SUBJECT: An Ordinance to approve the Third Contract Amendment to the Untreated Water Supply Contract between the City of Houston and the Baytown Area Water Authority.
RECOMMENDATION: (Summary) Approve an ordinance authorizing the Mayor to execute the Third Contract Amendment to the Untreated Water Supply Contract between the City of Houston and the Baytown Area Water Authority.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION:
The City of Houston (“Houston”), City Council, approved an Untreated Treated Water Supply Contract (“Original Contract”) on September, 28, 1994, with the Baytown Area Water Authority so that Houston could sell untreated water to the Baytown Area Water Authority. Houston City Council approved a First Amendment to the Original Contract on December 21, 2004, to increase the contract quantity from 11.9 million gallons per day to 15.8 million gallons per day. Houston City Council approved a Second Amendment to the Original Contract on February 14, 2007, to increase the contract quantity from 15.8 million gallons per day to 20 million gallons per day.
Baytown Area Water Authority has requested to amend the Original Contract to add an additional point of delivery for its proposed east water plant location and to increase the contract quantity from 20 million gallons per day to 26 million gallons per day.
The Department of Public Works and Engineering recommends approval of the Third Amendment to the Untreated Water Supply Contract.