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Santa Rosa Council approves agreements to advance Jennings Avenue rail crossing after years of negotiation
Summary
The City Council unanimously authorized the city manager to negotiate and execute a real property license agreement and a construction and funding agreement with the Sonoma‑Marin Area Rail Transit District (SMART), removing a broad "but‑for" liability clause and narrowing indemnity language to reduce City exposure.
Santa Rosa’s City Council voted unanimously to authorize the city manager to negotiate and execute a real property license agreement and a construction funding agreement that will advance the long‑pending Jennings Avenue bicycle and pedestrian crossing.
Assistant City Manager Jason Nutt said staff negotiated key contract changes with SMART that limit the city’s legal exposure. “The but for language is removed,” he told the council, adding that the revised draft clarifies liability carve‑outs for sole negligence, gross negligence and willful misconduct and narrows the geographic “license area” that would create…
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