HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBS FAIRMONT PARKWAY LTD - WSASTATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF HARRIS N
WATER SERVICE AGREEMENT
This AGREEMENT made and entered into by and between the CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, a
municipal corporation of Harris County, Texas, hereinafter called "CITY", and SBS FAIRMONT
PARKWAY, LTD., a Texas Limited Partnership, hereinafter called "COMPANY".
I.
COMPANY is the owner of certain real property, which is situated in CITY'S Bayport
Industrial District attd not within the corporate limits of the CITY. CITY and COMPANY are
parties to a current Industrial District Agreement,
II.
COMPANY is desirous of purchasing potable tvater front CITY for usual human domestic
consumption and uses. Previous planning considerations for the long-range potable water supply of
CITY did not include the needs of property located outside the city limits of CITY. COMPANY
recognizes that CITY cannot at this time provide permanent and unlimited water service. CITY
agrees, however, to provide limited potable water service to COMPANY. For and in consideration
of finYtishing domestic potable water by CITY, the parties hereto agree as follows, to -wit:
COMPANY has made certain representations to CITY as
to its
uuntUer of employees,
as of
the date of this agreement, upon which representations CITY
has
relied in entering into
this
Agreement.
Upon review of these representations, the City has determined the following:
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Number of Company Employees on site 85
Number of Contract Employees on site 0
Total on -site Employees
Potable Water Approved for Domestic Use
Total on -site Employees times 50 gpd per employee) 43250
Total Amount of Potable Water Approved for
Company (Average Daily Demand, gpd) 4,250
IV.
CITY has determined that adequate facilities are available for CITY to fiunish potable water
to COMPANY based on the following teens and cmtditiorts, to -wit:
(A) Company shall pay to CITY cone -time administrative comtection charge of $8,500.00.
(B) COMPANY shall file an application for water service with CITY'S Utility Billing Division and
pay appropriate deposit and water meter charge. CITY shall be responsible for furnishing and
installing meter at Company's expense. COMPANY shall be responsible for installing
appropriate meter box to be approved by City.
(C)The total amount of potable water approved (average daily demand) is established at Four
Thousand Two Hundred Fifty (4,250) gallons per day. This number is based on an average of
fifty (50) gallons per employee per day established by CITY.
(D)The average monthly demand of One Hundred Twenty Nine Thousand Six Hundred Twenty
Five (129,625) gallons is established by multiplying the average daily demand by a factor of
30.5, which shall be used to facilitate service billings.
(E) The cost of water up to the average monthly demand of One Hundred Twenty Nine Thousand
0ix Hundred Twenty Five (129,625) gallons shall be one lnutdred fifty percent (150%) of the
CITY'S rate as established from time to time for commercial customers inside its corporate
limits.
(F) The cost of water for amounts used in excess of the established average monthly demand shall be
two hundred percent (200%) of the CITY'S rate as established from time to time for commercial
customers inside its corporate limits.
(G)Nothing contained in this Agreement shall obligate CITY to fiuYtish more than the average
monthly demand of One Hundred Twenty Nine Thousand Six Hundred Twenty Five (129,625)
gallons per month. Repeated consumption greater than the established average monthly demand
may result in termination of service.
(H) CITY shall have the right to hntenupt or temporarily suspend said water service to COMPANY
if an emergency arises and there is not an adequate water supply to meet the needs of the citizens
of La Porte.
(I) CITY reserves the right to estforce its drought contingency plan on all water customers at
CITY'S sole discretion.
(� The
total
cost for the engineering
design
and construction of any
potable
water main, service
line,
back
flow preventer, meter or other
required appurtenances
will be
the responsibility of
COMPANY.
(K) COMPANY agtees that it shall be bound by all applicable ordinances of CITY, relative to the
fiunishing of potable water to customers within the corporate lutists of CITY.
(L) All phunbing installed Uy COMPANY connected to the domestic water line from CITY, shall
meet all applicable State of Texas and CITY plumbing code requirements. CITY'S engineering
and code enforcement personnel shall have the right of prior review and approval of
COMPANY'S plans and specifications for the plumbing system(s). CITY plumbing inspectors
shall have the right to inspect any and all work related to the furnishing of potable water to
COMPANY.
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(M) A reduced
pressure zone backflo*vv preventer
shall be installed and
maintained by
COMPANY to
protect CITY
from any possible cross -connections.
(N)The potaUle water supply system will Ue segregated from any existing and fithue COMPANY
fire protection system.
(0) There shall be no resale of the water provided by CITY, nor any extension of service lines by
COMPANY to serve other parties.
(P) COMPANY shall submit a certified
site plan showing the total acreage of the
bract including
present and proposed
improvements
and a suitable location map of the site.
COMPANY'S
development may be
subject to certain additional requirements as described in
Exhibit "N',
attached. These requirements shall be shount on the site plan and approved by CITY.
(Q)CITY does not guarantee its water system will provide specific water pressure and/or water
volume requirements of COMPANY.
(R) COMPANY is responsible for design of adequate and appropriate systems for fire suppression
systems to its facilities.
V.
All expenses associated with installation of the meter; service lines front the vtain to the
meter; and from the meter to COMPANY'S facilities, shall be solely at the expense of COMPANY.
COMPANY shall own and maintain all service lines and plumbing facilities beyond the meter.
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CITY shall own the meter.
VI.
CITY shall retain ownership and maintenance responsibility for its water meter(s). In the
event a State or Harris County license, permit, or permission to install the water main is revoked, or
relocation or adjustment is required, CITY will not be responsible for the expense of such relocation,
adjustment, or replacement.
VII.
CITY reserves the right of ingress and egress at all reasonaUle times for the purpose of
reading, maintenance, installation, removal and/or relocation of its water nreter(s) and for inspection
of COMPANY'S water facilities in order to observe compliance with the teens and conditions of this
Agreement. When exercising its right of entry, CITY shall notify COMPANY in advance. CITY
also agrees to follow established health and safety policies in effect at COMPANY'S facility.
VIII.
CITY reserves the right to terminate this agreement in the event of violation oftlre terms and
provisions hereof by COMPANY. CITY will provide COMPANY with written notice of any
defects and COMPANY shall have the opportunity to cure any defects. Failure to correct defects
within ten (10) days may result in termination of Agreement. CITY shall have the right to
summarily correct, at COMPANY'S expense, any defect of deficiency, when in its opinion the
integrity of the public water supply is threatened.
IX.
Upon receipt of written notice of termination, COMPANY shall have up to six (6) months to
prepare for transition to another water supply. If the transition is not complete within said six-month
period, CITY shall have the right to terminate water service at its sole discretion.
X.
In the event of any conflict between the teens and provisions of this Water Service
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Agreement and the terms and provisions of the Industrial District Agreement between the parties, the
terms and provisions of the Water Service Agreement shall control, to the extent of such conflict.
The term of this Agreement shall terminate on December 31, 2019. However, this Agreement shall
automatically expire at such time as there is no effective Industrial District Agreement between the
parties or if CITY exercises its right oftennination.
ENTERED INTO and effective the FU day of 2009
CITY OF LA PORTE
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City Secretary
APPROVED: ��)J
B
Knox W. Askins
City Attorney
Ron Bottoms
City Manager
City Attorney City of La Porte
PO Box 1218 604 West Fairmont Parkway
La Porte, TX 77572-1218 La Porte, TX 77571
Phone:
(281)
471-1886
Phone:
(281)
471-5020
Fax:
(281)
471-2047
Fax:
(281)
4714168
This is EXHIBIT A, consisting of I page,
referred to in and part of the Water Service
Agreement and/or Sanitary Sewer Service
Agreement between CITY and COMPANY
Dated
tial:
CITY
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
The Agreement is amended and supplemented to include the following agreement of the patties.
COMPANY shall provide additional improvements as specifically set forth below. These
agreements represent contractual undertakings of COMPANY, undertaken to induce CITY to sell
water to COMPANY pursuant to the terms of the Water Service Agreement and/or Sanitary Sewer
Service Agreement and this addendum. Said additional improvements undertaken by COMPANY
are an integral part of the consideration by COMPANY for obtaining the provision of water and/or
sanitary sewer service from CITY.
1) STORM WATER PLAN:
For new development COMPANY shall provide a Storrn Water Management Plan
that is approved by Harris County Flood Control District and CITY. COMPANY
shall construct and maintain any storm water system as a condition of continued
water and/or sewer service.
2) BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS:
COMPANY shall submit a Landscaping Plan subject to approval by CITY.
COMPANY shall install and maintain landscaping along its existing developed
fi ontage as per approved Landscaping Plan as a condition of continued water service.