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RESOLUTION
No. 78 - 49
A RESOLUTION REPEALING RESOLUTION NO.
76-91 PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION ON
AUGUST 1, 1976; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A
RAILROAD REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WITH
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FOR INSTALLATION AND FUTURE RESPONSIBILITY
OF GRADE CROSSING PROTECTIVE DEVICES ON
PIERCE STREET IN THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, the City Commission on August 1, 1976, passed Resolution
No, 76-91, which authorized execution of a railroad reimbursement agreement
with Florida Department of Transportation for installation and future
responsibility of grade crossing protective devices on Pierce Street which
included an agreement by the City to provide ten per cent of the cost of the
project, which cost has now been taken over by the Florida Department of
Transportation and should not be included in said resolution; and
WHEREAS, the City of Clearwater has been informed that the Florida
Department of Transportation has received Federal funds under Section 230
of the 1973 Federal Highway Act that will permit certain intersection
improvements in the City of Clearwater; and
WHEREAS, the Pierce Street railroad crossing is scheduled to be
provided with cantilevered flashing lights and gates at an estimated cost
of $41, 000; and
WHEREAS, the City would be required to pay an annual maintenance
fee after installation thereof; and
WHEREAS, the City feels it to be in the best interest and welfare of
its citizens that the Florida Department of Transportation be requested to
approve the installation of such railroad corssing signals and gates on a
priority basis on Pierce Street;
NOW, THEREFORE. 13E IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
IN SESSION REGULARLY AND DULY ASSEMBLED, AS
FOLLOWS;
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1. That Resolution No, 76-91 passed by the City`Comntission on
August 1, 1976, is hereby repealed in its entirety.
2.'" That the City of Clearwater hereby officially requests the Florida
Department of Transportation to approve the use of Federal funds received
under Section 230 of the 1973 Federal Highway Act for the installation on a
priority basis of cantilevered flashing lights and gates at the railroad crossing
on Pierce Street in the City of Clearwater, Florida.
3. That the City of Clearwater hereby agrees to pay an annual
maintenance fee after installation thereof.
4. That the appropriate officials of the City are hereby authorized
to execute and deliver any agreement required by the Florida Department
of Transportation to implement this project.
5. That a certified copy of this Resolution be forwarded forthwith
to the Florida Department of Transportation, Bartow, Florida.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of April, A. D. 1978.
(11,1va,09, _: ??rA
ayor-Commissioner
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City Clerk
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