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RESOLUTION NO. 90-39
WHEREAS, the Tarrant County Mayors' Council has recommended the
institution of litigation against the City of Fort Worth in order to preserve
the rights of the wholesale customer cities to challenge the imposition by the
City of Fort Worth of new charges for water and wastewater service; and
WHEREAS, the Mayors' Council steering committee appointed to manage the
litigation and negotiations with the City of Fort Worth has requested that
cities desiring to participate in the litigation formally authorize their
inclusion; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayors' Council steering committee has requested that
participating cities authorize the financing of the joint effort by
assessments based on the amount of treated water supplied and wastewater
received by the City of Fort Worth during the year 1989; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. THAT Staples, Foster & Hampton, Attorneys, are hereby
authorized to include the City of North Richland Hills, Texas as a party
plaintiff in litigation to be instituted against the City of Fort Worth
challenging the attempt by that city to charge its own impact fees to customer
cities.
Section 2. THAT the Tarrant County Mayors' Council and its steering
committee appointed to deal with Fort Worth's impact fee charges are hereby
authorized to proceed with the employment and payment of consultants and to
negotiate with Fort Worth and to take all steps necessary to ensure that
charges made to customer cities are fair and equitable.
Section 3. THAT the City of North Richalnd Hills agrees to pay to the
City of North Richland Hills, as trustee for the Mayors' Council steering
committee, an assessment based on the City's water supplied and wastewater
received by the City of Fort Worth in 1989.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 27th day of August, 1990.
CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS
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