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RESOLUTION
ROAD DECLARED (ROAD FILE NO. A0746)
C64-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 331st Avenue, Road File No. A0746, a public highway; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation desires to declare Road File No. A0746 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 the 331st Avenue alignment; and
WHEREAS, the 331st Avenue 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 Maricopa County Highway Department; the centerline of the highway is described
to-wit:
BEGINNING at the Southeast corner of Section 21, Township 1 South, Range 5 West, Gila
and Salt River Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, and thence running north along the
section line between Sections 21 and 22, for 0.44 mile to the South line of Old US 80 to
the point of ENDING.
The beginning, ending, general course and direction of the highway is depicted in the
attached map, pursuant to A.R.S. § 28-6701(B).
The highway is known as 331st Avenue from Arlington Canal Road to Old US 80, in
unincorporated area and lying in Supervisor District 5.; 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
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. A0746 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. A0746 hereby is declared as more fully
set forth above and in the attached map, 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
RESOLUTION
ROAD FILE NO. A0746
C-64-XX-XXX-X-XX
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that its Chairman 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).
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors, Maricopa County, Arizona, this _______day of
________________________, 2024.
ATTEST:
___________________________________ ___________________________________
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Juanita Garza
Maricopa County
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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Legal Counsel