ORDINANCE NO. 080306

Authorizing Amendment 2 to a Water Purchase Agreement between Kansas City, Missouri and Missouri-American Water Company.

WHEREAS, the City Council passed Ordinance No. 960329 on April 11, 1996, approving a Water Purchase Agreement between Kansas City and Missouri-American Water Company for a 20-year term; and

WHEREAS, the Water Purchase Agreement was amended on August 23, 2000 to add a metering location at North Congress and Missouri Highway 9; and

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Water Purchase Agreement in order to specify an additional metering location at the intersection of Briarcliff Road and Missouri Highway 9 and to increase the maximum daily quantity of water to be delivered by the City and purchased by Missouri-American Water Company; and

WHEREAS, Missouri-American Water Company is willing to construct, at its expense, a new water transmission main and a new metering facility at the proposed interconnection point of Briarcliff Road and Missouri Highway 9 in order to purchase additional water from the City; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the Director of Water Services is hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of Kansas City, Amendment 2 to the Water Purchase Agreement between Kansas City, Missouri and Missouri-American Water Company for both a new point of service and an increase to the maximum quantity of water to be delivered. A copy of the Amendment is on file in the office of the Director of Water Services.

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Approved as to form and legality:

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Cecilia OConnor Abbott

Assistant City Attorney