DATE: October 7, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Real Property Acquisition - Mt. Whitney Avenue Road Reconstruction and Shoulder Improvements Project
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Accept the Grant Deed and authorize the Chairman to execute the Purchase Agreement of real property for the Mt. Whitney Avenue Road Reconstruction and Shoulder Improvements Project, Federal Project ID No. CPFL-5942(314), for a total monetary consideration of $247,000.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will authorize the purchase of real property necessary to expand a retention basin as part of the Mt. Whitney Avenue Road Reconstruction and Shoulder Improvements project. This item pertains to a location in District 4.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the recommended action is not approved, the parcel the County is proposing to acquire will remain with the current parcel owner, the overall project could face significant delays, as Department staff will need to find another suitable location to build the retention basin and redesign the storm drainage collection system to divert water to the new location. In the meantime, Mt. Whitney Avenue will continue to flood as it currently does.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The cost of this acquisition will be 100% funded through the County's Road Fund Account. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Department's Road Fund Org 4510 FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget.
The Department is settling Parcel No. 2A (APN 053-020-33S) with Erick Charles Brown and Richard Eugene Brown, located at 21053 Sherrill Street, Riverdale, CA 93656, for the permanent acquisition of .955 acres of land between Sherrill Street and Marty Avenue, damages, and cost to cure.
DISCUSSION:
The retention basin, to be situated adjacent to 21053 Sherrill Street, Riverdale, CA 93656, will expand the existing basin...
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