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RESOLUTION 701
WHEREAS, the Mohave County Board of Supervisors has discuss"d wit
the Mohave County Attorney th" d"cision of the Arizona Supreme Court in the
case of 'æh" Stat" of Arizona; The State Land Department" a d"partm"nt of the
State of Arizona; Andrew L. Bettwy, State Land Commissioner of th" State of
Arizona, Appellants v. Bonelli Cattle Company, a California Corporation, A1Jp llee,
filed on October 4, &971, and;
HHEREAS, the Mohave Board of Supervisors believe the decision wil
seriously and adversely affect the land titles in the area of Mohave County
adjacent to the Colorado River and will hamper the ability of land owners in
the area of Mohave County adjoining the Colorado River in obtaining title in
surance, and;
¡lliEREAS, the Mohave County Board of Su1Jervisors is of the opinion
that the decis1òon of the Arizona Supreme Court, results in a taking of the
property of Bonelli Cattle Company wj~thout com1Jensation, and the effect of th
ruling of the Arizona Supreme Court ',lOuld be to take the pro1Jerty of others
similarly situated to Bonelli Cattle Company, and;
HHEREAS, the economic development of Mohave County is dependent
upon the development of the recreational potential of the Colorado River and
the man-made lakes upon the Colorado River in !1ohave County, and that it is
the opinion of the !1ohave County Board of Sùpervisots that it is advis~Jle
that as much as possible of the land fronting upon the Colorado River Demain
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private ownership.
There are ap"Droximately fourteen miles of privately owned
land fronting upon the Colorado
in M",have County, and the effect of the
decision of the Arizona Suprenæ Court will reddce this by apprm,imately seven
miles and possibly by as much as eleven miles;
VfrlEREAS, the Mohave County Board of Supervisors, is extremely con-
cetn,ed with the serious adverse effect the decis1Íion of the Arizona Supreme
Court will have upon the tax base of Mohave County and upon the trem,endous
growth in population and assessed value Mohave Count;y has experienced in the
area of Hohave County adjacent to the Colorado River.
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HHEREAS, as the Hohave County Board of Stmervisors is aware
that much of the private lómd adjacent to the Colorado River in !1ohave
County has been subdivided and sold in good faith by the d,evelopers
to individuals and that the decision of the Arizona SuDrew~ Court
will result in the loss, by these individuals residents of Hohave
County of the land purchased; In one subdivision alone theTe are
ninty-four lots which will be taken by the State of Arizona;
ÍtffiEREAS, the Hohave Indian's are attempting to develop the
Ft. Mohave Indian Reservation and that this development will be to
the best interest of the County of l'fohave and th", decision of the
Arizona Supreme Court will adversely affect the title to a substantial
portion of the river frontage ,of the Ft. Hohave Indian Reservation::
NOH THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Hohave County Board
of Supervisors hereby authorizes and directs the Hohave County Atto=ey
to take the appropriate a~tion to attempt to have the decision of
the Arizona Supreme CO1jlrt r"versed and the opinion of the Court of
Appe~ls as set forth in 11 Ariz. App. 412 reinstated.
HORAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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RohertH. Gilpin, Chairma~
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full true and
copy of a Resolution which was. adopted by the Board of Supervisors
the County of Mohave,Arizona on the 1st day of Novemb"r, 1971.
Mabel B. Bailey, Clerk
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