4041 RESOLUTION NO. 4,041
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO
EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FOR ALTERATION OF CERTAIN WATERWORKS FACILITIES AND
ALSO AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE
A WATER PIPE LINE EASEMENT SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
IN FAVOR OF THE GOVERNMENT
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, owns its
municipal waterworks system, including a 48-inch water supply
pipe line extending from Lake Maumelle in Pulaski County,
Arkansas, to a point within the municipal boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the city also owns 50-foot right of way easements
upon which said pipe line is constructed; and
WHEREAS, under the authority of Public Law 525 of the
79th Congress, approved July 24, 1946, the United States of
America has undertaken the development of a multi-purpose project
on the Arkansas River which includes as a feature Lock and Dam
No. 7; and
WHEREAS, in the construction of that project by the
government, it is necessary that the aforementioned easement
rights of the city be subordinated to the government in some
respects and that the facilities of the city be altered; and
WHEREAS, the government has submitted to the city for
execution a contract for the alteration of said facilities, under
the terms of which the government will reimburse the city for
a portion of the cost of alteration, said reimbursement being
presently estimated at approximately $212,000.00, and has also
submitted an agreement whereby the easement rights of the city
in the aforesaid pipe line right of way will be subordinated
to the right of the government to inundate the right of way
permanently to an elevation 249 feet above sea level and
occasionally to an elevation 253 feet above sea level; and
WHEREAS, copies of the proposed agreements are attached
to and made a part of this resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the Little Rock
Municipal Water Works has approved said reimbursable contract
and subordination agreement; Now, Therefore:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. On behalf of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and
directed to execute the aforesaid subordination agreement and
contract for alteration of waterworks facilities.
Section 2. All payments due the City of Little Rock under
the provisions of said reimbursable contract shall be forwarded
to the Little Rock Municipal Water Works, P. 0. Box 1789, Little
Rock, Arkansas 72203, and deposited in the Water Fund. It shall
not be the responsibility of the government to see to the
disposition of the funds after forwarding the payment as afore-
said.
ADOPTED: August 5 , 1968.
APPROVED:
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