HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986 Ordinance No. 025I
DY AllrHOR I TY
COUICIL BILL NO. 33
INTl!ODOCID llY COUIC IL
MEMBER __KQ2AC.£K. __
AN Lll{IJ I NAl'C E I\PPl mV I NG TII ~ AQH:E7'1tNI' AND ASSl•:N'l' TO t\SSIG ~EN'l' Of
'l1 1<J liji1'0N'S RI Gll 'l'S UNDEH '1111, ENG l,f'W OOO-THORN'l'ON WI\Tr:R LEASE 1'0
M1:3:;10 N VIEJO CCMi'ANY , COl,ORIIJJ() DIV ! S !ON,
WllEHF.AS , 'l'h e City of Eng le.ood and the City of Thornto n
e11t •JZ:t..\..l in t.0 a W.1ter Lea se and Managen ent "'Jreenent August 3, 1977;
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WllEIU:AS, Mi :";si on Vi ejo and •n1 o r nton have enlera::1 into a
11 1.,J,J.Lvr Agreen ent and As s ignnent" dated Fe brua ry 24 , 1986, prov i d ir ('J
[o r .1ss igrm ent to Mission Vi ejo of 'Ihornton' s rights und e r the
ErY.J lewood-Thornton wa ter Lense; and
WIIEH EAS , acco r ding to pa r i>'.Jraph 3) of the Engle,,,ood-Thornton
Wttter Le ~se , Englewood must assent to any assig nnen t by 'n1ornton
o f 'l h o rnt.on' s rig hts under that Wat e r Leas e ;
''"''· ·r1,,:.·.·roRE , BE l 'l' ORD\I NEIJ llY 1'Hf. C l'l'Y COUICIL OF THE
Ci Tl' 0 1•' ":~c."' IX:.:>, CO LOR/\00, AS FOLLOW S :
s,•. ·t:i,,., 1. '!h e l',:jr oonent a nd As ·~t to Assigm1ent betwee n
t h e City -of Engl e ...,od and Mi ss ion Viejo canpany, Colorado Div is ion,
wherr.by E)lCJ le.ood a,r e Es and assents to 'lhornton' s assigll\\ent of
i ts W3 ter rights under the Enqle.ood-Thornton Water Lease of Aug ust
3, 1977 , is hereby approved. A c opy of the Agreenent and Assent •,o
I\Ss igrrn ent is a ttached hereto and incorporated herein by
r eference .
Section 2. '!he Mayor and Ci t y Clerk are h e r e by dttthor ized to
s ign anctattest the l',:jreanent a nd i\ssent to ~sigll\\.,nt for and on
beh ;1lf of City Coun c il a nd the City of Enylewocxl.
Introduced, r ead in full, a nd passal on first reading on the
5th day of May, 1986.
Pub lished as a Dill for a n Ord inance on the 7th day of May,
l 98G ,
Read by titl" and passa:l o n fina l rExrling on tl,e 19th day of
May , 1986 .
Pu b lished b y t i t l e as Ordi naoce No .p, Ser i es o f 198 6 , o n
t he 21st d a y o[ May , 19 86.
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P,1tr icia H. Crow, Ci ty Cl e rk
I, Pa t r i ci a H. Cr ow, Ci t y Cl e rk of the Ci ty of Ehglewoad,
,lo r ,iJ o , hereby c e rt i f y that the a bove a rd fo rego i n<J is a true a rd
, rn pl e t e COf"/ ,_--.F the Ordi nance passe::1 2!1-,f in al r eal i ng and
1<ibl i s hed by title as Orclimmce No . <212__, Se ri es of 1986 •
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Pa t r i cia ll.--Crow
I THlS l,GHEE MEN T AND ASS EN T TO ASS . ,NMENT
lh i ~ day of March, 1986, by and b etwee n
En g l,·w0od , a municjpa l corporation (1'Englewood 11 ),
Vi ejo Comp,,ny , Col o raJ o Division, a Califor ni a
q ual ifi ed to do busi ne~s in Colorado ("M i s sion").
is e xecuted
the City of
and Mission
corpo1·ation
~:II CRJ:l,S , Englewood and the Cit y of Thorn t on
(''Tho n ~to n") a r e p c r tie s to a \,'u ter Leese and Ma na g em en t Ji.gree -
i~c ~t dn t 0 d Au g u st 3, 1977 (''Engl ewood-Th o rnton Wat er Lea s ~"); a nd
I ,,r a:ra i-,11 )J of said Englewood-Th o rnton 1,a t e r Lease provid 0 s:
"No .1 s sig nme nt by Thornton o f its rights unde r this Agre em e nt
nh;d l be bindin g on Englewood unle ss it shall h av e assented to
r.u c h a n as s i9nme nt with the s a me forn:in lity as employed in the
e xec ution o f th is Agr eement 11 ; and
h'liEREAS , Mis s ion and Thornt o n hav e entered into a Water
Ag r c~mc nt a nd hssign~e nt dat ed Februa ry 24, 19 8 6 (1'Thornt on -
Miss ion Ag r ee me nt 11 ) providing for assignment to Mis s ion of
Th c,rnt o n•s rights unde r t he Engl e "·o od-1'hornt o n Wat e r Leas e; an d
~:i ~~1on and Th o rnt o n have r e quested Englewood to assent to s aid
u t.sig nmc nt. ·
NOW, THE REFOR E, in c onsidera t ion o f the mutu a l promises
c o nta i n e d h e rein, Eng lewood and Mission h e r e by agree as follow s :
1 . Enqlewood hereby assents to
Mission of Thorntbn•s rights and obligations
'l 'hornton Water Lease, which ass i gnment is
Th o rnton -Mission Agreement.
the assignment t o
under the Englewood -
provided for in the
2. Er glewood shall have the option to reduc e
Mission's rights and obligations as succe sso r to Thornton's
rights and interests under the Englewood-Thornton Water Leas e a s
fo llow s:
(a) The "Thor nt on '.l ,:Le llan Rese rvoir Le ase
(b l
Rights", as d e fi n~d in Secti on J.2 of t he
Thornton-Mis s i o n Agr eeme nt ma y b e reduc ed
fr o m an undi v i ded fift y p e rcent (50 t ) to n ot
l e ss th a n an undivi ded 36.871, w~ich for
purpose s of paragra phs 2 (c) an d 5 h e r e i n
wo uld constitut e a r ed u c l1 o n of 26.26\.
The "Thornto n Ranc h Cn ,ck
d ef ined in S ect ion l .2
Lea se Ri c;hts 11 , iHi
o f the T horn t on-
~i ss i o n h grecmc nt, rnn y b~ 1c d uc ed f r o m ~n
und ivid e d six ty p e r cen t l f,0 ~) to n o t l e[;s
th a n a n u nd i v id e d t h1 r t y-s .ix p e rce n t 13 6t),
which f o r p u r pose s of pa r a~, ii phs 2 (c) a nd 5
her e in would c o nstitute a r c ri l1ction of forty
p e r ce nt ( 40\).
(c) Any r du c tion of 2 6.2 (,t or l e ss shall a pply
e qually and joint]~ t o th e Th o rn t o n Mc Le llan
Re se rvoi r Le ~se R i gl1t s and th e Th c r nto n Ranch
Cre e k Lea b e Right u . i,ny r ed u r.tiun in e xc e ss
of 2u.26i, up to ,,,,i, sl.a ll c:pp ly o·,ly to the
Th o rnton Ranch Creek Leas~ B ·g hl s .
3. The option shall expir~ one I I ) y e ar from the date
c,f th e Thornto n-Mission Agreeme nt . Jt s h a li L<! exercis a ble by
l:na l e ·,·ood by giving thirty (30) da y s •.:r \t.t en liotice to Mi ssion
\~·1 thin sa id o ne (1) year period a t t he u.:n.i.::c s s specified in the
f l r s t pD ra ~r a p h of said Agreeme nt.
4. The option sh a ll be exe rci sed only t o th e ext en t
th ,;t t he add i tional water s u p pli e s ther eby mad e a vail able ar e
1 c.-q u i r ed to c n a b!.e Englewood to p rov i d e muni c ip a l wa ter s e r vice
t o c~1£t c~er s wit !1in its b o u nd a ries .
5. J f Englewood ex e rcise s said option to re ci ucc t he
7 ho r n t o n McL e llan Reser v oir Le ase Rigl1ts and the Thorntc:1 Ranch
Cr ee k l,eaE e Ri gh ts, the n Mi ~t ion 's o b liga tion to make annua l
paymen ts (curr e ntly in the amou rn n~ $347,046) to Englewood <1 S
Th o rnt o n's successor to the Engle\·.'o a d-Th o rnton Water Lease s .!1 ull
b e r ed uced proportionately, a v. ~allows:
(a) For each one perce nt (li) reduct ion of the
Thornton McLellan Reservoir Lease Rights and
the Thornton Ra n ,h Creek Lease Rights, the
annual payment payable to Englewood in
accordance wi · t : paragraph 12 of the
Englewood-ThornLon Agreement shall be reduced
by one percent (H). Assuming the maximum
26.261 reduction in the Thornton McLellan
Reservoir Lease Riohts and the concomitant
equal reduction in ·the Thornt o n Ranch Creek I
Lease Rights, the r frs ulting reduction in th e
current annual payme nt would be cal c ulated a s
follows: 0.2626 x $347,046 = $91,134.28.
(bl If the Thornton Ra nc h Cre e k Le ase Rights are
reduced by more than 26. 26%, the amc,unt by
which th e current annu a l p a yment shall bt•
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reduced in addition to the $91,134.28 p ro-
vided for above s hall be determined by mutua l
agree:rnen t bet\.c en the pilrties. The p a rties
re c ogr.i ze that the ann ual paym e nt provided
fo r in the Englewood-Thornton Water Le ase
represents a combinati o n of unspecified
separa te va lu e s attributable to the Th o rnton
McLellan Reservoir Lease Rights ancl t he
Th o rnton Ranch Cr eek Lease Rights. The
parties further re ::oc:;ni ze that to Ce te:rrni n e
the amount of the additi ona l r educ ti on in the
annual payment resulting f ~o m r eduction of
the Th o rnton Ra n ch Cr eek Lease Rights in
excess of 26.26% it wr,u !c.l be necessary to
determine the relative valu us of the Thornton
McLellan Reservoir Le ase Rights ant th e
Thornton f':..nch Creek Lease Rights with
respect to each other. If the parties are
unable to agree to the am o unt of the addi-
tional payment reduct ion within sixty d ays
aft e r Eng lewood's notice exercising th e
op tion, then that issue shall b e arbitrated
as follows: Ill Tt-.e parties p r o rr.pt ly shall
see~ to agree upon one water rccources expert
qualif i ed to evaluate water rights and
sto r a,ie space who sh al l b e: jojntly retained
and instructed to he a r th e evidence and
p ositions of the parties and to det e r mine the
amount of the annual payment reducti o n. Th e
determination of th e annual payment reduction
shall be made after, and based upon, a
determination by th e water resources expert
of the relative values of the Thornton Ranch
creek Lease Rights and the Thorn ton McLellan
Reservoir Lease Rights. (2) If the parties
are unable to reach agreement upon such water
resources expert, then within sev~nty-five
days after Englewood's notice exercising the
option each party shall designate by notice
in writing to the other party such a recog-
nized qualified water resources expert.
Within thirty days after the two wat e r
resources ~xperts have been designated, th ey
shall jointly designate a third such recog-
nized qu a lified water resources expert, and
th e thre e such experts promptly shall he ar
the evidence and positions of the pnrties and
shall attempt to r ea ch agre e ment upon the
amount c f the additional payme nt reduction.
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(3) Withi n sixt y day s after th e wa t e r
r e ~ources e ::-:per t (s ) hav e b ee n des ignated and
h a ve h ea rd the ma ttf'r, th e o ne wat.er
r esources exper t or the t t1ree wat e r r esourc es
expe rts, as th e case may be , shall submit to
the p art i es a d eterminat i on of th e amou n t of
the additional payment reduction with a
written report sulTll!l a 1izing the method an d
assumptions used to r P.ach that d e terminat ; ~1JJ .
Such determinaticn r;h ,1J.l be final a nd b i nd ,no
upon the p a rti es (4) If thr ee wat r::~
r esour r es exp e rt!; t. J ,e been de s igr,;,.,ted a 11 d
are un a ble to rea ~n u n u nimo us agr Ec:r,,-'n t o n
the am o unt of the add i tion a l p a ym e nt r ed uc-
tion, then the am o u n t a greed to by two of
the~ shall be subm i •~r ~ to the p ar ti e ~ as th e
final determination -. , thin sixty ti ye aft <,r
their designation. lf bg re ement is not
reached betwe e n two or more of th e wa t er
resources experts within sixty days after
th e ir designation, th en ea ch wa te r r esour c es
expe rt shall subMit ;1 ~ t hat time an inde pe n-
dent d e te ;rina ti on , a nd the average of the
three a mo .. · .s sh all he the final and bindi na
determinal :on of the amount of the additionai
p aymen t r ed uction. En g l ewood and Micsion
shall share equally i n the costs of a rbitra-
tion .
6 . Until the option has b een exerc i ce d or s·aived by
Engl e wood or has expired, the annual payme11 t payable t:y Miss ion
to Englewood pursuant to the EnglewooJ-Tho rnto n Kater Lease shall
b e sixty percent (601) of the annual pa)'l11ent pro vided for
ther e in. If said option is not exercised by Englewood or is
waived by Englewood by written notice thereof to Mission, Mission
s hall pay the remaining forty percent (401) of such annual
payment to Englewood within thirty (30) days after expiration of
the option or waiver of the option by En g lewood. If said option
.is exercised by Engl e wood, then any such pa y me nt paid b y Mission
prior t0 exercise of the option shall b e retroactively adjust ed
in accordance with ?a ragraph 5 herein, and th e add i tional amount
owe d b y Mission sh u ll be puid with in s i xt y (6 0) d ays a fte r th e I
da t e of Englewood's not i ce exercisi ng th e o ption, or if th e
amo unt h a s not th en b een agr eed upcn, within thi rty (30) da vs
,.ft c,r final determinati on of arbi tr a t i on p u rs u ant to paragraph
5 (b ) her e in.
7. /. Mis s ion '.'!'.!'J'. assign all of it s rights and o blig a -
t ions un de r thi s Agreement, u nde r th e T h o r n t on -Mis s i on Agreement
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c :-t:r.Ge:r t!:e Eng l cv.ood -Th o rnt o :1 \•:a tcr Leas e , to liighl a::ds Ranch
rc v ~l o ~:r c 11t Corpo rat ion, a Colo ra do corpoi·~tion a nd wh o lly-own e d
s ~t ~i d1~ry o f Mi s sion, to Cen t en nial Wa te r and Sanitation
r :r tt·ict, 01· to an y water and sanitation di s trict sarving all or
.. ':.:.·/ 1•u rt ion o f tht.' Highlands Ranc h..:... Engl e wood h en:by consents to
s th·h a n u ~s i g nment of all, bu t not p ar t, of Mission's interest,
.. ::-:J .i c kn o wledges that no further consent to such assignment
pursu:i nt to pan,gr.,ph 33 of the Englewood-Thornton Water Lease
s~a ll b e req u ired. Fo r purposes of this Secti on 7, the Highlands
R.;c,c h includes the lands in Do ugl a s County currently owned by
:-::i~s io n c o ;;.pri s ing ap p r ox ima t e ly 22,000 ac r es \\'h ic h r-:is s ion is
Ce:\·e lop i r.c:; f o r r es id e ntial, c orruT!e rcial, in dustria l an d rec r ea -
~=c ~~l u s es , and any additiona l l~nds h e reafte r ac quired b y
t-'.: ~r.i o n f o r devclopr.ic nt in conjunc tion with s a id lands.
M1~sion's currently owned lands are l oc ated in Sections 5, 6, 7,
8 , 17, 18, 19, 20, 28, 29, and 30, Town s hip 6 South, Rang,. 67
t :, ~t: Sec ti o n 6, Township 7 Sout.h, P.unge 6 7 West; Sections 1, 2,
J , 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, ll, 12, 13, 14, 1~, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23,
:'4 , 2'>, 26, 27, 35, arid 36, Tcwnship 6 South Range 68 West;
5Lct1 o ns l, 2, a nd 11, Towns hip 7 S o uth, Rang e 68 We s t; and
.Section 1 3 , To wn s h ip 6 South, Ra nge 69 We s t, o f the 6th P.M.
:~i •: t f.er t he En g l ewood-Th ornton Water Lease nor t he Thornton-
:.::~!::1 on AgrE-eme nt restricts t he place of us e of t h e wa ter to
\,:L :c ~ Th o rn ton and Mission,. as Th o r nt o n's su ccessor, are en titled
t h e :·c u nde r . Nothing in thi s Agrt•e n:c n t s h (.!11 be c onst :-ued tc
r ·•f:trict. the place of use of such -~~gl e woo~:TE.._o:n ton \-.'a ter Leas e
wa ~er to the Highlands Ranch or othcrwi Eo .
8, En glewood hereby agrees that any sa le or disposal
of water rights or faciliti e s by Englewood pur s uant to paragraph
31 of the Englewood-Thornton Water Lease sh al l not terminate the
En~lewood-Thornton Water Lease, and that an y such sale or dis-
pos;il by Englewood shall be subject to th t Englewood-Thornton
Water Le a se and subject to Mission's rights as successor to
Th o rnton's rights under the Englewood-Thornton Water Lease.
9, Subject to the provisions of this agr eement,
Mission accepts the assignment of Thornt t n'd rights and interests
unfer the Englewood-Thornton Water Lease dS assented to by
Engle,1ood herein. Except as expressly provided herein, nothing
hP r c in shall be c o nstrued to modify the Englewood-Th o rnt o n Wat e r
!.,ea se or the respective rights of Englewood and Mission (as
Thcrn ton's successor) th e reunder,
Oute:d thi s day of --------· 1986.
CI TY or El,G LE\WO D'
a municipal c o r po r a t i on
Cl t"/ Cl r k
By "M-ca-y-=o_r _______________ _
A'i"T L ST : MISSION VIEJO COMPANY,
a California c o rporation
h zs 1st a n t Secretary
By~-~--~~----------Pr c sine nt, Colorado D1vis1on
This Agreement was approved by Ordinance No . _____ ,
Sc·ncs o f 198 6 , adopted by the City Cou n cil -0f the City of
Eny!<>,wod o n ___________ , 1986.
Ci ty Clerk of the City of Englewood
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, Tl!IS l\GREEl-:ENT is entered into this __d...::!._ day of
:/ ,, , .. ,, . .,, , 1986, between the CITY or Tl!ORKTON, a municipal
C0rf1o r at l.6n~de r the laws of Colorado ("Thornton ") , whose
cllh!ress 1s 9 5 00 Civic Cente r Drive, Thornton, Col orado 80229,
At ten tion: Ch n irrr,an, Utilities Boisrd, an d Mission Viejo Corr,pa ny,
Cc.Jci r i?d (1 1111 ::)un , a Ca l ifornia corpo ration qual i fied to do
b ut,1ne s s in Col or ado ('"~isrion"}, whose address is 6 In verness
Cour t Ea s t, Englewood , Colorado 80112, Attention: Vice Presi-
d~nt of Le;al Affairs.
I. RECITALS.
1.1 ~issi on 1 E Hiohlands Ranch Deve lopment. ~:issicn
O\,."HS l and 1n Douglc:s Ccunty, Co lorado, comprising ,,,.hat is Y.n own
c'.1 5 the hi~t0r 1c Highlar,ds RQnch. Mi ssion is proc eedin g with
lic\'rlopm~n t of H1ghJands nanch as o planned corr.mun ity inch.:.Cing
r c51C:en t 1a~, c o mmercia l, indu ~trial, recreation and otb.e.r land
u s es. Mis s i o n desire s t o acouirc a ~ditional sources of water t o
b~ u se d, toge~her with th e s~urces of water curr~ntly a v ailable
to l•:1ss1on, t o provid8 a wat.er SUFply for such uses on lllghlands
R~nch. Such wat e r supply will be rurnished by Mission and/or one
or mo ~e spe ci a l districts, including Centenni a l Water and Sa ni ta -
tion Distr i ct, which c u rr ent ly provides water se rvice to a
portion of Highlands Ranch.
1.2 Water Lease and ~a nag e ment Aoreemen t Betwe en
Thornton and Ci t y of ~n glewo od. Thornton is a pa rty to tha Water
Lease and Management. Agreement entered August 3, 1977, with the
City of Englewood ("Englewood "), A c opy of that agreement is
attached hereto as Appendix 1, and it is incorpo rated herein by
this reference. Said agreement is referred tc here after as "the
Englewood -T hornton Water Le ase". Pursuant to the Englewood-
Th o rnton \,'ater Lea se, Tho r nton's rights i1 1c lude, among other
ri gh t s , th e r ·aht to the l ong -t erm exclusive use of (a ) an
11 non·1ct'd fifty -percent (50 %) of the operational caFacity of
J.:no l ,s wooci 's McLe llan Reservoir and an undivided fifty percent
(~0~) of thB water yielded by Englewood's storage water right s
dcc1ecd f o r McLe l lan Reservoir (s aid Thornton rights are referred
t.o heret1!t c r as "Thornton McLel lan Reservoir Leas e Rights"), and
(l,) .. n undivided sixty percent (60t) of t he water }'ie lded by th~
"Eng lewood Panch Creek Water Rights" that is d e liver abl e t o
tng l e-...·ood pursuant to t he "~•ater Exchange Agreement" d a t ed
M1,rch 17, 19((, b e tween Engl e wood and the City and County cf
P t : ·:er ("Ot·nv er''), us m0d .i!ie d bv tt1t: "M o dific u t i on of Mar ch 17
1~: .; \•:cJ tcr £>.ch ,1 n gc Agr cE-mE:n t" do t e d S l'ptcmli~r 2 , 19 69 , betwce ~
I :.s lc ,,:ood , Den v r.r a nd h.meri c u n t-:eta l Cl.i mcsx , lnc . (T ho rnton's
: .:s :,ts , pun.:.u a nt to th e tngle¥:ood -Th o rnton Wa ter Lease, to said
t ,('\ o f t he ""'a te r d e liverable to Engl e ,,,ood pursuant to said w.:iiter
L :-.c hc n 9e agreem ents are ref e rred to h e reaftf'r as the "Thornton
Re nc h Cree k Lease Rights").
l. 3 Th o rnt on Sur p l us l•?a t e r . Since the date of the
Eng lewood ··Th o rnton Water Le a~e , Thornton has acquired additional
~c u r ccs o f wate r and has d etermined that all of the water a vail -
c:ll e to it p u r s u an t to tha t a greement, including all water in
st o :ag c in its nccoun t in Mc Lel lan Re servoir, i s surplus to its
Fc e e r.tly fo reseeab le needs , Said account contained 2850 acr e-
f cc-t. of wat e r on Seotembe r 30, 1985, and nor.e has ~i ncc been
w1thd r a ~n . Th or nton ~ow desires to ass ign and c o n,·e}' to Mission
a l l o! its rights pursuant to s aid agre ement , tog ether with all
o ! i t s wa ter in stor a ge in McL e llan Res e r voir.
1.4 Aar eer.,en t of Parties . In c o ns i.cieration of. anc
sut JCC t to, the.prov i s ions of t h is As r\?er.e nt, Thornton ht.'!reb y
a c;rees l o a s si gn a nd c on v ey t o Missior., free and cl e ar o! ,'.J ny
l 1e~s or encumbrances, all of it s rights p ursuant le th e
En ~l e ~o o d -Thor n ton Wa ter Le~se, inclu~ing a ll ~at er in st orage i
it s acco u nt in McLe llan Res e r vo i r . Miss1or1 a(]rees to accept su c h
a s$i g nn ,en t a n d conv eyance a n d t o pay th e p u rchase price p r ovid ed
f ee her e in.
11 . l\SSlG N~:ENT AND COJ:VEYA NCE i;y n ;oR!-:TOJ(.
2.1 l\ssi g r.ment. Subject t o Er.gle~·ood 's a pprova l a s
prov ided hereafter, and effective u po n r e c eipt of Missior.'s
. p a yr.,ent prov ided for in Section 3.1 h en in and completion o f
c l o sing, Thornton hereby barg ain s , sell s, conve y s and assign~ t o
Miss ion all of its rights , title, and intere sL s pursuant to th e
Englewood -Th or nton Water Lease, togeth er with all water in
storase in its account in McLellan Reservoir on the date of thi s
ag reeme nt a nd any additiona l wa ter stored in said accoun ~ pr ior
t o c lo sing.
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2.2 Further Con vevcnr :::s. i\: t il !:!;:ic•r:'~ reo u e s t ,
,..t,e t h c r at or after closing, an2 -\,:ith o u t f urthi,r con si c e r~ti on , I
Th o rn t o n shall Exec ute and deliver to ~i ssion a sepa rat e instru-
~e ~t o r instrume n ts in form acceptab l e t o Mission assigning and
c c ~veyi ng to Mi ssion all of lts righ t, titl e and interest in t h e
Enc lewood-Thornton Water Lease, t oge th e r with its water in
st~rage i n McLellan Reser voir , and shall exe cut e and deliver to
Mission such other instrument s er document s a s a re necessary t o
effec tuat e the purposes of this Agr~e ment.
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3.J Cash Payment by Mis s ion. At closing, Mi ssion
, t· • .:ill p,,y to Thornton One Milli on Eight Hundr ed Thousand Dollars
($1,800 ,000.00) in cash. In addition, the annual l ease payment
h~•~t0 fore made by ~ho rnton to Englewood in the •~cunt of
(,347,04 6 for the p , ~iod April 1, 1 986 , through March 31, 1987,
5hu ll be prorated to the date of closing by ~:i ssion 's payment of
a n i1ddit ional amoun t equal to the produc ~. :-•'"; (the amount of
\..'C:tcr, in a cre-feet, physically in stoz ng e i1 , Thorn ton's account
i n ~:cL e llan Re servoir at clos ing) x 1,1 2 0.001 x (the m:mb er of
ca l enda r days fro:n comp letion of closing thro i::;h March 31, 1987 ,
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3.2 Auomentation Water. Curing the ~~riod from June l
throuc;h September 30 of each year co1w1P ncinc; :.., 1986 and termi-
not,ng in 1997, Mission will deliver to th r Sout M Platte River at
o r a bove th e mouth of Marcy Gulch, e r im:ne.Jiately below the
h cac g a te of the Lmer Plum Creek Dit c·h or, Plum Cree~, at
Tho r n t o n 1 s request un to l'-''O hundred (2001 acre-feet of water
ann u c:ll y for Thor nt ln . · s use to augment (1 re-v ent curtailment of
Ci v c :!:.:c ns un de r) i tt water rights used t.O ~u pp ly its municipal
~·a.tcr sys tem. Deliv e ry may be at any o ne or c os,bination of such
r tl .ints , at Missi o n's -p ti on. Su c h wa t er shal l be delivered at
th e r a te spec ifie d b:, 1'hornton, not to exce ed fl\'C (~.O) c.f.s.
Suc ~1 wu t er may be de li v ered from any on~ or ccmbinc:.t.i on of the
f o lio;,.·,ng source s : (a) groundwater that is cecreed non -tribu-
ta~y , or parti a lly non-tributary to th e extent t ha t it i s a vai l-
ab l e for consum ?tive use pursuant to ~uch decree, including
~1 ~hD Ut limitation, sewage efflu ent from such gr o undwa t0 r treated
i!l r-~ission' s Narcy Gulch t,;astewater Treatmen t Plant, (b) water
that is ava.ilabl~ for consumptive use under Mis sion 's water
rights in the Plum Creek drai~age pursuant to the d~cree entered
Ap ril 17, 1960, in Case No. W-6072, ~:ater Division No . l; (c) any
water, regardless of source, relet.sed from nny storage 01,,:ned or
r o ntrolled by Mission including without limitation, Mclellan
Hcse rv o ir, any rese :~0 i r on the Highlands Ra nch, Two Forks
k f"scrvoir, and Chatfi t ld Reservoir; and (d) any water from any
&c urce that may be=cffie availa~le to Miss.ion in the futur e that is
r:1 •.•i, 1 l a bl e for consumpt.i ve use pursuant t o h'at.Er Co urt decree.
Consu ,np tive use wa ter a vailable under ~ission's Plum Cr ee k wa ter
r,y l.t s shall be deemed delivered to Thornton by Mission's refrain-
ing from diverting under such water right s "'h ~n they are in
I n o rity. Th o rnton shall be entitled to any rig h t s that may
,·>:1!.t to reuse and milke successive uses of \,,.'a ter deliv 12 red by
~••s ion pursuant to this Sectio~ 3.2. ~ission makes no r e presen-
tati on~ or warranties ~cgarding th t existence of such rigt1t~ to
r cu ~~ 0 1· t o make successive u ses of such wa ter.
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On or bc·f or e M;1y 1 5 o f each year, Th orn t on !iha ll
c·:,·l· ~'.J!:i~l o n \..'fJ ttcn no -::.ic e ~q.,c~ci fy ing , subjec t t o th e f orego ing
l u:1t .:~iens , Thornt o n's best ~s t imates o f the delive ry per iod,
tht· ,:c l iv ery r a te, an d the tot a l qu2nti t y of wat e r, not exceeding
~0() ,1 c r c -fe et , expected to be n ePde d for its a u gme ntation pur-
pr ,,~s d ur ing the four (4) month period from June l through
Sc r tc ~b e r 30 of that yecr. If Thor nto n 's needs f o r augm enta tion
wn tcr ~uri ng such p e riod turn ou t to be diff e rent than spe cif ie d
l1 1 the n ot ice, the n, s ubj er:t to the foregoing limi tations,
Mi s sion sha ll u se its best efforts to accommodate Thorr:ton' s
1cquirc:mcnts to me e t actu a l "call s " ag a i n st its >w a t e r rights
Uu:-i ng s u ch p e riod. Upon dc-li ve ry of su ch water to the South
i 'l iit.te Ri v e r at o r u tiove th e mo uth of Marcy Gulch, o r im.'Tled iately
Le l e ~ t he headoa te of the Low er Plum Creek Ditch, Mission shall
have n o furth~r obligation to Tho rnton with respect to such
water , •nd Thornton sh all be solely re s pon s ible fo • the c arriage ,
u se a:od di sposal of s uc h water . Th,-irn t <'~ shall hold ~:is s ion
)1 i!r rr,1 e ss from any clairr,s: for d am i:i g es a,.:ising out of the carriag e ,
use o r dispo sal of s uch water after delivery by Mission.
Thorr.ton shall no t be entitled to in clude any of the 1".ission
wa t 0 r r igh ts d e sc ribed i n this Section 3 .2 or any of th e wate r t o
Le de l1\·ered b y Mis sion ~ereund ~r in any Water Cou r t appl i ca tion,
wh e the r for c h a nge of wa:er rights , approval o( plan for augmen -
tat.:on or e xcli .·~n ge , or requ est ing any 0the r rr:li e f. The ri g ht ~
a r,c cb l i g at io ns of the part ie s ur,a e r th i s Section 3 . 2 sh all
automa t i cally te rminate on S e ptembe r 3 0, 1 99 7.
P.E P RE SE?•:TATIOt:s At:o \\AP.FJ·.N T IES.
4.1 Th o r n t o n PePre s c nt at i o ns a nd Kb r rant ies. Th o rnton
r epresen ts and ~a rrants as follc~s :
(1) Tt,0 1·nton Cit v Ct.art e r. No pro vi s ion r,f this
h;reement conflicts with Thornton's City
'.:.'harter or an y onlinance or r e culation
adopted thereur.der. This Agreement has been
reviewe d and approved by Thornton's City
Council and i ts Utili ties Board pursu .,nt to
proper n o t ice. Th ornton ha s full a ct no rit y
to e x e cut e and per!orn1 this Agr eeme nt .
(2) Validitv and Er.force a':,ili ty o f Encles·ood -I
Tho rn t cn Ko ter Le a s e. Thornton haci full
authority to ex r,cute the Englewood-Thornton
l\ater Leas e attached he reto as Appe ndix l.
No provision of said a g ree me n t confl :~t s with
Thornton's City Chart er or any or1. r.an cc or
regulation ado p t ed th erecnde r, and sa id ·
agreement remains valid and en!o1ce able in
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all respects . llcithcr Th o rnto n nor Engl c ~·o o d
is in d e fault und e r any provision of th a t
agre e mP.nt . Th e Thorntou Ranch Creek Le ase
Rights and the Thornt o n McLellan Reservoir
Lea s e Rights are e nforc ea ble against
En glewood and Denver, and will be enforceable
by Mission as Thornton's successor, to
r e quire En glewood and Denv e r to deliver such
water for its use. If it is determined by a
court of c o mp etent jurisdiction th at any of
the Thornton Ranch Cr eek L~ase Rights or
Thor nton McL ellan Reservoir ~ea se Rights ar e
not enforceable ugainst Englewood or Den\'e r
by Mission as Thornton 's s ucc ~ssor, t he n
Mission shall have no further obliaat ion s
under this Agre eme nt, ar.c sha ll be entitl ed
to reimbu rsemen t from Thornton of th e
SI,( v,000 payment made by Mission to
Th or nton pursuant to Section J.l of th i s
Aareement, with accrued interest from th e
d ~t e of said payment to th e date of su ch
re1mbursemen t by Thornton. Int erest sh al l
a ccru e at a rate equal to the pr i me rate of
the Unite d Ban k of Denver on the d a t, o f said
pa ~,nent, plus two percent (2 t ). Such reim-
burremer.t sh a ll be Mission's s ol e remedy for
hrcach b y Thor nton of the repr es entations a nd
warranties set fo:th in this Section 4.1(2).
Said representat ions and wa rranties shall
automatically expire eight (8) years afte r
the date on which clo si ng is completed.
(3) No Litigation. Thor~ton is not aware of any
pending litigation or threat of litigation
with respect to or which may affect th e
rights of the parties under, or their abilit y
to perform, the Englewood-Thornton Wat er
Lease, the "Water Ex change Agreement" date d
March 17, 196<, or the "M o difica t ion of
March 17, 1 96 4 Kater Exc hange Agreement"
dated September 2, 196~.
(<) Submittal o f Enqlewood-Thornto·, Water Leas e
to n~nver Wa t er Boarti. Tho,nton ·compl ied
with paragr arh 29 o f the Englewood-1'hornt o n
Wat ~r Lease resuiring the agreement to b e
submitted to the De nver Water e o ard wit h
Thornton's application for water s e rvice fro m
Denver on equivalent terms, and Denv er
declined s uch appllCiit1011 by l e tt e r datc-0
Novemb e r 8, 1977, a c opy of \.:hich ha s b£:e n
furni sh ed t.o Mi s s io n. No subsccuent corre-
spondence b e tw ee n Tho rnto n ~nd De~ver regard-
ing the Engle~ood-Tho rnt o n Wa ter Lease
exists.
(5) No Encumbrance or Co :1flicti nc; Aore eme nt.
(6)
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Thornton's rights anci intere s ts in the
Enq~.ewood-Thornton \\'at e r Lease are owned bv
T~1ornton free and clear of any lien s o ~
e ncumbrances. Th orn ton ha s no t a s signed,
a greed to assign, or oth e rwi ~e granted to any
pther party any right in or affecting
Thornton's rights or obligRtions pur5uant to
the Englewood-Tho rnton Ka te r Lease . Thornton
is not a party to any a9reement affecting its
rights or obligations pursuant to the
Engle.,ood-Thornton Wa t e r Lease or affecting
Mission's rights or interests a s successor to
Th o rnton's interests in the Water Lease.
Wat e r Yield o f Tho rnton Ran ch Cree ►: Lea se
Right. To the b es c oi Th o rnton's l:nowledg e,
the av e rage nr.nuol yi e ld o! water avc.ilable
to Thornton fro m the Thornton Ranch Creel:
Lease Rights pursua n t to the Engl t wood-
'l'hornton Wat e r Lease ha s bee n at l e ast 1500
acre-fee t. Th ornton ha s not entered any
agreement or ta ken any action that mi ght
decrease the amount o f water available in the
future to Mission fr c m any of the sour ces
provided for in the Englewocd-Thor ntcn Water
Lea st, and Thornton has no kno.·l ed<Je of any
such agreement or actions, existing or
proposed, by other parties. Thornton has not
received from Englewoo d or De~v er any notice,
oral or written, i nd icating th a t Englewoo d or
Denver intends to interru p t or curtail
deli\·eries of wate~ to _.hic t-, Thor n ton ••oulc:
otherwise b e entit;ed unc e r the Engl e wood-
Thornton Water Lease .
Status of Water lliohts . Each of th e
Engle.,ood Ranch Cre~k WRter Rights (except
the _.ater right for Cabin Cret:k Rese-rvoir,
which was aband o ned in Cas e No . l-."-750-78) ,.
and the KcL e llan Re se rvoir stor ag" right,
ha ve been d ec reed anci or~ in goo d standin'9
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unde r Co l o r,1do l a ... ·. liu ne o f s c i d ... 1a tt·r
rights i s the sub~ect o f 8ny pen t ing o r
threat e ne d h'a tcr cOurt proceed in g o f ...,,t,)ch
Tt1ornlon is a~a re.
Thornton I s storag e a c co u n t in McLeJ. J.an
Rese r v oir on Sept embe r 30, 1985, contai ned
2850 ac re-f ee t, and no water t,as been with-
tr awn from s a id account since that date. At
l eas t 2850 acrP -!~e t of water, less any
unreplaced ev aporetion and seepag e los s e s ,
wi 11 be retained in storage in said account
for conveya nce t o ~i ss ion a t closing.
Tho rnt on o wn s such water free a nd clear of
any l iens or encur.ilirances.
~.2 Mi ssi o n Re prese n tations anC::: \.ia rr anties.
:, presents and ~ar r~~ts as follows :
~i ss ion
( l) Ml ss io:-i Authoritv. Mi ss ion is a c 0rooratior.
duly org a nized, valid l y e>:isting , i n go ccl
st .:i nC:1ng un der t:)e laws of Ca lit u.r nia, is
a uth o r1 z t d to dD business in Colorndo an d is
in good sta nding ur.d e r the laws of Colorado ,
end h ns a ll requisite cvr pora t.e power anC
~ut h o rity t o execute a~C perform th is Agre e -
r:.c nt.
(2 ) t-H s s ion \,· · .. er Riohts. fl.~ission m.:ns er
con t rols sllific1en t wttter rights t o perform
its obligations under Section 3.2 of this
Agreement.
4.3 Re oresentations and ~arranties are Continuino .
The reprc Eent at i ons and warranties made by the partiE~ are
co ntinuing. Each such representaticn and war ra nty shall be true
and unch a nged as of the closing, and shall survive the closing
and s h a ll cor.tinu e ther ea fter, except that the re prese ntation s
nn d .·arran ties set f o rt h i n Section 4. l I 2 1 ,,h;, ll e xpir e eight (8 )
ye ars a fte r cl e>s i r.g as provided there i n. For the purposes of
!=.e ct 1 e,r:~ 4 .1, 4.2 an<l 4 .3 herein, "Thor nt on " and "t-:issi on "
1nc l ud e rh e 1r of!ic e rs, em plo1•ees , c ons ult ants ~nd at t orneys.
4 , 4 Opinions of CcLlnse l. Th orntor, shall furnish to
M1 ss ~u n a wr1tt~n op inion , s~t 1 sfec t ory t o Mission, by th e
Th o rnto n Uti li ties Attorney confirming th a t each of th e fnreg o in g
rc p·es e n ta tions and wa rranti es by Thornton is tru e as of the dat e
0 f cl os i ng. Mis s io n shall furnish to Tho r nton writt en opinion s;
s at 1sf•ct ory to Thornton, by Mission's attorneys confirming t hat
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1·1•c:!. , ~ t he !c...re cu lna rcprc s ent(jt1 o n s end 1,,,·u r1 jj nt c.•s t.,y ~•.iss 1on
.. t : 1:1 ;,s of t?1c:~ dut e of closi ng .
Each of the foll o 1.-ing cnn diti ons sha ll be fulfilled
J'l lo r t o c )osing, and each is a cor1ciltion pr ec~d ent tel Ml E-si on's
~b l1g~t1 on ~ under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of t h is Ag rec menl:
5.1 Enolewood Conscr.t. Promptly after cxecut1on b y
'!ii tJ :.t r r, a nd MlsS 1on:-this hc;r terr.e nt sha ll be submi tted b •,1
TL L !r.t.ir. t c., £ng)C'1,,,•ood for ap proval jn rori'pl1anc e 1,,,·.ith parag r opl.
3 3 o f th£! Eng]c1,,,·ood-Thornt.o n Wet.er Lt os e . Prior t o closing,
1:r.gle1,,,·o~C.: !:hal l have executed a form of Cons e-nt t.o As s.ig rJ""~nt in
f or n, hnd c o ntent. s nt.isfactory to ~i ssio~ ir1 its cole discreti on ,
C \.•11s<.;;._1 n9 t c th.i s Agreement and th e as si«;-nm e nt prov1CeC fur
h1 •r e 1n . Aft er ex e cution by Englewood, ~uch Ccns ent t o .A.ssignmen t
:-h;...c !l be· attached to this 1-.gr eenent as Appendix 2 a n d s ha ll be
in c c r po ruleri h£.:rein by this reference .
5.2 Miseion Eva lu ation of Yi e l ci of T ~ornt on Ra ~ch
C!·c ,_·~: Lr.:o s e hlchts-. \·:1th1 n ten (l OJ cia vs a:t c z t :1 r--dat e o f t h1s
A g 1cc:r•~r.~, Thur nt cn shall C!e iive r tc> ~,.:.i s!.~ion: (a) tabulat10:1
!"hC;L·1n n dat es ar.d arr.a u nt!.> of Celiveries o: \,,at er b,· tr,nle· .. ·ood t o
Tti orn t.O n p ursu ant t o 1'hor nton Ranch Cr ef'~: Lease R1ght .. s 1n eac h
,·t ·,::-cc:1 J;ic:nc1;-:c: in 197 7 , and anv other Celi\·crie s or sales of
~·r:tcr t u Th o rnton p ursu a nt t c th €' Englc:\..·oc d -T t-,crnton h'ater Lease
H1 £.:C.c !, !>Uch Jl:Ul"; {b) cop les of ul~ e r.g~1~t-er 1ng stuC.:1:s and
1 c:p ~rts e ftimating the yitld of the 1:.n glewocd Ra n ch Cre:t k Wat er
R19 h t s or the Th or nton Ra nch Cre cJ.:. Lease P..i yh t. W1 1:h1n six t y
((,C) dt.ys after the date of th1 s AgrE-err en t or attP.r delivery of
th e 1 :eg o ing .items , whiche ve:r i s l ater, Missi on shi.11 c o ~plett
i ls .ev e 1 ua ti uri of t.he project ed future a ,·er a')t: unnua l y .i e ld of
th e Thornton Ranch Creek Lease Rights. Thornton has represen ted
that s uch yield ha s been at lea r;t 1 500 acre-feel annually, and
~~.i.s£ion's execution of this Ac;reement is in reliance on su ch
r epresen tation. If ~ission determines, in its sol e disc:eti c n ,
that th~ estimated future average a nnu a l yield is less tha n 150 0
a c re-fe e l, i t shel l be c•·,ti tled at .it s o .a 1u:1 t o terr.11 n ate th l!:
;..,C?r c-1::1.£::n t \,,,'ithout further oblige1t..iori 01 c:1t.her party. v:r1ttc.r.
n o ti ce of such ten~,ination sha ll b e C]ivc·1. h"i th1n tf:n {!(,) Cays
b f l t.:r e xp ::rat 1 on of t.he 60-d ay per.icd spec1fic,cJ i;1 thi s St("tion
~.~ for c omp letion of Mission's evalueti o n of yield.
S.3 Mission Evaluation o f Phv~~col CondJtion o : ~at e ~
}cc1 l l t iE:5, M.i5~1on shal l have a pc-r Jod of Sl :-:t.y ((.0) d n ys a1tt:r
·t h<. ci u te o ! t his Agr eement w.it hin which t o inve~tigatE:' and
f'\"J]u a tt: t :, .. physicc.1i cu£1 ditior1 of the £;19]E.·w o od Ranch Cre e},
Cc•l l t·c t.1on ~sstem and McLellan Res t rvo1r and lhl:: water fJ.cilitic r
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:,cc·,a t ec 1 h.-1c,.,th, If ~::ss 1o n d e t ermi n es , ,nits so le d1 ec rc-
····• t ha~ the phys1cR l c c1.c 1ti on of any such s tr ucture o r
,n :1t y \s n o t satisfa -:t or\', th en Mi s s ion sha ll be entitled at
,t s p t1 on t o t ermina te t hlS hgreement with ou t further obliga i on
c ! nt c< 1--•"t\'• Written n o tice of such termination shall be
o vcn ,,ithln t en (10) days after ex p iration of said sixty (bO) -
c:, .-pe riod.
S. 4 S ubmi ttal to Denver l>ater Board. Paragraph J 4 of
•flt "t:o d ificat ion of March 17, 1964 Water Exchar,ge hc;recr.;e nt"
ca t • ti Ser t o!:>e 1 2, 19i9 bet\.'ecn Englewood, Denver and /-.me ricar.
Ertol C1i11 1ax , Jnc. provide s:
J4. Engl e wood agrees that i t will no t,
a!t.er the Ca ; e upon '"''hi ch th !.s inst.rument
become s oper ,ive directly or ind i rectly,
sell ~·ater fL l domestic or munic ipal u s e, or
pr ovi d e do~e~~ic or muni cipal water service,
outs 1de its municipal bound a ries to any
person or entity for a ny area not currently
r e ceiving scch water or water servi ce unless
cq:·pl1cntior, therefor shall h ave first be en
~a ce t o the Board and unless:
A. The Bo ard fi~ds tha t it is not
ub le to proviCe water or water service
f e r such area ...-ithin a r ea sonable time
after rece1pt of the application, with
the reEult that the Board de clir,es to
accept the application, or
B. The Board finds that it is
able to provide such wate r or water
service, but for othe r reas ons declines
to accept the application.
Pr cm pt l y a!ter execution by Thornton and Mission, this Agr eemer.t
ch a ll t e s ubmitted by Mission to the Denver ~ater Board for its
c or.s1c:e,1 .s t1 c n ano action in c om pliance -,ith paragraph 14 of t h•
"'!".o cll ' ,~a t ion of March 17, 1964 Excl,anae J,c r eement" set f or.!.
;, e ve . i,t th e t.iine of subm1tting th lS 0hgreer::en t, Mi ssior. s hai
make ai:,;:1 _cation to the Denver Water Board for w~ter or water
s<"n·1ce in the arr,ount of J5Q0 acre-feet annually, P rior t o
cJ os 1ng, M1c c ion shall have received fr om th e Denver Water Board
• wr1tte~ re s pon s e decli ni ng to accept Mis c ion's application.
5.S OpiniPns o i Co u 1o sel. Miss1on sha ll have recP ived ~~d ~cc epteo t h e op inior. of Tho rnton 's Ut1lity Attorney requir ed
l y s~cticn 4.4 o f t h is Agreemen t.
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~~rec o tt.er~i se , c lo£1 n c s ha ll be held o~ ~ ~~te to be spe c ifie~
h· f:i c sion, ,,hich date· shal \ be within filt e en (15 1 c!avs after
6.1 p~ o ! Clo s ing. llnlcsr t he po:-ties mut u all v I
t :~ ~:~ion c_;i vcs not ic e to 7h o rnton that each o f the condition s o!
t his Agreemen t r e quir e d to be fu l filled pri or t o c l osing h a s been
!ul ~i ]led, o r has been \,,:01ved ty Mi ssion at i ts op t icn.. Jf
c l o sing is not cor..ple ted by May 31, 1966, due to failure t o
c!J t.<.ir. Engle\.·ood's consent to the asfiC?nr.ien t effected b y th is
J•.c;: c·c·:·e r.t: o r f ai lure of l>enve:r to resp ond to Miss1 on 1 s o pt<l ici!-
l l(l :1 for ...,·a ter serv ice, t h en this 1\gJ·ecment shall te:rrr.1 n u tt ..
tlfdt·ss the pe.rties mutua l ly agree t o ext.e nd the date o f closing .
6.2 Hour a nd Place of Cl o si~c. Closing sha l ! be held
,i t th e o ffices Of Vi1ss1on , 6 I nverness Cr,u rt East, E nql<?-..·ooC,
c~,t ~•r .3 do , at 10:00 a.m., un l e s s the par ti es mutually agre l:
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7.1 Breach of Repres en ·a ti onE ar.C: \-:arrantjc-!:, r:tc. ]f
,;.,J re:=,:-e s t2nt at1 o n er \.o'a :-ra;1"'..y n.,.Cc· by Th o rr:t c.n 1n t h is i-.gr E:-~;;.e ~1·~
] ~ I recched and on y of Mission I s rights pu rsuant t o thl s Jicr€:.1:-
r.t :1t u =·e th ere by adverse ly affec t ed , th er. ~u bJ€c t t c-SeC"tio:,
t..l (2) herein, at "~iss.ion 's opt ion thi s Agre emen t shall be nul l
,1:.f ! ,·v iC c;1 nd l-~is£ion shal l be e ntitled "'..o recove:: f rom Thor r,t un
.,.l 1 s u."7,S pc1d by t-:iss1 on t.o Thorn t o n.
7.2 lit t err.rited Con ~cmnotion, Etc . l! at a r.y tine
T h c-;nton takes any action or part i c.;.pate s ~r 1 ,1r.y act.ion 1 1ncl u C-
1 nc ~ithou t l imi t ation an acti o n i n e ~J~cr.t domain , ~hi c h
di;ec tly or indire ct ly affects Mission's rights un~er thi s
li gree1;i er.t , such action sha l l b e-d eeme d a bre u c h of this 1,grr:e -
me r.t .
VII J . MI SCELLANEOUS.
a.1 r-.:c tice s. hll notices, c c-nsP:1~s or othe : c or.~-r:J:,1-
c.-:i t icns provid e d f o r Jn this Agr e~irr•r.t f.hal l b r 1n ...,ri ti n~. t:nC
~h.-.d l be de <::r..ed properly 91 v en anrl i e:c.:tl\'t:ci \..h f:-1~ ac tu al):: s:.:\t::1 I
i.rnC r e-ce iveci or thre,e (3 ) Cays nftcr r.:a1}e:d, if sent b y rc.~J Ei -
tcrca or c ert ifi e d Unit ed St ates ~n il, p c cta9c pr~p~id , ~c~:e:ts~~
t 1 a ~•a rty at i ts address se t f o rth at th e beg1nn1n C; 0 ! t.h 15
/.q:~c~cnt or at su c h other addr ess a~ tl1e par t)' ~1~y ci~s 1 gnit.~ t ~·
~1 -Jt ten n o tice t o the ot~er par t)',
8 . 2 :;u c · e~.!--o r s a nd Ass i on s . ?-:e 1 t her pr1r ty r.ic y a!.Sl c;z.
jt.r. rjghts u nd~1.tus Agre emen t ,dtho ut t he \.o'r 1 tt.e11 c 0n .se n t ci 1
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::it• o t!~cr pc :·t y . Such con s ent s hall n o t un re<i !:>0 nablv Uc \,:ith-
! l :L . r;c \·1 r.e:-C , h o 1.,,e ve r, th a t Mi s sion sh a ll be e ~titl e d to
~:s : 1 s1 1 n :1d c o~ve y 1ts ri g hts en d o b ligat i o n s u nde r th:i s Ag r eement
t a H 1s h 1 i ::1Cs Rc::-,c h De v e l opment Corpo ration, a Co lorcdo co rporn -
t 10 :1 ,1:1 C \..'h o lly-o -...·ned subsidiary of Mis si on, to Ce ntenni a l \-i'ater
,:;.d !·.-.r11t.a t !C:1 f1i s trict, o r to the City of En glc'"'•o c,d, without any
'.c : t l.,•r ai:;:r o va l b y Th o rnton.
6.3 Bin dinq Effect. Th e t e rms an d pro vi s ion s o f th i s
i-.~:i c.,,c ri t.~11t s h a l 1 b~ bi nd ing u p o n a nd inu:-e t o the bt=:11 <:fit of
i.:· :.~ ~o r. or1C 7h o :-:i t on .
8 .4 1:0 Th ird Pa rty B~ne fi c i arie s . ls o ne of the terms
r ,: rH0v1 f 1 o n s o f t h is Agr c:en,e r,t &hull be deer.ie:d to be f e r the
h ~,1~f1t o ~ a n y p e r son or party other than t-:)ssi o n and 'Thor n ton.
8 .~. Entire Agreement. This Agreeme n t constitu tes the
< i.t 1 re u n Ce:r sta nd 1ng between the parties ":ith respect t o the
: t:! J e c t n.c t t P r h ereo f o r,C all p r i c,r a g r eeme nts or und e rst a nding s
!'"h r:! l b e-Ceerre-:: me rg e d herei n . r;c., r ep r es ent a ti c ns, warrantie s o r
cc.:·t .:f ic -::.t1 on ?:, ex p re~~ or i mpli e d , sh o ll e:-:i st U R b e t-..:eer: the
i c:: :.:(.-~ , :-:c-c•~-:.. c ~ s ta t e d her e i n .
b.6 !·'.o d 1 f1 c t!tions in h'r 1tinq. Nn c:r.,encin,e r,t s , \,:ai v er s ,
c:· n r,C if:c a t 1 c:-.~ l 1P J~o f shii l l be me.d e or d eer.ie d to h a v e b ee n made
~r 1!t:r ~ :~ ~r 1 t :1 .9 e x e cut e d b y th e p a rty t o b e b o und thereby.
8.7 Srve r ab ilit)'· lf a n y p rovisio n of t his Aoreement
: !.~}) b ~ 1~\·a !1 d, i ll €g~l or un en!or~eat l c it sh a ll n o t a~fect o r
:I',! t.11.r t.ht: e :-,!o r c e a bil i t:; o f any oth~r prov isions of this Agre e -
8.8 Applicab l e Law.
r :c t e d a ~d enfo rced acc o rding
Co le,rad o .
This Agree:ment sha 11
to the laws of t he
be intP.r-
State o f
8 .9 Hea di n g s n nd Ca o t ions f o r Convenience. All
t1c o~i ncs a~2 c a p ti o n s u s ~d i r, thi E Ag r e ~men t t r c f o r conve n ie n c ~
C"•r.l~.· a ~r.d or<= o ! r1 0 me an i n g i n the in tE::rpr E:t a t.1on or effect o f
U n !c i \<:r ee :r,<:r.t .
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!Lt· <:':c y 1.1r.C ye.e r !i rst above \:ritten. ·
CI TY Of TII OJ;!, TOIi ,
a n,un 1cipal c0r p~r~tion
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Tt',if: Agreement was appr oved b y Orciinan c e Ne,,/.~· 71',
~, c,Ps of l \•tE, a d op t ed by t ht City Ccunc1l or the City oi
Ttit •i:.·~c,r1 on -d/•,,,t.,..<.,Hf A'-/ , 198 6 .
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Sc:cretaty
C!iy Cler k of th e Cf ty 6 1 ~horn •0 ~
CI TY Of THORIITON, acting b y and
th:ccgh its Ut i lities 6 0 arc
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Ct:.&irrr.an, llti l 1 t1E:s Bo crci
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