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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Appropriation
Agenda Date Requested: Januarv 25. 2010
Source of Funds: N/A
Requested By: Tim Tietiens
Account Number: N/A
Department: Planninl!
Amount Budgeted: N/A
Report: _Resolution: _Ordinance:--L
Amount Requested: N/A
Exhibits:
. Ordinance
· Municipal Water Service Agreement
. Area Map
Budgeted Item: _YES ...A-NO
SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION
The owner of 951 5 Spencer Highway in Deer Park city limits has requested water
service from the City of La Porte under the terms of a previous Municipal Water
Service Agreement (MWSA) for the facility which expired in November of 2009.
At its January 11, 2010 meeting, Council considered the owner's request as a
workshop item and indicated its support for a new agreement between the cities of
Deer Park, La Porte and the owner of the subject property. The City Council of Deer
Park has since met to consider the agreement and approved it at its January 19th
meeting.
Under the agreement, the City will bill the owner at one and one-half (1-1/2) times
its prevailing commercial water rate and will retain the right to interrupt or terminate
water service to the facility at any time the water main or the owner's service line
experiences a failure. Additionally, the property owner assumes all liability
associated with any damage to the Spencer Highway roadway resulting from the
loss of water and/or repairs conducted by the owner on the service line. The
agreement also contains provisions allowing the City to terminate its water service to
the site in the event that the City of Deer Park's potable water facilities become
available within two-hundred (200) yards of the owner's site. The term of the new
MWSA will consist of three (3) years with an option for an additional two (2) year
extension.
Action Required bv Council:
Consider approval of an ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a
Municipal Water Service Agreement between the Cities of La Porte and Deer Park
and the owner of the property at 9515 Spencer Highway.
Approved for Citv Council A1!:enda
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Ron Bottoms, City Manager
Date
ORDINANCE NO. 2010- 32 13
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA PORTE, THE CITY OF DEER PARK
AND GENE L. ZIGLER, FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS
LAW, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1.
The
City
Council
hereby
approves
and
authorizes
the
contract,
agreement,
or
other
undertaking
described in the title of this ordinance, in substantially the
form as shown in the document which lS attached hereto and
incorporated herein by the reference.
The City Manager is
hereby authorized to execute such document and all related
documents on behalf of the City of La Porte.
The City Secretary
lS hereby authorized to attest to all such signatures and to
affix the seal of the City to all such documents.
Section 2.
The
City
Council
officially
finds,
determines, recites, and declares that a sufficient written
notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of
the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public
at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law
preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law,
Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this meeting has
been open to the public as required by law at all times during
which this ordinance and the subj ect matter thereof has been
discussed, considered and formally acted upon.
The City Council
further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and
the contents and posting thereof.
Section 3.
This Ordinance shall be effective from and
after its passage and approval, and it is so ordered.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this .2J{ day o~lJlk9
ATTEST:
~aUL-- a, lid
artha A. Gillett, City Secretary
APPROVED:
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Knox W. Askins, City Attorney
CITY OF LA PORTE
By:
2
, 2010.
MUNICIP AL WATER SERVICE AGREEMENT
This agreement witnesseth that the City of Deer Park and the City of La Porte, both situated in Harris
County, Texas, have constructed and agreed by and between themselves as follows:
The City of La Porte agrees to furnish water from its existing municipal water distribution system to
provide water to 9515 Spencer Highway, in Deer Park, Texas. (Mailing address is 9515 Spencer Highway, La
Porte, Texas)
The initial term of this agreement shall be three (3) years with an additional two (2) year option term
which shall be automatically extended unless either City shall notify the other party to terminate in writing at
least thirty (30) days before the end of the initial three (3) year period.
The City of La Porte shall be paid by the owner of 9515 Spencer Highway, the amount of one and one-
half (1-1/2) times the prevailing commercial water rate of the City of La Porte.
The City of La Porte shall not be responsible for any repairs to the service line providing water to the
property at 9515 Spencer Highway. The service line is defined as the water line from the La Porte water main
on the south side of Spencer Highway to the owner's property and building. The property owner shall be solely
responsible for any and all repairs necessary to the service line providing water to the above-referenced location.
Additionally, the property owner shall be liable and responsible for any and all damage to the roadway or for
water loss caused by the property owner's repairs to service line, providing water to 9515 Spencer Highway.
The City of La Porte shall have the right to interrupt or terminate service at any time the water main or
service line is leaking until the line is repaired.
Ifwater service from the City of Deer Park shall become available to within 200 yards of9515 Spencer
Highway anytime during the term of this agreement, the City of La Porte shall terminate water service to said
property at the end of sixty (60) days from the availability of a City of Deer Park supplied potable water source.
The owner of the property at 9515 Spencer Highway shall execute this agreement to signify his
acceptance of all the terms, conditions and liabilities herein prescribed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Deer Park and the City of La Porte have caused this
agreement to be signed by the respective City Managers, the Aaid agreement h 'n been authorized by action of
the Mayor and City Council of Deer Park taken on the l '1 day of , 2010
allilr)>y action of the Mayor and City Council of La Porte take day of
JUflV1 ,2010.
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED BY:
By: Ron Bottoms
City Manager of La Porte
By: Property ne
9515 Spencer Highway
La Porte, Texas 77571
(In Deer Park, Texas)
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