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COUNTY OF NUECES §
INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT
This Interlocal Cooperation Agreement ("Agreement") is made by and between the
PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI AUTHORITY ("Port"), acting by and through its governing
body, and the CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ("City"), a municipal corporation and home-rule
city of the State of Texas for its CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE DEPARTMENT ("Police
Department"), acting by and through its governing body, the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants in this Agreement, the
participating local governments ("Parties"), authorized by appropriate actions of their governing
bodies, hereby agrees as follows:
SECTION 1. PURPOSE.
The Parties desire to share personnel for the purposes of staffing a joint search and
recovery dive team.
SECTION 2. SERVICES, OBLIGATIONS, OR RIGHTS OF THE PORT.
a) Provide two Port employee divers and personal diving equipment necessary for
each diver to participate as team members in all dive operations conducted by the
Police Dive Team, subject to availability of the personnel.
b) Provide use of watercraft resources, as needed and subject to availability.
SECTION 3. SERVICES, OBLIGATIONS, OR RIGHTS OF THE CITY OR POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
a) Allow Port divers to participate in all training and operational exercises conducted
by the Dive Team.
b) Provide use of watercraft resources, as needed and subject to availability.
SECTION 4. FUNDS.
Each party which performs services under this Agreement will do so with funds available
from its current revenues.
SECTION 5. TERM OF AGREEMENT.
This Agreement shall begin on the final date of execution by all Parties for an initial
term of one year, and the City Manager is authorized to execute any and all subsequent
renewals and/or amendments to this Agreement. This Agreement shall automatically
renew annually, unless one of the participating parties provides a thirty (30) days written
notice of termination to the other party.
2009-416
Res. 028369
10/27/09
Port of CC Authority
SECTION 6. INTERLOCAL COOPERATION ACT.
The Parties agree that activities contemplated by this Agreement are "governmental
functions and services" and that the Parties are "local governments" as that term is
defined in the Interlocal Cooperation Act. This Agreement is made pursuant to Chapter
791 of the Texas Government Code.
SECTION 7. LIABILITY.
Each party to this Agreement will be responsible for any civil liability for its own actions
under this Agreement. Neither party shall be responsible to the other for personal injuries,
losses, claims, or demands, if any, caused by the acts or omissions of such party's own
officers, agents, and employees. The liability, if any, of either party, shall be that
prescribed by the laws of the State of Texas.
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Severability. In the event any term, covenant or condition herein contained shall
be held to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall
not affect any other term, covenant, or condition herein contained, provided that
such invalidity does not materially prejudice either City or Port in their respective
rights and obligations contained in the valid terms, covenants or conditions
hereof.
(b) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including Attachments, represents the entire
agreement between the Parties, and supersedes any and all prior agreements
between the Parties, whether written or oral, relating to the subject of this
Agreement.
(c) Written Amendment. Unless otherwise provided herein, this Agreement may be
amended only by written instrument duly executed on behalf of each party. No
officer or employee of any of the Parties may waive or otherwise modify the
limitations in this Agreement, without the express action of the governing body of
the Party.
(d) Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed delivered when actually received or, if earlier, on the third (3rd) day
following deposit in a United States Postal Service post office or receptacle with
proper postage affixed (certified mail, return receipt requested) addressed to the
respective other party at the address prescribed below, or at such other address as
the receiving party may have theretofore prescribed by notice to the sending
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Angel Escobar, P.E.
City Manager
City of Corpus Christi
Port
John P. LaRue
Executive Director
Port of Corpus Christi
1201 Leopard P.O. Box 1541
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403
(e) Non-Waiver. Failure of any party hereto to insist on the strict performance of any
of the Agreements herein or to exercise any rights or remedies accruing hereunder
upon default or failure of performance shall not be considered a waiver of the
right to insist on, and to enforce by any appropriate remedy, strict compliance
with any other obligation hereunder or to exercise any right or remedy occurring
as a result of any future default or failure of performance.
(f) Successors. This Agreement shall bind and benefit the parties and their legal
successors. This Agreement does not create any personal liability on the part of
any officer, agent, or employee of the City or Port.
(g) No Waiver of Immunity. No party hereto waives or relinquishes any
governmental, official, or other immunity or defense on behalf of itself, its
officers, employees, and agents as a result of its execution of this Agreement and
performance of the covenants contained herein.
(h) Validity and Enforceability. If any current or future legal limitations affect the
validity or enforceability of a provision of this Agreement, then the legal
limitations are made a part of this Agreement and shall operate to amend this
Agreement to the minimum extent necessary to bring this Agreement into
conformity with the requirements of the limitations, and so modified, this
Agreement continue in full force and effect.
(i) No Third Parties Benefit. This Agreement and all activities under this Agreement
are solely for the benefit of the Parties and not the benefit of any third party.
(j) Governing Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Texas. Venue for an action arising under this Agreement shall be in
accordance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
(k) Warranty. The Agreement has been officially authorized by the governing body of
each party, and each signatory to this Agreement guarantees and warrants that the
signatory has full authority to execute the Agreement and to legally bind their
respective party to this Agreement.
City of Corpus Christi
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City Manager
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Troy Riggs, (Date)
Chief of Police
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Armando Chapa ( ate)
City Secretary
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T. risha Dang (Date)
Port of Corpus Christi
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John P. ue, (Da e)
Executive Director
. E. Archambo, (Date
Chief of Port Security
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