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LA PORTE AREA WATER AUTHORITY
MINUTES
December 2,1997
1. The meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM by President Jerry Bramlett.
Members Present: President Jerry Bramlett and Vice President Rodney J.
Etchberger Secretary Albert Fields, Member Chester Pool and Robert Roy.
Members Absent: None.
Others Present: Assistant City Manager John Joerns, Assistant City
Manager/Finance Director JeffLitchfield, Director of Public Works Steve Gillett,
Assistant Director of Public Works Buddy Jacobs.
2. The minutes from the regular meeting held October 16, 1997 were reviewed.
Motion by Al Fields, seconded by Rob Roy to accept the minutes as written.
Motion was unanimous.
3. Assistant City Manager John Joerns reviewed the proposed First Amendment to
Cost Sharing Water Project Contract. The Amendment needs to be approved
before the new agreement between the Authority and Gulf Coast Water Authority
to establish the right to assign the Contract and to avoid delays associated the new
Mayor and Council in Houston after January 1998.
Changes between the draft Contract sent with the agenda packet and the final
copy presented tonight are found in Sections 2.01, 2.03 and 3.01. Staff is
concerned with Section 3.01. The second paragraph of this section will terminate
the agreement if the Purchase and Sale Agreements are not executed by February
15, 1998. If all parties have not agreed by this date, the Amendment under
consideration will have to be re-approved and resubmitted to Houston for
consideration, negating the advantage of approval before the end of the year.
Additionally, this paragraph seems to be for the benefit of GCWA and the City of
Galveston, who are not parties to this agreement. Staffrecommends that
paragraph two of Section 3.01 be struck from the agreement, and approved as
amended.
Al Fields questioned paragraph one of Section 3.01, in particular the phrase
"pursuant to Section 4.01", which references a section of the proposed Purchase
and Sale Agreement. Because this Agreement has not yet been finalized, this
phrase should also be struck.
LA PORTE AREA WATER AUTHORITY
MINUTES
December 2, 1997
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Motion by Rodney J. Etchberger, seconded by Al Fields, that the First
Amendment to Cost Sharing Water Project Contract be approved, striking the
phrase "pursuant to Section 4.01" from the first paragraph of Section 3.01 and the
entire second paragraph of Section 3.01. Motion was unanimous.
4. Assistant City Manager John Joerns reported that JeffLitchfield and Steve Gillett
would be attending a meeting of the parties of the proposed transfer of water
treatment capacity later this week to discuss the proposed Purchase and Sale
Agreements.
5. There being no further business, motion made by Rob Roy, seconded by Rodney
Etchberger to adjourn. The motion was unanimous and the meeting adjourned at
7:02 PM.
Al Fields, Secretary/Treasurer
PASSED AND APPROVE
ON THIS DAY ss , 1998.
Jerry Bramlett, Preside