SRP Special Use License

City of Chandler — Regular Meeting (2025-03-27)

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LICENSE TO USE SALT RIVER PROJECT PROPERTY 
 
 
Subject to the following terms and conditions, SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL 
IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT, an agricultural improvement district, organized 
and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona (Licensor), hereby gives the undersigned, and 
CITY OF CHANDLER (Licensee) hereby accepts a revocable and nonassignable license (License) 
to enter upon and use property of Licensor at the following location(s) CONSOLIDATED CANAL 
BETWEEN GERMANN ROAD AND CHANDLER BOULEVARD. 
 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: 
 
1. Licensee may use the Licensed Property for the following purpose and no other to conduct: 
THE CITY OF CHANDLER FAMILY BIKE RIDE event on Saturday, April 5, 2025, 
between 6:00am and 11:30am on both sides of the Consolidated Canal from Germann 
Road to Chandler Boulevard. 
 
**Licensee shall not have any vehicles on the canal. 
 
**Licensee shall not have umbrellas, canopies, or tents on the canal. 
 
**Licensee shall not have any balloons on the canal. 
 
 
** Licensee shall be responsible for dust control issues. 
 
 
** Licensee is responsible for all crowd control and safety participants. 
 
 
** Licensee is aware that there are High Voltage Lines along the canal in this area. 
 
 
** Licensee shall not impede access to the Licensed Property or any canals and electrical 
equipment by SRP personnel and service vehicles. 
 
 
** Licensee shall not cause the introduction of any chemical substance or other pollutant 
into the waters of the canal. 
 
2. To the extent not prohibited by law or expressly excepted herein, Licensee, its successors and 
assigns (“Indemnitors”), shall indemnify, release, and hold harmless Licensor, Association and 
the United States of America (“Indemnitees”) and the directors, officers, employees, agents, 
successors and assigns thereof, against and from any damage, loss or liability caused in whole or 
in part by Licensee, regardless of whether caused in part by Indemnitees or any of them, and 
suffered by Indemnitees as a result of any claim, demand, lawsuit or action of any kind, whether 
such damage or loss is to person or property, arising out of, resulting from or caused by: (a) the 
acts or omissions of Licensee, its agents, contractors, officers, directors, or employees; (b) 
Licensee’s use or occupancy of the Licensed Property for the purposes contemplated by this 
License, including but not limited to claims by third parties who are invited or permitted onto the 
Licensed Property, either expressly or impliedly, by Licensee or by the nature of Licensee’s 
improvement or other use of the Licensed Property pursuant to this License; (c) Licensee’s failure 
to comply with or fulfill its obligations established by this License or by law.  Such obligation to

indemnify shall extend to and encompass all costs incurred by Licensor in defending against such 
claims, demands, lawsuits or actions, including but not limited to attorney, witness and expert 
witness fees, and any other litigation related expenses. Indemnitors’ obligation pursuant to this 
Section shall not extend to any damage, loss or liability as a result of any claim, demand, lawsuit 
or action of any kind, whether such damage, loss or liability is to person or property arising out 
of, resulting from or caused by the sole, exclusive acts or omissions of Indemnitees, their 
contractors, directors, officers, employees, agents, successors or assigns for which Licensor shall 
indemnify, release and hold harmless Indemnitors. Licensor’s obligation to indemnify 
Indemnitors shall extend to and encompass all costs incurred by Indemnitors in defending against 
such claims, demands, lawsuits or actions, including but not limited to attorney, witness and 
expert witness fees, and any other litigation related expenses. The provisions of this Section shall 
survive termination of this License. 
 
3. Licensee shall cause no construction or no installation of improvements upon the Licensed 
Property without prior written approval of Licensor. 
 
4. In the event that Licensee fails to comply with any condition of this License or upon revocation 
or termination of this license by Licensor, Licensee shall remove at its cost, within ten (10) days 
after written notice, any improvements or installation placed on the Licensed Property pursuant 
to this License. 
 
 5. In the event Licensee fails to cure any default of performance of this License or to remove its 
property as specified above, Licensor may remove Licensee's improvements from the Licensed 
Property and any and all cost and expense incurred by Licensor thereby shall be chargeable to 
Licensee and payable within ten (10) days after a statement of such expense and cost has been 
mailed to Licensee at the address designated beneath its signature below.  Licensee hereby 
releases Licensor, the United States of America, and the Salt River Valley Water Users' 
Association from all claims for damages resulting from such removal. 
 
6. Licensee shall keep in good maintenance and repair the Licensed Property, and any improvement 
and installations situated thereon and shall maintain a neat public appearance for the Licensed 
Property. 
 
7. Insurance: 
 
a. Without limiting any liabilities or any other obligations of Licensee, Licensee shall provide 
and maintain, and require its contractors and agents to provide and maintain, with forms and 
insurers acceptable to Licensor, and until all obligations under the License are satisfied, the 
minimum insurance coverages, as follows: 
 
i. 
Worker’s compensation insurance to cover obligations imposed by applicable federal 
and state statutes and employer's liability insurance with a minimum limit of One 
Million and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00). 
ii. 
Commercial general liability insurance with a minimum combined single limit of Two 
Million and No/100 Dollars ($2,000,000.00) each occurrence. The policy shall include 
coverage for bodily injury liability, property damage liability, personal injury liability, 
and contractual liability for liability assumed under this License. The policy shall 
contain a severability of interest’s provision.

iii. 
Comprehensive automobile liability insurance with a combined single limit for bodily 
injury and property damage of not less than Two Million and No/100 Dollars 
($2,000,000.00) each occurrence with respect to Licensee's vehicle, whether owned, 
hired, or non-owned, assigned to or used in the performance of the work. 
b. The policies required by Sections 10(i) and 10(ii) hereof shall be endorsed to include Licensor, 
members of its governing bodies, its officers, agents and employees as additional insureds and 
shall stipulate that the insurance afforded for Licensor, members of its governing bodies, its 
officers, agents and employees shall be primary insurance and that any insurance carried by 
Licensor, members of its governing bodies, its officers, agents or employees shall be excess 
and not contributory insurance. 
c. The Licensee shall require its contractors or agents to waive their rights of recovery and 
require their insurers providing the required coverages to waive all rights of subrogation 
against Licensor and members of its governing bodies, its officers, agents, and employees for 
matters arising out of this License. 
d. Prior to commencing activities under this License, Licensee and its contractors shall furnish 
Licensor with Certificates of Insurance as evidence that policies providing the required 
coverages, conditions and limits are in full force and effect. Such certificates shall provide 
that not less than thirty (30) days advance notice of cancellation, termination, or alteration 
shall be sent directly to Licensor addressed as follows: 
Supervisor, Property Management, PAB10W 
Salt River Project 
P.O. Box 52025 
Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2025 
The insurance policies may provide coverages that include deductibles or self- insured 
retentions. Such deductibles or self-insured retentions must be declared to Licensor. Licensee 
and its contractors shall be solely responsible for deductibles and/or self-insured retentions, and 
SRP, at its option, may require Licensee to secure the payment of such deductibles or self-
insured retentions by a surety bond or an irrevocable and unconditional letter of credit. 
 
8. Licensee hereby assumes and accepts all liability and responsibility for initiation and completion 
of response, cleanup, and corrective and remedial action, and the cost thereof, required on the 
Licensed Property and any other affected premises due to any action taken during use of the 
Licensed Property that results in release of any hazardous substance within the meaning of the 
Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act - 42 U.S.C. § 
9601 et seq., or the Arizona Environmental Quality Act - A.R.S. § 49-101 et seq., as such laws 
have been or are amended from time to time, or regulated substance within the meaning of Subtitle 
I of the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (Underground Storage Tanks) - 42 
U.S.C. § 6991 et seq., or the Arizona Underground Storage Tank Law - A.R.S.  § 49-1001 et seq., 
as such laws have been or are amended from time to time. This Section 8 shall survive termination 
of this License. 
 
9. This License may be terminated by Licensor at any time upon twenty-four hours’ notice to 
Licensee, or in the event of a breach of any provision herein, such termination shall be effective 
immediately upon notice to Licensee.

10.  Licensee shall comply with all requirements of all statutes, acts, ordinances, regulations, codes, and 
standards of legally constituted authorities with jurisdiction applicable to Licensee's use of the Licensed 
Property. Licensee shall obtain or cause to be obtained at its expense, all permits, approvals, and 
authorizations required by Licensee's actions pursuant to this License. 
 
 
11. THIS LICENSE IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED OR INTERPRETED AS EXCLUSIVE IN ANY 
WAY, OR AS A "RESERVATION" OF THE LICENSED PROPERTY. THE CANAL BANKS 
ARE AT ALL TIMES TO REMAIN OPEN FOR PUBLIC RECREATIONAL AND OTHER 
AUTHORIZED USES. LICENSEE SHALL TAKE NO ACTION OR CONDUCT ITS 
ACTIVITIES IN A MANNER WHICH OBSTRUCTS OR IMPEDES THESE OTHER USES 
OF THE CANAL BANK.  
 
LICENSOR:  
 
 
 
 
 LICENSEE: 
                                        
 
 
 
SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL 
 CITY OF CHANDLER  
IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT             
                        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
LAND DEPARTMENT 
 
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License, To Use SRP Property