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HomeMy WebLinkAboutUkiah Valley Sanitation District 1995-07-19 Activei,L c7161"5- 7 I c T'.5 PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF UKIAH AND THE UKIAH VALLEY SANITATION AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made this IcVW day of IAN , 1995, between the CITY OF UKIAH, California, hereinafter'referred to as "CITY," and the UKIAH VALLEY SANITATION DISTRICT, hereinafter referred to as "DISTRICT." PREMISES The Ukiah Valley Sanitation District was duly created and formed by the Board of Supervisors of Mendocino County on July 6, 1954, for the purpose of providing sewage facilities for the unincorporated areas suburban to the City of Ukiah. The City of Ukiah has need for continuing operation of the sewage disposal facilities to satisfy the present and future sewage disposal requirements of its inhabitants, and Both CITY and DISTRICT have determined that present and future needs will best be served through the operation of joint facilities and that these facilities will best serve the interests of the City of Ukiah and the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District and the inhabitants thereof. AGREEMENT CITY and COUNTY agree as follows: 1. The annual costs for treatment, including maintenance, operation, expansion, upgrading, administration, insurance and financial services of the entire sewer system (treatment plant, trunk sewer, and collection system) shall be apportioned between the CITY and DISTRICT each year based upon the ratio of CITY to DISTRICT sewer service units for each year of operation. For the purpose of this Agreement, one sewer unit is defined as being a single unit of sewer discharge having characteristics of flow, B.O.D. and suspended solids equivalent to that generated and discharged by a typical single family residential unit. CITY shall be the paying and receiving agent for all DISTRICT operation and maintenance funds. Cost apportionment between CITY and DISTRICT as described above shall be adjusted annually at the beginning of each fiscal year of operation based upon the ratio of CITY to DISTRICT equivalent sewer service units on record as of March 31 each year. 2. CITY shall obtain and maintain liability and property loss insurance coverage in the sum of $5,000,000 to protect DISTRICT and CITY against claims or losses, naming both DISTRICT and CITY as insured parties. Nothing in this paragraph or this Agreement is intended to have the effect of making either party, or its officials, agents or employees liable for the torts, contracts or other obligations or debts of the other; provided, however, that DISTRICT's insurance shall cover CITY employees for claims arising out of such CITY employees performance of services under this Agreement. 3. The title, management and control of the sewer treatment plant and any additions or changes to it shall remain in CITY. CITY shall maintain said plant and furnish personnel for the maintenance, operation and control of said plant. CITY shall also service and maintain the trunk lines and collection lines. 4. CITY will not contract with any person, firm, or corporation outside DISTRICT's boundaries for treatment of sewage for said persons, firms, or corporations without the consent of DISTRICT. 5. DISTRICT will not contract with any person, firm, or corporation outside DISTRICT's boundaries for treatment of sewage for said persons, firms, or corporations without the consent of CITY. 6. To carry out the purpose of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of DISTRICT and the City Council of CITY shall meet together at such times and places as they shall agree, but in any event at least once a year beginning with the effective date of this Agreement. 7. The term of this Agreement shall be thirty (30) years. CITY or DISTRICT may cancel this Agreement by giving the other party five (5) years advance written notice. 8. CITY or DISTRICT may connect the sewage collector mains and house laterals which have or may hereafter be constructed by the other, at points mutually agreeable to the City Engineer or other representative of CITY and to the District Engineer or other representative of DISTRICT. 9. CITY shall operate, maintain and repair DISTRICT's sewage collection system, including all sewer mains and laterals constructed within the DISTRICT as part of its sewer collection system. CITY shall maintain the system in good repair, and shall make all required repairs within a reasonable period of time. As part of its obligation under this Agreement, CITY shall construct all required sewer laterals for new connections from the nearest main to the property line. If a subdivider is required to install sewer lines as a condition of the subdivision's approval, CITY shall be required to inspect the construction of those lines to insure compliance with DISTRICT standards, but CITY shall not be required to construct the lines or contract for their construction. 10. CITY shall provide such maintenance, operation and repair in accordance with the rules, regulations and ordinances of DISTRICT applicable thereto as DISTRICT may from time to time adopt. 11. DISTRICT will establish by ordinance or resolution, as appropriate, such rules and regulations as are necessary for the orderly administration of DISTRICT's system. These rules and regulations shall include the use of the public sewers and drains, the installation of sewer lines and connections in buildings, the installation of sewer laterals and public sewer mains and the extension of these, the discharge of waters and wastes into the public sewer system, and sewer fees and charges, including connection fees, servica fees, and capacity charges. 12. DISTRICT will establish such fees and charges as will be sufficient to reimburse CITY for its actual costs of issuance of permits and cost of inspection. CITY shall maintain full and complete accounting records on such services, which will allow the review of such charges not less than once each year so they may at all times reflect such actual costs. 13. CITY will maintain complete records and accounts relating to costs and expenditures made pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, and of all sewer service revenues which it may have collected. The parties hereto have set their signatures below. CITY OF UKIAH By UKIAH VALLEY SANITATION DISTRICT By AiehZ Chairperson Clerk of the and