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Res 1241 11/2/1971RESOLUTION NO. /AV/ BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS , THAT: That certain contract, a copy of which is attached hereto, between the Texas Water Development Board and the City of Wichita Falls, providing for four stream gauging stations to be operated by the U. S. Geological Survey, is hereby approved, and the City Manager is authorized to execute the same for the City of Wichita Falls . PASSED AND APPROVED THIS the 2nd day of November, 1971. MAYORAYOR ATTEST: City Clerk THE STATE OF TEXAS Texas Water Development Board COUNTY OF TRAVIS Contract No. This Contract and Agreement, made and entered into by and between the Texas Water Development Board, hereinafter called the BOARD, and the CITY OF WICHITA FALLS hereinafter called COOPERATOR, in a Cooperative Water Resources Investigation Program under the following terms, conditions and considerations, to-wit: ARTICLE I The BOARD, at the request of the COOPERATOR, and for the considera- tion hereinafter expressed, agrees and covenants to conduct or cause to be conducted by the Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior, a program of Water Resources Investigation for the period of September 1, 1971 through August 31, 1972, as follows: I.Surface-Water Investigations: A. Continued operation and maintenance of the following streamflow and reservoir content stations: South Fork Wichita River near Benjamin, Texas Little Wichita River near Archer City, Texas Lake Arrowhead near Henrietta, Texas Little Wichita River near Henrietta, Texas Page 1 TWOB•L-5 ARTICLE II The program is estimated to cost 'ne _housand : 9 000 00 Pol COOPERATOR, in consideration of the foregoing agreement and undertaking on the part of the BOARD, hereby covenants and agrees to pay to the BOARD the sum of Three Thousand Six Hundred Ninety ($3, 690. 00) Dollars on demand after the 1st day of September, 1971. ARTICLE III The parties hereto agree that this Contract and Agreement is subject to the availability of funds to the BOARD, provided, however, that should such funds be not available, this agreement shall be null and void, no funds contributed by the COOPERATOR shall be expended, and any such funds contributed by the COOPERATOR shall be refunded in full. ARTICLE IV It is mutually agreed and understood that in the event of major damage to any of the stations noted in Article I above, by floods or other causes, or in case it becomes desirable to move a station or stations to a new location, the cost of repairing such damage or moving such station will be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto and the COOPERATOR shall contribute on the same basis as other work provided herein, subject to the certification of the COOPERATOR'S Auditor as to the availability of funds to be expended prior to the obligating of or the expenditure thereof. ARTICLE V It is mutually agreed and covenanted that if the COOPERATOR shall fail to make payment as herein provided, the BOARD may cancel and terminate the remainder to this Contract and Agreement by giving COOPERATOR written notice. If this Contract and Agreement is terminated prior to the time of full performance, the COOPERATOR shall be obligated to pay to the Page 2 BOARD for work already performed hereunder, or as appropriate, the BOARD shall refund all that portion of COOPERATOR'S contribution which has not already been expended, or which the BOARD is not obligated to expend on work that has already been performed hereunder up to the date of cancellation and termination. ARTICLE VI The parties hereto further agree that this Contract and Agreement may be altered or amended upon the advance written agreement of each party to exclude work being performed or to include additional work to be performed and to adjust the consideration to be paid hereunder by virtue of such alterations or amendments. ARTICLE VII This Contract and Agreement replaces and supersedes in the entirety the contract relating to a program of Water Resources Investigations previously entered into between the TEXAS WA TER DEVELOPMENT BOARD and COOPERATOR and dated August 31, 1970, as well as all amendments or additions thereto. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this CONTRACT and AGREEMENT to be duly executed in quadruplicate, this the 31st day of August, 1971. TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD ByE_ Harry P. Burleigh, Executive Director CITY OF WICHITA FALLS By ATTEST: Page 3