Sewer and Water Main Extension Agreement - Private Extension of Public Water Main – The Reserve at Blackthorn, LLC

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Engineer"). The Owner shall inspect the site during construction to ensure the Project Engineer's conformance to area planning requirements, adequacy of design, and conformance to the City's specifications and standards regarding location, size and depth of line, and quality of construction of the Dedicated Improvements. The Owner shall provide the plans with a City of South Bend cover sheet and specifications for the Dedicated Improvements along with a cost estimate to the City. The Owner shall also provide to the City a statement from the Project Engineer certifying that the materials and workmanship including pipes, bedding, thrust blocks, valves, fire hydrants, 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, bacteria, compaction and other tests required by the City. All construction, engineering and inspection cost in connection with the Dedicated Improvements shall be borne by the Owner. The Owner, either itself or through a Homeowner's Association established by Owner ("HOA"), will place funds each month into an escrow account that shall be used for the maintenance and repair of sewer system, basins, and other privately owned infrastructure, in accordance with the requirements set forth in Exhibit B. Each property owner not served by separate gravity connection to the private sewer system will have individual grinder pumps/force mains (owned by each property owner) that connect to the private sewer, with one gravity connection to the public sewer system. At all times, the Owner, private owners, and the HOA (if applicable) will have sole ownership and maintenance responsibilities for the private road, basins (drainage), sanitary and storm sewer systems.