By Mara Knaub | Yuma Sun
Foothills residents cheered after the Yuma County Board of Supervisors, after a three-hour meeting on Monday, denied rezoning requests for property around Fortuna Wash.
However, the supervisors were divided in their vote, with Lynne Pancrazi, Tony Reyes and Darren Simmons voting against rezoning and Chairman Martin Porchas and Vice Chairman Jonathan Lines voting in favor.
In the end, Reyes was the deciding vote in all cases. He voted in favor of the land use changes, saying that this would get the process going, but voted against the rezoning requests, acknowledging that residents feared that development would “overwhelm” their area.
