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Resolution 2010-10 RESOLUTION NO. 2010-10(R) A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, HEREBY AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS TO EXECUTE TIiE WHOLESALE WATER SUPPLY CONTRACT (KCONTRACT") BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF WYLIE AND THE CITY OF PARKER AND TO EXECUTE EXHIBTT KD" TO THE CONTRACT WHICH IS THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR DISCONNECTION OF PARKER WATER SERVICE DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF CITY SEWER CHARGES BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF WYLIE AND THE CITY OF PARKER; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS: SECTION 1: The City Manager of the City of Wylie, Texas, is hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, the Wholesale Water Supply Contract ("Contract") by and between the City of Wylie and the City of Parker and to execute Euhibit "D" to the Contract which is the Interlocal Agreement for Disconnection of Parker Water Service Due to Nonpayment of City Sewer Charges by and between the City of Wylie and the City of Parker, which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A." SECTION 2: This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage. DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie Texas on this the 23'� day of February, 2010. Ci Eric Hogue, Mayor ATTEST TO: O F �7" r �..rA- Y� C ole Ehrli City Secretary Resolution No. 2010-10(R) Wholesale Water Supply Contract �l�r1N� Interlocal Agreement for Disconnecrion City of Parker 568528-1 WHOLESALE WATER SUPPLY CONTRACT This Wholesale Water Supply Contract ("Contract") is made and entered into this day of 2410, by and between the City of Wylie, Texas ("Wylie"), a municipal corporation, and City of Parker ("Parker"), a municipal coiporation. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, Wylie has filed an Application with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ("TCEQ") to amend its certificates of convenience and necessity ("CCNs"), numbers 10186 and 20068; WHEREAS, Parker has protested Wylie's Application as it relates to an area of about 236 acres (the "Settlement Area"), more accurately described in Exhibit A attached hereto; and WHEREAS, Wylie and Parker have executed a Mediated Settlement Agreement (the "Agreement"), attached hereto as Exhibit B, wherein Wylie agrees that Parker has the sole Certificate of Convenience and Necessity ("CCN") to provide retail Potable Water service to the Settlement Area and WHEREAS, Parker operates a TCEQ approved retail water supply system and requires a supply of Potable Water for that system within the Settlement Area; and WHEREAS, Wylie operates a TCEQ approved retail water supply system with t capacity currently capable of serving the Settlement Area; and WHEREAS, the North Texas Municipal Water District ("NTMWD") supplies wholesale Potable Water to both Wylie and Parker, and WHEREAS, Wylie agrees to sell Parker wholesale Potable Water for retail sale to Parker customers in the Settlement Area for the consideration and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and WHEREAS, NTMWD has approved such Potable Water sale by Wylie to Parker by letter dated February 10, 2009, attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes, as Exhibit C. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and considerations set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1.1 Master Meter. A flow meter to be installed on each wholesale service line that is to provide Potable Water to the Settlement Area. Initially, a single customer service meter may funcrion as a Master Meter if the Parties so agree. 1.2 Volume Charge. The rate per 1,000 gallons charged for Potable Water. 1.3 Point(s) of Delivery. The point, or points, where a Master Meter is installed to provide wholesale Potable Water from Wylie to Parker. r 1.4 Potable Water. Treated water, at the Point of Delivery, meeting the standards of treatment established by the Texas Department of Health, TCEQ, or other state agency of appropriate jurisdicrion, and meeting the requirements of the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, Title 42 U.S.C.A. 300. ARTICLE II SALE OF POTABLE WATER Wylie agrees to sell to Parker and Parker agrees to purchase from Wylie at the Point(s) of Delivery specified in Article IV herein, Potable Water at the rate specified in this Contract and subject to the terms and conditions as set forth in the body of this Contract and Exhibit B. ARTICLE III COMPENSATION 3.1 Parker shall pay to Wylie at the times and in the manner prescribed herein an amount equal to the Volume Charge times the amount of Potable Water actually delivered by Wylie as measured by the Master Meter(s). The Volume Charge under this Contract shall be 100 percent (100%) the amount paid by Wylie to NTMWD for the Potable Water delivered to Parker at the Point(s) of Delivery. 3.2 As additional compensation, Parker has executed, concurrent with execution of this Contract, a Sewer Service Cut-Off Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit D, for sewer service by Wylie to Potable Water customers of Parker in the Settlement Area. ARTICLE IV POINT OF DELIVERY AND INFRASTRUCTURE 4.1 The Point(s) of Delivery for Potable Water delivered and taken under this Contract shall be at a mutually agreed upon place, or places, where the Master Meter(s) is/are set. 4.2 Wylie and Parker agree that the current Potable Water supply line to the Wylie Independent School District facilities in the Settlement Area will be looped as new customers are added in the Settlement Area. Parker shall provide initial retail Potable Water service to the Settlement Area from the looped line. The new customers shall incur the costs of construction and installation of this supply line unless Wylie or Parker decide to participate in such costs. 4.3 Wylie and Parker agree that any Potable Water service infrastructure for new development in the Settlement Area shall be required to be in compliance with either Wylie's or Parker's standards, whichever is more stringent. t. 4.4 Parker agrees that it will maintain all Potable Water lines within the Settlement Area in accordance with either Wylie's or Parker's standards, whichever is more stringent. 4.5 The cost of any new Potable Water lines and service meters in the Settlement Area shall be borne by the developer or individual who requests such service. ARTICLE V TITLE TO AND CONTROL OF WATER 5.1 Title to, possession, and control of Potable Water shall remain in Wylie to the Point(s) of Delivery, where title to, possession, and control shall pass to Parker. 5.2 Wylie shall be in exclusive control and possession of the Potable Water deliverable hereunder unril the same shall have been delivered to Parker at the Point(s) of Delivery, at which point Parker shall be in exclusive control and possession thereof. 5.3 No provision of this Contract shall be construed to create any type of joint or equity ownership, partnership or joint venhue of or in either party's Potable Water supply infrastructure. ARTICLE VI METERING FACILITIES 6.1 Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, Wylie and Parker agree to share equally the cost of purchase and installation of the Master Meter(s). Wylie shall operate, maintain, repair, and calibrate all metering equipment, including telemetry, installed at the Point(s) of Delivery. Wylie and Parker agree to share equally all costs of operation, maintenance, repair, and calibration of inetering equipment. 6.2 Wylie shall maintain, and make available for Parker's inspection during reasonable business hours, all records and computations conceming the Volume Charge. Said records shall be kept for at least two years. 6.3 Wylie shall, during reasonable business hours, provide Parker with access to all metering equipment, including any associated telemetry signals, used in making any measurements under this Contract. Wylie may test the metering equipment on its own initiative, and shall test such metering equipment for accuracy upon request by Parker, which request shall not be made more frequently than twice in any twelve-month period. If Parker requests testing under this provision and the accuracy of the metering equipment is within the tolerance of five percent (5%) Parker may be charged the cost of the tesring. In the event the percentage of accuracy of such metering equipment is found as the result of any testing, whether requested by Parker or performed by Wylie on its own initiative, to be within the tolerance of 95% to 105%, such metering equipment shall be deemed to have correctly measured the quantity of Potable Water taken hereunder. If however, upon any test of the accuracy tolerance, such tolerance is found to be less than 95% or in excess of 105%, then such metering equipment shall be adjusted at once to register correctly and accurately, and the amount paid by Parker to Wylie for the period from the last test on that metering equipment until the current test (but for no more than 4 three months) shall be adjusted by debit or credit in accordance with the percentage of inaccuracy found by such test. In the event such metering equipment is out of service or out of repair and the amount of Potable Water taken cannot be ascertained or computed by the reading thereof, the amount of Potable Water taken during this period shall be estimated based upon the amount of Potable Water taken in the corresponding period of the previous year unless otherwise agreed upon by both parties. 6.4 In order to provide Wylie with addirional information on the accuracy of the Master Meter(s) recording Potable Water sold to Parker, Parker agrees to provide Wylie on or about April 20` and October 20` of each year, notice of the total number of gallons of Potable Water Parker has billed its retail water service customers in the Settlement Area for the preceding six months. ARTICLE VII IIVITIAL DELIVERY Commencement of the delivery of Potable Water by Wylie to Parker under the terms of this Contract shall be in accordance with the Article XVII of this Contract. ARTICLE VIII BILLING AND PAYMENT y 7.1 For purposes of monthly billing for the period beginning 2010 and thereafter, Wylie shall read the metering equipment provided for herein on or about the fifteenth (15` day of each month or the last working day prior thereto if the fifteenth (15` day falls on a weekend or holiday, and shall report the total quantity of Potable Water taken at that meter during the preceding month to Parker on or before the tenth (10�') day of each calendar month. 7.2 Wylie shall render to Parker at the address shown herein (or such other place as designated in writing by Parker) on or before the tenth (10` day of each calendar month a statement showing, the following information: the date and reading of the metering equipment at the beginning and at the end of the period for which the statement is rendered; the quantity of Potable Water delivered at the Master Meter(s); the total amount due for the Potable Water delivered. 7.3 Such statement shall be due and payable at Wylie's offices in the Municipal Building, City of Wylie, Texas (or at such other place as designated in writing by Wylie) on or before the twenty-fourth (24` day after the receipt of such statement. 7.4 Should Parker fail to tender payment in full when due, a late charge of five percent (5%) per annum of the total amount due will be added thereto. ARTICLE IX CANCELLATION FOR NONPAYMENT In the event that Parker, without good cause, fails to make any payment to Wylie when due hereunder, Wylie may, in addition to any other remedy available to it by law, cancel this Contract, by written notice of such nonpayment and statement of Wylie's election to cancel this Contract by reason thereof delivered to Parker no less than thirty (30) days before the date for cancellation specified in such notice. ARTICLE X REPORT ON SERVICE CONNECTIONS Parker agrees to provide Wylie a report of the number of retail water service connections installed in the Settlement Area in any twelve-month period within ten (10) days following receipt of a request for that information from Wylie, which shall not be requested more than twice per calendar year. ARTICLE XI OBLIGATIONS OF PARTIES 11.1 Parker shall comply with the provisions of any water conservation/rationing plan or program formally adopted by Wylie by Ordinance for implementation within Wylie's corporate boundaries for Wylie's water customers. In lieu of adopting the exact same water conservation/rationing plan or program as Wylie, Parker may implement alternative water conservation/rationing plan or program provided said plan or program will conserve the same or a greater amount of water as under the plan a. or program implemented by Wylie. 11.2 Parker shall notify Wylie as promptly as possible of all emergency and other conditions which may directly or indirectly affect the quantity and quality of Potable Water received hereunder. Wylie shall notify Parker as promptly as possible of all emergency and other conditions which may directly or indirectly affect the quantity and quality of Potable Water received hereunder. 11.3 Parker shall not sell Potable Water purchased hereunder, nor allow it to be used, for agricultural irrigation without Wylie's prior written consent. 11.4 Parker shall not resell Potable Water purchased hereunder to a public or private water distribution company, nual water supply corporation or any industrial or manufacturing plant or facility without Wylie's prior written consent. ARTICLE XII SUSPENSION OF DELIVERY 12.1 If backflow devices are not installed between Wylie's Potable Water supply system and the Settlement Area, Wylie shall have the right to inspect and sample the Potable Water supply system within the Settlement Area. In the event Wylie determines that water (Potable or otherwise) from Parker's system is flowing back into Wylie's Potable Water supply system, Wylie shall have the immediate right to sus end delive of Potable Water rovided hereunder and to disconnect an P rY P Y connections with Parker's Potable Water supply system until such conditions have been corrected. 12.2 In the event Wylie determines that it is necessary to proportionally reduce the delivery of Potable Water to all of its Potable Water customers during the term of this Contract, Wylie may reduce deliveries hereunder by the same proportion until such reductions are determined to be no longer necessary. In the event of a reduction of delivery of Potable Water, and where reasonably possible, Wylie shall give Parker not less than ten (10) days prior written notice of such reduction and the terms of such reduction. ARTICLE XIII INDEMNIFICATION TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, PARKER AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD WYLIE, ITS OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WHOLE AND HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LIENS, SUITS, DEMANDS, AND/OR ACTIONS FOR DAMAGES, INJURIES TO PERSONS (INCLUDING DEATH)� PROPERTY DAMAGE (INCLUDING LOSS OF USE), AND EXPENSE, [NCLUDING COURT COSTS, ATTORNEYS' FEES, AND OTHER REASONABLE COSTS OCCASIONED BY ANY ACT OR OMISSION OF PARKER, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND CONTRACTORS IN CONNECTION W[TH PARKER'S RECEIPT AND DELIVERY OF WATER PURSUANT TO THIS CONTRACT. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WYLIE AGREES TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD PARKER, ITS OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WHOLE AND HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LIENS� SUITS, DEMANDS, AND/OR ACTIONS FOR DAMAGES, INJURIES TO PERSONS (INCLUDING DEATH), PROPERTY DAMACE (INCLUDING LOSS OF USE), AND EXPENSE, INCLUDING COURT COSTS, ATTORNEYS' FEES, AND OTHER REASONABLE COSTS OCCASIONED BY ANY ACT OR OMISSION OF WYLIE, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND CONTRACTORS IN CONNECTION WITH WYL[E'S TRANSPORTATION AND DELIVERY OF WATER PdRSUANT TO THIS CONTRACT. ARTICLE XIV FORCE MAJEURE In the event either party is rendered unable wholly or in part by force majeure to carry out its obligations under this Contract, other than the obligation to make payments of amounts accrued and due hereunder at the time thereof, it is agreed that upon such party's giving norice in full particulars of such force majeure in writing to the other party within a reasonable time after the occurrence of the cause relied upon, then the obligations of the party giving such notice, so far as they are affected by such cause, shall be suspended during the continuance of any inability so caused, but for no longer period, and such cause shall so far as possible be remedied with all responsible dispatch. The term "force majeure" as employed herein shall mean interference not reasonably within the control of the party claiming force majeure, arising out of acts of God, governmental action, strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances, acts of the public enemy, wars, blockades, insurrections, riots, epidemics, landslides, lightning, earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, storms, floods, washouts, droughts, anests, and restraints of go�ernment and people, civil disturbances, explosions, major breakage or accidents to machinery, conduits and/or pipelines, partial or entire failure of the supply of water, extreme and unforeseeable delays in transportation and any other causes, whether of the kind enumerated or otherwise, not reasonably within the control of the party claiming suspension. ARTICLE XV TERM This Contract shall be a binding obligation on the parties hereto from and after the date this Contract is executed until such time as the expiration of fifteen (15) years or until such time as sufficient infrastructure has been installed and Parker has sufficient capacity to deliver water service to the Settlement Area in accordance with Wylie or Parker's then applicable municipal water service standards, whichever is more stringent. ARTICLE XVI ASSIGNMENT This Contract shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective parties hereto and their legal successors but the same shall not be otherwise assignable in whole or in part by either party without first obtaining the written consent of the other. ARTICLE XVII APPLICABLE LAW Any question or controversy which may arise hereunder shall be govemed by the laws of the State of Texas. Venue for any actions arising under this Contract in state courts shall lie exclusively in the courts of Collin County, Texas. Venue for any actions arising under this Contract in federal courts shall lie exclusively in the Northern District of Texas. ARTICLE XVIII NOTICES Any notice, request or other communication under this Contract shall be given in writing and shall be deemed to have been given by any party to the other party upon either of the following dates: the date received, as shown by a post office receipt, if mailed to the party hereto by registered or certified mail at the latest address specified for such other party in writing; or three (3) days after the date of mailing if not mailed by registered or certified mail. Any notice, communication, request, reply or advice herein provided or pennitted to be given, made or accepted by either party must be in writing and addressed to: City of Wylie Wylie City Manager 2000 Hwy. 78 North Wylie, Texas 75098 Parker City of Parker City Administrator 5700 East Parker Road Parker. Texas 75002 If either party reasonably determines there is need for emergency notice, request or other communication under this Contract, such emergency notice may be given by facsimile transmission to the other party if, contemporaneously therewith, the party that has determined that an emergency exists which wamants facsimile norice provides actual notice of said emergency notice by telephoning the other party's City Administrator/Manager or City Attomey. ARTICLE XIX MISCELLANEOUS 19.1 All headings of the Articles and particular sections of this Contract have been inserted for the convenience of reference only and are not to be considered as part of this Contract and in no way shall they affect the interpretation of any provision of this Contract. r b either a of an default b the other a hereunder shall not w 19.2 A waive y p rty y y p rtY be deemed a waiver by such party of a default by the other party on any subsequent occasion. 19.3 In case any one or more of the Articles, sections, provisions, clauses or words of this Contract shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any other Articles, sections, provisions, clauses or words of this Contract and it is intended that this Contract shall be severable and shall be construed and applied as if such invalid or unconstitutional Article, section provision, clause or word had not been included herein. 19.4 This Contract contains the complete agreement between the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof. As of the date this Contract is executed it shall supersede all prior agreements between the parties, both oral and written, with regard to the subject matter hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Contract in duplicate originals on this day of 2010. CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS CITY OF PARKER, TEXAS Mayor Mayor ATTES TO: �k Ci Secretary City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attomey City Attorney �p C� Ss� �i 0 o EXHI T A' C s a� E, 1 a T� o a 8L�' L f 1 E I U I. I Q j� J L, I 1 F I J U N U J 0 V V/ L J U 0 W Y Q d a� Y O d U J W U k Y U Q a t� J i v�m EXHIBIT "B" MEDIATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITIES OF WYLIE AND PARKER, TEXAS Agreement Points December 1, 2008 1. The City of Wylie ("Wylie") will provide the City of Parker ("Parker') with a wholesale water supply that will be utilized by Parker to provide water service to the 236 acre area that is the subject of this dispute. The water being provided by Wylie will be sold to Parker on a wholesale basis and will not count against Parker's "Take or Pay" amount or Parker's 3.5 MGD limits established by the Nortll Texas Municipal Water District ("NTMWD"), subject to approval by NTMWD; 2. Wylie and Parker agree that the Wylie line to the school district will be looped as new customers develop in the 236 acre azea and Parker will begin retail service from such looped line; 3. Wylie and Parker agree that a master meter will be installed for each wholesale service line to serve the 236 acres; 4. Wylie and Pazker agree that the two Cities will split th,e cost of purchase and installatioii of the nlaster n�eter Y' V 5. Parker will bill their retail customers in the 236 acres; 6. Parker and Wylie agree that any water service infrastn�cture for new development in the 236 acres will be required to be in compliance with either Wylie or Pazker's standards, whichever is more stringent; 7. Parker agrees that it will maintain all water lines within the 236 acres; 8. Any new installation of lines and meters in the 236 acres will be borne by developer; 9. Parker agrees to execution of a cut off agreement for sewer service, with indemnity language included; 10. Wylie will withdraw its protest to Parker's applicatioii and Parker will withdraw its protest to Wylie's application within 5 business days of final execution of wholesale agreement; EXHIBIT "C" t. NORTI-� TEXAS MUNICIPAg. WAT�R DISTRICT Re�iaiurl Scn•icc TlrnHrGd U�rin• February 10, 2009 Ms. Mindy Manson City Manager City of Wylie 2000 Highway 78 North Wylie, Texas 75098 Dear Mrs. Manson: The purpose of this letter is to clarify the impact of certain agreement points between the City of Wylie and the City of Parker with respect to each city's potable water contract with the NTMWD. The agreement points are contained in a document titled °Mediated Settlement Agreement Between Cities of Wylie and Pa�lcer, Texas, dated December 1, 2008. 4 r k With respect to agreement point no. 1, we offer the following: A. Water sold by Wylie to Parker will not count against the annual maximum demand ("take or pay") established by Parker. Water sold by NTMWD to Wylie will remain the responsibility of the City of Wylie. B. As long as the water sold by the City of Wylie to the City of Parker is used in areas of the City of Wylie's city limit or ETJ, the City of Wylie will not need to obtain authorization from the NTMWD Board of Directors. C. Water sold by the City of Wylie to the City of Parker wili not count against the City of Parker's current contract limit, which is calculated by multiplying Parker's daily annual average by 2.5, which is approximately 3.2 MGD. The 3.5 MGD limit referred to in the settlement document is a physical limitation associated with the pipeline system serving the City of Parker. lf you have any questions or need additional information, please contact my office. Sincerely, O�/YV�4'�-� J ES M. PARKS Ex utive Director x JMP/mcf S05 F. Brown St.. RO. Bn� ?�Oh. WyLc. 7cxas 75114K-��0�; Tdephnnc: 97'J�J-1? :5�i0i �ax: y7JJ-l2-5-10� EXHIBIT "D" INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR DISCONNECTION OF PARKER WATER SERVICE DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF CITY SEWER CHARGES This Interlocal Agreement Agreement' is by and between the City of Wylie, 1 and the City of Parker Texas ("City"), a Texas home rule municipal corporation, ("Parker"), a municipal corporation, for the purposes and consideration set forth herein. RECITALS WHEREAS, the City and Parker are both "retail public utilities" as defined in Section 13.002 of the Texas Water Code; WHEREAS, Parker fumishes retail water utility service to an area in southeast Collin County defined by Certificate of Convenience and Necessity ("CCN") No. 10207 issued to Parker by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ('TCEQ"), which includes certain portions of the City; WHEREAS, the City fumishes sewer util"ity service to residents of the City, and the City desires Parker's assistance to collect delinquent sewer service charges from customers who receive water service from Parker; and WHEREAS, this Agreement is made by and between the Ciiy and Parker pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Chapter 791, Texas Govemment Code. NOW, THEREFORE, the City and Parker enter into this Agreement for the following purposes and consideration: 1. Administration of Utilitv Accounts. The City shall be solely responsible for administering City sewer utility customer accounts, and Parker will be solely respo�sible for administering Parker water utility customer accounts. 2. Disconnection of Water Service. Parker agrees to disconnect or terminate water service to a customer for failure to pay undisputed City sewer charges if requested by the City pursuant to the teRns and conditions below. The terms "disconnected," "terminated," and "disconfinued" may be used interchangeably in this Agreement as applied to water service and water service accounts. (a) Notice of Termination. The City must send a notice of termination to the customer and the District that conforms with Title 30, Texas Administrative Code, Section 291.88(a), as it exists or may be amended, with a copy to Parker. (b) Revuest for Termination. If the customer to whom a notice of termination is sent fails to pay the delinquent sewer charges by the termination date, or fails to establish that disconnection is othervvise prohibited under Parker or state regulations, then City may deliver a written request for termination to k Parker to have water service to that customer disconnected. The request should INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 1 566157. v 1 state the customer's name, sewer utitity account number, service address, that the customer has failed to take required action to avoid water service disconnection, and that the City has detennined that alt legal requirements, including the absence of sick or disabled customers, have been met. Parker has no duty to independently confirm the information in City's request for termination, and may rely on City's representations. The City shall comply with the requirements set forth in 30 Texas Administrative Code 291.88, as amended. (c) Service Termination. Parker shall have no obligafion to disconnect a customer's water service until it has received both a notice of termination and request for termination from the City. Parker will use its best efforts to terminate water service either by the next worlcday after the date Parker receives a request for termination or on the termination date stated in the notice to a customer, whichever is later. (d) Comaensation to Parker. On the 10th day of each month, the City shall pay to Parker a disconnection fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each water service account disconnected by Parker at the request of the City during the previous month. (e) Restoration of Tem►inated Water Service. Parker will restore water service disconnected under this Agreement within thirty-six (36) hours of receiving notice from the City to restore a customer's service and payment of a fifty dollars ($50.00) reconnect fee by the customer. 3. Term of Contract. The initial term of this Agreement shall be for one year beginning on the date of final execution by all parties. This Agreement shall automatically renew for three (3) addfional one (1) year terms unless terminated by either party under the express provisions of this Agreement. 4. Riqht to Terminate Aareement. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time after giving the other party thirty (30) days written notice. However, Parker's right to payment of disconne�tion and reconnection fees for the performance of its obligations under this Agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement. 5. Pumose of Aareement. This Agreement is made for the purpose of facilitating the City's collection of delinquent charges for sewer utility service. No pa�tnership or joint venture is intended to be created hereby. Pa�lcer's sole responsibility under this Agreement is that of the City's agent for purposes of disconnecting water service to a customer who has failed to pay undisputed City sewer service charges. 6. Effect on Water Service. This Agreement shall not be construed to impair or conflict with Paricer's obligations to abide by and enforce its duly adopted rules and regulations for the provision of retail water utility service set forth in Parker's duly adopted water rates, as amended from time to time. This agreerr�ent has no effect on INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 2 566157. v t Parker's legal rights to serve areas within its CCN for water in the land areas within i Wylie or Wylie's ETJ. R 7. Indemni TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, EACH PARTY AGREES TO RELEASE, DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD HARMLESS THE OTHER (AND ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES) FROM AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS OR CAUSES OF ACTION FOR INJURIES (INCLUDING DEATH), PROPERTY DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF USE), AND ANY OTHER LOSSES, DEMAINS, SUITS, JUDGMENTS AND COSTS, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES AND EXPENSES, IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO OR RESULTING FROM EACH PARTY'S PERFORMANCE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, SAVE AND EXCEPT DAMAGES OR COSTS INCURRED SOLELY AS A RESULT OF EACH PARTY'S NEGLIGENT ACTS OR OMISSION (OR THOSE OF ITS RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTIES F�R WHOM IT IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE) IN CONNECTION WITH PERFORMING THIS AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF JOINT OR CONCURRENT NEGUGENCE OF THE PARTIES, RESPONSIBILITY, IF ANY, SHALL BE APPORTIONED COMPAR14TIVELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, WITHOUT, HOWEVER, WAIVING ANY GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY AVAILABLE TO EITHER PARTY INDIVIDUALLY UNDER TEXAS LAW. CITY SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS SOLE NEGLIGENCE. PARKER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS SOLE NEGLIGENCE. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH ARE SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND ARE NOT INTENDED TO CREATE ANY RIGHTS, CONTRACTUAL OR OTHERWISE, TO ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY. THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL SURVIVE THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. 8. Aqency. Subject to Section 7 above, the City and Parker agree and acknowledge that each entity is not an agent of the other entity and that each entity is responsible for its own acts, forbearance, negligence and deeds, and for those of its agents or employees in conjunction with the performance of work covered under this Agreement. 9. Notices. All notices and requests from one party to the other party under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered by personal delivery (with certificated receipt) or certified mail, retum receipt requested, to the following address, or by facsimile to the following telephone number: (a� to the Ci City of Wylie Attn: City Manager 2000 N. Hwy. 78 Wylie, Texas 75098 Fax: (972) 442-4302 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 3 566157. v 1 (b) to Parker. City of Parker Attn: City Administrator 5700 East Parker Road Parker, Texas 75002 Fax: (972) 442-2894 Notice given in accordance with this paragraph shall be effective upon receipt. Each party may change the address or facsimile number for notice by giving notice of the change to the other party in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph. 10. No Waiver of Immunitv. The City and Parker agree that neither party waives sovereign immunity by entering into or performing its respective obligations under this Agreement 11. Miscellaneous Provisions (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. However, this Agreement is not assignable by either party without the prior written consent of the other party to this Agreement. (b) This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the matters contained herein and may not be modified or terminated except upon the provisions hereof or by the mutual written agreement of the parties hereto. (c) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and shall be performable in Collin County. Texas. (d) This Agreement may be executed in a number of identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original for all purposes. (e) The individuals executing this Agreement on behalf of the respective parties below represent to each other and to others that all appropriate and necessary action has been taken to authorize the individual who is executing this Agreement to do so for and on behatf of the party for which his or her signature appears, that there are no other parties or entities required to execute this Agreement in order for the same to be an authorized and binding agreement on the party for whom the individual is signing this Agreement, that each individual affixing his or her signature hereto is authorized to do so, and that such authorization is valid and effective on the date hereof. (fl This Agreement shall be deemed drafted equally by all parties hereto. The language of all parts of this Agreement shall be construed as a whole according to its fair meaning, and any presumption or principle that the language herein is to be construed against any party shall not apply. Headings INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 4 566157. v 1 in this Agreement are for the convenience of the parties and are not intended to be used in construing this document. (g) The parties agree to take such further actions and to sign such further documents as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to fu�ll the intent of, and to complete the transaction described in this Agreement. (h) Time is of the essence with respect to this Agreement and performance of all provisions hereof. (i) This Agreement shall be effective on the later of the two dates of execution below. AGREED T 2010. ITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS y: z- Mindy Ma n, ity Manager .�SN 7 y ATTEST: Carole Ehrlich, City Secretary AGREED TO this��� day of 2010. .�`''���Y OI� �'''••CITY OF PARKER p G 9 i�. �Jce Cordina, Mayor r• ATTEST: �ij L City Secretary INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 5 5661 s7. v 1