CSX Sidetrack Agreement / Cecil Commerce Center (Emergency)

Recommended

Introduced by CM White; no prior committee recommendation recorded

Debated

Chair Lahnen confirmed with Mr. Linsky that the bill is related to the previously approved Cosentino Group economic development agreement and that the City had previously agreed to do this work. The urgency is concrete: the City has commenced construction on the Project but will be unable to work in CSX right of way without the executed Agreement, and the City's contractor will likely have to cease construction and remobilize (at additional cost to the City) without one cycle emergency passage. Funding needed for the Project will be appropriated as part of the FY 26/27 budget. The item required a 2/3 Council vote and cleared both TEU and Finance on the same day; reporters should track full Council passage.

Decided

PASSED — emergency/approve, authorizing Mayor to execute a private sidetrack agreement with CSX Transportation for a city-owned railroad sidetrack adjacent to the Cecil Commerce Center Mega-Site