CC RES 1989-012RESOLUTION NO* 89-12
A RESOLUTION.OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DECLARING ITS INTENTION
TO GRANT TO CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE COMPANY A
FRANCHISE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
6232 OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE
WHEREAS., the City Council has received from California
Water Service 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 water to consumers in the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes, an application, under and pursuant to the
provisions of Division 3, Chapter 2 of 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 the desire to lay and use
pipes and appurtenances for transmitting and distributing
water for any and all purposes under, along, across or upon
the public streetsf ways, alleys and places, as the same now
or may hereinafter exist within the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes; and that the term for which the franchise therein
applied for is 15 years, as defined in -Section 6264 of the
California Public Utilities Code, and
WHEREAS, said application further states that the
applicant, if granted the franchise therein applied for, will
pay.to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, during the life of
such franchise, two percent (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 percent (1%) of the gross-annual
receipts of applicant derived from the sale of water within
the limits of the City of-Rancho Palos Verdes, under said
water franchise.,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this City Council
under the pursuant to the provisions of Section 6232 of the
California Public Utilities -.Code, does ..hereby - declare :its
intention to grant-:to-California,Water Service Company the
franchise so applied for and,that Tuesday, the 7th day of
March, 1939, at 7:30 P.M. in the City Council Chambers
located at Fred Hesse Community Park; 29301 Hawthorne
Boulevard, Rancho Palos Verdes, 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; and
BE;IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the 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 Rancho Palos Verdes., to wit, in the Palos Verdes
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Peninsula News, in the words and figures as follows, to wit.
"NOTICE OF INTENTION TO GRANT WATER FRANCHISE"
Notice is hereby given by the City Council of the City
of Rancho Palos Verdes 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 California Water Service
Company-F a California corporation, a franchise to lay
and use pipes and appurtenances for transmitting and
distributing water forany and all purposes under,
along, across or upon the public streets as the same
now or may hereafter exist within the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes and that Tuesday, the 7th day of March,
1989, at 7:30 P.M. in the City Council Chambers located
at Fred Hesse Community Park, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard,
Rancho Palos Verdes, is hereby fixed as the day, hour
and place when and where any and all person's 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 objection 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 15 years, 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 Rancho Palos Verdes 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 water
within the limits of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes
under said water 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,,
February 7, 1989
CITY CLERK
RESOL* 89-12
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of February,
1989* •
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MAYOR
ATTEST*
CITY CLERK
t tate of California
County of Los Angeles ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
It JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes, hereby certify that the above Resolution No. 89-12
was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City
council at a regular meeting thereof held on February 7,
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