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<br />~ <br />~t\)\~ <br />1'~ \Y-' <br />,l~~~ <br />~~~~~ <br />\,j) <br /> <br />- <br /> <br /> <br />.... ---III fU;.L~~ ; !...:~~!.~d~J~'!:'~i <br />6~lqt;ll~">b~ <br />M~R 85 '9912:4SPM PROPERTY M~NAGE:MENT <br /> <br />r--I~VL <br /> <br />f ,;~~; L.L..; i ~€..hj! Lu..... <br /> <br />P.2/3 <br /> <br />BNS~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />S....I..A.H ~11TU;YS^'LII'I' <br />~.miQ' VePltrat Ar,orM}> <br /> <br />TkCl 8urlington NorUlctn 1'11'11,) <br />SI1ntD Fe Railw;y Company <br /> <br />3011 Lo~ Monic DrJ.1: <br />[:0" Warth. Texas 761 J 1-1830 <br />(817) 352-2354 - Tch:l'hol'll: <br />(8 (7) 3~2.Z397 - Fax <br />S.fultBaiti~NSf,C3m <br /> <br />March 2, 1999 <br /> <br />VIA ~ DELNERY <br />Vernon A Williams <br />Offic~ of the Secretary, Case Control Unit <br />SUtface :transportation Board <br />1925 K Street, N. W: <br />Washington DC 20423..0001 <br /> <br />Re: BNSF Abandoamellt Exemption Between E. Minneapolis and Rollins Oil, ib. <br />HeDDepiD aud Ralll.sey Counties, MN <br /> <br />Dear SeCfetary Williams: <br /> <br />At the requ~st of the Minnesota Department of Tnnsportation (MN DOT). a 180-day <br />public use condition was imposed on December 29, 1998, in the referenced docket. <br /> <br />In order to facilitate the location of a new rail shipper facility (Triangle Warehouse) and <br />rail spur within the abanoonmentJdisoontinuance area., BNSF has been negotiating a sale <br />of a section of property includoo within the abandonment/discontinuance limits. The <br />closing is pending and BNSF requests the Board to issue an either i) releasmg MP 2.18 to <br />2.43 from the order barring disposition of the right-of-way pending the 180 day period; <br />ii) otherwise expressly authori.zin& the referenced sale transaction to procee.d,' <br />notwithstanding the pending public use condition; or lii) olwifying that such a sale wouJd <br />be consistent with the ~ of 1he public use condition, since the properties would he <br />sol.d fOt continued rai1l'Ulposes, albeit for priva.te ~ur track. <br /> <br />In adciitio~ prior to and during these ~x~rnption proceedings, BNSF ha3 been negotiating <br />the transfer of another section of property along the right-ai-way to Diversified Graphics <br />for private .use. The proposed sale limits include properties located between MP 0.00 to <br />Broadway Street NE.. In order to close this long-plamled transaction prior to completion <br />of the 180-day negotiating period, BNSF requests that tho Board ismle an order either i) <br />releasing this section of right-Df-way (MP 0.00 to Broadway) from the public. use <br />condition; and/or ii) otherwise expressly authorizin.g th.is sale 10 proceed, notwithstanding <br />the pending public use condition. <br /> <br />Since both rransactions are awaiting an order(s) from the STB respecting the status of the <br />public use condition and BNSF's ability to dispose of its pro~cs prior to the end of the <br />l80-da.y period, ex.lledited consideration is reQl4este4. <br /> <br />C\C\ <br />~/) . <br />'-1' i' <br />? <br /> <br />---~ <br />