Keizer committee sets priorities for tentative June 8 work session with council

The Keizer Multimodal Safety Committee confirmed a tentative joint work session with the city council on June 8 and agreed on priorities for the meeting.

Members said the committee should front-load a short Transportation System Plan (TSP) update so committee members can be included in the TSP process. "Bring up the TSP update and that the committee wants to have at least some member input into the whole process," the chair said.

The group then recommended a focused, time-limited discussion (they suggested blocks such as 30 minutes) about pedestrian and bicycle safety and neighborhood livability — including sidewalks, curb ramps, crosswalks and speeds — to surface neighborhood association concerns and statements to bring to council.

Committee members agreed to collect neighborhood-association comments before the work session and to divide review tasks among members so the committee can present concise statements to the council. They discussed using a timer at the work session and asked the mayor and council to help keep the meeting on schedule.

No formal council action was taken at the committee meeting; the committee’s role will be to prepare input and present it at the joint session if council requests it.