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Show Salt Lake City Watershed Management Plan ' 99 Explanation: Property on which taxes are in default is turned over to Salt Lake County for ownership. Salt Lake County then sells the property to the public. Salt Lake City's land acquisition and watershed protection efforts would be greatly enhanced if Salt Lake City could purchase the property for the value of the taxes owed to Salt Lake County. The agreement would state that Salt Lake City would have the first option to purchase the property from Salt Lake County. H. WATER RIGHTS 1. Protection of current water rights. • Recommendation: Continue to research options for utilizing water rights. Implementation: Ongoing. • Recommendation: Maintain current water rights with the state engineer. Implementation: Ongoing. 2. Acquisition of water stock. • Recommendation: Actively acquire stock in mutual irrigation companies with which Salt Lake City has exchange contracts. Implementation: Ongoing. • Recommendation: Develop a program by which Salt Lake City can accept donations of water stock, or purchase it at fair market value. Implementation: Salt Lake City will have a donation mechanism in place by June 1, 2000. Page 79 |