HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-02-11 - RESOLUTIONS - SC GAS UTILITY (2)RESOLUTION NO. 88-9
WHEREAS, th 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 consumers in various
municipalities and communities in the State of California,
including the City of Santa Clarita , 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, which
said application states, in compliance with the provisions of
Section 6231 thereof, that the purpose for which the franchise
therein 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 hereinafter exist
within the City of Santa Clarita ; and that the term for
which the franchise therein applied or 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 Santa Clarita , during the life of such
franchise, two percent 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 percent (1%) of the gross annual receipts of
applicant derived from the sale of gas within the limits of the
City of Santa Clarita , 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 California Gas Company
the franchise so applied for; and Thursday , the loth
day of March , 19 88, at 7:30 o coc P. M.,at the
place w ere t is ity Council usually meets, to wit Arroyo
Seco .junior xi h school is hereby fixed as e�ey.Tiour
an place when and w ere 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 after the
date of the passage of this resolution); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of this City
Council is hereby directed to publish a notice at least once
within fifteen (15) days after the passage of this resolution, in
a newspaper of general circulation within the City of Santa Clarita
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to wit, in the Nhall Signal ,
in the words and gures as follows, to wit:
•NOTICE OF INTENTION TO GRANT GAS FRANCHISE•
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given by the City Council of the City
of Santa Clarita that it intends to grant, under and pursuant to
Division hapter 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
pipesand appurtenances for transmitting and distributing gas for
y purposes under, along, across or upon the public
,. streets as the same now or may hereafter exist within the Ci
�y of
Santa Clarita And that Thursdaythe 10th day of Marc
at = o clock, P M , at t e place wFiere this City '
Council usua y meets,t0 wtt, Arro o Seco Junior Hi h School
its hereby fixed as the day, hour an p ace when an 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.
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granted isTindeterminatehias definedainhSectionp6264sof thebe
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 Santa Clarita two percent (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
percent (1%) 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 Santa Clarita under said gas franchise.
Said percentage will be paid annus y 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 11 9 19 gg
oward "Buck" McKeon
Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing "Notice of Intention to
Grant Gas Franchise" was passed by the City Council of the City
of Santa Clarita on the 11th day of February, 1988.
Attest
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City Clerk
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