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RE SOLUTIO N NO. 45
S C:RJES OF 1993
A RES OLUTI OS AGRE EI:-:G TO NEGOTI ATE T HE CONVE YANC E OF CERTA IN
RE AL PR OPEJ;T'l TO A.'I AP PR OPRI ATE S ITE , TO APPR OPRIAT E PARTIES, AS
THE SITE FOR RELO CAT ION OF TH E E:SGLE WOOD RAILR OAD STAT IO N.
WHEREAS , th e Eagle woo d Railroa d Statior , located at Hi ghwa y 2S5 nnd Santa Fe
Drive, has histori ca l s ign ifi cnnce, hav in g bee n built in 19 15 and servi ng th e Engl ewood
commu nity u n ti l th e mad 1950's; and
WHEREAS , th e Englewoo d fui il.·oad Sta t ion wa~ co n structed pe r t he rn ilrond;;
"co unty-sen t " stand::ird and is t h e only stat ion in e xis te nce built t o ~u ch st nndnn.l: and
WH ER EAS . t he Eng le woo d Ra ilrond St.'.Jti on is sign ifi cant in bo th arch ite1.:tun: .1111.l
in t h e hi st ory of Am c r ic:in ra il r oads nnd is one of fe w ~nglcwood b ui ldings having
h is tor ical sign ificance: :ind
WH E REAS, the Englewood Rm1r oa s,,.,uo n is prese ntly va c::rn t n11d in jeop:i.rd :: of
being de moli:;he d by t h e ow ne r t o rC'm J\·e its un:iuth orized use by Lrnn s ie nts: an d
WH EREAS, th e o•,, ner h ns ngreed to pince his pla ns on hold , pend ing potenti :d
in:l~rest by the Ci ty or 01!1e.•r in t er ested p::i rti es . until Septem be r 1993 ; nnd
WHEREAS , t h e Eng lewood Rai lroad Statio n hns been inspected by a crediL :e,
lir;e ns;,d architect , who h:is ind ica:cd t he building h :i s structural integrity, a nd two
pl'Ofessional b u ilding moving s pec iali sts who su p po rt this initin l a rch itectura l evnlunu on
or" :h e struct u re; nnd
WHE RE AS , com mu ni t y organ izat io ns. such as the Englewood Cha mbe r of
Co m me rce a nd the E nglewood Historic:11 Soci e ty, are see king new loc::itio ns a nd h:i\'c
exp ressed th ei r inte r es t in loca t ing t heir ope r:iti ons in Lh c 2 000-squn re-foot Eng\e,,ood
R;1 il ron d S t a tio n ; nn d
WHEREAS, t he following organizations ha \'e indi cated th e ir willingness to he lp
pronde fundin g fo r the acquisition, rel oc::uion, and res ratio n of t he En gle wood R:i il ro:1d
St:ition
al ong with endorsement and expr essed ;upp~rt fr om ENG LE\\'000 NISTORICAL SOC /£71'.
£.\GLEll'OOD CHAM BER OF COMM ERCE , by Exec uti\'e Co mmittee, En glewoo d
Dl~velopmen t Co mm ittee, Outr each Committee, Ge n i>ra l Membership, T H E JIE RIT..\Gl-.'
Fl.\'£ AR TS GUI LD OF AJUP.-V/0 £ CO L'.\'1Y, I .V D/VID UAL OFFICE RS OF T //E
E.\'GLE\VOO D POLICE DEPART.I/EST, l .\'Dl\'IDU,\L M E.\/BER.S OF 1'/IE
LITTLETON FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC /A TIO .\', .-V?EA MERC N.'lNTS .'\.\'D 8/JSl.\'ES.S
O\\'.VE RS . TRO L LE Y SQUAR E .HERCH.-\:\'TS ASS OC I ATION. PUBLIC AND PRl \'.-\Tt:
f.\'GLE\\'000 CI TIZE.\'S. AR EA LI \\' FIR.\/S A.\'D AITOR.V EYS, AREA
.-,CC OUNTI.VG FIR .\/$ .'\.\'D CPA '.<, AREA DfffSIC/ANS; and
\\'H C:REA S, t he City or Englew ood owns :i v:1cnn t lol on tnt: so uth west co rn er or
So uth Br oadway nnd Englev.•oo cl Pa rkway, which lo t h as bee n d el~rmined to be of a size th :u
\,ould accommodate n structure the size of the Englewood R:tilrond S t a t io n; and
WHEREAS, the Greate r Englewood Chnmber of Commerce h as indicat ed its
willingness to coordinate the move, the rest oru tio11 , und the funding for this project.
NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT RE SOLVED BY THE CITY COU);C!L OF THE CITY
OF ENGL EWOOD , COLO RADO , THAT :
The City agrees to nego tiate with approp riate parties the co nveyance or leflse of
property to an appropriate site fo r the relocation o ~he Englewood Ibilroud Station .
ADO PT ED A.'ID APPROVED this 7.i«.,in y of~. 199 3.
Attest:
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Patricia H Crow, City Clerk
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~,Q1'5 (,J.w~ c1;. Wiggins, ~l uyo
I, Fatricia H. Crow, City Clerk for'fi; City of En glewood. Colorado. h ereby ce rt ify
the above i; a t rue copy of Resolution No . , Series of 1993.
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Patricia H . Crow
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