[CPEO-MEF] Ft. Huachuca (AZ) buffer

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

1,400 acres protected; state provides funds to set easements near Fort 
Huachuca

By Bill Hess
Sierra Vista Herald/Review (AZ)
July 13, 2007

SIERRA VISTA - The state is providing nearly $3 million to protect about 
1,400 acres, some of which is near Huachuca City, by putting easements 
on land to limit the amount of homes that can be built, members of the 
Upper San Pedro Partnership were told Wednesday.

A thousand of the acres will not have any homes and another 400 will be 
limited to one home for every 36 acres instead of one home per four 
acres, as well as not allowing any further splits of the 36 acre 
parcels, according to Gretchen Kent, the director of the Fort Huachuca 
Garrison’s Plans, Analysis and Integration Office.

However, Huachuca City Mayor Pro Tem David Perry said the Town Council 
is concerned about the potential that purchasing easements near the 
community may limit Huachuca City’s capability to annex areas.

Tuesday, the Governor’s Military Affairs Commission approved the use of 
state money to purchase the two pieces of property that abut Fort Huachuca.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.svherald.com/articles/2007/07/12/news/doc4695c841e2247375982997.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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