O21-37

ORDINANCE NO. O21-37      
 
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
GLENDALE, 
MARICOPA 
COUNTY, 
ARIZONA, 
AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT OF EASEMENTS AT 
VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND 
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO RECORD A CERTIFIED 
COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE. 
 
WHEREAS, the Glendale City Council took action to accept water easements on private 
property for various locations on the dates specified in Exhibit 1; and 
 
WHEREAS, subsequent development occurring on these properties has caused water 
lines to be removed or relocated in the intervening time; and 
 
WHEREAS, the private property owners are requesting the City abandon portions of 
easements where City water lines have been removed; and 
 
WHEREAS, the City has determined it is in the public interest to abandon the portion of 
the easements because they are no longer needed for the health, welfare and safety of its citizens. 
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE as follows: 
 
 
SECTION  1.   That the real property interests being abandoned are identified on the 
attached Exhibit 1, Abandonments Table, with locations depicted on Exhibit 2.  
 
 
SECTION  2.    That upon Execution of the Quit Claim Deeds attached to this Ordinance 
as Attachments 1 - 3, the City hereby abandons any interest it may have in the real property as 
described in the corresponding legal descriptions.  Title to the released property shall vest in the 
underlying landowners, as provided by law. 
 
 
SECTION 3. 
 That because the City has determined that it no longer needs an interest 
in these real properties to protect the health, welfare and safety of its citizens, as provided in 
A.R.S. §9-402(E), the City is not receiving payment for such abandonments and re-conveyances 
of the City’s interest in the easements to the underlying dominant property owners. 
 
 
SECTION 4.   That the Council hereby authorizes and instructs the City Manager to 
execute the Quit Claim deeds provided in Attachments 1 - 3, granting and re-conveying the 
easements to the underlying property owners. 
 
SECTION 5.    That the City Clerk is accordingly instructed and authorized to forward a 
certified copy of this ordinance and its attachments for recording to the Maricopa County 
Recorder’s Office. 
 
SECTION 6.   That the provisions of this ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) 
days after passage of this ordinance by the Glendale City Council.

PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of 
Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, this 11th day of May, 2021. 
 
 
                                                 
Mayor Jerry P. Weiers 
ATTEST: 
 
                                                         
Julie K. Bower, City Clerk        (SEAL) 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
                                                        
Michael D. Bailey, City Attorney 
 
REVIEWED BY: 
 
                                                        
Kevin R. Phelps, City Manager