File #: 24-0331R    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/23/2024 In control: Public Works and Utilities
On agenda: 5/13/2024 Final action: 5/13/2024
Title: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A GRADE CROSSING AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH BNSF RAILWAY TO REMOVE RAILROAD CROSSING ON RALEIGH STREET AS A PART OF THE RALEIGH STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, FOR APPROXIMATELY $13,965.00.
Attachments: 1. RaleighResolution, 2. Resolution Exhibit 1

                     

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A GRADE CROSSING AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY TO REMOVE RAILROAD CROSSING ON RALEIGH STREET AS A PART OF THE RALEIGH STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, FOR APPROXIMATELY $13,965.00.

 

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CITY PROPOSAL:

RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to execute a grade crossing and maintenance agreement with BNSF Railway Company, a Delaware corporation (“BNSF”), substantially in the form as the agreement attached as Exhibit 1, for the removal of an at-grade BNSF rail crossing on Raleigh Street, payable from Fund 411-035-5530, City Project No. 2057

 

Statement of Purpose

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution authorizes a grade crossing and maintenance agreement with BNSF Railway Company, a Delaware corporation (“BNSF”), for the removal of an at-grade rail crossing on Raleigh Street, for approximately $13,965.00.

 

The at-grade rail crossing to be removed is on Raleigh Street approximately 500’ east of Grand Avenue. 

 

BNSF requires that the City enters into this agreement to allow the removal of the crossing, and the construction of the new road as part of the Raleigh Street Reconstruction Project, City Project No. 2057.