2026-01-08_ - PC 1870 - RF A0754-RESOLUTION.DOC

RESOLUTION
TR225 83rd Ave – Glendale Ave to Northern Ave
City of Glendale Right of Way Assistance
 (ROAD FILE NO. A0754)
C-64-XX-XXX-M-00
WHEREAS, pursuant to A.R.S. § 9-401(A), a city or town may purchase, lease, or rent land, whether 
contiguous or noncontiguous, lying outside its corporate limits, for its purposes and uses; and
WHEREAS, the City of Glendale may not be able to negotiate acquisition of certain rights of way, lying 
within unincorporated Maricopa County, needed for its road improvement project 83rd Avenue from Glendale 
Avenue to Northern Avenue Reconstruction Project (202121), requiring that the right-of-way and permanent and 
temporary easements be acquired or condemned by Maricopa County; and
WHEREAS, the City of Glendale may request that the County either acquire or condemn right-of-way and 
permanent and temporary easements for portions of the City’s project lying within the limits of the project 83rd 
Avenue from Glendale Avenue to Northern Avenue Reconstruction Project (202121); and
WHEREAS, an Intergovernmental Agreement between Maricopa County and City of Glendale, will be 
approved by the Board of Supervisors in coordination with this Resolution, to acquire right-of-way and permanent 
and temporary easements that is within unincorporated Maricopa County for City of Glendale project 83rd Avenue 
from Glendale Avenue to Northern Avenue Reconstruction Project (202121); and
WHEREAS, A.R.S. § 28-6701(A) authorizes a county board of supervisors to establish, alter, or 
abandon a highway in the county and other legal subdivisions and acquire real property for those purposes by 
purchase, donation, dedication, condemnation, or other lawful means; and 
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation desires to declare Road File No. A0754, 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 in the City of Glendale road improvement project number 83rd Avenue from 
Glendale Avenue to Northern Avenue Reconstruction Project (202121): and
WHEREAS, the 83rd  Ave alignment is described as follows:
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 
City of Glendale project 83rd Avenue from Glendale Avenue to Northern Avenue Reconstruction 
Project (202121); the centerline of the highway is described to-wit:   
BEGINNING at the Southwest corner of Section 2 Township 2 North, Range 1 East, Gila and 
Salt River Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona;
THENCE northerly along the westerly section line of said Section 2 to the Northwest corner of 
said Section 2, said point also being the point of ENDING
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
General Vicinity: 83rd Avenue from Glendale Avenue to Northern Avenue, lying in Supervisor 
District 4.

RESOLUTION
ROAD FILE A0754
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 to all property necessary to complete project 
83rd Avenue from Glendale Avenue to Northern Avenue Reconstruction Project (202121); and
WHEREAS, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has determined that the road alignment is 
necessary to provide a public highway and is needed by the County and that right-of-way may be acquired.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors that its Chair 
execute this Resolution evidencing the determination by the Board that the road alignment is necessary to provide 
a public highway and is, therefore, needed by the County, and that acquisition of right-of-way by donation, 
purchase, or condemnation hereby is authorized; 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 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 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 A0754
C-64-XX-XXX-M-00
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors, Maricopa County, Arizona, ___________________, 2026.
  
                                                                                                      ATTEST:
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Chair of the Board                                                                         Clerk of the Board
Maricopa County
    
                     
APPROVED AS TO FORM and within the powers
and authority granted under the laws of the State 
of Arizona
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