Keizer multimodal committee asks for council work session, reviews crossing priorities and staff updates including $850,000 federal award
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The Keizer Multimodal Safety Committee voted Feb. 19 to request a joint work session with the city council to discuss prioritized traffic issues; staff reviewed pedestrian crossing survey results and reported a congressional appropriation of $850,000 for east Verta construction and about $1.2 million returned to the city street fund after an ODOT overbid.
The Keizer Multimodal Safety Committee voted to request a joint work session with the city council to discuss speeding, crosswalks and proposed changes to the neighborhood traffic management plan.
Trevor (committee member) moved that the committee hold a joint work session with city council; David seconded and the motion passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition. The committee asked staff to identify the three highest-priority topics to present in a work session and asked members to come back with a prioritized list at the next meeting.
Staff reviewed early results from a ranked-choice pedestrian-crossing survey. Raw first-column votes placed Lock Haven at Windsor Island, Lock Haven at Verda/Verta, and Lock Haven at Trail among the top locations. Committee members questioned whether the survey’s methodology and neighborhood turnout produced the right priorities for capital investment and urged staff to supplement the survey with neighborhood-association input and the traffic unit’s analysis.
In the staff reports, the council liaison announced a congressional appropriation of $850,000 secured by Congresswoman Salinas for construction of the east side of Verta between Chemawa and Dearborn; liaison said design work had been funded previously so the project is shovel-ready. The liaison also reported that an ODOT project was overbid and about $1,200,000 will be returned to Keizer’s street fund for resurfacing, sidewalks and crosswalks.
Other business: staff described recent training for public-works crews (hazmat, confined-space) and noted a change in the city’s street-sweeping contractor; police and traffic staff emphasized a data-first approach when choosing where to invest limited budget for crossings or traffic-calming devices.
Votes at a glance: the committee approved the January 2026 minutes (moved by David, seconded by Trevor) and approved the motion to request a joint work session with council (moved by Trevor, seconded by David); both passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
Next steps: staff will compile neighborhood-association feedback and technical analyses, prepare a prioritized spreadsheet of candidate crossings, and return with recommendations and cost estimates at upcoming meetings.