To: Board of Supervisors
From: Greg Baer, Director of Airports
Report Title: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Director of Airports, or designee, to execute a two-year extension of the grazing licenses with the current grazing tenants at Byron Airport.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Director of Airports, or designee, to execute a two-year extension (December 1, 2025, thru November 30, 2027) of the three license agreements between the County and the current grazing tenants (Gary and Delores Kuhn and Gary L. Kuhn Jr., Alfred Mendoza Jr. and Laurel Mendoza, Joseph C. and Patricia A. Borges) on the Byron Airport Habitat Management Lands (HML), and the license agreement with grazing tenant, Elmiro Belo, of The Brushy Creek Conservation Bank (BCCB).
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Airport Enterprise Fund will continue to receive license fees during the extension period as required under each agreement. Specifically, the HML annual license fee for the Borges, Mendoza, and Kuhn agreements are $6,279.84, $2,046.24, and $1,331.82, respectively. The annual fee associated with the BCCB grazing license with Mr. Belo is $1,698.48.
BACKGROUND:
Byron Airport is bordered by 814 acres of Habitat Management Lands (HML) and 120 acres of Brushy Creek Conservation Bank (BCCB) property, where each area is being managed by the Airports Division in accordance with their respective habitat management plan. The habitat management plans were created for the protection of endangered and special-status species. An integral aspect of each management plan for habitat health is to use cattle to graze the sites. To that end, the County has entered into three license agreements for the HML property, and one license for the BCCB property. The Borges family grazes five pastures, the Mendoza family grazes one pasture, and the Kuhn family grazes two pastures. Mr. Belo grazes the BCCB property. All of the grazing licenses ori...
Click here for full text