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Cochise County approves annual $1,585.98 payment to retain grazing lease on Bella Vista Ranches
Summary
Cochise County Flood Control District supervisors on Feb. 11 approved a yearly $1,585.98 lease-permit payment to Arizona State Land to maintain a grazing lease connected with the county's acquisition of the Bella Vista Ranches property.
Cochise County Flood Control District supervisors on Feb. 11 approved a yearly $1,585.98 lease-permit payment to Arizona State Land to maintain a grazing lease connected with the county's acquisition of the Bella Vista Ranches property.
The payment was part of a demand and budget amendment the board approved 3-0 after staff explained the fee supports water recharge and preserves a long-standing grazing lease on adjacent state trust land.
The payment arises from an agreement tied to the county's acquisition of the Bella Vista Ranches parcel in 2016, which staff said was negotiated alongside The Nature Conservancy and used army-compatible funding to conserve land near Fort Huachuca. Floodplain administrator Joaquin Feliz told the board the contested demand is a lease-permit fee to Arizona State Land under a…
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