R2013-114 AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF MOTOR FUEL TAX FUNDS

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T12-0135 "Warning Time Study, attached to the Petition and made a part thereof, and further subject to approval of final specifications by the Commission as provided hereinbelow. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the City shall, in conjunction with installation of the traffic signals, install a supervisory interconnect system circuitry bet%*een the traffic signals to be installed at the Boyd Road highway-railroad grade crossing (AARJDOT #930 462H) of the Decatur Junction Railway Company and Topflight Grain Cooperative track in Decatur, Illinois, and the railroad control cabinet, and DJR shall install the interconnect circuitry from the railroad control cabinet to and through the,railroad track, all consistent with the specifications recommended in the document entitled "Warning Time Study, attached to the Petition and made a part thereof, and fudher subject to approval of final specifications by the Commission as provided hereinbelow. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the interconnect circuitry shall ble designed to provide for a minimum of twenty-five (25) seconds preemption time. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the City shall be responsible for sII costs of the interconnection circuitry and appurtenant hardware from the traffic signalsjto the railroad control cabinet and for the costs of installation of the circuitry and hardwi are from the traffic signals to the railroad control cabinet. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the City shall_be responsible for the costs of the circuitry and appurtenant hardware from the railroad control cabinet to'and along the rails and the costs of installation thereof up to $51,925, and for the reasonable amount of any additional costs . incurred for reasonable purposes as determined by the I'I Commission pursuant to petition of DJR for such additional contribution;' DJR shall be I responsible for any costs of such installation and materials in excess of$61,925 except to the extent the Commission, pursuant to petition of DJR, enters any further Order requiring the City to be responsible for any of such additional costs; DJR may request such additional contribution by supplemental petition filed within 120 days�of completion of.the work or within any extended time granted by the Commission, and DJR, as the party submitting the estimate upon which the $51,925 is premised, and as the party responsible for incurring the costs, shall have the burden to establish the reasonableness of the amounts and reasonableness of the purposes by a preponderance of the evidence. DJR's payment for any costs in excess of $51,925 shall not prejudice DJR's right to seek reimbursement from any other entity, other than the City, outside of the supplemental petition process. iT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the-City shall be responsible for the future operation and maintenance, and costs thereof, of the interconnect circuitry from the traffic signals to the railroad control cabinet; iT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Topflight and DJR or their successors shall be responsible for the future operation and maintenance of the interconnect circuitry from the railroad control cabinet to and through the railroad track, and costs thereof, and shall continue o beeo' esp onsible for the maintenance of the crossbuck an&yield signs, _ g .