirements for preserving trees.

The land, which is within the urban growth boundary, has been used for agriculture for many years. Castaneda said most of the trees removed from the property will be used for wood pulp.

mrose@StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6657

Originally posted at the StatesmanJournal.com

What is the best option for Wes Bennett Park?

nidaba — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:30:14 +0000

Many options are being discussed regarding Wes Bennett Park. Here are some that have been discussed so far. Click on each picture to see a larger view.