By Janet Perez
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The Florence Town Council will be voting on annexing 37 acres of unincorporated land in what is known as Attaway Crossing.

The vote will take place after the council hears the second and final reading of the ordinance at Monday’s council meeting.

The land is generally located at the northwest corner of East Hunt Highway and Attaway Road. It is surrounded on three sides by the town. The request for annexation, a staff report stated, was made by the land’s owner, Attaway Crossing 147 LLC out of Queen Creek, and the council authorized the annexation process in February.

If the council agrees to annex the property, the town will have to provide services such as police and fire, sanitation, and upkeep and maintenance of streets and roads. As the area is surrounded by Florence on three sides, some of those services are already nearby, the report stated.

If the ordinance is adopted by the council, the annexation will be effective on Sept. 21.

Janet Perez
News Editor | Queen Creek & San Tan Valley
@AzNewsmedia

jperez@iniusa.org

Meet Janet
Janet Perez joined Independent Newsmedia as editor of the Queen Creek Independent and Florence Independent in 2020. She started her career in 1989 with the Gannett-owned El Paso Times. In 1992, she moved to Tempe and has worked in newspapers, magazines, radio and television. She left Arizona for three years to work at New Mexico State University and Baylor University before returning to work at Arizona State  University. Missing the business, she went back to journalism in 2017.

Community: A long-time pet owner, she supports animal welfare causes.

Education: University of Texas at El Paso with a BA in journalism and a minor in political science. 

Random Fact: She had a head full of random facts.  

Hobbies: Reading, watching documentaries, cooking and playing with her dogs.