RESOLUTION FCD2023R004- ELLIOT ROAD.DOCX

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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 2023R004
Elliot Road from East Maricopa Floodway to Ellsworth Road
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 are located within the 
City of Mesa; and,
WHEREAS, the area is subject to frequent flooding; and, 
WHEREAS, the area was the subject of the East Mesa Area Drainage Master Plan 
Update (EMADMPU) prepared in November 2013; and, 
WHEREAS, the EMADMPU provided solutions to mitigate the flood hazards in the 
area including the drainage improvements along Elliot Road from the East Maricopa 
Floodway to Ellsworth Road (the PROJECT), as depicted by Exhibit A; and,

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WHEREAS, the final design may identify different and/or additional features that 
may become part of the PROJECT; and, 
WHEREAS, the City of Mesa intends to be the lead agency for the PROJECT.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Chief Engineer and General Manager 
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 Chief Engineer and General Manager 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.  
Dated this 
 day of 
, 2023.
Chairman, Board of Directors
ATTEST:
Clerk of the Board

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*Approximate Locations
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EXHIBIT A
PROJECT LOCATION MAP*
Elliot Road from East Maricopa Floodway to Ellsworth Road