IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION expressing approval of projects for improvements to the Kansas City Terminal Railway and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company tracks.
Intro
RESOLUTION # 13862, October 22, 2001
INTRODUCED BY Bill Petrie, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission has received an application for and is considering the incorporation of a transportation corporation to be known as the "Westside Intermodal Transportation Corporation" and approval of the construction of a grade separation, to be known as the "Argentine Connection" and a major rehabilitation of the Kansas City Terminal Highline Bridge and elevated approaches; and,
WHEREAS, the area included in the construction of the Argentine Connection Project is a portion of the Kansas City Terminal Railway west of the Union Station, extending to the Missouri/Kansas state line, which would create a double-track connection into the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Argentine yard from the Kansas City Railway trackage, located in Jackson County, Kansas City; and,
WHEREAS, the area included in the major rehabilitation of the Kansas City Terminal Highline Bridge Project is a portion of the Kansas City Terminal Railway of Union Station, also extending to the Missouri/Kansas state line, located in Jackson County, Kansas City; and,
WHEREAS, the Missouri Transportation Act, § 238.310.3, RSMo 2000, requires that any such project be approved by every county, city, town, and village in which all or part of the project may be located; and,
WHEREAS, the Public Works Director has reviewed the written application and the preliminary plans and specifications for the projects and recommends that the improvements as shown by such preliminary plans and specifications be undertaken; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature expresses its approval of the construction of the Argentine Connection and Kansas City Terminal Highline Bridge Rehabilitation Projects, in accordance with the preliminary plans and specifications, and creation of the Westside Intermodal Transportation Corporation under consideration by the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 13862 of October 22, 2001, was duly passed on ___________October 29___________________,2001 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas______9________ Nays_____0______
Abstaining____0_____ Absent___0______
Date Mary Jo Brogoto, Clerk of Legislature