HomeMy Public PortalAbout2023.017 (03-21-2023)RESOLUTION NO. 2023.017
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD
DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO GRANT A PIPELINE FRANCHISE TO
TORRANCE PIPELINE COMPANY LLC
RECITALS
WHEREAS, On March 18, 2008, the City Council of the City of Lynwood ("City
Council") adopted Ordinance No. 1600, which granted ExxonMobil Oil Corporation a non-
exclusive fifteen (15) year franchise to operate and maintain a pipeline system for the
transportation of oil and gas under certain public ways and public places within City
boundaries ("Franchise"); and
WHEREAS, on June 7, 2016, the City Council approved the transfer of Pipeline
Ordinance No. 1600 from the ExxonMobil Oil Corporation to Torrance.Pipeline Company.
LLC; and
WHEREAS, the Franchise will expire in April of 2023 and Torrance Pipeline
Company LLC desire to extend the Franchise for an additional ten (10) year term; and
WHEREAS, on April 5, 2022 and December 5, 2022, Torrance Pipeline Company
LLC has filed requests to extend the existing pipeline Franchise; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Public Utilities Code Section 6232, the City
Council desires to adopt a resolution declaring its intent to grant a pipeline franchise to
Torrance Pipeline Company LLC and direct the City Clerk to publish notice of the related
hearing within fifteen (15) days after adoption of said resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD
HEREBY FIND, PROCLAIM, ORDER, AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council hereby finds and determines that all of the above
Recitals are true andcorrect and incorporates such Recitalsinto this Resolution.
Section 2. That City Council hereby declares its intention to grant Torrance
Pipeline Company LLC a franchise to operate and maintain a pipeline system for the
transportation of oil and gas under certain public ways and public places within City
boundaries for an additional ten (10) year period;
Section 3. That it is the opinion of the City Council that the public good requires
that said Franchise be granted;
Section 4. That City Council will hear objections to the granting of said
Franchise on March 7, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 11330
Bullis Road, Lynwood, California.
Section 5. The City Clerk is hereby directed to publish notice of the hearing at
least once in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published nearest to the City
of Lynwood, within 15 days after the passage of this Resolution; and
Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and
hereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of March 2023.
Oscar Flores M yor
ATTEST:
Maria Quinonez,
City Clerk
Noel Tapia,
City Attorney
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
APPROVED A O TENT:
G oriel Linares,
D rector of Community Development
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
)§
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, Maria Quinonez, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Lynwood at a regular meeting held on the 21St day of March 2023.
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS CAMACHO, SOLACHE, MAYOR PRO TEM
SOTO AND MAYOR FLORES
NOES: COUNCIL MUNOZ-GUEVARA
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
Maria Quinonez,
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
)§
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, Maria Quinonez, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and the
Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the above foregoing is a full,
true and correct copy of Resolution No. 2023.017 on file in my office and that said
Resolution was adopted on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 21St day
of March 2023.
Maria Quinonez,
City Clerk