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Contract No. 26-LE-32-4448 Case No. 24-041 Exempt per A.R.S. § 11-1134 A.3. ORIGINAL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF RECLAMATION SALT RIVER PROJECT CONTRACT AND GRANT OF EASEMENT THIS CONTRACT AND GRANT OF EASEMENT, made this day of ; , pursuant to the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as “United States,” and Maricopa County, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona, hereinafter referred to as “Grantor.” WITNESSETH: That the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP), an agricultural improvement district organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona, intends to relocate a portion of a federal irrigation facility acquired for a project purpose to a piped irrigation facility at a new location; and, WHEREAS, the United States owns a real property interest along the existing irrigation facility, and Grantor owns the fee title to the real property onto which the irrigation facility will be relocated; and, WHEREAS, Grantor intends to grant to the United States and its assigns that certain real property interest needed for the relocated facility, in exchange for the United States’ release of that portion of its existing real property interest no longer needed for project purposes, and for the purpose of benefitting future development of the real property; and, WHEREAS, the United States will release its interest, if any, in and to the real property interest no longer needed by Contract No. 26-LE-32-4449 to Maricopa County, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona, and by Contract No. 26-LE-32-4450 to the State of Arizona, acting by and through its Department of Transportation, and any and all other owners of record of the underlying fee title. NOW THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree to the following grant and mutual covenants: 1. Grantor does hereby grant, with general warranty of title, unto the United States of America and its assigns a perpetual easement to construct, reconstruct, operate and maintain certain water distribution system pipelines, as part of the Salt River Project water distribution system, and such structures, installations and facilities used in the construction, reconstruction, operation and maintenance of said water distribution system, across certain land situated in the County of Maricopa, State of Arizona, and more fully described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and by this reference made part hereof. 2. The grant of easement herein contained shall include the perpetual right of ingress and egress over said premises to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, enlarge, improve, relocate, remove, repair and renew said water distribution system, together with the present and future right to clear said right-of-way to the extent deemed necessary by the United States to protect the rights and privileges herein granted. 3. The United States, its successors and assigns, may hold such easement forever for all purposes consistent with the water distribution feature of Salt River Project, or any changes, or additions or modifications that may hereafter be made therein, and the United States, its successors and assigns, will have the perpetual right to take and use materials, as well as all of the rights incident to such water distribution feature, or any changes, additions, or modifications thereof over, upon or across said right-of-way described in Exhibit “A”. 4. The Grantor hereby ratifies and affirms the right of the United States, its permittees, successors or assigns, to construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, enlarge, improve, relocate, remove, repair and renew, together with the right of access thereto for such purposes, at any time and from time to time, a water conduit and related facilities, consisting of one or more canals, pipelines, laterals, markers, air valves, manholes, valves, meters, surge control devices, buried communication conduits, and all other fixtures, devices and appurtenances related thereto, and to conduct all related activities in, on, under, and across the land described in Exhibit “A” under the following conditions: (a) The United States shall have the right to use the subject land for ingress and egress at any time without prior notice, together with the right to use existing or future roadways, lanes and rights-of-way on Grantor's property adjacent thereto, as may be convenient and necessary for the purposes of exercising the rights herein granted. The United States may, at any time, install and/or use gates in any fences which are now or may hereafter be constructed and to trim, cut and clear away trees or brush whenever, in its judgment, the same shall be necessary for the convenient and safe exercise of the rights hereby granted, on said lands described in Exhibit “A”, or on such adjoining lands for the purpose of exercising the rights herein granted. (b) The rights granted to, and exercised by, the United States shall be subject to all existing structures, fencing, canals, ditches, pipelines, roadways, and rights-of-way, and all future uses thereof, including but not limited to the right of the Grantor to use the lands within said parcel for agricultural and other purposes that do not directly or indirectly interfere with or endanger the exercise of the rights of the United States, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Grantor shall clear and keep clear the lands described in Exhibit “A”, from explosives, buildings and structures of all kinds or facilities of a permanent nature which directly or indirectly interfere or could interfere with the rights of the United States, and shall not drill any well, install swimming pools, or alter ground level by cut or fill, within the limits of said rights-of-way and the United States shall have the permanent right of exclusive use and possession within the easement. 5. The grant of easement herein contained is subject to easements and rights-of-way existing or of record in favor of the public or third parties, and subject to any outstanding interest in any and all organic or inorganic substances in or under said land. 6. Grantor warrants that no person or agency has been employed or retained to solicit or secure this grant upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee, excepting bona fide employees or bona fide established commercial agencies maintained by the Grantor for the purpose of securing business. 7. No Member of or Delegate to Congress or Resident Commissioner shall be admitted to any share or part of this grant or to any benefit that may arise herefrom, but this restriction shall not be construed to extend to this grant if made with a corporation or company for its general benefit. 8. The provisions of this grant shall obligate and inure to the benefit of the respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns of the parties to this grant. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed their names the day and year first above written. Maricopa County, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona By: Title: UNITED STATES of AMERICA Alexander B. Smith Area Manager Phoenix Area Office Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 26-LE-32-4448 Case No. 24-041 ACKNOWLEDGMENT State of Arizona ) ) ss. County of Maricopa) On this day of. , before me, , a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared on behalf of Maricopa County, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona, known to me to be the person described in the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in the capacity therein stated and for the purpose therein contained. Notary Public in and for said County and State Contract No. 26-LE-32-4448 Case No. 24-041 ACKNOWLEDGMENT State of Arizona ) ) ss. County of Maricopa ) On this Sth day of Mag. ; ZO2RC _, before me, Lb - 02, a Notary Public in and for said County and State personally appeared “ if Cxand, (a (2. , Cm th , Area Manager, Phoenix Area Office, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, UNITED STATES of AMERICA, known to me to be the person described in the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that(he)she executed the same on behalf of the United States in the capacity therein stated and for the purpose therein contained. NICOLE QUAMEN-TINOCO. Notary Public - Arizona N80 Maricopa County Commission # 653614 My Comm. Expires Aug 13, 2027 otary Public in said County and State Wood, Patel & Associates, Inc. Revised June 13, 2025 602.335.8500 WP# 215248 www.woodpatel.com Page 1 of 1 EXHIBIT “A” DESCRIPTION OF REAL ESTATE IN MARICOPA COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA A PARCEL OF LAND LYING WITHIN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW 1/4) OF SECTION FOUR (4), TOWNSHIP TWO (2) NORTH, RANGE ONE (1) EAST, OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 4, A 3-INCH MARICOPA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BRASS CAP IN HANDHOLE, FROM WHICH THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION, A 3-INCH BRASS CAP IN HANDHOLE, BEARS SOUTH 88 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 34 SECONDS WEST (BASIS OF BEARING), A DISTANCE OF 2661.83 FEET; THENCE ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION, SOUTH 88 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 34 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 188.92 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID NORTH LINE, SOUTH 01 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 98.03 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 24 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 187.84 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 06 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 20.01 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 24 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 200.64 FEET; THENCE NORTH 32 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 21 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 24.05 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. 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