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Board withdraws vote to hire water‑law expert while members seek more information on Flying M Ranch proposal

3230168 · March 11, 2025
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Summary

Mariposa County supervisors withdrew a consent‑agenda item to contract a water‑law attorney after several supervisors and staff said they lacked sufficient information about a proposal by Flying M Ranch that could affect the county's settlement with Merced Irrigation District.

Mariposa County supervisors on March 11 withdrew for a week a consent‑agenda item to hire an outside water‑law attorney to analyze a proposal by Flying M Ranch that may affect the county's settlement with the Merced Irrigation District.

The item, brought by County Counsel, proposed retaining Tim O'Loughlin, a water‑law specialist, to evaluate whether Flying M Ranch's plan to revise Burns Dam on Burns Creek would affect the county's MID settlement and, if so, what consequences and options exist.

County Counsel told the board, “On July of 2024, the Water Agency Advisory Board…

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