CC RES 1974-018 RESOLUTION NO. 74-18
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
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 Rancho
Palos Verdes 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 said City Council the public
good requires that said franchise be granted;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that said City Council intends
to grant said franchise, that hearing of objections to the granting
thereof will be held at the time and place specified in the form of
notice hereinafter set forth which the City Clerk of said City is
hereby directed to publish at least once in the Palos Verdes Pen-
insula News, a newspaper of general circulation published nearest
to said City, and to post in three (3) public places in said City,
within fifteen (15) days after the passage of this resolution, and
that said 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 applica-
tion with the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes requesting that said 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 Rancho Palos Verdes.
If said franchise shall be granted to it, said
Southern California Edison Company, its successors and
assigns, hereinafter designated grantee, during the life
of said franchise will pay to said City two percent (2%)
of the gross annual receipts of said grantee arising from
the use, operation or possession of said franchise; pro-
vided, 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 said City. Such percentage shall be paid
annually from he date of the granting of the franchise
applied for,, and in the event such payment shall not be
made said franchise shall be forfeited.
The City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes
proposes to grant said franchise for an indeterminate
period.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that any and all
persons having any objections to the granting of said
franchise may appear before said City Council at Ridge-
crest Intermediate School, 28915 Northbay Road, Rancho
Palos Verdes, California, at the hour of 7: 30 o' clock
p.m. on Tuesday, the 19th day of March, 1974, 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 objec-
tions against the granting of said franchise, which pro-
test must be signed by the protestant and be delivered
to the City Clerk of said City. The City Council at the
time set for hearing said objections shall proceed to
hear and pass upon all protests so made; and
For further particulars reference is hereby made to
said Application which is on file in the office of said
City Clerk, and also to the resolution adopted by said
City Council on the 19th day of February, 1974, declar-
ing its intention to grant said franchise.
DATED THIS 19th day of February, 1974.
By order of the City Council of the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes, California.
LEONARD G. WOOD, CITY CLERK
EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
By "
The foregoing Resolution was duly passed and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes at a regular meet-
ing of said City Council held on the 19th day of February, 1974,
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen G. Buerk, K. Dyda, D. Ruth, R. Ryan
and M. Ryan
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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ATTEST:
LEONARD G. WOOD, CITY CLERK
EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true
copy of Resolution No. 74-18, which was introduced and adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes, held on the 19th day of February, 1974.
LEONARD G. WOOD, CITY CLERK
EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
By
DATED THIS 19th day of February, 1974.
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