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RESOLUTION RATIFYING EXECUTION OF VARIOUS AGREEMENTS WITH BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY PERTAINING TO THE WESTERN WATERFRONT TRAIL.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the execution of the agreements listed below with the BNSF Railway Company making a temporary easement for the Western Waterfront Trail permanent and formally approving a trail crossing of the tracks, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits A, B, and C, at a total cost to the city of not to exceed $29,000, payable from Fund 437-030-5530 (Spirit Mountain Capital Improvement Fund, Finance Department, Improvements Other than Buildings) are hereby ratified:
Exhibit Document Title
A First Amendment to Easement
B Agreement for Private Crossing
C Crossing Surface Installation Agreement
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to ratify agreements that amended an existing, temporary easement for the Western Waterfront Trail to make it permanent and to approve a permanent trail crossing of the BNSF Railroad tracks northeast of Spring Street. These agreements are necessary to straighten out some old property issues related to the Western Waterfront Trail (the "Trail") northeast of Spring Street in Riverside which were brought to the fore by the construction of the Spirit Mountain Water Line Project.
In 1982, the City had acquired from the BN (predecessor to BNSF) a permanent easement for recreational trail purposes over railroad property northeast of the Spring Street area. This easement did not include property adjacent to the Tate and Lyle malic acid plant, which is located just northeast of Spring Street and southeast of the railroad. The original plan was to have the Trail cross over to Tallies Island and follow the river to the Riverside Marina before coming back to City-owned easements adjacent to Duluth, Superior, and Mississippi Railroad line.
Unfortunately, this plan could not be i...
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