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Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of
Corpus Christi and the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi, Texas ("City") is a home-rule municipal
corporation created under the authority of the Constitution of the State of Texas; and
WHEREAS, the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority ("GBRA") is a conservation and
reclamation district created under the authority of Article 16, Section 59 of the Constitution of
the State of Texas, consisting of that part of the State of Texas lying within the boundaries of
Kendall, Hays, Comal, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Gonzales, DeWitt, Victoria, Refugio, and Calhoun
Counties; and
WHEREAS, the City, and GBRA (collectively, the "Project Partners") recognize that
many parts of Texas, including portions in their respective service areas, are experiencing rapid
growth, both in population and in the number of businesses and industries locating therein, which
have significantly increased the need for water; and
WHEREAS, the persistent drought in Texas underscores the need for creative planning
and the implementation of creative solutions to meet current and future water needs; and
WHEREAS, the Project Partners recognize they can best serve their respective basins by
long-term planning efforts and initiatives that will focus, where appropriate, on solutions to
water needs that are regional or that transcend their service area boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the Project Partners recognize that cooperative efforts are necessary to
secure firm, long-term drought-proof water supplies for the contiguous Coastal Bend, which
stretches along the Texas coast from Brazoria to Nueces County; and
WHEREAS, the Project Partners recognize the potential that seawater from the Gulf of
Mexico represents for a limitless, drought-proof source of water supply and have taken the lead
in efforts to bring seawater desalination to Texas.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Project Partners agree to institute long-term regional and trans-
boundary planning processes and initiatives to address the water needs in areas of mutual
concern, as follows:
ARTICLE I
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONS
Within their contiguous and proximate areas, the Project Partners shall:
1.1 Work to identify additional Project Partners and areas which may be best served
by joint effort or regional or trans-boundary projects, including seawater desalination;
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1.2 Identify sources of water, funding, and other resources that would be the most
efficient resources for such projects, including seawater desalination;
1.3 Identify sources of water supply, including but not limited to water rights held by
GBRA that could be integrated into a regional distribution system that would be the most
efficient and cost-effective means of funding and developing regional or trans-boundary projects;
1.4 Develop criteria for joint planning efforts;
1.5 Gather and share data as they deem appropriate to the purposes of the
Memorandum of Understanding;
1.6 Within the limits of each Project Partners' statutory authority and where
appropriate to the purposes of this Memorandum of Understanding, carry out joint planning,
financing, construction, and operation of cooperative, regional or inter-territorial projects; and,
1.7 Cooperate in the legislative and regulatory processes to address the issues
necessary to carrying out the purposes of this Memorandum of Understanding.
ARTICLE II
GENERAL PROVISIONS
2.1 The Effective Date of this Memorandum of Understanding shall be date when the
last signer below is shown to have signed the Memorandum.
2.2 The City Council or Board of Directors of each Project Partner shall review the
accomplishments made under this Memorandum of Understanding and the desirability of its
continued existence every four years; provided, however, that any of the undersigned Project
Partners may withdraw from this Memorandum at any time by giving not less than 30 days
written notice of withdrawal to the other Project Partners. If there is more than one Project
Partner, then in the event of the withdrawal of one signatory Project Partners, this Memorandum
will remain in force and effect between the remaining signatory authorities unless terminated.
2.3 This Memorandum of Understanding anticipates the addition, by mutual
agreement, of additional Project Partners on such terms and conditions as the current Project
Partners agree; provided, however, that any of the undersigned Project Partners may withdraw
from this Memorandum at any time by giving not less than 30 days written notice of withdrawal
to the other Project Partners. If there is more than one Project Partner, then in the event of the
withdrawal of one signatory Project Partners, this Memorandum will remain in force and effect
between the remaining signatory authorities unless terminated.
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WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES on the dates indicated below:
The City of Coipus Chr'stj
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R.' • • LD L. OLSON, City Manager
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Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority ATTEST: - . a
REBECCA HUERTA
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By:
W.E. WEST,JR., General ■ .nager
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OSCAR H. FOGLE, Bt. • - r
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