City of Baltimore - File #: 10-0480

• File #: 10-0480
• Version: 0
• Name: Fort Avenue Bridge - Reconstruction, Repair, and Maintenance
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 4/19/2010
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 9/22/2010
• Enactment #: 10-360
• Title: Fort Avenue Bridge - Reconstruction, Repair, and Maintenance FOR the purpose of superseding certain laws governing the Fort Avenue railroad bridge; ratifying a new agreement between the City and CSX Transportation for the construction and ownership of the bridge; providing for the repeal of laws inconsistent with this Ordinance; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the duties and responsibilities for and the ownership of the Fort Avenue railroad bridge.
• Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
• Indexes: Bridge, Maintenance, Reconstruction, Repair

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/22/2010	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
9/20/2010	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
8/9/2010	0	Highways and Franchises Subcommittee	Recommended Favorably
8/9/2010	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report
7/12/2010	0	Highways and Franchises Subcommittee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/22/2010	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/22/2010	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/22/2010	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/19/2010	0	City Council	Introduced
4/19/2010	0	City Council	Assigned

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL

Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Transportation)

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Fort Avenue Bridge - Reconstruction, Repair, and Maintenance

FOR the purpose of superseding certain laws governing the Fort Avenue railroad bridge; ratifying a new agreement between the City and CSX Transportation for the construction and ownership of the bridge; providing for the repeal of laws inconsistent with this Ordinance; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the duties and responsibilities for and the ownership of the Fort Avenue railroad bridge.
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Background

On November 18, 2009, the Board of Estimates approved an "Agreement Regarding [t]he Reconstruction of [t]he Fort Avenue Bridge" (the "Fort Avenue Bridge Agreement" or "Agreement") between the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (the "City") and CSX Transportation, Inc. ("CSXT").

Previously, Ordinance 20-502, as amended by Ordinance 23-939 and by Ordinance 50-1150 (the "Enabling Ordinances"), authorized the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (the "B&O") to build a bridge to carry Fort Avenue over its railroad tracks (the "Fort Avenue Bridge" or "Bridge") and required the B&O to maintain and renew structural portions of the Bridge, while requiring the City to maintain the roadway and sidewalks on the Bridge.

CSXT has since succeeded to the B&O's interests in the Bridge and to the B&...