Boulevard DistrictsPreliminary Plans and Surveys

Section § 26130

Explanation

Before building a boulevard or asking voters to approve funding through bonds, a commission must hire engineers to do necessary surveys and create detailed plans for the boulevard's location and design. These plans include maps, construction specifications, and cost estimates.

Once the commission approves these plans, they become the official plan for the boulevard project and are recorded in the commission's records. The commission can also choose to have the county surveyor or county engineer handle any of the engineering tasks.

Before the construction of any boulevard and before the calling of any election for the issuance of bonds, the commission shall employ one or more engineers who shall make all necessary surveys, prepare maps showing the location, cross-section and profile of the proposed boulevard. The engineer shall also prepare specifications for the construction of the boulevard and estimates of the cost of construction and of acquiring rights of way.
These surveys, maps, specifications and estimates shall, upon approval by the commission, be formally adopted by order entered upon its minutes and filed with its secretary and when so adopted shall constitute the plan of the district for the proposed boulevard. The commission may, at its option, direct the county surveyor, or county engineer, as the case may be, to do any of the engineering work.
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Section § 26131

Explanation

This law allows the county board of supervisors to use money from the county's general fund or road fund to cover the costs of preliminary surveys. These expenses must be approved through the standard legal process for presenting and approving claims.

The expense of making the preliminary surveys may be allowed by the board of supervisors out of the county general fund or the general county road fund upon claims regularly presented and allowed in the manner provided by law.
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