DATE: September 5, 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 or threat of eminent domain action, 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 traffic signal improvements at N. Willow Avenue and Alicante Drive.
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 N. Willow Avenue and Alicante Drive (Attachment B), to provide street and traffic signal improvements. Once acquired, the ROW will be dedicated to the County. The City has been advised that your Board's approval of the recommended action does not include approval to undertake eminent domain proceedings or threaten eminent domain proceedings. This item pertains to a location in District 5.
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 traffic signal improvements at N. Willow and Alicante Drive.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The City will acquire the road ROW from property owners and will construct the street and traffic signal improvements with no fiscal impact 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 improvements through application of an encroachment permit for the work in County areas. The City of Fresno will be responsible for continued maintenance of the improvemen...
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