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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContract 40532CITY SECRETARY C9[+lTTRACT NO. �.3a EASEMENT ENCROACHMENT LICENSE AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, a home rule municipal corporation of Tarrant County, Texas ("City"), acting by and through its duly authorized City Manager or duly designated Assistant City Manager, and DILLARD TEXAS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ("Licensee"), and owner of the property located at 4501 North Beach Street in Fort Worth, Texas (the "Property"). RECITALS WHEREAS, Licensee is the owner of the Property; and WHEREAS, the City has a Drainage and Utility Easement (the "City Easement") dated August 31, 1977 and recorded August 31, 1977 in Volume 6310, Page 566 of the Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas (also shown in Volume 388-115, Page 93 of the Plat Records of Tarrant County, Texas), the location of which is more fully described on Exhibit "A" and depicted on the drawing attached to this Agreement as Exhibit "B", both of which are attached to and incorporated herein; and WHEREAS, Licensee desires to construct/place a chain -link fence (the "Encroachment") that will encroach onto the City Easement, as that fence is shown on Exhibit B but only to the extent shown thereon; and WHEREAS, to accommodate the needs of Licensee, City will permit the Encroachment under the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, the City and Licensee hereby agree as follows: AGREEMENT 1. City, in consideration of the payment by Licensee of the fee set out below and covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, to be kept and performed by the Licensee, hereby grants permission to the Licensee to encroach upon and occupy a portion of the City Easement, as shown in Exhibit B. Licensee shall not expand or otherwise cause the Encroachment to further infringe in or on the City Easement beyond what is specifically described in Ext B. CITY SECRETARY 2. ET. !NORTH, T .: All construction, maintenance and operation in connection with the Encroachment's use and occupancy shall comply and be performed in strict compliance 1 06-29-1 0 AU9 with the Charter, Ordinance and Codes of the City and in accordance with the directions of the Director of the Water Department of City or his duly authorized representative. Prior to the construction of the Encroachment, Licensee shall submit all plans and specifications to the Director or his duly authorized representative. Licensee shall not commence construction of the Encroachment until such approval shall be indicated in writing by the Director. However, such approval shall not relieve Licensee of responsibility and liability for concept, design and computation in the preparation of such plans and specifications. 3. Licensee agrees that City may enter and utilize the City Easement at any time for the purpose of installing, repairing, replacing or maintaining improvements to its public facilities or utilities necessary for the health, safety and welfare of the public for any other public purpose. City shall bear no responsibility or liability for any damage or disruption or other adverse consequences resulting from the Encroachment, but City will make reasonable efforts to minimize such damage. Should it become necessary to remove the Encroachment in order to install, repair, replace or maintain improvements to City public facilities or utilities in the City Easement, Licensee shall remove the Encroachment at Licensee's expense. City shall furnish Licensee with written notice if removal of the Encroachment is deemed necessary by the Water Department. Licensee agrees that upon request of City, and within 30 days from the date of Licensee's receipt of City's notice, to relocate the Encroachment away from the City Easement and to restore the City Easement to its original condition, all at the sole cost and expense of Licensee. 4. Licensee further agrees that City shall have the absolute right, in its sole discretion, to terminate this license or to refuse to allow the Licensee to continue to have the Encroachment over, under or across the City Easement if City determines that the City Easement is being substantially damaged by the Encroachment, or that the Encroachment otherwise places an undue burden on the operation of the municipal utility system or in the event Licensee fails to comply with the provisions of this Agreement. City shall furnish Licensee with written notice requiring the removal in a time period as is 2 reasonable under the circumstances. After receipt of such notice, Licensee shall thereafter immediately remove the Encroachment and restore the City Easement to the same condition as existed prior to the installation of the Encroachment. In the event Licensee fails to promptly remove the Encroachment and restore the City Easement within the time required by the notice, City may remove the Encroachment and restore the City Easement and assess a lien on the Property for the costs expended by City to remove the Encroachment. 5. Licensee agrees to pay to City at the time this Agreement is executed a fee in the sum of Two Hundred Seventy -Five Dollars ($275.00) to pay necessary fees to record this Agreement, in its entirety, in the deed records of Tarrant County. 6. LICENSEE COVENANTS AND AGREES TO INDEMNIFY, AND DOES HEREBY INDEMNIFY, HOLD HARMLESS AND DEFEND CITY, ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS, SERVANTS, EMPLOYEES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OR SUITS FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE OR LOSS AND/OR PERSONAL INJURY, INCLUDING DEATH, TO ANY AND ALL PERSONS, OF WHATSOEVER FIND OR CHARACTER, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, OCCUPANCY, USE, EXISTENCE OR LOCATION OF SAID ENCROACHMENTS AND USES GRANTED HEREUNDER, AND LICENSEE HEREBY ASSUMES ALL LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH CLAIMS OR SUITS, LICENSEE SHALL LIKEWISE ASSUME ALL LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY AND SHALL INDEMNIFY CITY FOR ANY AND ALL INJURY OR DAMAGE TO CITY PROPERTY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENCROACHMENTS AND ANY AND ALL ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF LICENSEE, ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS, SERVANTS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, LICENSEES, OR INVITEES. 7. Licensee covenants and agrees that it shall operate hereunder as an independent contractor as to ali rights and privileges granted hereunder and not as an officer, agent, servant or employee of City, and Licensee shall have exclusive control of, and the exclusive right to control, the details of its operations, and all persons performing same, and shall be solely responsible for the acts and omissions of its officers, agents, servants, employees, contractors, subcontractors, licensees and invitees. The doctrine of 3 respondeat superior shall not apply as between City and Licensee, its officers, agents, servants, employees, contractors and subcontractors, and nothing herein shall be construed as creating a partnership or joint enterprise between City and Licensee. Licensee agrees and acknowledges that this Agreement is solely for the purpose of permitting Licensee to construct, maintain and locate the Encroachment over or within the City Easement and is not a conveyance of any right, title or interest in or to the City Easement. In any action brought by City for the enforcement of the obligations of the Licensee, if City prevails it shall be entitled to recover interest and reasonable attorneys fees. 10. The parties agree that the duties and obligations contained paragraphs 3 and 4 shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 11. Licensee may assign its rights, privileges or duties under this contract without the written approval of City; provided, however, such assignments may only be made to an entity that is also the purchaser of the land underlying the City Easement. Licensee shall notify City within sixty (60) days of said assignment. 12. Any cause of action for breach of this Agreement shall be brought in Tarrant County, Texas. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas. 13. This agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto, their successors and assigns. [SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE] 0 (j N EXECUTED this IT day of City City of Fort Worth By:or4WO400L. Fernando Costa, Asst. City Manager ATTEST: Secretary 2010, Licensee DILLARD TEXAS, LLC James W. Cherry, Jr. Vice President Approved As To Form and Legality JY vt� L N#q Assistant City Attorney 5 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for the State of Texas, on this day personally appeared Fernando Costa ,known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, as the act and deed of the City of Fort Worth, and in the capacity therein stated. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this o2y` day of 2010. EVONIA OANIELS MY COtJ y 10 2013 PIRES STATE OF ARKANSAS, COUNTY OF PULASKI, SS: Public in and for the State of Texas BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for the State of Arkansas, on this day personally appeared James W. Cherry, Jr., known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, as the act and deed of the Licensee, and in the capacity therein stated. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this �/ J�► day MAi of ?, 2010. 00 C ; My NIP Comm Expires 0 = APRIL 16 2016' r� #12347594 ; ski C06g � . 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