HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2015-R0209 - Accept Easement - NW Water Reclamation Project - 06/11/2015Resolution No. 2015-R0209
Item No. 5.5
June 11, 2015
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the City Council hereby accepts on behalf of the City of Lubbock an
Easement as described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference, located in Section 18, Block A, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, for the
Northwest Water Reclamation Project, and related documents. Said Easement is attached
hereto and incorporated in this resolution as if fully set forth herein and shall be included
in the minutes of the City Council.
THAT the consideration for the Easement shall be $24,417.56 and that closing
costs shall also be paid in connection with the purchase of the property, said payments
approved herein.
Passed by the City Council on June 25, 2015
GLEWC'ROBtRTSON, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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Re ecca Garza, City Secretat
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Dave Booher, Right -of -Way Agent
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Chad Weaver, City Attorney
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Resolution No. 2015-R0209
EASEMENT
STATE OF TEXAS
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT:
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
ROYALTIES UNLIMITED, INC., a Texas Corporation, whose mailing address is Post
Office Box 1117, Lubbock, Texas 79408-1117 and THE PAUL L. PAYNE, JR. ESTATE
TRUST, a testamentary trust created under the LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of PAUL L.
PAYNE, JR., Deceased, Cause No. 8708, Probate Court, Gillespie County, Texas, with street
address of 1853 Pedernales Estates Road, Fredericksburg, Texas 78624, hereinafter collectively
referred to as GRANTOR, for a valuable consideration, to it paid by The City of Lubbock, Texas
(the "Grantee") with offices at 1625 130' Street, Lubbock, Texas 79401, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, has granted and does by these presents grant unto
Grantee the following described perpetual exclusive easement, servitude and right-of-way, as
described herein (hereinafter called the "Easement") through, over, under, upon, across and
within the lands, described in Exhibit A (hereinafter called the "Lands" or "Easement Lands")
situated in Lubbock County, Texas.
Pipelines and Equipment
Grantor hereby grants to Grantee a perpetual exclusive Easement together with the right
to install, survey, construct, reconstruct, install, operate, inspect, maintain, alter, relocate,
replace, repair, and remove (hereinafter called "Permitted Uses") pipelines, conduits, drain
(blow -off) valves, valve boxes, meters, meter boxes, vents, manholes, manhole covers, corrosion
monitoring test stations, pipeline markers, fence gates, impressed current deep well anode
stations with power supplies, flow meters, system communication lines and splice boxes,
roadways, and all other equipment and facilities related thereto, or any part thereof (hereinafter
collectively called the "Pipeline System"), for and/or related to the transportation of water, waste
water and effluent through, under, upon, over, across and within the Lands. Such perpetual
exclusive Easement shall be as described herein and on Exhibit A attached hereto and
incorporated herein, and hereby made a part hereof by reference to describe the Easement and
the Lands. Further, Grantor hereby grants unto Grantee a temporary construction easement (the
"Temporary Easement') for the construction and installation of the Pipeline System through,
over, under, upon, across and within the lands located adjacent to, and abutting, the Easement
(the "Temporary Easement Area") as more specifically described on Exhibit B as well as for all
other purposes identified in 13 below. The Temporary Easement shall terminate and expire upon
the completion of all construction activities related to that portion of the Pipeline System situated
within the Easement.
For Ten Dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, this Easement is specifically made by Grantor and
accepted by Grantee subject to the following terms, covenants, obligations and conditions:
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1. Grantee may use and occupy the Easement for purposes incidental and/or
related to the Permitted Uses, including but not limited to: (a) the right to perform all
Permitted Uses related to the Pipeline System; (b) the right (for men, material, and
equipment) of unimpaired ingress and egress and regress, entry and access in, to, through,
on, over, under and across said Easement granted herein, with the right to ingress and
egress and regress to and from and access on and along said Easement, for any and all
purposes necessary and or incident to the Permitted Uses; and (c) the right to locate the
Pipeline System through, over, under, upon, across and within the Easement for the
purpose of water/waste water/effluent transportation.
2. Grantee covenants and agrees that its use of the Easement and its
operations conducted thereon shall, to the best of Grantee's ability, at all times comply
with all applicable local, state and federal laws, orders, rules, regulations, standards,
licensing, permitting and other legal requirements including, without limitation, all
environmental laws, orders, rules, regulations, standards, licensing and permitting (the
"Legal Requirements'. Grantee agrees to construct the Pipeline System in a prudent
manner and with due care for Grantor's property, business and operations. In the event it
is discovered that Grantee is in violation of any portion of the Legal Requirements,
Grantee agrees to commence, upon receipt of written notice of such violation, the process
of curing such violation so that Grantee will be in compliance with this subparagraph.
3. The Easement granted herein shall be for the transportation of water,
waste water, and/or effluent regardless of source, and shall continue in full force and
effect unless Grantee should abandon the Pipeline System as identified herein. The rights
granted to Grantee herein may be abandoned solely by a formal resolution of its
governing body that authorizes the abandonment of the Pipeline System. Any such
abandonment will not be effective until it is evidenced by notice in writing, signed by the
Grantee's official representative, and filed of record in the county where the Lands are
located.
4. The Easement Term is hereby defined as the period of time beginning with
the granting of the Easement and continuing until such time that the Easement is
abandoned by Grantee.
5. Grantor and Grantee agree that during Permitted Uses related to the
Pipeline System, any and all trees, dirt, raw materials, timber, spoil piles, excess dirt,
wood, bushes, shrubs and brush, and other debris materials resulting from site preparation
cleared from the Easement shall, be removed by Grantee from Lands and from Grantor's
property.
6. Grantee shall keep the Easement in good order, condition and repair
following any work related to Permitted Uses on the Pipeline System. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, although the Grantee may reconstruct any
roadway crossed by Grantee in exercising its rights hereunder, Grantee assumes no
maintenance for any road reconstructed as a result of Grantee's use of the Easement and
Grantee expressly waives same.
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7. Grantee shall be responsible for obtaining all permits necessary to
construct and operate the Pipeline System on the Easement. Without limiting the
foregoing, and to the extent required, Grantee will secure and maintain any and all
environmental permits required by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
covering the Easement.
8. During construction of the Pipeline System, Grantee shall provide
reasonable access to Grantor's property. Within the Easement, Grantee shall have the
right to cut fences and install gates to enable Permitted Uses for the Pipeline System.
9. This grant of Easement shall not preclude the right of Grantor to cultivate,
use, and enjoy the Lands for any purposes which will not constitute an interference with
the Easement, rights and privileges herein granted to Grantee, or endanger any of
Grantee's property at the sole discretion of the Grantee.
10. Grantee shall exercise due care and diligence in the use of the rights and
privileges herein granted to it. In case of abandonment of said Easement as provided in 3
above, the title and interest herein granted shall end, cease, and terminate, and title to the
Easement, pipeline, equipment and facilities shall revert to the then owner of the Lands.
11. Grantor warrants and represents that the title to the Lands described herein
are vested in the Grantor, free and clear of any liens and/or encumbrances. Grantor shall
provide to Grantee an executed release from any lien holder, tenant, lessee, or other party
having an interest in the Lands.
12. Grantor shall procure and have recorded without cost to Grantee all
assurances of title and affidavits which the Grantor may be advised by Grantee are
necessary and proper to show in Grantor title sufficient to grant the above easement free
and clear of encumbrances other than those encumbrances expressly defined herein.
Abstracts or certificates of title or title insurance may be procured by the Grantee at its
expense. The expense of recording this Easement shall be home by Grantor. Grantee
agrees to cooperate and aid Grantor, if necessary, to obtain any curative documents
needed.
13. Grantee shall have the right to use Grantor's property located immediately
adjacent to the Easement and as described on Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated
herein as thought set forth verbatim for the following:
A. detouring around natural impediments within the Easement; or
B. the construction, maintenance, repair and removal of the Pipeline System
within the Easement.
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14. "Grantee" when used in this instrument, shall include The City of
Lubbock's officers, agents, servants, employees, representatives, contractors,
independent contractors, subcontractors, and/or their equipment or vehicles.
15. Words of any gender used in this agreement shall be held and construed to
include any other gender, and words in the singular number shall be held to include the
plural, and vice versa, unless the context requires otherwise.
16. It is understood and agreed that this Easement is not a conveyance of the
fee estate for any of the Lands covered hereunder, but is only an easement through, over,
under, upon, across and within the Lands.
17. The provisions of this Easement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the successors and assigns of the respective parties hereto.
18. This Easement contains the final and complete expression of the parties
with respect to any matter mentioned herein. No prior agreement or understanding
pertaining to any such matter shall be effective. This Easement may be modified in
writing only, signed by the parties in interest at the time of the modification.
19. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Easement shall
for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof, and
this Easement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions
had never been contained herein.
20. Any notices or demands provided to be given herein by the parties shall be
in writing and mailed by certified or registered mail to the other parry at the address set
forth above. Any notice or demand shall be deemed to have been received the earlier of
five (5) days after the date of mailing or the date of actual delivery as shown by the
addressee's certification or registry receipt.
21. Neither party shall be liable to the other party or any of such party's
affiliates in any action or claim, including without any limitation, any action or claim for
loss of profit, loss of product, loss of use, or for indirect, consequential, punitive,
exemplary, special or other similar types of damages, regardless of how caused and
regardless of the underlying theory of recovery, and even if caused by the sole or
concurrent negligence of the responsible party.
A. To the extent that Grantor owns any portion of any mineral estate,
leasehold estate and/or royalty interest of any kind or character under the Lands defined
herein, Grantor surrenders and releases its surface drilling rights and all other rights of
surface use of the Easement and Lands incident to the production of oil, gas,
hydrocarbons, minerals, wind energy, and water production subject to the following
exception and limitation:
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i) Grantor reserves and excepts from this release and retains for itself, its
successors and its successors -in -interest, all rights to explore for, to drill and
produce oil, gas and other hydrocarbons underlying or situated beneath the
Easement and Lands by any means whatsoever, including wells directionally
drilled from surface location on nearby lands so long as no surface operations are
performed on the Easement and so long as such operations will not interfere with
or endanger the operations or integrity of the Pipeline System and Permitted Uses.
ii) Grantor shall include the surface use restrictions and covenants provided
herein in any subsequent lease or conveyance of the oil, gas and/or mineral estate,
wind rights or interests and water rights or interests.
22. Grantee shall have the right to approve the location and means of future
third -party pipelines which will cross Grantee's pipeline system and come within the
Easement. Grantee will not withhold reasonable crossing requests, but will act in a
manner to protect the Grantee's Pipeline System and Grantee's Easement.
23. All requirements and obligations of Grantor and Grantee relating to the
Easement shall also apply in all respects to the property described in Exhibit B.
24. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as a waiver by the Grantee of
immunity of any kind or type, including without limitation, waiver of immunity from
liability and immunityfrom suit, and the Grantee shall retain all such immunities, except
as may be otherwise waived pursuant to applicable laws of the United States or State of
Texas.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD said Easement unto Grantee, its successors and
assigns for so long as the same shall be used for the purposes aforesaid subject to the
terms and conditions hereof.
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Final Easement & Temporary Easement Form
Resolution No. 2015-R0209
EXECUTED this 215" day ofr"t� 2015 ("Effective Date").
GRANTOR: ROYALTIES UNLIMITED, INC., a Texas Corporation
GIMMIS
Reb cca Garza, City Secretary
Bradley H. Payne, Pr ident
THE PAUL L. PAYNE, JR. ESTATE TRUST
Payne, Co -
Co -Trustee
GRANTEE:
The City of Lubbock
By:
Name- len C. Robertson
Title: Mayor
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STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK §
This instrument was acknowledged before me on MG.• Vav , 2015 by
Bradley H. Payne, President, on behalf of ROYALTIES UNLIMITED, INC., a Texas
Corporation.
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF GILLESPIE
Notary Public, State of ► cy w
Printed Name of Notary '
My commission expires: I2 ty 45
This instrument was acknowledged before me on �12arg .27 , 2015 by
Jean G. Payne, Co -Trustee and Angela P. Hoermann, Co -Trustee; on behalf of THE PAUL L.
PAYNE, JR. ESTATE TRUST.
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STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
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My commission expires: - 3 — /G
This instrument was acknowledged before me on 1 2015, by GLEN
ROBERTSON on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Texas Home Rule Corporation on behalf of
said `T P o ggj p CRule Corporation.
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Parcel No. 8 - Permanent Easement
PERIMETER SURVEY OF A 0.606 ACRE TRACT LOCATED IN
SECTION 18, BLOCK A
LUBBOCK COUNTY. TEXAS
METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION of a 0.606 acre parcel located in Section 18, Block A, Lubbock County, Texas, being a portion
of 23.749 acre tract described in County Clerk File Number 2010007389, Official Public Records, Lubbock County, Texas, being further
described as follows:
BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron rod with cap found in the East line of Princeton Street, a 75.00 foot Right -of -Way according to the map, plat
and/or dedication deed thereof recorded in Volume 3772, Page 13, Real Property Records, Lubbock County, Texas, and in the West line
of said 23.749 acre tract, which bears N. 01050144" E. a distance of 33.32 feet from a 1/2" iron rod with cap found at the Southeast comer
of said Princeton Street, and also bears S. 01041'40" W. a distance of 1630.99 feet and S. 88'18'20" E. a distance of 2541.98 feet from an
'X' cut in concrete found at the Northwest comer of Section 18, Block A, for the most Westerly Northwest comer of this parcel;
THENCE N. 62004'01" E. a distance of 333.01 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with cap found at the most Southerly comer of a 20.00 foot utility
easement described in Volume 1824, Page 395, Deed Records, Lubbock County, Texas, for a comer of this parcel;
THENCE N. 34050'06" E. along the East line of said 20.00 foot utility easement a distance of 323.65 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with cap found
at the Northeast comer of said 20.00 foot utility easement and in the Northeast line of said 23.749 acre tract and in the Southwest line of
U.S. Highway 84 (Clovis Road) described in Volume 992, Page 397, Deed Records, Lubbock County, Texas, for the most Northerly
Northwest comer of this parcel;
THENCE S. 55°05'21" E. along the Northeast line of said 23.749 acre tract and along said Southwest line of U.S. Highway 84 a distance
of 414.40 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with cap found at a point of intersection as described in the Judgement recorded in Volume 802, Page 591,
Deed Records, Lubbock County, Texas, for a comer of this parcel;
THENCE Southeasterly along the common line of said 23.749 acre tract and said U.S. Highway 84, around a curve to the right, having a
radius of 215.00 feet, a chord bearing S. 19°07'25" E. and a chord distance of 252.77 feet to a 1/2" von rod with cap found at a point of
intersection, for the Southeast comer of this parcel;
THENCE N. 73007'l 4" W. a distance of 20.00 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with cap set at a point of intersection, for a comer of this parcel;
THENCE Northwesterly and parallel with the common line of said 23.749 acre tract and said U.S. Highway 84, along a curve to the left,
having a radius of 195.00 feet, a chord bearing N. 19°07'25" W. and a chord distance of 229.25 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with cap set at a
point of intersection, for a comer of this parcel;
THENCE N. 55°05'21" W. a distance of 394.38 feet to a 1/2" von rod with cap set for an'ell' comer of this parcel;
THENCE S. 34050'06" W. a distance of 308.47 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with cap set for a comer of this parcel;
THENCE S. 62°04'01" W. a distance of 349.29 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with cap set in the West line of said 23.749 acre tract and in the East
line of said Princeton Street for the Southwest corner of this parcel;
THENCE N. 01 050'44" E. along the West line of said 23.749 acre tract and along the East line of said Princeton Street, a distance of
23.04 feet to the Point of Beginning.
Bearings relative to Grid North, NAD 83 (2011), Texas Coordinate System, North-Central Zone. Distances are Surface,
U. S. Survey Feet. Combined Scale Factor: 1.0002452
A plat of even survey date herewith accompanies this legal description
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Parcel No. 8-A - Temporary Easement
PERIMETER SURVEY OF A 0.584 ACRE TRACT LOCATED IN
SECTION 18, BLOCK A
LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS
METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION of a 0.584 acre parcel located in Section 18, Block A, Lubbock County, Texas, being a portion
of 23.749 acre tract described in County Clerk File Number 2010007389, Official Public Records, Lubbock County, Texas, being further
described as follows:
BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron rod with cap set in the East line of Princeton Street, a 75.00 foot Right -of -Way according to the map, plat
and/or dedication deed thereof recorded in Volume 3772, Page 13, Real Property Records, Lubbock County, Texas, and in the West line
of said 23.749 acre tract, which bears N. 01'50'44" E. a distance of 33.32 feet from a 1/2" iron rod with cap found at the Southeast comer
of said Princeton Street, and also bears S. 01'41'40" W. a distance of 1630.99 feet and S. 88018'20" E. a distance of 2541.98 feet from an
Went in concrete found at the Northwest comer of Section 18, Block A, for the most Westerly Northwest corner of this parcel;
THENCE N. 01 050'44" E. along the West line of said 23.749 acre tract and along the East line of said Princeton Street, at 41.68 feet pass a
1/2" iron rod with cap found at the Northeast comer of said Princeton Street and the Southeast comer of Lot 30, Clovis Road Addition, to
the City of Lubbock, according to the map, plat and/or dedication deed thereof recorded in Volume 3772, Page 13, Real Property Records,
Lubbock County, Texas, continuing for a total distance of 46.09 feet to a point for the Northwest comer of this parcel;
THENCE N. 62°04'01" E. at 294.04 feet pass the South line of a 20.00 foot utility easement described in Volume 1824, Page 395, Deed
Records, Lubbock County, Texas, continuing for a total of 300.43 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with cap set for a comer of this parcel;
THENCE N. 34050'06" E. at 14.13 feet pass the North line of said 20.00 foot utility easement, continuing for a total distance of 314.02 feet
to a 1/2" iron rod with cap set in the North line of said 23.749 acre tract and in the Southwest line of U.S. Highway 84 (Clovis Road)
described in Volume 992, Page 397, Deed Records, Lubbock County, Texas, for the Northeast comer of this parcel;
THENCE S. 55°05'21" E. along the Northeast line of said 23.749 acre tract and along said Southwest line of U.S. Highway 84, at 20.00
feet pass the Northwest comer of said 20.00 foot utility easement, continuing for a total distance of 40.00 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with cap
set at the Northeast corner of said 20.00 foot utility easement, for the Northeast comer of this parcel;
THENCE S. 34050'06" W. along the East line of said 20.00 foot utility easement a distance of 323.65 feet to a 1/2" iron rod with cap set at
the most Southerly comer of said 20.00 foot utility easement, for a comer of this parcel;
THENCE S. 62°04'01" W. a distance of 333.01 feet to the Point of Beginning.
Bearings relative to Grid North, NAD 83 (2011), Texas Coordinate System, North-Central Zone. Distances are Surface,
U. S. Survey Feet. Combined Scale Factor: 1.0002452
A plat of even survey date herewith accompanies this legal description
Surveyed on the ground
April 4, 20144
gegi
L, l �C�
EAllen
tered Professional
Land Surveyor No. 5895
State of Texas
Sheet 2 of 2
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