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Supervisors defer decision on Flying M Ranch/Burns Dam legal review, ask for fuller briefing

Mariposa County Board of Supervisors · March 11, 2025
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Summary

The board withdrew CA7 — a proposal to retain outside water-law counsel to analyze a Flying M Ranch proposal to modify Burns Dam — and asked staff to return with Water Agency Advisory Board minutes and an MOU at the March 18 Water Agency session so supervisors can make an informed decision.

A request to retain outside counsel to analyze a proposed revision to Burns Dam on Burns Creek and its potential effect on Mariposa County’s settlement with the Merced Irrigation District (MID) was postponed at the March 11 Mariposa County Board of Supervisors meeting.

County Council told the board the Water Agency Advisory Board had considered a project proposal from the Flying M Ranch and recommended that the county obtain an expert in water law and complex negotiations to determine if the project would…

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