HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-176 Resolution No. 97-176
RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A CONSTRUCTION AND
USE AGREEMENT WITH METRA
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN,
ILLINOIS, that Robert 0. Malm, Interim City Manager, and
Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk, be and are hereby authorized and
directed to execute a construction and use agreement on behalf
of the City of Elgin with Metra for expansion of the Big Timber
station commuter parking lot, a copy of which is attached
hereto and made a part hereof by reference.
sl Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly, Mayor
Presented: June 25, 1997
Adopted: June 25, 1997
Vote: Yeas 7 Nays 0
Attest:
sl Dolonna Mecum
Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk
CONSTRUCTION AND USE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, made this 3Q—" day of , 1997, by and between
the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, a division of an Illinois
municipal corporation ("Metra") and the City of Elgin, an Illinois municipal corporation
("City"). Metra and City are hereinafter sometimes individually referred to as a "Party" and
jointly referred to as the "Parties".
RECITALS
A. Metra desires to enter upon the premises of City for the purpose of constructing
improvements to an existing commuter parking lot ("Existing Lot") and
constructing an expansion of the Existing Lot ("Expanded Lot") all on property
owned by the City and located at the southwest comer of the intersection of Big
Timber Road and North Lyle Avenue delineated on Exhibit "A" and legally
described on Exhibit "B", which Exhibits are attached to and made a part of this
Agreement ("Premises"). The Existing Lot and the Expanded Lot are hereinafter
sometimes jointly referred to as the "Parking Lot".
B. City is willing to permit Metra to enter upon such Premises to construct said
improvements on the Parking Lot upon the terms and conditions set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the Recitals set forth above, which
are hereby incorporated in this Agreement, the agreements, covenants and conditions set forth
below and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged and accepted by the Parties, Metra and City hereby agree as follows:
1. City hereby agrees to permit Metra to enter upon the Premises for the purpose
of constructing improvements to the Existing Lot and constructing Phase I and Phase II of the
Expanded Lot ("Project").
2. Metra, at its sole cost and expense, shall construct the Project substantially in
accordance with the pre-approved plans and specifications prepared by Bollinger, Lach &
Associates and dated December 30, 1996.
3. Metra agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless City its officers, agents and
employees, from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs, payments and
expenses of every kind and nature as a result of claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings,
judgments or settlements, arising out of or occurring in connection with the construction
activities of Metra on the Premises pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, except to the extent
such liabilities, losses, damages, costs, payments and expenses are caused by the acts, omissions
or negligence of City. City agrees to notify Metra in writing within thirty (30) days of the date
City becomes aware of any claim which may fall within this indemnity provision.
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4. With respect to the Project, Metra shall self-insure or require its contractors or
subcontractors to procure the insurance coverage set forth on Exhibit "C" attached to and made
a part of this Agreement. The insurance specified shall be carried until all work required to be
performed under the terms of this Agreement is completed. Metra, its contractors or
subcontractors shall furnish to City certificates of insurance evidencing the insurance coverage
required herein and showing City as an additional party insured.
5. As consideration for Metra's construction of the Project, City agrees that the
Premises shall be used as a commuter parking lot and that City shall at all times provide a means
of access to and from the Premises for use by commuters and Metra's employees or contractors
for a period beginning on the date which the Metra Fixed Facilities, as hereinafter defined, are
first used in revenue service, as such date is determined by Metra, ("Commencement Date") and
ending forty (40) years from the Commencement Date ("Use Term"). Metra shall own all the
improvements constructed or installed by Metra on the Premises for the Project, including
without limitation the asphalt, curbing and light fixtures and all other materials used to improve
the Premises and related or appurtenant facilities, equipment or fixtures ("Metra Fixed
Facilities"). Failure of City or City's permittee, licensee or lessee to allow the Premises to be
used as a commuter parking lot for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days during the Use Term
shall be considered a City default under the terms of this Agreement. If this Agreement is
terminated for any reason by City and Metra has not defaulted under the terms and conditions
of this Agreement or City defaults under the terms and conditions of this Agreement and, as a
result of such City default, Metra is forced to terminate this Agreement, Metra shall be
compensated by City for the Metra Fixed Facilities for the remainder of the (a) Use Term; or
(b) the end of the actual useful life of such Metra Fixed Facilities, as such useful life is
determined by Metra, if the actual useful life is less than forty (40) years ("Use Period"), in an
amount equal to the average of the original cost and the replacement cost of each such Metra
Fixed Facility taken out of service because of termination, reduced by that percentage of the Use
Period which has expired before such termination. Such payment shall be made in full within
sixty (60) days after City's termination of this Agreement or interest at a rate of one and one
half percent (1 1/2%) per month shall accrue on any unpaid balances due. In the event this
Agreement is terminated for any reason by Metra and City has not defaulted under the terms and
conditions of this Agreement or Metra defaults under the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and, as a result of such Metra default, City is forced to terminate this Agreement, City shall not
be required to compensate Metra for the Metra Fixed Facilities and Metra shall convey such
Metra Fixed Facilities to City; provided, however, that Metra may remove from the Premises
those Metra Fixed Facilities which do not interfere with the structural integrity of the Parking
Lot. In the event Metra. removes Metra Fixed Facilities from the Premises, Metra shall restore
the Premises to as good a condition or to a better condition that that which existed on the date
of this Agreement. This Section shall survive construction of the Project by Metra.
6. Metra shall operate and manage, or caused to be operated and managed, the
Parking Lot during the Use Term in accordance with established Metra standards for the
operation and maintenance of commuter parking lots and such other terms and conditions
reasonably acceptable to the Parties. Metra agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless City
its officers, agents and employees, from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages,
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costs, payments and expenses of every kind and nature as a result of claims, demands, actions,
suits, proceedings, judgments or settlements, arising out of or occurring in connection with
Metra's operation and management of the Parking Lot pursuant to the terms of this Agreement,
except to the extent such liabilities, losses, damages, costs, payments and expenses are caused
by the acts, omissions or negligence of City or arise or result from the acts of persons over
which Metra has no authority or control during hours which Metra is not providing commuter
services to and from the City as such hours are established by Metra's published train schedules.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Metra shall not be liable
for losses, damages, costs, payments or expenses of any kind or nature resulting from claims,
demands, actions, suits, proceedings, judgments or settlements, arising out of or occurring in
connection with the use by the public or the condition of North Lyle Avenue lying easterly of
the Premises and hereby specifically excluded from the Premises. City agrees to notify Metra
in writing within thirty (30) days of the date City becomes aware of any claim which may fall
within this indemnity provision.Metra's operation and management of the Parking Lot pursuant
to this Section shall satisfy the City's obligation to use and operate the Premises as a commuter
parking lot under Section 5 of this Agreement but only with respect to that portion of the Use
Term that Metra operates and manages the Parking Lot.
7. All notices, demands, elections, and other instruments required or permitted to
be given or made by either Party upon the other under the terms of this Agreement or any
statute shall be in writing. Such communications shall be deemed to have been sufficiently
served if sent by commercial courier, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, with
proper postage prepaid or sent by facsimile transmission by Metra or City at the respective
addresses shown below or to such other party or address as either Party may from time to time
furnish to the other in writing. Such notices, demands, elections and other instruments shall be
considered as delivered to recipient on the day of delivery if sent by commercial courier, on the
second business day after deposit in the U.S. Mail if sent by certified or registered mail or on
the first business day after successful transmission if sent by facsimile transmission.
(a) Notices to Metra shall be sent to:
Commuter Rail Division
547 W. Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois 60661
Attn: Director, Real Estate & Contract Management
Phone: (312) 322-8010
Fax: (312) 322-4288
(b) Notices to City shall be sent to:
City of Elgin
150 Dexter Court
Elgin, Illinois 60120
Attn: Corporation Counsel
Phone: (847) 931-5655
Fax: (847) 931-5665
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8. This Agreement and the rights and obligations accruing hereunder are binding
upon the Parties and their respective legal representatives, successors and assigns. This
Agreement may not be assigned except upon the prior written approval of Metra. No waiver
of any obligation or default of City shall be implied from omission by Metra to take any action
on account of such obligation or default and no express waiver shall affect any obligation or
default other than the obligation or default specified in the express waiver and then only for the
time and to the extent therein stated. Whenever the context requires or permits, the singular
shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular and the masculine, feminine and
neuter shall be freely interchangeable. In the event the time for performance hereunder falls on
a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, the actual time for performance shall be the next business day.
This Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Illinois. This Agreement,
together with the exhibits attached hereto (all of which are incorporated herein by this
reference), constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or any paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase
or word or the application thereof is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall be
construed as if such invalid part were never included and this Agreement shall be and remain
valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law provided that the Agreement, in its
entirety as so reconstituted, does not represent a material change to the rights or obligations of
the Parties. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms set forth in the body
of this Agreement and the terms set forth in any exhibit hereto, the terms set forth in such
exhibit shall govern and control.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their duly authorized officers on the day and year first written above.
THE COMMUTER RAIL DIVISION OF CITY OF ELGIN:
THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
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EXHIBIT A
TO THAT CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION
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EXHIBIT "B"
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PREMISES
THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 41
NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE CENTER
LINE OF THE SLEEPY HOLLOW ROAD WITH THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY
LINE OF THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 19 MINUTES WEST ALONG SAID
NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 1,446.7 FEET TO THE ORIGINAL CENTER
LINE OF THE BIG TIMBER ROAD, FORMERLY HUNTLEY ROAD; THENCE NORTH
56 DEGREES 49 MINUTES WEST ALONG SAID CENTER LINE 1,889.29 FEET TO
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF A TRACT OF LAND CONVEYED TO LORA E.
TRAEGER BY DEED DATED AUGUST 30, 1961 AND RECORDED SEPTEMBER 7,
1961 IN BOOK 2098, PAGE 408 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 958219 FOR THE POINT
OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 16 DEGREES 13 MINUTES WEST ALONG THE
WEST LINE OF SAID TRAEGER LANDS 811.64 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY LINE
OF SAID RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; THENCE NORTH 79 DEGREES 43 MINUTES
WEST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 510 FEET; THENCE
NORTH 16 DEGREES 13 MINUTES EAST PARALLEL TO THE WEST LINE OF THE
TRAEGER LANDS AS AFORESAID 1019.46 FEET TO THE CENTER LINE OF BIG
TIMBER ROAD, FORMERLY HUNTLEY ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 56 DEGREES 49
MINUTES EAST ALONG SAID CENTER LINE 529.99 FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING, IN THE TOWNSHIP OF ELGIN, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS,
EXCEPTING THEREFROM ANY PORTION THEREOF FALLING IN NORTH LYLE
AVENUE.
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K �° �� CONSTRUCTION INS' LANCE REQUIREMENTS - EXHIBIT C
REQUISITION NUMBER 38439 SPECIFICATION NUMBER 2766 dated December, 1996
The Contractor shall take out and maintain during the life of this contract, the following insurance as specified by the insertion of policy limits
and other Insurance as the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation DIBIA Metra/Metropolitan Rail may from time to time
require.
GENERAL FINANCIAL RATING
POLICY HOLD- OF
ER RATING OR BETTER
TYPE OF COVERAGE OF OR As Published By Bes. AMOUNT REQUIRED
BETTER rs Key Rating Guide
1 WORKERS'COMPENSATION
Coverage A-Statutory _
Coverage B-f $100,000.00
2. COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL LIABILITY(BROAD FORM): $500.000.00
Bodily Injury Liability&Property Damage Liability Each Occurrence
(COMBINED)
I:WA
Aggregate
3. EXCESSCOMPREHENSIVEGENERALLIABILITY-EXCESSOF $NIA
PRIMARY LIMITS(2) Each Occurrence
Bodily Injury 6 Property Damage(COMBINED)
$WA
Aggregate
4. AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY:
Bodily Injury Liability&Property Damage Liability $500,000.00
(COMBINED) Combined Slagle Urn
5. OWNER'S PROTECTIVE LIABILITY' $WA
Bodily Injury Liability b Property Damage Liability Each Occurrence
(COMBINED)
$WA
Aggrag
6. RAILROAD PROTECTIVE LIABILITY: fWA
Bodily Injury Liability 6 Property Damage Liability Each Oceurrsnn
(COMBINED)
$WA
Aggregate
7 EXCESS RAILROAD PROTECTIVE LIABILITY SHIA
Each Occurrence
$WA
AA gregate
6. BUILDER'S RISK INSURANCE , $WA
9. PERFORMANCEIPAYMENT BOND I $Full Value of Contract
10. OTHER INSURANCE $WA
Additional Insured shall be as follows: NORTHEAST ILLINOIS REGIONAL COMMUTER RAILROAD CORPORATION D/BIA METRAIMETROPOLITAN
RAIL and the COMMUTER RAIL DMSION
The Contractor shall not commence Work herein until he has obtained the required insurance and has received approval of such insurance by
Metra. Certificates of Insurance indicating amounts and coverages in force shall be furnished to insureds, within ten (10) calendar days after
award of Contract.
All policies are in effect at this time and will not be canceled, modified, limited or allowed to expire without renewal until 30 days written notice
has been given to Metra. Such notice shall be sent by certified mail to Metra,care of the Risk Management Director,14th Floor, 547 W.Jackson,
Chicago, IL 60661.
The Contractor's policy will insure all liabilities assumed by the Contractor under the provisions of the Hold Harmless and Indemnity Clause
contained in the Contract The Contractor shall be responsible for arranging that all subcontractors maintain the necessary insurance
requirements.
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City of Elgin Agenda Item No. C (0-1)
June 19, 1997
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Robert O. Malm, Interim City Manager
SUBJECT: Agreement with Metra for Expansion of Big Timber
Station Commuter Parking Lot
PURPOSE
To present for city council consideration a proposed agree-
ment with Metra to allow Metra to expand its Big Timber
station commuter parking lot onto adjacent property owned by
the city.
BACKGROUND
The Metra Task Force has previously identified the expansion
of the Big Timber station commuter parking lot as a proposed
improvement for Metra facilities within the city.
The city owns property adjacent to the Metra parking lot
consisting of approximately 10.659 acres. This property was
acquired in 1979 by the city through IDOT and the federal
government with an urban mass transmit grant.
Attached is a proposed construction and use agreement between
the city and Metra. The. agreement provides that Metra shall
construct at its sole cost and expense the expanded parking
lot -facilities . Phase I of the project provides for the
construction of 120 parking spaces on the east side of the
improvement project site with sidewalk along Lyle Avenue,
lighting and storm sewer. Phase II of the project includes
the remaining portion of the property and provides for the
construction of 295 parking spaces, lighting and completion
of drainage improvements. This phase of the project will be
scheduled when the parking addition in Phase I is fully
utilized. A site plan depicting the expanded parking lot
facilities is attached to the agreement as an exhibit. The
construction plans for the project have been reviewed by the
city's engineering department.
The city would agree to allow the property to be used as a
commuter parking lot for a period of 40 years. Metra is
required to operate and manage the parking lot during the
term of the agreement.
Agreement with Metra
June 19, 1997
Page 2
COMMUNITY GROUPS/INTERESTED PERSONS CONTACTED
The proposed parking lot expansion has been recommended by
the Metra Task Force.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
None.
` LEGAL IMPACT
None.
ALTERNATIVES
1 . Approval of the construction and use agreement with
Metra to provide for the expansion of the Big Timber
station commuter parking lot.
2 . No expansion of the Big Timber commuter station parking
lot.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the council approve the proposed
construction and use agreement with Metra to provide for the
expansion of the Big Timber station commuter parking lot.
Respectfully submitted,
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Robert 0. Malm
Interim City Manager
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