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THIS AGlJ~, Ma.d~ this 7th day of' November , 1960, be-
tween seaboard Air Line:R.ailroad Company, a corporation. of' Virginia,
heI"einaf'terdesignated . "Railroa.d", and the City of'. Clea.rwater,a munici-
pal corporation of the State ~ Florida, hereinaf'ter designated "City";
WITW!ESE;rHTiIAT 'W.HEaEAS,Ci tydesires to open Jones Street in
Clearwater, Pinellas Coun.ty, Florida, between Garden and Myrtle Ave:Q.ues,
which will :tnvolve the cross1ng,at grade, of'Railroadi s main line track
and tracks SV 12a.ndSV4.1, the center line of' the crossing being 2257
f'ee-t,JI/Ore or lega, southwardly f'romlta11roadi s MilePost 874, as in-
dicated in RED on copy of'Railroad' s Division Engineer's drawing No.
2501 dated .August 1,1960, attached hereto ase. part hereof';
NOW, TlIEREFORE, in considerationof'the nmtual covenants and agree-
ments of' the parties hereto, it is agreed as follows:
1. Railroad he.reby grants Ullto City the right and privilege, te!'-
minable as and upon the terms and conditions hereinaf'tereXpressed, of
constructing the said street, at grade, over and upon the right of' way
and tracks of' the RaiIroad as aforesaid.
2. City will, at its sole expense, construct and thereafter main-
tain in good and saf'econdi tion the street crossing permitted to be
constructed hereun4er.
The cros$ingwill necessitate the raising of track SV 41 approxi-
mately six inches, the cost of' which, together with other track work
at thecrol;lsing) i.s estiIrlated to be $450 , and City wi.llpromptly
reimburse Railroadf'or the actual expense) incu:rred by it.
City agrees that the construc'tion and maintenance of the said
street and crossing upon Railroad is right of'way and tracks will be
so conducted as not to 1.mpedeordelay the passage of'equipment
operated by Railroad.
Allworklione by theei t.y"w:tth:in the limi,t.s 0'1' 'the right of' way
of' the:Ra,ilroa:d .s.ballbeperf'ormed in accordance with suchinstruc-
tions as anautbol"i~edrepresentativeof' the RaiJ.xoad shall consider
necessary or .advisable to safeguard. the Railroad's property or its
operations and,except incaseofemerg,ency, a:r'te:ratleast f'ived8.ysv
notice in writing to the DivislonEngineerofRailroad.
3. It lsexpre'sslyu.ttde:rstooda.nda.greed that City will bear aU
expense inconnectiqnwith .tmy change oralte:rationin the location or
arrangement of' the wires or poles of'R8.i1.road, andjor those of the
Western Union Telegraph Company located on the right of' way of'Rail-
road, in order to provide proper clearance at said crossing.
City further agrees to provide adequatedrai:na.ge facilities So
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that the construction of the street and crossing upon.Railroad i s
right of way will not interfere with the proper drainage thereof.
Should the said street at any time, in the opinion of Railroad,
interfere wi thoI' retard the drainage of the right of way and property
of ' Railroad, Oi tysha.ll, uponn.oticeso t.o do and at its sole cost ,
remedy such cOnQi tionin a manner satisfactory toaa.ilroad.
4. The cost ot" a:rry we.tchman service made necessary incident to
the construction of the street shall be borne by Oi ty . Railroad may,
with the approval of City, furnishsuchwatchmauservice as it deems
necessary and City Will,uPQnbillsrendered,reimb1.lrse it for the
cost thereof.
5. If to comply rlththe requirements and orders of the .lawso.f
theSta.te of Florida, or other governing body having pOwer to promul-
gateor enforce reg.uJ.ations, it becomes necessa.ry hereafter to modify
or change the ~ber, elevation, alignment or otherwise modify or
change the location of the Railroad's tracks, factIi ties or operation
on its right of . way. or modify or change the elevation, alignment or
location of the saidcroBsing across the right of way and tracks of
the Railroad, all cost and expense of a;ny natu.r.e whatsoever that ma::t
be required by such changes, modifications or add! tions by; the
presence ofsald right of way and crossing, shall be paid for solely
and entirely bY the City, and the maintenance and operation of such
right ofwe:yand crossing under each modified or changed condition
shall be borne solely and entirely by the City, and such changes,
modificationsor~itionSshall be accomplished only in accordance
wi thplans and specifications approved by tbe:R.a1J,xoad, and the
pro.secution .of the work under such pJ..a.ns and specifications shall be
subject to the supervision, inspection and a.PFova.l of' the Railroad.
6. No tax assessment or levy ofa.n.y kind shall be made against
Railroad, nor expend! ture required of Railroad, on account of drainage
facilities. installedoI' .constructionwork perf'ormed by C1 ty in cormec-
tionwi th the said. erO.asing. .
7. Ci tywill, in so far as it la'Wfull,yJIJB.Y, indemnify .lta,iJr oad
and save it harmless from all liability, loss, cost or expense which
Railroad may incur, or which ma::t be sought to be imposed upon Rail-
road, as a result of the faulty construction and maintenance of that
portion of the street on Railroadis right of way which City is obli-
gated to construct a.nd ma.i.ntainhereunder.
City will also indemnify Railroad from all liability, loss, cost or
e.xpense arising as a res:ul.t of loss or damage to property or equipment
of City used in the coflstruction and II1aintnenanceof'i:;he said cross-
i:ng, or arising as a relID.lt of injury or death to employees of City,
except where such injury or death is due to the sole negligence of'
Railroad.
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8. Railroad reserves the right to make .a;ny desired changes a.t. .a;ny
time in its tracks or other facilities or to install, maintain and
opera.t.eadditionaltracks or other facilities on its right of way and
at said crossing, and the City agrees to bear the entire cost of.a;ny
changes in paving or iIithedrainage,as well as the cost of additional
;paving required ofiaeco:u.nt ot such changes or installations made by the
Railroad.
9. City sha.11ba.ve no right hereunder to construct, maintainor
operate nor to permit or authorize others to construct, maintainor
operate, electric, telephone or other wireaor 'poles, orga.s, water,
sewer or otherplpes} ma.1ns or conduits, ortra:cksorother facilities
of any kind,upon, t)veror beneathsa.id street permitted to be con-
structed hereunder.
10. The hazard created by the opening of the croasingwill
necessitate the inata.1lation of automatic train-approach warning
signals, and CitY' agrees to bear all expense incident thereto.
11. The privilege herein granted is for use of said right ofwtLy
and property for street purposes only, and should any-part thereof at
any time cease to beus:ed for such purposes, or should City default
in any of its undertakings herein contained, Railroad may a.t any tim.e
thereafter,a.t itSO]ItiOO1, cancel this agree:aent by written notice
toC! ty. U',pon Su,chcancellation, all the privileges. herein granted
:shall revert . to Itai1.road.
12. Unless sl)Oner terminated as and inthe:ma.nner hereinprovide9-,
this agreement shall continue in . effect so long as.RaiJ.road.shallcon-
tinue to operate the rs,ilr0a.4 now of Tampa & Gulf Railroad Company at
Clea.rwater, Florida, and shallterminat.e Ulpn cessa.tion of' Sl,lchopera=
tion by Railroad.
INT]l)T:rMONYWHERmF, the parties hereto have caused these presents
. ~-je dul.y signedandaealed, the day a.ndyee:rf'irst above written.
Attest:
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Vice-President;. ~
Witnesses as to Railroad:
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