DATE: June 5, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: City of Fresno Request to Obtain Road Easements in the County
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
TITLE
Consider and approve City of Fresno's request to acquire road easements, without eminent domain action, from two parcels adjacent to existing 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. 5537, located at the northwest quadrant of the Cortland and Polk Avenue intersection.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will facilitate the City of Fresno's (City) request to acquire additional road easements along the easterly boundary of Polk Avenue south of Dayton Avenue and at the southwesterly curb return at Polk and Cortland Avenues, see Vicinity Map and Exhibit A and B for the right-of-way acquisition area. The City understands that your Board's approval of recommended action will not include approval to undertake eminent domain proceedings. The City is requiring the developer to widen Polk Avenue to accommodate the extension of an existing median island across the frontage of the tract. This proposal does not alter access to any County parcels. This item pertains to a location in District 1.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
There is no viable alternative action. Denial 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 tract map.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The City initiated the request and paid $640 in accordance with the Master Schedule of Fees. The City will acquire easements for road right-of-way from private property owners and through the developer and his contractor, will construct the road improvements with no fiscal impact to the County. Construction management of the w...
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