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"Parties" and "Party" means collectively and individually, as the context requires, each of the <br />City, Owners, and, upon execution of a joinder to this Agreement, the District. <br />"Utility Agreement" means that certain utility agreement to be entered into between the District <br />and the City governing the provision of utility service to the Property. <br />ARTICLE II. <br />CREATION OF DISTRICT <br />Section 2.01 Consent to Creation of District. The City acknowledges Owners' request, in <br />accordance with Section 54.016 of the Texas Water Code, for the creation of the District that is <br />authorized to exercise all powers granted to municipal utility districts pursuant to Article XV1, <br />Section 59 of the Texas Constitution, Chapters 49 and 54 of the Texas Water Code, as amended, <br />and all other constitutional provisions, laws, and regulations presently existing or hereafter <br />enacted. On the Effective Date, the City has approved an ordinance (the "Consent Ordinance"), <br />the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C, consenting to the creation of the District and <br />the inclusion of the Land within the District. The City agrees that the Consent Ordinance <br />constitutes the City's consent to creation of the District within the City's extraterritorial <br />jurisdiction. No further action will be required by the City to evidence its consent; provided, that <br />the City will provide Owners a certified copy of the Consent Ordinance as adopted by the City. <br />Section 2.02 Annexation. The City agrees that it will not annex the District until at least (i) all <br />public infrastructure facilities (including, but not limited to, water, wastewater, drainage, and <br />roadway facilities) have been completed to serve at least ninety percent (90%) of the Land within <br />the District, and (ii) Owners, Developer, and their respective successors and assigns, have been <br />fully reimbursed by the District to the maximum extent permitted by the rules of the Commission <br />or other applicable laws of the State of Texas. <br />Section 2.03 Stratel4ic Partnership Allreements. Section 43.0751 of the Texas Local <br />Government Code provides for the negotiation and implementation of "strategic partnership <br />agreements" between cities and municipal utility districts. The District shall approve, execute, <br />and deliver to the City a Strategic Partnership Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit D or as <br />otherwise allowed by law and agreed to by the City and the District. The District may not issue <br />bonds until the District has executed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with the City. Once in <br />effect, the terms of the Strategic Partnership Agreement shall control the City's annexation of <br />land within the Property. <br />Section 2.04 Records. Upon request of the City, the District shall submit its annual audit to <br />the City when such audit is required by the Commission. All public information of the District <br />shall be available to the public in accordance with the Texas Public Information Act. <br />ARTICLE III. <br />WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES <br />Section 3.01 Water Services. The City will provide water service to the District. The City <br />964507_3 <br />