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City of San Marcos/Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Water Treatment Facilities Service Contract Recitals reviews as they deemed necessary to become familiar with the water treatment system prior to submission of the proposals. (I) Proposals submitted in response to the RFP were received on March 11, 2004 from the Authority and OMI, Inc. (J) A Request for Clarification was issued on September 21, 2004. Three addenda to the Request for Clarification were issued on October 5, 2004, November 1, 2004 and November 15, 2004, respectively. Proposal clarification submittals were received from each of the proposers on November 29, 2004. (K) Based on an evaluation utilizing the evaluation factors and selection criteria and following the review and selection process identified in the RFP, the City selected the proposal submitted by the Authority as the most advantageous proposal received in response to the City's RFP with respect to water treatment system operations. (L) In February 2005, the City initiated the contract negotiations with the Authority which have concluded with this Service Contract. (M) On September 20, 2005, the City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the execution and delivery of this Service Contract. [N] The water treatment system will continue to be owned by the City and certain water assets will be operated, maintained, repaired, replaced and managed by the Authority. [0] The Authority owns and operates a delivery system that delivers Raw Water to the Plant (the "San Marcos Raw Water Delivery System"). [P] The Authority is in the process of constructing a treated water delivery system that will transmit treated water from the Plant to customers of the City and the Authority generally located between the City of San Marcos and the City of Buda (the "IH 35 Project"). The IH-35 Project may result in a need to increase the capacity of the Plant. [Q] The City and the Authority entered into an Agreement dated July 1, 1997, as amended by that certain letter agreement between the City and the Authority dated December 9, 2003, that provides, among other things, for delivery of raw water to the Plant, for potential expansion of the Plant for the City's and/or the Authority's use, and for delivery of treated water from the Plant to City and Authority customers (the "Regional Agreement") and it is the intent of the parties that this Service Contract does not modify or amend the rights and obligations of the parties under the Regional Agreement or any other existing agreements, other than the current operating contract between the parties dated May 11, 1999. [R] The City desires to receive, and the Authority desires to provide water treatment system operations and asset management services under the terms of this Service Contract. 2