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Support approval and recommendation by the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve a short-term, two-year lease agreement with Tri Counties Club for Reservoir Access to 66 acres of Agency waterfront property;
b. Approve an Amendment No. 1 to Nacimiento Grazing Lease 3B with Lime Mountain Livestock, LLC to remove the same 66 waterfront acres from the existing grazing lease; and,
c. Authorize the General Manager to execute both the Agreement and the Amendment.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Personnel and Administration Committee support approval and recommendation by the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve a short-term, two-year lease agreement with Tri Counties Club for Reservoir Access to 66 acres of Agency waterfront property;
b. Approve an Amendment No. 1 to Nacimiento Grazing Lease 3B with Lime Mountain Livestock, LLC to remove the same 66 waterfront acres from the existing grazing lease; and,
c. Authorize the General Manager to execute both the Agreement and the Amendment.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The proposed 66-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 grazing lease area is by water or going through a private road called Gage Irving Road. The residents of Tri Counties Club ("TCC") have legal roadway easement to the MCWRA property. The use of MCWRA lands by TCC spans over 55 years and continues without formal authorization. As a result, MCWRA staff has engaged the TCC to immediately formalize the use in a short-term lease agreement and an amendment to the MCWRA's grazing lease 3B.
The TCC has in th...
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