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February 22, 1990
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RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the Mayor of the City of Lubbock BE and is hereby authorized and
directed to execute for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock an amended
Contract to be entered into by and between the City of Lubbock and each of
the six participating Cities of Levelland, Brownfield, O'Donnell, Slaton,
Tahoka, and Lamesa related to the share of the six said participating Cities
of Canadian River Municipal Water Authority water treatment costs and capital
improvements, said amended Contracts with said six participating Cities to be
attached herewith, which shall be spread upon the minutes of the Council and
as spread upon the minutes of this Council shall constitute and be a part of
this Resolution as if fully copied herein in detail.
Passed by the City Council this 22nd
ATTEST:
ttelBoyd, City Secre
APPR ED AS TO CONTENT:
D n A. Hawkins, Director of Water
U ilities
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
r �
J. th Fullingim, Assistant City
Attorney
day of February , 1990.
B. C. McMI , MA OR
Resolution #3313
WATER TREATMENT CONTRACT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
WHEREAS, the undersigned parties to this Water Treatment
Contract are among those Texas Municipalities which have
heretofore validly become participating members of Canadian River
Municipal Water Authority, hereinafter called "Authority"; and
WHEREAS, untreated water is delivered from the Authority
reservoir near the City of Sanford, Texas, on the Canadian River
to the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant for treatment in conformity
with Federal and State regulations; and
WHEREAS, engineering studies and surveys have revealed that
the operation and maintenance of one single treatment plant to
treat all the Canadian River waters to be received by the cities
of Lubbock, Levelland, Brownfield, O'Donnell, Slaton, Tahoka and
Lamesa, would materially reduce the unit costs of treating said
water for each of said cities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has expressed its willingness
to undertake the operation and maintenance of the Lubbock Water
Treatment Plant to serve the water treatment needs of said City
of Lubbock and the several other cities hereinabove mentioned
subject only to the conditions hereinafter appearing; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has heretofore constructed the
Water Treatment Plant with sufficient size to treat up to 61.4
million gallons of water per day; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock is required by the Safe
Drinking Water Act to treat water in accordance with
Environmental Protection Agency water quality regulations; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned parties to this Water Treatment
Contract have recognized the need to amend and update their
original contract to clarify their current relationship; NOW
THEREFORE:
WITNESSETH:
THAT the City of Lubbock, a Home Rule Municipal Corporation
of Lubbock County, Texas, acting herein by and through its Mayor
as heretofore duly authorized by Resolution of its City Council,
hereinafter called "LUBBOCK" and the City of Levelland ,
a municipal corporation of Hockley County, Texas,
acting herein by and through its Mayor as heretofore duly
authorized ..by its City.. Council, _ hereinaf ter
is Levelland
it, have this day made and
entered into the following memorandum and agreement, to -wit:
I.
THAT for and in consideration of the promises and
obligations herein undertaken by Levelland , the
City of Lubbock has agreed and does agree to operate, maintain,
and repair a water treatment plant of sufficient size and
classification to treat the water which the cities of Lubbock,
Levelland, Brownfield, O'Donnell, Slaton, Tahoka and Lamesa, have
contracted to receive from the Canadian River Municipal
Authority. The amounts presented in the following table
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represent the flow rates available to each of the said cities
from the Authority and the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant. These
flow rates are based on a one hundred percent Authority
allocation of 103,000 acre feet of water per year. The calcula-
tions are summarized in ATTACHMENT "A".
Annual
Daily Average
Flow*
City (Million Gallons Per Day)
Lubbock 52.697
Levelland 2.565
Brownfield 2.021
Slaton 1.434
Tahoka 0.423
O'Donnell 0.256
Lamesa 2.004
TOTAL 61.400
* Annual Flow divided by 365 days
In the event the Authority increases the maximum amount of
water available above the current 103,000 acre feet per year
and/or any of the said member cities negotiates an allocation
transfer from another member city, the flow rates presented above
shall remain in effect until this agreement is superceded or
modified by mutual agreement between the City of Lubbock and each
of the said member cities.
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II.
THAT the obligation undertaken by the City of Lubbock in the
preceding paragraph is entirely contingent upon the abilities of
said City of Lubbock to negotiate and obtain execution of
contracts essentially identical to this instrument with each of
the cities of Brownfield, Lamesa, Levelland, O'Donnell, Slaton
and Tahoka, for the treatment of all Authority water to be
received by each of said cities.
THAT upon the execution of all of said contracts, the City
of Lubbock will, for said contracting cities, then treat all or
any part of the water to which they respectively shall be
entitled to under their contract with the Canadian River
Municipal Authority up to the flow rates presented in the above
table.
IV.
THAT the undersigned City of LeMe]>and will
pay for said water treatment service based upon its percent
participation in the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant as follows:
A. MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, AND REPLACEMENT COSTS.
Maintenance, operation, and Replacement Costs shall include those
fixed and variable costs directly attributable to and benefitting
the Water Treatment Plant in order to ensure adequate treatment
of water provided by the Authority. This category shall include
all costs of administration, laboratory services, operation,
maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation of any
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feature of the Water Treatment Plant and its appurtenances
required by the mandates of State, Federal, or other present and
future regulatory agencies and generally accepted surface water,
treatment plant operating practices.
The percentages reflected by the following table represent
the proportion of the amount of water contracted from the
Canadian River Authority by each city named herein. These
percentages shall be used to calculate the proportion of
Maintenance, Operation, and Replacement Costs to be paid monthly
by each participating city hereinabove mentioned.
PERCENTAGES OF MO&R COSTS TO
CITY BE PAID BY SAID CITY
LUBBOCK 79.66%
LEVELLAND 5.98
BROWNFIELD 4.72
SLATON 3.38
TAHOKA 0.97
O'DONNELL 0.59
LAMESA 4.70
TOTAL 100.00%
B. PERMANENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. Permanent Capital
Improvements shall include those costs separate from the City of
Lubbock's normal operating budget which are required to maintain
the structural and operational integrity of the Water Treatment
Plant and those costs incurred as the result of changes in laws,
rules, regulations, or other required mandates of State, Federal,
or other future regulatory agencies. The costs of Permanent
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Capital Improvements shall be shared by all cities mentioned
hereinabove according to the same percentages listed in paragraph
f:V
C. CHEMICAL & ENERGY COSTS. Chemical Cost shall include
only the costs of chemicals used in the treatment process.
Energy costs shall include the costs of electricity, gas, and
other generated forms of energy actually used in and necessitated
by all operations of the treatment facility to treat water, and
including any cost of reinjection of the treated water back into
the Authority distribution lines. The costs associated with
operating, maintaining, and/or improving equipment, structures,
and other appurtenances constructed for solely for the benefit of
the City of Lubbock shall not be included in calculating these
costs for the cities mentioned hereinabove.
Each City will pay the Chemical and Energy Costs monthly, on
the basis of the water actually treated for the particular city
involved during the preceding month as metered to it by the
Authority. Such costs to be paid by each city to be that sum
equal in proportion to the whole Chemical & Energy Costs of the
preceding year, as the amount of water treated for the City
involved bears to the amount of water treated for all of said
cities during the same period.
D. RESERVE FUND. A special reserve fund account shall be
established by the City of Lubbock to provide contingency funds
for unanticipated and/or unbudgeted capital expenditures. This
fund shall be used solely for the purpose of maintaining,
restoring, and/or improving the water treatment plant and its
appurtenances. A two percent (2%) surcharge shall be assessed to
each city's monthly billing for water treatment and, upon
receipt, the surcharge funds shall be placed in the reserve fund
by the City of Lubbock. Interest and/or investment income earned
by the reserve fund shall become part of the reserve fund.
Reserve fund balances, expenditures, and earnings will be
reported to each city annually. There shall be no maximum limit
on the balance of the reserve fund.
E. ANNUAL COST ADJUSTMENT. The Maintenance, Operation &
Replacement and Chemical & Energy Costs shall be adjusted
annually at the end of the City of Lubbock's budgetary fiscal
year to reflect the actual costs incurred by the City of Lubbock
during its fiscal year. In the event Maintenance, Operation &
Replacement and Chemical & Energy Costs incurred during the City
of Lubbock's fiscal year are greater than the amount paid by any
city hereinabove mentioned, said city shall pay the City of
Lubbock the amount of the difference of actual costs incurred
minus the amount paid by said city. A two percent (2%) surcharge
for the reserve fund shall be assessed to any amount to be paid
by said city. In the event Maintenance, Operation & Replacement
and Chemical & Energy Costs incurred during the City of Lubbock's
fiscal year are less than the amount paid by any of the
hereinabove mention cities, the City of Lubbock shall reimburse
said city the amount of overpayment except that surcharges
assessed during the year will not be reimbursed and will remain
in the reserve fund.
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F. The City of Lubbock shall bill each said city for water
treatment on a monthly basis based upon the amount of water
delivered to each city by the Canadian River Municipal Water
Authority. The monthly billing amount shall be calculated as the
amount in thousand gallons delivered to each individual city
times the cost for Maintenance, Operation & Replacement and
Chemical & Energy as calculated in the most recent annual cost
adjustment. In addition, a two percent (2%) reserve fund
surcharge shall be added to each monthly billing amount.
G. . The City of Lubbock shall be entitled to interest at a
rate equal to the thirty (30) day Treasury Bill rate in effect
during the period of delinquency. In the event an account is
delinquent for more than one thirty (30) day Treasury Bill
period, the interest rate in any given period shall be equal to
that of the thirty (30) day Treasury Bill rate in effect for the
same period. Accounts shall become delinquent if not paid within
thirty (30) days from date of invoice.
V.
THAT this contract is to be performed and enforced in
Lubbock County, Texas, and the treated water shall be construed
as delivered to said cities when reinjected by the City of
Lubbock into the distribution lines of the Authority at the said
treatment plant as allowed by the Authority.
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THAT the original plant, any additions thereto, including
all improvements used in connection therewith and all
appurtenances thereof, are, and at all times remain, the sole
property of the City of Lubbock.
VII.
Failure or inability of either party to this agreement to
perform or carry out in whole or in part its obligations under
this agreement as herein provided as a result of "Force Majeure",
then if such party shall give notice and full particulars in
writing setting forth such reason to the other party after the
occurrence of the event or cause relied on, the obligation of the
party giving such notice, so far as it is affected by such "Force
Majeure", shall be suspended during the continuance of the
inability then claimed, but for no longer period, and any such
party shall endeavor to overcome such inability with all
reasonable dispatch, or if such failure or inability of either
party to perform or carry out in whole or in part its obligations
under this agreement by reason of any court action or order
restraining such performance or clearly establishing the lack of
power or authority of either party to perform such obligations
shall never under any circumstances be so construed as to give
rise to a cause of action for damage by either party against the
non -performing party. The term "Force Majeure" as employed
herein, shall mean acts of God, strikes, lockouts or other
industrial disturbances, acts of public enemy, orders or actions
of any kind of the government of the United States or of the
State of Texas, or any civil or military authority, insurrec-
tions, riots, epidemics, lightening, fires, winds, storms,
floods, washouts, arrests, restraints of government and people,
droughts, civil disturbances, explosions, breakage or accidents
to dams, machinery, pipelines, or canals, or structures or
machinery, partial or entire failure of water supply and
inability on the part of the City of Lubbock to treat water
hereunder or any city to receive water on account of any cause
not reasonably within the control of the party claiming such
inability. It is understood and agreed that the settlement of
strikes and lockouts shall be entirely within the discretion of
the party having difficulty, and that the above requirement and
any "Force Majeure" shall be remedied with all reasonable
dispatch shall not require the settlement of strikes and lockouts
by acceding to the demands of the opposing party or parties when
such settlement is unfavorable to it in the judgment of the party
having the difficulty. No damage shall be recoverable from the
City of Lubbock by reason of the suspension of the treatment of
water due to any of the causes above -mentioned.
VIII.
THAT this agreement shall remain in effect for a period of
thirty (30) years from date of execution. This contract shall
not invalidate any of the hereinabove mentioned cities' right to
receive water under the terms of their contract with the
Authority.
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IX.
THAT this agreement supercedes and takes the place of prior
agreements between the parties (which may have been executed)
regarding the subject matter covered by this agreement.
EXECUTED as of the 22nd day of February 1990
A. J, y "?,00 cat n-
C. McMINN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Ran to Boyd, City S c tary
P ED AS TO CONTENT:
f
n A. Hawkins, Director of Water
ilities
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
' C�a A14;1t10(-
J. W rth Fullingim, Assista City
`t � rney
CITY OF Levelland TEXAS
BY:
ny Viflmon
ATTEST:
/� 7i , 1 y _ t
City Secretary or Clerk
Chris Waldo
ATTACHMENT "A"
100a CRMWA Allocation = 103,000 acre ft.
Maximum
Percent
100 o Allocation
Total Gallons
Flow
City Participation (Acre ft.)
( X 1000)
Rate (MGD)
Lubbock
37.058
38,169.74
12,437,648
34.076
Terminal
Storage Reserve
18.621
Levelland
2.790
2,873.70
936,398
2.565
Brownfield
2.198
2,263.94
737,707
2.021
Slaton
1.576
1,606.80
523,577
1.434
Tahoka
0.460
473.80
154,388
0.423
O'Donnell
0.278
286.34
93,304
0.256
Lamesa
2.179
2,244.37
731,330
2.004
TOTALS 47,918.69 15,614,352 61.400
FORMULAS:
103,000 acre feet x percent allocation x percent participation = acre
ft.
acre ft. for city x 325,851 = gallons
(gallons _ 1000) _ 365 = maximum flow rate in million gallons per day
f Resolution #3313
WATER TREATMENT CONTRACT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
WHEREAS, the undersigned parties to this Water Treatment
Contract are among those Texas Municipalities which have
heretofore validly become participating members of Canadian River
Municipal Water Authority, hereinafter called "Authority"; and
WHEREAS, untreated water is delivered from the Authority
reservoir near the City of Sanford, Texas, on the Canadian River
to the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant for treatment in conformity
with Federal and State regulations; and
WHEREAS, engineering studies and surveys have revealed that
the operation and maintenance of one single treatment plant to
treat all the Canadian River waters to be received by the cities
of Lubbock, Levelland, Brownfield, O'Donnell, Slaton, Tahoka and
Lamesa, would materially reduce the unit costs of treating said
water for each of said cities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has expressed its willingness
to undertake the operation and maintenance of the Lubbock Water
Treatment Plant to serve the water treatment needs of said City
of Lubbock and the several other cities hereinabove mentioned
subject only to the conditions hereinafter appearing; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has heretofore constructed the
Water Treatment Plant with sufficient size to treat up to 61.4
million gallons of water per day; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock is required by the Safe
Drinking Water Act to treat water in accordance with
Environmental Protection Agency water quality regulations; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned parties to this Water Treatment
Contract have recognized the need to amend and update their
original contract to clarify their current relationship; NOW
THEREFORE:
WITNESSETH:
THAT the City of Lubbock, a Home Rule Municipal Corporation
of Lubbock County, Texas, acting herein by and through its Mayor
as heretofore duly authorized by Resolution of its City Council,
hereinafter called "LUBBOCK" and the City of Brownfield
a municipal corporation of Terry County, Texas,
acting herein by and through its Mayor as heretofore duly
authorized Resolution of its City, hereinafter called
to City of Brownfield
", have this day made and
entered into the following memorandum and agreement, to -wit:
I.
THAT for and in consideration of the promises and
obligations herein undertaken by
resolution
, the
City of Lubbock has agreed and does agree to operate, maintain,
and repair a water treatment plant of sufficient size and
classification to treat the water which the cities of Lubbock,
Levelland, Brownfield, O'Donnell, Slaton, Tahoka and Lamesa, have
contracted to receive from the Canadian River Municipal
Authority. The amounts presented in the following table
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represent the flow rates available to each of the said cities
from the Authority and the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant. These
flow rates are based on a one hundred percent Authority
allocation of 103,000 acre feet of water per year. The calcula-
tions are summarized in ATTACHMENT "A".
Annual
Daily Average
Flow*
City
(Million Gallons Per Day)
Lubbock
52.697
Levelland
2.565
Brownfield
2.021
Slaton
1.434
Tahoka
0.423
O'Donnell
0.256
Lamesa 2.004
TOTAL 61.400
* Annual Flow divided by 365 days
In the event the Authority increases the maximum amount of
water available above the current 103,000 acre feet per year
and/or any of the said member cities negotiates an allocation
transfer from another member city, the flow rates presented above
shall remain in effect until this agreement is superceded or
modified by mutual agreement between the City of Lubbock and each
of the said member cities.
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93
II.
THAT the obligation undertaken by the City of Lubbock in the
preceding paragraph is entirely contingent upon the abilities of
said City of Lubbock to negotiate and obtain execution of
contracts essentially identical to this instrument with each of
the cities of Brownfield, Lamesa, Levelland, O'Donnell, Slaton
and Tahoka, for the treatment of all Authority water to be
received by each of said cities.
THAT upon the execution of all of said contracts, the City
of Lubbock will, for said contracting cities, then treat all or
any part of the water to which they respectively shall be
entitled to under their contract with the Canadian River
Municipal Authority up to the flow rates presented in the above
table.
IV.
THAT the undersigned City of Brownfield will
pay for said water treatment service based upon its percent
participation in the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant as follows:
A. MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, AND REPLACEMENT COSTS.
Maintenance, Operation, and Replacement Costs shall include those
fixed and variable costs directly attributable to and benefitting
the Water Treatment Plant in order to ensure adequate treatment
of water provided by the Authority. This category shall include
all costs of administration, laboratory services, operation,
maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation of any
- 4 -
feature of the Water Treatment Plant and its appurtenances
required by the mandates of State, Federal, or other present and
future regulatory agencies and generally accepted surface water
treatment plant operating practices.
The percentages reflected by the following table represent
the proportion of the amount of water contracted from the
Canadian River Authority by each city named herein. These
percentages shall be used to calculate the proportion of
Maintenance, Operation, and Replacement Costs to be paid monthly
by each participating city hereinabove mentioned.
PERCENTAGES OF MO&R COSTS TO
CITY BE PAID BY SAID CITY
LUBBOCK 79.66%
LEVELLAND 5.98
BROWNFIELD 4.72
SLATON 3.38
TAHOKA 0.97
O'DONNELL 0.59
LAMESA 4.70
TOTAL 100.00%
B. PERMANENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. Permanent Capital
Improvements shall include those costs separate from the City of
Lubbock's normal operating budget which are required to maintain
the structural and operational integrity of the Water Treatment
Plant and those costs incurred as the result of changes in laws,
rules, regulations, or other required mandates of State, Federal,
or other future regulatory agencies. The costs of Permanent
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a,
Capital Improvements shall be shared by all cities mentioned
hereinabove according to the same percentages listed in paragraph
A.
C. CHEMICAL & ENERGY COSTS. Chemical Cost shall include
only the costs of chemicals used in the treatment process.
Energy costs shall include the costs of electricity, gas, and
other generated forms of energy actually used in and necessitated
by all operations of the treatment facility to treat water, and
including any cost of reinjection of the treated water back into
the Authority distribution lines. The costs associated with
operating, maintaining, and/or improving equipment, structures,
and other appurtenances constructed for solely for the benefit of
the City of Lubbock shall not be included in calculating these
costs for the cities mentioned hereinabove.
Each City will pay the Chemical and Energy Costs monthly, on
the basis of the water actually treated for the particular city
involved during the preceding month as metered to it by the
Authority. Such costs to be paid by each city to be that sum
equal in proportion to the whole Chemical & Energy Costs of the
preceding year, as the amount of water treated for the City
involved bears to the amount of water treated for all of said
cities during the same period.
D. RESERVE FUND. A special reserve fund account shall be
established by the City of Lubbock to provide contingency funds
for unanticipated and/or unbudgeted capital expenditures. This
fund shall be used solely for the purpose of maintaining,
restoring, and/or improving the water treatment plant and its
appurtenances. A two percent (2%) surcharge shall be assessed to
each city's monthly billing for water treatment and, upon
receipt, the surcharge funds shall be placed in the reserve fund
by the City of Lubbock. Interest and/or investment income earned
by the reserve fund shall become part of the reserve fund.
Reserve fund balances, expenditures, and earnings will be
reported to each city annually. There shall be no maximum limit
on the balance of the reserve fund.
E. ANNUAL COST ADJUSTMENT. The Maintenance, Operation &
Replacement and Chemical & Energy Costs shall be adjusted
annually at the end of the City of Lubbock's budgetary fiscal
year to reflect the actual costs incurred by the City of Lubbock
during its fiscal year. In the event Maintenance, Operation &
Replacement and Chemical & Energy Costs incurred during the City
of Lubbock's fiscal year are greater than the amount paid by any
city hereinabove mentioned, said city shall pay the City of
Lubbock the amount of the difference of actual costs incurred
minus the amount paid by said city. A two percent (2%) surcharge
for the reserve fund shall be assessed to any amount to be paid
by said city. In the event Maintenance, Operation & Replacement
and Chemical & Energy Costs incurred during the City of Lubbock's
fiscal year are less than the amount paid by any of the
hereinabove mention cities, the City of Lubbock shall reimburse
said city the amount of overpayment except that surcharges
assessed during the year will not be reimbursed and will remain
in the reserve fund.
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F. The City of Lubbock shall bill each said city for water
treatment on a monthly basis based upon the amount of water
delivered to each city by the Canadian River Municipal Water
Authority. The monthly billing amount shall be calculated as the
amount in thousand gallons delivered to each individual city
times the cost for Maintenance, Operation & Replacement and
Chemical & Energy as calculated in the most recent annual cost
adjustment. In addition, a two percent (2a) reserve fund
surcharge shall be added to each monthly billing amount.
G. The City of Lubbock shall be entitled to interest at a
rate equal to the thirty (30) day Treasury Bill rate in effect
during the period of delinquency. In the event an account is
delinquent for more than one thirty (30) day Treasury Bill
period, the interest rate in any given period shall be equal to
that of the thirty (30) day Treasury Bill rate in effect for the
same period. Accounts shall become delinquent if not paid within
thirty (30) days from date of invoice.
V.
THAT this contract is to be performed and enforced in
Lubbock County, Texas, and the treated water shall be construed
as delivered to said cities when reinjected by the City of
Lubbock into the distribution lines of the Authority at the said
treatment plant as allowed by the Authority.
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VI.
THAT the original plant, any additions thereto, including
all improvements used in connection therewith and all
appurtenances thereof, are, and at all times remain, the sole
property of the City of Lubbock.
VII.
Failure or inability of either party to this agreement to
perform or carry out in whole or in part its obligations under
this agreement as herein provided as a result of "Force Majeure",
then if such party shall give notice and full particulars in
writing setting forth such reason to the other party after the
occurrence of the event or cause relied on, the obligation of the
party giving such notice, so far as it is affected by such "Force
Majeure", shall be suspended during the continuance of the
inability then claimed, but for no longer period, and any such
party shall endeavor to overcome such inability with all
reasonable dispatch, or if such failure or inability of either
party to perform or carry out in whole or in part its obligations
under this agreement by reason of any court action or order
restraining such performance or clearly establishing the lack of
power or authority of either party to perform such obligations
shall never under any circumstances be so construed as to give
rise to a cause of action for damage by either party against the
non -performing party. The term "Force Majeure" as employed
herein, shall mean acts of God, strikes, lockouts or other
industrial disturbances, acts of public enemy, orders or actions
of any kind of the government of the United States or of the
State of Texas, or any civil or military authority, insurrec-
tions, riots, epidemics, lightening, fires, winds, storms,
floods, washouts, arrests, restraints of government and people,
droughts, civil disturbances, explosions, breakage or accidents
to dams, machinery, pipelines, or canals, or structures or
machinery, partial or entire failure of water supply and
inability on the part of the City of Lubbock to treat water
hereunder or any city to receive water on account of any cause
not reasonably within the control of the party claiming such
inability. It is understood and agreed that the settlement of
strikes and lockouts shall be entirely within the discretion of
the party having difficulty, and that the above requirement and
any "Force Majeure" shall be remedied with all reasonable
dispatch shall not require the settlement of strikes and lockouts
by acceding to the demands of the opposing party or parties when
such settlement is unfavorable to it in the judgment of the party
having the difficulty. No damage shall be recoverable from the
City of Lubbock by reason of the suspension of the treatment of
water due to any of the causes above -mentioned.
VIII.
THAT this agreement shall remain in effect for a period of
thirty (30) years from date of execution. This contract shall
not invalidate any of the hereinabove mentioned cities' right to
receive water under the terms of their contract with the
Authority.
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IX.
THAT this agreement supercedes and takes the place of prior
agreements between the parties (which may have been executed)
regarding the subject matter covered by this agreement.
EXECUTED as of the 18th day of January 1 19 90
at .
C. MCMI N, MAYOR 2_22_90
ATTEST:
Randtte Boyd, City Secretary
APP D AS TO CONTENT:
D A. Hawkins, Director of Water
U Dr
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
6
J. W rth Ful ingim, AssistaV City
Att rney
CITY 07,1 BROWNFtELD , TEXAS
BY: C4alll'1�0
r
ATTEST:
Ci Secretary(
ATTACHMENT "A"
100% CRMWA Allocation = 103,000 acre ft.
Percent
100 % Allocation
Total Gallons
Cite Participation (Acre ft.)
( X 1000)
Lubbock
37.058
38,169.74
12,437,648
Terminal
Storage Reserve
Levelland
2.790
2,873.70
936,398
Brownfield
2.198
2,263.94
737,707
Slaton
1.576
1,606.80
523,577
Tahoka
0.460
473.80
154,388
O'Donnell
0.278
286.34
93,304
Lamesa
2.179
2,244.37
731,330
TOTALS 47,918.69
15,614,352
Maximum
Flow
Rate (MGD)
34.076
18.621
2.565
2.021
1.434
0.423
0.256
2.004
61.400
FORMULAS:
103,000 acre feet x percent allocation x percent participation = acre
ft.
acre ft. for city x 325,851 = gallons
(gallons _ 1000) :- 365 = maximum flow rate in million gallons per day
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Resolution #3313
WATER TREATMENT CONTRACT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
WHEREAS, the undersigned parties to this Water Treatment
Contract are among those Texas Municipalities which have
heretofore validly become participating members of Canadian River
Municipal Water Authority, hereinafter called "Authority"; and
WHEREAS, untreated water is delivered from the Authority
reservoir near the City of Sanford, Texas, on the Canadian River
to the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant for treatment in conformity
with Federal and State regulations; and
WHEREAS, engineering studies and surveys have revealed that
the operation and maintenance of one single treatment plant to
treat all the Canadian River waters to be received by the cities
of Lubbock, Levelland, Brownfield, O'Donnell, Slaton, Tahoka and
Lamesa, would materially reduce the unit costs of treating said
water for each of said cities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has expressed its willingness
to undertake the operation and maintenance of the Lubbock Water
Treatment Plant to serve the water treatment needs of said City
of Lubbock and the several other cities hereinabove mentioned
subject only to the conditions hereinafter appearing; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has heretofore constructed the
Water Treatment Plant with sufficient size to treat up to 61.4
million gallons of water per day; and
H
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock is required by the Safe
Drinking Water Act to treat water in accordance with
Environmental Protection Agency water quality regulations; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned parties to this Water Treatment
Contract have recognized the need to amend and update their
original contract to clarify their current relationship; NOW
WITNESSETH:
THAT the City of Lubbock, a Home Rule Municipal Corporation
of Lubbock County, Texas, acting herein by and through its Mayor
as heretofore duly authorized by Resolution of its City Council,
hereinafter called "LUBBOCK" and the City of O'Donnell ,
a municipal corporation of Lynn County, Texas,
acting herein by and through its Mayor as heretofore duly
authorized Resolution of its City, hereinafter called
it O'Donnell
It, have this day made and
entered into the following memorandum and agreement, to -wit:
I.
THAT for and in consideration of the promises and
obligations herein undertaken by
O' Donnel 1 , the
City of Lubbock has agreed and does agree to operate, maintain,
and repair a water treatment plant of sufficient size and
classification to treat the water which the cities of Lubbock,
Levelland, Brownfield, O'Donnell, Slaton, Tahoka and Lamesa, have
contracted to receive from the Canadian River Municipal
Authority. The amounts presented in the following table
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represent the flow rates available to each of the said cities
from the Authority and the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant. These
flow rates are based on a one hundred percent Authority
allocation of 103,000 acre feet of water per year. The calcula-
tions are summarized in ATTACHMENT "A".
Annual
Daily Average
Flow*
City
(Million Gallons Per Day)
Lubbock
52.697
Levelland
2.565
Brownfield
2.021
Slaton
1.434
Tahoka
0.423
O'Donnell
0.256
Lamesa 2.004
TOTAL 61.400
* Annual Flow divided by 365 days
In the event the Authority increases the maximum amount of
water available above the current 103,000 acre feet per year
and/or any of the said member cities negotiates an allocation
transfer from another member city, the flow rates presented above
shall remain in effect until this agreement is superceded or
modified by mutual agreement between the City of Lubbock and each
of the said member cities.
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II.
THAT the obligation undertaken by the City of Lubbock in the
preceding paragraph is entirely contingent upon the abilities of
said City of Lubbock to negotiate and obtain execution of
contracts essentially identical to this instrument with each of
the cities of Brownfield, Lamesa, Levelland, O'Donnell, Slaton
and Tahoka, for the treatment of all Authority water to be
received by each of said cities.
THAT upon the execution of all of said contracts, the City
of Lubbock will, for said contracting cities, then treat all or
any part of the water to which they respectively shall be
entitled to under their contract with the Canadian River
Municipal Authority up to the flow rates presented in the above
table.
IV.
THAT the undersigned City of 0' Donnel 1 will
pay for said water treatment service based upon its percent
participation in the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant as follows:
A. MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, AND REPLACEMENT COSTS.
Maintenance, Operation, and Replacement Costs shall include those
fixed and variable costs directly attributable to and benefitting
the Water Treatment Plant in order to ensure adequate treatment
of water provided by the Authority. This category shall include
all costs of administration, laboratory services, operation,
maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation of any
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feature of the Water Treatment Plant and its appurtenances
required by the mandates of State, Federal, or other present and
future regulatory agencies and generally accepted surface water
treatment plant operating practices.
The percentages reflected by the following table represent
the proportion of the amount of water contracted from the
Canadian River Authority by each city named herein. These
percentages shall be used to calculate the proportion of
Maintenance, Operation, and Replacement Costs to be paid monthly
by each participating city hereinabove mentioned.
PERCENTAGES OF MO&R COSTS TO
CITY BE PAID BY SAID CITY
LUBBOCK 79.66%
LEVELLAND 5.98
BROWNFIELD 4.72
SLATON 3.38
TAHOKA 0.97
O'DONNELL 0.59
LAMESA 4.70
TOTAL 100.00%
B. PERMANENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. Permanent Capital
Improvements shall include those costs separate from the City of
Lubbock's normal operating budget which are required to maintain
the structural and operational integrity of the Water Treatment
Plant and those costs incurred as the result of changes in laws,
rules, regulations, or other required mandates of State, Federal,
or other future regulatory agencies. The costs of Permanent
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x
Capital Improvements shall be shared by all cities mentioned
hereinabove according to the same percentages listed in paragraph
A.
C. CHEMICAL & ENERGY COSTS. Chemical Cost shall include
only the costs of chemicals used in the treatment process.
Energy costs shall include the costs of electricity, gas, and
other generated forms of energy actually used in and necessitated
by all operations of the treatment facility to treat water, and
including any cost of reinjection of the treated water back into
the Authority distribution lines. The costs associated with
operating, maintaining, and/or improving equipment, structures,
and other appurtenances constructed for solely for the benefit of
the City of Lubbock shall not be included in calculating these
costs for the cities mentioned hereinabove.
Each City will pay the Chemical and Energy Costs monthly, on
the basis of the water actually treated for the particular city
involved during the preceding month as metered to it by the
Authority. Such costs to be paid by each city to be that sum
equal in proportion to the whole Chemical & Energy Costs of the
preceding year, as the amount of water treated for the City
involved bears to the amount of water treated for all of said
cities during the same period.
D. RESERVE FUND. A special reserve fund account shall be
established by the City of Lubbock to provide contingency funds
for unanticipated and/or unbudgeted capital expenditures. This
fund shall be used solely for the purpose of maintaining,
restoring, and/or improving the water treatment plant and its
appurtenances. A two percent (2%) surcharge shall be assessed to
each city's monthly billing for water treatment and, upon
receipt, the surcharge funds shall be placed in the reserve fund
by the City of Lubbock. Interest and/or investment income earned
by the reserve fund shall become part of the reserve fund.
Reserve fund balances, expenditures, and earnings will be
reported to each city annually. There shall be no maximum limit
on the balance of the reserve fund.
E. ANNUAL COST ADJUSTMENT. The Maintenance, Operation &
Replacement and Chemical & Energy Costs shall be adjusted
annually at the end of the City of Lubbock's budgetary fiscal
year to reflect the actual costs incurred by the City of Lubbock
during its fiscal year. In the event Maintenance, Operation &
Replacement and Chemical & Energy Costs incurred during the City
of Lubbock's fiscal year are greater than the amount paid by any
city hereinabove mentioned, said city shall pay the City of
Lubbock the amount of the difference of actual costs incurred
minus the amount paid by said city. A two percent (2%) surcharge
for the reserve fund shall be assessed to any amount to be paid
by said city. In the event Maintenance, Operation & Replacement
and Chemical & Energy Costs incurred during the City of Lubbock's
fiscal year are less than the amount paid by any of the
hereinabove mention cities, the City of Lubbock shall reimburse
said city the amount of overpayment except that surcharges
assessed during the year will not be reimbursed and will remain
in the reserve fund.
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P
F. The City of Lubbock shall bill each said city for water
treatment on a monthly basis based upon the amount of water
delivered to each city by the Canadian River Municipal Water
Authority. The monthly billing amount shall be calculated as the
amount in thousand gallons delivered to each individual city
times the cost for Maintenance, Operation & Replacement and
Chemical & Energy as calculated in the most recent annual cost
adjustment. In addition, a two percent (2%) reserve fund
surcharge shall be added to each monthly billing amount.
G. The City of Lubbock shall be entitled to interest at a
rate equal to the thirty (30) day Treasury Bill rate in effect
during the period of delinquency. In the event an account is
delinquent for more than one thirty (30) day Treasury Bill
period, the interest rate in any given period shall be equal to
that of the thirty (30) day Treasury Bill rate in effect for the
same period. Accounts shall become delinquent if not paid within
thirty (30) days from date of invoice.
V.
THAT this contract is to be performed and enforced in
Lubbock County, Texas, and the treated water shall be construed
as delivered to said cities when reinjected by the City of
Lubbock into the distribution lines of the Authority at the said
treatment plant as allowed by the Authority.
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VI.
THAT the original plant, any additions thereto, including
all improvements used in connection therewith and all
appurtenances thereof, are, and at all times remain, the sole
property of the City of Lubbock.
VII.
Failure or inability of either party to this agreement to
perform or carry out in whole or in part its obligations under
this agreement as herein provided as a result of "Force Majeure",
then if such party shall give notice and full particulars in
writing setting forth such reason to the other party after the
occurrence of the event or cause relied on, the obligation of the
party giving such notice, so far as it is affected by such "Force
Majeure", shall be suspended during the continuance of the
inability then claimed, but for no longer period, and any such
party shall endeavor to overcome such inability with all
reasonable dispatch, or if such failure or inability of either
party to perform or carry out in whole or in part its obligations
under this agreement by reason of any court action or order
restraining such performance or clearly establishing the lack of
power or authority of either party to perform such obligations
shall never under any circumstances be so construed as to give
rise to a cause of action for damage by either party against the
non -performing party. The term "Force Majeurel' as employed
herein, shall mean acts of God, strikes, lockouts or other
industrial disturbances, acts of public enemy, orders or actions
of any kind of the government of the United States or of the
State of Texas, or any civil or military authority, insurrec-
tions, riots, epidemics, lightening, fires, winds, storms,
floods, washouts, arrests, restraints of government and people,
droughts, civil disturbances, explosions, breakage or accidents
to dams, machinery, pipelines, or canals, or structures or
machinery, partial or entire failure of water supply and
inability on the part of the City of Lubbock to treat water
hereunder or any city to receive water on account of any cause
not reasonably within the control of the party claiming such
inability. It is understood and agreed that the settlement of
strikes and lockouts shall be entirely within the discretion of
the party having difficulty, and that the above requirement and
any "Force Majeure" shall be remedied with all reasonable
dispatch shall not require the settlement of strikes and lockouts
by acceding to the demands of the opposing party or parties when
such settlement is unfavorable to it in the judgment of the party
having the difficulty. No damage shall be recoverable from the
City of Lubbock by reason of the suspension of the treatment of
water due to any of the causes above -mentioned.
VIII.
THAT this agreement shall remain in effect for a period of
thirty (30) years from date of execution. This contract shall
not invalidate any of the hereinabove mentioned cities' right to
receive water under the terms of their contract with the
Authority.
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IX.
THAT this agreement supercedes and takes the place of prior
agreements between the parties (which may have been executed)
regarding the subject matter covered by this agreement.
EXECUTED as of the 22nd day of February 1 19 90
0ek
C. McM NN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Ranette Boyd, City Secrdtary
A4ilA.
AS TO CONTENT:
Dawkins, Director of Water
Us
APPRO D AS TO FORM:
V110TTIA, lvu/"
J./4-ofth Fullingim, Assistan City
Aojjney
CITY OF �,��1� ,— T--E--X,A,S
By;-4)
ATTEST:
City Secretary or rk
ATTACHMENT "A"
100o CRMWA Allocation = 103,000 acre ft.
Maximum
Percent
100 a Allocation
Total Gallons
Flow
City Participation (Acre ft.)
( X 1000)
Rate (MGD)
Lubbock
37.058
38,169.74
12,437,648
34.076
Terminal
Storage Reserve
18.621
Levelland
2.790
2,873.70
936,398
2.565
Brownfield
2.198
2,263.94
737,707
2.021
Slaton
1.576
1,606.80
523,577
1.434
Tahoka
0.460
473.80
154,388
0.423
O'Donnell
0.278
286.34
93,304
0.256
Lamesa
2.179
2,244.37
731,330
2.004
TOTALS 47,918.69 15,614,352 61.400
FORMULAS:
103,000 acre feet x percent allocation x percent participation = acre
ft.
acre ft. for city x 325,851 = gallons
(gallons = 1000) _ 365 = maximum flow rate in million gallons per day
Resolution # 3313
WATER TREATMENT CONTRACT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
WHEREAS, the undersigned parties to this Water Treatment
Contract are among those Texas Municipalities which have
heretofore validly become participating members of Canadian River
Municipal Water Authority, hereinafter called "Authority"; and
WHEREAS, untreated water is delivered from the Authority
reservoir near the City of Sanford, Texas, on the Canadian River
to the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant for treatment in conformity
with Federal and State regulations; and
WHEREAS, engineering studies and surveys have revealed that
the operation and maintenance of one single treatment plant to
treat all the Canadian River waters to be received by the cities
of Lubbock, Levelland, Brownfield, O'Donnell, Slaton, Tahoka and
Lamesa, would materially reduce the unit costs of treating said
water for each of said cities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has expressed its willingness
to undertake the operation and maintenance of the Lubbock Water
Treatment Plant to serve the water treatment needs of said City
of Lubbock and the several other cities hereinabove mentioned
subject only to the conditions hereinafter appearing; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has heretofore constructed the
Water Treatment Plant with sufficient size to treat up to 61.4
million gallons of water per day; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock is required by the Safe
Drinking Water Act to treat water in accordance with
Environmental Protection Agency water quality regulations; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned parties to this Water Treatment
Contract have recognized the need to amend and update their
original contract to clarify their current relationship; NOW
THEREFORE:
WITNESSETH:
THAT the City of Lubbock, a Home Rule Municipal Corporation
of Lubbock County, Texas, acting herein by and through its Mayor
as heretofore duly authorized by Resolution of its City Council,
hereinafter called "LUBBOCK" and the City of S1 aton
a municipal corporation of Lubbock County, Texas,
acting herein by and through its Mayor as heretofore duly
authorized Resolution of its City, hereinafter called
it S1 aton it, have this day made and
entered into the following memorandum and agreement, to -wit:
I.
THAT for and in consideration of the promises and
obligations herein undertaken by Slaton the
City of Lubbock has agreed and does agree to operate, maintain,
and repair a water treatment plant of sufficient size and
classification to treat the water which the cities of Lubbock,
Levelland, Brownfield, O'Donnell, Slaton, Tahoka and Lamesa, have
contracted to receive from the Canadian River Municipal
Authority. The amounts presented in the following table
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represent the flow rates available to each of the said cities
from the Authority and the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant. These
flow rates are based on a one hundred percent Authority
allocation of 103,000 acre feet of water per year. The calcula-
tions are summarized in ATTACHMENT "A".
City
Lubbock
Levelland
Brownfield
5laton
Tahoka
O'Donnell
Lamesa
Annual
Daily Average
Flow*
(Million Gallons Per Day)
52.697
2.565
2.021
1.434
0.423
0.256
2.004
TOTAL 61.400
* Annual Flow divided by 365 days
In the event the Authority increases the maximum amount of
water available above the current 103,000 acre feet per year
and/or any of the said member cities negotiates an allocation
transfer from another member city, the flow rates presented above
shall remain in effect until this agreement is superceded or
modified by mutual agreement between the City of Lubbock and each
of the said member cities.
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II.
THAT the obligation undertaken by the City of Lubbock in the
preceding paragraph is entirely contingent upon the abilities of
said City of Lubbock to negotiate and obtain execution of
contracts essentially identical to this instrument with each of
the cities of Brownfield, Lamesa, Levelland, O'Donnell, Slaton
and Tahoka, for the treatment of all Authority water to be
received by each of said cities.
THAT upon the execution of all of said contracts, the City
of Lubbock will, for said contracting cities, then treat all or
any part of the water to which they respectively shall be
entitled to under their contract with the Canadian River
Municipal Authority up to the flow rates presented in the above
table.
IV.
THAT the undersigned City of
S1 aton will
pay for said water treatment service based upon its percent
participation in the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant as follows:
A. MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, AND REPLACEMENT COSTS.
Maintenance, Operation, and Replacement Costs shall include those
fixed and variable costs directly attributable to and benefitting
the Water Treatment Plant in order to ensure adequate treatment
of water provided by the Authority. This category shall include
all costs of administration, laboratory services, operation,
maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation of any
- 4 -
feature of the Water Treatment Plant and its appurtenances
required by the mandates of State, Federal, or other present and
future regulatory agencies and generally accepted surface water
treatment plant operating practices.
The percentages reflected by the following table represent
the proportion of the amount of water contracted from the
Canadian River Authority by each city named herein. These
percentages shall be used to calculate the proportion of
Maintenance, Operation, and Replacement Costs to be paid monthly
by each participating city hereinabove mentioned.
PERCENTAGES OF MO&R COSTS TO
CITY BE PAID BY SAID CITY
LUBBOCK 79.66%
r"�*61R`z
BROWNFIELD 4.72
SLATON 3.38
TAHOKA 0.97
O'DONNELL 0.59
LAMESA 4.70
TOTAL 100.00%
B. PERMANENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. Permanent Capital
Improvements shall include those costs separate from the City of
Lubbock's normal operating budget which are required to maintain
the structural and operational integrity of the Water Treatment
Plant and those costs incurred as the result of changes in laws,
rules, regulations, or other required mandates of State, Federal,
or other future regulatory agencies. The costs of Permanent
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Capital Improvements shall be shared by all cities mentioned
hereinabove according to the same percentages listed in paragraph
A.
C. CHEMICAL & ENERGY COSTS. Chemical Cost shall include
only the costs of chemicals used in the treatment process.
Energy costs shall include the costs of electricity, gas, and
other generated forms of energy actually used in and necessitated
by all operations of the treatment facility to treat water, and
including any cost of reinjection of the treated water back into
the Authority distribution lines. The costs associated with
operating, maintaining, and/or improving equipment, structures,
and other appurtenances constructed for solely for the benefit of
the City of Lubbock shall not be included in calculating these
costs for the cities mentioned hereinabove.
Each City will pay the Chemical and Energy Costs monthly, on
the basis of the water actually treated for the particular city
involved during the preceding month as metered to it by the
Authority. Such costs to be paid by each city to be that sum
equal in proportion to the whole Chemical & Energy Costs of the
preceding year, as the amount of water treated for the City
involved bears to the amount of water treated for all of said
cities during the same period.
D. RESERVE FUND. A special reserve fund account shall be
established by the City of Lubbock to provide contingency funds
for unanticipated and/or unbudgeted capital expenditures. This
fund shall be used solely for the purpose of maintaining,
restoring, and/or improving the water treatment plant and its
appurtenances. A two percent (2%) surcharge shall be assessed to
each city's monthly billing for water treatment and, upon
receipt, the surcharge funds shall be placed in the reserve fund
by the City of Lubbock. Interest and/or investment income earned
by the reserve fund shall become part of the reserve fund.
Reserve fund balances, expenditures, and earnings will be
reported to each city annually. There shall be no maximum limit
on the balance of the reserve fund.
E. ANNUAL COST ADJUSTMENT. The Maintenance, Operation &
Replacement and Chemical & Energy Costs shall be adjusted
annually at the end of the City of Lubbock's budgetary fiscal
year to reflect the actual costs incurred by the City of Lubbock
during its fiscal year. In the event Maintenance, Operation &
Replacement and Chemical & Energy Costs incurred during the City
of Lubbock's fiscal year are greater than the amount paid by any
city hereinabove mentioned, said city shall pay the City of
Lubbock the amount of the difference of actual costs incurred
minus the amount paid by said city. A two percent (2%) surcharge
for the reserve fund shall be assessed to any amount to be paid
by said city. In the event Maintenance, Operation & Replacement
r{
and Chemical & Energy Costs incurred during the City of Lubbock's
fiscal year are less than the amount paid by any of the
hereinabove mention cities, the City of Lubbock shall reimburse
said city the amount of overpayment except that surcharges
assessed during the year will not be reimbursed and will remain
in the reserve fund.
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F. The City of Lubbock shall bill each said city for water
treatment on a monthly basis based upon the amount of water
delivered to each city by the Canadian River Municipal Water
Authority. The monthly billing amount shall be calculated as the
amount in thousand gallons delivered to each individual city
times the cost for Maintenance, Operation & Replacement and
Chemical & Energy as calculated in the most recent annual cost
adjustment. In addition, a two percent (2%) reserve fund
surcharge shall be added to each monthly billing amount.
G. The City of Lubbock shall be entitled to interest at a
rate equal to the thirty (30) day Treasury Bill rate in effect
during the period of delinquency. In the event an account is
delinquent for more than one thirty (30) day Treasury Bill
period, the interest rate in any given period shall be equal to
that of the thirty (30) day Treasury Bill rate in effect for the
same period. Accounts shall become delinquent if not paid within
thirty (30) days from date of invoice.
V.
THAT this contract is to be performed and enforced in
Lubbock County, Texas, and the treated water shall be construed
as delivered to said cities when reinjected by the City of
Lubbock into the distribution lines of the Authority at the said
treatment plant as allowed by the Authority.
VI.
THAT the original plant, any additions thereto, including
all improvements used in connection therewith and all
appurtenances thereof, are, and at all times remain, the sole
property of the City of Lubbock.
VII.
Failure or inability of either party to this agreement to
perform or carry out in whole or in part its obligations under
this agreement as herein provided as a result of "Force Majeure",
then if such party shall give notice and full particulars in
writing setting forth such reason to the other party after the
occurrence of the event or cause relied on, the obligation of the
party giving such notice, so far as it is affected by such "Force
Majeure", shall be suspended during the continuance of the
inability then claimed, but for no longer period, and any such
party shall endeavor to overcome such inability with all
reasonable dispatch, or if such failure or inability of either
party to perform or carry out in whole or in part its obligations
under this agreement by reason of any court action or order
restraining such performance or clearly establishing the lack of
power or authority of either party to perform such obligations
shall never under any circumstances be so construed as to give
rise to a cause of action for damage by either party against the
non -performing party. The term "Force Majeurel' as employed
herein, shall mean acts of God, strikes, lockouts or other
industrial disturbances, acts of public enemy, orders or actions
of any kind of the government of the United States or of the
State of Texas, or any civil or military authority, insurrec-
tions, riots, epidemics, lightening, fires, winds, storms,
floods, washouts, arrests, restraints of government and people,
droughts, civil disturbances, explosions, breakage or accidents
to dams, machinery, pipelines, or canals, or structures or
machinery, partial or entire failure of water supply and
inability on the part of the City of Lubbock to treat water
hereunder or any city to receive water on account of any cause
not reasonably within the control of the party claiming such
inability. It is understood and agreed that the settlement of
strikes and lockouts shall be entirely within the discretion of
the party having difficulty, and that the above requirement and
any "Force Majeure" shall be remedied with all reasonable
dispatch shall not require the settlement of strikes and lockouts
by acceding to the demands of the opposing party or parties when
such settlement is unfavorable to it in the judgment of the party
having the difficulty. No damage shall be recoverable from the
City of Lubbock by reason of the suspension of the treatment of
water due to any of the causes above -mentioned.
VIII.
THAT this agreement shall remain in effect for a period of
thirty (30) years from date of execution. This contract shall
not invalidate any of the hereinabove mentioned cities' right to
receive water under the terms of their contract with the
Authority.
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IX.
THAT this agreement supercedes and takes the place of prior
agreements between the parties (which may have been executed)
regarding the subject matter covered by this agreement.
EXECUTED as of the 22nd
ATTEST:
Ranette Boyd; City Secr ary
day of February
), �'- 6- /"y f- J;U-V&�
9. C. MCMINN, MAYOR
APPROVAM AS TO CONTENT:
D A. Hawkins, Director of Water
U ilities
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
2
ATTEST:
C' y Secretary 6f Clerk
► 1990
CI OF ! S(a�o , TEXAS
BY
Mayor
ATTACHMENT "A"
100% CRMWA Allocation = 103,000 acre ft.
Maximum
Percent
100 % Allocation
Total Gallons
Flow
City Participation (Acre ft.)
( X 1000)
Rate (MGD)
Lubbock
37.058
38,169.74
12,437,648
34.076
Terminal
Storage Reserve
18.621
Levelland
2.790
2,873.70
936,398
2.565
Brownfield
2.198
2,263.94
737,707
2.021
Slaton
1.576
1,606.80
523,577
1.434
Tahoka
0.460
473.80
154,388
0.423
O'Donnell
0.278
286.34
93,304
0.256
Lamesa
2.179
2,244.37
731,330
2.004
TOTALS 47,918.69 15,614,352 61.400
FORMULAS:
103,000 acre feet x percent allocation x percent participation = acre
ft.
acre ft. for city x 325,851 = gallons
(gallons _ 1000) =- 365 = maximum flow rate in million gallons per day
Resolution # 331.3
WATER TREATMENT CONTRACT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
WHEREAS, the undersigned parties to this Water Treatment
Contract are among those Texas Municipalities which have
heretofore validly become participating members of Canadian River
Municipal Water Authority, hereinafter called "Authority"; and
WHEREAS, untreated water is delivered from the Authority
reservoir near the City of Sanford, Texas, on the Canadian River
to the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant for treatment in conformity
with Federal and State regulations; and
WHEREAS, engineering studies and surveys have revealed that
the operation and maintenance of one single treatment plant to
treat all the Canadian River waters to be received by the cities
of Lubbock, Levelland, Brownfield, O'Donnell, Slaton, Tahoka and
Lamesa, would materially reduce the unit costs of treating said
water for each of said cities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has expressed its willingness
to undertake the operation and maintenance of the Lubbock Water
Treatment Plant to serve the water treatment needs of said City
of Lubbock and the several other cities hereinabove mentioned
subject only to the conditions hereinafter appearing; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has heretofore constructed the
Water Treatment Plant with sufficient size to treat up to 61.4
million gallons of water per day; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock is required by the Safe
Drinking Water Act to treat water in accordance with
Environmental Protection Agency water quality regulations; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned parties to this Water Treatment
Contract have recognized the need to amend and update their
original contract to clarify their current relationship; NOW
THEREFORE:
WITNESSETH:
THAT the City of Lubbock, a Home Rule Municipal Corporation
of Lubbock County, Texas, acting herein by and through its Mayor
as heretofore duly authorized by Resolution of its City Council,
hereinafter called "LUBBOCK" and the City of
a municipal corporation of
LYNN
TAHOKA
County, Texas,
acting herein by and through its Mayor as heretofore duly
authorized Resolution of its City, hereinafter called
is TAHOKA ", have this day made and
entered into the following memorandum and agreement, to -wit:
I.
THAT for and in consideration of the promises and
obligations herein undertaken by TAHOKA , the
City of Lubbock has agreed and does agree to operate, maintain,
and repair a water treatment plant of sufficient size and
classification to treat the water which the cities of Lubbock,
Levelland, Brownfield, O'Donnell, Slaton, Tahoka and Lamesa, have
contracted to receive from the Canadian River Municipal
Authority. The amounts presented in the following table
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represent the flow rates available to each of the said cities
from the Authority and the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant. These
flow rates are based on a one hundred percent Authority
allocation of 103,000 acre feet of water per year. The calcula-
tions are summarized in ATTACHMENT "A".
Annual
Daily Average
Flow*
City
Million Gallons Per Day)
Lubbock
52.697
Levelland
2.565
Brownfield
2.021
Slaton
1.434
Tahoka
0.423
O'Donnell
0.256
Lamesa 2.004
TOTAL 61.400
* Annual Flow divided by 365 days
In the event the Authority increases the maximum amount of
water available above the current 103,000 acre feet per year
and/or any of the said member cities negotiates an allocation
transfer from another member city, the flow rates presented above
shall remain in effect until this agreement is superceded or
modified by mutual agreement between the City of Lubbock and each
of the said member cities.
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II.
THAT the obligation undertaken by the City of Lubbock in the
preceding paragraph is entirely contingent upon the abilities of
said City of Lubbock to negotiate and obtain execution of
contracts essentially identical to this instrument with each of
the cities of Brownfield, Lamesa, Levelland, O'Donnell, Slaton
and Tahoka, for the treatment of all Authority water to be
received by each of said cities.
THAT upon the execution of all of said contracts, the City
of Lubbock will, for said contracting cities, then treat all or
any part of the water to which they respectively shall be
entitled to under their contract with the Canadian River
Municipal Authority up to the flow rates presented in the above
table.
IV.
THAT the undersigned City of TAHOKA will
pay for said water treatment service based upon its percent
participation in the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant as follows:
A. MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, AND REPLACEMENT COSTS.
Maintenance, Operation, and Replacement Costs shall include those
fixed and variable costs directly attributable to and benefitting
the Water Treatment Plant in order to ensure adequate treatment
of water provided by the Authority. This category shall include
all costs of administration, laboratory services, operation,
maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation.of any
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feature of the Water Treatment Plant and its appurtenances
required by the mandates of State, Federal, or other present and
future regulatory agencies and generally accepted surface water
treatment plant operating practices.
The percentages reflected by the following table represent
the proportion of the amount of water contracted from the
Canadian River Authority by each city named herein. These
percentages shall be used to calculate the proportion of
Maintenance, Operation, and Replacement Costs to be paid monthly
by each participating city hereinabove mentioned.
PERCENTAGES OF MO&R COSTS TO
CITY BE PAID BY SAID CITY
LUBBOCK 79.66%
LEVELLAND 5.98
BROWNFIELD 4.72
SLATON 3.38
TAHOKA 0.97
O'DONNELL 0.59
LAMESA 4.70
TOTAL 100.00%
B. PERMANENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. Permanent Capital
Improvements shall include those costs separate from the City of
Lubbock's normal operating budget which are required to maintain
the structural and operational integrity of the Water Treatment
Plant and those costs incurred as the result of changes in laws,
rules, regulations, or other required mandates of State, Federal,
or other future regulatory agencies. The costs of Permanent
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R
Capital Improvements shall be shared by all cities mentioned
hereinabove according to the same percentages listed in paragraph
A.
C. CHEMICAL & ENERGY COSTS. Chemical Cost shall include
only the costs of chemicals used in the treatment process.
Energy costs shall include the costs of electricity, gas, and
other generated forms of energy actually used in and necessitated
by all operations of the treatment facility to treat water, and
including any cost of reinjection of the treated water back into
the Authority distribution lines. The costs associated with
operating, maintaining, and/or improving equipment, structures,
and other appurtenances constructed for solely for the benefit of
the City of Lubbock shall not be included in calculating these
costs for the cities mentioned hereinabove.
Each City will pay the Chemical and Energy Costs monthly, on
the basis of the water actually treated for the particular city
involved during the preceding month as metered to it by the
Authority. Such costs to be paid by each city to be that sum
equal in proportion to the whole Chemical & Energy Costs of the
preceding year, as the amount of water treated for the City
involved bears to the amount of water treated for all of said
cities during the same period.
D. RESERVE FUND. A special reserve fund account shall be
established by the City of Lubbock to provide contingency funds
for unanticipated and/or unbudgeted capital expenditures. This
fund shall be used solely for the purpose of maintaining,
restoring, and/or improving the water treatment plant and its
appurtenances. A two percent (2%) surcharge shall be assessed to
each city's monthly billing for water treatment and, upon
receipt, the surcharge funds shall be placed in the reserve fund
by the City of Lubbock. Interest and/or investment income earned
by the reserve fund shall become part of the reserve fund.
Reserve fund balances, expenditures, and earnings will be
reported to each city annually. There shall be no maximum limit
on the balance of the reserve fund.
E. ANNUAL COST ADJUSTMENT. The Maintenance, Operation &
Replacement and Chemical & Energy Costs shall be adjusted
annually at the end of the City of Lubbock's budgetary fiscal
year to reflect the actual costs incurred by the City of Lubbock
during its fiscal year. In the event Maintenance, Operation &
Replacement and Chemical & Energy Costs incurred during the City
of Lubbock's fiscal year are greater than the amount paid by any
city hereinabove mentioned, said city shall pay the City of
Lubbock the amount of the difference of actual costs incurred
minus the amount paid by said city. A two percent (2%) surcharge
for the reserve fund shall be assessed to any amount to be paid
by said city. In the event Maintenance, Operation & Replacement
a and Chemical & Energy Costs incurred during the City of Lubbock's
fiscal year are less than the amount paid by any of the
hereinabove mention cities, the City of Lubbock shall reimburse
said city the amount of overpayment except that surcharges
assessed during the year will not be reimbursed and will remain
in the reserve fund.
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F. The City of Lubbock shall bill each said city for water
treatment on a monthly basis based upon the amount of water
delivered to each city by the Canadian River Municipal Water
Authority. The monthly billing amount shall be calculated as the
amount in thousand gallons delivered to each individual city
times the cost for Maintenance, Operation & Replacement and
Chemical & Energy as calculated in the most recent annual cost
adjustment. In addition, a two percent (2%) reserve fund
surcharge shall be added to each monthly billing amount.
G. The City of Lubbock shall be entitled to interest at a
rate equal to the thirty (30) day Treasury Bill rate in effect
during the period of delinquency. In the event an account is
delinquent for more than one thirty (30) day Treasury Bill
period, the interest rate in any given period shall be equal to
that of the thirty (30) day Treasury Bill rate in effect for the
same period. Accounts shall become delinquent if not paid within
thirty (30) days from date of invoice.
V.
THAT this contract is to be performed and enforced in
Lubbock County, Texas, and the treated water shall be construed
as delivered to said cities when reinjected by the City of
Lubbock into the distribution lines of the Authority at the said
treatment plant as allowed by the Authority.
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VI.
THAT the original plant, any additions thereto, including
all improvements used in connection therewith and all
appurtenances thereof, are, and at all times remain, the sole
property of the City of Lubbock.
VII.
Failure or inability of either party to this agreement to
perform or carry out in whole or in part its obligations under
this agreement as herein provided as a result of "Force Majeure",
then if such party shall give notice and full particulars in
writing setting forth such reason to the other party after the
occurrence of the event or cause relied on, the obligation of the
party giving such notice, so far as it is affected by such "Force
Majeure", shall be suspended during the continuance of the
inability then claimed, but for no longer period, and any such
party shall endeavor to overcome such inability with all
reasonable dispatch, or if such failure or inability of either
party to perform or carry out in whole or in part its obligations
under this agreement by reason of any court action or order
restraining such performance or clearly establishing the lack of
power or authority of either party to perform such obligations
shall never under any circumstances be so construed as to give
rise to a cause of action for damage by either party against the
non -performing party. The term "Force Majeure" as employed
herein, shall mean acts of God, strikes, lockouts or other
industrial disturbances, acts of public enemy, orders or actions
of any kind of the government of the United States or of the
9
State of Texas, or any civil or military authority, insurrec-
tions, riots, epidemics, lightening, fires, winds, storms,
floods, washouts, arrests, restraints of government and people,
droughts, civil disturbances, explosions, breakage or accidents
to dams, machinery, pipelines, or canals, or structures or
machinery, partial or entire failure of water supply and
inability on the part of the City of Lubbock to treat water
hereunder or any city to receive water on account of any cause
not reasonably within the control of the party claiming such
inability. It is understood and agreed that the settlement of
strikes and lockouts shall be entirely within the discretion of
the party having difficulty, and that the above requirement and
any "Force Majeure" shall be remedied with all reasonable
dispatch shall not require the settlement of strikes and lockouts
by acceding to the demands of the opposing party or parties when
such settlement is unfavorable to it in the judgment of the party
having the difficulty. No damage shall be recoverable from the
City of Lubbock by reason of the suspension of the treatment of
water due to any of the causes above -mentioned.
VIII.
THAT this agreement shall remain in effect for a period of
thirty (30) years from date of execution. This contract shall
not invalidate any of the hereinabove mentioned cities' right to
receive water under the terms of their contract with the
Authority.
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IX.
THAT this agreement supercedes and takes the place of prior
agreements between the parties (which may have been executed)
regarding the subject matter covered by this agreement.
EXECUTED as of the 22nd day of February 1 lg 90
B. C. McMINN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Ran tte Boyd, City Secretary
A=ASTO:
D n A. Hawkins, Director of Water
U ilities
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Morth Fullingim, Ass taut City
ney
CITY OF TAHOKA , TEXAS
BY:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Sezr tary or Clerk
ATTACHMENT "A"
100% CRMWA Allocation = 103,000 acre ft.
Maximum
Percent
100 % Allocation
Total Gallons
Flow
City Participation (Acre ft.)
( X 1000)
Rate (MGD)
Lubbock
37.058
38,169.74
12,437,648
34.076
Terminal
Storage Reserve
18.621
Levelland
2.790
2,873.70
936,398
2.565
Brownfield
2.198
2,263.94
737,707
2.021
Slaton
1.576
1,606.80
523,577
1.434
Tahoka
0.460
473.80
154,388
0.423
O'Donnell
0.278
286.34
93,304
0.256
Lamesa
2.179
2,244.37
731,330
2.004
TOTALS 47,918.69 15,614,352 61.400
FORMULAS:
103,000 acre feet x percent allocation x percent participation = acre
ft.
acre ft. for city x 325,851 = gallons
(gallons _ 1000) _ 365 = maximum flow rate in million gallons per day
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Resolution #3313
WATER TREATMENT CONTRACT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
WHEREAS, the undersigned parties to this Water Treatment
Contract are among those Texas Municipalities which have
heretofore validly become participating members of Canadian River
Municipal Water Authority, hereinafter called "Authority"; and
WHEREAS, untreated water is delivered from the Authority
reservoir near the City of Sanford, Texas, on the Canadian River
to the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant for treatment in conformity
with Federal and State regulations; and
WHEREAS, engineering studies and surveys have revealed that
the operation and maintenance of one single treatment plant to
treat all the Canadian River waters to be received by the cities
of Lubbock, Levelland, Brownfield, O'Donnell, Slaton, Tahoka and
Lamesa, would materially reduce the unit costs of treating said
water for each of said cities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has expressed its willingness
to undertake the operation and maintenance of the Lubbock Water
Treatment Plant to serve the water treatment needs of said City
' of Lubbock and the several other cities hereinabove mentioned
subject only to the conditions hereinafter appearing; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has heretofore constructed the
Water Treatment Plant with sufficient size to treat up to 61.4
million gallons of water per day; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock is required by the Safe
Drinking Water Act to treat water in accordance with
Environmental Protection Agency water quality regulations; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned parties to this Water Treatment
Contract have recognized the need to amend and update their
original contract to clarify their current relationship; NOW
THEREFORE:
WITNESSETH:
THAT the City of Lubbock, a Home Rule Municipal Corporation
of Lubbock County, Texas, acting herein by and through its Mayor
as heretofore duly authorized by Resolution of its City Council,
hereinafter called "LUBBOCK" and the City of Lamesa
a municipal corporation of Dawson County, Texas,
acting herein by and through its Mayor as heretofore duly
authorized Resolution of its City, hereinafter called
if Lamesa
to, have this day made and
entered into the following memorandum and agreement, to -wit:
I.
THAT for and in consideration of the promises and
obligations herein undertaken by The City of Lamesa , the
City of Lubbock has agreed and does agree to operate, maintain,
and repair a water treatment plant of sufficient size and
classification to treat the water which the cities of Lubbock,
Levelland, Brownfield, O'Donnell, Slaton, Tahoka and Lamesa, have
contracted to receive from the Canadian River Municipal
Authority. The amounts presented in the following table
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represent the flow rates available to each of the said cities
from the Authority and the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant. These
flow rates are based on a one hundred percent Authority
allocation of 103,000 acre feet of water per year. The calcula-
tions are summarized in ATTACHMENT "A".
Annual
Daily Average
Flow*
City (Million Gallons Per Day)
Lubbock 52.697
Levelland 2.565
Brownfield 2.021
Slaton 1.434
Tahoka 0.423
O'Donnell 0.256
Lamesa 2.004
TOTAL 61.400
* Annual Flow divided by 365 days
In the event the Authority increases the maximum amount of
water available above the current 103,000 acre feet per year
and/or any of the said member cities negotiates an allocation
transfer from another member city, the flow rates presented above
shall remain in effect until this agreement is superceded or
modified by mutual agreement between the City of Lubbock and each
of the said member cities.
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II.
THAT the obligation undertaken by the City of Lubbock in the
preceding paragraph is entirely contingent upon the abilities of
said City of Lubbock to negotiate and obtain execution of
contracts essentially identical to this instrument with each of
the cities of Brownfield, Lamesa, Levelland, O'Donnell, Slaton
and Tahoka, for the treatment of all Authority water to be
received by each of said cities.
THAT upon the execution of all of said contracts, the City
of Lubbock will, for said contracting cities, then treat all or
any part of the water to which they respectively shall be
entitled to under their contract with the Canadian River
Municipal Authority up to the flow rates presented in the above
table.
IV.
THAT the undersigned City of Lamesa will
pay for said water treatment service based upon its percent
participation in the Lubbock Water Treatment Plant as follows:
A. MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, AND REPLACEMENT COSTS.
Maintenance, Operation, and Replacement Costs shall include those
fixed and variable costs directly attributable to and benefitting
the Water Treatment Plant in order to ensure adequate treatment
of water provided by the Authority. This category shall include
all costs of administration, laboratory services, operation,
maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation of any
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feature of the Water Treatment Plant and its appurtenances
required by the mandates of State, Federal, or other present and
future regulatory agencies and generally accepted surface water
treatment plant operating practices.
The percentages reflected by the following table represent
the proportion of the amount of water contracted from the
Canadian River Authority by each city named herein. These
percentages shall be used to calculate the proportion of
Maintenance, Operation, and Replacement Costs to be paid monthly
by each participating city hereinabove mentioned.
PERCENTAGES OF MO&R COSTS TO
CITY BE PAID BY SAID CITY
LUBBOCK 79.66%
LEVELLAND 5.98
BROWNFIELD 4.72
SLATON 3.38
TAHOKA 0.97
O'DONNELL 0.59
LAMESA 4.70
TOTAL 100.00%
B. PERMANENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. Permanent Capital
Improvements shall include those costs separate from the City of
Lubbock's normal operating budget which are required to maintain
the structural and operational integrity of the Water Treatment
Plant and those costs incurred as the result of changes in laws,
rules, regulations, or other required mandates of State, Federal,
or other future regulatory agencies. The costs of Permanent
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Capital Improvements shall be shared by all cities mentioned
hereinabove according to the same percentages listed in paragraph
A.
C. CHEMICAL & ENERGY COSTS. Chemical Cost shall include
only the costs of chemicals used in the treatment process.
Energy costs shall include the costs of electricity, gas, and
other generated forms of energy actually used in and necessitated
by all operations of the treatment facility to treat water, and
including any cost of reinjection of the treated water back into
the Authority distribution lines. The costs associated with
operating, maintaining, and/or improving equipment, structures,
and other appurtenances constructed for solely for the benefit of
the City of Lubbock shall not be included in calculating these
costs for the cities mentioned hereinabove.
Each City will pay the Chemical and Energy Costs monthly, on
the basis of the water actually treated for the particular city
involved during the preceding month as metered to it by the
Authority. Such costs to be paid by each city to be that sum
equal in proportion to the whole Chemical & Energy Costs of the
preceding year, as the amount of water treated for the City
involved bears to the amount of water treated for all of said
cities during the same period.
D. RESERVE FUND. A special reserve fund account shall be
established by the City of Lubbock to provide contingency funds
for unanticipated and/or unbudgeted capital expenditures. This
fund shall be used solely for the purpose of maintaining,
restoring, and/or improving the water treatment plant and its
appurtenances. A two percent (2%) surcharge shall be assessed to
each city's monthly billing for water treatment and, upon
receipt, the surcharge funds shall be placed in the reserve fund
by the City of Lubbock. Interest and/or investment income earned
by the reserve fund shall become part of the reserve fund.
Reserve fund balances, expenditures, and earnings will be
reported to each city annually. There shall be no maximum limit
on the balance of the reserve fund.
E. ANNUAL COST ADJUSTMENT. The Maintenance, Operation &
Replacement and Chemical & Energy Costs shall be adjusted
annually at the end of the City of Lubbock's budgetary fiscal
year to reflect the actual costs incurred by the City of Lubbock
during its fiscal year. In the event Maintenance, Operation &
Replacement and Chemical & Energy Costs incurred during the City
of Lubbock's fiscal year are greater than the amount paid by any
city hereinabove mentioned, said city shall pay the City of
Lubbock the amount of the difference of actual costs incurred
minus the amount paid by said city. A two percent (2%) surcharge
for the reserve fund shall be assessed to any amount to be paid
by said city. In the event Maintenance, Operation & Replacement
11 and Chemical & Energy Costs incurred during the City of Lubbock's
fiscal year are less than the amount paid by any of the
hereinabove mention cities, the City of Lubbock shall reimburse
said city the amount of overpayment except that surcharges
assessed during the year will not be reimbursed and will remain
in the reserve fund.
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F. The City of Lubbock shall bill each said city for water
treatment on a monthly basis based upon the amount of water
delivered to each city by the Canadian River Municipal Water
Authority. The monthly billing amount shall be calculated as the
amount in thousand gallons delivered to each individual city
times the cost for Maintenance, Operation & Replacement and
Chemical & Energy as calculated in the most recent annual cost
adjustment. In addition, a two percent (2%) reserve fund
surcharge shall be added to each monthly billing amount.
G. The City of Lubbock shall be entitled to interest at a
rate equal to the thirty (30) day Treasury Bill rate in effect
during the period of delinquency. In the event an account is
delinquent for more than one thirty (30) day Treasury Bill
period, the interest rate in any given period shall be equal to
that of the thirty (30) day Treasury Bill rate in effect for the
same period. Accounts shall become delinquent if not paid within
thirty (30) days from date of invoice.
V.
THAT this contract is to be performed and enforced in
Lubbock County, Texas, and the treated water shall be construed
as delivered to said cities when reinjected by the City of
Lubbock into the distribution lines of the Authority at the said
treatment plant as allowed by the Authority.
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VI.
THAT the original plant, any additions thereto, including
all improvements used in connection therewith and all
appurtenances thereof, are, and at all times remain, the sole
property of the City of Lubbock.
VII.
Failure or inability of either party to this agreement to
perform or carry out in whole or in part its obligations under
this agreement as herein provided as a result of "Force Majeure",
then if such party shall give notice and full particulars in
writing setting forth such reason to the other party after the
occurrence of the event or cause relied on, the obligation of the
party giving such notice, so far as it is affected by such "Force
Majeure", shall be suspended during the continuance of the
inability then claimed, but for no longer period, and any such
party shall endeavor to overcome such inability with all
reasonable dispatch, or if such failure or inability of either
party to perform or carry out in whole or in part its obligations
under this agreement by reason of any court action or order
restraining such performance or clearly establishing the lack of
power or authority of either party to perform such obligations
shall never under any circumstances be so construed as to give
rise to a cause of action for damage by either party against the
non -performing party. The term "Force Majeure" as employed
herein, shall mean acts of God, strikes, lockouts or other
industrial disturbances, acts of public enemy, orders or actions
of any kind of the government of the United States or of the
State of Texas, or any civil or military authority, insurrec-
tions, riots, epidemics, lightening, fires, winds, storms,
floods, washouts, arrests, restraints of government and people,
droughts, civil disturbances, explosions, breakage or accidents
to dams, machinery, pipelines, or canals, or structures or
machinery, partial or entire failure of water supply and
inability on the part of the City of Lubbock to treat water
hereunder or any city to receive water on account of any cause
not reasonably within the control of the party claiming such
inability. It is understood and agreed that the settlement of
strikes and lockouts shall be entirely within the discretion of
the party having difficulty, and that the above requirement and
any "Force Majeure" shall be remedied with all reasonable
dispatch shall not require the settlement of strikes and lockouts
by acceding to the demands of the opposing party or parties when
such settlement is unfavorable to it in the judgment of the party
having the difficulty. No damage shall be recoverable from the
City of Lubbock by reason of the suspension of the treatment of
water due to any of the causes above -mentioned.
VIII.
THAT this agreement shall remain in effect for a period of
thirty (30) years from date of execution. This contract shall
not invalidate any of the hereinabove mentioned cities' right to
receive water under the terms of their contract with the
Authority.
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IX.
THAT this agreement supercedes and takes the place of prior
agreements between the parties (which may have been executed)
regarding the subject matter covered by this agreement.
EXECUTED as of the 22nd day of February 1990
a
z
. C. MCMINN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Ran tte Boyd, City tecretary
AS TO CONTENT:
n A. Hawkins, Director of Water
ilities
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
J. Xq(rth Fullingim, Assistzot City
At o ney
CIT OF LAMESA TEXAS
BY: -3Ed
Mayor
ATTEr t.Z
_11;:2
City Secretary or Clerk
ATTACHMENT "A"
100a CRMWA Allocation = 103,000 acre ft.
Percent
100 a Allocation
Total Gallons
City Participation (Acre ft.)
( X 1000)
Lubbock
37.058
38,169.74
12,437,648
Terminal
Storage Reserve
Levelland
2.790
2,873.70
936,398
Brownfield
2.198
2,263.94
737,707
Slaton
1.576
1,606.80
523,577
Tahoka
0.460
473.80
154,388
O'Donnell
0.278
286.34
93,304
Lamesa
2.179
2,244.37
731,330
TOTALS 47,918.69
15,614,352
Maximum
Flow
Rate (MGD)
34.076
18.621
2.565
2.021
1.434
0.423
0.256
2.004
61.400
FORMULAS:
103,000 acre feet x percent allocation x percent participation = acre
ft.
acre ft. for city x 325,851 = gallons
(gallons _ 1000) _ 365 = maximum flow rate in million gallons per day