RES 1985-52 - 00005170119
RESOLUTION NO. 52 - 1985
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF
TRANSPORTATION TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY TO IMPROVE THE
RAILROAD CROSSINGS IN THE CITY OF FRIDLEY.
WHEREAS, the Commissioner of Transportation and the Burlington Northern
Railroad Company agree to improve the railroad crossings within the City of
Fridley; and
WHEREAS, the County Highway Department is scheduling the improvement of
Osborne Road in 1986; and
WHEREAS, during this improvement the railroad crossing can be improved to
include rubberized type crossing materials; and
WHEREAS, the second railroad grade crossing in Fridley is at 77th Way; and
WHEREAS, the crossing still has one or two years of life expectancy; and
WHEREAS, when the crossing is improved it also will be replaced with
rubberized type crossing materials; and
WHEREAS, the cost of these improvements are not to be borne by the City of
Fridley
NCW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Fridley requests the
Commissioner of Transportation to enter into an agreement with Burlington
Northern Railroad Company for the installation and maintenance of railroad
crossing signals at the intersection of 77th Way NE with the tracks of
Burlington Northern Railroad Company in Fridley, Minnesota, and appointing the
' Commissioner of Transportation agent for the City of Fridley to supervise said
project and administer available Federal Funds in accordance with Minnesota
Statute, Section 161.36 (1984). The City's share of the cost shall be 0
percent of the total cost.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the improvement of the 77th Way grade crossing
will be completed with rubber type mats; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the improvement of the County grade crossing on
Osborne Road will be completed in conjunction with the road project in 1976
with rubber type mats, and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in the event that highway improvements
necessitate a rearrangement of the signals at said crossing, the party whose
improvaient causes said changes will bear the entire cost of the same without
obligation to the other.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE QTY COUNCIL OF THE QTY OF FRIDLEY THIS 2011H DAY OF
NAY, 1985.
WYLLIAM J. NE ^ - `,Y R
ATTEST:
SIDNEY C. 7 - CITY CLERK
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