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, . 80 AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF SAN MARCOS AND GUADALUPE-BLANCO RIVER AUTHORITY This Agreement Between City of San Marcos and Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (this "Agreement") is made and entered into as of the 1st day of July, 1997, by and between the CITY OF SAN MARCOS, I TEXAS (the "City"), a home rule city and municipal corporation of the State of Texas situated in Hays and Caldwell Counties, Texas, . organized and operating under the provisions of its home rule charter and the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and the GUADALUPE-BLANCO RIVER AUTHORITY ("GBRA"), a conservation and reclamation district and political subdivision of the State of Texas created pursuant to Article XVI, Section 59 of the Texas Constitution:by special act of the Legislature, formerly compiled at Article 8280-106, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes. The City and GBRA are referred to herein collectively as the "Parties," éind separately as the "Party." Recitals The City and GBRA entered into an Interlocal ~greement dated April 23, 1996, as amended (the "Interlocal Agreement"). The Interlocal Agreement, was executed by the Parties for the purpose of providing for the expeditious development of a regional surface water supply project (the "San Marcos Regional Water Supply Project," or the "Project"), to meet future water needs and reduce dependence on the Edwards Aquifer by providing an alternative source of water to the City and surrounding areas in Hays, Caldwell, Guadalupe and Travis Counties, Texas. This Agreement sets forth terms and conditions agreed upon by the City and GBRA ¡ relating to the planning, development, design, financing, ¡ construction, ownership, operation and management of the Project. GBRA holds the right to store water in and use water from Canyon Reservoir under Certificate of Adjudication No. 18-2074C. The City and GBRA have entered into a "Raw Water Contract" dated October 10, 1989, pursuant to which GBRA agrees to supply to the City up to 5,000 acre-feet per year of stored water from Canyon Reservoir ("Canyon Lake Water"). This Agreement sets forth terms and conditions agreed upon by the City and GBRA relating to the diversion, conveyance and treatment of the Canyon Lake Water to be supplied to the City. The City is willing to acquire and construct water treatment facilities to treat raw water for municipal use by the Parties and their respective customers as contemplated herein, and is willing to provide the necessary funds through the issuance of bonds. The Parties have agreed that the water treatment facilities should be operated and maintained as provided herein.