1116 RES CONSTRUCTION OF PAT MAYSE DAM AND RESERVOIR ON SANDERS CREEK WAS AUTHORIZED BY PUBLIC LAWRESOLUTION NO. 1116 ,
WHEREAS, construction of the Pat Mayse Dam and Reservoir on
Sanders Creek, Texas, has been authorized by Public Law 87-874,
approved 23 October 1962; and,
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Water Supply Act of
1958 (Title III, Public Law 85-500), as amended by Section 10
of Public Law 87-88, the Corps of Engineers may include water
supply storage for municipal or industrial uses in any reservoir
project, provided that before construc£oon the cOSt 1 of esuCh ta-
or local interests shall agree to pay PrO
visions, and provided further that not to exceed 30 per cent of
the total estimated cost of any project may be allocated to an-
ticipated future demands where State or local interests give
reasonable assurances, and there is reasonable evidence, that
such demand for the use of such storage will be made within a
period of time which will permit paying out the cost allocated
to water supply within the life of the project; and,
WHEREAS, the provisions of the aforesaid Acts are recog-
nized by the City of Paris, Texas, as being applicable to the
Pat Mayse Reservoir project; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Paris, Texas, has signed a contract
with the United States Government to utilize and commence pay-
ment on 21,900 acre-feet of storage space in Pat Mayse
Reservoir at the time the project is completed, said storage
being equal to 20 percent of the conservation storage in the
project; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
TEXAS :
l. That the City of Paris is lully cognizant of the provi-
sions of the Water Supply Act of 1958, as amended, and the re-
quirements for payment of the allocated costs of the water
supply storage, including interest during construction and in-
terest on the unpaid balance, annual operation and maintenance
costs, and replacement costs.
2. That the City of Paris is fully cognizant of the plan,
so far developed, for the construction and op eration ofthe Pat
Mayse Reservoir insofar as water supply provisions are con-
cerned and the water supply services to be provided by the
project, and agrees that the City's plan for future water
supply will be directed toward utilizing the project water
supply services under suitable repayment arrangements.
3. That the City of Paris does hereby request the Corps of
Engineers to include approximately 87,700 acre-feet of water
supply storage in Pat Mayse Reservoir (which is estimated to
yield 44 million gallons per day at the pxoject site) for its
future water supply needs.
4. That the City of Paris recognizes the responsibility
of repayment to the United States of all costs allocated to the
requested municipal and industrial water supply storage.
5, That the City of Paris hereby gives assurance that demand
for the use of such storage will be made within a period of time
which will permit paying out the cost allocated to water supply
within the life of the project.
Passed and adopted this 14th day of January, A.D., 1965.
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City Clerk
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, City torney.