Title
Consider recommending that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve a short-term, two-year lease agreement with the Private Property Owners Lake Access Association for access to three acres of waterfront property at Nacimiento Reservoir;
b. Approve an Amendment No. 1 to Nacimiento Grazing Lease 3B with Lime Mountain Livestock, LLC to remove the waterfront three acres from the existing grazing lease; and
c. Authorize the General Manager to execute both the Agreement and Amendment No. 1.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors recommend that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve a short-term, two-year lease agreement with the Private Property Owners Lake Access Association for access to three acres of waterfront property at Nacimiento Reservoir;
b. Approve an Amendment No. 1 to Nacimiento Grazing Lease 3B with Lime Mountain Livestock, LLC to remove the waterfront three acres from the existing grazing lease; and
c. Authorize the General Manager to execute both the Agreement and Amendment No. 1.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The proposed three-acre lease property is located on the Monterey County Water Resources Agency's ("MCWRA") land on the south side of Nacimiento Reservoir on the grazing lease currently known as "Lease 3B". The only way to access this portion of the leased area is by water or going through Town Creek Lane to the MCWRA property. The residents in vicinity of Town Creek Lane have a legal easement to utilize an area next to the MCWRA property for reservoir access. However, historically as the recreation season progresses and reservoir elevations decline, the residents have used the adjacent MCWRA property rather than the other property, for docks, beach use, and boat launching. These uses are claimed by the Town Creek Lane residents to have been permitted by a previous MCWRA General Manager years a...
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