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

Click here to see changes currently under consideration.

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.

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

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.

Click here to see the City of Salem page showing this information.