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Commission ratifies BZI agreement, approves OHV, wildfire agreements and moves ahead on Belt Route LOI
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Summary
The commission ratified a memorandum with BZI Innovation Park LLC contributing $389,000 toward a county grant match, approved a five-year OHV maintenance mutual-interest agreement with the Forest Service and signed a new Cooperative Wildfire System agreement and participation statement; it also approved a letter of intent to pursue corridor acquisition for the Belt Route to support a water-recharge pipeline.
Commission staff asked the commission to ratify a memorandum of agreement with BZI Innovation Park LLC in which the company agreed to contribute approximately $389,000 toward the county’s matching funds on an Iron Springs Road grant. The commission ratified the MOA by voice vote.
The commission approved a five-year mutual-interest agreement with the U.S. Forest Service to allow county equipment and crews to perform maintenance on OHV trails in exchange for Forest Service NEPA approvals for those maintenance activities.
Commissioners also approved a re-signed Cooperative Wildfire System agreement with Forestry Fire & State Lands and a 2026 participation-commitment statement tied to the county’s CWPP to continue mitigation and initial-attack support.
On a time-sensitive infrastructure item, the commission moved to approve a letter of intent to acquire a 100-foot corridor (fee-simple/easement) for the Belt Route. The acquisition is being coordinated with the Central Iron County Water Conservancy District and the Council of Governments; the LOI is intended to provide momentum for landowner negotiations and a water-recharge pipeline from the county sewer plant toward recharge sites.
Personnel items to fill sheriff’s corrections and road-department vacancies were approved as consent items.
Where agreements involved future expenditures or easements, staff noted additional surveys, formal recordings and COG approvals would follow; the LOI does not itself transfer title.