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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-106 - BNSF Railway\`~ ~ CS BILL N0.2008-106 ORDINANCE NO. 2008 - 106 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY FOR AN EASEMENT FOR THE HORIZONS PARKWAY PROJECT WHEREAS, the City of Riverside, Missouri ("City") has engaged in negotiations with BNSF Railway Company. ("BNSF") for the acquisition of an easement necessary for the construction of a bridge as part of the Horizons Parkway Project (the "Acquisition"). WHEREAS, the City and BNSF have reached an agreement concerning the provision of an easement, and payment for such Acquisition. NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Riverside, Missouri, as follows: Section 1. The City of Riverside is authorized to enter into an agreement whereby the City, for the sum of Seven Thousand Four Hundred dollars ($7,400.00), shall acquire from BNSF an easement for the benefit of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, approximately 100 feet in width, to locate, survey, construct, maintain, inspect, operate, protect, and repair a bridge structure along a route specified in the agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Agreement"). Section 2. The execution and delivery of the Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A„ is approved, and the Mayor, City Administrator and City staff are authorized to execute such final Agreement and to take such other actions reasonably necessary to carry out the intent of this Ordinance on behalf of the City, the execution of the Agreement being conclusive evidence of such approval. Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. Passed this ~~d"ay of Septenber, 2008. Mayor Kathleen L. Rose ATT C' y Clerk u~ j S"iATE OP P9lSSOURI SS COU~lTY OF PLATTE , ~j d s I CERTfz"Y IhSiRUt9EFil RECEI!'ED /,~ ~' 205 OCT 3~J A 9~ I I RECOP.OEOEtOt~S~~~PO. ~~ OLORI 30YLR.PLA(IE CO.RECORDER ~_~~ lq~~ 015086 t~C~/ NQ~E f} `~ ~Q~~ CITY OF RIVERSIp~ CCO Form: RR19 Horizons Parkway, Platte County Approved: 09/95 (MGB) MoDOT Job No. J411709B Revised: 11/04 (BDG) City Job No. 7PW5974 Modified: 11/07 (DW) EASEMENT KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter "Grantor"), whose address is 2500 Lou Menk Drive, Forth Worth, Texas 76131, in consideration of Seven Thousand, Four Hundred and no/100 Dollars ($7,400.00), and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which Grantor hereby acknowledges, does hereby remise, release and quitclaim unto the MISSOURI HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (HEREINAFTER "Commission"), and the CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, a municipal corporation (hereinafter, "City") (collectively hereinafter, "Grantee"), subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, an EASEMENT for the construction, maintenance and repair of a grade separation structure to carry Horizons Parkway over the Grantor's mainline railroad track, located at Milepost 7.00 upon the Grantor's St. Joseph Subdivision, Nebraska Division, upon and across the following described premises, situated in Platte County, State of Missouri, to-wit: MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: A TRACT OF LAND FOR PERMANENT BRIDGE EASEMENT PURPOSES LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 50 NORTH, RANGE 33 WEST, IN RIVERSIDE, PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI, BEARINGS ARE REFERENCED TO GRID NORTH OF THE MISSOURI STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM, 1983, WEST ZONE, AND COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, T50N, R33W, BEING A FOUND 1-1/2 INCH PIPE WITH NAIL, PER CERTIFIED LAND CORNER DOCUMENT NUMBER 600- 61553; THENCE S00° 29'11"W ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST w b c~ u t!7 ~o 8~ 1130PG0759 QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 357.05 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE RAILROAD, AS NOW ESTABLISHED; THENCE S 65°23'28"E ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE 319.32 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING S 65°23'28"E ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 98.41 FEET; THENCE S 16° 06'40"W, A DISTANCE OF 101.11 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE RAILROAD, AS NOW ESTABLISHED; THENCE N 65° 23'28"W ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 98.41 FEET; THENCE N 16° 06'40"E, A DISTANCE OF 101.11 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. THE TRACT DESCRIBED ABOVE CONTAINING 0.2259 ACRES (9,841 SQUARE FEET) OF PERPETUAL EASEMENT, WHICH IS HEREBY GRANTED TO THE CITY. A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT TO THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED PROPERTY IS HEREBY GRANTED TO THE CITY AND COMMISSION FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS AFTER THE DATE WHEN THE COMMISSION EXECUTES THIS DOCUMENT, OR UNTIL THE COMPLETION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRADE SEPARATION STRUCTURE DESCRIBED ABOVE, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST, AND THEREAFTER THE PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THIS TEMPORARY EASEMENT TO THE CITY AND COMMISSION SHALL CEASE AND BE NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RESERVING, however, unto the Grantor, its successors and assigns, the right to construct, maintain, use, operate, relocate, reconstruct and renew such tracks and facilities as it may at any time, and from time to time, desire within the limits of the land hereinbefore described, including the right and privilege to use said land for any and all purposes, not inconsistent with the use thereof for highway purposes. ALSO RESERVING, however, unto the Grantor, its successors and assigns, the right to construct, place, operate, maintain, alter, repair, replace, renew, improve and remove communication lines above, below and on the surface of the premises, including, without limitation, transmission by conduit, fiber optics, cable, wire or other means of electricity, voice data, video, digitized information, or other materials or information, including the right of ingress and egress in any such manner as does not unreasonably interfere with Grantee's use of the premises for said highway, and further reserving unto Grantor, its successors and assigns, all right and privilege of ingress and egress to said premises as Grantor, its successors and assigns may require to investigate and remediate environmental contamination and hazards. BNSF 07741 Riverside, MO 2 84t I' 13OPGO759 The foregoing easement is made subject to and upon the following express conditions: (1) The easement is subject to existing interests in the above-described premises to whomsoever belonging and of whatsoever nature and any and all extensions and renewals thereof, including but not limited to underground pipe line or lines, or any type of wire line or lines, if any. (2) Any and all cuts and fills, excavations or embankments necessary in the construction, maintenance, or future alteration of said highway shall be made and maintained in such manner, form and extent as will provide adequate drainage of and from the adjoining lands and premises of the Grantor; and wherever any such fill or embankment shall or may obstruct the natural and pre- existing drainage from such lands and premises of the Grantor, the Grantee shall construct and maintain such culverts or drains as may be requisite to preserve such natural and preexisting drainage, and shall also wherever necessary, construct extensions of existing drains, culverts or ditches through or along the premises of the Grantor, such extensions to be of adequate sectional dimensions to preserve the present flowage of drainage or other waters, and of materials and workmanship equally as good as those now existing. (3) The Grantee shall bear the cost of removal, relocation or reconstruction of any and all right of way fences, telephone or telegraph poles, or other facilities, the removal, relocation or reconstruction of which may be necessary by reason of the use of said premises for said highway purposes. (4) The Grantee shall, at its own cost and expense, make adjustment with industries or other lessees of Grantor for buildings or improvements that may have to be relocated, reconstructed or destroyed by reason of the construction and maintenance of said highway on said premises. (5) This instrument is granted according to the terms and conditions of that Grade Separation Construction and Maintenance Agreement between the Grantor and the Grantee for the project designated by the City as Horizons Parkway Phase 2, and designated by the Commission as Job No. J411709B, and made subject to the terms and conditions contained therein. (6) The Grantee or its contractor(s) shall telephone Grantor to determine if fiber optic cable is buried anywhere on the premises; and if so, the Grantee or its contractor(s) will contact all affected telecommunications companies, and make arrangements with each of these companies for protection of the fiber optic cable prior to beginning any work on the premises. BNSF 07741 Riverside, MO 3 5~ ! ! 30PG0759 (7) The conditions made applicable to the Commission under the foregoing paragraphs (1) to (6) shall, after the completion of the above-described grade separation structure, be applicable to the City only, and shall no longer be applicable to the Commission. (8) If at any time the use of the premises for the purposes of the perpetual easement described herein should be abandoned or discontinued by the Grantee, the easement over the premises shall thereupon cease and the Grantee shall surrender or cause to be surrendered to the Grantor or its successors and assigns, the peaceable possession of said described premises, and title to the said premises shall remain in the Grantor, or its successors or assigns, free and clear of all rights and claims of the Grantee and of the public for use and occupancy of the premises. (9) The Grantor does not warrant its title to said premises nor undertake to defend the Grantee in the peaceable possession, use or enjoyment thereof; and the grant herein made is subject to all outstanding rights or interest of others, including the tenants and licensees of the Grantor. (10) The Grantee shall not have exclusive possession of said premises. The Grantor, for itself, its successors and assigns, lessees and licenses, reserves all other rights to said premises not inconsistent with the rights and easement herein granted. The Grantor also reserves the right for itself, its successors and assigns, lessees and licenses to operate the existing railroad tracks or such other railroad facilities as are necessary for the operation and maintenance of said railroad tracks under, over, upon and across the same such additional tracks and such other railroad facilities as are necessary for the operation and maintenance of Grantor in the future; provided, however, that no building other than those of fireproof construction shall be constructed and used within said premises and no such building shall be constructed to a height greater than the elevation of a horizontal plane which is eight (8) feet below the underside of the lower member of City's highway structure and no facility shall be affixed to City's highway structures without city's approval. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE SAME, together with all the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging to Grantees for public use and enjoyment for the purposes aforesaid and for no other purpose whatsoever subject to the terms and conditions hereinbefore stated. BNSl 07741 Riverside, MO 4 8~ ! 130PG0759 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Easement on the date last written below. Executed by the Railroad this 19tH day of p1 , 2008. Executed by the City this ay of k fl i/11~GGe"/`~_-. , 2008. Executed by the Commission this day of ~'1 Pl , 2008. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY By alen E, Wintermute Title: Manager-Land Revenue Management CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Title /~'CU.l~1~v ATTEST: BY {%~t~~?iL(~Geis~ ~'1L:~Zd'IlIJ~ Patricia Zbicho ~ Title: Assistant Secretary Approved as to Form: ATTEST: By Titl Approved as to Form: p~'e~~-_--' Ordinance No o~~d,~ ~4~i' BNSF 07741 Riverside, MO 3~ 1' 130PG0750 MISS~OIJR HIGHWAYS AND TRA SPQR TON CO ION By Title ~ir~f ~[~ ATTEST: By \ 5e~~ o ~1A --._. Title the Commission Approved as to Form: ~~~~ Counsel -~ RNSI% 07741 Riverside, MO 6 3~`F~I30PG0759 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY THE GRANTOR STATE OF TEXAS ss COUNTY OF TARRANT ) q ~ On this / ~ day of y , 2008, before me personally appeared Dalen E. Wintermute, kno to me, who being by me duly sworn, did say that he is the Manager -Land Revenue Management of BNSF Railway Company, and that said instrument was signed and sealed on behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors, and that he acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation and that it was executed for the consideration stated therein and no other. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and afFlxed my official sal iyrffie county and stat~foresaid the day and year written above. Not ry Public ~ My ommission Expires: ~~~ ~~~ 75 RHONDA BURTON My Comm~sslon Expires September 21, 2008 BNSF 07741 Riverside, MO G~'l130~'G0759 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY CITY STATE OF MISSOURI COUNTY OF PLATTE SS On this ~b~ day of ~'~~7~eM'~ec 2008, before me appeared ~cn~~\~~ ~. '~~ personally known to me, who being by me duly sworn, did say that he/she is the ct of the City of Riverside, Missouri, and that the foregoing instrument s signed and sealed on behalf of the City of Riverside, Missouri, and that he/she acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of the City of Riverside, Missouri, and that it was executed for the consideration stated therein and no other. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal in the county and state aforesaid the day and year written above. Notary Public My Commission Expires: ~cn.,ec~ec ~~~ ~d\\ BNSF 07741 Riverside, MO 3~taEl30PG0/5g 015086 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY THE COMMISSION STATE OF i ~ ~ ) ss COUNTY ~~( ) On t is ~~- day of ~C~"D~/' , 2008, before me personally appeared / h known to me, who being by me duly sworn, did say at he/sue is the p~`n~~jr of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission and the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the official seal of that Commission and that the instrument was signed in behalf of the Commission and by its authority and he/she acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said Commission. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal in the county and state aforesaid the day and year written above. ~~~~. Notary Public My Commission Expires: "'~ ~Y'P~~ LINDA K.CONNER ;=o~ !%; NOi~ ~ = MyCanmissbnEzpires = . ~ * January 24, 2010 :~'•. SEAL: 9~ a MariesCounty 9 1 OF~ 4 Commissbn#06828 BNSF 07741 Riverside, MO 9