RESOLUTION(2024R002)-HOHOKAM AND LAVEEN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.DOCX

Maricopa County — Formal (2024-05-22)

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RESOLUTION FCD 2024R002
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When Recorded Return to:
Contracts Branch
Flood Control DISTRICT of Maricopa County
2801 West Durango Street
Phoenix, AZ 85009
RESOLUTION - FCD 2024R002
Hohokam and Laveen Drainage Improvements
Agenda: 
WHEREAS, The Flood Control District of Maricopa County (DISTRICT) was 
established in accordance with provisions of Arizona Revised Statutes Title 48, Chapter 21, 
which authorizes the Board of Directors of the Flood Control District of Maricopa County 
(BOARD) to acquire by eminent domain, purchase, donation, dedication, exchange or other 
lawful means rights-of-way to construct, operate and maintain flood control works and storm 
drainage facilities within or without the DISTRICT for the benefit of the DISTRICT, to contract 
and join with the State of Arizona, the United States or any other flood control district or 
floodplain board, municipality, political subdivision, governmental agency, irrigation or 
agricultural improvement district, association, corporation or individual in acquiring, 
constructing, maintaining and operating flood control works, and regulating floodplains; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed improvements as shown in Exhibit A and B are located within 
the City of Phoenix (CITY); and,
WHEREAS, the area is subject to frequent flooding; and,
WHEREAS, the Hohokam area projects were the subject of the Hohokam Area 
Drainage Master Plan prepared for the DISTRICT in February 2014; and,
WHEREAS, the Laveen area projects were the subject of the Laveen Area Drainage 
Feasibility Study prepared for the CITY in March 2022; and,
WHEREAS, the Hohokam Area Drainage Master Plan provided solutions to mitigate 
the flood hazards in the Hohokam area, as depicted by Exhibit A, and the Laveen Area

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Drainage Feasibility Study provided solutions to mitigate the flood hazards in the Laveen 
area as depicted by Exhibit B; these areas collectively being called the PROJECT; and,
WHEREAS, the final design may identify different and/or additional features that 
may become part of the PROJECT; and,
WHEREAS, the CITY submitted the PROJECT to the DISTRICT’s Capital 
Improvement Program Prioritization Procedure and the CITY will be the lead agency for the 
PROJECT.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Director of the DISTRICT is authorized 
and directed to include funds for the PROJECT implementation in the DISTRICT’s current and 
future Five-Year Capital Improvement Programs, subject to the ratification and approval of 
this BOARD; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the DISTRICT is authorized and 
directed to negotiate and prepare intergovernmental agreements and/or agreements with 
identified cost-share partners, other municipalities, agencies, and others, as appropriate, for 
cost-sharing, rights-of-way acquisition, utility relocations, design, construction, and 
construction management of the PROJECT, subject to the ratification and approval of this 
BOARD; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the DISTRICT is authorized and 
directed to advertise, select, negotiate and award contracts for engineering and construction 
services and sign other documents on behalf of the DISTRICT as necessary for 
implementation of the PROJECT, subject to the ratification and approval of this BOARD.
Dated this 
 day of 
, 2024.
Chairman, Board of Directors

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ATTEST:
Clerk of the Board