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Keizer city manager outlines limits, costs and options tied to Salem shared urban growth boundary
Summary
At an online town hall the Keizer city manager explained that Keizer shares an urban growth boundary with Salem, outlined options to seek new growth, and summarized a 2018 study estimating infrastructure costs of $17 million to $36 million for different growth scenarios.
The Keizer city manager told residents at an online town hall that Keizer shares an urban growth boundary with Salem and that the two cities’ growth fates are therefore tied unless the cities and counties agree to change that arrangement.
The briefing focused on how state land-use rules limit where cities can grow, what would be required to separate Keizer from Salem, and estimated public costs for extending services. “Oregon’s land use laws were meant to protect farmland and forest land,” the city manager said, adding that the state expects cities to use the least desirable land first and to use existing land as efficiently as possible.
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