Ordinance No. 2,0836995
ORDINANCE NO. 2083
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
HOUSTON AND BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY; AND PROVIDING
FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
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Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas, hereby approves and authorizes the execution of a
surface water supply contract between the City of Houston
and Baytown Area Water Authority. A copy of the above
referred to contract is attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A,"
and made a part hereof for all intents and purposes.
Section 2: This ordinance shall take effect from and
after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown on this 23rd day
of September , 1976.
TOM GENTRY, Mayor
ATTEST:
In
EI EN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL VZee
CHIARDSON, City Attorney
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+�-- OTIS H. KING
CITY ATTORNEY
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Mr. Neel Richardson
Attorney for Baytown Area Water Authority
P. 0. Box 424
Baytown, Texas 77520
Dear Mr. Richardson:
LEGAL DEPARI'NIENT
P. O. BOX 1562
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77001
TELEPHONE 713 7.22-5151
August 30, 1976
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You have asked for an interpretation of certain sections of the
proposed water supply contract between the Baytown Area Water Authority
and the city of Houston. Your question is whether or not the ten
percent (10%) additional charge prescribed in Section 3.1 would be
applicable in the following situation:
1. The. quantity of water taken during a monthly period by
Buyer exceeds, by ten percent or more, the minimum monthly
quantity specified by the contract for that monthly period;.
and
2. The quantity of water so taken is less than or equal
to an increased minimum monthly quantity previously requested
by Buyer or the remaining term of the contract pursuant to
Section 2.3 herein; and
3. Seller either has not made - or cannot make - a firm commit-
ment to supply the increased minimum monthly quantity; and
4. During the times that Buyer is taking the increased quantity,
there is a sufficient supply of uncommitted water available
for sale to Buyer.
In this situation, it would be my recommendation that the 10;
• additional charge not be applied.
S'ncerely,
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James L. Dougherty, Jr.
Assistant City Attorney
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WHOLESALE NATER SUPPLY CONTRACT
UNTREAMD IV ITER
THE STATE OF TEXAS I
COUNTY OF HARRIS Z
This contract made and entered into on the date hereinafter last
specified by and between the City of Houston, a municipal corporation
and home rule city which is principally situated and has its City Hall
in Harris County, Texas, (hereinafter called "Seller"), and the Baytown
Area Nater Authority, a governmental agency and a body politic and
corporate which is situated and has its principal office at Baytown,
Harris County, Texas, (hereinafter called "Buyer").
WI TNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Seller has the right under certain water permits.to
divert waters from the Trinity River, the Lake Livingston Reservoir and
the Wallisville Reservoir as well as from the San Jacinto watershed and
other sources or from combinations thereof; and
WHEREAS, Seller has constructed and is constructing certain
facilities to enable delivery of the aforementioned water to Buyer, at
a single point of delivery, and Buyer will, subject to approval of the
voters of the City of Baytown of a contract for treated water from the
Baytown Area Nater Authority, construct certain facilities to enable
Buyer to receive the aforementioned water, treat it so as to make it
potable, and distribute its,and
WHEREAS, Seller is desirous of selling large quantities of untreated
water from such source or sources to Buyer, and Buyer is, subject to
the above, desirous of purchasing from Seller its untreated water
requirements for treatment and resale; and
WHEREAS, Seller and Buyer have found, and do hereby find, that
Seller and Buyer are authorized by the Laws of the State of Texas to
enter into contracts for the sale of water upon such terms and for the
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period of time as are hereinafter set forth, and Seller and Buyer
specifically contemplate the provisions of Articles 4413(32c) and
1109e-1, Texas Revised Civil Statutes, as they have been enacted to the
date of this contract, in making these findings; and
WHEREAS, Seller has entered an amendatory contract with the
San Jacinto River Authority which grants conditional permission to
Seller to sell water to Buyer and which requires Seller to pay to the
San Jacinto -River Authority the sum of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars per day
during the`term of this contract in consideration' of the granting 11 of
said conditional permission;
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NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto
do hereby mutually agree as follows:
Article I
` Definitions
As used in this contract, the following terms are intended and used
herein and shall be construed to have meanings as follows:
1. "Minimum monthly quantity" shall mean the minimum quantity of
water which Buyer is obligated to take and pay for, or to pay for, if
not taken, during any calendar month under -the provisions of. Article III
hereof.
2. "MGD" is an abbreviation for million -gallons of water per day.
As used in this contract, "MGD" refers to a quantity of water during a
period of time expressed for convenience in terms of an average daily
quantity during a calendar month (unless a different period of time is
specified) . The volume of two MGD for a calendar month, for example,
is calculated as follows: Two million gallons multiplied by the number
of days in such calendar month.
Article 11
Sale and Delivery of Water
Subject to the terms and conditions of this contract, Seller agrees
to sell and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to Buyer, Buyer's water
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reauirements of untreated water as hereinafter set forth in the -respec-
tive minimum monthly quantity, at a point of delivery provided for in
Section 2.4 herein, and Buyer agrees to purchase from Seller, Buyer's
untreated water requirements as hereinafter set out for resale during
the term of this contract in the respective minimum monthly quantities
and at the respective times hereinafter set forth. The quantities of
untreated water to be purchased by Buyer and sold by Seller hereunder
shall at all times during the term hereof equal or exceed ninety percent
(90%) of Buyer's monthly total water requirements. Buyer's total untreate�
water requirements shall mean the total quantity of untreated water
Buyer needs to conduct operations, use, or resell within the boundaries
of the Baytown Area Water Authority.
2.2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1, above the
minimum monthly quantity of untreated water Buyer is obligated to
purchase from Seller, or pay for, whether taken.or not, shall be:
Initial*delivery through 3rd year thereafter 6 MGD
4th year through 7th year 8 MGD
8th year through llth year 10 MGD
12th
year
through
15th
year
13.MGD
16th
year
through
20th
year
16
MGD
To determine -the minimum monthly quantities for Buyer, the minimum
in terms of MGD (from the above -tabulation) shall be multiplied by the
number of days in the month.
As used herein, "Initial Delivery" means the date on which Buyer
is ready to receive untreated water from Seller, of which date Buyer
shall give Seller six (6) months advance notice, but which in no event
shall be later than December 31, 1980, subject to the provisions of
Section 13.4 herein.
2.3 In the event Buyer wishes to reserve for itself additional
monthly minimum quantities of untreated mater during any of the time
periods set forth in Section 2.2 it may notify Seller in writing of its
desire to do so, and in the event Seller then has untreated water
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available for sale to its customers, it will enter into a suitable
amendment hereof with Buyer increasing the minimum monthly take or pay
commitment of Buyer for the remaining period of the term of this contract.
In the event however, the total requirements of purchasers from Seller
plus Seller's other obligations or commitments with respect to untreated
water exceed the quantity of such water Seller has available for sale
or delivery, Seller may pro rate such additional requirements among its
customers and its other obligations on a fair and equitable basis.
2.4 The point of delivery for untreated water sold under this
contract shall be designated by Buyer at a point immediately adjacent
to the Coastal Industrial Water Authority Canal between the points
marked "X" and'"Y" on the attached Exhibit "A", PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that Seller reserves the right to reject any point of delivery -designated
by Buyer which would, in effect, interfere with or increase the cost of
any other facilities or operations which Seller might wish to construct
or implement, or plan to construct or implement, along or in connection
with said Canal. Buyer agrees to give Seller notice in writing of any
point of delivery designated by Buyer, and Seller agrees to accept or
reject such point of delivery by a prompt response in writing.
In the event.that Buyer should fail to designate a point'_of delivery
acceptable to Seller by the date of Initial Delivery (as defined in
Section 2.2 herein) Seller may designate the point of delivery for
Buyer, and such designation shall be forever binding on Buyer.
2.S Buyer covenants and agrees to construct and operate a reservoir
and/or forebay between the point of delivery and Buyer's treatment
facilities. Said reservoir and/or forebay shall be of sufficient
capacity -to insure that the rate of withdrawal of untreated water
from the Coastal Industrial Water Authority Canal shall at all times
be reasonably steady and even. Buyer agrees to submit plans of said
reservoir and/or'forebay to Seller for the approval of Seller prior
to the commencement of construction of said reservoir and/or forebay.
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Thereafter, Buyer agrees to construct and operate said reservoir and/or
forebay in accordance with the plans so approved.
Article III
Rate and Prices
3.1 All water sold and delivered by Seller to Buyer or which
Buyer is obligated to pay for hereunder, whether taken or not, shall
be under and subject to the provisions and in consideration of the
price or prices set forth in Chapter 49, Article II, Division 2,
entitled "Charges for Untreated plater", of the 1968 Code of Ordinances
of the City of Houston, as it may be amended, the provisions of which
are incorporated herein by reference as fully and completely as if
copied herein in full.
Whenever the quantity of water taken during a monthly period by
Buyer exceeds by ten percent (10%) the minimum monthly quantity obli-
gation of Buyer designated herein, an additional charge of ten percent
(10%) upon the entire monthly charge will be made over what the monthly
charge would be as determined from the Block Schedule applicable to
Buyer.
3.2 By reason of Buyer's commitment herein, the block schedules
or rates applicable to contracts wherein the Buyer agrees to.purchase
at least ninety percent (90%) of all its monthly water requirements
from Seller shall apply. The initial block schedule applicable to
Buyer shall be Ordinance Schedule B thereof.
3.3 Additionally, Buyer understands and agrees that Seller may
at any time, by ordinance duly enacted, increase or change the price
or prices for untreated water as set forth in such block schedules,
provided, however, that except where an independent rate analysis indi-
cates that a certain rate increase is required, the price or prices for
untreated water shall not be increased percentagewise as to Buyer
during any 12 month period of the term of this contract in excess of the
proportionate percentage rate increase in Seller's domestic potable
water rates approved within such twelve (12) month period.
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3.4 The total price or charge to Buyer for water hereunder
shall be the price or prices for grater referred to in Section 3.1,
3.2 or 3.3 above.
Article IV
Reports
Within thrity (30) days after the end of each quarterly period
during the term of this contract Buyer shall furnish Seller'with a
satement, under oath, showing the quantities and sources of all water
treated for use or resale by Buyer.
Article V
I Measuring Equipment
5.1 At Buyer's own cost and expense, Buyer shall furnish and install
at the point of delivery hereunder, measuring equipment properly equipped
with meters, totalizers and recording devices of standard type for
measuring and -recording accurately the quantity of water delivered under
this contract, the meters to have a capacity for measuring the quantity
of water delivered within an accuracy tolerance of two percent.(2%) plus
or minus for a given rate of flow, and Buyer shall also install, operate
and maintain, as required by Buyer, pressure regulating devices and equip-
ment. Such measuring equipment shall be approved by Seller, and.after
Seller's approval of the installation, shall become, the property of Seller
5.2 During all reasonable hours, Seller and Buyer and.the Trinity
River Authority of Texas shall have access to such measuring equipment
so installed. Buyer shall have access to all records pertinent to
determining the measurement and quantity of untreated water actually
delivered hereunder, but the reading of the meters for purposes of
billing shall be done by Seller.
5.3 After approved installation thereof, Seller shall perform,
at its own cost and expense, periodic calibration tests on the primary
measuring equipment so installed in order to maintain the accuracy
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tolerance within the guarantees of the manufacturer thereof, not to
exceed a tolerance of two percent (2%), at least once every twelve (12)
months. At reasonable intervals, Seller agrees to properly check and
calibrate the flow recording and totalizing measuring equipment for the
purpose of ascertaining their condition of accuracy. Seiler agrees to
notify Buyer at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the time any
test is to be made, to permit Buyer to observe such test and to furnish
Buyer a copy of the results of all checks and calibration tests performed
on said measuring equipment. If any tests'or calibration checks -show '
a condition of inaccuracy, adjustments shall be made immediately so said
measuring equipment will register correctly within the aforesaid
accuracy' tolerance -of two percent (2%) plus or minus, for a given rate
of flow. In addition, Buyer shall have the right to independently check
said measuring equipment at any time upon notification to Seller or its
authorized representative.
5.4 Seller may install, at its own cost and expense, such check
meters in Buyer's pipeline or canals as may be deemed appropriate and
Seller shall have the right of ingress and egress to such check meters
during all reasonable hours; provided, however, that billing,computation
shall be on the basis of the results of the measuring equipment set
forth in Section 5.1 above.
5.5 If, upon any test; the percentage of inaccuracy of any
measuring equipment is found to be in excess of five percent (5%) for
the aforesaid given rate of flow, then Buyer's account shall be adjusted
for a period extending back to the time when such inaccuracy began,
if such time is ascertainable, and if such time is not ascertainable,
for a period extending back one-half (1/2) of the time elapsed since
the date of the last test, or, the date of the last adjustment to correct
the registration, whichever is later, not to exceed forty-five (45) days_
If, for any reason, the measuring equipment is out of service or out of
repair and the amount of untreated water delivered cannot be ascertained
or computed from the reading thereof, mater delivered during the period
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shall be estimated and agreed upon by the parties hereto on the basis
of the best data available.
5.6 As used in this Article V. the expression "given rate of
flog" means the total quantities of untreated water delivered during
the preceding period (usually a calendar month) as reflected by the
recording devices, divided by the number of days in the period.
Article VI
Billing and Payment --
6.1 As used in this Article VI, the term'" day" shall mean a
period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours beginning at 8:00 o_'clock
a.m. on one calendar day and ending at 8:00 o'clock a.m. on the next
succeeding calendar day, and the term "month" shall mean a period
beginning at 8:00 o'clock a.m. on the first day of a calendar month
and ending at 8:00 o'clock a.m. on the first day of the next succeeding
calendar month, except that the first month or partial month shall
begin on the day of initial delivery of water hereunder, and the minimum
monthly payment, if any, shall be prorated for such partial month.
6.2 The measuring equipment shall be read ori the day at the end -
of each month (or at such period of frequency arranged between the parties'
at 8:00 o'clock a.m., or as near thereto as practicable.
6.3 The quantities of untreated water for which payment is due by
Buyer hereunder in any month shall be the greater of:
(a) the total quantity of untreated water delivered to
Buyer in such month determined as set forth in
Article V hereof; or
(b) the total quantity of untreated hater Buyer is
obligated to take hereunder, or pay for if not taken,.
in such month, pursuant to the provisions of Section
2.2 hereof.
6.4 Seller shall render to Buyer at Buyer's principal office as
specified in Article XIII hereof on or before the tenth (10th) day of
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each calendar month a statement shoeing the quantity of untreated water
for which payment is due hereunder during the preceding month_ Payment
of such statements shall be due and payable to Seller at its offices
in Houston, Harris County, Texas, on or before the twentieth (20th) day
after receipt of such statement.
6.5 Should Buyer fail to tender payment of any amount when due,
interest thereon shall accrue at the rate of ten percent (10%)per annum
from the date when due until paid.
6.6 In the event Buyer fails to tender payment of any amount when
due and such failure continues for forty-five (45) days after notice
in writing to Buyer of such default, Seller may suspend,delivery of
untreated water hereunder, but the exercise of such right shall be in
addition to any other remedy available to Seller.
Article VII
Title to and Responsibility for Water
7.1 Title to, possession and control of water shall remain.in
Seller, or its assigns, to the point of delivery as provided in Section
2.4 hereof where title to, possession and control of water delivered
under this contract shall pass from Seller to Buyer, and Buyer will
take such title, possession and control at such point of delivery.
7.2 As between the parties hereto, Seller shall be in exclusive
control and possession of the water deliverable hereunder and solely
responsible for any damage or injury caused thereby until the same shall
have been delivered to Buyer at such point of delivery, after which
delivery Buyer shall be in exclusive control and possession thereof
and solely responsible for any injury or damage caused thereby, and
each party respectively shall save and hold the other party harmless
from all claims, demands and causes of action which may arise while
said water is under its respective ownership and control.
Article VITT
Term
This contract shall be for a term of twenty (20) years beginning
on the date of Initial Delivery.
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Article IX
Performance by Seller and Buyer
9.1 Seller covenants and agrees that it will not contract for the
sale of water to other users to such an extent or for such quantities
as to impair Seller's ability to perform fully and punctually its
obligations to Buyer under this contract. In case of temporary shortage
of water notwithstanding Seller's compliance with the provisions of
this Article IX, Seller shall distribute the available supply as provided
by the laws of the State of Texas, particularly Section S.039(a) of the
Texas Water Code.. It is_ specifically agreed and understood that this
agreement contemplates that Buyer will treat/ and resell the water pur-
chased pursuant to the terms hereof.
9.2 Pursuant to that certain contract entered by Seller and the
San Jacinto River Authority, a copy of which is attached hereto for
All purposes, and -notwithstanding any other provision of this contract
to the contrary, Buyer covenants and agrees that it takes water under
this contract from Seller for the limited purpose of treating and selling
the same as potable treated water to the City of Baytown and other local
governmental entities for distribution through the municipal water
systems of such local governmental entities; such water to be used for
municipal purposes (as defined by Rule 129.01.15.001-.041, promulgated
by the Texas Water Rights Commission on December 1, 1975) and for no
other purposes, and only within the boundaries of the Baytown Area Water
Authority as such boundaries existed on June 1, 1976; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no such water shall be sold, distributed or used other than for
residential household and other strictly domestic purposes within the
area bounded by Interstate Highway No. 10 on the north, Sjolander Road
on the west, Archer Road on the south, and Cedar Bayou on the east,
without the written consent of the San Jacinto River Authority and Seller
Buyer agrees to include covenants similar to those contained in
this Section 9.2 in any sales or contracts for sale of water by Buyer
to any other entity. Buyer agrees to submit the wording of such
covenants for the approval of Seller.
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9.3 Buyer understands and agrees that either Seller or the San
Jacinto River Authority, or both, may enforce the covenants contained
in Section 9.2 herein by an action brought directly against Buyer_ In
the event that Seller maintains any legal proceeding to enforce such
covenants, Buyer agrees to indemnify Seller in the amount of all
expenses relating to the legal proceeding, including, but not limited
to, costs of court and reasonable attorney's fees.
9.4 Buyer acknowledges that Seller may be liable to the San
Jacinto River Authority for monetary damages in the event that Buyer
(or any purchaser of water from or through Buyer) fails to comply with
the restrictions and limitations on the dale of water set out in'
Section 9.2 herein. Buyer acknowledges that such monetary damages would
amount to seventy-five percent (75%) of the consideration or revenue -
received by Seller for the estimated amount of water distributed, sold,
or usedin violation of such restrictions or limitations, plus all
litigation expenses, reasonable attorney fees, and all other remedies
available to the San Jacinto River Authority. Buyer hereby agrees to
totally indemnify and save Seller harmless from and against any such
expenses and liability which Seller might incur, or any loss Seller
might suffer, as a result of any failure by Buyer, or any purchaser
of water from or through Buyer, to comply with such restrictions and
limitations.
Buyer further agrees to include covenants in any sales or contracts
for sale of water by Buyer to any other entity to insure that said
other entity will likewise indemnify and save Seller harmless. Buyer
agrees to submit the wording of such covenants for the approval, of Seller.
Article X
Remedies Upon Default
10.1 In the event of any default by Buyer in the performance of any
of Buyer's obligations hereunder which shall continue for a period of
thirty (30) days or more, Seller shall give written notice to Buyer
specifying the matter with respect to which Buyer is in default and
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requesting that the same be remedied with promptness and dispatch.
In the event Buyer within sixty (60) days after the mailing of such
notice by Seller to Buyer has failed to remedy the matter in default,
Seller may suspend further delivery of untreated water to Buyer here-
under; and in the event such default on the part of Buyer continues for
an additional thirty (30) days, Seller may, by an additional written
notice to Buyer, cancel and .terminate this contract, whereupon all
rights of Buyer and all obligations of Seller hereunder shall terminate
and be at an end.
10.2 During any monthly period in which,Seller is unable to
deliver to Buyer on each day the minimum MGD specified in Section 2.2'
hereof, whether as a result of temporary curtailments resulting from
temporary shortages as provided in Section 9.1 hereof or of force majeure
as provided in Article XI hereof, Buyer shall be obligated to pay Seller
only for the greater of (a) the quantities of untreated water actually
delivered to Buyer under this contract during such month or (b) the mini-
mum monthly quantity of water which Buyer is obligated to take and pay
for, or pay for, whether taken or not, during such month multiplied by
a fraction, the numerator of which is the number ozE calendar days in the
month in which there is no curtailment and the denominator of which is
the number of days in the calendar month. During any such period, Buyer
rN shall be free to obtain untreated crater from other sources.
10.3 The failure of either party to insist in any one or more
instances upon performances of any of the terms, covenants or conditions
of this contract, shall not be construed as a waiver or relinquishment
of the future performance of any such term, covenant or condition by
the other party hereto, but the obligation of such other party with
respect to future performance shall continue in full force and effect.
Article XI
Force Majeure
11.1 In the event either party is rendered unable, wholly or in
part, by force majeure, to carry out any of its obligations under this
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contract, or in the event Buyer is rendered unable, wholly or in part,
by force majeure to operate Buyer's treatment facilities, it is agreed
that on such party's giving notice and full particulars of such force
majeure in writing or by telegraph to the other party as soon as possible
after the occurrence of the cause relied upon, then the obligations of
the party giving such notice, to the extent it is affected by force
majeure and to the extent that due diligence is being used to resume
performance at the earliest practicable time, shall be suspended during
the continuance of any inability so caused as to the extent provided,
but for no longer period. Such cause shall as far as possible be remedied
with all reasonable dispatch.
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11.2. The
term
"force
majeure", as
used herein,
shall
include but
not be limited
to,
acts of
God, strikes,
lockouts or
other
industrial
is
distrubances, acts of the public enemy, war, blockades, insurrections,
riots, epidemics, landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fires, storms,
floods, washouts, droughts, tornadoes, hurricanes, arrests and restraints
of government and people, explosions, breakage or damage to machinery,
equipment, pipelines or canals, and any other inabilities of either
party, whether similar to'those enumerated or otherwise, and not within
the control of the party claiming such inability, which by the exercise
of due diligence and care such party could not have avoided.
11.3 It is understood and agreed that the settlement of strikes
or lockouts shall be entirely within the discretion of the party having
the difficulty, and the above requirement that any force majeure be
remedied with all reasonable dispatch shall not require the settlement
of strikes or lockouts by acceding to demands of the opposing party
when such course in inadvisable in the discretion of the party having
the difficulty.
Article XII
Addresses and Notices
12.1 Until Buyer is otherwise notified in writing by Seller, the
address of Seller is and shall remain as follows:
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City of Houston Water Division
P. 0_ Box 1562
Houston, Texas 77001
Until Seller is otherwise notified in writing by Buyer, the address
of Buyer is and shall remain as follows:
Baytown Area Water Authority
2401 Market Street
P. 0. Box 424
Baytown, Texas 77520
12.2 All written notices, statements and payments required._or.,
permitted to be given under this contract from one party to the other
shall be deemed given by the deposit in a United States Postal' Service
mailbox or receptacle of certified or registered mail, with proper
postage affixed thereto, addressed to the respective other party at the
address set forth above or at such other address as the parties respec-
tively shall designate by written notice.
Article XIII
Miscellaneous Provisions
13.1 This contract shall bind and benefit the respective parties
and their legal successors, but shall not otherwise be assignable, in'
whole or in part, by either party without first obtaining the wra.tten
consent of the other; provided, however, that Buyer shall have the right,
without any consent .of Seller, to pledge or otherwise assign Buyer's
rights hereunder to the extent required by any mortgage, deed of trust
or other similar agreement to which Buyer may now be, or hereafter
become, a party or to otherwise assign Buyer's rights and obligations
hereunder in connection with any merger or consolidation of any sale
of all or substantially all of Buyer's facilities, provided that Buyer's
successor or assignee, as the case may be, is a responsible person and
shall (by operation of law or otherwise) expressly assume Buyer's
obligations hereunder, PROVIDED, FURTHER, however, that no successor
or assignee of Buyer shall be entitled to receive water under t.iis
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.contract unless and until the San Jacinto River Authority shall have
given its written consent to the sale of water to said successor or
assignee.
13.2 This contract shall be subject to all present and future
valid laws, orders, rules and regulations of the United States of
America, the State of Texas, and of any regulatory body having jurisdiction
13.3 This instrument contains all the agreements made between the
parties.
13.4 It is specifically agreed and understood that this contract is
subject to and shall not be effective until approval of a contract be-
tween the Baytown Area Nater Authority and the City of Baytown by the
voters of the City of Baytown as provided in Chapter 600, Acts of the
63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973. The contract between the
Baytown Area Water Authority and the City of Baytown shall include
provisions which provide:
1. That for five (5) years beginning with the.
initial delivery date, the City of Baytown
will make advance payments to the Baytown
Area Water Authority for the estimated
quantities of water it expects to take, and
further, that the City of Houston who will be
furnishing the water that Baytown Area Water
Authority will sell and deliver to the City
of Baytown, shall be a Third Party Beneficiary
for the term of such contract as to any
funds to be paid by the City of Baytown for
such water to the Baytown Area Water Authority.
2. That the foregoing provision is for the
benefit of the City of Houston to induce
Houston to contract for the sale of water
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to secure the payment of the sums which
shall become due under such contract
between the City of Houston and the
Baytown Area Water Authority.
3. That the City of Baytown will comply with
the restrictions and limitations on sale of
water, in substantially the same form as
they appear in Section'9.2.herein, and that
the City of Baytown will indemnify and hold
the City of Houston harmless from and against
the expenses and liability set out in
Section 9.4 herein.
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If such approval by the voters of the City of Baytown has not
been obtained.within six (6) months after date of execution by the
Mayor of the City of Houston, this Contract shall be'null and void.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this contract
in multiple copies, each of which shall be deemed -to be an original,
but all of which shall constitute but one and the same contract, this
day of A.D..1976, the date of
execution by the Mayor of the City of Houston.
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS
(SELLER)
By:
M- AYOR
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IN
ATTEST:
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BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY,
BAYTOWN, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
(BUYER)
Paul R. Jason, Secretary By:
E. C. Ksmmons, Jr., President
APPROVED AS TO FORDS AND SUBSTANCE:
SAN.JACINTO RIVER -AUTHORITY
ATTEST: :..
Vice -President .
Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Assistant City Attorney.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS X
COUNTY OF HARRIS
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally
appeared FRED HOFHEINZ, Mayor of the CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS,
known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the fore-
going instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same
for -the purposes and consideration therein expressed, in the
capacity therein stated, and as the act and deed of said CITY OF
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
GIVEN UNDER hiY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE] this - day of
1976..
Notary Public in an& for.
Harris County, Texas
THE STATE OF
COUNTY OF
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally
appeared ,
of
, known to me to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that
he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein
expressed, in the capacity therein stated, and as the act and
deed of said
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this day of
1976.
Notary Public in and for
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AMENDATORY CONTRACT BETWEEN
SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY
AND
THE CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF HARRIS �
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THIS CONTRACT executed as of the day of
1976, by and between the SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY, ("SJP.A") a
conservation and reclamation district and political subdivision
of the State of Texas, and the CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, ("the City")
a municipal corporation:
1.
The provisions of Section VII of the contract between the
parties dated March 27, 1944, shall have no application to sales
of Trinity River raw water by the City to the Baytown Area Water
Authority ("BAWA"), a municipal corporation created by Ch_ 600,
p. 641, Sixty -Third legislature, Regular Session, 1973, for the
limited purpose of treating and selling the same as potable treated
water to the City of Baytown and other local governnental entities
for distribution through the municipal water systems of such local
governmental entities, such water to be used for municipal purposes,
as defined by Rule 129.01.15001-.041, promulgated by the Texas
Water Rights Commission on December 1, 1975, and for no other pur-
poses, and only within the boundaries of BAWA as such boundaries
exist on the date of this contract; PROVIDED, that no such water
shall be sold, distributed or used other than for residential
household and other strictly domestic purposes within the area
bounded by Interstate Highway No. 10 on the north, Sjolander Road
on the west, Archer Road on the south, and Cedar Bayou on the east,
without written consent of SJRA.
2.
The City shall insure that all instruments relating
to the sale of water to BA14A include appropriate covenants on
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the Dart of BA14A to observe -the limitations and restrictions
imposed on the City by the contract dated March 27, 1944, as
modified by this contract, and to include covenants in all
sales and contracts for the sale of water by BAWA insuring
compliance with .such restrictions and limitations. The word-
ing of the covenants giving effect to such restrictions and
limitations shall be submitted to the General Manager of the
SJRA for approval as to conformity to this paragraph.prior to:.
any sale by the City subject to this contract. The City.shall
be responsible for the enforcement of'such covenants, but they
shall also be enforceable by SJRA directly.
3.
In the event any water delivered by the City to BAWA
under this contract is used in violation of such restrictions
or limitations, SJRA shall be entitled to recover from the
City as liquidated damages an amount equal to seventy-five
percent (75%) of the consideration or revenue received by the
City for the estimated amount distributed, sold or used in
violation of such restrictions or limitations, plus all liti-
gation expenses and reasonable attorney's fees. The recovery
of such liquidated damages shall be in addition to all other
remedies available to SJRA.
4.
In consideration of the foregoing limited waiver by
SJRA of the restrictions and limitations imposed by the
contract dated March 27, 1944, the City shall pay to the SJRA
an amount equal to $50 per day during such period that the
City receives payment from BAWA for water sold under this
waiver, but such payments to SJR_4 shall not extend beyond a
period of 20 years. Payment shall be made on a quarterly basis,
on or before the 10th day of the month following each calendar
quarter.
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5.
The contract shall not be assignable by either party
without the written consent of the other; however the obligations
imposed hereunder shall be binding on their successors or assigns.
The waiver provided herein shall be applicable only to sales by
the City to BAJA and shall not be applicable to any sale by
the City to any other entity, including any successors or assignee
entity to BAWA, without the written consent of SJR -A.
6.
Except as amended by this contract and the contracts
between the parties dated July' 19, 1955, May 9, 1968 and the
contract dated September 1, 1971, the provisions of the March
27, 1944, contract shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS I -THEREOF, the parties hereto, acting under the
authority of their respective governing bodies have caused this
contract to be executed on this 7' day of 1976,
in duplicate originals, each of which shall constitute an original.
ATTEST:
BY.
Secretary
SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY.
B
Y Vice -pre ent
CITY OF HOUSTON
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ATTEST: By
.a r
.By
City Secretary
COUi:TERS I GRED:
r�r� i•'r
G�—City Controller