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LIFT STATION AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made effective October 19, 1992 by and
between the City of McCall, an Idaho municipal corporation
("City"), Brown's Industries, Inc., an Idaho business
corporation ("BI"), and Malcolm Scott, of McCall, Idaho
("Scott"), for and in consideration of the mutual promises in
this Agreement.
Background
1. BI and City entered into a Subdivision Agreement dated
June 8, 1992, respecting Payette Lakes Commercial
Center, which called for the construction of a sewer
lift station at the southerly end of that Center, and of
a gravity sewer line serving the Center flowing to the
lift station, and of a pressure line from the lift
station back north to the City sewer line in Deinhard
Lane. A copy of this Subdivision Agreement is annexed
as Attachment A.
2. Subsequently BI and Scott entered into an Agreement
Regarding Sewer Hookup effective October 19, 1992 which
provided for their mutual construction of that lift
station, to be relocated at the southerly end of Scott's
property which lies across Jacob Street to the south of
the Center, with attendant lengthening of the two sewer
lines. A copy of this lift station agreement is annexed
as Attachment B.
3. City consented to that relocation of the lift station.
City contemplates the construction of an airport basin
sewer interceptor, to which the gravity sewer line would
ultimately be connected. The d~sign for such
interceptor was approved by the City Council in
November, 1992; but a timetable for its construction and
a plan for its financing have yet to be adopted, and its
completion thus cannot be guaranteed.
4. BI and Scott have granted each other reciprocal
easements to provide for the location, use, repair and
maintenance of the sewer lines under an Easement
Agreement of November 23, 1992, a copy of which is
annexed as Attachment C.
5. This Agreement is intended to provide for the ownership,
operation and maintenance of the lift station and of the
related gravity and pressure sewer lines, and of the
easements necessary to protect the location, use, repair
and maintenance of the lines.
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Agreements
6. City will assume as against the State of Idaho, the
United States, and the regulatory agencies of both, the
obligation to operate and maintain the sewer lift
station. BI and Scott in turn shall each have the duty
to inform the City promptly of any known or suspected
malfunction in any part of the sewer facilities
addressed by this Agreement.
7 • City will contract with Payette Lakes Water and Sewer
District for the maintenance of the lift station, in that
such District's office and maintenance headquarters is on
Jacob Street. A copy of such contract is attached as an
Attachment D to this Agreement.
8. BI and Scott will be jointly and severally liable to the
City to reimburse the City all amounts billed to City by
such District under the contract a copy of which is
attached as Attachment D, plus an overhead, service and
handling charge. Such charge shall be 15% of the flat
rate monthly charge, and 5% of any other amounts billed
by the District to City in respect of this lift station
and pressure line. City shall render its statements to
BI and Scott care of BI at its address for notice below.
9. In the event of any default by the District under its
agreement with the City, Attachment D, such that the
lift station requires operation, maintenance or repair
which it is not receiving, City may undertake to perform
the operation, maintenance or repair. In such event,
City will bill BI and Scott, as above stated, its
charges for performance of these services. Such charges
shall be in the amount of the flat rat~ agreed in
Attachment D, plus the costs of repair. Such costs of
repair shall be computed as follows: actual out of
pocket payroll, commercial rates for equipment used, and
an allowance for fuel, oil and overhead.
10. BI and Scott will dedicate to the City, upon acceptance
by the City, all gravity flow sewer lines involved in
their mutual project, and shall retain ownership of all
pressure line(s) and of the pump(s), housing, electrical
controls, and all other equipment needed neither for
gravity flow to the lift station, nor for future gravity
flow beyond the lift station. Dedication of the sewer
line shall include grant of an easement for its use,
repair and maintenance, including replacement in whole
or part, all as appropriate in the opinion of the City.
11. BI and Scott remain responsible for the maintenance and
repair of the pressure line. In the event of any
default by them such that the pressure line requires
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maintenance or repair which it is not receiving, City
may undertake to perform the maintenance or repair. In
such event, City will bill BI and Scott, as above
stated, its charges for performance of these services.
Such charges shall be computed as follows: actual out of
pocket payroll, commercial rates for equipment used, and
an allowance for fuel, oil and overhead.
12. Connections to the gravity flow lines by individual land
users shall be by application to the City. In the event
that City connects users to the gravity line, City will
pay (or credit) BI and Scott $3.50 per month, per
customer, for use of the lift station and pressure line.
No connections of any kind shall be made into the
pressure line by or with the permission or acquiescence
of any party.
13. BI and Scott assign to City the easements created by the
Easement Agreement as described on Exhibits C and D
thereto. BI and Scott warrant that the gravity sewer
line is located on the centerline of such easement. BI
and Scott ret n, however, the right to maintain,
repair, and replace the pressure line built or to be
built within the same easement until use of such
pressure line is discontinued. BI and Scott will
execute such additional form of grant of easement as
will be recordable and afford the City no less rights
than are afforded by BI and Scott to each other under
the Easement Agreement. Additionally, such easement in
the City will be permanent, or until such time as use of
a gravity-flow sewer line located within the easement is
abandoned without replacement.
14. It is understood by the parties that BI and Scott have
as provided in their agreements the proprietary interest
in the lift station pump and pressure lines~ The City,
however, has the proprietary interest in the direct or
indirect connection of properties to any part of the
municipal sewer system. Thus an owner of property wiil
be obliged to deal with BI and Scott as to the use of
the lift station pump(s) and the pressure line, but will
be obliged to meet the engineering and financial
requirements of the City as to the direct or indirect
connection of sewer service for their properties to the
City sewer line or to the pump station for delivery to
the City sewer line.
15. In the event that the City provides a connection for the
gravity line to a City sewer in such fashion that the
lift station is no longer necessary to the furnishing of
sewer service to the BI and Scott properties affected by
the Easement Agreement, BI and Scott may remove the lift
station equipment and facilities not required for ,the
gravity connection according to the City design, and
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this Agreement will become of no further force and
effect, except as to then accrued and unpaid financial
obligations arising under it. In the alternative, in
the event that the parties conclude that the
construction of the airport basin sewer interceptor is
unlikely within the foreseeable future, the parties
shall discuss the possibility that BI and Scott wouid
choose to dedicate the lift station, pressure line, and
associated equipment to the City, and to be relieved of
future operation and maintenance costs. In the event of
such an accepted dedication, this Agreement will become
of no further force and effect, without prejudice to
then accrued and then unpaid financial obligations.
16. In the event that BI and Scott both fail or refuse to
pay in full any statement rendered them by the City
pursuant to this Agreement, City shall have a lien upon
the property described (as of the date of this
Agreement) in Exhibits A and B to the Easement
Agreement, which lien may be foreclosed as set out in
Idaho Code 50-1813, or in like fashion as a mortgage of
real property, as the City may choose.
17. If any legal action or proceeding related to this
Agreement is begun by any party to this Agreement, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its
commercially reasonable attorneys fees and witness and
expert witness fees, incurred in prosecuting or
defending the same. The City shall be entitled to such
fees, if the prevailing party, notwithstanding the fact
that the City Attorney is salaried.
18. This Agreement is governed by the law of Idaho; and
Valley County, Idaho is the proper venue.
19. Time is of the essence with respect to the obligations
of the parties under this Agreement.
20. Any rights and remedies stated in this Agreement are
cumulative.
21. The neglect of any party to enforce its rights at any
particular times or upon any particular occurrences
shall not preclude resort to those rights at any other
time or with respect to any other occurrences. Any
waiver of any right must be done in a writing executed
by the party to be charged with such waiver, and
executed with no fewer or different formalities and
approvals than were attendant upon execution of this
Agreement.
22. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of
the parties and their respective heirs, successors and
assigns.
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