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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 11-20RESOLUTION NO. 11-20 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA, DECLARING THAT PORTIONS OF PUBLIC ROADWAY EASEMENTS OVER UNNAMED ROADS LOCATED WITHIN THE CASA VILLA SUBDIVISION AND DESCRIBED IN EXTINGUISHMENT CASE EX 11-20 ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC USE AS PUBLIC ROADWAY EASEMENTS AND ARE HEREBY EXTINGUISHED AS PRESENT AND FUTURE PUBLIC RIGHTS -OF -WAY. WHEREAS, the City became the holder of public roadway easements ("Easements") as described in Docket 1114 pages 20 through 25 per development agreement on April 2nd 1982; and WHEREAS, roadway improvements were never constructed over or upon the Easements; and WHEREAS, on the Final Plat for Casa Villa Subdivision, accepted by the City and recorded in Pinal County records as instrument number 2006-167428 on December 12 2006, the Easements were described to be extinguished by the City of Apache Junction; and WHEREAS, such easements may be extinguished by local municipal government pursuant to A.R.S. § 9-500.24 and 28-7214; and WHEREAS, the Easements, while •remaining, have been determined by the owners of Casa Villa Subdivision and the City to be encumbering the platted lots within the subdivision and it is in the best interest of the City to extinguish the Easements; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Apache Junction City Code § 13-2-4 (I), on April 21, 2011 Public Works staff, on behalf of the Interim Director of Public Works, submitted copies of the application for comment to the Development Services Director, the Public Safety Director, the City Engineer, the Apache Junction Fire District,as well as all affected public utility providers; and WHEREAS, no opposition was received from Salt River Project, Arizona Water Company, Mediacom, and Superstition Mountain Community Facilities District to the extinguishment request.No response was received from Qwest Communications and Southwest Gas; and RESOLUTION NO. Page 1 of 3 WHEREAS, the Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer, the Public Safety Department, the Development Services Department and the Fire District are not opposed to the extinguishment of the roadway easement; and WHEREAS, the extinguishment request, if approved, would not leave a parcel in separate ownership without access to an established public roadway or easement connecting such lands with another public roadway or easement; and WHEREAS, the City Engineer has determined that the Easements, because of their location upon a platted subdivision and due to never having been opened as a public roadway, have no or de minimis public value. NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA AS FOLLOWS: 1)The City Council of the City of Apache Junction, Arizona finds that the roadway easements described and depicted in Exhibits A and B are un-classified streets and are no longer necessary for roadway purposes and have no or de minimis public value. 2)The above -described easements are hereby extinguished for public roadway and right-of-way purposes. 3)Nothing in this approval extinguishes the utility easement interests of any public utility agencies/entities. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA, THIS 16TH DAY OF AUGUST . SIGNED AND ATTESTED TO THIS 16TH DAY OF AUGUST , 2011. JOHN S. INSALACO Mayor ATTEST: KATHLEEN CONNELLY RESOLUTION NO. Page 2 of 3 City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: RICHARD J. STERN City Attorney RESOLUTION NO. Page 3 of 3 EXHIBIT A PARCEL 1 The East twenty-five feet (25'), the South twenty-five feet (25'), and the West thirty feet (30') of the West half of the Northwest quarter of the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 30, Township 1 North, Range 8 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Pinal County, Arizona; CD 0 I00 uJ EXHIBIT "B" 16TH -/40'R/W PER CASA VILLA PLAT 30' CASA VILLA— SUBDIVISION 30' WEST LINE OF THE W-1/2, NW -1/4, NE -1/4, SW -1/4, SECTION 30 r- z AVENUE 25' ----.--1//11-■/Al EAST LINE OF THE W-1/2, NW -1/4, NE -1/4, SW -1/4, SECTION 30 • Argrafr SOUTH LINE OF THE W-1/2, NW -1/4, NE -1/4, SW -1/4, SECTION 30 MERIDIAN MANOR SUBDIVISION 26B 0 > — 7 I I d i 6' k-< -LU I 2 I= L W ui 25' Air A 25' SURROUNDING PARCELS ROAD CENTERLINE PROPOSED EXTINGUISHMENT zEi.cf4