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r: • AGREEMENT THE STATE OF TEXAS X X COUNTY OF HARRIS X This Agreement, made and entered into by and between the City of La Porte, Texas, a municipal corporation, hereinafter called "City," and Matheson Gas Products, a division of Will Ross, Inc., hereinafter called "Company," of Harris County, Texas: Tn1 I T N E S S E T H I. COMPANY is the owner of the property described as that certain 4.12-acre tract of land situated immediately west of Block Eight Hundred Ninety-five (895), TOWN OF LA PORTE; and bounded on the • South by South "J" Street, and bounded on the East by the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way, in La Porte, Harris County, Texas. CITY's water service does not presently extend to said property. COMPANY has requested CITY to extend an 8-inch water line to COMPANY's said property. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, CITY hereby agrees to install and construct an extension of its water mains, to said property, according to plans and specifications to be prepared by CITY's engineers. It is anticipated that the total cost of said project will be approximately Twenty Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($20,800.00). When said plans and specifications have been completed, the same will be placed for bids, and, when _ • said bids are received, the same shall be jointly tabulated by CITY and COMPANY. Should said bids meet with the approval of both-CITY and COMPANY, COMPANY will deposit with CITY a sum equal to the amount of the base bid by the lowest responsible chosen bidder, less the unit price for fire hydrants, plus a sum equal to CITY's engineering fees incurred, less Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), which said Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) shall be paid • by CITY. When said deposit has been made by COMPANY to CITY, CIT1' shall lnt the contract.