HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990 Resolution No. 050....._,,
RESOWrIOO NO. 50
SEJUES CF 1990 -
A RESOWrIOO APPROVING AN P.GREEMml' RfXiARDING l'IIE MAINmWlCE Cf' llAR'IMlml
Avm!JE GRADE SEPARATIOO &TRllCnJRE m:n,m,I THE CIT.t Cf' EN.I.E1<0Xl AND THE Dl!2M:R
AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAIIJ\OI\D CXM>ANY AND THE ATCIIISCN, TOPEK/1 AND SANTA re
RAII».YCXM>ANY,
WHERFAS, the State Departnent of Highways, of the State of Colorado
constructed a railroad/highway grade separation structure carrying the
Railroad Catpanies' tracks and facilities over Dartlrouth Avenue and Little Dry
Creek in the City of Englewood; and
WHEREA£, DartmJuth J1venue is under the jurisdiction and control of the
City of Engl,awood and is designated as a major collector QI the Federal-aid
Urban Highwai• System; and
WIIERFJ'S, the State's project for grade separation structure wi ll be
funded in part under the provisions of Section 130, Title 23 u.s .c.; and
WHERFAS, regulations pranulgated under Title 23 u.s.c., require a written
agreeient covering maintenance responsibilities QI Federal-aid projects; and
WHERFAS, it is desirable to establish responsibility for the renewal
and/ or replacerent of the grade separation structure or CC11p0nents thereof
when such nee1 is the result of normal usage and the passage of time;
IOI, TIIEREFOOE, BE IT O!UlAINEil BY THE CITY <lXJNCIL CF 'l"E CITY Cf'
ENGLl:NXXl, COUJ/ilNJO, AS FOLLOIS:
Section 1. The Maintenance Agreement Dartm:,uth Aver,ue Grade Separation
Structure between the City of Englewood, The Denver and Rio Grande Western
Railroad Cotpany and the Atchison, Tcpeka and Santa Fe Railway Corpany is
hereby qpproved. Said Maintenance Agreement for DartmJuth Avenue Grade
Separation Structure contains generally:
A, The terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement apply to a
grade separation structure (bridge structure) carrying the railroad
coopanies' tracks over and across DartmJuth Avenue and across Little
Dry Creek.
B. The bridge structure shall include but are not limited to all
abutirents, piers, girders, walkways, hand rails and waterproofing.
1. The Atchison, Tcpeka and Santa Fe Railway carpany shall
be responsible for maintaining, 1l!pairing and renewing
and/or replacing, as needed, the east two bridge
structures and/or their CC11p0nents.
2. The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Co,pany shall
be respor.sible for maintaining, repairing and renewing
611d/or rep ,1eing, as needed, the west bridge structure
and/or its ca,ponents.
3. The City of Englewood shall bear 1/2 the oost of such
maintenance, repairs and renewals and/ or replllC8N!llts a,
the entire bridge structures except as outlined in the
Agreement under paragraph 4. When structure work
involvL~g the City participation beoares necessary, the
Railroad ca,panies shall enter into a supplemental
written agreenent detailing the t:.enNI and cooditia,e
under which the City shall bear its share of the oost.
4 • Each Railroad ca,pany shall, at its sole expense,
maintain all of the track, ties, ballast, walkways, hand
rails, waterproofing and ccmnunication and signal
facilities belonging to it and located i;,on the bridge
structure.
c. The City shall be solely responsible, physically and financially,
for the oondition and maintenance of all land and waterway areas,
including structures, grading and inproveirents located thereoo,
lying beneath the bridge structure. Under this provision, the
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City Os responsibilities include rut are not limited to, maintenance C
of the Dartmouth Avenue road,iay surface, roadbed, curb, gutter,
sidewalk, retaining wall on the north side of the roadway, and
roaa.,ay drainage. The City's maintenance responsibilities hereunder
also extend to all slope paving and cobblestone paving beneath the
structure and to Little Dry Creek's chaMel and stream bed, its
stream banks and drainage slopes , and to any existing or required
bank and slope stabilization and/or control structure and grading.
The discharge of the City's responsibilities shall be carried oot in
accordance with and neet the City' s and any other applicable
agencies' procedures, standards and criteria.
D. The City shall bear the entire cost of repairing any portia, of the
bridge structure accidentally damaged by vehicular traffic q,erating
on or adjacent to Dartm:ruth Avenue. The oost of such repairs shall
include the oost of taking and/or providing such em,rgency rreasures
as may be necessary to maintain the bridge's structural integrity
and/or to maintain oontin•Jed railroad operations through the area.
The City has the right to recover its costs £ran any person or
entity causing such damage .
E. Eac h Railroad Calt>anY shall bear the entire oost of repairing any
portion of the bridge structure and the land and waterway area lying
beneath the bridge structure accidentally damaged by reason of its
rail operations over, upon or adjacent to the structure. "nle oost
of such repairs shall include the cost of taking and/or providing
such energency rreasures as may be necessary either to assure
continued operation of vehicular traffic on Dartmouth Avenue or to
provide an acceptable alternate roote until the regular route can be
restored. The Railroad Crnpanies have the right to recover their
costs fran any person or entity causing such damage.
F. The cost of repairing, renewing or replacing the bridge structure or
any oa,ponent thereof as a result of a natural disaster or other
occurrence beyond the oontrol of the parties hereto shall be evenly
divided between the City and the Railroad Carpanies. The parties or
any of tliem may appl:,, for any natural dhaster or relief funds that
may beo:me available. If such funds are received and utilized to
offset or reinburse the parties for the CXl.lt <'.)f repairs or
replacenent, only those repair or replacenen•, oosts exceeding the
available disaster relief fun,18 shall be cc.nsidered for divisia,
between the partfos.
G. Billings for maintenance, repair, renewal or replacement of the
bridge structure or carponents thereof shall be sul:mitted to the
appropriate party within ninety (90) calendar days after cmpletiat
of the particular wor.k or after receipt of suppliers' and/or
subcontractors' bills. ~int>ursemmt for such billings shall be
made within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt.
H. The parties shall oonduct periodic inspections of the bridge
structure, as required, to determine maintenance, repair, renewal
and/or replacenent needs and shall mutually agree as to the need for
and scheduling of actions and renedies required to ilrplemmt the
results of such inspections.
l. If the parties are unable to agree oo the need for maintenance
to, repairs to, or the renewal or replacenent of the structure
or an item or carponent thereof, a qualified engineering
consultant, licensed and registered in the State of Coloraoo,
selected in unanimity by the three parties, shall rule oo the
need for such maintenance, repair, renewal or replacenent.
Each party shall pay one third (l/3) of the consultant's oosts.
Nonnally, the parties shall abide by the oonsultant' s decision
or recam-endation.
J\IXPl'ED l\ND l\PPRO\IED this 4th day of June, 1990.
Attest:
A .. ~ siisaiiVan ~yor -
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Patricia H. era.,, City Clerk
I, Patricia H. era.,, City Clerk for the City of Dlglewood, Coloraoo,
hereby certify the obove is a true oopy of Resolution No.~. Ser :.es of 1990.
Gil-iuae--ti/ ritHAF
Patricia H. era.,
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DATE
June 4 , 1990
INITIATED BY
STAFF SOURCE
ISSUE/ACTION PROPOSED
COUNCIL COIIIIUNICATIOl'I
AGl!IIDA ITl!ll
12 (f)
Public Works
SUBJECT Agre emen t for Mainten-
ance of Railroad Grade
Separation for Dartmouth at Santa Fe
Kells Waggoner, Director of Public Work.aw
Council adoption of a resolution approving an agreement with The Denver and Rio
Grande Western Ra ilroad Company and The Atchison, Topeka anc'1 Santa Fe Railway
Comp any for the maintenance of a railroad/highway grade sepurat ion structure
carrying the Railroad Companies' tracks and facilities over Dartmouth Avenue and
Little Dry Creek .
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
In late 1988 , Council discusse d the possibility that Englewood would be required to
assume the maintenance and replacement costs for the railroad grade separation over
Dartmouth Avenue at Santa Fe . Staff was d irected to work with the railroads to come
up with an acceptable agreement .
STAFF ANALYSIS
This agreeme.nt makes the City responsible for any repair work below the main
s tructure, the main structure is shared 50-50 with the railroads and that portion
above and including the waterproofing is the responsibility of the railroads .
Additionally, 1f the st~ucture 1s hit by a v ehiclo on Dartmouth , the City pays for
the repair . If damage is caused by rail operations , t hen the railroads pay for
repair .
FINANCIAL
There are no immediate financial outlay s. All obligations under this agreement
would be in the future, as repa irs are needed and/or a s replacement of the structure
become s neces sary . The estimated life of the current structure is 50 years .
MAINTf:NA~CF. AG REf:MI-:~T
DARTMOUTII AVESUE GRAUi-: SEPARATION STRUCT URE
rnr s ,\GRn:.,:E ST , r.:adc nnd e nte red int o t h h __ day or ,---:-,.,------c-' 199 0 ,
by nntl bc t,.,·ccn tl:c CITY o r E~r.!.E'h'00!>, a ::::~:n tct p:11 c o rpo ratt o :1 of tt:c St:ll c or
Colc.rnd o: hcreJ.~n f t c r c all ed "C tty", Tl!!:·: DF.S'\'i-:R ,\SD RIO GR.-\SIJ J:: 'r.'EST F.~S ~,\JL RO,\D
c o~;?,\SY, a Dcl n•.:ar .J c o r porat l r,:,, hc rctn:l f t c r c a l led "::H o Gr a 1~dc ", .\r,d THE ,\iCHl SO~,
TOP EK A ,\~;:, S,\S'T ,\ F:-: R,\JLW ,\Y :O~'.P ASY, n Dc l 31..'a r c c or po :·a t!Cln, t:c: e t ~nf t e :• c a lled
"S~n ta r c .·• Coll ec ti ve l y Ri o Gr a nt!i:: and Sa:,t a re a rc ~c rcl:rnf tc r c:i l lcd ":i a l l ro.!d
Co:::pani c !.".
~ 1 TS F.S SET!I:
•••EnF.AS , t he State Dep art ::.e nt o f 1!1g h ... ·ay s, Dtvlst o n o f ii tgh ... ·a;·s, S tate of'
ColoradJ ("S t nt e "), ..,,1c, concl:rrcnce of tt:e City an d t he Rntlroad Co:-.;,a niev , \o'1ll
const rcct a rail r oa d/h !g h"'·a y gra de scparat!.0:1 structure carrying the Railroed
Co=p a n !e s' tracks nnd f i!c 111l1 c s over Da r t ::i outh Avenue and Little Dr y Cree~ in the
City of Engle'-'Oo d, Colorado ; an d
\i llER E.\S, Oar t l:l outh .\venue is under the J urisdic t ion nnd cont r ol of the City
and is designate d ns a l!l ojor collector on the Federal-aid Urban H1gh"'·ay Syste::i j a nd
WHERE AS, Dartmouth Avenue presently crosses the Railroad Companies' tracks
at grade in the vicinity of Rio Gr an de :-iue Post 6.98 and Santa Fe ~tle Post 729 .94:
and
WHEREAS, the State's pr oject for the grade separation str1.:cture 'will be func!ed
in part under the provisions of Section 130, Title 23 U.S.C.; 2nd
',,'H EREAS, r egulat i on s pr omu l g ated under Titl e 23 U.s .c . requi re a 1,;ritten
agree::en t covering ma inten a:-.cc respons ibilities on Federal-aid pr ojects requiring c
use o f railroad property or changes in railroa d faciliti e s : and
',,j ~ER EAS , t he City a nd the Ra ilroad Companies are adequately staffe d and
suitably e(iuip ped to 1:r,aintain the grace se paration str ucture in a ccordance \.'1th the
responsibilities provided he r ein; and
',,'HER EAS, it is desirable ·to establish responsibility for the re ne\ola.l and/or
replac err.e nt of the grade separation structure or components thereof \o'hcn such need
is the result of no rm al usage an d tho pa ssage of time .
SOW , THEREFORE, in consideration of the premi s es and of the mutual covenants
a nd agreer.i ents here in contai ned, the par ti es hereto promise and agreo as follows :
( 1) The terr.is and con di t1ons set forth here 1 n apply to a grade separation
structL:r c, ide ntified as s truc ture nmt ber F-16 -QP., hercinoftcr collcd
"b ri dge s t ructur e ", cerryi ng the Ra t lroad Com panies' tracks over and
ncros s Dar t r.:outh ,\ven ue a nd :1c r o ss Littl o Dry Creek, all 1n tho City of
En gl e,..ood, Col orado a s s ho\./n on Exhibit A attac hed hereto and n:o t!c o. pnrt
he r e of .
(2) The bridg e struc ture nnd its compo ne nts , :ls use d herein, shnll i nclude,
but a rc not li mite d to , all nbutmcnts ,· pi e r s , girders, '-'nlk1o·oya, hond
r oil s, a nd \.1otcr proo fing .
(3) Santa Fe shall be respon s ible for matntatntng, repairing, and rcnc-.,Jng
a nd/or re plac ing, os nee ded , the eas t t1o·o bridge s tructures nnd/or their
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co:.:pon cnts .
iHo Grande ,_,t 11 ?:>c responsib l e f or t:",o intntnt ng, rc;:,:itrt ng, nr.d
re:1c· • .-tr:g on d/or r cp l r.c1 ng, as :1ccc!cd, tho .,,est brlt!gc st n:ctlirc ti~tl/or
1 ts c or.:poncnts,
Ctty of f nglc'-'00d , Coloroc!o sh::tll bear ( 1/2 ) t he C "I S t of Sl!C!l
rr.:1 t :1 tc :,anc e , r epa irs rsn d rcnc,,.als and /o r rcp l o.c e:n c :it s o n t l':c enti r e
Lrtc!gc stn.:ct :..ircs esccp t as o\1t ltr.cd tn p:lra.gra.ph (·1). \i!":c:1 strccturc
1,.-o r~ t n,•olvtng Cit:, pa.r tt c t potton bcco::c s r.cccssory , tl:c Ra il road
Co;::;:,an tcs st.all enter t :1t o a s up;,lc:::cnta l 1.·r itt e:1 P.gr cc=.e n t Cctnilt~g t he
tcr::s n:1 d c o::d ttt o~s ~:1:c!cr 1,:hich ttl? City s?;all bc3r its shnr c oi tl:c
cost.
(.t) E.:.c!1 Rnilroad Co c pany s!ia ll, ilt its sole cspensc, t:3 1nto1 :1 311 of t t:c
t rac:f, t i es, ~ollast, •,,alk..,·c.ys, hand rails , .. ,aterproofi ng a1:d
cor.:::im ic atio:, a :,d s1e.::::il f aci lities 'Jelo:iging to lt ond located \:;,0:1 t he
bric!gc stri.:cture.
·s) The City shall be solely responsible, phy sically and financially, for
the condition nnd :Daintenance of all land and \.!aten.·ay areas, i ncludi ng
atructures, grading, ond tmp ro,.·ca:ents located thereon, lying beneath tho
bridge strccture. Under this provision , the City 's responsibilities
include, but are not li mited to, ma intenance o f the Darte1outh .\venuo
r oad\lay surface, roadbed, curb , gutter, aidewa lk, retJ'i ntna: \.'all on the
north side of tho rond1o·ay , Bil d r oad\.·ay drainage. Tho City"s ma intenance
respons ibilitie s hereunder also extend to all slope paving and
co'Jblestone paving beneath the structure and to Lt ttle Dry Creek's
channel and strenm bed, its st ream banks and drainage slopes , and to ony
existing or required ban!< and slo;>e stabilization and/or cont r ol
structure a nd gr a ding .· Th e discharge of the City's responsibilities
shall bo carri ed out in accordance \.!1th an d 1teet the City 's and any other
applicable agencies' procedures, standards a n d criteria .
(6) The City s hall bea r t ho e:,tire co s t of re pairing any portion of t ~e
bridge structure accidentally dam:?.ged by vehicular trafrtc operating on
or adjacent to Dartlilouth Avenue . The cost of such repairs shall 1ncluc!a
the cost of taki ng Bnd/or providi ng such emergency measures as may be
necessary to maintain the bridge's structura l integrity and/or to
caintain continue d railroad operations through the area, Tho City has
the r ight to recover its costs frol!l nn y person or entity causing such
dama ge. ·
(7) Each Ra"1lroad Company shall bear the entire cost of repairing a ny port ion
of the bridge struct ure a nd the land and vater1Jay area lying beneath the
bridge structure .1ccidenta lly dama ged by rt'ason of its rail operations
ove r, upo n or nd j::ic cnt to the s tructure . The cost of such re pairs shall
i nclude t he cost of taking nnd/or providing such Cl!':ergcr.cy measu res ns
may be nece s s ary ·et ther to assure cont i nue d operation of vehicular
t raff ic on Da r t mou th Avenue or to prov ide a n acce ptab le al t ernn t e rout e
un ttl the regul ar route con be r estored . The Ra1lro11d Comp ani es have the
rJg~t to recover t heir costs fr oo any person or entity cnustng such
da:nage .
{S) The cost of repairing , renewing, or rcplnc tng the brlllge structure or
nny comp onent thereof ns a rc s ul t of o. natural disaster or other
occur re nce beyond the con trol of the pnrties hereto shn ll be <:vcnly
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divided bct..,·ccn tl10 City an d the Ra llrond Cocpanics. Tt:o parties or nny ('i
of thct:l cay apply for a ny natural disaster or relief fu:it!s that oay j
bcco1tc av31l a blc . Jf s uch f und~ arc r c c c i \'cd nnd utili z ed to offset or
r ct r.:bur s e t he pa r ties for the cos t o f repairs o r rc;:,lacer:c :1t, only t hose
rc:poJr o r r c pl :1cc•::c nt c os t s c xc ccd l 1:g t he n.v:til n~ll! d lsas t e:r re l1 c f fu n c!s
st:a ll be cons 1rlcrcd fo:-C:tv!sion bct·R·C'cn 0:1.'? pa rties.
(9) 31111 :~g s f or □al :1 t c r.:'!:1 ce , rc ;rn t r , rc 1~c•.:;'1 o r rc ;,lilc c ::e ,t o f t he brtc!ce
stn:cturc or c o::;,on c nts the r eo f shall to s u~::i i t :ccJ to th e e;>;>l'0?1 ·1ato
party ..,,1th1n nl r.ct.y (90) calendar da;·s 3 tel' c o::-;p ]cttei:, of t ho part1cul3r
1,:or~ or after r ecei pt of s ~1ppl1 c r s ' d::d/o r s,:b c o::tr:i c ·:ors' !:>ills ,
i;!l!l mlrn rsc::cnt fo r scch b1lll r:gs shall be :nn do ·•1t h 1n t:111'ty (30) calc::c!ar
days of receipt.
(10) The pnr ti c s shall conc!.c ct periodic 1:1spectto:-:s of tt:c bridge strt:ct\:rc,
a s rcq'Jired, to dcter::itr.e 11u1intcnar:cc, r e pair, rc::c..:31 2r.d/or rcplace??:cnt
r.c e ds a nd shall ~utcally ~gr c c a s to the need f oi· a ::d scl:ed ullng o f
e ct lon s ind rci::e dt e s rcqu ., red to 1:i ?l e ~c nt t he results of s uch
1 ns;Ject1ons .
If the parties are unable to agree on the r.eed for n:a1ntenanco to,
repairs to, or tt:c rencvel or replacement of the structuro or an 1 teci
or component thereof, a qualified engineering consultant, licensed and
registered in the State of Colorado, selected Jn unanirJity by tho three
parties, sha ll rule on tho need for such tiaintcnance, repair, reneuol or
replacci::ent . Each pa rty shall pay one third (1/3) of tho consultant's
costs. !\o r ?I:all y, the parties shall ab ide by the co:1sultant 's decision
or t·ecoMendation .
If a party ts dissatisfied vtth a . consultant's ruling involving C
cor.ditton·s \.'hich t:1ay ultiir.ately affect tho s\.ructural integrity of the
brlc!ge structure, that party ir.ay unc!crto.ke, at its 0\.':1 expense, vhateve r
steps 1 t c!ecms necessary to insure the structure 's integrity and then
seek judicially dcterc tned reimbursecent the r efor fror.i the other parties
for their share of such costs, on the basis that the .,.·ork ,.,as necessary
to ensure the structure's 1ntegr1 ty.
(11) l\'otificatton, correspondence, end other cocmu11icatioris relative to the
interpretation, implecentation and adr.11nJstr c t1on of the terms of this
Agreement shall be addressed to: ·
(a) Director of Public Works
City of Englel.'ood
3400 South Elati Street
Er.gle,,.·ood, Colorado 60110
(b) Chief Engineer
The De nver and Rio Gr an de West e rn
Rni l road Co:npany
P .O. Box 5482
Denver, Colorado 60217
(c) Reglono.1 Mnnagcr
The Heh I son, Tope kn and Santa Fe
RsJlvay Company
P.O. Box 1738
Topeka, Kansns bb628
( 12) Tho tcrc s or thl a Agrecr:cnt ahnll bocc,:::ie crrcctt\'o upon complotton of
conatructlon by the State or structure number F-16-QE e.nd or ita
ncccpta:1r:e by tho City and tho Rallro3d Coapontu. i i,!a Agrcci::cnt shall
rema in in effect unttl such ti co 01 the parties hereto are, by lav or
othcr,.:tsc, rcuc,•cd of t?:c rc1ponaib tl1tlc1 ogrcc d to herein ,
( 13) Tho co,•cn3:,t1 herein contained ahall bo binding upon nnd tnura to tho
bcncfi t o r tho 1uccc11ors ond n11 tgn1 of tho partica t:croto
rcspecttvcly ,
1~ \.i'ITSESS 'irl1iERE0F, tho part1e1 hereto ha\'e caused thi ■ Agree!llcnt to bo
e xecuted by tl';eir duly aut?iortz.ed office r• the d3y and J·ear first a~o\'o ":ritten.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
CITY OF ESGLE','00D
By _____________ _
Mayor .
TME DESVER ASD RIO GRA~DE
WESTERN RAILROAD CO)IPANY
By _____________ _
General ·Hauger
TME ATCHISON, TOPEKA ASD SANTA FF.
RAILWAY COMPANY
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