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Saguache BOCC on record in. oppo~itiontC)li 8aca sale . . ..' . . By YVONNE SMITH . . SAGUACHE _ The Saguache Board of County Commissioners first read about the possible purchase of the BlIca by the federal government from the Valley Courier and, on Dec. 7, the suggested hind sale was added to the agenda for t~~ day. . The agenda item included discussion on the'effects of such a sale on the cItIzens ofthe county Joe Alexander said, "What can we do to slow this down?" He wanted more inform~tion on the affects of such a sale:on the water issues facing the county. Robin Cites stated that a letter to ScottMc Ginnie would help. They learned that there was going to be a meeting in Alamosa cpncerningthe sale and future "Park", all the Commissioners agreed that they ne~ded to go, and hear . . Please see Baca page 3 ..... "", .;. ~ ;,' ~ ."~. . '~Bac~... . . I. Continu~d from page 1 . .: what WAS happening. : I Mike Oliver, Bill McClure and Jo~ Alexander were not pleased i with the fact that they were not .col1tacted. They felt that- for the , public's sake, guarantee of no water loss to the valley was an issue. , What would be the side affects of ,a tax revenue loss, that they roughly figured At the meeting would be in the neighborhood of $70,OOO.? This could greatly impact the Moffat School district. They also knew that there were issuesior private property owners and access to cross land that would have to beiresolved. Safety issue to get people off the Baca if there were to ~e a fire. It also presented the issue of a sizeable amount of federal land in the county. They were not approached by anyo~e to address these issues, so for the publie's sake, they drafted a ~esolution of Opposition that stAted: . a. That because they were not informed and were responsible for the safeguarding of county lands; b. concern over the impact caused, by the large volume of land currently owned by the federal government is detrimental to the citizens of Saguache County, the San Luis Valley and the State of Colorado; and . c. the propOSA I threatens the ci tizen~ of Saguache Coun ty in many wnys: I It jeopardizes San Luis Valley water resources that Vallley resi. . dents have succcssfully protected t~rough two long periods of htlgatlOn; and I . jeopardizes access to private prollerties, as well as the only emergency access for the subdivision known as the Baca Grande; and jeopal'dizes the financial "Iell being of the Moffat School, the Rio Grande Water Conservation District, and Saguache County by slglllficantly redllcl.ng ,the eXlstl,ng; tar .Q.ase,.whic,l] Slip port.. these C1(.:lrVlI"fl!=:. . 1...11'1:."1.: '" . .....j HI"....:..: h" ,- ; ., I