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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContract 15776 CITY SECRETARY OUNTRACT CONTRACT FOR WATER SERVICE BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AND THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT This contract and agreement is made and entered into this day of 19 by and between the City of Fort Worth, a�/` municipal corporation located in Tarrant County, Texas, acting by and through Douglas Harman, its duly authorized City Manager, and the City of Southlake, a municipal corporation located in Tarrant County, Texas, acting by and through Charles Curry, its duly authorized Mayor Pro Tem. WHEREAS, on the 30th day of March, 1984, the City of Fort Worth and the City of Southlake entered into a contract, same being Fort Worth City Secretary Contract No. 13645, providing for the supply of potable water from the City of Fort Worth to the City of Southlake; and WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth and the City of Southlake desire to amend certain terms of said City of Fort Worth City Secretary Contract No. 13645; NOW, THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants , promises and agreements contained herein, the City of Fort Worth and the City of Southlake do hereby covenant and agree as follours : 1 . Terms and Conditions The City of Fort Worth agrees to furnish and sell to the City of Southlake treated water of potable quality meeting all applicable governmental standards , delivered under the normal operating pressure prevailing in the City of Fort Worth 's Water Distribution System at the point or points of delivery mutually agreed upon. The City of Southlake agrees to accept delivery under the conditions of this agreement and to pay for the same in accordance with the terms here- of. In accordance with the terms of Fort Worth City Secretary Contract No. 12720 between the City of Fort Worth, City of Arlington , City of * Mansfield, Trinity River Authority and the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 , this contract shall be deemed subordinate in all respects to the water requirements of the above contracting parties as specified in Section 3 of that contract . Other than constraints due to raw water delivery, if the City of Fort Worth shall ration the use of water throughout the City of Fort Worth or issue water conservation measures or restrict the use of water in any way, the City of Southlake shall institute and apply the same rationing, conservation measures or restrictions to the use of water by the customers of the City of Southlake, so long as any part of the total water supply of the City of Southlake is being furnished by the City of Fort Worth, and any failure by the City of Southlake to comply with this provision or the other provisions of this -2- agreement shall be just cause for the City of Fort Worth to dis- continue the sale of water hereunder. The City of Southlake is served at the City of Fort Worth 's Beach Street ground storage reservoir site. In the event that the Fort Worth system capacity is unable to meet all of the wholesale demands at the Beach Street ground storage reservoir site, the City of Southlake agrees that the available capacity (for wholesale cus- tomers ) will be allocated among the wholesale customers making demand on such site based upon the percentage of the total annual use of the site that wholesale customers used during the immediate previous fiscal year . 2. Location and Maintenance of Measuring Devices All water furnished under this agreement by the City of Fort Worth shall be measured by one or more suitable meters equipped with continuous flow, chart-recording devices and transmitting and receiv- ing equipment. All meters and equipment shall be approved by the City of Fort Worth and shall be installed by the City of Southlake at the meter location. The City of Southlake shall furnish, and the City of Fort Worth will install, the receiving portion at the control center and shall operate the meter after installation. The City of Southiake shall pay for all metering equipment, including transmitting equipment and appurtenances, plus the instal- lation and maintenance cost thereof and replacement when necessary. -3- Charges for the telelink line, as well as the power to operate same, shall be billed to the City of Southlake on a monthly basis . The point or points of delivery of treated water by the City of Fort Worth shall be the meter vault connection to the customer 's side of the meter, and all necessary mains and distribution facilities from and beyond said point shall be furnished by the City of Southlake. The location of each meter shall be mutually agreed upon by and between the parties hereto, and the meter or meters shall not be moved or relocated except by mutual consent. The City of Southlake will pay 100 percent of the cost of the connection to the City of Fort Worth system and the cost of the meter installation, including telemetering equipment to Fort Worth control center for maximum hour and maximum day determinations . Each party hereto shall have the right to test the meters and appurtenances at any time by first giving the other party notice of its intention to make such a test. No meter shall be adjusted, changed, or tested in place or elsewhere, unless the party intending to make such adjustment, change or test shall first give notice to the other party of this intention and thereafter give reasonable opportunity to the other party to have representatives participate in such test, change or adjustment. All meters will be property sealed, and the seals shall not be broken unless representatives of both parties have been notified and given a reasonable opportunity to be present . -4- Either the City of Southlake or the City of Fort Worth, at its own expense, may install a check meter to check or measure the volume of water passing the master meter, provided that, if such check meter is installed, the same rules and regulations relative to its operation, maintenance and reading shall apply as to the meter being tested. 3. Meter Reading and Billing The City of Fort Worth will read all meters provided for herein at monthly intervals , and the parties to this agreement shall have free access to read these respective meters daily, if either party so desires. It shall be the duty of the parties to give immediate notice, each to the other, should any meter be found not functioning , and upon such notice repairs to such meter shall be made promptly. Whenever it is evident that a meter has not registered accurately for a period of time, the quantity used shall be estimated in accordance with the usage under similar conditions for an equal period. The meter readings and rates of flow shall be added together when more than one meter is in service and the sum thereof shall be used for the purpose of calculating charges for water use. A review of water usage amounts by the customer for the past twelve ( 12) months shall be made during the preparation of the October bill eaCh year . The October statements shall be prepared so as to reflect any and all rates of use charges which have not been previously billed and paid. A copy of the rate of flow charts or -5- other records showing the maximum day and the peak hour of the year shall be furnished to the customer with the October billing . The City of Southlake agrees to appropriate annually sufficient funds to pay the monthly charge for water service. The water charge to be paid by the City of Southlake to the City of Fort Worth shall be deemed a current expense of the City of Southlake for each year of this contract as such monthly charges become due and payable. The monthly bill shall be due and payable at the office of the Fort Worth Water Department on or before the 15th day immediately succeeding the monthly billing date. 4 . Definitions "Annual consumption" is the total quantity of water purchased under the terms of this contract by the City of Southlake during the fiscal year of the City of Fort Worth as determined by the difference in the annual October meter readings. "Average daily use" is the annual consumption divided by 365. "Maximum day demand" is the maximum quantity of water used dur- ing one calendar day of the fiscal year of the City of Fort Worth. "MGD" is million gallons per day. "GPD" is gallons per day. "TGPD" is thousand gallons per day. "Fiscal year" is the fiscal year of the City of Fort Worth from October 1 through September 30. _6- "Maximum hour demand" or "peak hour rate" is the quantity of water used during the one hour of the year more water passed through the meter or meters serving the customer than during any other hour of the fiscal year of the City of Fort Worth multiplied by 24. "Commodity charge" is that part of the rate charged for 1 ,000 gallons used , regardless of rate of use. The commodity charge shall include the maintenance and operation costs, the capital facilities cost on the part of the production and transmission system related to annual use and the raw water cost. "Raw water charge" is a part of the commodity charge and repre- sents the rate for 1 ,000 gallons charged by the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 to the City of Fort Worth for raw water to be sold to the City of Southlake plus eight percent ( 8% ) of said rate, representing Fort Worth Water system losses of four percent ( 4% ) , and the street rental charge of four percent ( 4%) . "Rate of use charge" is the fixed charge determined for the max- imum daily demand in excess of average daily usage and the maximum hourly demand in excess of maximum day demand rates of use. "Base rate" is composed of the commodity charge and the rate of use charge. 5. Rates 1 . Method of Rate Determination The annual rate charged by the 'City of Fort Worth for rendering water service under the terms of this contract shall be based upon the functional distribution of the total annual cost incurred in furnishing treated water to its customers, provided that nothing herein shall be construed as contemplating an annual rate of less than the regular City of Fort Worth water only rate, plus ten percent ( 10%) of said rate. 2. Rates to be Used The annual rate to be charged for water shall include the proper proportion of parts of the maintenance and operation costs as related to the production and transmission facilities of the total Fort Worth system, the capital facilities cost (fixed charges) on the production and transmission plant related to the rendition of service at maximum withdrawal rates of use by the City of Southlake and the raw water costs . The charges for the initial period of the contract shall be from the date of its execution through September 30, 1987, have been com- puted as follows: The commodity charge shall be $0. 8517 per 1 ,000 gallons withdrawn by the customer. The annual charge per MGD of maximum day demand in excess of average daily demand shall be $46 ,900 per MGD, and maximum hour demand in excess of the maximum day demand shall be $23, 400 per MGD. The service charge shall be $25. 00 per month per meter. 3 . dustment of Rates a . Raw water The amount charged for raw water shall be increased or decreased proportionately when the raw water cost paid by the City of -8- Fort Worth for water available for treatment and sale to the City of Southlake is increased or decreased. At the time of execution of the contract , the rate, including four percent (4%) for system losses and the street rental charge of four percent (4%) , to the City of Southlake is $0.8517 per 1 ,000 gallons. The portion of the raw water charge which reflects system losses shall be adjusted in the same manner set out in subparagraph b. below in accordance with the actual experience during preceding period. b. Commodity charge and rates of use charges The rates shall be reviewed and adjusted every five ( 5) years. The cost related to the production and transmission function of the treated water to the Fort Worth city limits in the wholesale quantities plus a service charge shall be determined in accordance with the methods herein . Such cost shall be projected through the City of Fort Worth fiscal year 1991-1992 to establish the fair rate for water to be charged during the period October 1 , 1987, to September 30, 1992. The adjusted rate shall be made effective October 1 , 1987. A similar review and rate adjustment shall be made for each succeeding five ( 5) year period for the term of the contract. While these charges are designed to recover projected costs for five (5) year increments , it is anticipated that at some future date a rede- sign cost recovery will be effected which will allow for annual bill- ing requirements. -9- 6 . Payment for Water Payment of charges to the City of Fort Worth for water used by the City of Southlake shall be made as follows: 1 . minimum annual payment The minimum annual payment shall be the charges computed for all water delivered by the City of Fort Worth to the City of Southlake during the fiscal year based on rates provided herein. However, the minimum annual payment shall never be less than the payment calcu- lated on the basis of the volume of water taken and the highest maxi- mum rates of withdrawal during any fiscal year. 2. Maximum rate of delivery The- rate at which water is withdrawn from the City of Fort Worth system by the City of Southlake shall be regulated by rate-of-flow controllers , pumps, or other approved methods . The rate of withdrawal shall be controlled so that the maximum rate shall not exceed 1 . 35 times the "maximum day rate" of withdrawal experienced during the previous year unless the City of Southlake has notified the Director of the Fort Worth Water Department in writing at least six (6) months prior to the date of the anticipated increase in maximum rate of withdrawal and is furnished all pertinent information regarding the proposed in-crease in maximum rate of withdrawal to the Director of the Fort Worth Water Department and said Director has given his written approval thereof , except the said Director may waive all notice requirements if, in his opinion , said notice is not necessary _16- to protect the interest of the City of Fort Worth. However, this provision shall not be enforced based upon rate of withdrawal of water in 1985 and the first six (6) calendar months of 1986. All experience calculations shall not be effective until July 1 , 1987. 3. Minimum monthly charge The minimum monthly charge will be the charge computed for all water delivered to the City of Southlake during the applicable cal- endar month based on rates provided herein. 4. Monthly payment The monthly payments shall be calculated at the regular City of Fort Worth rate plus ten percent ( 10% ) of said rate (which includes the raw water costs) plus the service charge, for the quantity of water withdrawn from the Fort Worth system during the month. 5. Annual payment The actual total annual payment for water by the City of Southlake shall be related to the annual and peak volumes used by the City of Southlake during the fiscal year, as determined by meters, flow recording devices or other approved methods, subject to the minimum annual payment provisions set forth above. The October bill shall reflect any necessary adjustment to the annual payment due to actual rates of withdrawal from the Fort Worth system. If the initial period of use of water by the City of Southlake under the terms of this agreement is less than a fiscal year, the annual rates of use charges shall be computed in the proportion that the period of use bears to the fiscal year. _11- The method of computation for determining the total annual pay- ment and the October bill is shown using the same quantities in the example that follows . Example The City of Southlake will buy all water required to fulfill its additional supply needs from Fort Worth . The rate used in the example is based on the City of Southlake not being in Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 and water being withdrawn at one metering station. Usage Month Usage per Month-Gallons FY 187 October 1 ,000 ,000 $ 1 , 145 . 14 November 1 ,000, 000 1 , 145 . 14 December 1 ,000 ,000 1 , 145 . 14 January 1 ,000, 000 1 , 145. 14 February* 11000 ,000 1 , 145 . 14 March 2,000 ,000 2, 243. 28 April 3,000 ,000 3 , 123.28 May 3,000, 000 3, 305.44* June 3,000 ,000 3 ,305 .44* July 3,000 , 000 3, 305.44* August 4, 000, 000 4, 185. 44* Subtotal 23,000 , 000 $25, 194 .02 September 3,000 , 000 $10,778. 90 Total 26,000 ,000 $35,972.9_2 *Summer Rate in Effect Average daily use for the year 71 , 233 gallons Maximum day for the year 200 ,000 gallons Maximum hour for the year 520,000 gallons per day rate Maximum day rate above average daily use = 128,766 gallons per day rate Maximum hour rate above maximum day rate = 320,000 gallons per day rate -12- Annual Payment Calculation FY '87 Rates 26, 000 X .8517 $22, 144 . 20 . 1288 X $46,900 6,040.72 3200 X $23,400 7,488 .00 12 X $25 X 1 300.00 Total Annual Payment $35,972.9_2 Previous Billings for usage October through August 25, 194.02 September Usage Billing _$10,778. 90 6. Capacity at Beach Street Reservoir The City of Fort Worth agrees that, other than in times of water shortage due to the lack of availability from the source, it shall always maintain sufficient capacity and storage of water at the Beach Street Reservoir to provide water to the City of Southlake at the maximum rate of delivery as established by Paragraph 2 of this Section 6 , but at no time less than 2. 8 million gallons per day. The City of Fort Worth further agrees that, if the Minimum Annual Payment as calculated herein is based upon a flow rate greater than the Maximum Rate of Delivery, as calculated herein, it shall maintain sufficient capacity and storage of water at its Beach Reservoir to provide water to the City of Southlake at the rate of flow used to establish such Minimum Annual Payment. 7. Effective date of contract for billing The effective date of this contract for billing purposes shall be the fifteenth ( 15th) day of the month following the month in which water is first delivered to the City of Southlake under this agree- ment. -13- 8. Life of contract The life of this contract shall be for fifteen ( 15) years from the date of execution hereof and may be renewed on terms mutually agreeable to the parties hereto. 9. Rights-of-way The City of Southlake shall grant to the City of Fort Worth such easements and rights-of-way along public highways or other property owned by the City of Southlake as requested by the City of Fort Worth in order to construct and maintain water mains or facilities with the City of Southlake to furnish water to the City of Southlake and other areas . All work done by or on behalf of the City of Fort Worth under this paragraph will be performed in accordance with specifications equal to those applying to work of a similar nature performed within the City of Fort Worth. 10. State Health Department Approval The Water System of the City of Southlake shall be approved by the Texas State Department of Health during the life of this con- tract. If at any time the water system of the City of Southlake is not approved by the Texas State Department of Health, there shall not be any dire--t physical connection between the Fort worth Water System and the City of Southlake water system unless an approved backflow prevention device has been provided and installed and this installa- tion has been approved by the Texas State Department of Health . -14- Resale of Water Southlake agrees that it will not share facilities for water system use with any other governmental or corporate entity outside of the present certificated area of the Southlake Municipal Water System, commonly known and referred to as its service area, without the express written consent of the City of Fort Worth, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, provided, however, that Southlake shall be permitted to transport water for the City of Keller pursuant to an existing agreement between Southlake and Keller, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" , through facilities also used by Southlake to transport its water from the Beach Street Reservoir to the 'City of Southlake, and no prior approval thereof shall be necessary. Further, Southlake agrees that it will not enter into any resale or transportation agreement other than as a part of its normal offering and supply of water to existing and future subscribers to its water system. Existing connections outside of the Southlake water system shall be allowed to continue. 12. Sanitary Sewer Facilities The City of Southlake agrees that adequate sanitary sewer facilities will be provided for users of water obtained from the Fort Worth system by continuation of an ordinance requiring , as a minimum, one ( 1 ) acre residential lots and private septic systems. Should such private septic systems prove inadequate and constitute a public '15- i - health hazard or should higher density development be approved, then the City of Southlake agrees to provide or make arrangements for an adequate sanitary sewage system. 13. Eagle Mountain Water Treatment Facility The City of Southlake agrees to assist the City of Fort Worth in obtaining financial assistance for the Eagle Mountain Regional Water Treatment Facility. 14. Minimum Water Supply Guarantee Notwithstanding Section 1 of this agreement, the City of Fort Worth agrees that the level of water maintained in the Beach Street Reservoir shall be sufficient to allow the City of Southlake to with- draw the greater of 2.8 million gallons of water on any given day or the amount that is calculated in Paragraph 6 of Section 6 of this agreement , unless the City of Fort Worth has instituted water ration- ing to its customers . The City of Fort Worth further agrees , notwith- standing the foregoing language or the language contained in Paragraph 6 of Section 6 of this agreement, that so long as water is available at the Beach Street Reservoir site, the City of Southlake shall be permitted to withdraw water in such quantity as it so de- sires, except in instances of water rationing . 15. Additional Parties The City of Fort lKorth will use its best efforts to provide an adequate water supply for all of its customers, including those com- -16- munities served from the North Beach Street site. Prior to the approval of additional contracting parties (customer cities) to be served either directly from the North Beach Street site or indirectly through existing customer cities served from the North Beach Street site, the City of Fort Worth will cause to be conducted such engi- neering studies as deemed appropriate to provide reasonable assur- ances that the projected five-year water demands of the then-existing customer cities so served and the proposed additional contracting party can be adequately fulfilled. After conferring with the then- existing customer cities regarding water demand projections, the decision by the City of Fort Worth regarding additional contracting parties will be final and in no manner alter any rights and obliga- tions of" either party to this contract. It is understood by both parties that the capacity of the delivery facilities to the North Beach Street site are limited and that in the future concurrent demands may exceed the system's capa- bilities . Nothing contained herein shall be construed as imposing any unconditional obligation upon the City of Fort Worth to supply any water in excess of the system capabilities . 16 . Additional Water Supply _JNeeds Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this agreement or in the prior agreement between the City of Fort Worth and the City of Southlake, it is agreed that if the City of Southlake should have additional water supply needs in excess of the amount which the City of Fort Worth is furnishing pursuant to this agree- -17- ment , the City of Southlake shall first request, in writing, that the City of Fort Worth provide such additional supply needs , and if the City of Fort Worth either rejects such request in writing or fails to agree to such request in writing within forty-five (45) days of receipt of the written request from the City of Southlake , the City of Southlake shall be permitted to obtain such additional water supply needs from other sources . At any time that the City of Southlake obtains additional supply needs from sources other than the City of Fort Worth pursuant to this provision, the City of Southlake shall be allowed to continue to purchase such additional amount so long as City of Southlake desires , without jeopardy to this agreement even though the City of Fort Worth may subsequently become able to furnish such amount of additionally needed water . This provision shall not otherwise affect any other obligation of the parties to this agreement other than as to the additional amount of water obtained from other sources . 17 . System Development Charge In the event City of Fort Worth adopts an ordinance which will provide for a system development charge for new development within the jurisdictional limits of City of Fort Worth , City of Southlake agrees to enact a similar ordinance . City of Southlake further agrees that it shall not impose a lower charge than that contained in the City of Fort Worth ordinance . It is understood that this system development charge represents the proportional cost of additional water facilities capacity required as a result -18- of new development, whether located within the jurisdictional limits of City of Fort Worth or City of Southlake. City of Southlake ' s ordinance shall provide that all monies collected from system development charges shall be used only for water facility expenses . 18 . Force Majeure If by any reason of force majeure either party hereto shall be rendered unable, wholly or in part , to carry out its obligations under this agreement , other than the obligation of the City of Southlake to make payments required under the terms hereof , then if such parties shall give notice and full particulars to such force majeure in writing to the other party within a reasonable time after the 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, shall be suspended during the countinuance of the inability then claimed , but for no longer period , and 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 , insurrection, riots , epidemics , landslides , lightning, earthquake , fires , hurricanes , storms , floods , washouts , droughts , arrests , restraints of government and people , civil disturbances , explosions , breakage or accidents to machinery, pipelines or canals , partial -1 19- or entire failure of water supply, and inability on the part of the City of Fort Worth to deliver water hereunder or the City of Southlake to receive water hereunder on account of any other causes not reasonably in the control of the party claiming such inability. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, after proper action by the respective governing bodies of the parties hereto, we have caused these presents to be executed in quadruplicate copies, each of which is considered to be an original and the seals of the respective parties to be hereto affixed on the date above written. ATTEST: CITY/ FORT WO ut Ann M, % '4 1 By: Ruth Howard,' City Secretary U Ann McKinne is I APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: Assistant City nager City-7——A lit o r n e y IJ Date: Contract Authorization APPROVAL OMMENDED: Date ATTEST: CITY OF SOUTHLAKE AV By: ' City Secretary Mayor Pro Tem APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney Date: APPROI; ,J�.L RECOMMENDED: -20- S,& City of Fort Worth, Tivia� Mayor and Council Communlicatiloll, DATE I I REFERENCE SUBJEC-AMENDED WHOLESALE WATER CONTRACT PAGE NUMBER WITH THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE 2 5-19-87 C-/03C5 I of Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a revised wholesale water contract between the City of Fort Worth and the i It Background: The Fort W­,th City Council approved a wholesale water contract with the City of Southlake on March 20, 1984. The contract terin is for 17 years expiring in the year 2001. While that contract is similar to other wholesale water con- tracts Fort Worth has executed, it does establish a 2.8 million gallon per day (MGD) ceiling on Southlake' s rate of witndrawal . This ceiling was put into 1 place due to limitations on the total available storage in the Beach Street .Ground Storage reservoir. This tank is the storage site for water delivered to not only Southlake, but also Keller, Haltom City, Trophy Club, and the Summerfields development and other retail customers in Fort 'Worth. This past s uinmer, both Southlake and Keller began to exceed the max iinum rate or withdrawal liniL-s imposed by the contracts. The Water Department began negotiations with Southlake to resolve this issue in early 1986, with the aiin of constructing a revised wholesale contract. Agree- ;,ient on the wording for several changes in the contract was reached in late 1986. The Southlake City Council has approved the revised contract and submit- ted it to Fort ',worth for review and approval . The revised Southlake water contract accomplishes several i-najor objectives: 1. It re'noves the "maximum rate of withdrawal " ceiling. 2. It includes -a "take-or-pay" or "ratchet" clause which requires Southlake to annually pay for the highest volune and peak established in past fiscal years, whether or not the same demand occurred in the current fiscal year, 3. If dernand problfns are experienced,, rationing to Southlake would be based on the iavnediate previous year' s experienced d"_aand, 4. it prohibits any new re-sale or "facility-sharing" agreevents between or among existing wholesale customers or future wholesale customers, unless approved by the "City of Fort Worth, 5. Southlake agrees to assist Fort 'Worth in obtaining financial assistance for the construction of a water treatnient plant on Eagle Mountain Lake, DATE REFERENCE SUBJEAMENDED WHOLESALE WATER CONTRACT PAGE NUMBER WITH THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE 2 5-19-87 C-10305 6. Fort Worth agrees not to enter into any new wholesale water contracts in northern Tarrant County which would require connection to the Beach Street storage reservoir until an engineering study is performed, demonstrating the incremental water demand can be met without endangering the supply to existing northeastern Tarrant County wholesale customers. 7. Southlake agrees to implement water system facility access fees in the event Fort Worth implements such fees. T mspossmot muNc, FOR , sy PROCESSED BY %TY MIANAG EP' S C2� APPROVED OFFICE BY: OTHER (DESCRIBE) ORIGN IATING DEPARTMENT HEAD: Richard Sawey CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: S. Nunn 8220 DATE