Smoky Hill River Bridge Levee Crossing Agreement
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AOHEERENT, execuwe1o'1n c'h..tplIcato as of
II' 195 9 J b:i,i and between tUSgOUR! PACIFIC
RAILRO~ CO~}PAlrY1 a. HlsS:-JUfl eorporation;herelnafter
called "Railroact,'t, and tn..;?!l CITY OF S#I.LL"lA# cIC8.nSAS, a munl-
.. elpal corporation or tl1.~ a~ate or Kansas, hereinafter
called ':C!tyll, WITUESSETlhi:
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In connection t1i~ha tloQd proteetlcm, project
b3ing developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
. along the SfiiOky H1.11 River,. Salina, Kansas, City
. . desires that Railroad: grant to it certain easements
. !nand to c~rtain of 'Raill"'CadJ a rig.~t of' \,:ay prc!,erty
': tOl" the establishment" thereon of a. levee cressing
and appurtenances, an~ for the j.mpro~len:ant of ara-ln-
. ag-.l and drtlinag,;, racl~i ties ~
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tt'he establlshment of said levee }fill necessitate
an adjustment in nai_l'road's exiatlng tracl~s, emban!c...
r.)ents and ral1facilities, and negotiations pertain-
ing thereto arc In progr-ess between the Railroad and
u. S. fl:rmy Corp a or Engineers.
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RallrQad :i.s ag:re~ableto t,Tanting the easGl.1'lenta
:referred to abovo. but solely under the tams al'10
concHt1ons hereinafter s~t fOl~h.
ll()'ld, T1lt!.tlli.t~RE,lt is agr.Jed:
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1~ In considera.'ti<.,h of the covenants of the City
hereina.fter contained, aml the faithful p;;:riormanc~ by Q1ty
.ther~of, and upon and subJect, to the ter:ns" concLtticn5 and
excepticnain this agreaneht e:q;>r.aSf3ed) Railroad heI~)by
grants, to the e;;:t;~tlt of its rigb.t, title and interest" to
City an E.:'\SBHmrr solely for th'3 purpos'es hereinafter sat
fcn~th, in and to the following descrit.-.ad tract 01'" parcel of
Railroad 's. ~ight Dr lim.y p!'{iper.ty, l1e!'>,slnafter callcdl~Pre- .
!11SeaI1, situate in f'-aline P01.rnty, !c..:1Jlsas,at Salina, to-'il1t~
. From the' lnt.erscctingwest line or Section 3,
. TOi-IDShip ll~South~ R::.nge.):2 t1eet, Saling County,
.Kansas, me<lSUrJ eantwa:t'dly, along thee~nter lina
of fhi:1.lroad t s r-Klln t~ck, 235 re~t, toth~ point of'
.tteg.L.~ing; thence !1orthwardly,at right angles to
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d~scriood course,:50.feet to a point in.Rall-
's northerly prope~~y line; thencaeast~mrdly,
Ral1roa(j' S' said tiortherly property line, 120
thence 6cuth~xard+y # at right ~.l1g1esto .,last
t1esC''ri~~d, course, 62 feet to a point 12 feet distant,
"soutl1wavdly a.t ri@'1t angles' to said center line of
'. .... 1la:G.:i..oad 'amain traclq i th~nce east\'ial'dly, parallel
with th~ sa:Hl center Itne of Railroad. 's main tracl~,
. 2312 feat ; thence nortl~!ilardly I at rightangles to
last GGscribad COtlrseJl ...62 feet to a point in Railroad · B
. ',:mid northerly p::'opi,;rty line j thenc~ eastwardly along
. 'Railroad I s said northerly property I1m~, 308 feet;
. thence south\1ardly, at' rlght angles to last described
"CGUl"OO, lOO1'2et to a point in Railroad's SQutller1y
, 'property lin':; thence tl<est~4ardlYf, along Railroad's
said southerly prop~rty line, 2740 feet; thence north-
" " wal--<.11y, 50 feet, more or les~1 to the point of 00-
" 'ginning, containing 3.00 aC!"-3S, mo:reor less.
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. Approximate location of' Prenlses is shotm l'Jhere en-
closed by brown lines en Railroa.d's Kansas Division white
print, file No. ll-C-78, prapared in Office of Assistant ,
Engineer, Osawatomle, Y.Jmsas,cated OCtOD-3P 9, 1958, revi'Bed
January 7, 1959 . marked, E)Jllb1t A, attached hereto as
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2:' This easement:: 1s grantad'to Clty solely for the'
. " fOllowing PUrpqSBS:
, (a) For the purpOS>3 of establishing, construct-
ing, maintaining, keep~ng and using across P:remisas,
a~ aI,lQ adjac..:nt to Railroad' l3 Chainage' Staticn3705 +
05. as andtmeresl1oi'm. on Exhibit A;C.lty t S one cer-
tain proposed earth leyee and appurtena.'1ces, including,
but not limited to, a .concrete s111 D;n>;ath and acJJacent
to P~i1roadta tracks, ne~inafter,collect1ve1y called
., Dlevee 11; a."ld .
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. (b) For the purpose or excavating, cleaning, re-
.'<<>nstr'Ucting, improving, changing and maintaining (1st)
an eY~sting drainage ~itch along Premises, located be-
tl'laen said Laveeand Ffll1'i?Oad':-; bridgl) JIo. 4925 (227),
as and where sho\'m onE..""Jlibi t A, ~~d(2nd) the e;clsting
chann~lof the Sncl{y.Hill Hi ver and ra"lin~ parallel
., thereto,. llhe,r'-~ the S$.r~cI'oss;)S hcmses. be::.i!ath Rail-
road's said bridge No." I}925 (227)# as 'an.d where shol'Jn
on. E:;rllibit A.
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Thasald o.ra:lna~ditch referred to In:(lst)
,ana the saldchal111.s1androvihe referred to ,in (2nd),
',of 'this subparagraph ,(b)' are sometimes hereinafter
,colle c:'(;ive ly called uDralnage F:~cl1itlesu.
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""""" 3. Except .forer,.isting pole line ofWes'l;ent'>Union
~legraph Comp?..ny and the II \'fires thereon.~1ch .'"';aI'\ltobe
'adjusted in. a.ce-ordance with the provisions of p'q.ragraph 3
"of Article II of this agrbement, 'thls g,ra."1t of 'easemerit*s.
subject and subordinate to tl1e presant and future right in
"Railroad, its successors. II ass:tgls, lessees' and. licensees, ""
: tq" }(eep" rnaintain, use" o:p;ar>ate and l~new QO, "beneath or
abovei sUl~face of Pr.arrrl.se~ any telephone, telegraph, pO''1er,
eOnlraunicat:i.on or sil'J':'lal Iltnes. 'Ooles and lor appurtenances,
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tracks, roadways, pipe li:peEI, structures or facilities of
similar .op c1iffqrent charrctel", hereinafter. collectively,
refel"Ted to as "Improvemeptsll, as nm'l located,; and to con-
$tt'Uct, install end, thercp.fterma1ntain$ use" operate a.1'ld
ranaw:t on, baneathor aborfe surface ot:' Premis'3sany or all
. of said Improvements, proVided the SSrt-e do not materially
. lnterfe~ tdth; or materi~llY impair, City'S useo! Premises
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. .. TO HAVE PJ.lD TO HOLD said easement unto City, for
69 long as P!",;m1ses shallll be. usad for the pu~oses afore-
said, it being exp!'essly Istipulated, hOi'IeVer, that Ii' City
shall abandon the U&.3 of !e-a.id Premises for such purposes,
or any part thereof, the ~aS'3oont herein granted, as to the
portion or portions so abandoned, shall expir--3 and. terminate
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at the time each such polijtion 8J.'1all be so abandoned; where-
upon Railroad shall have i~he same comp1.otetltle to Premise a
lH> abandoned as though thfa13e pzr.~sents had never been executed~
and the l"i~t to enter t~eNcn and excludaCity therefrom.
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1. City shall, I~ithout any cost or exp.~nse to Rail-
road" establish and construct, 01" arra.'1ge for the establish-
ment ,and construction of.!i the said lai/ee, and reconstruct,
improve and changa, or al~~ge for the reconstruction, irn-
, pro'lement and changing.oiJ:,. the said Drainage F.'''.c11ities in
accordance tilth: . .', ,
fa) so far as applicable, plans prepared by
the U.S. Ar.ny E.'1tZ1nq'er District, F".ans8.sClty, Corps
of Fngineers, a.'"ld ~slgnated:
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"Smoky Hill lli ver', Salina, Kansas, Flood C-entre!
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Project, Ccnstructton Plm~s for <illannal Cutoffs
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and Levees, Se9tion II"
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. dated February,. 1958,.11 ~lh1ch plans by:re:ferenee are:
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'Jnade a part hi}I'Oof; and '. . . . ,:".' ..'
. .'~lb )130 :fa!' as ap~~iCable,.speCif;~tlons pre-
pared by the U.S. Army Engineer> District, Kansas
City~ Corps .of Engin~;~rs.. and c:.leSi~ted:
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'. ''']flood -Protectiop Project, Kansas River Basin,
'. 'S.'nO!(y 11111 Rivel~Jlil Yznsas, Specifications for .
Construction of Channel Cutoffs and L9veea,.
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whieh, ~p\i."~l.r-l cattona ~y l--ere~nee are ~.ade a part . hera~
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.causa R~i'ilroad to be reimq}lrSed and pald, j..for any coata and
. expenses 1ncurrac1 by Eal1wad and as deemed necessary by
Raill'"oadfs Division Super~rteridant at Osa~Iatomie, Kansas,
fer or on .aeccu.~t of (a) 17j~azmen ,or watehmen'i c:r other pro-
teotive seI"lices, dev-licea lor stroctur-~s,.provit"iQcd by Rall-
. road to promote the safet:;ril of na:1.1road'8opel'ationn, an1}.)loyes
and property during 01" inca. dent to the est'ablishment a.1td con-
struction of said Lavee o~i the r~constructfuon~ imp!~v~ment
and Changi..11g of said Drainag:e F(~ciltties, ";fW..ar ("0) tGm~crarl1y
supporting, removing; or replacing Raill'oad:r;t,~ tracks, during
or incident totheeonstni!btion of concr~t'e sill b;~noath saId
traclcs; the saiacosts andl expensestoirrcftutl.1e (1st) cost
of all labor' jncluding lm,gbs of ro~,.;men,;il),lu$ 10% to cover
accounting, super-vision a..i!'d use of tools';"'.\('2nd) vacation,
hollA...,.. and health a1'1d \'1el!~"ara "al1owancee"iCfl' emnloyes ena.ao:ed
in o~cnnected with such 1~~0111q . (3rd) cos~{{ot materials and
supplieS f.o. b. Railroad' 3:: rails, plus 15;~'ttDcover handling"
. account1.ng and transporta~i~cn; (l~th) excise ta;cea applicable
to. said. labor and material10j a.."1d (5th) pre.m'5mi"J.s on WQr~.;:menJe
Compensation, Employers Li1hbillty, Public .t~billty and
Proryel"'t'l' D':jma~e lnsurance lanDlicable to th~ ~ork nerf. ormedor
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Servic~s furnished by Rai1iI'oad. ..... . .
3.' Railroad sha~:l, at the cost. O'fCity .fadju'st, or
En'range \'Jith vJestern Un1~: Telegraph Compa.~w for the adjust-
ment Of,E0ction of eXist~:rg pole lir.eofA:za!Ld Telegraph Com-
pany and all t11ras thereon' includ:lng thO~H!,(Jj! P.al11'ood.as
may be uccessar-,y by reaooni of the establ~Shment and constr..lc-
tion of leYda.' City asr-~~a to ray to r.aj;1:a;~w.w.. promptly
f'ollol'llng rece:lptof billllltheref0r"a.'1y.'a,n;Q.,~11 sums anc1 costs.
inCluding customaI"'J snrchrih:-ges and addit:i:C:rlis~ 1ncurr~d by
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Riilroad 8...710 said Teleg!'aW1 Compa.'1j" b;rrea'S(QIDl of, such adjust-
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-, . 4. Anything in *hiS agree~ent to the contrary
nott'I1thstan<1ing City S~1Bl11IiPre'J'(.mt any of ita, or the U.S.
Army Engineer District' s'l~ontractorc, and the agents and
employes of euchcontracto'fs, from crossing any of Ha11-
. - road t n t?acks vIlth vehicle:s or equipment of any kind or
'cha.racter eXC-3pt at open and public crossings, unless and
Ul1tl1 Buch contractor a.xec~tes a license agreement with, and
of a form S<:1.tisfactory to,111 Railroad p~rtajJ11ng to such
crossing and agrees to ,!'"3iirbur-se P.ailroad rOI" the cost or
pI'O-.r1<11ng and rer:.loving such crossing, wi:1tchclan expens,g or
other costs w!lic~ Ral1roadldeems necessa~J for protection
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. 'Railroad whatsoever, rr.aint1f-in, repair and renew thesald
Levee and the said Drainage Factlities, as."1d keep sa:td Drain-
ag-e Facl1.itles f'ree and cJJ~a.r' of .anydebris" sediment or
ether obstructive matter tihlch would interfere wlth~ or 1m- .'
pede" th~ proper funct:ton~pg thereof.
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6. Solc.nr; as the elevation of Railroad's tracks
shall be lO\'ler than tb~ e~evatlon of said Le,vee,resultlng;
in a gap therein, P.ailroadl[ authorizes City) dur,Hrg any pf,tl'tiod
or hl&'1 trlater, to te!!JPo:ra~flY fill the gap in said Levee
. whe~ intersected by R:J..l1:t'Olyad 13 _t~ckS.t provided City:.
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A.. gives roason[ftb1e advance notice to Ral11'oad
of' sue:'l bei.ng City IS ;intention.
B. furnishes anl~1 provides. at. its eolecoBt and
,expane.e" all labor anli t18teriala tor such purpose, and
. C.remoV'es" at-I!~t~ sole cost and expenE'.e, all
materials pla.ced in or over such gap for such pUl~ose
im:nedlatelyupon the II,sub81dence of the sta~ of tho
water to a point pe~U1itting such removal ~uth safety'
- to the publ! c, and r1::atorea Hailroad I s property to 8ub-
stantially its fo~ne~ condition.
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7. Cltyshall ~'1d agrees to derend, inc1er.mlfy
and hold har'mlesfJ the Hal],road from and against a'1Y and all
11~bilitY, claims" suits, /!ljuds:menta" dauagas, losses, costs
anu expenses in any mann'a~ caused by, arising out of or con-
nected \';i-th the constl"Uct~'on, establishioont" maintena..."1ce,
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rane-wal, repair" use or e4istenee or said Levee, 01" the re-
construction, imprO'le:r;ant~li changing, ma..:tntenance~ reneirial,
repair". use or existence ~f Dralnage Facilities, or any thcraor.
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P.al1road's grants herein are limited to Rail-
road's estate 1nthe proP~.l..tyconoorned ~nd ara. Mde TJlithout
,any \!larrantyof title, e)..~ress or Implieoj and no damages
11l1all be recov"'erahle from ',Eailroadbecause of anydlspossession
.of City or because of any iifailureof, or d~f~ct 1.n, Railroad' a
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9.' T'nia arrreement and all of the covanants and
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'PNvlsicris heI'eof shall r'cl...1"l l'tlth the land and inure toOl"
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bind each party's successC>l?S or assigns.
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1'();acl (s:1f:~ed), 'shall ca.U$~ thesa.me to be accompanied b~~ such
ol~1erl resolution or ordinance of the gove~1ine body of
City, paased and approved I as by law prescrib-~d, and dulY
certified" eV:1dencing 1;110 "authority of the person executing
this agreement onbeh$.lf, sf, cr ty \d th the pm'ler so to do.
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"., 'IN WlTi'lESS }iHEP~OF I ' the parties have duly executed
this agreement as of the day and year first hereinabove writ-
ten.
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tuSSOtTRXCP.'\CIFIC R1\ILROAD COf-iF'ANY
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ASS~lA~I $OCrGtaF$
CITY OF MLINA, ~'1SAS .
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,;, STATE OF rUSSOURI ~
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CITY OF ST. ~Uf;J, ~l,.-
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,crf1ce~, a no)o.ry pub :tc y.uly quaIi,fled, comnissioned" sworn
and acting in and for ,~ald Ci.t;y in S J.d State'lhereby cer-
tify, tlw.t on this I "1:(laY of . }/ A.~? ~1 ,/ . 1951 :
. Before ffi'~ perool,1fllly appeared L. A. Gregory I a
Vice President of HiSEQUrt Pacific Pill.11rcad Company, a corpora-
tion, ~Jho ispersonall:,; l-Q1,O\'Jl1 to me and 1-mmm to me .to be a
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Vi,cePresident of said conporat1on' a.nd the:catle person who
eY~cuted the i'Ol'>Cgoing inGI'~rur.v.;nt# a.."1o. he duly aclmowledged
,the eX03cution of the sarr3 for and on behalf of and as the
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. act and deed of said corporation.. .
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~ In Witness \merebr I have' here~to set ray hand
,end (),tf:1c1alsaal of Off1d~ this Ie> day Qf Gjt~U/,
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Commissicnet 'IIil~rll an:! for 1119 Cnunly of Sf. LouIs, Missoartt
, whIch adjorns Ulll City of St. LOlliS, CliissoUli, Y1l1elll \his lltt was
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STA'pe OF KAIlI,SAS, J : .
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.COUnTY OF SALUIE I
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I, , ,'-'-c III ..A/ ^--v'r-~ , the undersig)."le4
officer" a notary publiC ~tlY qualifled"cormnissicnad" sworn
a, nd, acting 1n and" for said City in ff'~ S,tate#, hereby ,6", r-
tifY, that, o,n this ! ~11! day of ,I',-"-~, " 195 / :
EefON me parsOIkl1Y ap?eared ~ thu-1 ~
". ,the III h_~ (1./. tr the City of
Salina" r..ansas, a !fu..~icipal corporation of' the State of
Kansas~ \'ihO~S ,perBCna,llYl11la1mID to me and Ic:nman to, me to be
the. r'L~1 f\.-) - I .of said ~t.mie5_pal corporation
and the - sarne Dorsod 'who eikecuted the foregoing il1strl.1r.1ent~ and
he duly aclmo~;ledq:ed the execu, tiOR of the ~U:'11'~ for and on .
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behalf of and ae the act and dead or said ;i'iunicinalcoroora-
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, . In \H.tness \'fheneof I have hereunto set my hand
and official seal of offilbe this day of
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mayor be
empo\vGred
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of the City one certain written agree-
said City and HISSOUHI PACIFIC
enter into and execute for and
m~nt dated January ~ 9,
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RAIUWAD COi>1PLIJY, respectins; the
by said RAILROAD arrl, acceptance by the
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City of perlTliGsion to install, keep
in connection wi th the
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Control Project of Salina, Kansas
,.on said Railroad1s premises in said City, true copy of said agreement being'at-:-
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tached hereto as part hereof.
Clerk of the City of
I, H. E. Peterson
Salina, ,Kansas , do hereby cerl:ifY that the above and foregoing is a
.. true copy of the Resolution duly paSS1;d, approved an:1 adopted as by law pre-
scribed, by and on behalf of said Cit)) by. the City Council on
'. February 17th
1959
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