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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2014-R0303 - Accept Easement - Well Field Supply Line Project - 09/11/2014RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED BY "I HE 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 Tract A Frenship Middle School, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, for the Bailey County Well Field Supply line Project, and related documents. Said Easement is attached hereto and incorporated in this resolution as if fully scat forth herein and shall be included in the minutes of the City Council. THAT the consideration for the; Fasenlent shall be $12,639.00 and that closing costs shall also be paid in connection with the acquisition of the Easement, said payments approved herein. Passed by the City Council on September 11, 2014. Gl b . RKWRTSON, MAYOR ATTEST: Rcbe ca Garza, City Secret APPROVED AS TO CONT NT: d I R, Keith Smith, P.E., Director of Public Works Dave Booker, Right -of -Way Agent APP OA- P AS 'Q NORM: Chad Weaver, City Attorney vw:ccdocs/RES.'Easeziietit-]:rciiship 1Si3 August 13, 2014 MM�6 iNO 9 STATE OF TEXAS § § KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT: COUNTY OF LUBBOCK § GRANTOR, Frenship Independent School District, with street address of 501 7`h Street, Wolfforth, Texas 79382, for a valuable consideration, to it paid by The City of Lubbock, Texas (the "Grantee") with offices at 1625 13th 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, (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 the perpetual exclusive Easement to install water lines and to survey, construct, reconstruct, install, operate, inspect, maintain, alter, relocate, replace, repair, and remove (hereinafter called "Permitted Uses') pipelines, conduits, drain (blow -ofd 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, pipeline trail road on non cultivated areas, 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 and/or waste water through, under, upon, over, across and within the Lands. Such 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 'T=orary Easement Area") as more specifically described on Exhibit B as well as for all other purposes identified in 13 below. The Temporary Easement, and all of Grantee's rights therein, 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: 1. Grantee may use and occupy the Easement for the sole purpose of: (a) the right to perform Permitted Uses related to the Pipeline System; (b) the right (for men, material, and equipment) of ingress and egress and regress to and from and access on and along said Easement granted herein, with the right to ingress and egress and regress to and from and access on and along said Easement, for the Permitted Uses; and (c) the right City of Lubbock/Finahip ISD Faaeataa to locate the Pipeline System through, over, under, upon, across and within the Easement for the purpose of water/waste water 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, in compliance with all Legal Requirements, 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 and/or waste water, 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 Tenn 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. Unless Grantor agrees otherwise in writing and subject to Section 23, Grantee agrees 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 Grantor's property. d. Grantee shall keep the Easement in good order, condition and repair following any work related to Permitted Uses on the Pipeline System. 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. More specifically, and without limiting the foregoing, Grantee shall provide reasonable access for the students, parents, patrons and employees of Grantor to Terra Vista Middle School. Within the Easement, Grantee shall City of LubbocWFmohip ISD Easement 2 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 tcmtinate, 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 titic insurance may be procured by the Grantee at its expense. The expense of recording this Easement shall be borne by Grantee. 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 construction, maintenance, repair and removal of the Pipeline System within the Easement. 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. lb. 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. City of Lubbock.7maMp ISD Fasemen 3 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 party 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, 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. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as a waiver by the Grantee or Grantor of immunity of any kind or type, including without limitation, waiver of immunity from liability and immunity from suit, and both the Grantor 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. 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: 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. City of IAbmWFm*hip ISD Easemem 4 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. Unless determined by an outside engineer to be impractical due to the existence of rock or material elevation change, all ditching shall be in accordance with the "double ditch" method whereby the top twelve inches (12") of soil (the '10 Soil') shall be removed from the Pipeline System trench (the `Trench'I and stored in a pile that is segregated from all other material and debris, and the remaining soil (the "Bottom Soil'l shall be removed from the Trench and stored in a pile that is segregated from the Top Soil. When the Trench is refilled after the Pipeline System has been laid and the Pipeline Equipment installed, the Bottom Soil shall be placed in the trench first leaving room to fill the uppermost twelve inches (12") of the Trench to be filled with Top Soil. Top Soil shall be used to fill the remainder of the Trench. Any Bottom Soil remaining after filling the Trench shall be removed from the Easement and disposed of off of the property of Grantor. As stated above, single ditching shall be allowed in all areas where "double ditching" is impractical (as determined by an outside engineer) due to the existence of rock or material elevation change. 24. 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 save and except those described in 4 above. 25. It is hereby agreed as between Grantor and Grantee that the initial construction of the Pipeline System on the Easement Lands shall not commence until June 9, 2014 and shall be substantially complete on or before August 15, 2014. Notwithstanding anything herein, it is understood that this paragraph shall not prohibit Grantee from the right of ingress, egress and regress over, across and upon the Easement Lands to survey, reconstruct, operate, inspect, maintain, alter, relocate, replace, repair, and remove the Pipeline System. 26. Grantor agrees to accept the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) as full and complete consideration for all damage, including but not limited to the cost of the repair, replacement and/or loss of use, relating to that one certain sign /structure identified on the attached Exhibit B which is incorporated herein as if set forth verbatim. 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. [ Signatures of the Parties on Next Page ] City of LubbocidFrwAip ISD Easement 5 EXECUTED this 11th day of September , 2014 ("Effective Date). GRANTOR: By: adQni nu, Name: Brad Draper Title: Board President GRANTEE: The City of Lubbock By: Name: Glen C. Robertson Title: Mavor ATTEST: eb cca Garza, City SecretakX [Acknowledgements of the Parties on Next Page] APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: City of Iybbmv F=n pISD Pm=w STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF LUBBOCK This instrument was acknowledged before me on e-uW5 S -T I [t, 2014, by BRAD DRAPER ofFrenship Independent School District on behalf of sad school district. Ef�'...�. tw - clrmvwis 1y it MY COMMISSKKI EYPMEs >. Wrth1e,2110 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF LUBBOCK 1 Notary Pubh State of Texas LINO) jAIlS1Ad Printed Name of Notary My commission expires: 3 I& VP This instrument was acknowledged before me on A&h,G . ! e'22. 2014, by GLEN ROBERTSON on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Texas Home Rule Corporation on behalf of said Texas Home Rule Corporation. CELIA WEBB 19 Noluy Ptkk,SWodTeras MyCmsiS8W EVhsIXW1.2018 City d WI, a k/1muhip ISD Fia. 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