DATE: July 11, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Request by City of Fresno to Obtain Road Easements in the County
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
TITLE
Approve City of Fresno's request to acquire road easements without eminent domain action from three parcels adjacent to existing County road right-of-way in unincorporated areas of the County as needed in conjunction with the City's conditions of approval for Tentative Tract No. 6139 located at the northeast quadrant of the Olive Avenue and Polk Avenue intersection.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will facilitate the City's request to acquire additional road easements along the southerly boundary of Olive Avenue east of Polk Avenue (see Vicinity Map and attached Exhibit A for the right-of-way acquisition area). The City has been advised that the Board's approval of this item will not include approval to undertake eminent domain proceedings. The City is requiring the developer to widen Olive Avenue to accommodate a center turn lane across the frontage of the tract.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
There is no alternative that is viable for this action. Denial of this action will result in the inability of the City (through the developer) to construct the street improvements as required by the conditions of approval for the tentative map.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There will be no Net County Cost for this recommended action. The City has initiated this request per letter (see attached Exhibit B) and paid $320 for processing of this request in accordance with the Master Schedule of Fees. The City will acquire easements for road right-of-way from private property owners. The City, through the developer and his contractor, will construct the road improvements with no fiscal impact to the County. Construction management of the work will be performed by the City, and County personnel will provide oversight inspection of the improvements thro...
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