HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 13,497RESOLUTION NO. 13,497
RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO GRANT GAS FRANCHISE
WHEREAS San Diego Gas & Electric Company, a
California corporation, has filed with the Council of the
City of National City an application requesting that a
franchise be granted to it of the character and for the
purposes mentioned in the form of notice hereinafter set
forth; and
WHEREAS in the opinion of said Council the public
good requires that said franchise be granted;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that said Council
intends to grant said franchise, that hearing of objections
to the granting thereof will be held at the time and place
specified in th.e form of notice hereinafter set forth which
the Clerk of said City is hereby directed to publish at
least once within fifteen days after the passage of this
resolution in the'National city Star News, a newspaper of
general circulation within said City, and that said notice
shall be in the following words and figures:
"NOTICE OF INTENTION TO GRANT FRANCHISE"
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that San Diego Gas &
Electric Company, a California corporation, has filed its
application with th.e Council of the City of National City
requesting said Council to grant it a franchise for an
indeterminate period, under the Franchise Act of 1937, to
construct, maintain and use pipes and appurtenances under,
along,, across and upon the public streets and places within
said City for transmitting and distributing gas to the public
for any and all purposes.
If said franchise shall be granted to it, said San
Diego Gas & Electric Company, its successors and assigns,
hereinafterdesignated grantee, shall during the life thereof
pay to said City two per cent of th.e gross annual receipts
of said grantee 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 of the gross annual
receipts derived by grantee from the sale of gas within the
limits of said City.
Said percentages will be paid annually from the
dateof the granting of the franchise applied for. First
annual payment to be made within threemonths and fifteen days
after the expiration of the calendar year 1981. Subsequent
annual payments will be made within threemonths and fifteen
days after the termination of each_ and every calendar year
thereafter. In the event such payments shall not be made,
said franchise shall beforfeited. Said City Council pro-
poses to grant said franchise for an indeterminate period.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that any and all
persons having any objections to the granting of said franchise
may appear before said Council at the City Hall of said City
at the hour of 7:45 p.m.., on Tuesday, the 3rd day of February,
1981, and be heard thereon; and
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that at any time not
later than the hour so set for hearing objections, any person
interested may make written protest stating objections against
the granting of said frnachise, which protest must be signed
by the protestant and delivered to the City Clerk of said
City, and the Council shall at the time set for hearing said
objections proceed to hear and pass upon all protests so made.
For further particulars reference is hereby made
to said application filed as aforesaid in the Office of the
City Clerk of National City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED. this 6th:day of January, 1981.
MAYOR
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