A737 RESOLUTION.DOCX

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RESOLUTION
ROAD DECLARED (ROAD FILE NO. A737)
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 said portion of Citrus Rd, Road File No. A737 a public highway; and
WHEREAS, Department of Transportation road improvements and the maintenance thereof may 
require additional right-of-way as well as permanent and temporary easements on the Citrus Rd alignment 
that are outside of the existing roadway; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation desires to declare Road File No. A737, which shall 
confirm and supersede those portions of all other County highway declarations affecting the highway 
described herein, to allow acquisition of additional right-of-way as well as permanent and temporary 
easements as required for existing and future road improvements along the Citrus Rd alignment; and
WHEREAS, the Citrus Rd 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 appurtenances necessary to provide for 
construction, operation and maintenance of the highway as designed and constructed by 
the Maricopa County Department of Transportation; the centerline of the highway is 
described to-wit:   
BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of Section 27, Township 3 North, Range 2 West, and 
running south along the line between Sections 27 and 26 of said Township a distance of 
1,644 feet.
The highway is known as Citrus Road from Peoria Avenue to 1,644 feet south of Peoria 
Avenue lying in Supervisor District 4.
The beginning, ending, general course and direction of the highway is depicted in the 
attached Exhibit, pursuant to A.R.S. § 28-6701(B); 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. A737 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

RESOLUTION
ROAD FILE NO. A737
C-64-XX-XXX-M-00
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Road File No. A737 hereby is declared as more fully 
set forth above and in the attached exhibits 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
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).

RESOLUTION
ROAD FILE NO. A737
C-64-XX-XXX-M-00
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors, Maricopa County, Arizona, this _______day of 
________________________, _______________.
                                                                                                     ATTEST:
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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