Sewer Main Line Extension Agreement - St Joseph County

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The City shall inspect the newly constructed sanitary sewer system prior to authorizing its connection to the City's sewer line. The County shall provide the City with drawings of record which shall conform to City standards. The County shall be responsible to provide inspection reports and to ensure the engineer's and contractor's conformance to area planning, adequacy of design, and conformance to City requirements regarding location, size and depth of line, capacity and arrangement of lift stations, and quality of construction. The County shall provide to the City a statement from the project engineer certifying that the materials and workmanship including pipes, bedding, manholes, lift station equipment and other related materials and work meet the City's specifications and standards. Upon request of the City, the certification shall be substantiated by material affidavits from suppliers and by applicable test results for inflow/infiltration, exfiltration, deflection, pressure, leaks, compaction and other tests required by the City. All construction, engineering and inspection cost in connection with these systems shall be borne by the County. 2. Permits It shall be County's sole responsibility and expense to obtain any and all permits associated with the construction and installation of the sanitary sewer systems. 3. Capital Contribution The City will not require any capital contribution from the County for the County's construction and subsequent connection of a sewer main line. However, the County has an affirmative obligation to notify all potential customers who may connect to this sewer main line, that upon application for service, such applicant shall owe the City a capital contribution as described herein this paragraph. For purposes of this section "ERU" shall be defined as an