09-12-91-2.8 - Resolution - 09/12/1991RESOLUTION NO. 09-12-91-2.8
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING FEES TO BE CHARGED AND COL-
LECTED TO REIMBURSE THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION FOR ITS
EXPENSES IN RELATION TO OIL, GAS, AND OTHER FLUIDS USED
OR PRODUCED IN CONNECTION WITH OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS;
TRANSPORTATION AND INJECTION PIPELINES; FOR RENTAL
VALUE OF STREETS, ALLEYS, EASEMENTS, AND OTHER PUBLIC
PROPERTY; FOR CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION PERMITS; AND
FOR STREET, ALLEY OR PUBLIC PROPERTY CROSSING PERMITS;
ESTABLISHING A NEW SCHEDULE OF FEES TO BE CHARGED AND
COLLECTED; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, there are various pipelines (the "Pipeline
Systems") within the City of College Station which pro-
duce, gather, collect, receive, transport, inject, and
store oil, gas and other fluids used or produced in
connection with oil and gas operations;
WHEREAS, the Pipeline Systems within the City of Col-
lege Station are unobtrusive and effective means to
transport large volumes of fluid;
WHEREAS, the Pipeline Systems within the City of Col-
lege Station may be expanded;
WHEREAS, the City of College Station has and continues
to incur expenses in the administering, maintaining
records, supervising inspections, and regulating the
use and maintenance of the pipelines and related facil-
ities located within the jurisdiction of the City of
College Station; and
WHEREAS, the City of College Station should be reim-
bursed through various fees for expenses incurred or
property used;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION THAT:
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The fee to be charged and collected on the first day of
February of each and every year for each license,
right-of-way agreement, or pipeline franchise granted
to produce, gather, collect, receive, transport, in-
ject, and store oil, gas, or other fluids used or pro-
duced in connection with oil and gas operation, in, out
of, and through the City of College Station, Brazos
County, Texas, for the expenses of the City involved in
administering, maintaining records, supervising inspec-
tions, and regulating the use and maintenance of the
Pipeline Systems and related facilities within the
jurisdiction of the City of College Station shall be as
follows:
Total number of feet of pipeline
installed and in use, but including
projects under construction, in use
$ 0.35/ft
The fee to be charged and collected on the first day of
February of each and every year for each license,
right-of-way agreement, or the pipeline franchise
granted for the fair rental value of the streets,
alleys, easements, or other public property owned or
controlled by the City of College Station that is uti-
lized for the purpose of laying the Pipeline Systems
within the jurisdiction of the City of College Station
shall be as follows:
Total number of feet of pipeline,
including projects under construction,
in use and occupying City-owned or
controlled property
$ 1.50/ft
The operator of a Pipeline System may deliver or cause
to be delivered to the City Secretary a certificate
which shall certify that the volume of water being
transported by the Pipeline System being operated by
such operator within the City of College Station ex-
ceeds fifty-five percent (55%). Commencing the year in
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which certification is made, and upon and after such
certification, and so long thereafter as such certifi-
cation remains true and correct, the fees set forth in
Sections 1 and 2 above shall be forty-five percent
(45%) of such fees.
Prior to the construction of any Pipeline System or
facilities for the purpose of producing, gathering,
collecting, receiving, transporting, injecting, and
storing of oil, gas, and other fluids used or produced
in connection with oil and gas operations, in, out of,
or through the City of College Station, Brazos County,
Texas, a Construction and Inspection Permit application
must be submitted and a fee paid to the City Manager or
his designee, and the fee shall be as follows:
Total number of feet of pipe to be
installed as specified in the
application
$1.00/ft
Se
Prior to the construction of any Pipeline System for
the purpose of producing, gathering, collecting, re-
ceiving, transporting, and injecting of oil, gas, or
other fluids used or produced in connection with oil
and gas operations in, out of, or through the City of
College Station, Brazos County, Texas, across any
street, alley or public property owned or controlled by
the City, a Crossing Permit Application must be submit-
ted and a fee paid to the City Manager or his designee
and the fee shall be as follows:
Each individual crossing
$25.00
Prior to the abandonment, temporary abandonment, or
reactivation of any Pipeline System, or any part
thereof, for the purpose of producing, gathering, col-
lecting, receiving, transporting, and injecting oil,
gas, or other fluids used or produced in connection
with oil and gas operations in, out of, or through the
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City of College Station, Brazos County, Texas, an
Abandonment/Reactivation Permit Application must be
submitted and a fee shall be paid to the City Manager
or his designee for each such Abandonment/Reactivation
Permit, and the fee shall be:
Each occurrence
$40.00
This resolution shall be effective immediately upon
passage.
PASSED and APPROVED this 12th day of September, 1991.
ATTEST:
~ity Secretary
APPROVED:
MAYOR~