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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1047 Degradation Agreement BIIL NO. 2010-071 ORDINANCE NO. /D� � AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH VARIOUS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE MID- AMERICA REGIONAL COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF A MISSOURI RIVER BED DEGRADATION FEASIBILITY STUDY WHEREAS, the Missouri River has exhibited degradation and scour of the riverbed, which has increased in recent years in the Kansas City area causing actual and potential damages to critical infrastructure along the river; and WHEREAS, the United States Army Corps of Engineers ("Corp") has conducted a Reconnaissance Study that documents the degradation impacts and recommends that a Missouri River Bed Degradation Study ("Study") be conducted to determine the causes and potential solutions to the degradation; and WHEREAS, various public and private entities, including the City of Riverside, are willing to provide cash and/or in-kind support for the Study and to participate in decision- making activities arising in connection with the Study (the "Stakeholders"); and WHEREAS, the Mid-America Regional Council ("MARC") is willing to coordinate and facilitate performance of the Study by the Corp as the official "Non-Federal Sponsor" to assure the Stakeholders needs are addressed; and WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen find that in is in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Riverside that the City provide for the participation of the City of Riverside as a Stakeholder as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 7- APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT. That execution and delivery of the Stakeholder Cooperative Agreement by and between the City of Riverside, the Mid-America Regional Council and additional parties set forth in Article I of the Agreement, in substantially the same form as Exhibit "A" attached hereto, is hereby authorized and approved. SECTION 2- EXECUTION OF CONTRACT. That the Mayor and/or City Administrator are authorized to execute the Agreement and all other documents and take such other actions necessary or incidental to the performance thereof, and the City Clerk is authorized to attest to the same. SECTION 3- REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION 4— SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. The provisions of this ordinance are severable and if any provision hereof is declared invalid, unconstitutional or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this ordinance. , ,��,�����.� .i����r:.�i. � �,���� ��,,� � �,,i� �-����, � , i i��, � � ��, . ,���.� :�� �� � BILL NO. 2010-071 ORDINANCE NO. �D� SECTION 5— EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval. BE IT REMEMBERED that the above was read two times by heading only, passed and approved by a majority of the ,o of Alder,yl�en and APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Riverside, Missouri, this �.�— day of AU/�/� -�li�J , 2010. ��� D Ka leen L. Rose, Mayor ATTEST: �_,�� c=7'f P��te.e-� Robin Littrell, Cify Clerk APPROVEp�AS TO FORM: � � � /,- . . � � � � � �J �� N n y Thomp n, City Attorney I I �i . �I.c� :1u�A P:.:I �.��'��I .. � ` i��.�'-1 tn�l ...i�.ohrl�.0 hi,:1..J Ik i I...r, i�.n. �i, �1.r.1., ( �A,a•t.��c STAKEHOLDER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT THIS STAKEHOLDER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT ("AgreemenY') is made and entered into as of the Effective Date, as hereinafter defined, by and between the MID-AMERICA REGIONAL COiJNCIL, a non-profit corporarion organized pursuant to both Missouri and Kansas laws and a wholly owned 'utstrumentality of political subdivisions ("MARC" or "Non- Federal Sponsor") and those entities listed in Article I below (hereinafter, collectively "STAKEHOLDERS," and each individually "STAKEHOLDER"). RECITALS: _ 1. The Missouri River has e�chibited degradation and scour of the riverbed, which has increased in recent years, particulazly in the Kansas City area, causing actual and potential damages to critical infrashuctixte along the river, including but not limited to levees, water supply intake structures, utility intake structures, bridges and smaller infrashucture on tributaries where head cuts and bank erosion aze occurting. 2. The United States Army Corps of Engineers ("CORPS") has conducted a Reconnaissance Study that documents the degradation impacts and recommends that a Missouri River Bed Degradation, Missouri and Kansas, Feasibility Study ("STUDY") be conducted to deteimine the causes and potential solutions to the degradation. 3. The STAKEHOLDERS have requested that MARC serve as the official "Non-Federal Sponsor" to enter into an agreement with the CORPS to conduct the ST'[JDY and to coordinate and facilitate the STAKEHOLDERS support of, involvement with and contributions to the upcoming STUDY, and to help assure that the STAKEHOLDERS' needs are addressed during the STUDY, including but not limited to the following: • Long-term viability of intake structures currently used for water supply by Kansas City, Missouri and WaterOne of Johnson County; • Reliable flood protection from the system of levees and floodwalls along the Kansas and Missouri Rivers; • Safe transportation facilities in the Kansas City reach of the river; • Stable tributary channels, river banks and bed elevation; • Natural habitat and ecosystem protection and restoration. 4. MARC, as the Non-Federal Sponsor, is entering into a Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement ("FCSA"), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, for the pucpose of undertaking the STUDY, which will be conducted by the CORPS. 5. The STAKEHOLDERS desire to set out in an agreement with IvIARC and among themselves the terms and conditions by which payments and in-kind contdbutions will be made in support of the STUDY, and a common understanding concerning STAKEHOLDER engagement in the study activiries, and decision making arising in connection with the STUDY. 6. The terms used in this Agreement are consistent with those same terms as set forth or defined in the FCSA. 1 ARTICLE I PARTIES The following entities, by their signatures hereto, have agreed to provide cash and/or in-kind support for the STUDY, to provide input as appropriate into the study activiries, and to participate in accordance with this Agreement in decision making arising in connection with the STUDY: Tier 1 STAKEHOLDERS• City of Kansas City Missouri WaterOne of Johnson County City of North Kansas City Missouri Missouri Depariment of Trazisportarion Kansas Water Office Tier 2 STAKEHOLDERS• BNSF Railway Company City of Riverside Missouri Fairfax Drainage District Holliday Sand and Gravel Company City of Independence Water Department Kansas City Power & Light Company Kaw Valley Drainage District Leavenworth Water Department North Kansas City Levee District Platte County Village of Fazley Missouri/FazleyBeverly Drainage District Additional parties may be invited to become STAKEHOLDERS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon a majority vote of the then-e�cisting parties to the Agreement. ARTICLE II STUDY COSTS AND FUNDING 1. STUDY Costs. a. The STAKEHOLDERS acknowledge that they have read the attached FCSA and that they understand the terms and conditions of such Agreement. The STAKEHOLDERS understand and agree that the total study costs, as that term is defined in the FCSA, aze projected to be $6,841,725. b. The STAKEHOLDERS understand and agree that MARC, as the Non-Federal Sponsor under the FCSA, has agreed to contribute fifty (50) percent of the study costs to be shared during the period ofstud}; utilizing cash and in-kind contributions collec6vely provided by the STAKEHOLDERS and in-kind contributions provided by MARC, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the FCSA. 2. STUDY Fundine 2 a. The STAKEHOLDERS acknowledge that each STAKEHOLDER has entered into a Stakeholder Contribution Agreement with MARC, the terms and condirions of which set forth each STAKEHOLDER' S obligations to provide cash and/or in-kind contributions to MARC in support of the STUDY. b. The STAKEHOLDERS agree to make payments as set forth in Article IV hereof and in the Stakeholder Conhibution Agreements, in retum for which the STAKEHOLDERS shall receive the rights and benefits set out herein. c. MARC agrees to make timely payments to the CORPS as provided in the attached . FCSA, so long as all of the STAKEHOLDERS have timely met the payment requirements set out in their respective Stakeholder Contribution Agreements. d. It is andcipated that the STUDY will be conducted in three phases, with the first phase of the STUDY to be completed within three federal fiscal years of the commencement of the STUDY, subject to available funding. It is the STAKEHOLDERS desire that some or all of phases two and three of the STUDY be funded entirely with federal funds, based on the expectation that the first phase of the study will result in evidence supporting a decision that continuation of the STUDY financed in full by federal funding is appropriate. Notwithstanding the STAKEHODLERS' desires for additional federai funding for future phases of the STUDY, STAKEHOLDERS understand and agree that the FCSA as currently executed contemplates the completion of the STUDY with cash and in-kind contributions from the STAKEHOLDERS, as set out in the FCSA, and the STAKEHOLDERS agree to continue to provide cash and in- kind contributions to support the STUDY, as set forth in this Agreement and in the Stakeholder Contribu6on Agreements, subject to annual appropriafions when required. e. The STAKHOLDERS acknowledge that STAKEHOLDER contribution levels aze varied and that STAKEHOLDER rights and benefits hereunder aze based upon certain tiers that aze reflective of STAKEHOLDER contribution levels as follows: (i) Tier 1 STAKEHOLDERS have agreed to contribute amounts equal to or greater than $100,000 for the first phase of the STUDY; and (ii) Tier 2 STAKEHOLDERS have agreed to contribute amounts less than $100,000 for the first phase of the STUDY. STAKEHOLDERS understand and agree that contribution amounts and tiers and the addition or deletion of STAKEHOLDERS, may be subject to change in future phases of the STUDY. ARTICLE III STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT The parties understand and agree that, subject to the CORPS' rights and responsibilities as set forth in the FCSA, STAKEHOLDERS will be afforded the opportunity for comment and input into the ST[JDY on a regulaz basis as the STUDY progresses, through the formation of a Study Coordinadon Team and a Stakeholder Committee. The structure and function of the Study Coordination Team and the Stakeholder Committee are set forth in more detail below: 3 1. Studv CoordinaUon Team a. In accordance with the FCSA there shall be established a Study Coordina6on Team, to be co-chaired by the CORPS' Project Manager and a representative of the Non-Federal Sponsor. The Non-Federal Sponsor representative shall be designated by MARC. b. The primary function of the Study Coordination Team will be to provide oversight of the STUDY consistent with the Project Management Plan (PMP) and as required under the FCSA. c. Membership of the Study Coordination Team shall be comprised of senior representa6ves frain bcth the CORPS and the Non-Federal Sponsor. The Non-Federa7 Sponsor membership shall consist of a Director from MARC and one representative from each Tier I STAKEHOLDER. Tier 2 STAKEHOLDERS shall be represented collectively by three representatives, one representative of the Tier 2 STAKEHOLDER public entities, one representative of the Tier 2 STAKEHOLDER private entities and one representarive of the Tier 2 STAKEHOLDER levee/drainage authori6es. MARC shall recommend to the CORPS a slate of Tier 2 representatives following consultation with the Tier 2 STAKEHOLDERS. Alternate representatives of each of the STAKEHOLDER members may be appointed by the respective STAKEHOLDERS as needed. 2. Stakeholder Committee. a. There will be established a Stakeholder Committee to pmvide for consistent and effective communication between the STAKEHOLDERS, MARC and the CORPS, that will be regulazly convened and facilitated by MARC. b. Each STAKEHOLDER shall appoint, in writing, one official representative to the Stakeholder Committee, who shall be enritled to one vote on any issues brought before the Committee for a vote. Each representative shall serve on the Stakeholder Committee until such time as the STAKEHOLDER shall appoint, in writing, a new representative to the Stakeholder Committee. MARC will appoint, in writing, one or more representatives to the Stakeholder Committee, who will serve until such time as MARC appoints a new representative, in writing, to the Committee. MARC representatives shall not have voting rights. c. The primary functions of the Stakeholder Committee will be to work cooperatively with the CORPS' project team, offer ongoing support to the STUDY effort through active involvement and information shazing, participate in good faith in Non-Federal Sponsor decision making, and to assist MARC in efforts to maintain compliance with the PMP, including matters related to: i. plan formulation and evaluation, including applicable economic, engineering, real estate, and environmental analysis; ii. scheduling of reports and work products; iii. independent technical review and other review processes required by the CORPS; iv. external peer review, if required; v. completion of all necessary environmental coordination and documentation; vi. contract awards and modifications; vii. contract costs; viii. the CORPS' cost projections; 4 ix. the performance of and scheduling for the non-Federal in-kind contributions; x. determination of anticipated future requirements for real property and relocation requirements and perFormance of operation, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of the proposed project including anticipated requirements for pemuts; and xi. other matters related to the Study. d. MARC, as a non-voting member, will convene and facilitate the Stakeholder Comxnittee, seeking consensus decision making in all matters and recording votes when deemed appmpriate. Each STAKEHOLDER shall have one vote in all matters for which a vote is deemed appropriate. e. Subcommittees to the Stakeholder Committee may be formed, such as a Technology or Communications Subcommittee, or others as may be appropriate from time to time, where each such Subcommittee will: i. be established by the Stakeholder Committee, ii. be chaired by a member of the Stakeholder Committee, and iii. be allowed broad membership that may include parties other than STAKEHOLDERS. ARTICLE N RESPONSIBILITIES OF MARC MARC will serve as the Non-Federal Sponsor and provide coordination services on behalf of the STAKEHOLDERS. In addifion, MARC will be responsible for ensuring the ac6ve involvement of STAKEHOLDERS in guiding the STUDY; providing review of technical information; communicating with both STAKEHOLDERS and broader community interests to keep all parties informed about the STUDY progress and relevant data available for review; and offering oppommities for public involvement. Specifically, MARC will be responsible for the following tasks: 1. Communication and Public Outreach a. Develop and maintain a contact database for the STUDY, b. Facilitate the engagement of STAKEHOLDERS and other interested parties in the STUDY process, c. Design and maintain a Web site to coxnmunicate information about the STUDY to STAKEHOLDERS and the public, d. Develop regulaz communications to STAKEHOLDERS, including an electronic newsletter, e. Maintain a record of communications regarding the project and all Stakeholder Committee meetings convened by MARC, f. Prepaze and share informarion on the STUDY to community groups and groups representing other interested parties, 5 g. Plan and support public meeting coordination and facilitation, h. Provide media releases, displays, handouts and meeting summaries, and i. Record public comments and pmvide summaries. 2. Pmject Coordination a. Work with CORPS and STAKEHOLDERS to establish a PMP, b. Work jointly with the CORPS in convening the Study Coordination Team, c. Establish a Stakeholder Committee composed of representatives from the STAKEHOLDERS and convene this committee, d. Represent in good faith, when serving in the role as the Non-Federal Sponsor to the STUDY, the consensus of the Stakeholder Committee, or the majority view as determined by vote of the Stakeholder Committee when consensus is not reached, e. Seek to understand and respect the interests of each STAKEHOLDER during the deliberations of the Stakeholder Committee, f. Monitor and ieport on progress of ST[JDY to STAKEHOLDERS, g. Convene STAKEHOLDERS through the Stakeholder Committee and support all meetings with agendas, meeting materials, meeting logistics, and meeting summaries, h. Identify action items from each meeting and conduct follow-up, i. Receive and review technical informa6on from the CORPS, j. Meet with the CORPS on a regulaz basis to ensure that the needs and concerns of the stakeholders are being met, k. Prepare reports on STUDY progress for local stakeholders to share with their boards, councils or other contacts, and share information with local, state and Federal elected officials, 1. Coxnmunicate with elected officials on the need for additional resources to support futwe fiscal yeaz and phases of the study, and m. Perform other activities as may be needed to meet the Non-Federal Sponsor requirements for the STUDY. 3. Fiscal Manaeement Support a Enter into the FCSA with the CORPS, serve as Non-Federal Sponsor and work with CORPS on schedule of payments to meet local cost share requirements, 6 b. Enter into sepazate Stakeholder Contribu6on Agreements with each STAKEHOLDER, setting forth each STAKEHOLDER'S particulaz cash contribution and/or in-kind contriburion including a description, estimate of value and 6me of performance; and payment schedule, c. Track all cash and in-kind contributions and regulazly provide that information to the Stakeholder Committee, d. Invoice and track STAKEHOLDER contributions as necessary to meet payment requirements and make timely payments from said contributions to the CORPS when those payments are required, e. Receive from and provide to the CORPS information on potential in-kind services from participating STAKEHOLDERS, seek CORPS approval for said in-kind services, and document as appropriate and in accordance with the requirements of the PMP, f. Provide accounting of in-kind contributions to the CORPS, g. Provide regulaz financial reports to STAKEHOLDERS on the CORPS' expenditures for the STUDY, h. Include, as a part of MARC's regular annual audit, an audit of all revenues and in-kind contributions and associated expenses with resources provided to MARC for the STUDY, i. Provide STAKEHOLDER contributions to the CORPS, except MARC will not make any direct cash contribution. ARTICLE V RESPONSIBILITIES OF STAKEHOLDERS l. STAKEHOLDER Contribution A�reement. Each STAKEHOLDER, through its execution of this Agreement, shall have agreed to share in the costs of the STUDY at either a Tier 1 or a Tier 21eve1 as defined in Article II(2)(e) above, and further acknowledges that it has entered into and will comply with a sepatate "Stakeholder Contribution AgreemenY' with MARC establishing the amount of cash contribution the STAKEHOLDER will be providing and the payment schedule for same; and identifying any in-kind contribution, its description and estimated value, and the performance schedule for same. 2. STAKEHOLDER fundin¢ and �ayment. Each STAKEHOLDER will secure funding to cover its share of the Non-Federal Sponsor contributions and after receipt of an invoice for its share, in accordance with its applicable Stakeholder Contribution Agreement, each STAKEHOLDER will remit said amounts to MARC as prescribed in Article VII pazagraph 6 hereof. Each STAKEHOLDER has specific responsibilities as follows: a. Remit to MARC when due its share of the non-Federal proportionate share of f:nancial obligations to be shared durittg the period of the Study, as those terms aze defined in the FCSA; 7 b. Upon no6ce from the CORPS or MARC of the next yeaz's STUDY expenses, secure adequate and appropriate appmval for funding in the amount of its share of the non- Federal proportionate share of ftnancial obligations to be shared during the period of the Study, as those terms are defined in the FCSA; c. Remit its share of such addidonal amounts that may from time to time be requested by MARC and approved by the Stakeholder Committee, to cover unanficipated STCIDY costs; d. Coordinate with MARC on the timely pra-vision of in-kind contribudons to the STUDY and provide documentation of in-kind contributions (including but not limited to information from contractors and time sheets or other records indicating hours of labor provided or material provided) to enable MARC to meet its responsibilities for documentation of in-kind contributions under the FCSA and other applicable CORPS policies and procedures. ARTICLE VI BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING 1. Annual Budeet. The Stakeholder Committee together with the CORPS, prior to the start of the Fiscal Yeaz, will prepaze an annual budget and may revise said annual budget from time to time to reflect changes in the anticipated or actual scope and costs of the STUDY. 2. Notification and Invoicin� of ST[JDY Costs The total Non-Federal Sponsor cash contributions for the S'I'UDY will be requested by the CORPS on a fiscal year basis. T'he CORPS will notify MARC of the amount of the Non-Federal contribution for the next fiscal yeaz, whereupon MARC shall in tum submit such request to the Stakeholder Committee for approval. Upon approval of the CORPS' request by the Stakeholder Comxnittee, MARC shall issue invoices to each of the STAKEHOLDER's as defined in each of their Stakeholder Contribution Agreements, upon which the STAKEHOLDER sha11 pay said amounts to MARC to be remitted to the CORPS as provided by this Agreement. 3. Diver ences. From time to time the CORPS may request additional cash for in-kind contributions that diverge from the estimates specified and reflected in the annual budget. Such divergences shall be identified in quarterly reports provided by the CORPS to MARC, which MARC shall in turn provide to STAKEHOLDERS. The Stakeholder Committee and the CORPS may amend the annual budget to include such excess costs or approve separately any additional contributions approved by the Study Coordination Team, whereupon STAKEHOLDERS shall remit such additional funds to MARC within thirty (30) days of receipt of invoice, and MARC shall remit all of the contributions to the CORPS. In the event that such additional cash or in-kind contributions shall amount to more than the maxnnum amount set out in any of the STAKEHOLDER Conlribution Agreements, then MARC and said STAKEHOLDER(S) shall agree to amend said STAKEHOLDER Contribution Agreements accordingly. 8 4. Deferral of Studv Work. In the event costs for the STUDY exceed the amount of available appropria6ons, MARC and the CORPS may agree to defer awazd of contracts or the performance of in-house work by the CORPS on the STiJDY. 5. Deposit of Contributions. Each STAKEHOLDER shall pay their contributions to MARC for remittance to the CORPS. Upon receipt, MARC sha11 deposit the STAKEHOLDER contributions into its account and within thirty (30) days from the day of its receipt of the last payment hereunder, shall promptly forwazd full payment to the CORPS. 6. Billin�f Payment. Within si�cty (60) days of its receipt of an invoice therefore, each ST?.KEHOLDER shall pay to MARC its share of each yeaz's annual budget costs including divergence as agreed to by the parties, for remittance by MARC to the CORPS. Each STAKEHOLDER acknowledges that such cash contributions must be made in advance to allow the CORPS to proceed to contract for services or to proceed with substantial work on the STUDY. MARC agrees that it will only issue invoices and request payment from STAKEHOLDERS as needed to cover Feasibility Study costs requested of MARC by the CORPS. 7. Failure to Pav Contributions. In the event that any STAKEHOLDER fails to pay any contribution it is required to make pursuant to this Agreement within thirty (30) days after its due date, MARC shall send written notice of such nonpayment to all STAKEHOLDERS. If the defaulting STAKEHOLDER fails to cure the nonpayment within ten (10) days from the date of such written norice, then every other STAKEHOLDER shall have the opdon to require retum of their respective contributions for the contribution period involved, and MARC shall be under no obligation to remit any of said funds to the CORPS. By a majority vote thereon, MARC and those STAKEHOLDERS that have timely made all payments then due and owing may elect to proceed with the Feasibility Study despite any outstanding payments by other STAKEHOLDERS. In such event, any STAKEHOLDERS whose payments are delinquent shall relinquish their voting rights and other STAKEHOLDER privileges until such time as they have met all outstanding payment obligarions to date. ARTICLE VII WITHDRAWAL AND TERMINATION 1. Voluntarv Withdtawal. Any STAKEHOLDER may send written notice to all other parties to this Agreement indicating its withdrawal from the terms and provisions of this Agreement upon thirty (30) days written notice. Thereafter, the Stakeholder Committee will discuss how best to proceed and will vote on whether to terminate ttris Agreement in its entirety. Any cash contributions that a withdrawing STAKEHOLDER has provided to MARC and that MARC has remitted to the CORPS shall not be reimbursed. However, MARC will refund to a withdrawing STAKEHOLDER any cash contributions not yet remitted to the CORPS, less the withdrawing STAKEHOLDER's estimated shaze of daxnages associated with termination of the STUDY as set forth below. 2. TerminaUon. The Stakeholder Committee, by a majority vote of its members following a discussion on the causes and consequences of ternunation, may choose to terminate this Agreement in its entirety at any time, provided a sixty (60) day notice of termination is given 9 to all parties to this Agreement. In the event of ternunation any cash contributions that a STAKEHOLDER has provided to MARC and that MARC has remitted to the CORPS shall not be reunbursed. However, MARC will refund to the STAKEHOLDERS any cash contributions not yet remitted to the CORPS, less each STAKEHOLDER's estimated shaze of damages associated with termination of the STUDY. Notwithstanding the above, MARC shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time, upon sixty (60) days prior written notice of the same to all STAKEHOLDERS. ARTICLE VIII _ TERM OF AC�REEMENT AND EFFECTIVE DATE This Agreement shall become effective upon execution by all parties (the "Effective Date") and will remain in effect until all work required by this Agreement has been performed and all payments required by this Agreement have been made, unless amended by a mutual agreement of the parties hereto, or terminated in accordance with Article VII above. ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS 1. Prerequisite. In the event MARC does not enter into the FCSA as the Non-Federal Sponsor with the CORPS for a Missouri river Bed Degradation STUDY, then this agreement, together with the associated Stakeholder Contributions Agreements, shall become null and void. 2. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended, altered, clarified or extended only by the written agreement of all the parties hereto. 3. Assi ent. This Agreement is not assignable by any party to this Agreement, either in whole or in part, unless written consent is given by all of the other parties hereto. 4. Notice. Any notice required by this Agreement shall be sent to the appropriate parry or parties, said notice to be mailed or delivered to the Authorized Representative signatory to this Agreement at the address as provided in the Stakeholder Contribution Agreement for each STAKEHOLDER. 5. Inteerated Aereements Tlus Agreement, together with the individual Stakeholder ContribuUon Agreement for each STAKEHOLDER, is the complete expression of the terms and agreements of the parties hereto, and any oral or written representation or understandings not incorporated therein aze hereby excluded. 6. Independent Parties. In the exercise of their rights and obliga6ons under tlus Agreement, all parties sha11 act in an independent capacity and no party sha11 be considered to be the officer, agent or employee of another party. No party to this Agreement shall have the authority to provide any contractor or third par[y not a party to this Agreement with any release or other agreement to waive any rights that any party to this Agreement may have to seek relief or . redress against said contractor or third party, either pursuant to any cause of action that a party to this agreement may have or for the violation of any law. 10 7. No Waiver. Waiver of any default under this Agreement or any Stakeholder Contribution Agreement related hereto shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent default. Waiver or breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach and shall not be construed to be a modification of the terms of this Agreement unless stated to be such through written approval by the parties hereto which shall be attached to the original of this Agreement. 8. Counteroarts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts. If executed in counterparts, the Effective Date shall be the date on which the last counterpar[ is executed. - 9. Indemnification and Hold Harmless. To the extent authorized by law, each party hereto shall ' protect, defend, indemnify and save hannless the other parties hereto, their officers, officials, employees, attorneys and agents, while acting within the scope of their employment, from any and all costs, claims, judgments, penalUes and/or awazds of damages, arising out of or in any way resulting from their own negligent acts or omissions related to or incurred as a result of the STUDY; however, not those arising out of or resulting from the negligence of another party. Each party hereto agrees that its obligations under this subpazagraph extend to any claim, demand and/or cause of action brought by, or on behalf of, any of its employees or agents. In the event that a party incurs any judgment, awazd and/or cost azising therefrom, including attomeys' fees, to enforce the provisions of the Agreement, all such fees, costs and expenses shall be recoverable from the responsible party or parties to the extent of their culpability. 10. Recordation. This Agreement is a cooperative agreement authorized by Missouri Revised Statutes Section 70.200, et seq. (1994) and Kansas Statutes Annotated Section 24-407 (14). In accordance with Missouri Revised Statutes 70300 (1994), a copy of this Agreement will be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of Missouri and in the Office of Recorder of Deeds of Jackson, Clay and Platte Counties, Missouri. In accordance with the Kansas Statutes Annotated Section 12-2905, a copy of this Agreement will be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of Kansas and in the Office of Recorder of Deeds of Johnson, Wyandotte and Leavenworth Counties, Kansas. ARTICLE X NONAPPROPRIATION AND CONSENT OF AFFEC'I'ED LOCAL GOVERNMENT 1. Nonanpropriation. It is understood by all parties that certain STAKEHOLDERS aze State Agencies or political subdivisions of a State that derive funds directly from appropriations, or that may have constitutional or statutory limitations prohibiting it from committing future appropriations. If a STAKEHOLDER pazty to this Agreement is a State Agency or a political subdivision of the State that derives its funds for work on the study directly from appropriations, and the STAKEHOLDER has constitutional or statutory limitations prohibiting it from committing future appropriations, and in the event sufficient funds shall not be appropriated for the payment of any monies to be paid, and if such STAKEHOLDER has no funds legally available to make such required payments from other sources, then such STAKEHOLDER may withdraw from this Agreement anci such STAKEHOLDER shall not be obligated to make the payment(s) otherwise required to be made hereunder. In the event of nonappropriation, the rights and obligations regarding cash contributions as set forth in Pazagraph 1, Voluntarv Withdraw, shall apply. 11 2. Consent of Local Govemments. It is understood by all parties that certain STAKEHOLDERS aze "affected local govemments" required to provide their consent for MARC, as a non-profit entity, to serve as the Non-Federal sponsor for the STUDY in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 1962d-56. Each and every STAKHOLDER that is a tocal govemment, by having executed this Agreement, hereby consents to MARC (Mid-America Regional Council) serving as the non-Federal Sponsor for the STUDY (Missouri River Degradation, Missouri and Kansas) being conducted by the Department of the Army, represented by the Kansas City District, US Army CORI'S of Engineers. IN WITNESS WHEROF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement, and the associated Stakeholder Contribution Agreements, to be executed by their representatives, thereto duly autttorized, as of the day and yeaz set forth below. MID-AMERICA REGIONAL COUNCIL B �� Print Name: David A. Title: Executive rector Its Authorized Representative Date: 7 " 3 a ��d Non-Federal Sponsor STATE OF���� ) )ss: COUNTY OF N ) On this � day o h� 010, comes now o't�. , a duly authorized representative of �.. ef' 0. ; Dlf�C A �and first being uly sworn upon my oath, �rms and acknowledges that he/s is the person known to me to be the same person who executed the within instrument of writing, and that she/he is duly authorized to execute the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my o�cial seal the day and yeaz last above written. No Public My appOlritment eXpiieS: NANCY WEITZEL-BURRY Notary Publlc, NOtaty Seal State of Missouri Jockson County Commission # 094141 21 My Commisslon Expires July 28. 2013 12 CITY OF RIVERSIDE MISSOURI _ ��� �Y= Print Name: /l�( ��ie �°7'f� L • ,/�6 5 - G Title: Its Authorized Representative Date: ��f — ���v STATE OF I� I i SS..�3u�e � ) (� )ss: COLJNTY OF }�'I �� ) On this Z day of ��t C. , 2010, comes now�� L. i�ost , a duly authorized representative of (`„ ��%�c,� ; n E/p . , and first being duly swom upon my oath, affirms and acknowle ges that he/she is the person known to me to be the same person who executed the within instrument of writing, and that she/he is duly authorized to execute the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal the day and year last above written. `- �zS���� Notary Public My appointment expires: " NOTARY SC=�L " 3-•� ��� Robin L Littrell, Notery Public Ray County, State ot t�sissouri My Commission Expires 3!'3!?011 CommissionNum4 u �s:�a�ti31 ..�,.,..,�..� 19