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Committee recommends agricultural leases for county land; farmers express concern about notice and planned land restoration
Summary
Milwaukee County Parks requested authorization to enter into agricultural leases covering county-owned farmland; the committee recommended adoption of seven proposed leases totaling about $22,000, while supervisors and farmers raised concerns about notice and planned conversion of some parcels to natural area via a climate mitigation grant.
The Milwaukee County Committee on Parks and Culture recommended for adoption a proposal from Milwaukee County Parks to enter into agricultural lease agreements with individual farmers for county-managed farmland.
Robert Singlaub, contracts manager for Milwaukee County Parks, told the committee Parks manages about 708 acres of agricultural land, mostly along Oak Creek, Ryan Creek and the Root River, and presented seven lease offers with terms of three years each. He said the current set of proposed leases would generate roughly $22,000 in county revenue, subject to final…
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