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HomeMy WebLinkAbout66-123 03-04-1966RESOLUTION NO. 123 WHEREAS, on September 3, 1965, the City of Euless purchased from Municipal Service Company all its water and sewer systems, plants and facilities located in the City of Euless and Town of Bedford, and surrounding areas, and WHEREAS, the City of Euless did simultaneously with the acquisition of such water and sewer systems offer by letter to sell to the Town of Bedford that portion of such water and sewer systems and appurtenances required by Bedford to meet the needs of its citizens at a price equal to the cost thereof to the City of Euless plus subsequent system improvements and reasonable separation costs, and WHEREAS, those portions of the water and sewer systems actually located within the corporate limits of the Town of Bedford do not constitute complete systems if separated from the systems located within the corporate limits of the City of Euless, there being obvious engineering, technical and financial problems involved on the part of both cities in a separation of the two systems between the said two cities, and WHEREAS, on February 22, 1966, the Honorable Bedford Mayor, Mr. E. Z. Jernigan, and City Attorney, Mr. Shirley Peters, visited personally in the home of W. G. Fuller, Mayor of the City of Euless, to inform Euless for the first time that Bedford desired to purchase a portion of the water and sewer systems located in the Town of Bedford, and WHEREAS, by letter to the Town of Bedford dated February 24, 1966, the City of Euless pointed out that it did not know what portions of the water and sewer systems Bedford desired to purchase, and in such letter requested that Bedford submit a resume of Bedford's needs and desires regarding possible separation of the two systems between the two cities, and WHEREAS, the Town of Bedford has, by Resolution dated February 26, 1966, and received by W. G. Fuller, Mayor of the City of Euless on March 1, 1966, officially petitioned the City of Euless to submit to the Town of Bedford on Monday, March 7, 1966, the terms of sale of that portion of the water and sewer systems located within the corporate limits of the Town of Bedford, and WHEREAS, there have been no preliminary discussions by representa- tives of Bedford and Euless in an attempt to define and achieve an understanding of the complicated and technical problems involved in the separation of that portion of the water and sewer systems desired by the Town of Bedford, and WHEREAS, it appears both reasonable and necessary that some pre- liminary discussion be had by representatives of the two cities regarding separation of the two systems so as to protect the citizens of the Town of Bedford and the City of Euless, and WHEREAS, the City of Euless desires to cooperate in an orderly manner with the Town of Bedford in assisting it in every way possible in purchasing at cost and separating that portion of such systems located in Bedford as may be required by the citizens of Bedford, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE EULESS CITY COUNCIL that its Mayor, a representative of its consulting engineers, a representative of its financial advisors, its City Manager and its City Attorney are hereby directed to meet with representatives of the Town of Bedford at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 10, 1966, at Western Hills Inn on Highway 183, or at such other place, tine and date as may be requested by the Town of Bedford, to discuss the complicated and technical problems inherent in the sale and separation of the two systems as between the Town of Bedford and the City of Euless, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that such representatives of the City of Euless are directed and instructed to cooperate fully with the representatives of the Town of Bedford in seeking a harmoneous understanding and agreement regarding separation of the two systems as between the said two cities. ADOPTED this 4th day of March, 1966, at a called session of the Euless City Council by the unanimous vote of those council members present. ATTEST: APPROVED: l,c rvry cri•nr -rnnv Members of Council polled by telephone, on this date, March 4, 1966.