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<br />3.6 Continuation of Plants. After the removal of the sand and gravel <br />crushing and screening equipment from the Property, the Lessee will be allowed <br />to keep on and continue operating the concrete and asphalt plants on the <br />Property for a maximum of twelve (12) months, unless there is a mutually agreed <br />upon lease executed by the Owner and Lessee for the continued operation of the <br />plants. <br />9. Royalty Payments. <br />4.1. Initial Royalty Rate. Subject to the provisions of Paragraphs 4.5 and <br />4.6 below, Lessee shall pay Owner a royalty (the "Production Royalty") at a rate <br />of for any Sand ~ Gravel removed from the <br />Property. The Production Royalty rate shall be subject to annual adjustments in <br />the manner described in Paragraph 4.3 below. <br />4.2. Sand 6 Gravel Excavated on Which No Royalty is Due. Lessee shall not <br />be required to pay for, nor pay a Production Royalty on, quantities of Sand & <br />Gravel used by Lessee in constructing, maintaining or repairing roadways on the <br />Property or used in other areas on the Property, or Sand 6 Gravel used for <br />reclamation or flood protection on or in connection with the Property. Lessee <br />shall not be required to pay for, nor pay a Production Royalty on, quantities of <br />Sand & Gravel taken by the More family~in the normal maintenance and operation <br />of the More Family Ranch. Lessee shall not be required to pay for, nor pay a <br />Production Royalty on, Sand ~ Gravel excavated but not suitable for sale. Such <br />Sand s Gravel shall be used on the Property for reclamation in accordance with <br />the approved reclamation plan or otherwise disposed of on the Property at the <br />reasonable direction of Owner, in accordance with sound and economic mining and <br />reclamation practices, at the expense of Lessee. <br />4.3. Royalty Rate Adjustment. The Production Royalty rate per ton <br />beginning on the first Adjustment Date and each subsequent Adjustment Date <br />thereafter will be increased or decreased based on the adjustment, but never be <br />less than the initial Production Royalty rate set forth in Paragraph 9.1. The <br />adjustment shall be calculated by using one of the two following methods which <br />ever results in the larger adjustment: <br />A. A commodity increase based upon the average selling price of <br />unproc sed pit run from the base year period assume year 2001 to be price <br />of ~ for unprocessed pit run which results in a per ton royalty of <br />as compared to the average selling price of unprocessed sand and <br />gravel fox any subsequent year during the lease. The twelve month period <br />shall be from October to October to match the method in B, below. For <br />example, if in year 2007 the average selling price of unprocessed pit- run <br />is $~ then the minimum commodity increase factor for the year 2008 <br />would be arrived at follows: <br />[~ per ton (last year average selling price) 9~ per ton (base <br />year average selling price)) x $1.00 per ton (base royalty price) = S 1.37 <br />per ton (the adjusted royalty rate for 2008) <br /> or; <br />j%~/~ e. The Production Rate of ~ ~ shall be multiplied by a <br />/r17~ factor determined by subtracting the index published for October 2001. <br /> <br />•~~ Ate(, (hereafter known as the base <br />the current year and divided year) from the index published for October of <br />by the base years index. <br />~~ <br />3of <br />14 <br />