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MINUTES OF THE L.C.W.S.D. COMMITTEE December 1, 1987 The Committee appointed to study the Lamar County Water Supply District request to connect to the City of Paris's thirty -three inch (33 ") water transmission main in the area of Campbell Soup met Tuesday, December 1, 1987, 4:00 P. M., Council Chambers, City Hall. Chairman Eric Clifford called the meeting to order with the following members present: Councilman Marshall H. Kent, Jr., and Councilman Bill Bone. Also present was City Manager, Michael E. Malone, City Attorney, T. K. Haynes, Director of Finance, W. E. Anderson, City Engineer, Earl Smith, and City Clerk, Mattie Cunningham. Chairman Clifford announced that the special meeting was called for the purpose of discussing a tentative agreement with Lamar County Water Supply District regarding the connection to the City's thirty -three inch transmission line. City Attorney Haynes presented the following memorandum of conversation between Alton Dockery, Manager of Lamar County Water Supply District and himself: 1. LCWSD can only go 16 inch line. If the City wants more, the City of Paris will have to pay the difference in cost. 2. City is to procure all easements. 3. City has an agreement with LCWSD for the use of the line from the 33 or 30 inch line to 19th Street and the cost of the use of the line is the maintenance of the same. 4. LCWSD will buy 1.1 million gallons per day through the distribution system through the 3 remaining meters, Southwest, West and South. If they exceed that, they will pay a premium price for the same. 5. LCWSD pays the agreed price as already set out in the contract for the water that goes through the distribution system and pays no additional maintenance unless they exceed the 1.1 million gallons per day at which time a new rate can be negotiated or a penalty can go into effect. 6. In the event LCWSD exceeds 1.1 mgd for a 30 day period then LCWSD agrees to contract with the City of Paris for a new maximum amount of water to be delivered through the 3 distribution system meters with LCWSD paying at that time a readiness to serve fee, equal to their total right to take through the distribution system, divided into the total water delivered through the distribution system times the total cost to maintain the distribution system with the distribution system being defined in accordance with the existing amendment to LCWSD City of Paris contract dated April 1, 1985. 7. City of Paris has the right to serve the Marvin - Jennings - Clardy