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ORDINANCE NO. 95-1071
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON GRANTING A
PUBLIC UTILITY PIPELINE FRANCHISE TO TEXACO
CALIFORNIA PIPELINES, INC.
THE CITY COUNC11, OF THE CITY OF CARSON DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council hereby grants a franchise to Texaco California
Pipelines, Inc. ("Franchisee"), a Delaware corporation, for a period of 25 years from and after the
date upon which this franchise shall become effective, to lay or construct from time to time, and
to maintain, operate, renew, repair, change the size of, remove or abandon in place pipes and
pipelines for the collection, transportation or distribution of crude oil and other liquid substances
not more hazardous than the aforesaid substances together with all manholes, valves,
appurtenances and service connections necessary or convenient for the operation of said pipes or
pipelines including conduits, cathodic protection devices, wires, cables and other appurtenances
necessary or convenient for the exercise of the Franchisee's business as a public utility, in, under,
along or across any and all streets within the City of Carson, as approved from time to time by
Resolution of the City Council. Said franchise shall be solely for a public utility pipeline system in
which the subject pipelines are dedicated to the service of the public. The rates for transportation
shall be established pursuant to tariffs filed with the Public Utilities Commission ("Commission")
and shall be just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory. Franchisee's accounts and records are
established pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and Franchisee has filed
an appropriate annual report with the Commission.
Section 2. Franchisee shall pay to the City of Carson the following amounts:
A. Base Annual Fee.
A base annual fee shall be paid within sixty (60) days after the end of each
calendar year and during the life of the franchise for each and every year,
including the year of granting the franchise, according to the "franchise
payment period" as defined in this Chapter, by multiplying the pipe length
expressed in feet by the applicable base rate as follows:
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Pipe Size (Internal) Base Rate
Diameter in Inches Per Lineal Foot
0-4 $0.088
6 0.132
8 0.176
10 0.220
12 0.264
14 0.308
16 0.352
18 0.396
20 0.440
22 0.484
24 0.528
26 0.572
28 0.616
3 0 0.660
For pipelines with an internal diameter not listed above, the fees shall be in the
same proportion to the fees of a 12-inch-diameter pipe as the diameter of the unlisted pipe is to 12
inches. The formula used in arriving at the annual fee shall apply to any existing, replacement,
modification or extension of the pipeline.
B. Adjustments.
1. The amount of the fee provided for in subsection A of this Section, shall be
adjusted at the time payment is due by multiplying the base fee by the
Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consumers for the Los Angeles-
Anaheim-Riverside Area as published by the United States Department of
Labor, Office of Information for the month of September immediately
preceding the month in which payment is due and payable, and divided by
the Consumer Price Index for June 30, 1989 (June 30, 1989 = 100.0).
2. In no event shall an annual fee be charged which is less than the base
annual fee amount established by subsection A of this Section.
3. The indices specified in paragraph 1 of this subsection B are calculated and
published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics. If the Bureau discontinues the calculation or publication of the
Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consumers for the Los Angeles-
Anaheim-Riverside area (June 30, 1989 = 100), and no transposition table
is available to convert to another index, then the amount of each annual
adjustment in base fees shall be computed by using a comparable
governmental index.
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Section 3. Texaco California Pipelines, Inc. shall, within thirty (30) days after
passage of this Ordinance, file with the City Clerk of the City of Carson, a written acceptance of
the terms and conditions of this Ordinance.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 3rd day of October , 1995.
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CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the
foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 95-1071 passed first reading on
September 19 , 1995, was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council
of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 3rd
day of October 1995, and that the same was passed and
adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES:COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Mitoma, Galas, O'Neal, and Fajardo
NOES:COUNCIL MEMBERS: Olaes
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
City Clerk, City of Carson, Ca ifornia
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