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RESOLUTION
ROAD FILE A0760
C-64-XX-XXX-M-00
WHEREAS, pursuant to A.R.S. § 28-6701(A), the County is authorized to establish, alter, or abandon
a highway in the County; and
WHEREAS, A portion of 14th Street was declared a public highway which is depicted, in part, in
Book 3 of Road Maps, Page 16, recorded on September 13, 1927 and Book 2 of Road Maps, Page 13,
recorded on July 30, 1921, Office of the Recorder Maricopa County; and
WHEREAS, the declaration did not include the Board authorization to acquire the right-of-way and
additional land rights for the highway; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to A.R.S. § 28-6701(B), the County Engineer has recommended that the Board
resolve to declare said portion of 14th Street, Road File A0760, a public highway; and
WHEREAS, Department of Transportation road improvements and the maintenance thereof may
require additional right-of-way as well as permanent and temporary easements on the 14th Street alignment
that are outside of the existing roadway; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation desires to declare Road File A0760, which shall
confirm and supersede those portions of all other County highway declarations affecting the highway
alignment described herein, to allow for the declaration and acquisition of all necessary right-of-way, as well
as permanent and temporary easements as required for existing and future road improvements along the 14th
Street alignment; and
WHEREAS, the 14th Street alignment is described as follows:
Road File A0760
A roadway having a width consistent with the existing right-of-way and appurtenant
rights, together with additional right-of-way and permanent and temporary easements to
provide for construction, operation, and maintenance of the highway as designed and
constructed by the Maricopa County Department of Transportation; the centerline of the
highway is described to-wit:
14th Street:
BEGINNING at the intersection of Carefree Hwy and 14th Street;
Thence Northerly along the 14th Street of Section 04, Township 5 North, Range 3 East to
the intersection of Cloud Road and 14th Street being the POINT OF ENDING.
The highway is known as 14th Street from Carefree Hwy to Cloud Road, lying in
Supervisorial District 3.
The beginning, ending, general course and direction of the highway is depicted in the
attached Exhibit, pursuant to A.R.S. § 28-6701(B); and
WHEREAS, the day and hour set by the Board for a public hearing on the County Engineer’s
recommendation has arrived, and notice of the hearing has been given to the public by advertising once a
week for two consecutive weeks in The Arizona Gazette pursuant to A.R.S. § 28-6702(A)(3); and
WHEREAS, no objections to declaration of such highway have been filed; and
RESOLUTION
ROAD FILE A0760
C-64-XX-XXX-M-00
WHEREAS, Maricopa County seeks to authorize the County Engineer, Real Estate Director, and
Maricopa County Attorney to take all steps necessary to obtain title and other land rights to all property
necessary to complete Improvements as required; and
WHEREAS, the Board finds that approving the County Engineer’s recommendation to declare
Road File A0760 is in the best interests of Maricopa County; and
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the road alignment as described in this Resolution is
necessary to provide a public highway and is needed by the County and that right-of-way may be acquired;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Road File A0760 hereby is declared as more fully set
forth above and in the attached exhibits, and that the County Engineer hereby is directed to make a plat or
map of the highway and cause the same to be recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Maricopa County as
provided by law; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that its Chair execute this Resolution evidencing the
determination by the Board that the road alignment as described in this Resolution is necessary to provide
a public highway and is, therefore, needed by the County, and that acquisition of rights-of-way and
easements by donation, purchase, or condemnation hereby is authorized; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board accept any right-of-way, easements or property
donated to the County or State for the highway and its construction, operation, and maintenance, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Engineer and Real Estate Director be directed and
authorized, and hereby are so directed and authorized, to negotiate with the owner(s) of parcel(s) of real
property required for the right-of-way of such public highway and also permanent and temporary easements
with the view of obtaining for Maricopa County such real property subject to the ratification and approval of
this Board; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Maricopa County Attorney be directed and authorized, and
hereby is so directed and authorized, to initiate and prosecute actions and proceedings in the manner required
by law to condemn all property required for right-of-way and also permanent and temporary easements that
cannot be obtained by donation or purchase and negotiate together with the County Engineer and Real Estate
Director, with the owner(s) of such property, subject to the approval of this Board; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Maricopa County Attorney is not obligated to present any
settlement offers or counteroffers received from property owner(s) to this Board unless and until the County
Engineer, Real Estate Director, and Maricopa County Attorney determine it is appropriate to recommend to
this Board approval of such offers or counteroffers or upon receipt of an offer of judgment (Ariz. R. Civ. P. 68).
RESOLUTION
ROAD FILE A0760
C-64-XX-XXX-M-00
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors, Maricopa County, Arizona, this _______day of
________________________, 2026.
ATTEST:
___________________________________ ___________________________________
Chair, Board of Supervisors Clerk of the Board
APPROVED AS TO FORM and within the powers
and authority granted under the laws of the State of Arizona
____________________________________
Deputy County Attorney