2026-01-22_ - PC 1918 -A0757-RESOLUTION.DOCX

RESOLUTION
ROAD DECLARED (ROAD FILE NO. A0757)
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, pursuant to A.R.S. § 28-6701(B), the County Engineer has recommended that the Board 
resolve to declare a portion of Power Road and also San Tan Boulevard, Road File No. A0757, to be public 
highways; and
WHEREAS, Department of Transportation road improvements and the maintenance thereof may 
require right-of-way as well as permanent and temporary easements on the Power Road and San Tan 
Boulevard alignments; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation desires to declare Road File No. A0757, 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 portions of the Power Road and San Tan Boulevard alignments lying in Section 
36, Township 2 South, Range 6 East and Section 31, Township 2 South, Range 7 East, Gila and 
Salt River Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona; and
WHEREAS, the centerlines of said alignments are described as follows:
ROAD FILE NO. A0757
Two Roadways having a width consistent with the existing right-of-way and appurtenant rights, 
together with any additional right-of-way and appurtenances necessary 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 highways are described as follows:   
Power Road:
BEGINNING at the intersection of Power Road and Happy Road;
Thence Northerly along the East line of Section 36, Township 2 South, Range 6 East to 
the intersection of Power Road and Mews Road being the POINT OF ENDING.
San Tan Boulevard:
BEGINNING at the intersection of San Tan Boulevard and Valencia Avenue;
Thence Easterly along the mid-section lines of Section 36, Township 2 South, Range 6 
East and Section 31, Township 2 South, Range 7 East to the intersection of San Tan 
Boulevard and Lime Drive being the POINT OF ENDING.
The highways are known as Power Road from Happy Road to Mews Road and San Tan 
Boulevard from Valencia Avenue to Lime Drive, lying in Supervisor District 1.
The beginning, ending, general course and direction of the highways are 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 NO. A0757
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 No. A0757 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 No. A0757 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. A0757
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