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Franklin County OKs up to $3,000 to join regional legal review of proposed cultural-practices easement
Summary
County commissioners agreed to contribute up to $3,000 to join a regional effort to hire outside counsel to review a draft cultural-practices easement tied to potential reconveyance of shoreline lands from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Franklin County commissioners voted to contribute up to $3,000 to a regional legal review of a proposed cultural-practices easement connected to shoreline reconveyance from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The request came from county staff, who said multiple local jurisdictions are coordinating to hire a single attorney to review a draft easement that would recognize tribal cultural practices if shorelines are reconveyed from federal to local control. "There's a lot of shoreline in Benton and Franklin counties that's currently managed by the Army Corps of Engineers,"…
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