File #: 17842    Version: 0 Name: Supplemental Agreement (Missouri Highway Transportation & Union Pacific Railroad)
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/5/2012 In control: Public Works Committee
On agenda: 3/5/2012 Final action: 3/12/2012
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Supplemental Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission and the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the purpose of permanently closing an at-grade railroad crossing located on a portion of Old Lexington Road.
Sponsors: Bob Spence
Indexes: HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION, OLD LEXINGTON ROAD
Attachments: 1. 17842adopt.pdf, 2. 17842AGMT.pdf
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a Supplemental Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission and the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the purpose of permanently closing an at-grade railroad crossing located on a portion of Old Lexington Road.
 
Intro
RESOLUTION #17842, March 5, 2012
 
INTRODUCED BY Bob Spence, County Legislator
 
Body
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4379, dated January 3, 2012, the Legislature did authorize the vacation of a portion of Old Lexington Road due to the proposed closing of an at-grade crossing by the Union Pacific Railroad to reduce hazardous railroad crossings; and,
 
WHEREAS, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission recommends the execution of the attached Supplemental Agreement for the purpose of setting forth the mutual understanding and obligations of each entity with regards to the closing of the Old Lexington Road  crossing; and,
 
WHEREAS, the execution of the attached Supplemental Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission and the Union Pacific Railroad Company is in the best interest of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the attached Supplemental Agreement is hereby approved and that the County Executive is hereby authorized to execute on behalf of the County the Agreement and any other documents necessary to give effect to this Resolution.
 
 
 
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
 
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Chief Deputy County Counselor                  County Counselor
 
 
Certificate of Passage
 
      I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #17842 of March 5, 2012, was duly passed on March 12, 2012 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:
 
      Yeas ________6_______                  Nays ______0________
 
      Abstaining _____0______                  Absent ______3______
 
 
 
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Date                                          Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature