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Wright’s requests had al-
ready been recommended
for approval by the Plan-
ning Commission, accord-
ing to Senior Planner Rox-
anne Johnston.
She also reviewed the
steps taken to assure city
services could be provided
to the location.
There were no public
comments regarding this
request and the annex-
ation was approved unan-
imously.
The second annexation
request, along with a re-
lated zoning change, was
submitted for council
approval in the form of
Ordinances No. 7 and 8,
Series 2021. The petition-
ers requested annexation
of 7.87 acres of property
and a zoning designation
assignment to property
described as Assessor’s
Map 18-12-11-33 Tax Lots
01900 & 01800, located
approximately 1,260 feet
northeast of the intersec-
tion at Highway 101 and
Munsel Lake Road on the
east side of Highway 101.
The proposed zoning is
service industrial.
Properties north and
south of this property
were annexed into the
city in 2016 and are zoned
service industrial. Sewer
services were extended
from Munsel Lake Road
north along Highway 101
to provide services to the
abutting properties as they
were annexed.
In a statement included
in the information packet
provided for the meeting,
Public Works Director
Mike Miller expressed
some additional consid-
erations. He shared these
with councilors regarding
the connection of the an-
nexed location to the city
water system.
“In order to provide ser-
vice to the proposed de-
velopment, the developer
will need to connect to
the existing 8-inch gravi-
ty sewer lateral at station
143+29.1 and extend a
sewer line that can be used
for the development of the
property. There is also an
existing 8-inch gravity
sewer lateral at station,”
Miller said. “It is the pol-
icy of the City of Florence
to provide sanitary sewer
service to any property
within the city’s wastewa-
ter service area. However,
the property owners are
to pay for sewer main ex-
tension, manholes, pump
stations,
construction,
connection fees, engineer-
ing fees, street opening
permits and any other fees
necessary for the connec-
tion to the public sewer
system for the project.”
There were few addi-
tional questions for City
Planning Director Wendy
FarleyCampbell, who then
led the council through
the steps taken by staff and
other civic bodies to as-
sure the petitioner and the
council of the legality and
efficacy of the annexation.
After FarleyCampbell’s
review, the council unan-
imously approved the two
ordinances.
The next action item
for councilors to consider
was the annual review and
modification of the rates
waste haulers operating in
and around the Florence
area, Central Coast Dis-
posal and County Waste
Transfer charge custom-
ers.
There is a detailed, com-
prehensive process which
is undertaken to deter-
mine the percent of profit
the companies make and
these calculations are pro-
vided to councilors. The
process to determine a fair
rise in prices for haulers
has been part of previous
city meetings, including
the Environmental Man-
agement Advisory Com-
mittee (EMAC).
FarleyCampbell shared
with the council the fol-
lowing, “Input was re-
ceived from the haulers
and analyzed by either
Chris Bell or city staff.
EMAC held a meeting
March 16 to receive a
report (dated February
2021) from Bell and Asso-
ciates and on April 20 they
held a public hearing on
the proposed rates.”
Following
EMAC’s
hearing, Bell updated the
report and added recycle
surcharge information.
FarleyCampbell
then
gave the results and/or
recommendations from
Bell and EMAC, saying,
“The proposed rate in-
creases include consid-
eration of Lane County’s
tipping fee increase of 2.1
percent effective July 1.
Also, Bell analyzed costs
for a curbside yard waste
service to address a work
plan task.”
She reviewed in detail
the results of the audit
done by Bell and Asso-
ciates and forwarded the
company’s
recommen-
dation for a 3 percent in-
crease in can/cart fees and
a $5.30 increase for drop
box pick-up.
The council unanimous-
ly approved the recom-
mendation for increases as
suggested by Bell and city
staff. There were no public
comments related to this
agenda item.
The fourth action item
of the evening was the
consideration of a sale of
city property in the Pa-
cific Business View Park.
The applicant has request-
ed confidentiality but has
agreed to pay $3 a square
foot for the space, which
totals 68,389 sq. ft. This
brings the price for the
land to $205,000.
City Recorder and Eco-
nomic Development Co-
ordinator Kelli Weese led
councilors through the
details of this agenda item,
sharing the previously
paid prices for plots in
the Pacific View Business
Park, which sold for $1.42
per sq. ft in 2016 and 2017.
Councilors then autho-
rized City Manager Erin
Reynolds to sign and ex-
ecute the transaction on
behalf of the city.
The final action item
considered and approved
by the council was a pro-
posal presented by Flor-
ence Area Chamber of
Commerce
President/
CEO Bettina Hannigan.
In her presentation,
Hannigan requested au-
thorization for the cham-
ber to place banners with-
in the right of way along
Highways 101 and 126
and in Historic Old Town.
These signs would high-
light Florence-related lo-
cations and activities.
The request also asked
the council to authorize
the city manager to enter
into an agreement with
Central Lincoln People’s
Utility District (PUD) for
the installation and main-
tenance of the banners on
PUD poles.
Hannigan’s presentation
included examples of the
banners and, after assur-
ances that the chamber
would be paying for the
banners and related up-
keep, the council unani-
mously approved the re-
quest.
“The banners pro-
posed will be made of a
high-quality standard ma-
terial and printing process
that has been time tested
in many other jurisdic-
tions, including the Pacific
and Atlantic coasts,” Han-
nigan said. “To mitigate
wear and tear, there will
be several seasonal ver-
sions of the banners, mak-
ing them coordinate with
our seasons. The project
also includes a refresh-
ment plan to keep banners
looking crisp. Rotating the
banners seasonally will
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keep them looking fresh
longer and the change out
allows people to see some-
thing new and serves as a
time threshold, opening
eyes to seeing what the
area has to offer.”
There was some hesita-
tion shown by Councilor
Margaret Wisniewski to
authorizing the banners
without council having a
final opportunity to ap-
prove the images on the
banners. This concern was
alleviated when Wisniews-
ki was reminded by Reyn-
olds the chamber was part
of the promotional team
for the city and was also
not a city department
and consequently should
be allowed the latitude to
decide on the appropriate
images for the banners.
Following this, Reyn-
olds gave her city manager
report, which stated the
city was prepared to act
on announcements this
week related to changes
in the state’s COVID-19
guidance. She said the
transition of employees
from home to working at
city offices would be de-
pendent on status chang-
es as determined by Lane
County Public Health.
Next, Councilor Sally
Wantz asked that the full
council recognize the re-
quest made during the
public comments portion
of the meeting by area resi-
dent Britte Kirsch, who is a
former member of EMAC
and a leading community
voice for environmentally
sound policies related to
city actions, priorities and
future plans.
Kirsch spoke in support
of the Florence Farmers
Market at the beginning
of the evening and asked
the council to take an ac-
tive role in promoting the
market.
“As a member of the
outreach committee for
the Florence Farmers Mar-
ket and a volunteer at the
market, I would like to ex-
tend an ongoing invitation
to all city council mem-
bers, city staff and Mayor
Joe Henry to come and
visit the walk-in farmers
market, Tuesdays between
3 and 6 p.m. through Oc-
tober 12,” Kirsch said.
“As you know, one of the
city’s sustainable promo-
tional items in the work
plan is to create pathways
for sustainable local food
production and security,
and a local farmers mar-
ket does just that. Our first
market of the season, last
Tuesday, was attended by
over 300 residents and vis-
itors to the area.”
The Florence Farmers
Market is held on Tues-
day from 3-6 p.m., just
west of Veterans Park on
Bay Street. The next City
Council Meeting is sched-
uled for June 7, at 5:30
p.m.
For more information
about the Florence City
Council, visit ci.florence.
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