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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 ATTEST: