2025-01-23 - PC 1197 -PAB-0292-REPORT-TO-BOS.DOCX

Report to the Board of Supervisors
Prepared by the Maricopa County Department of Transportation
Case Number/Title: 
PAB-0292 Federal Patent Easement Abandonment
1st Meeting Date: 
February 12, 2025
2nd Meeting Date: 
April 23, 2025
Supervisor District: 
2
Applicant: 
Department of Transportation 
Request:
Approve the abandonment of that portion of the Patent Easement 1184028 as 
proposed by the owner of the property located at 841 North 111th Place, 
Mesa, Arizona 85207 and being identified as Assessor Parcel Number 220-
07-031C.
Department Recommendation:
Having received no objection, MCDOT recommends the following: Abandon 
that portion of the easement described in Patent 1184028, lying in the 
Northwest quarter of Section 13 – T1N, R7E, of the Gila and Salt River 
Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona being described as follows:
The North 33 feet of N2 E2 W2 SE4 SE4 NW4 of said Section 13.
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 October 2024, and results sent to the applicant in November 
2024. The Application was circulated in review in December 2024. MCDOT 
has received no objections.
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

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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