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Section I Approvals. Unless otherwise required by law, each consent, approval,
<br />or other official action required of the Sponsoring Public Entities or the Agency by any provision
<br />of this Contract shall be deemed in compliance with this Contract when written evidence of such
<br />action, signed by the respective Authorized Representative, is delivered to the party who is to
<br />receive evidence of such action. All contracts to be entered into by the Agency shall be
<br />authorized by the Agency's Board of Directors. The Sponsoring Public Entities will cooperate
<br />with the Agency in the design, financing, acquisition, and construction of the Project and,
<br />following the adoption of the Bond Resolution by the Agency's Board of Directors, will not take
<br />any action or fail to take any action (including, without limitation, any exercise or denial of its
<br />consent or approval of any action proposed to be taken by the Agency or any of its agents
<br />hereunder), if taking or failing to take such action, respectively, would unreasonably delay or
<br />obstruct the completion of the Project by the Agency.
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<br />Section 2.9 completion
<br />(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Section, when the Facilities
<br />have been substantially completed, the Agency shall deliver to the Sponsoring Public Entities a
<br />certificate of the Agency and the Project Engineer stating that, as of a specified date, the Project
<br />has been substantially completed and is ready to be placed in service (the date specified in such
<br />certificate being herein called the "Completion Date").
<br />(b) The Sponsoring Public Entities and the Agency acknowledge that the proceeds of
<br />the initial series of Bonds will be insufficient to complete the acquisition and construction of the
<br />Project, and accordingly agree to use their best efforts to issue Additional Bonds, or to secure
<br />financing pursuant to the TWDB Program or a similar State or Federal Program (e.g., the
<br />USEPA Revolving Fund), in an amount sufficient to complete the Project.
<br />Section 2.10 Title to Water. Title to the water shall be in the Agency until it
<br />passes through the meter or meters installed pursuant to this Contract at or near the Delivery
<br />Point, following which it shall be in the respective Sponsoring Public Entities that take delivery
<br />of the water at that point. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees, with respect to water to
<br />which the party has title, to save and hold each other party hereto harmless from all claims,
<br />demands and causes of action which may be asserted by anyone on account of the transportation
<br />and delivery of the water while title to the water is in such party.
<br />S, GLOM 2.11 Access to Prepnly gf SgggH inu Public )1ntities. Should any
<br />facilities, pipelines, or appurtenances owned by the Agency be installed in any street, alley, or
<br />public way within the boundaries of any of the Sponsoring Public Entities, as same are now
<br />constituted or as may hereafter be revised, the respective Sponsoring Public Entity hereby grants
<br />to the Agency the right, privilege and franchise of using such streets, alleys and public ways for
<br />the purposes of maintaining, operating, laying, repairing, or removing such facilities, pipelines,
<br />and appurtenances, subject to compliance by the Agency with the franchise and right-of-way
<br />management ordinances and other applicable laws and regulations of the respective Sponsoring
<br />Public Entity, and the payment of applicable franchise or right-of-way use fees.
<br />Sin 2.12 Fasenents. Each of the Sponsoring Public Entities hereby agrees to
<br />grant to the Agency such easements as may be reasonably necessary for the purposes of placing,
<br />constructing, operating, repairing, maintaining, rebuilding, replacing, relocated, and removing
<br />Facilities upon, over, across and through the property of the respective Sponsoring Public Entity
<br />and giving to the Agency, and its successom au&assigns, all of the rights and benefits necessary
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