At tonight’s Florence Town Council meeting, Councilmembers John Anderson and Judy Hughes will ask to table a proposal to build a town facility in Florence’s historic residential district.
A number of Florence residents have come out against the construction of a new water use facility. The proposed facility would be on two pieces of adjacent land between Ruggles and Sixth streets. The town of Florence Utilities Building, also known as the “Water Barn” or “Eco Station,” will include office space, a storage facility and a recycle yard. The cost for the Water Barn is $1.5 million.
At the request of Anderson and Hughes, “this item is being brought to the council for a formal recommendation to table the item to a later date until the current as well as other potential locations are identified, reviewed, and vetted for the purpose of the [capital improvement project] known as the 'Water Barn,'” a staff report stated.
