DATE: December 17, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Request by the City of Fresno to Obtain Right of Way from the County at the Fowler Avenue Bridge at Mill Creek
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt and authorize Chairman to execute a Resolution finding and declaring, among other things, that the County-owned interest in real property located at the Fowler Avenue Bridge over Mill Ditch, between Clinton Avenue and Olive Avenue (Fowler Avenue Bridge Right-of-Way), which is approximately 0.183 acres of land is not necessary for the County of Fresno (County) use, that the Fowler Avenue Bridge Right-of-Way is surplus land under Government Code Section 54221(b)(1), it is "exempt surplus land" because it is surplus land being transferred to another local agency - the City of Fresno (City) under Government Code Section 54221(f)(1)(D) and Government Code Section 25526.5 at no cost, and declaring your Board's intention as to the Property that includes the following:
A. Authorize and direct the Director of Public Works and Planning (Director) or his designee to provide a copy of the adopted Resolution and the Board-approved, but unsigned Quitclaim Deed to the California Department of Housing and Community Development, and any such other information that the Director or his designee deems necessary or appropriate and in the best interest of the County, or that Housing and Community Development may request from the County; and
B. Authorize Chairman, on behalf of the County, to approve and execute the final Quitclaim Deed, and such execution of such document by the Chairman only after the successful expiration of the 30-Day Housing and Community Development Waiting Period.
REPORT
The Department is returning to your Board for reapproval of this item, which your Board approved on October 11, 2022. The reasons are the original signed Quitclaim Deed was not recorded because it was unkno...
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