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CERTIFICATE FOR
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CONTRACT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT CITY SECRETARY'
! CITY OF FORT WORTH CONTRACT No.-,F
We the undersigned officers of said City, hereby certify '!,
as follows:
If 1
}. 1. The City Council of said City convened in 1
I� REGULAR MEETING ON THE 5th DAY OF A r-1 1976,
at the City Hall, and the roll was called o t e my consti-
tuted officers and members of said City Council, to-wit:
Clif Overcash, Mayor ,lack W.-Green City Secretary
Joe Bruce Cunningham woodie Woods
t' Jim Bradshaw Richard C. Newkirk
! John J. O'Neill Henry A. Meadows
{ Hugh Parmer Margret Rimmer
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!, and all of said persons were present, except the following
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absentees: Councilmen Richard C Newkirk and He A MeadowG
thus constituting a quorum. Whereupon, among other business,
G the following was transacted at said Meeting: a written
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CONTRACT
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was duly introduced for the consideration of said City Council.
and read in full. It was then duly moved and seconded that
said Ordinance be passed; and, after due discussion, said
motion, carrying with it the passage of said Ordinance,
4 prevailed and carried by the following vote:
j` AYES: All members of said City Council OFFICIAL. RECORD
shown present above voted- "Aye". CITY SECRETARY
NOES: None.
FT. WORTH, 'TE)L �
�} 2. That a true, full and correct copy of the aforesaid
jOrdinance passed at the Meeting described in the above and
i foregoing paragraph is attached to and follows this Certifi-
cate; that said Ordinance has been duly recorded in said City
Council's minutes of said Meeting; that the above and fore-
1going paragraph is a true, full and correct excerpt from said
; City Council's minutes of said Meeting pertaining to the
passage of said Ordinance; that the persons named in the
1 above and foregoing paragraph are the duly chosen, qualified
!; and acting officers and members of said City' Council as indi-
cated therein; that each of the officers and members of said
` City Council was duly and sufficiently notifiei officially and'',
personally, in advance, of the time, place and purpose of the
aforesaid Meeting, and that said Ordinance would be introduced
and considered for passage at said Meeting, and each of said
1i officers and members consented, in advance, to the holding of
said Meeting for such purpose; and that said Meeting was open
i� to the public, and public notice of the time, place and pur-
P pose of said Meeting was given, all as required by Vernon's
Ann. Civ. St. Article 6252-17.
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STATE OF TEXAS
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
COUNTY OF TARRANT
WHEREAS, there has been established in the Upper
Trinity River Basin, generally in the area outlined in the Engineer-
ing Report, a Regional Wastewater System for the purpose of providing
facilities to adequately receive, transport, treat and dispose of
Wastewater -in such area; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth presently owns, operates
and maintains its waterworks and sanitary sewer systems; and
WHEREAS, City is desirous of discharging Wastewater into
the Central Wastewater Treatment System of the Trinity River Authority
of Texas in order to achieve efficiencies of costs and operation; and
WHEREAS, the Authority has heretofore entered into contracts
with other parties, defined as Contracting Parties in said contracts,
which permit the Authority to contract with Additional Contracting
Parties, as defined in said contracts; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth is such an Additional
Contracting Party under said contracts and will become a Contracting
Party under this contract; and *
WHEREAS, City and Authority are authorized to make this
contract under Articles 8280-188 and 1109i, Vernon's Annotated Civil
Statutes, and/or the Regional Waste Disposal Act (compiled as Chapter
25 Water Code of Texas) ; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto recognize these facts:
(a) That the Authority will use the payments
to be received under this and similar con-
tracts for the payment of Operation and
Maintenance Expense of the Authority's
System and for the payment of the princi-
pal of and the interest on its Bonds and
Outstanding Bonds and for the establish-
ment and/or maintenance of reserves and
other funds as provided in the Bond
Resolution and in resolutions authorizing
Outstanding Bonds; and that the revenues
under such contracts will be pledged to
such purposes; and
(b) That contracts similar to this instrument
have been executed between the Authority
and the other Contracting Parties and the
Authority may execute contracts with
Additional Contracting Parties; and
(c) That Authority has Outstanding Bonds which
were issued to finance construction of the
System as it exists as of the date of exe-
cution of this contract, to refund previous
indebtedness and to provide funds to en-
able it to construct extensions, improve-
ments and enlargements to the System; and
That Authority will issue Bonds from time
to time in the future to further extend,
enlarge and improve the System; and
(e) That City and Authority are subject to all
valid rules, regulations and requirements
of the Texas Water Quality Board, the
Environmental Protection Agency and such
State and Federal laws as now exist or may
be enacted during the term of this agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Fort Worth and TRINITY RIVER
AUTHORITY OF TEXAS do hereby contract and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. DEFINITION OF TERMS. Terms and expressions
as used in this contract, unless the context clearly shows otherwise,
shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Additional Contracting Party" means any party
not defined as a Contracting Party with whom
Authority makes a contract for receiving, trans-
porting, treating and disposing of Wastewater
through the System.
(b) "Adjusted Annual Payment" means the Annual Payment,
as adjusted due to service to Additional Contracting
Parties and/or as required during or after each
Fiscal Year.
(c) "Annual Payment" means the amount of money to be
paid to Authority by City as its proportionate
share of the Annual Requirement.
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(d) "Annual Requirement" m eans the total amount of money
required for Authority to pay all Operation and
Maintenance Expense of the System and to pay the
debt service on its Bonds and Outstanding Bonds,
and to pay any amounts required to be deposited in
any special or reserve funds required to be estab-
lished and/or maintained by the provisions of the
Bond Resolution, and in resolutions authorizing
Outstanding Bonds.
(e) "Authority" means the Trinity River Authority
of Texas.
(f) "Authority's System," "Regional System," "Regional
Wastewater System," "Central Wastewater Treatment
System," or "System" means all of Authority's
facilities for receiving, transporting, treating
and disposing of Wastewater generally in the
area described in the first preamble hereto,
together with any improvements, enlargements or
additions to said facilities and any extensions
or replacements of said facilities constructed or
otherwise incorporated into said facilities in the
future. Said terms shall include only those facil-
ities which are used for, constructed or acquired,
or the use of which is arranged for, by the
Authority to afford service to the Contracting
Parties and Additional Contracting Parties which
can economically and efficiently be served by
said System. Said terms do not include Author-
ity's facilities located within the boundaries
of the Dallds-Fort Worth Regional Airport and
defined as the "System" in the contract between
Authority and the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional
Airport Board dated July 16, 1971, as amended;
Local Wastewater Facilities, any facilities con-
structed or acquired with proceeds of Special
Project Bonds, as defined in the Bond Resolution,
or obtained by Authority acting as a signatory
to the State of Texas Water Pollution Control
Compact, or any of the facilities designated as
Authority's Ten Mile Creek system, or Walker-
Calloway Project.
(g) "BOD" (denoting Biochemical oxygen Demand) means
the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical
oxidation of organic matter under standard labora-
tory procedure in five (5) days at 200 C.,
expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/1) .
(h) "Bond Resolution" means any resolution of the
Board of Directors of the Authority authorizing
the issuance of Bonds and providing for their
security and payment, as such resolution(s)
May be amended from time to time as therein
permitted.
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(i) "Bonds" means any bonds to be issued by the Auth-
ority pursuant to this contract for the acquisition,
construction, expansion, improvement or completion
of the System, whether one or more issues, or any
bonds issued to refund same.
(j) "City" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas.
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(k) "Contracting Party" or Contracting Parties" means
one or more of the following: Arlington, Bedford,
Carrollton, Colleyville; Coppell, Dallas, Dallas-Fort
Worth Regional Airport Board, Euless, Farmers Branch,
Fort .Worth,' Hurst, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Irving,
Mansfield and North Richland Hills.
(1) "Domestic Wastewater" (sanitary sewage) means
liquid and water-carried waste discharged from
sanitary conveniences of dwellings, business
buildings, institutions and the like, including
Properly Shredded Garbage.
(m) "Engineering Report" means a report of Forrest
and Cotton, Inc., Consulting Engineers, en-
titled Regional Wastewater System, dated December,
1971, as such report may be amended, modified and
changed by Authority or at its direction at any
time prior to the execution of construction con-
tracts for improvements, additions and enlargements
to the System or as modified and changed by change
orders issued after execution of such construction
contracts.
(n) "Fiscal Year" means the twelve (12) month period
beginning December l of each year and applies
only to Authority (i.e., Fiscal Year 1976 is the
twelve (12) month period ending November 30, 1976 ,)
or such other twelve (12) month period as may be
established in the future to constitute Authority's
Fiscal Year,
(o) "Garbage" means solid wastes from the preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from handling,
storage and sale of produce.
(p) "Grease" means fats, waxes, oils, and other
similar materials in Wastewater, as determined by
procedures specified in the latest edition of
Standard Methods of Examination of Water and
Wastewater, published by American Public Health
Association, Inc.
(q) "Industrial Wastes means the liquid wastes from
industrial processes as distinct from wastes in
Domestic Wastewater.
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(r) "Infiltration Water" means water that has migrated
from the ground into the System.
(s) "Local Wastewater Facilities" means the facilities
of Contracting Parties and Additional Contracting
Parties for transportation of Wastewater to Points
of Entry and any facilities used exclusively or
primarily for the pre-treatment of Industrial
Wastes.
(t) "Month" means calendar month.
(u) "Operation and Maintenance Expense" means
all costs of operation and maintenance of
the Authority's System including, but not
limited to, repairs and replacements for
which no special fund is. created in the Bond
Resolution, the cost of utilities, supervision,
engineering, accounting, auditing, legal services,
and any other supplies, services, administrative
costs and equipment necessary for proper operation
and maintenance of the Authority's System, and
payments made by Authority in satisfaction of
judgments resulting from claims not covered by
Authority's insurance or not paid by one particu-
lar Contracting Party or Additional Contracting
Party arising in connection with the operation and
maintenance of the System. The term also includes
the fees of the bank or banks where the Outstand-
ing Bonds and the Bonds are payable. Depreciation
shall not be considered an item of Operation and
Maintenance Expense.
(v) "Outstanding Bonds" means all bonds issued by
Authority prior to the date of this contract to
provide funds for construction, enlargement,
extension and improvement of the System which are
outstanding on the date of this contract.
(w) "pH" means the logarithm of the reciprocal of the
hydrogen ion concentration. The concentration is
the weight of the hydrogen ions, in grams, per
liter of solution..
(x) "Point of Entry" means the point at which Wastewater
enters Authority's System.
(y) "Properly Shredded Garbage" means Garbage that has
been shredded to such degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions
normal'ly prevailing in public sewers, with no
particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch in any
dimension.
"SS" (denoting Suspended Solids) means solids
removable by laboratory filtering expressed in
milligrams per liter (mg/1) as determined by
procedures specified in the latest edition of
Standard Methods-of Examination of Water and
Wastewater, published by American Public Health
Association, Inc.
(aa) "Wastewater" (sewage) means Domestic Wastewater
and Industrial Waste, together with such Infil-
tration •Water that may be present.
ARTICLE II
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES BY AUTHORITY
Section 2.01. FACILITIES. In order to provide services
for receiving, transporting, treating and disposing of Wastewater
for City and others, Authority will design and construct extensions,
improvements and enlargements to its System, as described in the
Engineering Report, and will own, operate, maintain and from time
to time expand the System.
ARTICLE, III
DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER AND METERING
Section 3.01. City shall have the right to discharge
Wastewater into the System under this contract on the effective
date of this contract.
Section 3.02. DISCHARGE. In consideration of the payments
to be made under this contract, City shall have the right to dis-
charge Wastewater into the System meeting the requirements for
quantity set forth in this Article of the contract, and the require-
ments for quality as set forth in Article IV.
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Section 3-03. POINT OF ENTRY. City shall discharge its
Wastewater at a Point or Points of Entry designated for City in
the Engineering Report, or at such additional Points of Entry as'
may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto. The Engineering
Report establishes and will establish a minimum area to be served
by each Point of Entry. City covenants that it will discharge all
Wastewater generated in such minimum area of service into each
designated Point of Entry for City during the term of this contract,
unless City and Authority mutually agree that like service can be
provided elsewhere in the System. Whenever additional Points of
Entry are established and provided for City, a minimum service area
for such Points of Entry will be established in the Engineering
Report for such Points of Entry and City shall discharge all Waste-
water generated in such area into such Points of Entry during the
term of this contract. All such minimum areas 'of service may be
expanded by mutual agreement of Authority and City, and whenever
expanded, such expanded service area shall be included in the
Engineering Report and City shall discharge all Wastewater generated
in such expanded service area into Authority's System, at the
appropriate Point of Entry, during the term of this contract.
Section 3.04. CONVEYANCE TO POINT OF ENTRY. It shall be
the sole responsibility of City, including any liability incurred
in connection therewith, to convey such Wastewater to the Point or
Points of Entry.
Section 3.05. QUANTITY AT POINT OF ENTRY. (a) The
quantity of Wastewater conveyed to the Point or Points of Entry
shall be metered and the total annual contributing flow of Waste-
water received during any Fiscal Year shall be used to determine
City's Annual Payment and the Basic Charge for service as set forth
in Article V.
(b) At each Point of Entry, City may deliver Wastewater
at a Maximum Discharge Rate, defined as a rate in MGD, which,
if continued. over a period of twenty-four (24) hours would not
exceed 3.50 times City's estimated annual contributing flow ex-
pressed as a daily average in MGD.
(c) City's Maximum Discharge Rate for Fiscal Year. 1976
at each Point of Entry is designated in the Engineering Report..
(d) For the Fiscal Year 1976, and each succeeding Fiscal
Year thereafter, City's Maximum Discharge Rate shall be redeter-
mined in the manner described in (b) above.
(e) If during any Fiscal Year City's annual contributing
flow is redetermined, City's Maximum Discharge Rates shall also be
redetermined to the mutual satisfaction of City and Authority.
(f) The Authority will periodically redetermine, if
necessary, the Maximum Discharge Rates to assure that said Rates
are adequate to allow City to discharge a reasonable Wastewater
flow into the System.
Section 3.06. LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES AND RESPONSIBILITY
FOR TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF WASTEWATER. Liability for damages
arising from the reception, transportation, delivery and disposal of
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all Wastewater discharged hereunder shall remain in City to Points
of Entry, and upon passing through Authority's meters installed at
Points of Entry liability for such damages shall pass to Authority.
As between the parties, each party hereto agrees to save and hold
the other party harmless from all claims, demands, and causes of
action which may be asserted by anyone on account of the reception,
transportation, delivery, and disposal while Wastewater is in the
control of such party. This covenant is not made for the benefit of
any third party. Authority takes the responsibility as between the
parties hereto for the proper reception, transportation, treatment,
and disposal of all such Wastewater received by it at Points of Entry.
Section 3.07. METERING. Authority will furnish, install,
operate and maintain at its own expense at each Point of Entry the
necessary equipment and devices of standard type for measuring
properly all Wastewater to be discharged under this agreement.
Such meters and other equipment shall remain the property of the
Authority. City shall have access to such metering equipment at
all reasonable times for inspection. and examination, but the read-
ing, calibration, and adjustment thereof shall be done only by
employees or agents of Authority in the presence of a representative
of the City if requested by the City. All readings of meters will
be entered upon proper books of record maintained by the Authority.
Upon written request.City may have access to said record books
during reasonable business hours.
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Not more than three times in each year of operation,
Authority shall calibrate its meters, if requested in writing by
City to do so, in the presence of a representative of City, and
the parties shall jointly observe any adjustments which are made
to the meters in case any adjustment is found to be necessary.
If, for any reason, any meters are out of service or
out of repair, or if, upon any test, the percentage of inaccuracy
of any meter is found to be in excess of five (5%) per cent,
registration thereof shall be corrected for a period of time
extending back to the time when such inaccuracy began, if such
time is ascertainable, and if such time is not ascertainable, then
for a period extending back one-half (1/2) of the time elapsed
since the date of the last calibration, but in no event further
back than a period of six (6) months.
City may, at its option and its own expense, install and
operate a check meter to check each meter installed by Authority,
but the measurement for the purpose of this agreement shall be
solely by Authority's meters,. except in the cases hereinbelow in
this Section specifically provided to the contrary. All such
check meters shall be of standard make and shall be subject at all
reasonable times to inspection and examination by any employee or
agent of Authority, but the reading, calibration and adjustment
thereof shall be made only by City, except during any period when
a check meter may be used under specific written consent by Author-
ity for measuring the amount of Wastewater delivered into the
System,, in which case the reading, calibration and adjustment
thereof shall -be made by Authority with like effect as if such
check meter or meters had been furnished or installed by Authority.
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Section 3.08. UNIT OF MEASUREMENT. The unit of
measurement for Wastewater delivered hereunder shall be 1,000
gallons, U. S. Standard Liquid Measure.
ARTICLE IV
•QUALITY AND TESTING
Section 4.01. GENERAL, City agrees to limit discharge
into Authority's System to wastes defined herein as admissible dis-
charges, and to prohibit entry into the System of any wastes that have
the characteristics of prohibitive discharges, also described
herein.
Section 4.02. ADMISSIBLE DISCHARGES. Wastes discharged
into the System shall consist only of Wastewater, Properly Shredded
Garbage, and other wastes which the System is capable of handling,
so that:
(a) effluent from the System meets the current
legal standards of the Texas Water Quality
Board or of any governmental body having
legal authority to set standards for such
effluents; and
(b) the System is not damaged to the extent to cause
unnecessary repairs or replacements resulting in
increased Operation and Maintenance Expense.
Section 4.03. PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGES. (a) To enable
the highest degree of treatment in the most economical manner
possible, and• to comply with Federal and State regulations, cer-
tain solids, liquids and gases are hereby prohibited from entering
Authority's System in excess of standards as set by said Federal
and State regulations. The prohibitive discharges listed below
shall apply at the Points of Entry.
Federal and State Regulatory Agencies periodically modify
standards on prohibitive discharges; therefore, revisions to,
additions to, or deletions from the items listed in this se ction
will become necessary to comply with these latest standards.
It is' the intention of this contract that prohibitive discharge
requirements be reviewed periodically by Authority and revised in
accordance with the latest standards of any Federal or State Agency
having regulatory powers. Any required revisions shall be made
and written notice thereof given to City; however, enforcement and
effect of the revision shall not begin for ninety (90) days following
written notice to City of such change.
(b) The following information shall govern prohibitive
discharges:
(i) City shall not discharge any of the following into
the System at a Point of Entry: storm water,
ground water, roof run-off, sub-surface drainage
or water originating from down spouts, yard drains,
yard fountain and ponds, or lawn sprays. In cases
where, and in the opinion of Authority, the
character of the Wastewater from any manufacturer
or industrial plant, building or other premises is
such that it will damage the System, or cannot be
treated satisfactorily in the System, City shall
prevent it from entering the System until the
character of same is satisfactory to Authority.
(c) City shall not discharge any of the following sub-
stances, materials, waters or wastes into the System:
(i) Any liquid having a temperature higher than 150
degrees Fahrenheit (65 degrees Centigrade) ;
(ii) Any water or wastes which contain wax, grease) oil,
plastic or other substance that will solidify, or
become discernibly viscous at temperatures between
32 degrees to 150 degrees Fahrenheit;
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Any solids, slurries or viscous substances of
such character as to be capable of causing
obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other
interference with the proper operation of the
Wastewater System, such as ashes, cinders,
sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, whole blood,
paunch manure, hair and fleshlings, entrails,
lime slurry, lime residues, slops, chemical
residues, paint residues or bulk solids;
(iv) Any solids, liquids, or gases which by themselves
or by interaction with other substances may cause
fire or explosion hazards, or in any other way be
injurious to persons, property, or the operators
of the Wastewater System;
(v) Any garbage that has not been properly comminuted
or shredded;
(vi) Any noxious or malodorous substance, which either
singly or by interaction with other substances is
capable of causing objectionable odors, or hazard
to life, or forms solids that will cause obstruc-
tions to flow, or creates any other condition
deleterious to structures or treatment processes,
or requires unusual provisions, alteration, or
expense to handle such substance; °
(vii) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 6.0,
or higher than 10.0 or having any corrosive pro-
perty capable of causing damage or hazards to
structures, equipment, or personnel of the Waste-
water System;
(viii) Any wastes or waters containing suspended or
dissolved solids of such character and quantity
that unusual attention or expense is required to
handle such materials in the Wastewater System;
(ix) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poison-
ous substance, such as plating or heat-treating
wastes, in sufficient quantity to injure or inter-
fere with any wastewater treatment process, to
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or to
create any hazard in the receiving waters of the
Wastewater Treatment Plant;
(x) Any wastes or waters exceeding the concentrations
itlisted below:
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1. Antimony greater than 0,01 mg/l
2. Arsenic greater than 0.05 mg/l
3. Barium greater than 5.0 mg/1
4. Beryllium greater than 0,01 mg/l
5. Bismuth greater than 0.5 mg/l
6. Boron greater than 1.0 mg/l
7. Cadmium greater than 0.02 mg/l
8. Chromium (Hexavalent) greater than 0.05 mg/l
9. Chromium (trivalent) greater than 5.0 mg/l
10. Cobalt greater than 1.0 mg/l
11. Copper greater than 1.0 mg/1
12. Cyanides greater than 1.0 mg/1
13. Fluorides greater than 1,5 mg/l
14. Hydrogen Sulfide greater than 0.1 mg/l
15. Iron greater than 0,3 mg/l
16. Lead greater than 0,1 mg/l
17. Manganese greater than 1,0 mg/l
18. Mercury greater than 0.005 mg/l
19. Molybdenum greater than 1.0 mg/1
20. Nickel greater than 1,0 mg/l .
21. Phenol greater than 0,005 mg/l
22. Selenium greater than 0.02 mg/l
23. Silver greater than 0.>1 mg/l
24. Tin greater than 1,0 mg/1
25. Uranyl-Ion greater than 5.0 mg/1
26. Zinc greater than 5.0 mg/l
(d) City shall not discharge into the System waters
or wastes containing:
(i) Free or emulsified oil and grease exceeding,
on analysis, an average of 100 mg/l (834 pounds
per million gallons) of either, or both, or
combinations of free or emulsified oil and
grease, if, in the opinion of Authority, it
appears probable that such wastes:
1. Can deposit grease or oil in the sewer lines
in such manner to clog the sewers;
2. Can overload skimming and grease handling
equipment;
3. Are not amenable to bacterial action or other
treatment processes then being employed by
Authority and will, therefore, pass to the re-
ceiving waters without being affected by normal
wastewater treatment processes; or,
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4. Can have deleterious effects on the treatment
process due to excessive quantities.
Any radioactive wastes greater than the allowable
releases as specified by current United States Bureau
of Standards handbooks dealing with the handling of
and release of radioactivity.
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(iii) Cyanides or cyanogen compounds capable of liberating
hydrocyanic gas on acidification in excess of 0.2
mg/1 by weight (as CN) .
(iv) Materials which exert or cause:
1. Unusual concentrations of solids
or compounds; as, for example, in
total SS of inert nature (such
as Fuller's Earth) and/or in total
dissolved solids (such as sodium
chloride or sodium sulfate) ;
2. Excessive discoloration;
3. Unusual BOD or immediate oxygen
demand.
Section 4•.04. TESTING QUALITY. To determine quality of
Wastewater, Authority will collect twenty-four (24) hour composite
samples of Wastewater at each Point of Entry and cause same to be
analyzed in accordance with testing procedures as set forth in the
latest edition of Standard Methods of Examination of Water and Waste-
water, published by American Public Health Association, Inc. Composite
samples will normally be taken once a month, or at more frequent
intervals if necessary to determine Wastewater quality. Such Waste-
water shall not exceed the limits of concentration specified for
Normal Wastewater as follows:
Normal Wastewater Concentration
BOD 250 mg/l
SS 250 mg/l
pH, not less than 6 nor greater than 10
Hydrogen Sulfide 0.1 mg/l
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Should the analysis disclose concentrations higher than
those listed, Authority will at once inform City of such disquali-
fidation. It shall be the obligation of City to require the offending
discharger of said highly concentrated materials to undertake remedial
measures to bring discharge concentrations within acceptable limits. The
Authority will cooperate with City in reaching a satisfactory solution
but will not undertake to specify the measures that will be employed
to bring those over-strength discharge concentrations within acceptable
limits. In some cases of over-strength Industrial Waste, the industry
discharging the over-strength waste, and City, may be desirous, and
Authority may be agreeable to negotiate terms under which Authority
will accept and treat the over-strength wastes, but Authority makes
no commitment to perform such service.
Section 4.05. ADMISSION OF DISCHARGES CONTAINING
CONCENTRATIONS OF BOD AND/OR SS GREATER THAN THOSE PRESENT IN
NORMAL WASTEWATER. If Wastewater at the Point or Points of Entry
contains concentrations of BOD greater than 250 mg/l and/or SS greater
than 250 mg/l, approval must be obtained from Authority prior to
discharge of the Wastewater into the System. Charges made to City
will include the Basic Charge as outlined in Article V of this
contract, plus a surcharge for excess BOD and/or SS calculated in
accordance with the following formula:
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SC (Q) (8.34) (a(BOD-250)' + b (SS-250))
where:
SC = surcharge based on excessive con-
centrations of BOD and/or SS (dollars
per month)
Q = flow (million gallons per month)
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a = annually adjusted unit cost of treatment,
chargeable to BOD (dollars per pound of
BOD introduced to System)
b = annually adjusted unit cost of treat-
ment, chargeable to SS (dollars per
pound of SS introduced to System)
The value of BOD and/or SS concentrations in this calcula-
tion will be the average of values determined by testing procedures
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as defined in Section 4.04, TESTING QUALITY, except for the
following condition: Observation of unusually high values of BOD
and/or SS in samples collected at the Wastewater treatment plant
or at a Point of Entry will prompt an intensive sampling and
testing program to determine the Contracting Party responsible
for these high values. Once the source of high concentration of
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BOD and/or SS has been determined, the responsible Contracting
Party will be notified and samples will be collected and tested
for four (4) continuous days. The average of the BOD and SS values
measured during these four (4) days will be considered as representa-
tive of the Wastewater being discharged to the System and will
serve as the basis of the surcharge during the month of observation.
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Any surcharge for overstrength Wastewater which Authority has agreed
to accept shall not be allocated among Contracting Parties discharging
normal Wastewater, but shall be applied only to the Contracting Party
discharging such overstrength Wastewater.
At any time that Authority determines that any service here-
under should be suspended because City's Wastewater does not meet
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standards herein established or that a surcharge will be applied,
Authority shall furnish to City the data and expert opinion on which
such determination was based prior to cessation of service or appli-
cation of a surcharge.
Section 4.06. INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The effects of certain
types of Industrial Waste upon Wastewater and Wastewater treatment
processes are such as to require that careful consideration be
made of each industrial connection. This is a matter of concern
both to Authority and to City. Accordingly, Authority, upon re-
quest by City, will work jointly in processing applications for
discharge of Industrial Waste into any sewers ultimately discharging
into Authority's System. The City covenants that it will have in
effect and will enforce an industrial waste ordinance acceptable
to Federal and State agencies or departments having lawful
jurisdiction to set standards for waste discharges,
An industry in City in an area being served by Authority's
System seeking to connect to the City's Domestic Wastewater system
shall make an application to the City for an Industrial Waste disposal
permit and shall file therewith a statement containing the following
information:
(a) Name and address of applicant;
(b) Type of Industry;
(c) Quantity of plant waste;
(d) Typical analysis of the waste;
(e) Type of pre-treatment proposed.
City will allow Authority access to City records to gather
information and data that will be useful to Authority as statistical
data for planning the operation, improvement and expansion of
Authority's treatment facilities.
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ARTICLE V
Section 5.01. FINANCING. Authority has heretofore issued
the Outstanding Bonds and will pay for the cost of construction of
the improvements specified and to be specified in the Engineering
Report, and will issue its Bonds, from time to time, in amounts neces-
sary which, together with other available funds, will be sufficient to
accomplish such construction.
Section 5.02, ANNUAL REQUIREMENT. It is acknowledged
and agreed that payments to be made under this contract and similar
contracts with other Contracting Parties and Additional Contracting
Parties will be the only source available to Authority to provide
the Annual Requirement; and that the Authority has a statutory duty
to establish and from time to time to revise the charges for
services to be rendered and made available to City hereunder so
that the Annual Requirement shall at all times be not less than an
amount sufficient to pay or provide for the payment of:
(a) The net amount paid or payable for all Operation
and Maintenance Expenses;
(b) the principal of and the interest on outstanding
Bonds and Bonds, as such principal and interest
become due, .less interest to be paid out of Bond
proceeds as permitted by the Bond Resolution and
less any other funds on hand for payment of
principal and interest on the Bonds and outstanding
Bonds;
(c) during each Fiscal Year, the proportionate part
of any special or reserve funds required to be
established and/or maintained by the provisions
of the Bond Resolution and/or any resolution
authorizing outstanding Bonds; and
(d) an amount in addition thereto sufficient to re-
store any deficiency in any of such funds or
accounts required to be accumulated and maintained
by the provisions of the Bond Resolution and/or
any resolution authorizing outstanding Bonds.
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Section 5.03, PAYMENTS BY CITY, (a) For services to
be rendered to City by Authority hereunder, City agrees to pay,
at the time and in the manner hereinafter provided, its proportion-
ate share of the Annual Requirement, which shall be determined as
follows and shall constitute City's Annual Payment:
(i) For the Fiscal Year 1976, the City's proportion-
ate share of the Annual Requirement shall be a
percentage obtained by dividing City's estimated
annual contributing flow to the System by the
total estimated annual contributing flow to the
System by all Contracting Parties, The following
tabulation shall apply for 1976:
Estimated
1976 Annual Con- Percentage
tributing Flow of
CONTRACTING PARTY (1,000 gallons) Total
Arlington 2,947,923 19.65
Bedford 523,042 3.49
Carrollton 948,670 6.32
Coppell 12,488 .08
Dallas 797,303 5.31
D/FW Airport 418,134 2.79
Euless 965,156 6.43
Farmers Branch 1,234,920 8.23
Fort Worth 19,110 .13
Grand Prairie 2,804,048 18.69
Irving 4,332,712 28.88
15,003,506 100.00
*Colleyville, Hurst, Grapevine, Mansfield and North Richland Hills will
not be "on line" and will not discharge into the System during the
Fiscal Year 1976.
City's Annual Payment for the Fiscal Year 1976 shall be
calculated by multiplying City's percentage from the above tabula-
tion times the Annual Requirement, City's Annual Payment shall be
made to Authority in equal monthly installments for the pro rata part
of the Fiscal Year 1976 commencing on the date of the initial discharge
hereunder. Such payments shall be made in accordance with and at the
times set forth in a Schedule of Payments for 1976 which will be supplied
to City. At the close of the 1976 Fiscal Year, Authority shall redeter-
mine City's percentage by dividing City's actual metered contributing
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flow to the System by all Contracting Parties. City's Adjusted
Annual Payment shall be calculated by multiplying City's redeter-
mined percentage times the Annual Requirement. The difference.
between the Adjusted Annual Payment and the Annual Payment, if any,
when determined, shall be applied as a credit or a debit to City's
account with Authority and shall be credited or debited to City's
next subsequent monthly payment or payments.
(ii) For the Fiscal Year 1977, and each succeeding
Fiscal Year thereafter, City's proportionate
share of the Annual Requirement shall be a per-
centage .obtained by dividing City's estimated
contributing flow to the System for such year by
the total estimated contributing flow to the
System by all Contracting Parties and Additional
Contracting Parties being served at the beginning
of each such year. Calculation of Annual Payment
as determined herein and Adjusted Annual Payment
for 1976 and each succeeding Fiscal Year there-
after shall be determined in the manner described
in (i) above..
(b) If, during any Fiscal Year, Authority begins pro-
viding services to an Additional Contracting Party or Parties,
City's Annual Payment for such Fiscal Year shall be redetermined
in the following manner;
(i) Such Additional Contracting Party or Parties
estimated contributing flow to the System for
such year, or portion thereof, shall be
determined by Authority;
(ii) City's proportionate share of the Annual Require-
ment shall be a percentage, redetermined by
dividing City's estimated annual contributing flow
to the System by the total estimated annual
contributing flow to the System by all Contract-
ing Parties, including that estimated for the
Additional Contracting Party or Parties for the
remaining portion of such Fiscal Year;
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(iii) Authority shall redetermine the Annual Requirement,
taking into consideration any costs incurred on
account of the Additional Contracting Party or
Parties;
(iv) City's Annual Payment shall be redetermined by
multiplying City's redetermined percentage times
the redetermined Annual Requirement.
(c) City's Annual Payment shall also be redetermined, in
the manner set out above, at any time during any Fiscal Year if:
(i) Additions, enlargements or improvements to the
System are constructed by Authority to provide
continuing service which in turn requires
a redetermination of the Annual Requirement; or
(ii) Unusual or extraordinary expenditures for oper-
ation and maintenance are required which are not
provided for in the Annual Budget or in the Bond
Resolution; or
(iii) City's contributing flow to the System, after
the beginning of the Fiscal Year, is estimated
to be substantially different from that on which
Annual Payments are based as determined by
Authority, to the extent that such difference in
flow will substantially affect City's Budget, and
consequently City's Annual Payment to Authority.
(d) The Annual Payment set forth in this section shall
be considered the Basic Charge for service hereunder, and City
shall pay a surcharge for excess BOD and/or SS determined in the
manner set forth in Section 4.05.
(e) Recognizing that the Authority will use payments received
from City to pay, secure and finance the issuance of Bonds and to pay
the Outstanding Bonds, it is hereby agreed that upon commencement of
discharge of Wastewater hereunder, City shall be unconditionally
obligated to pay its proportionate share of the Annual Requirements.
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(f) On or before August 1 of each year Authority will
furnish City with an estimated schedul e of monthly payments to be
made by City for the ensuing Fiscal Year. On or before November I
of each year, Authority shall furnish City with a finalized schedule
of the monthly payments to be made by such City to the Authority
for the ensuing Fiscal Year. City hereby agrees that it will make
such payments to the Authority on or before the 10th day of each
month of such Fiscal Year. If the City at any time disputes the
amount to be paid by it to Authority, City shall nevertheless
promptly make the payment or payments determined by Authority, and,
if it is subsequently determined by agreement, arbitration or court
decision that such disputed payments made by City should have been
less, Authority shall promptly revise and reallocate the charges
among all parties then being served by Authority in such manner
that City will recover its overpayment. In the event City is
assessed a surcharge for excess BOD* and/or SS, Authority will bill
City for such surcharge on or before the fifth (5th) day of the
month following the determination of the surcharge and City shall
pay such surcharge on or before the tenth (10th) day of the month
of receipt of any such bill; Any such surcharge collected by
Authority shall be applied by Authority against the total cost of
Operation and-Maintenance Expense of the System.
(g) If City's Annual Payment is redetermined as is
herein provided, Authority will promptly furnish City with an
updated schedule of monthly payments reflecting such redetermination.
(h) All interest income earned by the investment of any
Funds created in the Trinity River Authority of Texas Series 1973
Bond Resolution shall be taken into account in determining the
Annual Requirement.
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ARTICLE VI
Section 6.01. CONSTRUCTION. Authority agrees to maintain
and provide service to City with existing facilities until such time
as construction of additional or replacement facilities are completed.
Section 6.02. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. It is expressly
understood and agreed that any obligation on the part of the
Authority to complete and operate the said facilities shall be
conditioned upon the following:
(a) Sale of Bonds in an amount which, together
with other available funds, will be sufficient
to assure the construction of the System;
(b) The Authority's ability, or the ability of
the Authority's contractors, to obtain all
material, labor and equipment necessary for
completion of the System.
Section 6.03. OBLIGATIONS OF CITY. Authority shall
never have the right to demand payment by City of any obligation
assumed or imposed on it under and by virtue of this contract
from funds raised or to be raised by taxation, it being expressly
understood by the parties hereto that all payments due by City
hereunder •are to be made from the revenues and income received by
City from its waterworks and sanitary sewer systems, as authorized
by Section 3 of Article 1109i, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes.
Section 6.04. PAYMENTS TO CONSTITUTE OPERATING EXPENSES
BY CITY. City represents and covenants that the services to be
obtained pursuant to this contract are essential and necessary to
the operation of City and its Local Wastewater Facilities, and
that all payments to be made hereunder by it will constitute
reasonable and necessary "operating expenses" of City's waterworks
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and sanitary sewer systems, within the meaning of Article 1113,
Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, and the provisions of all
Ordinances authorizing the issuance of all revenue bond issues of
City which are payable from revenues of City's waterworks and sewer
systems
Section 6.05. CITY TO ESTABLISH ADEQUATE RATES. City
agrees to establish and collect such rates and charges for
Waterworks and Domestic Wastewater services to be supplied by its
Waterworks and Domestic Wastewater systems as will make possible
the prompt payment of all expenses of operating and maintaining
its Waterworks and Domestic Wastewater systems, including all
payments contracted hereunder, and the prompt payment of the prin-
cipal of and interest on its obligations, if any, payable from the
revenues of its Waterworks and Domestic Wastewater systems.
Section 6.06. USE OF REVENUES OF SYSTEM. All revenues
received from any source whatsoever by Authority by reason of its
ownership of this System shall, to the extent permitted by law,
be credited to the funds of the System as established in the Bond
Resolutions. To the extent permitted by law, if the Authority
receives income from the use of treated Wastewater, prior to its
discharge into a public stream of the State of Texas, the Authority
will apply said income against the Operating and Maintenance Expense of
the System. Provided, that revenues received by Authority from the
Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport Board under contract dated
July 16, 1971, as amended, and any revenues received under con-
tracts, the revenues from which are pledged to the payment of
special facility bonds, as permitted in the Bond Resolutions, shall
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not be credited to said funds of the System and will not bea part
of the pledge of revenues for payment of the Bonds. Neither shall
any revenues received by the Authority under contracts where the
Authority is acting as a signatory to the Texas Water. Pollution
Control Compact be included as a part of the pledge of revenues
for payment of the Bonds. No funds derived from the Contracting
Parties shall ever be used for the benefit of any project the revenues
of which have been excluded from the pledge for payment of the Bonds
hereunder or which may be so excluded in the future.
Section 6.07. FORCE MAJEURE. In case by reason of
"Force Majeure" either party hereto shall be rendered unable wholly
or in part to carry out its obligations under this agreement, then
if such party shall give notice and full particulars of such "Force
Majeure" in writing to the other party within a reasonable time
after occurrence of the event or cause relied on, the obligation
of the party giving such notice, so far as it is affected by such
Force Majeure, with the exception of the obligation of City to
make the payments required in Section 5.03(e) hereof, shall be
suspended during the continuance of the inability then claimed,
but for no longer periods, and any such party shall endeavor to
remove or overcome such inability with all reasonable dispatch.
The term "Force Majeure" as employed herein, shall mean acts of
God, strikes, lockouts, or other industrial disturbances, acts of
public enemy, orders of any kind of the Government of the United
States or the State of Texas or any civil or military authority,
insurrections, riots, epidemics, landslides, lightning, earth-
quakes, fires, hurricanes, storms, floods, washouts, droughts,
arrests, restraint of government and people, civil disturbances,
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explosions, breakage or accidents to machinery, pipe lines or canals,
partial or entire failure of water supply, and inability on part of
City to provide water necessary for operatioft of its water and
Domestic Wastewater system hereunder, or of Authority to receive
Wastewater on account of any other causes not reasonably within the
control of the party claiming such inability. It is understood and
agreed that the settlement of strikes and lockouts shall be en-
tirely within the discretion of the party having the difficulty,
and that the above requirement that any Force Majeure shall be
remedied with all reasonable dispatch shall not require the
settlement of strikes and lockouts by acceding to the demands of
the opposing .party or parties when such settlement is unfavorable
to it in the judgment of the party having the difficulty.
Section 6.08. INSURANCE. Authority will carry insurance
for purposes and in amounts which would ordinarily be carried by
a privately owned utility company under contract to perform services
similar to those undertaken by Authority in this contract.
Section 6.09. REGULATORY BODIES. This contract shall
be subject to all valid rules, regulations and laws applicable
hereto passed or promulgated by the United States of America, the
State of Texas or any governmental body or agency having lawful
jurisdiction or any authorized representative or agency of any of
them.
Section 6.10. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The City's governing
body shall annually appoint one of the members of its governing body
or one of its officers .as. a voting member of the Advisory Committee
for the Authority's Central Wastewater Treatment System. Said Committee
shall be comprised of one voting representative of each Contracting
Party and Additional Contracting Party. Additionally, the Board
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of Directors of the Authority shall annually appoint to serve as non-
voting members of the Advisory Committee one of its Dallas County
Directors and one of its Tarrant County Directors. The Advisory Com-
mittee, at its first called meeting, shall elect a Chairman, a Vice
Chairman and a Secretary. The Advisory Committee shall establish by-
laws governing the election of officers, meeting dates and other
matters pertinent to the functioning of the Advisory Committee. The
Advisory Committee shall consult with and advise the Authority,
through its General Manager, with regard to the following matters
pertaining to the System:
(i) Future plans for expansion;
(ii) Methods for improved service;
(iii) The inclusion of Additional Contracting Parties;
(iv) The proposed Annual Budget, prior to its submission
by the Authority's General Manager to the Authority's
Board;
(v) Review of the Annual Report and Annual Audit; and
(vi) All such matters as relate to its management,
operation and maintenance.
Said Committee shall inspect, no less than annually, all physical
elements of the System. A copy of the minutes of the meetings of
the Advisory Committee and all other pertinent data, shall be
provided to the Authority's President,
The term of membership on the Advisory Committee shall
be for twelve (12) months, beginning on December lst of each year
and ending on November 30th of the succeeding year. A member may
serve more than one (1) term if so appointed by the governing body
represented. The Authority's General Manager, or his designated
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representative, shall serve ex officio as a member of the Advisory
Committee without voting rights. All expenses of the Advisory
Committee shall be considered as an operating expense of the System.
Section 6.11. AUTHORITY CONTRACTS WITH OTHERS. The
Authority reserves the right to contract with other persons,
natural or. corporate, private or public, to perform services
similar to those to be performed under this contract or other ser-
vices; provided, however, that no contract will be made for service
within City's City limits or within the extraterritorial juris-
diction of any City, as defined, in Article 970a, Vernon's
Annotated Civil Statutes, on the date of such contract, without
such City's written consent.
Section 6.12. ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AND FACILITIES. As
the responsible agency for the establishment, administration,
operation and maintenance of the System, the Authority will, from
time to time, determine when it is necessary to provide additional
facilities to receive, transport, treat and dispose of additional
Wastewater of the Contracting Parties and any Additional Contract-
ing Parties. In making the determinations called for herein,
Authority covenants that such determinations will.be made only
after detailed studies of statistical data available as to the
need and feasibility have been made and after consulting with the
Advisory Committee, consulting engineers and financial advisors.
City will be kept advised at all times of planning and proposed
development of the System. In no event shall any contract with an
Additional Contracting Party be on terms more favorable than is avail-
able to City hereunder unless the governing body of City shall approve
such contract.
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Section 6.13. CITY CONTRACTS WITH OTHERS. City shall
have the right to enter into contracts with other persons outside
the City limits of City, natural or corporate, private or public,
to receive Wastewater from such persons. City covenants that it
will advise Authority of all contracts under which Wastewater will
ultimately enter Authority's System and will, if requested by Author-
ity, furnish Authority with a copy of such contracts.
Section 6.14. ANNUAL REPORT AND AUDIT OF SYSTEM. The
Authority shall, at the close of each Fiscal Year, cause to be
prepared an Annual Report and Audit of the System. Such report
shall contain such matters and information as may be considered
necessary and useful by Authority and the Advisory Committee.
Section 6.15. PUBLICATIONS, REFERENCE WORKS, GOVERN-
MENTAL REGULATIONS. In each instance herein where reference is
made to a publication, reference work or Federal or State regula-
tion, it is the intention of the parties that at any given time
the then current edition of any such publication of reference work
or Federal or State regulation shall apply. If a publication or
reference work is discontinued or ceases to be the generally
accepted work in its field or if conditions change or new methods
or processes are implemented by the Authority, new standards shall
be adopted which are in compliance with State and Federal laws and
any valid rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto.
Section 6.16. OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM. Authority covenants
that it will operate the System in accordance with accepted good business
and engineering practices and in accordance with requirements of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, and as said Act may be
amended in the future, and any rules and regulations issued and to
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be issued by appropriate agencies in the administration of said Act.-�
City and Authority agree that their obligations hereunder shall include
compliance with the requirements made under said Act, and any rules
and regulations issued pursuant thereto. Upon sale of the first issue
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of Bonds, Authority will immediately commence actions designed to
eliminate odors caused by the ponds of Authority's present System. It
is the intention of Authority to proceed as rapidly as possible with the
design and construction of new facilities to eliminate all known sources
of odor.
ARTICLE VII
AUTHORITY ANNUAL BUDGET
Section 7.01. FILING WITH CITY. Not less than forty
(40) days before the commencement of Fiscal Year 1976 and
not less than forty (40) days before the commencement of each
Fiscal Year thereafter while this contract is in effect, Authority
shall cause to be prepared as herein provided its tentative budget
for the operation of the System only for the next ensuing Fiscal
Year. A copy of such tentative budget shall be filed with each
Contracting Party and Additional Contracting Party. If no protest
or request for a hearing on such tentative budget is presented to
Authority within ten (10) days after such filing of the tentative
budget by one or more Contracting Parties or Additional Contract-
ing Parties, the tentative budget for the System, when adopted by
Authority's Board of Directors, shall be considered for all
purposes as the "Annual Budget" for the next ensuing Fiscal
Year. But if protest or request for a hearing is duly filed,
it shall be the duty of the Authority to fix the date and
time for a hearing on the tentative budget before the Advisory
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Committee as constituted in Section 6.11 hereof and shall so
advise all Contracting Parties and Additional Contracting Parties
in writing. The Advisory Committee shall consider the testimony
and showings made in such hearing and shall report its findings
to the Board of Directors of Authority. The Board of Directors
of Authority may adopt the budget or make such amendments thereof
as to it may seem proper. The budget thus approved by the Board
of Directors of the Authority shall be the Annual Budget for
the next ensuing Fiscal Year.
The Annual Budget may be amended to provide for trans-
fers of budgeted funds between expenditure accounts, provided
however that said transfers do not result in an overall increase
in budgeted funds as approved in the Annual Budget. The Annual
Budget may be increased through formal action by the Board of
Directors of Authority. Certified copies of the amended Annual
Budget and resolution shall be filed immediately by the Authority
with each Contracting Party and Additional Contracting Party.
ARTICLE VIII
EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF CONTRACT
Section 8.01. EFFECTIVE DATE. This contract shall
become effective as of the date of execution hereof.
Section 8.02. TERM OF CONTRACT. This contract shall
continue in force and effect from the effective date hereof
until November 29, 2023, and thereafter shall continue in effect
until any outstanding Bonds,. Bonds, or any Bonds issued to refund
same, if any, have been paid in full. City shall have the right
to the continued performance of services provided hereunder for
the useful life of the System after amortization of Authority's
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investment in the System, upon payment of charges by City,
reduced to take into consideration such amortization.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto acting under
authority of their respective governing bodies have caused this
contract to be duly executed in several counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original, all as of ,the 20th day of
February, 1976.
TRINITY RIVER AU9U40RITY OF TEXAS
BY-/'Oa'�V
General Manager
David H. Brune
ATTEST:
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SedYetary
(SEAL)
CITY OF FORT NORTH TEXAS
BY W 2�
Roag(i'r N. Line'
City Manager
ATTEST:
dity Secretary
L111-
(SEAL)
APPROVED QWRM AND LEGALITY:
VED AS TO ' ,w
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S. G. Yohndr&e, Jr.
City Attorney
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION
OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS AND TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY
OF TEXAS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AND
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
IN EFFECT FROM AND AFTER THE DATE OF ITS
PASSAGE
WHEREAS, it is necessary and advisable that the
City of Fort Worth, Texas enter into the contract hereinafter
authorized; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH:
1. That the City Manager and the City Secretary
of said City are authorized.and directed, for and on behalf
of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, to date, sign, seal and
otherwise execute a contract in substantially the form and
substance attached hereto and made a part hereof, said contract
having been approved as to form and legality by the City Attorney.
2. That upon execution said contract shall be bind-
ing upon the City of Fort Worth for all purposes.
3. That it is hereby officially found and deter-
mined that a case of emergency or urgent public necessity
exists which requires the holding of the meeting at which this
Ordinance is passed, such emergency or urgent public necessity
being that the execution of the proposed contract is required
as soon as possible and without delay for necessary and urgently
needed public improvements; and that said meeting was open to
the public, and public notice of the time, place and purpose of
said meeting was given, all as required by Article 6252-17,
V.T.C.S.
4. • That this Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so
ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
S. G. JOHNDROE, JR.,
City Attorney
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3. That the Mayor of said City has approved, and hereby
approves, the aforesaid Ordinance and that the Mayor and the
City Secretary of said City hereby declare that their signing
of this Certificate shall constitute the signing of the attached
and following copy of said Ordinance for all purposes.
SIGNED AND SEALED the fda Y of 1976.
I
ty Secretary Mayor
(SEAL)
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Vale of the 'poi tzon o� the '�SZP rronerty containing the CSItI 17artetrat�r
Treatment Plant (to $ecman Ircdustrz es, 'xnc ): tncluded Provisions i or
cl scontinuzng operation of that plant in 197'6 In addition, impraveiueizt
'. of the e�zstng plant facilities to meet stringent effluent quality 1.
standards no;ia required , the Texas` Water Quality Tsoard far ;plants
d sche,g, t port of the Trinity .'River;Yaoulcl be l rohzb tz�ely
to the 17cs
expensive, both xn capital outlay and mazntenauce' and operation costs
Accordingly,. zt is proposed to abadan the p.lapt':and const'ru''ct a "sanitary 1.seiael �nLei ceptor', thereby, ;d�vertzng all swage f, this `area into the
Tiznzty River Autl�oa zty (T12A) Went Tork Cal ectar� The TRA is {iz
agreement wrath this concept `and has submitted I contact J. -the City for
execut; on '
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The contract promiszon are-brief:ly su11. - 11ized as fall,w,%1.,. : _11, I
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The City zs given the right "of connection to. the TRIG 1+]est cork
Collector at' suchi poants as :are mutuai�,y i2preee�` to 1�et�aeen the {' ty
and CREI 1lze znztizal cannecfi5 on iaz]1 be invade on, floe TRA Co3 lector 1. f
essentially :due south of Ithe CSIA Was1:eC"--A- '�reatment; Pant, but
s'ubse uent connectionswill -be made ta, fihe TPA Collector at points 1.q:.
�%rest of the_;znatia'1 connection as additional dev loptnent oc^ursl ;`, i L..
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�athzn:the Gzty of. Tort Worth between the GSIA prapext,y and the%
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osan expense; �t each Ppznt of entry, tl1e necessary equipment to
P.roperl� measure ;:the wastawater `dzschargednder ;this a reement 11,
��nta ..the TP.A sysC'em Such meters. and ,other;equipmen>C will retnaia�7,ij the pr:operYy of the Authority, bet the:City.shalL hav raccess to'
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NUARBER R]V6r Authority for Sanitary Sewer ..: ;i �q
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The 'contract provides that the, qua� ._ of: sewage discharged �ntti
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the TIcA system at the var- acs points a entry will meet essentially
the ;:same cequ dement-s as the City requires far.:.-V dustrial' connections
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to the Fort Warrh system The-spec fic .. , requirements are epelleci
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Surchatges wi11 be levied; for exceptionally high B01S or suspended 1M!
solids de:terminataoris made by :the AuChortY on'' sewage discharged Y.
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theCa.ty pf Fart 'Worth tc;, the TRA system at any of the various
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paints of entry, zf,such 'high values of these sewage characteristics u;
are-:,found `Cie manner off; determination and' application of the' A
surcharge, is essentally `the same as that applied by the .City of
Fort Worth to zn,'dustrialsconnectI 1P to t'he Fort Worth sanitary
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PheCity would,'be required toprovade notice to �he,TRA of any
indus�trl. connections proposed to ;be made] to the portion o"f the ' h
Eart Worth sanitary sewer system discharging t.& b. ,- R-A system
The type ;of information requixed 3s the" same as that required -- - ;,j
the;C>t, , potential idustria connect�rons to: its system, and this
in-grmaton would merely :be duplicated and provided' to TRA under
the,=.agreement E
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Monthly "Payments
Manthly _payments are to tie made of the estimated Gity of Fart :Worth
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share of .the TRA annual ;tequiz:ement' of funds to .o a te,;mainta1n 4
and>make;:band :paymeic, ' on the ,T.id sjistem The in.i.tial Fort Worth "
share, based oh Fo�~a Worth s annual, flow`as a ratio, to the toti`aI
annual flow ar<tic>p`ated, .a s est�mated td b' 0.!13 per cent
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The" cur rent. 1 evs l a,;f sewage f,l'aw ,. the G'SiA GSastewater Treatment
Plant 3:s.`r n]y::about 35,:01JQ gp:cl, the' flow'eq �;valent_. to that generated %"
by 'apprax�mately 350 people, anti the current TRA charge for service t
will be -arpproimate'ly $00$ per 1,000 gallans ;of sewage delivered
Thy: would indicate a current;_annual charge of substantially less
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However,;by 19$Q the TR- charge for. service is expected,to peak at
about $Qa30 pdr 1,00b gallons*, and' the %load generated by the; area'
served. "n Fort Worth could increase to as much as 1,,400,:x00 gallans I
T at day This would indicate:°'an annual cost by that time of approx !` '
_' ` imately $150,.000 t.1
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jF,, cu-:Vent 'sand pro3ected c6sts for sewage treatment are ctaa--.,; a to r
those of the,::City_" of Fo'�t tJcrth. .
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SATE. eEtrdce subjscr ' Proposed Gorttract cri:th Trinity ease ` 4 11,�.,;:--.:�.�..-.-.I,..;'.-.'I!�.i,.,-..�".-�i.:l.-`�,,.�,..,_,--o�,l".i.-;.:t".,-�.,...-i1..,-..;-l--.�I;f.-�i:..!--..,m.-.,-,..."11-,.r,....�'I-:.:�.':.:1.,-";1;I'-'!—,�"-,�i,:,.--1..,,_,,_,:,.-,-�r.;.-I-.,,i'.`1--,.,-�i''-.�*I:i�..,�...i:..�.�,..-�-.!.-',,,.,,"*�*,C'-...-.-,L:I,1"i.--I�l,.,,;:�..,I::I,:�---":,..`.4.-.��,-..":,,i..���'::i�..-,�-:�I,-,..�"'�,I":�i:,.:.,.�;i.-,.:1,;-,.�:,,.-.:.l,�..".,.:iI:,-.:��,�:.,-..-.�......'.:,.�:�I:,,..,----��.i"�p-,---,-.-.7I�:�.'.-.--,-.,!-"..-.'�I",i''�:`I';7-.-:,.1�...,.i:.Y-.-',�:�,,',i-...!.-i,'-i*'.�'-. t.
NUM®ER RivAY Atithor3 ty for ban tary Sewer
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C ; 362 - Service` '
This dramatic increase in load genezation would occur only if there'. "
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I i sub tantial' developrnent on .the GSTA property itself, end in the
substantfiiUly undeveloped areas in the City west of GSZA;and east k"J
of the Bell Heicoptex Company plants all of which raould;be afforded
interceptor sewer -_r$ilability. under thy:,-. . a'sed TRA co�xtract
These other areas to the west would;require co:nstruction`of branch
severs iri addition to the one;proposed to eliminate" the GS IA plant
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fzOt opQration',, but: they would serve an area many times larger than "
: the;.,GSIA ,plant service area Zn all , the prog'osed TRA conCraeL
proviides 'interceptor sewer to :four `separate drainage areas in , 3
addition to tl'e one` containing: the :GSIA plant:; (Exhib'it "A"} , i
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The` TRA eharg ' for :i:reating sewage generated in the, areas to lye
served under th�.s contra t xs :essetatially equal to ;the City`s ,
projected treatment' costs at the Village Creek Zaastewater Treatment ,�..
Plant, and use of .the already 'in place TRA collector 'system is the
least erpensiv.e method of providing;• sewer avalabikity tp the' ,r
service area as a whole '
The`Icharges mad by the.City to customers in this area for sewer �,
service will lie the` same:!as charges; made for similax service else
where in;ithe Gity>
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e` cont.ract provides that the City: payments to be made under': the l
`: contract are to be"consideYed'as at'prating expenses of the City's
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1 wat'erwor•.lts and sanitary sewer°syst:ams and never to be considered as
an;`obl�gation ,on tax revenues..
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One me*nber o1:: the Gity Council and;one City staff membii_are to
became members of the Advisor Committee" for the TRA Central Waste
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water , i6atmen� System, ;and, 'as members of that committee, to'be IEi
parties ;to the review of, and' ad�risors to the; Authority on, plans y z
fo,r• - aszori service mp.rovements, budgetary and':manag•ement` ,''
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Authorityrs RgZht ;to Contract: with dther's
Th'e TRA:Author:itg reserves in the contract the right to,_contract
with othexs for p r qv of similar service by connection to the
TRA sanitary sewer'.system, butt to :guarazuee that no contract will
V6 negotiatedi on terms rioxe favorable than those in this contract'
with the= City;:
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Term of 1Contract;i Can',tract'.zaill ''contin>ie in effect until November 29,,
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�, DATE �REFERHNCE SUBJECT �°'rapose'd COYltract W�th Trinity S PA't3E `�i
ive Authority foz 5ar►ita Sewer
45/76 4 '
� 0 p' , by agproval of��C G 2935„ funcls3 were provided far : .7 a~oustruction of the 10,000 feet of ZG� ineYl sanitary.'sewer amain required I � '�`
• r to byoa�s the G5IA� Wastewater Treatment Plant and direct
corttribut�.ng to the, plant ta 'the Tr�.nitg* Rivet �tti!srity,G1est Fork
L.a1lY�,4.or These £ands in. thee'amount o£ �500,00(� ,were. provided asp Bart ( � �'I �' �
of 'the recent` Mond sales
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` Tt+ is r`•ecommended that tre "certificate for Ordinance Authorizing
'• ( tract" prepared by :the staff,: be approved for.: exec>atibn ;by the Mayor
and ,the C3.ty 5ecrehary, and that the City, Manager be authorized. to 9�
` � execute the contract on behalf` of the City of Fart Worth. t _
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