HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 74-010RESOLUTION NO. 74-10
RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS
INTENTION TO GRANT THE GAS FRANCHISE APPLIED
FOR BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY UNDER
DIVISION 3, CHAPTER 2 OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, KNOWN AS THE
FRANCHISE ACT OF 1937.
WHEREAS, this City Council has received from
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, a corporation organized and
existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of
California, and engaged as a public utility corporation in
transmitting and distributing gas for all purposes to consum-
ers in various municipalities and communities in the State
of California, including the City of Palm Desert, an
application, under and pursuant to the provisions of Division
3, Chapter 2 of the Public Utilities Code of the State of
California, for a franehise, which said application states
in compliance with the provisions of Section 6231 thereof,
that the purpose for which the franchise therein applied
for is de:8i.red.is to lay and use pipes and appurtenances for
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tran tt tf 7;g anc distributing gas for any and all purposes
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under,°along, across or upon the public streets, ways,
alleys and places, as the same now or may hereafter exist
within the City of Palm Desert; and that the term for which
the franchise therein applied for is indeterminate, as defined
in Section 6264 of the Public Utilities Code of the State of
California; and
WHEREAS, said application further states that
the applicant, if granted the franchise therein applied for,
will pay to the City of Palm Desert during the life of such
franchise, two per cent (2 ) of the gross annual receipts of
applicant arising from the use, operation or possession of
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said franchise; provided, however, that such payment shall
in no event be less than one per cent (1°s) of the gross annual
receipts of applicant derived from the sale of gas within the
limits of the City of Palm Desert under said gas franchise.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this City
Council under and pursuant to the provisions of Section 6232
of the Public Utilities Code of the State of California, does
hereby declare its intention to grant to SOUTHERN CgL7.�'ORNIA
GAS COMPANY the franchise so applied for; and ,
the 2gth day of March , 1974, at Seven
o'clock, p. M., at the pla�e whex� this City Council
usually meets, to wit Middle School, Palm Desert
is hereby fixed as the day, hour and place when and where
all persons having any objection to the granting of such
franchise may appear before this City Council and be heard
thereon, (the time so fixed for such hearing being not less
than twenty (20) nor more than sixty (60) days af ter the
date of the passage of this resolution); and
��' BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of this
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City����i;1 i� hereby directed to publish a notice at least
once w�ithin fifteen (15) days after the passage of this
resolution, in a newspaper of general circulation within
this City of Palm Desert, to wit, in the Desert Sun, in
the words and figures as follows, to wit:
"NOTICE OF INTENTION TO GRANT GAS FRANCHISE.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given by the City Council of the
City of Palm Desert that it intends to grant, under and
pursuant to Division 3, Chapter 2 of the Public Utilities Code
of the State of California, known as the Franchise Act of
1937, to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, a corporation, a
franchise to lay and use pipes and appurtenances for transmit-
ting and distributing gas for any and all purposes under, along,
across or upon the public streets, ways, alleys or places,
as the same now or may hereafter exist within the City of Palm
Desert; and that , the 2�t�-; day of
i�iarch , 1974, at Se�ren o'clock, P. M., at the
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place where this City Council usually meets, to wit,
Middle School, Palm Desert , is hereby fixed as
the day, hour and place when and where any and all persons
having any objection to the granting of said franchise may
appear before this City Council and be heard thereon. At any
time not later than the hour so set for the hearing of
objections, any person interested may make written protest,
stating objections against the granting of such franchise.
Such protest must be signed by the protestant and be delivered
to the clerk of this City Council.
The term for which said franchise is proposed to be
granted is indeterminate, as defined in Section 6264 of the
Public Utilities Code of the State of California.
The grantee of said franchise, and its successors
and assigns, will, during the life of said franchise, pay to
the City of Palm Desert two per cent (2�) of the gross annual
receipts of the grantee and its successors and assigns arising
from the use, operation or possession of said franchise; provided,
however, that such payment shall in no event be less than one
per cent (l�) of the gross annual receipts of the grantee, its
successors and assigns, derived from the sale of gas within
the limits of the City of Palm Desert under said gas franchise.
Said percentage will be paid annually from the date of the
granting of said franchise, and in the event such payment
shall not be made said franchise will be forfeited.
DATED: February 14, 1974
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EUGE� ASMUS, City Clerk
City of Palm Desert, California"
�' �he City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
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adop�•�.�if this resolution; enter the same in the book of
original ininutes of the meeting at which the same is passed
and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council
this 14th day of February , 1974 , by the following
vote :
AYES: Aston; Renson; Brush; �tcPherson; Clark
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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City of Pa esert, California
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EUGF.�E ASMUS, City Clerk
City of Palm Desert, California
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(To be used where Gas Company does not own a Constitutional Franchise)
.�PPLICATION OF--------------------------S4l�1��7:�.��_..�s��.�.�Q�'X1a.s�...�Zd.S---�f.2T[tj�c�.il�-----•--....--------......_..---•----
(Name of Applicant)
FOR A GAS FRANCHISE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF DIVISION 3, CHAPTER 2
OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, KNOWN AS THE
FRANCHISE ACT OF 1937.
To the--•----------------.
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California.
Gentlemen :
.................. City---Council ----.....-----•------••---.
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(Name of Legislative Body)
._._Gi�.�r... af .._P a1m..DEser_�--------------------------------------
(Name of Municipality)
The undersigned applicant hereby makes an application, under and pursuant to the provisions of
Division 3, Chapter 2 of the Public Utilities Code of the State of California, for a franchise, and,
in compliance with the provisions of Section 6231 thereof, states :
(a) The name of the applicant is_____S_outh�rn.__Galifnrnia__�as___Comp�n_y__________________________
The appticant is a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of
California and engaged as a public utility corporation in transmitting and distributing gas for all pur-
poses to consumers �n various municipalities and communities in the State of California, including the
-------------------------------------------------------------- Ci ty--.n f.__P alm_..D��s ex t---------•---------------------------•-----•--•--------------------------•
(Name of Municipality)
(b) The purpose for which the franchise herein applied for is desired is to lay and use pipes and
appurtenances for transmitting and distributing gas for any and all purposes, under, along, across or
upon the public streets, ways, alleys and places, as the same now or may hereafter exist within the
----------------------•------•-----._....---....-----------•Citx of---Palm Desert
- -- ---•------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•
(Name of Municipality)
The term for which the franchise herein applied for is desired is indeterminate, as defined in Sec-
tion 6264 of the Public Utilities Code of the State of California.
(c) The applicant, if granted the franchise herein applied for, will pay to the.._.___.
City of _ Palri Desert
.. __ -- - ....---• ..............
(Name of Municipality)
during the life of such franchise, two per cent (2%) of the gross annual receipts of applicant arising
from the use, operation or possession of said franchise; provided, however, that such payment shall in
no event be less than one per cent (1%) of the gross annual receipts of applicant derived from the
sale of gas within the limits of the .......................�ity__ Of Palm Desert
•-•---......--•---•-------•---------•--•---------------------------------
(Name of Municipality)
under said gas franchise.
Dated this-------4tY3---------day of-----------Feh.ruar'y------------------------- 19__Z_4.._.
Attest •
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� Secretary
Address : 810 South Flower Street,
Los Angeles, California.
----•SQIZTHERN---GALI.ES.�RDIIA.--GAS--.��.ANY--
(Name of Applicant)
BY---------------v-_.......-•---........ -------- •-------•----•----
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. Vice President
FORM 2493-A