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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7753RESOLUTION NO. _ 775 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN PUEBLO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, PUEBLO CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, COUNTY OF PUEBLO, AND THE BOARD OF WATER WORKS OF PUEBLO, COLORADO RELATING TO THE HISTORIC ARKANSAS RIVERWALK PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO EXECUTE SAME. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: SECTION 1. The HARP Intergovernmental Agreement between Pueblo, a Municipal Corporation, Pueblo Conservancy District, County of Pueblo, and Board of Water Works of Pueblo, Colorado (the "Agreement ") a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, having been approved as to form by the City Attorney, is hereby approved. The President of the City Council is authorized to execute the Agreement in the name of the City. SECTION 2. City Council does hereby request that the Participants to the Agreement meet and confer with respect to specific obligations to be undertaken by each party in furtherance of HARP, including without limitation, financial and maintenance obligations, and that such meetings and negotiations commence by December 15, 1995 and be completed on or before March 1, 1996. INTRODUCED November 27, 1995 ATTEST: W ..�- By Al Gurule Councilperson APP O ED: 6K" V4"vs. President of the City Council HARP INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is entered into as of the day and year set forth below by and among Pueblo Conservancy District, Pueblo, a Municipal Corporation, the County of Pueblo, and the Board of Water Works of Pueblo, Colorado, hereinafter collectively called the "Participants ". WHEREAS, the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk Project (HARP) consists of a joint effort among various governmental entities and private enterprises for the purpose of reestablishing the Arkansas River as it originally flowed before the 1921 flood; and WHEREAS, it is the overall intent of the HARP to create within the City of Pueblo, a recreational and commercial area for the enhancement of the Downtown/Union Avenue area, the promotion of its recreational use, and the development of potential commercial utilization of the area; and WHEREAS, the Participants recognize that the HARP will be accomplished only with the mutual cooperation and support of the Participants as well as others in the community. NOW THEREFORE and in consideration of the following mutual covenants and conditions, the Participants agree as follows: 1. The Participants agree to cooperate with one another in the planning and development of the HARP. Each individual Participant's cooperation shall be solely at the discretion of the Participant and the Participant's governing body. 2. The Participants agree to contribute resources in cash or in kind as each individual Participant may determine to be in its best interest for the purpose of accomplishing HARP. 3. The Participants agree to take those steps necessary to promote and encourage the development of HARP as each individual Participant may determine to be in its best interest. 4. The Participants agree to encourage appropriate staff members of each individual Participant to meet with staff members of other Participants for the purpose of carrying out the objectives of HARP, as each Participant deems it in its best interest. 5. The intent of this HARP Intergovernmental Agreement is to express each Participant's support for the overall objectives of HARP as expressed herein without in any way creating a legal or binding obligation on behalf of any Participant to this Agreement. 6. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which when executed by each Participant shall constitute but one and the same instrument. ENTERED into as of this 27th day of November, 1995. PUEBLO C NVERVANCY DISTRICT By PresN4ent PUEBLO, a Municipal Corporation By _ President, City Council CO(1TvT`r' OF PUEBLO By 0 1 i A Chairman, Board of County Commissi ers BOARD OF WATER WORKS OF Emu /��