HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-086-12/19/1968-RELATING TO INSTALLATION OF CROSSING PROTECTION OF THE COLORADO AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY MAIN CROSSING A RESOLUTION
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO
INSTALLATION OF CROSSING PROTECTION. OF THE COLORADO AND
SOUTHERN RAILWAY MAIN CROSSING AND DRAKE ROAD
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the members of the City Council of the
City of Fort Collins that installation of automatic flashing light signals with
audible warning devices at the crossing of the Colorado and Southern Railway
Company main line and Drake Road would greatly decrease the possibility of
accidents at such intersection, and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has heretofore requested the Colorado
and Southern Railway Company to install such devices, and
WHEREAS, under Section 115-4-6, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1963, the
Public Utilities-Commission of the State of Colorado is authorized to allocate
the costs of the installing of automatic or other safety appliance signals or
devises between the interested railroad, the State's highway crossing protection
fund and the political subdivision of the state involved, and
WHEREAS, the Colorado and Southern Railway Company is willing to
install the above mentioned safety devices and has tendered an agreement
between said Company and the City, which agreement has been approved by the
City Manager and the City Attorney, and
WHEREAS, upon approval and signing of said agreement by the interested
parties, an application should be made before the Public Utilities Commission
for the allocation of the costs of such installation, with the request to be
made that the Colorado and Southern Railway Company pay 107 of said costs, the
City of Fort Collins 107 of said costs and the State's highway crossing pro-
tection fund paying the remaining 807 thereof
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the terms and provisions of the proposed agreement between the
Colorado and Southern Railway Company and the City of Fort Collins be and the •
same hereby are approved,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk be and they
hereby are authorized and directed to execute said agreement for and on
behalf of the City of Fort Collins, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon full execution of said agreement,
the City Attorney be and he hereby is authorized to submit an application before
the Public Utilities Commission for allocation of the costs of the installing of
the safety devices in the manner hereinabove set forth.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this
19th day of-December, A. D. 1968
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