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Agenda Item #4
April 3, 1986
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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 a Settlement
Agreement by and between the City of Lubbock, Mr. Sidney Johnson, Individ-
ually, d/b/a Johnson Cattle Company and as Trustee for the Estate of Mrs.
Weldon Johnson, deceased, Mr. Weldon Clay Johnson, Ms. Vicky Lee Johnson,
and Convest Energy Corporation; a Memorandum of Agreement by and between
the City of Lubbock, Mr. & Mrs. Billy Wayne Williams, Mr. & Mrs. Billy
Huddleston, Mr. & Mrs. John Ward, Mr. & Mrs. John Reed, Mr. & Mrs. J. W.
Headstream, Mr. & Mrs. Jim Boren, Mr. & Mrs. John Boren, Mr. & Mrs. Walter
Boren; and a Ratification of Memorandum of Agreement and Settlement,
Assumption and Release by and between the City of Lubbock and Mildred Boren
Wood, 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 fully copied herein in detail.
Passed by the City Council this 3rd
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APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
G ,
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Utilities
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
James f . Brewster, U1v
Attorney
day of April , 1986.
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ALAK HENRY, M YOR
Dated: April 3, 1986
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
RECITALS
A. The City of Lubbock, Texas ("City") desires to construct
the Justiceburg Reservoir Project to provide a municipal water
supply for the City.
B. The City of Lubbock, Texas, has obtained a Texas Water
Code § 11.121 Permit No. 4146 (the "Permit") from the Texas
Water Commission ("Commission") to construct the proposed
Justiceburg Reservoir Project on the South Fork of the Double
Mountain Fork of the Brazos River in Garza and Kent Counties,
Texas, and the White River Municipal Water District ("District")
has obtained extensions of time on its permit to construct the
proposed Post Reservoir on the North Fork of the Double Mountain
Fork of the Brazos River in Garza County, Texas. The City may
contract to obtain additional municipal water supply from the
proposed Post Reservoir Project.
C. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wayne Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Huddleston, Mr. and Mrs. John Ward, Mr. and Mrs. John Reed, Mr.
and Mrs. J.W. Headstream, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Boren, Mr. and Mrs.
John Boren, Jr. and Mrs. Walter Boren ('Landowners") and Convest
Energy Corporation ("Convest") are appealing the grant of the
permit by the Commission to the City to construct the proposed
Justiceburg Reservoir in Cause No. 369,838, Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Wayne Williams, et al. vs. Texas Department of Water Resources,
et al., pending in the 126th Judicial District Court of Texas
County, Texas.
D. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wayne Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Huddleston, Mr. and Mrs. John Ward, Mr. and Mrs. John Reed, Mr.
and Mrs. J.W. Headstream, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Boren, Mr. and Mrs.
John Boren, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boren ("Landowners"), Convest
Energy Corporation ("Convest"), Mr. Sidney Johnson,
individually, d/b/a Johnson Cattle Company and as Trustee for
the Estate of Mr. Weldon Johnson, deceased, and as Trustee for
the Estate of Mrs. Weldon Johnson, deceased, Mr. Weldon Clay
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Johnson and Ms. Vicky_.Lee Johnson ("Johnson"), have appealed the
decision of the Commission to grant extensions of time for the
District to construct the Post Reservoir in both Cause No.
346,496, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wayne Williams, et al. V. Texas
Department of Water Resources, et al., pending in the 299th
Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas, and Cause No.
374,346, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wayne Williams, et al. v. Texas
Department of Water Resources, et al., pending in the 53rd
Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas.
E. All of the parties desire to settle the three
above -mentioned lawsuits.
AGREEMENT
The Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby,
hereby undertake, covenant, and agree that the settlement is
effective subject to the terms, conditions and provisions set
forth below:
I.
Upon signing of this Agreement by the Parties hereto, the
City will pay to the firm of Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody,
Trustee for Landowners, Convest and Johnson (collectively
referred to as "Protestants') the total amount of attorneys'
fees and expenses and consultant fees and expenses of not to
exceed the sum of $425,000.00, incurred in their prosecution of
the protest to the Application of the City of Lubbock for a
water permit to construct the Justiceburg Reservoir and the
Applications of the White River Municipal Water District to
obtain extensions of time to construct the Post Reservoir and
any appeals from the decision of the Texas Water Commission
granting such permits or extensions. Prior to the date of
contract of sale as provided in Section VII, the City will
satisfy itself as to the ownership by Landowners of the property
necessary to the full accomplishment of the terms of this
Agreement and Landowners will cooperate with City in that
regard.
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II.
Upon payment of the amounts described in section I above,
the Landowners will allow the City and their consultants
reasonable access, without cost, to the property of Landowners
in and about the proposed Justiceburg Reservoir site in order to
conduct additional tests and perform additional geotechnical
evaluations to ascertain the design of the proposed Justiceburg
Reservoir project. These tests are to be completed within
twelve (12) months after the date of payment of the amounts
described in section I above. If, after the tests and
evaluations described herein are conducted, the City in its sole
discretion elects to proceed with the proposed Justiceburg
Reservoir Project, the City will, within fifteen (15) months
after the date of payment of the amounts described in section I
above, by written communication to the attorneys for
Protestants, advise the Protestants that the project is feasible
and will, within eighteen (18) months after the date of payment
of the amounts described in section I above, employ consulting
engineers for the final design of the proposed Justiceburg
Reservoir project, and, within thirty (30) months after the date
of payment of the amounts described in section I above, present
to Protestants an estimate of the amount of acreage required to
complete the project, exclusive of the land requirements
necessary to satisfy the conditions of the Section 404 Permit.
III.
The final design of the proposed Justiceburg dam and
reservoir shall, as nearly as possible, provide that the service
road and power lines follow property boundaries to the pump
station and dam site. The Landowners, when necessary, will
provide the City easements described by metes and bounds for one
or more water pipelines, electric transmission lines and
communication lines from the pump station across their property,
together with temporary construction easements to construct and
install water pipelines, electric transmission lines and
communication lines, the pump house, dam, reservoir and other
facilities required by City to complete the Justiceburg
Project. The Landowners will be compensated by City at the rate
of $20.00 per rod per sixty (60') foot width for all such
permanent and temporary easements, which compensation shall be
paid in cash at the time such easements are granted.
Landowners, when necessary, shall provide the City, without
cost, an easement for a service road to be fenced and
constructed by the City, at the City's sole expense, which shall
be an all-weather road fenced on both sides and accessible to
the City and Landowners whose land immediately adjoins the
road. Landowners shall maintain the fences after construction
and the City shall maintain the service road. This road shall
not be accessible to the public nor dedicated as a public
roadway.
IV.
In the event that City, in its discretion, determines to
construct the Justiceburg Reservoir as contemplated by this
Agreement and does construct such facility, then and only then
the City will grant to the Landowners Reed, Ward, and
Huddleston, one tap each to allow use of the raw water in the
pipeline(s) for such Landowners' domestic and normal ranching
livestock consumption on Landowners' property. No warranty will
be given as to the quality or the availability of water from the
pipeline(s). The Landowners will provide a recording meter at
each tap to measure the volume of water taken which shall be
limited to twenty (20) acre feet per year per tap. The City
shall have reasonable access to each tap and meter for the
purpose of calibrating the same from time to time.
The Landowners shall own the land down to the normal
operating level of the lake which is defined as 2220 feet above
mean sea level, except in the limited area where additional land
is required for the location of the dam itself, the spillway
discharge channel, the emergency spillway, borrow areas as
needed, public access areas, unusable land, pump stations, the
service road, the dam abutments, and access between the pump
station and the dam structure, and any land actually required
for construction and/or operation of the dam, the pump station
and other necessary facilities associated with the reservoir.
In addition, without further compensation, the City, upon
reasonable notice to Landowners, shall be granted temporary
access to points on the shore of the lake for reasonable
purposes necessary during construction and subsequent operation
of the dam and reservoir.
The Landowners and the City or its employees, agents and
contractors, in the performance of their official duties with
the City, shall have the exclusive right to use land below the
normal operating level of the lake at times when the lake is
below normal operating level, except areas between the water
line and unusable land and public access areas. At such times,
Landowners may use such land for livestock grazing and for their
personal recreational uses. Landowners shall have no right
however to build, place or erect any structure or facility
within such areas.
The Landowners shall provide the City, without cost, a
restrictive easement and flood easement from elevation 2220 feet
above mean sea level to elevation 2245 feet above mean sea
level, which easement shall provide City (a) the right to
intermittently overflow, flood or cover such land, at any time
with flood, slack or backwater created by construction,
maintenance and operation by City of Justiceburg Dam and the
Reservoir and for the storage of water created by the
construction of the Dam; (b) the right to enter upon said land,
with due notice and without loitering, to clear, destroy or
dispose of any timber, brush, obstruction, accumulation, trash,
filth or any other thing which would in any way interfere with
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the construction, maintenance and operation of such dam and
reservoir or tend to render the same unsafe or unsanitary and to
prevent the drainage or dumping of refuse, sewage or other
material into such reservoir and to carry out an adequate
program of pollution control; and (c) the right to prevent the
construction of, or the removal, with due notice, of any
structure or facility located or to be located on said land.
The Landowners shall also impose, without cost to the City, a
restrictive easement on such portion of their land which is
between elevation 2245 feet above mean sea level and 300 feet
horizontal distance from elevation 2220 feet above mean sea
level if the 300 feet horizontal distance contains a larger area
of land than is contained between elevations 2220 feet and 2245
feet above mean sea level, which easement shall provide the City
(a) the right to enter upon said land, with due notice and
without loitering, to clear, destroy or dispose of any timber,
brush, obstruction, accumulation, trash, filth, or any other
thing which would in any way interfere with construction,
maintenance and operation of such dam or reservoir or tend to
render the same unsafe or unsanitary, and to prevent the
drainage or dumping of refuse, sewage or any other material into
such reservoir and to carry out an adequate program of pollution
control; and (b) the right to prevent the construction of, or
the removal of, with due notice, any structure or facility
located or to be located on said land. Structures and
facilities are defined as waterwells, septic systems, cesspools,
barns, sheds, places of habitation, and boat docks, but shall
not include pens, gates, fences, cattleguards or boat ramps.
All structures constructed and maintained by the Landowners
shall be at the Landowners risk with regard to flooding by the
City's reservoir. Each Landowner shall have the right to
construct two boat ramps, which shall comply with applicable
regulations imposed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
for the construction of such ramps at the Justiceburg Reservoir
Project.
V.
Both the City and the Landowners desire that the minimum
amount of public access to or from Landowners' property be
granted to the proposed Justiceburg Reservoir. The Landowners
agree to support in all things the City's application before the
United States Army Corps of Engineers for the grant of a Section
404 Permit according to the provisions of 33 U.S.C.A. Section
404 and the regulations adopted thereunder. City and Landowners
agree in the Section 404 proceedings to minimize public access
to the lake from the Landowners' property. The City shall
initiate and prosecute the Section 404 proceeding with
reasonable diligence.
VI.
Upon completion of the final design the City will be allowed
to survey the reservoir site in order to determine the total
number of acres below the normal operating level, the number of
acres required for the dam structure, dam abutments, borrow
areas, pump station and access thereto, spillways, return, other
structures, unusable land, and public access areas.
Except as provided in sections III and IV with respect to
the easements therein referred to, the City agrees to pay or
compensate the Landowners for each acre taken by the City in fee
title (the oil, gas, and other hydrocarbon minerals being
reserved to Landowners as set out below) to complete the
Justiceburg Reservoir Project, as follows: $800.00 per acre
which is the City's estimate of avoided costs by settlement.
Landowners, however, shall have the right to use any of the land
to be acquired by City in fee for normal ranching operations
from the date that the City contracts to acquire such fee title
until such time as the City pays the entire price for such land
and notifies Landowners that it requires such land for its use.
Landowners shall not be required to pay any rent or other
consideration to City for use of the land above -mentioned.
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The City shall purchase all unusable land which is
designated by red color code on the map attached hereto as
Exhibit "A", which Exhibit is made a part of this Agreement for
all purposes. The Parties agree that after the final design and
construction plans of the reservoir are completed, other
property of Landowners may become unusable land and such
additional potential unusable land is designated on Exhibit "A"
by yellow color code. For purposes of such additional potential
unusable land, the term "unusable land" shall mean property
owned by any Landowner that is a party to this Agreement, to
which all reasonable access to such property or reasonable
access to livestock water supplies to such property or
reasonable use of such property for normal ranching operations
will be denied due to the isolation of such property by water in
the reservoir or City's facilities related to the reservoir,
and/or property owned by others. The owners of all "unusable
land" shall be paid for same at the rate of $800.00 per acre.
The City shall have the right to designate as "public access
areas" any or all of those areas designated by green color code
on the map attached hereto as Exhibit "A", which Exhibit is made
a part of this Agreement for all purposes. The owners of
"public access areas" shall be paid for same at the rate of
$800.00 per acre. The City shall construct and maintain a fence
around the public access areas at its sole expense.
The Landowners will retain all oil and gas, and other
hydrocarbon mineral rights and other substances extracted with
or as a by-product of the extraction of such hydrocarbon
minerals and all development rights from such minerals attached
to the land acquired by the City, whether in fee or by
easement. Included in such rights will be the right to drill
hydrocarbon oil and gas wells through the reservoir and to
locate such wells on barges or man-made islands in the reservoir
itself. All such structures shall be constructed and maintained
at the Landowners' and Operator's risk with regard to flooding
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by the City's reservoir.
With respect to all minerals presently owned by Landowners
and not currently under lease, Landowners and the City expressly
agree that all current and future hydrocarbon oil and gas well
drilling, storage and transportation activities, during both
construction and operation and all facilities incidental
thereto, shall be operated and maintained in such manner as will
protect from any contamination the purity of the water impounded
in the reservoir at all times pursuant to the applicable
Regulations of the Railroad Commission of Texas; and that the
location of any drilling sites on land owned in fee by the City
shall be subject to approval by the City, which approval shall
not be unreasonable withheld.
VII.
Within 60 days after: (i) the date the City presents to
Landowners an estimate of the amount of acreage required to
complete the project pursuant to Section II hereof, or, if the
City fails to deliver such estimate as therein required, the
date the City is required to present such estimate; or (ii) the
date the City obtains a Section 404 Permit from the United
States Army Corps of Engineers, or following completion to final
judgment by City of any appeal which may be taken from the
Corps' issuance of a permit; whichever last occurs, the City
agrees to contract for the purchase from Landowners of the
surface land to be acquired in fee (the oil, gas and other
hydrocarbon minerals being reserved to Landowners), by warranty
deed, free and clear of all outstanding liens, mortgages, deeds
of trust or other indebtedness but subject however to any and
all easements, leases, rights -of -way, restrictions, outstanding
mineral interests and royalty interests, if any, relating to or
affecting said property, and shall pay to the Landowners an
amount equal to twenty-five (25%) percent of the amount obtained
by multiplying $800.00 times the number of acres required to be
acquired by the City in fee as determined in section VI above.
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This payment will constitute a non-refundable deposit and will
be made pursuant to a contract of sale for the necessary land;
however, the City even after payment of the non-refundable
deposit and before the payment of the balance of the purchase,
as herein provided, expressly retains the right to elect not to
proceed with the project or the purchase of the property which
is the subject of this Agreement. Except for specific
performance to obtain cancellation of 5 11.121 Permit No. 4146
as provided for below, no further remedy, recovery, or any other
relief shall be applicable other than forfeiture of the
non-refundable deposit and of the legal fees under section I
above.
The City warrants that it has established and funded a
dedicated account for the purpose of the land acquisition
contemplated in this Agreement.
The City shall have, and the contract of sale
above -mentioned shall provide, the option to pay the full amount
then due and owing on the land purchased pursuant to this
section at any time. In the event the City does purchase the
land necessary for the Justiceburg Reservoir as determined in
section VI and later decides not to construct the reservoir or
utilize the land, then in such event, and to the extent it is
authorized to do so by State law, Landowners' shall have a right
of first refusal to repurchase the land from the City. The
right of first refusal herein granted to the Landowner shall be
exercised by him within 120 days from the date the City notifies
all of the Landowners of its intention to accept a bona fide
offer for the purchase of the property. In the event that the
Landowner whose land was purchased by the City does not exercise
his right of first refusal or declines to exercise said right,
the other Landowners who are parties to this Agreement shall
have the right to purchase the land in question provided that
they do so within the 120 day period above set forth.
The remaining seventy-five (75%) percent of the purchase
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price due hereunder shall, unless the City elect not to proceed
with the project as above provided, be due and payable by the
City prior to entry into actual construction of the dam,
reservoir or any major facility relating thereto, and in no
event later than three (3) years following the dismissal of
litigation as provided in section VIII, below. In the event the
City fails to pay the remaining purchase price as herein
provided, the City will seek cancellation of its 9 11.121 Permit
No. 4146 and Landowners have the right to enforce cancellation
by specific performance. The balance of the purchase price to
be paid Landowners (i.e., the total purchase price payable
hereunder less the non-refundable deposit) shall be increased
monthly from and after thirty (30) days after the date of
dismissal of the litigation as hereinbelow provided at the rate
of ten percent (10%) per annum until full and final payment of
all sums due hereunder is made by the City. The City shall pay
to the Landowners semi-annually the amount of the increase
accruing during such six (6) month period, beginning at the end
of the first six (6) months after the date of dismissal of the
litigation and continuing regularly and semi-annually thereafter
until the entire amount of the increased purchase price is paid
in full. Such payments shall be non-refundable and shall be
credited toward payment of such increased purchase price.
In the event that the United States Corps of Engineers
requires as a condition to granting of a Section 404 Permit that
the City acquire additional land over and above the amount
determined in section VI needed for the construction of the
Justiceburg Reservoir, then in such event the parties hereto
agree that the $800.00 per acre purchase price shall have no
application to any such additional land acquired under such
circumstances, except where the Section 404 land designated is
owned by the Landowners and is contiguous to the lake.
City agrees to indemnify and hold Landowners harmless from
any and all claims or liabilities or damages based on the
negligence of the City or any of its employees, agents and
contractors related in any manner to the City's surveying,
feasibility investigations and construction and operation of the
Justiceburg Dam and Reservoir.
VIII.
Upon payment of the twenty-five (25%) percent of the
estimated land costs by the City, the Landowners agree to
dismiss, with prejudice, their appeals from the decisions of the
Texas Water Commission docketed as Cause No. 368,838 pending in
the 126th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas, Cause
No. 346,496, pending in the 299th Judicial District Court of
Travis County, Texas, and Cause No. 374,346 pending in the 53rd
Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas. Landowners
agree to pay court costs.
In addition to the dismissal of the above -mentioned pending
litigation, the Landowners further agree, upon the payment of
twenty-five (25%) percent of the estimated land cost by City,
that they shall reasonably cooperate with the City in connection
with City activities in planning, financing, constructing or
maintaining the Justiceburg Reservoir or the Post Reservoir.
IX.
Prior to the payment by the City to Landowners of the
amounts described in section I of this Agreement, the Parties
shall prepare and agree upon definitive documents required to
effectuate this Agreement. A form of each document shall be
attached to this Agreement for all purposes.
X.
During the pendency of the implementation of this Agreement
and prior to the dismissal of the lawsuits filed by the
Protestants, the Parties to this Agreement agree to make the
necessary filings in the various courts in which the
above -mentioned suits are pending to abate such suits, except
for the perpetuation of testimony, if such be deemed necessary,
but without regard to the other Party's right to object in court
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to perpetuation of testimony.
XI.
Each Party hereby confirms to each other Party that such
Party: (a) had made its own thorough and independent
investigation and analysis of the terms and provisions of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby; and (b) has
not relied on any such investigation or analysis thereof made by
any other Party or its counsel or other advisors or on any
advice, statement or other communication made by any other Party
or its counsel or other advisors with respect to the terms and
provisions of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
thereby.
XII.
Each Party to this Agreement represents and warrants that
all corporate (or other official) action on its part necessary
for the execution and delivery and subject to the conditions
contained herein, performance of this Agreement and the
settlement has been duly and effectively taken.
XIII.
All representations, warranties and covenants contained
herein or in the settlement shall survive the settlement date
and will bind and inure to the benefit of the respective
succesors and assigns of the Parties hereto, whether so
expressed or not.
XIV.
No failure or delay on the part of any Party hereto in
exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of
steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or
further exercise thereof. No modification or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or the settlement nor consent to any
departure by any Party therefrom shall in any event be effective
unless the same shall be in writing, and then such waiver or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for
the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any
Party in any case shall entitle such Party to any other or
further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
XV.
Notices and other communications provided for herein shall
be in writing and shall be delivered or mailed (or in the case
of telegraphic communications, if by telegram, delivered to the
telegraph company, and if by telex, graphic scanning or other
telegraphic communications equipment of the sending Party
hereto, delivered by such equipment) addressed at such address
as the Party to be addressed shall have provided the other
Parties hereto for such purpose. All notices and other
communications given to any Party hereto in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given
when sent by registered or certified mail, if by mail, or when
delivered to the telegraph company, charges prepaid, if by
telegram or when receipt is acknowledged, if by any telegraphic
communications equipment of the sender, in each case addressed
to such Party in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction
from such Party.
XVI.
Each Party hereto shall provide such further instruments,
documents and assurances as shall be necessary or desirable to
carry out, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
provisions hereof and of the settlement and, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, do all things necessary or proper
to carry out the provisions hereof and of the settlement.
XVII.
This Agreement and the settlement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.
XVIII.
This Agreement may be executed by each of the Parties hereto
or separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument. Convest
and Johnson will execute a separate Agreement with the City, the
execution of which shall be a condition to the City's execution
of this Agreement. In the event Convest elects to dismiss its
appeals from the decisions of the Commission prior to the City's
execution of this Agreement, execution by Convest of a separate
Agreement with the City shall not be a condition to the City's
execution of this Agreement.
XIX.
The words, City, Landowners, Landowner, Convest and Johnson
shall be given the following meaning as used in this Agreement:
1. City shall mean the City of Lubbock, Texas. The City
of Lubbock, Texas, however, shall be construed to
include any governmental, corporate or other entity, by
or through which the City of Lubbock may in its
discretion select for the performance of any of its
obligations hereunder, toward testing, planning,
construction, maintenance or operation of the proposed
facility and any successor, transferee or assignee of
the city's § 11.121 Permit No. 4146. The City of
Lubbock may act through water districts created by law
or by contract. The designation of such entity or
individual for performance or the transfer of said
Permit shall in no way affect the obligations owed by
the City to any other party arising from this
Agreement, nor affect any obligation owed to the City
by any other party arising from this Agreement.
2. Landowners shall mean all individuals named in recital
(C), above set forth in this Agreement.
3. Landowner shall mean any one of the individuals named
in recital (C) of this Agreement with husband and wife
being considered as one Landowner.
4. Convest shall mean Convest Energy Corporation.
5. Johnson shall mean Mr. Sidney Johnson individually,
d/b/a Johnson Cattle Company and as Trustee for the
Estate of Mr. Weldon Johnson, deceased, and Mrs. Weldon
Clay Johnson, deceased, and Mr. Weldon Clay Johnson and
Ms. Vicky Lee Johnson.
6. Justiceburg Reservoir shall mean all areas necessary to
complete the project as determined in Paragraph III,
IV, and VI, above, but does not include any area
acquired to meet the requirements of a Section 404
Permit.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused by these
presents to be executed by their duly authorized representatives
as of the date first above written.
CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS
ALAN HENRY, M YOR
ATTEST:
CITY �ECRETARY
MR. BILLY"WAYNE WILLIAMS
MRS. BILLY WAYNE WILLIAMS
MR. BILDY
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MRS. BILLY`HUDDLESTON
MRy4-OHN WARD
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MRS. J.W. HEADSTREAM
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EXHIBIT "A"
(This Exhibit has been omitted from this copy due to size
and inability at this time to secure reproduction of true and
correct copies thereof. One duplicate original has been dis-
tributed to each side of the Agreement on April 3, 1986. The
original is on file with the Agreement in the office of the City
Secretary of the City of Lubbock, Texas.)
Note Re: EXHIBIT "A"
FORM I. - CONTRACT OF SALE
COMMENTS
Contract for purchase of land is required by Section VII of
the agreement.
It is required to be executed within 60 days after (1) the
presentation by city to landowners of amount of acreage required
(or the date same is required) or (2) date of final 404 permit,
whichever last occurs (Section VII).
It is contemplated that a separate contract will be executed
between each separate landowner and the City.
It is further contemplated that a copy of Memorandum of
Agreement will be attached and incorporated as a part of each
such contract for certainty and clarity.
Not all provisions contained in the attached form will
necessarily apply to each landowner and any such inapplicable
provisions will be omitted in ,that circumstance.
It will be the responsibility of the City to prepare each
such contract and submit same to each landowner when timely.
I have provided for legal description of all temporary and
permanent easement areas for water pipe lines, transmission
lines, communication lines, service road, etc., in the contract.
It is possible that the specific areas of all or part of those
easements may not yet be determined by the date on the contract.
In which case those descriptions will be omitted from the
contract for later inclusion only in the subsequent easement
instrument itself.
CONTRACT OF SALE
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
COUNTY OF §
BY THIS AGREEMENT AND CONTRACT, ,
of County, Texas, as the Seller and hereinafter called
"LANDOWNER," and the City of Lubbock, a home rule municipal
corporation of Lubbock County, Texas, as the Buyer and herein-
after called "CITY," by which Landowner agrees to sell to City
and City agrees to buy from Landowner the property, rights,
titles and easements hereinafter described upon the terms and
conditions following:
WITNESSETH:
1. That Landowner has agreed, and does hereby agree, to
sell and convey unto City, and does hereby sell and agree to
convey unto City the surface land to be acquired in fee (the oil
and gas and other hydrocarbon minerals being reserved to Seller
as set forth in the Memorandum of Agreement attached hereto) by
warranty deed, free and clear of all outstanding liens, mort-
gages, deeds of trust or other indebtedness, but subject to any
and all easements, leases, rights -of -way, restrictions, out-
standing mineral interests and royalty interests, if any,
relating to or affecting the herein described real property,
existing on the date of execution of the Memorandum of Agreement,
all those certain tracts or parcels of land lying and situated
in County, Texas, and being more particularly de-
scribed as follows, to -wit:
TRACT(S) A:
(Legal description of all land within the reservoir, being
land from elevation 2220 mean sea level or less).
TRACT(S) B:
(Legal description, as appropriate, of all land to be used
for the dam, spillway discharge channel, emergency spillway,
borrow areas as needed, pump stations, dam abutments, access
between the pump station and the dam structure, and any
other land actually required for construction and/or
operation of the dam, the pump station and other necessary
facilities associated with the reservoir, etc.)
TRACT(S) C:
(Legal description, as appropriate, of all unusable land).
TRACTS) D:
(Legal description, as appropriate, of all public access
areas, etc.)
2. That Landowner has agreed, and does hereby agree, to
sell and convey unto City, and does hereby sell and agree to
convey unto City, subject to the matters hereinabove described,
the following described easements along, over and across, all
those certain tracts or parcels of land situated in _
County, Texas, the nature and purpose of such easements and the
lands encompassed by same being more particularly described as
follows, to -wit:
A. A restrictive easement and flood easement from elevation
2220 feet above mean sea level to elevation 2245 feet above
mean seal level, such easement area being more particularly
described by metes and bounds as follows:
(legal description)
B. The Landowner shall impose a restrictive easement on
such portion of Landowner's land which is between elevation
2245 feet above mean sea level and 300 feet horizontal
distance from elevation 2220 feet above mean sea level where
the 300 feet horizontal distance contains a larger area of
land than is contained between elevations 2220 feet and 2245
feet above mean sea level, such easement area being more
particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
(legal descriptions)
C. One or more permanent water pipelines easements, such
easement areas being more particularly described by metes
and bounds as follows:
(legal descriptions)
D. Permanent electric transmission lines easements, such
easement areas being more particularly described by metes
and bounds as follows:
(legal descriptions)
E. Permanent communication lines easements, such easement
areas being more particularly described by metes and bounds
as follows:
(legal descriptions)
F. Temporary construction easements for the following
purposes, the areas and purposes of such easements being
more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
(legal descriptions by purpose)
G. Easement for an all-weather service road, such easement
area being in the location described on Exhibit "A" to the
Memorandum of Agreement attached hereto and being more
particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
(legal description)
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3. That Landowner further has agreed, and does hereby
agree, to sell and convey unto City, and does hereby sell and
convey unto City, such other rights, titles, interests and
privileges, and upon such terms, conditions and limitations, as
agreed, set forth and defined in that certain Memorandum of
Agreement to which Landowner and City were parties, dated the
day of April, 1986, a copy of which Memorandum of Agree-
ment is attached hereto and by such attachment is incorporated
and made a part of this Contract of Sale for all purposes. In
the event of any inconsistency between this Contract of Sale and
the attached Memorandum, either by inclusion of matter or
omission, the provisions of the Memorandum of Agreement shall
control.
4. That in consideration of the conveyance to it by
Landowner of the property, rights and easements above described,
City agrees to pay to Landowner the amounts calculated, and at
the times provided, in the Memorandum of Agreement attached
hereto and made a part of this Contract. This consideration is
summarized only as follows:
A. The sum of $800.00 per acre for all acreage defined by
metes and bounds in paragraphs 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D above,
which sum shall be full consideration for all titles and
easements described in paragraphs 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2A, 2B and
2G (as applicable).
B. The sum of $20.00 per rod (and for an area 60 feet in
width) for all easement areas defined in paragraphs 2C, 2D,
2E and 2F (as applicable).
Notwithstanding anything contained herein or the Memorandum
of Agreement attached hereto to the contrary, it is acknowledged
and agreed that certain Landowners may not, due to prior separa-
tion or conveyance, own the minerals on their property. Such
Landowners shall only be required to convey the surface without
the minerals and shall be compensated at the rate of $800.00 per
acre for the property conveyed.
5. The times and amount of each such payment shall be as
specifically provided in the Memorandum of Agreement. The City
shall consider and treat all other terms, conditions and limita-
tions, as set forth and defined in the attached Memorandum of
Agreement to the extent same imposes duties or obligations upon
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City, as required of City as a part of its consideration due
hereunder. Unless otherwise expressly specified, in the event of
any inconsistency between this Contract of Sale and the attached
Memorandum, either by inclusion or omission, the provisions of
the Memorandum of Agreement shall control.
6. Prior to the date any warranty deed or easement
instrument is required by this Contract or the Memorandum of
Agreement attached, the City at its sole cost shall arrange to
secure such abstracts of title covering the real estate which is
the subject of this Contract as appropriate for examination by an
attorney of its own selection, and/or it may arrange to secure or
obtain at its sole cost a policy of title insurance.
7. Any objections to the title appearing upon examination
or in the process of securing a policy of title insurance, which
objections remain the duty of Landowner to cure under the terms
of the Memorandum of Agreement, shall be set forth in writing and
delivered to Landowner for cure or elimination at least sixty
(60) days prior to the date of execution of any such warranty
deed or easement right subsequently provided under the Memorandum
of Agreement.
B. Landowner shall have a reasonable time to cure said
objections and show title as is required under the terms of the
Memorandum of Agreement, but that reasonable time shall not
exceed the date provided for the deed or easement grant provided
in the Memorandum of Agreement.
9. If Landowner fails or refuses to correct such title
defect, City, in its option, may enforce specific performance of
same.
10. Taxes on the real estate herein conveyed or to be
conveyed, shall be prorated to the date of the final payment for
all land taken in fee simple.
11. Landowner agrees to sign and execute such warranty deed
and easement instruments as conform with the Memorandum of
Agreement. The duty to prepare all such instruments shall be
upon City.
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12. The parties hereto agree that compliance by each of all
terms, conditions, provisions, and limitations contained in the
above described Memorandum of Agreement (as attached hereto) is
of the essence of this Contract.
13. This Contract shall be binding upon in inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executions, administrators, successors and
assigns of the respective parties to this Contract.
14. This Contract and all attachments thereto, may be filed
of record in the Deed Records of any and all counties in which
all or any part of the property or property interests involved
lies or is situated.
EXECUTED in duplicate originals as of the _ day of
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CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS (BUYER) SELLERS:
BY:
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Secretary
(acknowledgements as appropriate)
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FORM II. WARRANTY DEED
COMMENTS
The warranty deeds will be executed at the time of the
payment of the final 7545 balance of the compensation due for
the
property to be conveyed in fee. This could, in the option of
the
City, be even as early as the date provided for the first 250
of
the compensation.
It is contemplated that a separate warranty deed will be
prepared for each separate landowner.
By the time of the warranty deeds most of the mutual
obligations of the parties under the Memorandum of Agreement
will
already have been accomplished.
The language of the deed accordingly omits reference to
obligations by then already accomplished and is designed only
to
incorporate, by inclusion and by reference to the Agreement,
obligations still remaining as of such time.
It is contemplated that by such time most, if not all,
specific purpose easements will have been separately executed.
To
the extent any have not been, however, this obligation will
continue.
It will be the duty of the City to prepare, submit and file
all deeds of record.
WARRANTY DEED
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
COUNTY OF §
THAT (name of specific landowner/grantor) , all of
the County of ,, State of Texas, for and in considera-
tion of the sum of TEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($10.00) to us now or
heretofore cash in hand paid by the grantee hereinafter named,
the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and
under the threat and eminence of condemnation by the City of
Lubbock, Texas, a governmental entity with the power of condem-
nation, the said City having finally determined by resolution
that the public interest is served by the acquisition of the
herein -described real property, have GRANTED, SOLD and CONVEYED,
and by these presents do GRANT, SELL and CONVEY unto the CITY OF
LUBBOCK, a home rule municipal corporation of Lubbock County,
Texas, all of the following described real property in
County, Texas, more particularly described as
follows:
TRACTS(S) A.
(Legal description by metes and bounds of property within
reservoir area, 2220 feet above mean sea level and below.)
TRACT(S) B.
(Legal description by metes and bounds of property as
required for the location of the dam itself, the spillway
discharge channel, the emergency spillway, borrow areas as
needed, pump stations, the dam abutments, and access between
the pump station and the dam structure, and any land
actually required for construction and/or operation of the
dam, the pump station and other necessary facilities
associated with the reservoir.)
TRACT(S) C.
(Legal description by metes and bounds of public access
areas, as applicable.)
TRACT(S) D.
(Legal description by metes and bounds of unusable land, as
applicable.)
In and for the same consideration above provided the
grantors have further by these presents GRANTED, BARGAINED, SOLD
and CONVEYED, and by these presents do GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL and
CONVEY unto the said City of Lubbock, Texas, its legal represen-
tatives, successors and assigns, for the use of he said City of
Lubbock, a restrictive easement and flood easement from elevation
2220 feet above mean sea level to elevation 2245 feet above mean
sea level, which easement grants City (a) the right to intermit-
tently overflow, flood or cover such land, at any time with
flood, slack or backwater created by construction, maintenance
and operation by City of its proposed Justiceburg Dam and the
Reservoir and for the storage of water created by the construc-
tion of the Dam; (b) the right to enter upon said land, with due
notice and without loitering, to clear, destroy or dispose of any
timber, brush, obstruction, accumulation, trash, filth or any
other thing which would in any way interfere with the construc-
tion, maintenance and operation of such dam and reservoir or tend
to render the same unsafe or unsanitary and to prevent the
drainage or dumping of refuse, sewage or other material into such
reservoir and to carry ouL an adequate program of pollution
control; and (c) the right to prevent the construction of, or the
removal, with due notice, of any structure or facility located or
to be located on said land. This restrictive easement and flood
easement lying and being situated in the County of ,
State of Texas, and being more particularly described as follows:
(Legal description by metes and bounds)
In and for the same consideration above provided the
grantors have further by these presents GRANTED, BARGAINED, SOLD
and CONVEYED, and by these presents do GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL and
CONVEY unto the said City of Lubbock, Texas, its legal representa-
tives, successors and assigns, for the use of the said City of
Lubbock, a restrictive easement on such portion of their land
which is between elevation 2245 feet above mean sea level and 300
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feet horizontal distance from elevation 2220 feet above mean sea
level if the 300 feet horizontal distance contains a larger area
of land than is contained between elevations 2220 feet and 2245
feet above mean sea level, which grant provides the City (a) the
right to enter upon said land, with due notice and without
loitering, to clear, destroy or dispose of any timber, brush,
obstruction, accumulation, trash, filth, or any other thing which
would in any way interfere with construction, maintenance and
operation of such dam or reservoir or tend to render the same
unsafe or unsanitary, and to prevent the drainage or dumping of
refuse, sewage or any other material into such reservoir and to
carry out an adequate program of pollution control; and (b) the
right to prevent the construction of, or the removal of, with due
notice, any structure or facility located or to be located on
said land. Structures and facilities are defined as waterwells,
septic systems, cesspools, barns, sheds, places of habitation,
and boat docks, but shall not include pens, gates, fences,
cattleguards or boat ramps. All structures constructed and
maintained by the grantor shall he at the grantor's risk with
regard to flooding by the City's reservoir. Grantors retain the
right to construct two boat ramps, which shall comply with
applicable regulations imposed by the United States Army Corps of
Engineers for the construction of such ramps at the Justiceburg
Reservoir Project.
This restrictive easement lying and being situated in the
County of , State of Texas, and being more parti-
cularly described as follows:
(Legal description by metes and bounds)
The grantors retain unto themselves, their heirs and assigns
all oil and gas, and other hydrocarbon mineral rights and other
substances extracted with or as a by-product of the extraction of
such hydrocarbon minerals and all development rights from such
minerals attached to the land acquired by the City, whether in
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fee or by easement. Included in such retained rights will be the
right to drill hydrocarbon oil and gas wells through the reser-
voir and to locate such wells on barges or man-made islands in
the reservoir itself. All such structures shall be constructed
and maintained at the grantor's and any operator's risk with
regard to flooding by the City's reservoir.
With respect to all minerals presently owned by grantors and
not currently under lease, grantors and the City have by prior
separate Memorandum of Agreement hereinafter described, expressly
agreed that all current and future hydrocarbon oil and gas well
drilling, storage and transportation activities, during both
construction and operation and all facilities incidental thereto,
shall be operated and maintained in such manner as will protect
from any contamination the purity of the water impounded in the
reservoir at all times pursuant to the applicable Regulations of
the Railroad Commission of Texas; and that the location of any
drilling sites on land owned in fee by the City shall be subject
to approval by the City, which approval shall not be unreasonable
withheld.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or
in the Memorandum of Agreement, the conveyances described herein,
whether fee or easement, are further made and accepted subject to
any and all easements, leases, rights -of -way, restrictions,
outstanding mineral interests and royalty interests, if any,
relating to or affecting the hereinabove described real property
or any portion thereof as existed on the date of Execution of the
Memorandum of Agreement.
In and for the same consideration above provided the
grantors further acknowledge that under the prior separate
Memorandum of Agreement hereinafter described, that they shall,
upon reasonable notice, subsequently grant temporary access of
the shore of the lake, which is the property abutting that
described in TRACT(S) A, above, for reasonable purposes necessary
during construction and subsequent operation of the proposed dam
and reservoir.
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The grantors and the City or its employees, agents and
contractors, in the performance of their official duties with the
City, shall have the exclusive right to use land below the normal
operating level of the lake, being land only within TRACT(S) A as
above described, at times when the lake is below normal operating
level, except areas between the water line and that property
described as TRACT(S) B, C and D, above. At such times, grantors
may use such land for livestock grazing and for their personal
recreational uses. Grantors shall have no right however to
build, place or erect any structure or facility within such
areas.
This warranty deed, and the grants and consideration
provisions hereof, is given in culmination of a relationship
between grantors and grantee arising under a Memorandum of
Agreement, which said agreement, to which both grantors and
grantees were parties, was attached to and incorporated as a part
of a contract of sale between the parties filed of record in Vol.
Page , Deed Records of County, Texas, to
which instrument reference is here made for all purposes as may
become necessary in any interpretation of the contents of this
deed.- In the event of any inconsistency between this deed and
such Memorandum of Agreement, either by inclusion of matter or
omission, the provisions of the Memorandum of Agreement shall
control in the interpretation of this deed, unless otherwise
expressly provided.
Under the conditions and limitations contained in Section
VII of the Memorandum Agreement above described, Grantors shall
have a right of first refusal to repurchase TRACTS A, B, C and D
from the City. The right of first refusal herein granted shall
be exercised by Grantors within 120 days from the date the City
notifies all of the landowners named in the Memorandum of
Agreement of its intention to accept a bona fide offer for the
purchase of the property. In the event that the Grantors do not
exercise such right of first refusal or declines to exercise said
right, the other landowners who are parties to the Memorandum of
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Agreement shall have the right to purchase the land in question
provided that they do so within the 120 day period above set
forth.
City agrees to indemnify and hold Grantors harmless from any
and all claims or liabilities or damages based on the negligence
of the City or any of its employees, agents and contractors
related in any manner to the City's surveying, feasibility
investigations and construction and operation of the Justiceburg
Dam and Reservoir.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or
in the Memorandum of Agreement, the easements herein granted to
the City shall cease and terminate in the event the City elects
not to proceed with the construction of the Justiceburg Reservoir
project and cancels its §11.121 Permit No. 4146 under the
conditions therefor provided in Section VII of the Memorandum of
Agreement.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described premises, rights,
titles, easements, interests and all appurtenances thereto in
anywise belonging, unto the said grantee CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS,
its successors and assigns forever; and we do hereby bind
ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators to WARRANT AND
FOREVER DEFEND all and singular the said premises unto the said
grantee, CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, its successors and assigns,
against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the
same or any part thereof, subject, however, to the reservations
and other matters set forth herein.
Current ad valorem taxes on the herein described real
property having been prorated, and the Grantor's prorated amount
withheld from the consideration paid, the payment thereof is
assumed by the City of Lubbock, Texas. The said City of Lubbock
further assumes payment of one-half (1/2) of any taxes assessed
after date hereof against said real property herein conveyed, or
any portion thereof, for periods of time prior to the date hereof
due to changes in land usage or ownership under Property Tax Code
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Secs. 23.41 - 23.46 and/or Secs. 23.51 - 23.57, and then only if
under the applicable Property Tax Code provision such "rollback"
assessment can be enforced under the circumstances of this sale.
EXECUTED this day of , 19 .
GRANTORS
(acknowledgments as appropriate)
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FORM III - SPECIFIC USE EASEMENTS
COMMENTS
Numerous easements of different types are provided for under
the Memorandum of Agreement.
Those affecting the 2220 to 2245 (and 300 horizontal feet
conditions) should best be handled in the warranty deed, for
their condition is part of that due for the fee conveyance areas.
The all weather service road easement is to be provided
without cost to the City. The consideration there is the City's
obligation to construct and maintain the road and for the
original (only) cost of a fence on both sides of the road. This
is properly subject to inclusion in a separate easement different
from all other easements in nature.
All other temporary and permanent easements are based on $20
per rod (60' wide). It is appropriate for all these easements
that only an "all purpose" form be now included. The terms and
conditions subsequently required will be satisfied by "word for
word" inclusion of the language contained in the Memorandum of
Agreement as directly or indirectly bears upon or affects the
specific easement involved.
To this end an easement for the all weather service road and
a general easement form for all other easements, is attached.
It is anticipated that some easements may prove able to be
combined.
It will be the duty of the City to prepare, submit and file
these easements of record.
(1)* EASEMENT
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
§ KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
COUNTY OF §
THAT Game of specific landowner grantor) , all of the
County of , State of Texas, as landowner and herein-
after called "Grantors"), for and in consideration of the sum of
TEN AND NO/100 ($10.00) DOLLARS, and the further consideration of
all sums for the purpose of this grant now due as provided in
Memorandum of Agreement dated the day of April, 1986, as
attached to Contract of Sale between Grantors and Grantee, of
record in Vol. , Page Deed Records of
County, Texas, all to Grantors cash in hand paid as in said
Memorandum of Agreement provided, by the City of Lubbock, a home
rule municipal corporation of Lubbock County, Texas, the receipt
and sufficiency of all of which is hereby acknowledged and
confessed, and the further good and valuable consideration in
benefits accruing and to accrue to the remainder of their
property, have by these presents GRANTED, BARGAINED, SOLD and
CONVEYED, and by these presents do GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL and
CONVEY unto the said City of Lubbock, Texas, its leqal repre-
sentatives, successors and assigns, for the use of the said City
of Lubbock, Texas, as a (2)* easement
for the free and uninterrupted use, liberty of passage in, along,
over, upon and across, all that property lying and being situated
in the County of , State of Texas, and being de-
scribed as follows, to -wit: (for example)
A foot wide (1) easement out
of (section, block, etc.), County,
Texas, being more particularly described as follows:
(Metes and bounds description)
together with the rights of ingress, egress and regress at any
and all times, to accomplish the following purposes: allowing but
not limited to, construction, reconstruction, erection, repair,
inspection, patrolling and maintaining of (3)*
Grantors shall not place any such structures or improvements
within said easement area as will interfere with Grantee's full
use thereof in accordance with the purpose of the grant.
This easement includes the right to subsequently add or
replace any facility, improvement or accessory necessary to the
operation of the primary purpose of the easement, including its
relocation at any time within the easement area, and shall
further include the right at any time during the life of this
easement, to remove all timbers, trees, brush, trash, filth, or
any other obstructions in whole or in part within the easement
area which might endanger or interfere with the Grantee's full
enjoyment of the rights granted herein.
Unless otherwise specifically provided this grant is further
made subject to and shall always be construed and interpreted as
consistent with and as containing all provisions directly or
indirectly governing its grant and the respective rights and
obligations of both Grantor and Grantee, relating thereto as
contained in the Memorandum of Agreement dated April, 1986, and
as above described, to which said Memorandum of Agreement
reference is here made and its applicable provisions incorporated
herein by reference for all purposes.
(add at this point, if appropriate, any specific provisions
from the Memorandum of Agreement that might have special
siqnificance for this specific easement. The inserted
matter will be taken "word for word" from the Memorandum
insofar as possible).
City agrees to indemnify and hold Grantors harmless from any
and all claims or liabilities or damages based on the negligence
of the City or any of its employees, agents and contractors
related in any manner to the City's surveying, feasibility
investigations and construction and operation of the Justiceburg
Dam and Reservoir.
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Except as and to the extent inconsistent with the City's use
of the easement area for the purposes herein contained, the City
agrees to restore promptly any portion of the easement area or of
the remainder of Grantor's property not conveyed or to be
conveyed in fee to City under the Memorandum of Agreement,
disturbed by the City in connection with its use of the easement
herein granted or the construction of improvements or facilities
related to such easement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
or the Memorandum of Agreement, this conveyance is made and
accepted subject to any and all easements, leases, rights -of -way,
restrictions, outstanding mineral interests and royalty in-
terests, if any, relating to or affecting the property described
herein existing on the date of execution of the Memorandum of
Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or
in the Memorandum of Agreement, the easement herein granted shall
cease and terminate in the event the City elects not to proceed
with the construction of the Justiceburg Reservoir Project and
cancels its §11.121 Permit No. 4146 under the conditions therefor
provided in Section VII of the Memorandum of Agreement.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described premises together
with all and singular the rights and appurtenances thereto in
anywise belonging perpetually (or for an appropriate lesser
period in the case of temporary/working easements) unto the
City of Lubbock, Texas, its successors and assigns, to the uses
and under the conditions hereinabove stated forever (or for
the life of this grant as above provided)
WITNESS OUR HANDS, this the _ _ day of ,
19
GRANTORS
(acknowledgement as appropriate)
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M * Will define easement, such as:
a. Water pipe lines; or
b. Electric Transmission lines;
C. Communication lines;
d. Etc.
(2)* Will define life of easement, such as:
a. Permanent and perpetual; or
b. Temporary/working
C. Etc.
(3)* Will describe the primary facility, and major components
and further provide for such additional facilities or acces-
sories, etc., as may now be or subsequently become necessary or
appropriate to the safe or efficient operation thereof, etc. This
is as specific as can now be provided until final design plans
are prepared. The primary facility, for example, could be such
as:
a. Overhead electrical transmission or distribution lines;
or
b. Underground water transmission pipes or conduits;
C. etc.
By way of one example only:
"...overhead electrical transmission and/or distri-
bution lines and wires, including all poles, wires, con-
duits, transformers, guys, guy wires and braces, and such
other facilities, improvements or accessories as now or
subsequently necessary or appropriate to the safe and
efficient operation of said overhead electrical transmission
and/or distribution lines..."
(4) Also, as applicable to the water pipeline easement only:
In the event that City, in its discretion, determines
to construct the Justiceburg Reservoir as contemplated by
the Memorandum of Agreement and does construct such facil-
ity, then and only then the City will grant to Grantors
(pertains to Landowners Reed, Ward, and Huddleston only) one
tap each to allow use of the raw water in the pipeline(s)
for domestic and normal ranching livestock consumption on
Grantors' property. No warranty will be given as to the
quality or the availability of water from the pipeline(s).
Grantors will provide a recording meter at each tap to
measure the volume of water taken which shall be limited to
twenty (20) acre feet per year per tap. The City shall have
reasonable access to each tap and meter for the purpose of
calibrating the same from time to time.
FORM IV - ALL-WEATHER ROAD EASEMENT
COMMENTS
Mutual obligations have been accepted between the parties
affected as to an all-weather road. Section III at pg. 4, of
Memorandum of Agreement. This will be a private road for the use
of the City and the abutting landowners only.
The 60' wide easement for the roadway will be granted
without additional cost to the City (beyond consideration paid
for the land otherwise purchased). It will be constructed and
maintained by the City. The easement will be fenced on each
side. The original cost of installation of the fences will be on
the City's, but all costs of maintenance of the fences thereafter
will be on the abutting landowner.
Only some of the parties to the Memorandum of Agreement will
be involved in the road easement.
Where possible the road will follow property lines and in
such applicable circumstances one-half of the roadway easement
will be conveyed by each of the landowners abutting such property
line.
It will be the duty of the City to prepare, submit and file
this easement document of record.
PRIVATE ROADWAY EASEMENT
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
COUNTY OF §
THAT (name of_specific landowner/grantor ,
all of the County of , State of Texas, as landowner and
hereinafter called "Grantors"), for and in consideration of the
sum of TEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS, and the further consideration of
all sums for the purpose of the grant now due as provided in
Memorandum of Agreement dated the day of April, 1986, as
attached to Contract of Sale between Grantors and Grantee, of
record in Vol. , Page Deed Records of
County, Texas, all to Grantors cash in hand paid as in said
Memorandum of Agreement provided, by the City of Lubbock, a home
rule municipal corporation of Lubbock County, Texas, the receipt
and sufficiency of all of which is hereby acknowledged and
confessed, and the further good and valuable consideration in
benefits accruing and to accrue to the remainder of their
property, have by these presents GRANTED, BARGAINED, SOLD and
CONVEYED, and by these presents do GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL and
CONVEY unto the said City of Lubbock, Texas, its legal repre-
sentatives, successors and assigns, for the use of the said City
of Lubbock, Texas, and other landowners who are parties to the
Memorandum of Agreement and whose property abuts the roadway, as
a private roadway easement and including the free and uninter-
rupted use, liberty of passage in, along, over, upon and across,
in common with Grantors, all that property.lying and being
situated in the County of , State of Texas, and being
described as follows, to -wit: (for example)
A (30' or 60') foot wide private roadway easement out of
(section, block, etc.), County, Texas, being
situated as set forth on Exhibit "A" attached to the
Memorandum of Agreement and being more particularly de-
scribed as follows:
(Metes and bounds description)
together with the rights of ingress, egress and regress at any
and all times, to accomplish the following purposes: allowing
but not limited to, construction, reconstruction, erection,
repair, inspection, patrolling and maintaining such roadway
easement. Grantors shall not place any such structures or
improvements within said easement area as will interfere with
Grantee's full use thereof in accordance with the purpose of the
grant.
This easement includes the right to subsequently add or
replace any facility, improvement or accessory necessary to the
operation of the primary purpose of the easement, including its
relocation at any time within the easement area, and shall
further include the right at any time during the life of this
easement, to remove all timber, trees, brush, trash, filth, or
any other obstructions in whole or in part within the easement
area which might endanger or interfere with the Grantee's full
enjoyment of the rights granted herein.
Unless otherwise specifically provided this grant is further
made subject to and shall always be construed and interpreted as
consistent with and as containing all provisions directly or
indirectly governing its grant and the respective rights and
obligations of both Grantor and Grantee relating thereof, as
contained in the Memorandum of Agreement dated April , 1986,
and as above described, to which said Memorandum of Agreement
reference is here made and its applicable provisions incorporated
herein by reference for all purposes.
The Grantee at its sole cost shall construct and maintain
within such roadway easement when necessary to it, an all-weather
service road•of such width as to the City in its discretion
deemed to be of sufficient width to safely accommodate all
traffic anticipated to be generated by City's activities during
planning, construction, operation, reconstruction and maintenance
of the Justiceburg dam, reservoir and related facilities. The
all-weather service road shall be constructed and maintained at
the City's sole expense.
The roadway easement area shall be fenced along each outside
property line. The cost of the original fencing shall be paid by
the City, thereafter all costs of maintenance of said fences
shall be solely upon the landowner whose property abuts the
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fenced area. The fence shall be placed at or immediately abut-
ting the outer metes and bounds of the total easement area.
The road shall not be accessible to the public nor dedicated
as a public roadway. It may be used only by all the abutting
landowners and the City, its employees, servants, agents and
contractors in its activities relating to the planning, con-
struction, operation and maintenance of the Justiceburg dam and
reservoir.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described premises together
with all and singular the rights and appurtenances thereto in
anywise belonging perpetually unto the City of Lubbock, Texas,
its successors and assigns, to the uses and under the conditions
hereinabove stated forever.
City agrees to indemnify and hold Grantors harmless from any
and all claims or liabilities or damages based on the negligence
of the City or any of its employees, agents and contractors
related in any manner to the City's surveying, feasibility inves-
tigations and construction and operation of the Justiceburg Dam
and Reservoir.
Except as and to the extent inconsistent with the City's use
of the easement area for the purposes herein contained, the City
agrees to restore promptly any portion of the easement area or of
the remainder of Grantor's property not conveyed or to be con-
veyed in fee to City under the Memorandum of Agreement disturbed
by the City in connection with its use of the easement herein
granted or the construction of improvements or facilities related
to such easement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
or in the Memorandum of Agreement, this conveyance is made and
accepted subject to any and all easements, leases, rights -of -way,
restrictions, outstanding mineral interests and royalty inter-
ests, if any, relating to or affecting the property described
herein, existing on the date of execution of the Memorandum of
Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or
in the Memorandum of Agreement, the easement herein granted shall
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cease and terminate in the event the City elects not to proceed
with the construction of the Justiceburg Reservoir project and
cancels its §11.121 Permit No. 4146 under the conditions therefor
provided in Section VII of the Memorandum of Agreement.
WITNESS OUR HANDS, this the day of , 19
GRANTORS
(acknowledgement as appropriate)
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Resolution #2282
Dated: April 3, 1986
AGREEMENT
THE STATE OF TEXAS S
COUNTIES OF GARZA §
AND KENT §
RECITALS
A. The City of Lubbock, Texas, a Texas municipal
corporation (the "City") has obtained a Texas Water Code
§ 11.121 Permit from the Texas Water Commission (the
"Commission") to construct a reservoir on the South Fork of the
Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River in Garza and Kent
Counties, Texas (the "Justiceburg Reservoir" or the "Reservoir").
B. The White River Municipal Water District (the
"District") has obtained from the Commission extensions of time
on its Texas Water Code S 11.121 Permit to construct a reservoir
on the North Fork of the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos
River in Garza County, Texas (the "Post Reservoir").
C. In Cause No. 346,496, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wayne Williams,
et al. v. Texas Department of Water Resources, et al., pending
in the 299th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas,
and Cause No. 374,346, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wayne Williams, et al.
V. Texas Department of Water Resources, et al., pending in the
53rd Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas, Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Wayne Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Huddleston, Mr.
and Mrs. John Ward, Mr. and Mrs. John Reed, Mr. and Mrs. J.W.
Headstream, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Boren, Mr. and Mrs. John Boren, and
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boren (collectively, "Landowners"), and Mr.
Sidney Johnson, individually, d/b/a Johnson Cattle Company, and
as Trustee for the Estate of Mrs. Weldon Johnson, deceased, Mr.
Weldon Clay Johnson, and Ms. Vicky Lee Johnson (collectively,
"Johnson") and Convest Energy Corporation have appealed the
Commission decision granting to the District extensions of time
for the construction of the Post Reservoir. In Cause No.
369,838, pending in the 126th Judicial District Court of Travis
County, Texas, Landowners and Patterson have appealed the
Commission decision granting to the City a permit to construct
the Justiceburg Reservoir.
D. Landowners and the City have agreed to settle the
above -mentioned lawsuits ("Landowners' Agreement").
E. Johnson, Convest and the City also desire to settle the
above -mentioned lawsuits.
F. The City has determined that the settlement of said
lawsuits on the terms and conditions set forth herein is in the
best interest and welfare of its citizens, and that the
execution and performance of this Agreement by the City will
promote and protect the public interest and well-being of the
City of Lubbock, Texas.
AGREEMENT
The parties hereto, intending to be legally bound by the
terms hereof, hereby undertake, covenant and agree as follows:
I.
In consideration of the dismissal of pending litigation and
the City's payment of litigation costs, Johnson and Convest
agree to dismiss their appeal from the decision of the Texas
Water Commission docketed as Cause No. 346,496 pending in the
299th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas, and Cause
No. 374,346 pending in the 53rd Judicial District Court of
Travis County, Texas, and Cause No. 369,838 pending in the 126th
Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas, simultaneously
with the dismissal of such appeals by Landowners. Johnson and
Convest also agree to support in all things the City's
application before the United States Army Corps of Engineers for
a Section 404 Permit according to the provisions of 33 U.S.C.A.
§ 404 and the regulations adopted thereunder. In the event
Convest elects to dismiss its appeals from the decisions of the
Commission prior to the City's execution of the Agreement with
Landowners, execution by Convest of this Agreement shall not be
a condition to the City's execution of the Agreement with
Landowners.
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II.
In the event Landowners' Agreement is terminated for any
reason, Johnson and Convest may, at their option and in their
sole discretion, terminate this Agreement by written notice to
the City.
III.
During the pendency of the implementation of this Agreement,
and prior to the dismissal of the lawsuits filed by Johnson and
Convest, the parties to this Agreement agree to make the
necessary filings in the various courts in which the
above -mentioned suits are pending to abate such suits, except
for the perpetuation of testimony if such be deemed necessary,
but without regard to the other party's right to object in court
to the perpetuation of testimony.
IV.
Each party hereby confirms to each other party that such
party: (a) has made its own thorough and independent
investigation and analysis of the terms and provisions of the
settlement and the transactions contemplated thereby, and (b)
has not relied on any such investigation or analysis thereof
made by any other party or its counsel or other advisors or on
any advice, statement or other communiction made by any other
party or its counsel or other advisors with respect to the terms
and provisions of the settlement or the transactions
contemplated thereby.
The City represents and warrants that all corporate (or
other official) action on its part necessary for the execution
and delivery and, subject to the conditions contained herein,
performance of this Agreement and the settlement has been duly
and effectively taken. Prior to the execution hereof, the City
shall furnish to Johnson's and Convest's attorneys satisfactory
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evidence of such action.
VI.
All notices and other communications required or permitted
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
properly delivered as of the date of delivery if personally
delivered or as of the date of deposit in the U.S. Mail or sent
by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
addressed to the party or parties to be notified at the address
set forth below such party's signature hereto. Notice given in
any other manner shall be effective only if, as and when
received by the addressee. True copies of all notices or other
communications delivered to Johnson or Convest shall be sent to
Mr. Glen E. Johnson, Esq., Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody,
2300 InterFirst Tower, Austin, Texas 78701.
VII.
Each party hereto shall provide such further instruments,
documents and assurances as shall be necessary or desirable to
carry out, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
provisions hereof and of the settlement and, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, shall do all things necessary or
proper to carry out the provisions hereof and of the settlement.
VIII.
This Agreement and settlement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.
IX.
This Agreement may be executed by each of the parties hereto
on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused these
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presents to be executed by their duly authorized reprsentatives
as of the date first herein above written.
- THE CIT OF UBBOCK TEXAS
ALAN E , MA OR
ATTEST:
City cretary
4MR. NE HNSON, /idua /ba Johnson
Cattle Company, and as Trustee
for the Estate of Mrs. Weldon
Johnson, deceased
Address:0
MR. WELDON CLAY JOHNSON
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MS. VICKV LEE J5NSON
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CONVEST ENERGY CORPORATION
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Resolution #2282
RATIFICATION AND ASSUMPTION OF
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AND SETTLEMENT
R E C I T A L S:
A. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Boren and Mr. and Mrs. John Boren
(herein collectively referred to as "Boren"), among others, are
appealing the Texas Water Commission's grant of Permit No. 4146 to
the City of Lubbock, Texas (the "City") to construct the proposed
Justiceberg Reservoir in Cause No. 369,838, Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Wayne Williams et al. v. Texas Department of Water Resources, et
al., pending in the 126th Judicial District Court of Travis
County, Texas.
B. Boren, among others, have appealed the decision of the
Texas Water Commission to grant extensions of time for the White
River Municipal Water District to construct the Post Reservoir in
both Cause No. 346496, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wayne Williams, et al.
V. Texas Department of Water Resources, et al., pending in the
299th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas, and Cause
No. 374,346, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wayne Williams, et al. v. Texas
Department of Water Resources, et al., pending in the 53rd
Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas.
C. Boren has participated in said appeals on behalf and at
the request of Mildred Boren Wood ("Wood"), who is a true party in
interest with respect to these lawsuits.
D. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wayne Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Huddleston, Mr. and Mrs. John Ward, Mr. and Mrs. John Reed, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Headstream, Boren, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boren
have reached certain agreements with the City pertaining to the
settlement of the above -mentioned lawsuits and the City's
acquisition from said parties of certain real property interests
in connection with the construction of the Justiceburg Reservoir,
which agreements have been set forth in that certain Memorandum of
Agreement (the "Memorandum"), a copy of which is attached hereto
as Exhibit A and incorporated herein.
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w E. Wood has agreed to 'ratify and accept all of the term;
and conditions contained in the Memorandum.
F. The City'has,agieed to accept Wood as a Landowne `.(a.
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defined in the Memorandum) for all purposes thereunder,
NOW, THEREFORE, for -and in consideration of the covenants.aini
conditions herein contained, and other good and 'val.-
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consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereb
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:'
1. Wood hereby ratifies the Memorandum in.all respects an,
agrees to assume and perform all of the duties and obligations o;
' a Landowner as described therein. m '{
2. The City hereby agrees and consents to the assumption b
Wood of all of the duties and obligations of a Landowner set fortAl
in the Memorandum, and agrees that Wood shall becomea Landowner
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thereunder for all purposes and shall be entitled to all'of
rights and benefits accruing to Landowners thereunder and the. C
assumes all obligations to Wood thereunder in the,same manners'.
if she had been named therein originally.
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and inure to the benefit " of the parties hereto and,,thei.
respective heirs, successors and assigns. x
EXECUTED, this theray of April, 1986.
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