DATE: July 18, 2023
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 in the Unincorporated Area of Fresno County
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve request by the City of Fresno to acquire right-of-way, excluding eminent domain condemnation actions, from parcels adjacent to existing County right-of-way in an identified unincorporated area of the County as needed in conjunction with the City's development of street and intersection improvements at W. McKinley Avenue and N. Blythe Avenues
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will authorize the City of Fresno (City) (Attachment A) to acquire additional right-of-way (ROW) in the unincorporated area, at W. McKinley Avenue and N. Blythe Avenue (Attachment B), to provide street and intersection improvements. The City has been advised that your Board's approval of the recommended action does not include approval to undertake eminent domain proceedings. This item pertains to a location in District 1.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board does not approve the action, the City will be unable to acquire right-of way and construct street and intersection improvements at W. McKinley Avenue and N. Blythe Avenue.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The County will pay a local match under a Project Specific Supplemental Agreement to pay all of the local match for ROW acquired in the County and will share the local match on the project's design and construction in accordance with our jurisdictional share of 30 percent. Total project costs are $2M minus 1.6 million in federal funds The estimated cost will be approximately $200,000 to be paid out of the County's Measure C Flexible Spending allocation. After acquisition, the ROW will be dedicated to the County. Construction management of the work will be performed by the City and the Department of Public Works and Planning staff will provide oversight inspection of the ...
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