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90-28 · '\ ~ 1 ". e e . . ' City of Chanhassen Carver and Hennepin Counties, Minnesota DATE: March 12. 1990 RESOLUTION NO: 90-28 MOTION BY: Workman Dimler SECONDED BY: A RESOLUTION APPROVING TRUNK HIGHWAY 101/WEST 78TH STREET CROSSING AGREEMENT WITH SOO LINE RAILROAD PROJECT 88-22B-1 WHEREAS, City staff and our consultants have been negotiating over the last several months with the Soo Line Railroad for a crossing agreement for the Trunk Highway 101 realignment crossing north of Trunk Highway 5. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CHANHASSEN CITY COUNCIL that the attached Soo Line Railroad Company crossing agreement for Trunk Highway 101/West 78th Street crossings is hereby approved. Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 12th day of March, 1990. ATTEST: ~ (]J..o.~ Don Ashworth, City Clerk/Manager ~~' Dona~ie", MaYOr~ YES NO ABSENT Chmiel Workman Bovt Johnson Dimler None None .', AGREEMENT e THIS AGREEMENT, made this 12th day of March, 1990, between the SOO LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Minnesota Corporation, ("Railroad Company") and the CITY OF CHANHASSEN, a Minnesota municipal corporation ( "City") . RECITALS: A) The City and the Railroad Company are agreeable to do certain work as listed below in connection with the establishment of public railroad grade crossings at Highway 101 (Crossing A) and at West 78th Street (Crossing B), Chanhassen, Minnesota. B) On the attached print marked Exhibit "A", which is incorporated herein by reference, the location of the proposed grade crossings are shown in red at railroad stations 194 + 59 (Crossing A) and 192 + 69 (Crossing B). WITNESSETH: e In consideration of the mutual promises and benefits herein, the parties agree as follows: 1) The Railroad Company shall provide the necessary specifications, designs, labor and materials to prepare the track structure, and construct rubber pad crossings. 2) The City shall reimburse the Railroad Company for any and all expense it reasonably incurs in connection with the establishment of the grade crossing including communications and signal pole line. The estimated cost for such construction is $66,122 for crossing "A" and $35,109 for crossing "B". The Railroad Company shall identify variances between actual and estimated costs, and advise the City whenever projected costs exceed estimates. The Railroad Company shall notify the City of cost increases before the additional costs are incurred, with a detailed explanation of why the additional expense is necessary. 3) The Railroad Company shall provide the necessary specifications, designs, labor and materials to install warning devices at the grade crossing in accordance with Section 4 ; said warning devices shall be builtin compliance with Minnesota Department of Transportation requirements. 4) The City shall reimburse the Railroad Company for any and all expense it reasonably incurs in connection with the installfltion of the warning devices as follows: A. The estimated cost for warning devices installation for Crossing A is $114,948. The cost estimate is for automatic warning devices, half roadway gates and cantilevered flashing light signals for each . '. side of the crossing. The estimated cost for Crossing B is $93,803. The cost estimate is for automatic warning devices and half roadway gates. If the Minnesota Department of Transportation requires the installation of warning devices different than or additional to those contemplated in this Section 4, the Railroad Company shall prepare and provide the City with a cost estimate of the required warning devices. The Railroad Company shall install such devices. The other provisions of this Agreement relating to warning devices shall apply as if the required warning devices were originally part of this Agreement. C. The estimated cost for the relocation of the westbound train control signal is $18,206.00. e D. e B. The Railroad Company shall revise and refine the estimated costs for warning devices after the Minnesota Department of Transportation approves this agreement and specifies the warning devices to be installed. The Railroad Company shall identify variances between actual and estimated costs, and advise the City whenever projected costs exceed estimates. The Railroad Company shall notify the City of costs increases before the additional costs are incurred, with a detailed explanation of why the additional expense is necessary. E. The Railroad Company shall credit the City for the salvage value of all material recovered as a result of this project. 5) The City, at its sole expense, shall provide, install and maintain the necessary drainage facilities, the roadway grade, the roadway surface, and the roadway approaches to the grade crossings. 6) Any flagging protection or watchmen service required by the Railroad Company for the safety of railroad operations because of work being performed by the City or incidentals thereto shall be provided by the Railroad Company. The Railroad Company shall notify the City of its intent to use flagging protection or watchmen service and the reasons therefor. The reasonable costs thereof shall be reimbursed by the City to the Railroad Company. 7) The Railroad Company shall complete the installation of the grade crossings by the end of October, 1991. The Railroad Company shall complete the installation of the warning devices by the end of October, 1991. The Railroad Company shall grant to the City an easement . 8) 2 The terms "cost(s)" and "expense(s)" as used in this agreement shall mean all items of cost properly assignable to work performed by the Railroad Company in connection with the construction, maintenance, repair, renewal or changing of the new grade crossings and warning devices, including payroll taxes under railroad taxing acts on account of labor employed in said work, plus 25 percent of direct labor costs to cover superintendence and accounting, plus 15 percent of the cost of materials to cover handling and transportation. The Railroad Company shall use reasonable efforts to minimize labor and material costs incurred in performance of this agreement. The Railroad Company, for performance of its work, may bill the City monthly for the City's share of the actual costs and expenses incurred. These progressive invoices may be rendered on the basis of the estimated percentage of the work completed. The City, after verifying that the bill is reasonable and proper, shall promptly reimburse the Railroad Company for 95 percent of the amount billed, but not to exceed the amount agreed upon. 11) The Railroad Company, upon completion of its work, shall send the City a detailed final statement of its actual expenses as incurred, including allowable additives. After the City's representatives have checked the final statement and have agreed that the costs are reasonable and proper, insofar as they are able to ascertain, the City shall reimburse the Railroad Company in an amount, less previous payments, if any, equal to 95 percent of the amount agreed upon or the amount billed, whichever is less. , . . 10) e for the necessary right-of-way for the roadways and grade crossings. The Railroad Company shall also grant permits for necessary utilities. The conveyance of the easement and permits shall be prior to the end of October, 1991. The conveyance of and consideration for the easements and permits shall be by separate instruments. 9) 12) After the City's representatives have audited the expenses as incurred by the Railroad Company, and final inspection of the installation has been made, the City shall reimburse the Railroad Company for the retained percentage and the suspended items of expense. 13) The Railroad Company may bill the City for the City's share of the costs of the materials purchased, delivered and stored on the Railroad Company's property but not yet installed. The materials shall become the property of the City and must be designated for exclusive use on the project designated in this agreement. In the event of any loss of materials after payment, the Railroad Company shall replace the materials at no cost to the City. The storage area of such materials shall be available for . 3 . . '" . ... . . e 14) City inspection upon 24 hours notice. The bill shall be accompanied by a voucher from the materials supplier indicating payment by the Railroad Company. Payment under this paragraph shall not be claimed for any single pay item less than $SOO. In the event the Railroad Company fails to install the stored material during a one-year period subsequent to payment to the Railroad Company, the City may enter the property of the Railroad Company and take possession of said material for City use. The Railroad Company shall make the materials available in the metro area for the City to take possession. The taking possession of the material by the City shall in no way serve to terminate this agreem~nt or affect the other provisions of this agreement. is) A) The City shall fully indemnify the Railroad Company against all loss, damage, liability, claims, suits, judgments, costs and expenses by reason of loss or damage to property whatsoever and injury to or death of persons whosoever in any manner arising from or growing out of, directly or indirectly, wholly or in part, any acts or omissions of the City during construction of the crossing on Railroad Company's property, except to the extent of the Railroad Company's own negligence. B) The Railroad Company shall fully indemnify the City against all loss, damage, liability, claims, suits, judgments, costs and expenses by reason of loss or damage to property whatsoever and injury to or death of persons whosoever in any manner arising from or growing out of, directly or indirectly, wholly or in part, any acts or omissions of the Railroad Company during construction of the crossing on Railroad Company's property, except to the extent of the City's own negligence. C) To the extent any loss, damage, liability, claims, suits, jUdgments, costs and expenses described in subsections A and B result from the j oint or concurring acts or omissions of both the City and the Railroad Company, liability shall be shared between the parties pursuant to the principles of joint fault. 16) Before starting work on this project, the City or its contractor, at its expense, shall furnish to the Railroad Company a Railroad Protective Liability Policy of Insurance in the name of 800 Line Railroad Company, with a combined: single limit coverage of $2,000, 000 with respect to A) Bodily injury liability, B) Property damage liability and C) Physical damage to property, with an aggregate limit of $6,000,000. Also before starting the project, the City or its contractor shall procure 4 .. '"\ . ., . . . . '. workers' compensation insurance which fully meets the requirements of any workers' compensation law in force at the location where the work is performed, including the requirements of any occupational disease law; and automobile liability insurance covering all owned, non- owned and hired vehicles engaged in or about the work site, with a combined single limit of $1,000,000. Said policies shall terminate upon completion of construction of the crossing and roadway, and written agreement by Soo Line that the project is completed. 17) This agreement shall continue in effect as long as the roadway remains on the Railroad Company property. 18) The City shall take all necessary action to close and abandon the existing West 78th street grade crossing including removal of the roadway approach from the Railroad's property after occurrence of the following: A) The completion of crossings "A" and "B" and warning devices, and their placement in service. B) The completion of and opening to vehicular traffic of T.H. 101 and West 78th st. IN WITNESSETH WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above written. CITY OF CHANHASSEN SOO LINE RAILROAD COMPANY Donald J. Chmiel MAYOR G.A. Nilsen VICE PRESIDENT-ENGINEERING SERVICE In the presence of as to Mayor: In the Presence of as to Railroad Company: JU~~ Don As worth CITY MANAGER In the presence of as to Manager: 5