City of Madison - File #: 34809

• File #: 34809
• Version: 1
• Name: Approving Plans and Specifications, and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with C.D.L. Electric, Inc. to install the necessary improvements pursuant to CFR Parts 222 and 229 to create Quiet Zones in the City of Madison
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/9/2014
• In control: BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
• On agenda: 8/5/2014
• Final action: 8/5/2014
• Enactment date: 8/7/2014
• Enactment #: RES-14-00595
• Title: Approving Plans and Specifications, and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with C.D.L. Electric, Inc. to install the necessary improvements pursuant to CFR Parts 222 and 229 to create Quiet Zones in the City of Madison. (6th AD)
• Sponsors: BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/5/2014	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt Under Suspension of Rules 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, and 2.25	Pass
7/16/2014	1	BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT UNDER SUSPENSION OF RULES 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, & 2.25 - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
7/9/2014	1	Engineering Division	Refer

Fiscal Note
Estimated Cost: $650,000.00
Funds Available in accounts:
CS53-58201-810357-00-53W0954 53TIF036 $450,000.00
CS53-58201-810357-00-53W0954 $200,000.00
Title
Approving Plans and Specifications, and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with C.D.L. Electric, Inc. to install the necessary improvements pursuant to CFR Parts 222 and 229 to create Quiet Zones in the City of Madison. (6th AD)
Body
WHEREAS, because regulation of rail/highway safety is preempted by the Federal Rail Safety Act, 49 U.S.C. 20106 and 23 CFR 140, 900 to 140, 922 of the United States Code, the City must follow applicable regulations in the construction of rail/highway grade crossings; and,

WHEREAS, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations 49 CFR 222 and 229 establishes procedures for the establishment of Quiet Zones within a municipality. These rules and regulations set forth certain standards for establishing Quiet Zones. At a minimum a quiet zone must have signals and gates at every railroad crossing within the Quiet Zone and be at least (½) one half of a mile in length; and,

WHEREAS, the CITY desires the installation of highway-railroad grade crossing warning devices in order to establish quiet zones at the following railroad crossings with the noted improvements:

DOT # 177842N, Thornton Bike Path Signals, gates, CWT, Power off and battery backup;
DOT # 177840A, Dickenson St. Signals, gates, CWT, Power off and battery backup;
DOT # 177839F, Baldwin St. Signals, gates, CWT, Power off and battery backup; and,

WHEREAS, the crossing protection equipment sought to be installed under this project will be placed primarily on property controlled or owned by the Wisconsin Southern Railroad Company (WSOR), or jointly controlled right-of-way, and, after installation will be operated, maintained and controlled by WSOR pursuant to 49 CFR 234; and,

WHEREAS, without an order from the Commissioner of Railroads, the work and crossing improvements desire...