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Orland council weighs paint, fencing and landscaping for new water tank after Arts Commission recommendation
Summary
Council and residents debated color, murals and landscaping for a new million-gallon water tank near Sixth and Colusa; the Arts Commission recommended a light “lemon water” base color, no mural and wrought-iron fencing with Italian cypress plantings, and council directed staff to explore landscaping and consultant help.
The Orland City Council and members of the public spent a large portion of Tuesday’s meeting debating what the new million-gallon water storage tank at Sixth Street and Colusa should look like, with the Arts Commission urging a pale “lemon water” base color, no mural and screening landscaping.
The Arts Commission memo presented to the council recommended a light “lemon water” color from the manufacturer palette, said painting a mural on galvanized welded steel panels is not recommended because of durability concerns, and suggested wrought-iron fencing with Italian cypress trees behind it as a visual screen and protection for the structure.
The recommendation mattered because, as staff told the council, the contractor prefers a light…
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