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I I I 205. PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING AGREEMENT FOR THE RIO VISTA DAM MAINTENANCE AND WHITEW ATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT This Agreement is made this the 8th day of March ,2006, between the City of San Marcos, Texas ("City"), 630 East Hopkins, San Marcos, Texas 78666 and Halff Associates, Inc. ("Engineer") 1421 Wells Branch Parkway, Suite 104, Austin, Texas 78660, for the provision of professional engineering services in connection with the Rio Vista Dam Maintenance and Whitewater Improvements Project (the "Project"). The City and the Engineer agree as follows: ARTICLE 1 ENGINEER'S SERVICES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND COORDINATION; STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY 1.1.1 Engineer will be responsible for the proper, accurate and adequate design and preparation of plans and specifications and other construction contract documents and for construction administration for the Project. 1.1.2 The Project generally consists of: A) the stabilization of the existing Rio Vista Dam structure and construction of three white water "drops" within the channel of the San Marcos River in the vicinity of the Rio Vista Dam to reduce and disperse the current erosive flow condition below the Rio Vista Dam (the "Instream Work"), and B) the stabilization, reshaping, and improvement of the banks of the San Marcos River in the area of Rio Vista Dam (the "Bank Work"). Halff is the Engineer for developing plans and specifications and other construction contract documents for the Bank Work portion of the Project, and for construction administration for the Bank Work Portion of the Project. The City has retained Recreation Engineering and Planning ("REP") to provide consulting services related to the Instream Work portion of the Project. 1.1.3 The City has coordinated preliminary aspects of the design and construction of the Project with the Engineer, with REP, and with KBR and with Greenway, Inc., the construction contractors the City expects to engage to perform the construction work on the Project. The Engineer fully understands and acknowledges that the successful completion of the Project WIll require a high degree of cooperation and coordination between the Engineer, the consultant selected by the City for the Instream Work portion of the Project, and the construction contractors engaged by the City to perform the construction work on the Project. The City anticipates that the Instream Work and the Bank Work will each be performed by a single construction contractor under two separate construction contracts. The City reserves the right, however, to prosecute the work in the manner which is most beneficial to the City. In providing its services, the Engineer agrees to provide a high level of cooperation and coordination with all parties involved in the design and construction process for the Project, to ensure that regardless Ham Prof, Services 1