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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Council 041860CITY OF F,'LM BEECH G: DEES ` iiLETING OF COUNCIL A meeting was held at 1001 kark avenue, Lake F -irk, Florida, at 10:00 o'clock A.M. on the 18th day of April, 1960. l The meeting was called to order by the iayor. The Clerk declared a quorum of the City Council to be present. ST:ATCBY SERVICE _T;L) RATES -vITH PALM Bu'CFI CCUNTY UTI7, ITIDS SERVICE: The Mayor presented to the Council the proposed agreement for utility standby service and rates with the Falm Beach County Utilities Comrany, a Florida corporation, and after reading, discussion, and examination thereof, and there being no objection Hereto, the Council, upon motion duly made and seconded adopted the following resolution: REFCLVM: That Herbert B. Thompson, Hayor, and Norman D. Rowland, City Clerk, execute said agreement on behalf of the City of Falm Beach Garders. The meeting was then adjourned. AFFR T.: Rti A1T 1 . RO`vl :u`;i , , C TAY CLEF1 SOiI, __YC %.r1*.1CVT-SCM /J ` _ PAUL �� EV hdRACE S. MILLER - CH ,RLES n. CUNNIEGH -IM Mr' EERS CF COUNCIL *This member has failed to take the oath of office. AGREEMENT FOR r UTILITY STANDBY SERVICE PARTIES: The parties to this Agreement are; PALM BEACH COUNTY UTILITIES COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, having principal offices at 1001 Park Avenue, Lake Park Florida hereafter called ItUtility ", and the City of PALM BEACH GARDENS, a Municipal Corporation, chartered by the Florida legislature, and having its temporary offices at 800 - 10th St., Lake Park, Florida. GENERAL PURPOSES: Palm Beach County Utilities Company is providing sewer and water service to the Town of Lake Park under a franchise. The City of PALM BEACH GARDENS is acquiring a sewage disposal and water treatment plant located in the City of PALM BEACH GARDENS, and more parti- cularly in the southeast quarter of Section 12, Township 42South, Range 43 East Palm Beach County. The territories served, or to be served by the respective plants are in close proximity. The parties hereto desire to establish standby services for one another; furnish temporary or emergency service to the customers of one another; and benefit by the facilities of one another inso- far as is compatible with primary service each to its own customers. CHARGES: The parties hereto agree that the cost of any tie -in connections should be equitably distributed between them, on the basis of computations and reports prepared by an engineer or engineering firm or firms, to be mutually agreed upon. I f sex-vices are rendered by one party to customers of the other, it is agreed that the rate assessed against the customer shad be determined by the party in whose jurisdiction the customer is located; but that the accounting shall be on the basis of fair costs to the company providing the service, plus reasonable allowance for overhead and any overage or de£iciency,shall be credited or charged, as the case may be, in whose territory the customer is located. HILLTOP PARS{: It is agreed by the parties that Hilltop Park is logically the customer of PALL BEACH GARDENS, since adjacent property, planned for identical use, lies within the Bills- Goolsby tract recently annexed by 9} the City of PALM BEACH CAREENS. However, since the water treatment and sewage disposal plants of PALM BEACH GARDENS, although practically complete, - 1 - are not yet operating, it is agreed that PALM REACH COUNTY UTILITIES COMPANY shall provide the service to Hilltop Park as the agent and representative of the City of PALM BEACH GARDENS, until PALM BEACH CAREENS, own service can be extended to that area. The franchise, rates, charges, etc. shall be set by the City of PALM BEACH GARDENS. PALM BEACH COUNTY UTILITIES COMPANY shall permit the use of such mains and other facilities as it possesses in that territory; and shall charge the City of PALM BEACH GARDENS an agreed equitable wholesale rate, plus a nominal loading for overhead. KALINA PROPERTY: In similar manner, it is agreed that the Kalina property, lying inside the boundaries of PALM BEACH GARDENS, as extended, is a customer for water and sewer service for the City of PALM BEACH GARDENS; PALM BEACH COUNTY UTILITIES agrees to furnish water and sewage service to Kalina until such time as the facilities of PALM BEACHL ARIIENS are extended to service this area. The rates charged shall be set by the City of PALM N-1 BEACH GARDENS. PALM BEACH COUNTY UTILITIES COMPANY shall charge an equitable wholesale rate to the City of PALM BEACH GARDENS for this service, to be determined as set forth above. STANDBY SERVICE: In like manner, the City of PALM BEACH GARDENS agrees that when its water treatment and sewage disposal plants shall, be in operation, it will arrange for emergency tie -ins with PALM BEACH COUNTY UTILITIES COMPANY; and in emergency, it will provide assistance and relief to PATZI BEACH COUNTY UTILITIES COMPANY if and when called for; and will participate on an equitable basis in defraying the cost of interchanges to make such services possible. AMEN21ENTS AND ?&'iNEMENTS: The parties agree that this undertaking is at present informal in character; and must be elaborated and modified as the requirements of their respective communities shall dictate. Its terms shall be interpreted in the light of the charter of the City of PALM BEACH GARDENS, and of the franchise from the Town of Lake Park issued to PALM BEACH COUNTY UTILITIES COMPANY. Specific collateral agreements, refinerBnts and amendments of this Agreement may be made from time -to -time by agreement of the parties. Specific schedules and memoranda covering particular cooperative undertaking may be entered into from time -to- - 2 - time, without indicating an abrogation or abandomnent of this basic under- standing. HEREUNTO the parties have set their hands and seals this �rday of April, 1960, at Lake Park, Florida. PAIM COUNTY UTILITIE COMPANY By y Pre City of BEACH A S l7 Jr �fl V Mayor 1 U -v " City Clerk C P X August 26, 1959 Mr. E. E. Robinson, President Mobile Homes Inc. of Palm $Bach Co. P.O. Box 1118 Riviera Beach, Florida Mar Mr. Robinson: Pursuant to your request for spates for water and sewer eer-i.ce in hilltop Park, the following is submitted: Water 5,000 gallons per month minimum - $2.50 in excess of 5,000 gallons - .40 per 1,,000 �-� - sewer $2.50 per month These rates are tentative only, and are subject to filing requirements of the Florida State Public Utilities Commission. Vera truly yours i; DR: jtK �?crman J. Row i and �/ u