Shasta County supervisors were set to consider a Resolution of Necessity on Feb. 24 for easements tied to the Parkville Road at Ash Creek Bridge Replacement Project after negotiations with Victor and Karen Trione failed to produce an agreement, according to a county staff report.
The report says the county needs three permanent easements and three temporary construction easements from the Trione property for the bridge project. It says the county’s appraised offer for the needed property interests was $24,500, including fence and gate relocation, and that further negotiations involving counsel were unsuccessful. The filing also says Mr. Trione signed easement documents in July 2024, but Mrs. Trione did not.
The project would replace the existing Ash Creek bridge because staff described it as functionally obsolete, too narrow for current traffic and lacking modern safety features such as adequate railing and approach guardrails. The new alignment would sit immediately downstream of the current bridge to maintain traffic flow and reduce impacts to adjacent property, the report said.
A separate letter filed by attorneys for Victor and Karen Trione asked the clerk of the board to place their objections into the record for the hearing. The letter says the owners oppose the proposed taking of easements across APNs 057-300-006, 057-300-014 and 057-300-015 and contend the project is not planned or located in the manner most compatible with the greatest public good and least private injury. It also argues the county’s Government Code 7267.2 offer process was incomplete because, they say, not all interest holders were named and offered compensation.
The staff report says the bridge replacement project is estimated at $5 million and is fully funded by federal funds, with no additional General Fund impact. It says the board would need to make the findings required under state law to adopt a Resolution of Necessity.