(Milford)– The Milford City Council Monday evening heard pitches from three architectural firms interested in submitting proposals for a new public works facility that would be constructed on the same site as the existing facility. Mayor Steve Anderson told KUOO news a possible timeframe for the project hasn’t been established yet…
“We’re working through getting the architects figured out and then we’ll move forward with that. In this year’s budget we had money in that for architects, we didn’t know how much that’s going to cost, what we kind of need, and then so we’re looking at next year or the following year actually budgeting, putting the money in there to get that building hopefully built up, so. There’s a possibility this could also include the Police Department as well? Yep, there’s some discussion about maybe moving the Police Department and putting them into that building and then the Police Department and Fire Department are close by and Public Works is right there as well, so.”
The city’s building and facilities committee will meet in the near future to come up with a request for proposals from the architectural firms and come back to the council with a recommendation.
On another matter, there was more discussion over the Lower Gar Outlet which the city shares jurisdiction with the county. Councilman Andy Yungbluth said he’s ready to start joint talks with the county regarding possible options to address high water, while a committee of representatives from South Shore Estates on Lower Gar continues to formulate a recommendation for addressing low water levels…
“We have a study on high water though and we have feasible options to move forward with. I think, you know, let’s put the high water issue to bed and move forward with it and once we get a feasible option for a low water event then we attack that. I mean we sat here at an open meeting with the DNR and you know, the big thing was dredging and the DNR basically told us dredging wasn’t even an option, that we’d never get permits for it, so you know hopefully the people in South Shore are doing their due diligence, which I’m sure they are with the time they’ve had to come up with the ideal options for low water.”
The Milford City Council also voted unanimously to amend parking regulations near the intersection of 6th Street and “L” Avenue after a public hearing on the matter drew no written or verbal opposition.
