The Cache County Council will vote next week on whether to put an open-space bond on November’s ballot.
In mid-June, the Open Space Committee — a relatively unceremonious group chaired by Cache Valley businessman and former U.S. congressional candidate Eric Eliason and former North Logan mayor and State Rep. Jack Draxler — presented the results of a valleywide survey to the council. The outcome showed not only a majority interest in preserving open space, but a willingness to pay an annual average of $38.10 more in property tax to do so.
Much of the money raised by the bond would likely be used to purchase conservation easements on highly visible and development-prone properties in Cache Valley, such as the land along U.S. 89-91 entering the valley from Sardine Canyon.
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