2025-08-13_ - PC 1572 -PAB-0294-REPORT-TO-BOS.DOCX

Report to the Board of Supervisors
Prepared by the Maricopa County Department of Transportation
Case Number/Title: 
PAB-0294 Federal Patent Easement Abandonment
1st Meeting Date: 
September 10, 2025
2nd Meeting Date: 
November 19, 2025
Supervisor District: 
4
Applicant: 
Department of Transportation 
Request:
Approve the abandonment of that portion of the Patent Easement #1206097 
as proposed by the owner of the property located in general vicinity of US 60 
and 295th Avenue and being identified as Assessor Parcel Number 503-05-
017.
Department Recommendation:
Having received no objection MCDOT recommends the following: Abandon 
that portion of the easement described in Patent #1206097, lying in the 
Northwest quarter of Section 20 – T7N, R4W, of the Gila and Salt River 
Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona being described as follows: The 
East 33 feet and the South 33 feet of the E2 NW4 NE4 NW4 of said 
Section 20. EXCEPT that portion lying within the US 60 Right of Way 
as shown on plans for Arizona Department of Transportation Project 
Number 060 MA 113 H6787 01R in Accordance with ADOT Resolution 
2007-01-A-002 dated 1-19-2007. 
Presented by: Jesse Gutierrez, P.E, 
Director of Transportation
Support/Opposition: 
Request for comment has been circulated to all affected parties pursuant to 
County Ordinance P-34, Section 2d. An Initial Determination was circulated 
for review in November 2024, and results sent to the applicant in December 
2024. The Application was circulated for review in June 2025. MCDOT has 
received no objections.

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Discussion:
Laws 2013, Chapter 46 amended Arizona Revised Statutes, Section 11-
251.16 to allow a county, at the request of a property owner, to abandon a 
federal patent easement established by the Small Tract Act of 1938.  On May 
7, 2014 the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (BOS) approved 
Ordinance No. P-34, adopting procedures for the abandonment of Federal 
Patent Easements. The Maricopa County Department of Transportation 
(MCDOT) has considered and processed this request for abandonment in 
strict accordance with A.R.S. Section 11-251.16 and Ordinance No. P-34. 
Attachments:
Application / Proof of Ownership / Aerial Exhibit / Initial Determination 
Request / Legal Exhibit and Description