HomeMy Public PortalAbout75-128RESOLUTION NO. 75-128
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CARSON DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO GRANT A
PIPELINE FRANCHISE TO CONTINENTAL OIL
CORPORATION
WHEREAS, Continental Oil Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, has filed with the City Council of the City of
Carson 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 theopinion of said City Council the public
good requires that said f anchise be granted;
NOW, THEREFORE,
the City of Carson that t
said franchise; that the
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BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
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which it is proposed to be granted,
of notice hereinafter set forth; that
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ace specified in the form of notice
ch the City Clerk is hereby directed
n the Herald -American (formerly known
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est to the City of Carson, within 15
this Resolution; and that said notice
the following words and figures:
"NOTICE OF INTENTION TO GRANT FRANCHISE"
"NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Continental Oil Corpora-
tion, a Delaware Corporation, has filed its application with
the City Council of the City of Carson requesting that said
City Council grant to it a franchise for a period of 25 years
from and after the date upon which the franchise shall become
effective, to construct from time to time and to install, oper-
ate, maintain, replace, change the size of, abandon in place
and/or remove pipelines for the transportation of oil, gas,
gasoline, petroleum, wet gas, hydrocarbon substances, water,
waste water, mud, steam and other liquid substances together
with all appurtenances and service connections necessary or
convenient to properly maintain and operate pipelines, in-
cluding cathodic protection facilities, and also including
appurtenances and equipment for power and communication
lines necessary or convenient for the Grantee's business,
within the public streets, highways, alleys and other public
ways or public property now existing or hereinafter dedicated
in the City of Carson."
"If said franchise shall be granted to it, said Continental
Oil Corporation and its assigns, hereinafter designated grantee,
will annually pay to said City during the life of said franchise
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a sum equal to one cent ($.01) per inch of internal diameter
per foot of pipeline and Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per mile
of pole line installed and maintained in the property covered
by this franchise and shall pay an additional construction charge
of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per mile or fraction thereof
for the construction and laying of each such pipe or pipeline.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the amount of each annual payment shall
be revised based upon the increase or decrease in the level
of the wholesale price index, all commondities, prepared by
the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics."
"The City Council of the City of Carson proposes to
grant said franchise for a period of 25 years from and after
the date upon which the franchise shall become effective, or
until with the consent of the Public Utilities Commission of
the State of California it is voluntarily surrendered or aban-
doned by the Grantee, or until the State or some municipal or
public corporation thereunto duly authorized by law shall pur-
chase by voluntary agreement or shall condemn and take under
the power of eminent domain all property actually used and
useful in the exercise of such franchise and situated within
the territorial limits of the State, municipal, or public
corporation purchasing or condemning such property, or until
such franchise is forfeited for noncompliance with its terms
by Grantee."
"NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Grantee of said
franchise shall file a bond, with a corporate surety authorized
to conduct a surety business in the State of California, and
in a form approved by the City Attorney for the City of Carson,
in the penal sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), condi-
tioned that the Grantee shall well and truly observe, fulfill,
and perform each term and condition of said franchise and that
in case of any breach of condition of said bond, the amount of
the penal sum therein named shall be recoverable from the princi-
pal and surety upon said bond. Said bond shall be filed with the
City Clerk within five (5) days after the effective date of the
ordinance granting said franchise; and if said bond is not filed,
or if it does not receive the approval of the City Attorney,
said franchise may be refused or forfeited and any money paid
to the City in connection therewith shall be retained by the
City. k
"NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that any and all persons
having any objection to the granting of said franchise may
appear before the City Council in the Council Chambers located
at the Carson City Hall, 21919 South Avalon Boulevard, Carson,
California, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 2, 1975,
and be heard thereon; and at any time not later than the hour
set for hearing objections, any person interested may make
written protest stating objections against the granting of
said franchise, which protest must be signed by the protestant
and be delivered to the City Clerk of said City. The City
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Council at the time set for hearing said objections shall proceed
to hear and pass upon all protests so made."
For further particulars, reference is hereby made to said applica-
tion which is on file in the Office of said City Clerk, and also
to the resolution adopted by said City Council on the 4th day of
August, 1975, declaring its intention to grant said franchise.
DATED: August 4, 1975
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council
of the City of Carson on the 4th day of August
1975.
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
1, 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 resolution, being Resolution No. 75-128, 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 4th day of August, 1975, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Calas, Marbut, Smith, Yamamoto and Bridgers
None
None
COUNCILMEN:
NOES:
COUNCILMEN:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN:
Aot� ('91 . . JI � & �2
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