HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-01-20 - RESOLUTIONS - SC EDISON FRANCHISE (2)RESOLUTION NO. 88-3
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA,
DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO GRANT AN
ELECTRIC FRANCHISE TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
EDISON COMPANY
WHEREAS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, a
California corporation, has filed with the City Council of
the City of Santa Clarita, an application requesting that a
franchise be granted to it of the character and for the
purpose mentioned in the form of notice hereinafter set
forth; and
WHEREAS, in the opinion of the City Council the
public good requires that the franchise be granted; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
intends to grant the franchise, that hearing of objections
to the granting the franchise will be held at the time and
place specified in the form of notice set forth within this
Resolution which the City Clerk is hereby directed to
publish at least once in the Newhall Signal, or other lawful
notice, and to post in three (3) public places in the City,
within fifteen (15) days after the passage of this
resolution, and that the notice shall be substantially in
the following words and figures:
"NOTICE OF INTENTION TO GRANT FRANCHISE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Southern California
Edison Company, a California corporation, has filed its
application with the City Council of the City of Santa
Clarita, requesting that the City Council grant to it a
franchise for an indeterminate period, pursuant to the
Franchise Act of 1937, to use and to construct and use, for
transmitting and distributing electricity for any and all
purposes, poles, wires, conduits and appurtenances,
including communication circuits necessary or proper
therefor, in, along, across, upon, over and under the public
streets, ways, alleys and places within the City of Santa
Clarita.
If the franchise shall be granted to it, the
Southern California Edison Company, its successors and
assigns, (hereinafter designated "grantee") during the life
of said franchise will pay to the City two percent (2%) of
the gross annual receipts of the grantee arising from the
use, operation or possession of the franchise; provided,
however, that such payment shall in no event be less than
one percent (1%) of the gross annual receipts derived by
grantee from the sale of electricity within the limits of
the City. Such percentage shall be paid annually from the
date of the granting of the franchise applied for, and in
the event such payment shall not be made the franchise shall
be forfeited.
The City Council of the City of Santa Clarita
proposes to grant the franchise for an indeterminate period.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that any and all
persons having any objections to the granting of the
franchise may appear before the City Council at Arroyo Seco
Junior High School Auditorium, 27171 Vista Del Gado, Santa
Clarita, California, 91355, at the hour of 7:30 p.m. on
Thursday, the 11th day of February, 1988, and be heard
thereon; and
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that at any time not
later than the hour set for hearing objections, any person
interested may make written protest stating objections
against the granting of the franchise; such protest must be
signed by the protestant and be delivered to the City Clerk
of the City. The City Council, at the time set for hearing
objections, shall proceed to hear and pass upon all protests
so made; and
For further particulars reference is hereby made to
the Application of the Southern California Edison Company
which is on file in the office of the City Clerk, and also
to the Resolution adopted by the City Council on the 14th
day of January, 1988, declaring its itention to grant the
franchise.
DATED THIS 20th day of January , 1988
By order of the City Council of the City of Santa
Clarita, California.
Ci y -Clerk
City of Santa C arita
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The foregoing Resolution was duly passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at
.. a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 14th day
of January 1988, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER Boyer, Darcy
Heidt, Koontz, McKeon
NOES: COUNCILMEMBER
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER
Mayor, City of Santa Clazita,
ATTEST: State of California
C't Clerk
City of Santa Clarita
State of California
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT:
CITY ATTORNEY
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