RES NO 02-03-1983 2- 3- )G\
CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
RESOLUTION NO. :3. 2 -1983
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH FORT
SMITH FOR A WATER SUPPLY ON LEE CREEK'.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS:
THAT,' The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute an agreement
(a copy which is attached) with Fort Smith which provides
for a cooperative arrangement in the construction of a
water supply on Lee Creek.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 21st DAY OF February 19 83
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MA WR
ATTEST:
CI Y CLERK- T•EASURER
AGREEMENT
This Agreement made and entered into this 25th day of
February 1983, by and between the City of Fort Smith,
Arkansas, a municipal corporation of the State of Arkansas, herein-
after referred to as "Fort Smith and the City of Van Buren,
Arkansas, a municipal corporation of the State of Arkansas, and the
Van Buren Water and Sewer Commission, a Commission created by the
City of Van Buren for the purpose of supervising the water and
sewer operations of the City of Van Buren, hereinafter collectively
referred to as "Van Buren
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the parties are interested in a cooperative effort
whereby Fort Smith will acquire, own, construct and operate a dam
impoundment and water reservoir for water supply purposes with the
impoundment located at or near Mile 3.2 on the Lower Lee Creek in
Section 3, Township 9 North, Range 32 West in County of Crawford
of the State of Arkansas, and,
WHEREAS, the parties desire to set forth the cooperation
arrangement whereby such impoundment and reservoir will be con-
structed and operated for the mutual benefit of the citizens and
inhabitants of Fort Smith, Van Buren and surrounding areas,
NOW, THEREFORE, in exchange of the mutual terms, conditions
and obligations set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:
1. It is recognized that area needs call for a longterm
approach to water management. Therefore, Fort Smith, giving due
regard to initial cost and system demand, contemplates a phased
construction schedule. The first stage of construction on the
impoundment shall create a pool elevation of 420 MSL with associated
water transmission and treatment facilities. Such project will be
located at approximately Mile 3.2 on Lower Lee Creek. The initial
dam section design shall anticipate either a future pool elevation
of up to 480 MSL or an upstream impoundment with open channel trans-
mission and shall include necessary components to embrace hydro-
electric production if and when feasible. Initiation of subsequent
stages will be dictated'by user demands on the System.
This Agreement is made in contemplation of the above described
first stage being constructed and thus this Contract and all pro-
visions contained herein when properly authorized and executed, shall
become effective and binding on the parties from date of execution.
However, Fort Smith cannot be bound to construct such facilities
until final engineering studies are completed and costs determined.
Therefore, if no authorization for construction has been issued by
Fort Smith within three (3) years from date of Agreement execution,
this Agreement shall no longer bind the parties except to actions,
such as survey work, etc., performed pursuant to the permission
granted herein. If an authorization for construction of the impound-
ment is issued within the time limit set forth above, the Agreement
shall be effective throughout the actual service life of the
impoundment, transmission and treatment facilities as contemplated
herein.
2. Van Buren owns or has an interest in approximately 150 acres
of real property (fee ownership) together with facilities constructed
thereon and certain associated flowage, pipeline and road easements
at the site of its Weir Impoundment, in Sections 4 and 5 of Township
9 North, Range 32 West, in Crawford County, and Van Buren owns approxi-
mately 20 acres of land in Section 4 of said Township and Range. Said
acreage and facilities, or portions of same, will be inundated by the
reservoir to be constructed as contemplated by this Agreement. Van
Buren extends its current permission to Fort Smith, its agents,
servants, contractors and engineers, to do any and all necessary
survey work, soil borings and otherwise have access to such properties
for the purposes of the contemplated project. At the request of Fort
Smith and after the authorization for the actual construction of the
reservoir has been issued by Fort Smith, Van Buren will convey to Fort
Smith by quit claim deed the tracts of property owned in fee by Van
Buren and will convey to Fort Smith by quit claim deed its easement
interests held for and in association with Van Buren's Weir Impound-
ment and associated facilities, except that part of the 12" water
line and associated easement interest not needed for the contemplated
project. Additionally Van Buren retains the salvage rights to the
existing equipment and pipeline now being used in conjunction with
Van Buren's existing Weir. The properties referred to herein are more
fully described in the attached conveyance from the United States of
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America to Van Buren and the legal description of the 20 acre tract
in Section 4 (attached as Exhibit "A" and "B and indicated in red
on the attached Ownership and Acquisition Map (attached as Exhibit
,.c”)
3. In exchange for its contributions to the project, Van Buren
is hereby granted and extended the rights and covenants of Fort Smith
described in this paragraph. It is the general intention of this
paragraph to recognize the spirit of cooperativeness between the two
cities, acknowledging that Van Buren, upon authorization for actual
construction, will convey to Fort Smith both tangible and intangible
assets and acknowledging that Fort Smith has always been fair to Van
Buren regarding both the quantity of treated water sold to Van Buren
and to the rates charged for said water. With these factors in mind,
the following rights and covenants are agreed to:
First: With reference to the waterworks system of Fort Smith,
Van Buren shall be treated as an ordinary, customary user of the
Fort Smith water system and shall not be treated as a "surplus user
That is, Fort Smith agrees that Van Buren's status as a user of the
Fort Smith water system shall not be governed by any concept that Van
Buren's use of the water from the Fort Smith system is of surplus
water so that any of the legal or customary ramifications of such
classification would follow. To the extent that the Fort Smith
water system is able to supply water to its ordinary,customary users
(its own citizens and users located within its corporate limits and
Van Buren with there being no distinction between same), Van Buren
will be supplied water in a quantity sufficient to meet its present
and all future customer needs including, but not limited to, residen-
tial, commercial and industrial customers. The quantity of water
supplied to the City of Van Buren will not be restricted in any manner
other than to the extent of any restriction imposed by Fort Smith on
users located within the corporate limits of Fort Smith. Van Buren
reserves the right to be more restrictive than Fort Smith with refer-
ence to the usage of Van Buren's customers, but Van Buren agrees to
impose at least those restrictions on its various classes of customers,
residential, commercial and industrial, such as may be imposed by
Fort Smith on such classes of customers located within the corporate
limits of Fort Smith.
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Second: With reference to consideration paid by Van Buren to
Fort Smith for water supplied, the parties agree as follows:
(1) Effective as of the date of this Agreement
and continuing until changed by an Ordinance
of Fort Smith (subject to the restrictions
contained in this Agreement) or by a written
contract between Van Buren and Fort Smith, Van
Buren shall pay consideration for water supplied
by Fort Smith at the same rates now being paid and
established under Ordinance No. 3766 of Fort Smith
adopted on the 2nd day of September, 1980;
(2) From the date of this Agreement, it is understood/
agreed that the maximum consideration to be paid
by Van Buren for water supplied by Fort Smith shall
be determined by a scale of rates for water measured
in cubic feet; which scale shall be so structured
that the ratio between rates paid for water in ex-
cess of 282,000 cubic feet per month as compared to
the average of rates charged for water from 101 cubic
feet /month through 16,000 cubic feet shall not exceed
the existing ratio between such usage as established
by Fort Smith Ordinance No. 3766 of 1980;
(3) Irrespective of the provisions in Paragraph (2) above,
Fort Smith shall never be required by application of
such provision to sell water to Van Buren at a rate
which produces revenue less than Fort Smith's actual
cost of producing the water so sold as identified by
a cost of service analysis utilizing the latest Ameri-
can Water Works Association approved method and per-
formed by a Professional Engineering firm mutually
acceptable to both parties. Provided however, such
cost of service analysis shall be limited to those
items of cost directly attributed to existing and
subsequent impoundments, pumping, treatment, and trans-
mission cost expressed in cost /100 Cu. Ft. on total
water sold to all users;
(4) No special assessments, surcharges, meter charges, etc.,
will be applied to Van Buren, unless such charges are
to be used for water impoundment, transmission and /or
treatment purposes and also assessed against all Fort
Smith's customers.
Third: Fort Smith agrees to provide three (3) connection tees
for Van Buren's use on the proposed transmission line at no cost to
Van Buren. Size and locations of said connections shall be determined
by Van Buren's engineer and incorporated into Fort Smith's plans,
specifications and installation of said transmission line. Van Buren
agrees to provide and maintain at its expense appropriate valves, reg-
ulating valves and approved backflow preventers and proper meters for
registering water used by Van Buren. It is agreed by Van Buren that
Fort Smith or any of its agents or employees shall have unlimited right
of access to such points of connections and physical facilities located
thereon for any purpose associated with this Agreement. It is antici-
pated that Van Buren will need additional future connections to Fort
Smith transmission lines. Fort Smith agrees to provide said future
connections at reasonable points and locations to be determined as
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required. It is agreed that Fort Smith will make such future physical
connections to their said existing transmission line and bill Van Buren
actual cost of making the connection tap with associated fittings. Cost
and providing of meter equipment shall be the same as provided for in
preceeding paragraph.
Fourth: It is agreed that Van Buren reserves the right to pro-
vide service to any customer located within the current corporate city
limit of Van Buren or the five mile planning jurisdiction presently
established. A copy of the current Van Buren planning jurisdiction
map is attached as Exhibit "D Fort Smith shall retain the right to
serve any customer presently being directly served by Fort Smith and
shall have the option of serving any new customer in this area should
Van Buren be unable to provide service.
4. Fort Smith will provide all maintenance and operation
expenses with reference to the impoundment, reservoir, transportation
and treatment facilities constructed pursuant to this Agreement.
5. Van Buren agrees to provide whatever assistance (but not
expenses) which is requested by the City of Fort Smith with reference
to the acquisition of property rights for the construction of the
project including participation in eminent domain proceedings.
6. The provisions of the parties' Agreement as set forth herein
reflect the full and complete agreement of the parties. All discuss-
ions, representations and warranties made by either of the parties to
the other during negotiations leading up to this Agreement are hereby
merged into this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement may not
be altered by the parties except by a written addition hereto approved
by the governing bodies of the parties. Failure to exercise any right
granted herein shall not be deemed as waiver of such right. It is
expressly recognized that in the event the Water and Sewer Commission
of the City of Van Buren should -cease to be a legally constituted body
that the City of Van Buren will survive as the duly authorized party
to carry out the obligations of and enforce the rights of "Van Buren"
pursuant to this Agreement.
7. This Agreement is executed by the City of Fort Smith pursuant
to a resolution of its governing body adopted on the 15th day of
February 1983, this Agreement is executed by the City of
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Van Buren pursuant to a resolution of its Council adopted on the
21st day of February 1983, and this Agreement is
executed on behalf of the Van Buren Water and Sewer Commission pur-
suant to a resolution of its Commissioners adopted on the 21st
day of February 1983.
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CITY OF FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
By: L t D RK
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Cle
CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
By: inu-dis 1
Mayor
ATTEST:
C ty Clerk- Treasurer
VAN BUREN WATER AND SEWER
COMMISSION
By :40
ATTEST:
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Secretary
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