7.31.
Regular City Council Meeting
Meeting Date: 09/14/2021
Information
Agenda Item
Resolution - Water Utilities: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a pipeline easement agreement, by and between the City of Lubbock and the Lake Alan Henry Water District, in connection with certain property in Garza County, Texas.
Item Summary
In 2003, the 78th Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 1941 creating the Lake Alan Henry Water District (LAHWD), a special law conservation and reclamation district.  On May 8, 2008, the City of Lubbock executed a 20-year contract with the Lake Alan Henry Water District (LAHWD) and the South Garza Water Supply (SGWS) to provide up to 520 acre-feet (169 million gallons) of raw water each year to developments surrounding Lake Alan Henry within the LAHWD service area.  Lubbock’s raw water is supplied to SGWS, a private water system operating under a contract with LAHWD.  SGWS constructed a pump station, transmission lines, a surface water treatment plant, and distribution lines to provide treated water to lot owners in the Northridge Development located along the north side of Lake Alan Henry.  The SGWS began pumping raw water from Lubbock’s intake structure in December 2009.  On November 1, 2018, the Lubbock City Council executed a new raw water lease between the City and the LAHWD.  This contract with the LAHWD was designed to replace the previous raw water contract.  The LAHWD plans to purchase the SGWS facilities and extend the water system to other developments within their service area on both the north and south side of the Lake.  As part of this agreement, the City granted the LAHWD the right to construct a pipeline on City property across the downstream side of the Montford Dam, to allow the LAHWD to transport water to developments on the south side of Lake Alan Henry.  This pipeline easement agreement is a legal instrument required by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s grant and low interest loan program which will fund the LAHWD's water supply project.
Fiscal Impact
None
Staff/Board Recommending
Jesica McEachern, Assistant City Manager
Attachments Resolution - LAHWD PipelineEasement Agreement - LAHWD Pipeline Easement

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