HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 83-15 RESOLUTION ~;~..~ -/4
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, URGING APPROVAL
BY DALLAS CITY COUNCIL OF WATER TRANSMISSION LINE CONTRACT
NO LATER THAN JUNE 8, 1983.
WHEREAS, the City of Dallas, (with the consent of the City Council
of Dallas), the City of Carrollton, Texas, (with the consent of its City
Council) and The Colony Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Denton County,
Texas, (with the consent of its elected Board), have heretofore entered
into a contract entitled "WHOLESALE TREATED WATER CONTRACT," and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the contract and in cooperation with the City of
Dallas Water Utilities Department, the District will construct a 36 and 48
inch water transmission line from the Dallas Elm Fork Treatment Plant
in Carrollton to the District, and
WHEREAS, the water transmission line has been engineered to meet
City of Dallas specifications and, upon construction by the District, the
water transmission line will be dedicated to the City of Dallas, and
WHEREAS, contracts for the construction of the water transmission
line and associated facilities thereto have been bid and a bid advantageous
to the City of Dallas, City of Carrollton, and the District has been received
provided the bid is approved on or before June 10, 1983, and
WHEREAS, unless such contract as bid is so approved, the City Council
of the City of The Colony, Texas, supports the District's belief that the
necessity to rebid the contract will result in a ]ess favorable bid and higher
costs to the District, to Dallas and to CarroHton, and will cause delays
in the project which must be completed before the year 1985, to ensure
the residents of the City of The Colony, Texas, an adequate water supply
during that year.
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that ~he City Council of the City of
The Colony, Denton County, Texas, hereby unanimously urges the City
Council of Dallas, in the public interest, to approve no later than June 8,
1983, the award of bids for construction of the water transmission line
from the Elm Fork Treatment Plant, as recommended by the Staff of the Da]ilas
Water Utilities.
APPROVED BY .T~IE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY,
TEXAS, ON THE ~-f~-- DAY OF ~_~e~ , 1983.
LAR~ D. SAMPLE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JA~/CE CARROLL, CITY SECRETARY