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RESOLUTION
ROAD ALTERED (ROAD FILE NO. A467-R)
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, Road File No. A467 was approved by the Board on September 26, 2012 and recorded 
in instrument 20120903013, Maricopa County Records, Arizona; and
WHEREAS, The Department of Transportation Road Improvement Project TT0511 requires rights of 
way, and easements on streets declared in Road File No. A467-R that are outside of the limits of the streets 
previously declared in Road File No. A467 for the Department of Transportation Road Improvements Project 
TT0345; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to A.R.S. § 28-6701(B), the County Engineer has recommended that the Board 
resolve to declare said portion of MC 85, Road File No. A467-R 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 MC 85 alignment that 
are outside of the existing roadway; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation desires to declare Road File No. A467-R, which shall 
confirm and supersede those portions of Road File No. A467, 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 Project TT0511; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation is desirous to alter Road File No’s A467 to allow acquisition of 
additional right of way and easements as required for Project TT0511, and 
WHEREAS, the MC 85 alignment is described as follows:
A roadway alignment of varying width, together with all appurtenant rights, being consistent 
with the right of way as shown on the right of way plans for TT0511 MC 85 107th Avenue 
at 95th Avenue on file with the Maricopa County Department of Transportation and lying 
within Sections 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, and 18 of Township 1 North, Range 1 East of the Gila and 
Salt River Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona.
General Vicinity: MC 85 from 107th Avenue to 95th Avenue, lying in Supervisor District 5.   
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
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 No. A467-R is in the best interests of Maricopa County; and

RESOLUTION
ROAD FILE NO. A467-R
C-64-XX-XXX-M-00
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 No. A467-R 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 NO. A467-R
C-64-XX-XXX-M-00
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors, Maricopa County, Arizona, this _______day of 
________________________, 2026.
                                                                                                     ATTEST:
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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
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Deputy County Attorney