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City of Yucaipa
State of California
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY hereby accepts that
certain Franchise which was granted by Ordinance No. 18 of the
City of Yucaipa adopted by your Honorable Body on the 12th day of
February, 1990.
DATED this 12th day of March, 1990.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
APPROVED AS
_e Presi nt.96.e 1 BY
iif tC rl1nL
- By
Assistant Secretary
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) SS.
CITY OF YUCAIPA
City Clerk of the City of
Yucaipa, California, do hereby certify that the within Acceptance
of Franchise is a true and correct copy of Acceptance of
Franchise filed by the Southern California Edison Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
official seal of the City of Yucaipa, this _g-ja day of
, 1990.
City C er of t ity of
Yucaipa, State M California
follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 18
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
YUCAIPA, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND
ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO USE AND TO CONSTRUCT
AND USE, FOR TRANSMITTING AND DISTRIBUTING
ELECTRICITY FOR ANY AND ALL PURPOSES, POLES,
WIRES, CONDUITS AND APPURTENANCES, INCLUDING
COMMUNICATION CIRCUITS NECESSARY OR PROPER
THEREFOR, IN, ALONG, ACROSS, UPON, OVER AND
UNDER THE PUBLIC STREETS, WAYS, ALLEYS AND
PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF YUCAIPA.
The City Council of the City of Yucaipa does ordain as
Section 1: Whenever in this Ordinance the words or
phrases hereinafter in this section defined are used, it is
intended that they shall have the respective meanings assigned to
them in the following definitions (unless, in the given instance,
the context wherein they are used shall clearly import a
different meaning):
(a) The word "grantee" shall mean the corporation
to which the franchise contemplated in this Ordinance is
granted and its lawful successors or assigns.
(b) The word "City" shall mean the City of Yucaipa,
a municipal corporation of the State of California, in
its present incorporated form or in any later
reorganized, consolidated, enlarged or reincorporated
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(c) The word "streets" shall mean the public
streets, ways, alleys and places as the same now or may
hereafter exist within said City.
(d) The phrase "poles, wires, conduits and
appurtenances" shall mean poles, towers, supports,
wires, conductors, cables, guys, stubs, platforms,
crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, conduits,
ducts, vaults, manholes, meters, cut-outs, switches,
communication circuits, appliances, attachments,
appurtenances and any other property located or to be
located in, along, across, upon, over or under the
streets of said City, and used or useful, directly or
indirectly, for the purpose of transmitting or
distributing electricity for all purposes.
(e) The phrase "construct and use" shall mean to
lay, construct, excavate, encroach, erect, install,
reinstall, operate, maintain, use, repair, modify,
replace, relocate, or remove.
(f) The word "franchise" shall mean and include any
authorization granted hereunder in terms of a franchise,
privilege, permit, license or otherwise to construct and
use poles, wires, conduits and appurtenances, including
communication circuits, for transmitting and
distributing electricity for any and all purposes in,
along, across, upon, over, and under streets within the
City. Any authorization, in whatever terms granted,
shall mean and include any license or permit required
for the privilege of transacting and carrying on a
business within the City.
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Section 2: The franchise to use and to construct and
use, for transmitting and distributing electricity for any and
all purposes, poles, wires, conduits and appurtenances, including
communication circuits, necessary or proper therefor, in, along,
across, upon, over and under the streets within the City of
Yucaipa, is hereby granted to Southern California Edison Company,
its lawful successors and assigns, under and in accordance with
the provisions of the Franchise Act of 1937.
Section 3: Said franchise shall be indeterminate, that
is to say, said franchise shall endure in full force and effect
until, with the consent of the Public Utilities Commission of the
State of California, the same shall be voluntarily surrendered or
abandoned by the grantee, or until the State or some municipal or
public corporation thereunto duly authorized by law shall
purchase by voluntary agreement or shall condemn and take under
the power of eminent domain, all property actually used and
useful in the exercise of said franchise and situate within the
territorial limits of the state, municipal or public corporation
purchasing or condemning such property, or until said franchise
shall be forefeited for noncompliance with its terms by the
grantee.
Section 4: The grantee of said franchise, during the
life thereof, will pay to said City two percent (2%) of the gross
annual receipts of said grantee arising from the use, operation
or possession of said franchise; except that this payment shall
be not less than one percent (1%) of the gross annual receipts
derived by grantee from the sale of electricity within the limits
of said City.
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Section 5: The grantee shall file with the City Clerk
of said City, within three (3) months after the expiration of the
calendar year, or fractional calendar year, following the date of
the granting of this franchise, and within three (3) months after
the expiration of each calendar year thereafter, a verified
statement showing in detail the total gross receipts of said
grantee derived during the preceding calendar year, or such
fractional calendar year, from the sale of electricity within the
limits of said City. The grantee shall pay to said City within
fifteen (15) days after the time for filing said statement, in
lawful money of the United States, the aforesaid percentage of
its gross receipts for the calendar year, or fractional calendar
year, covered by said statement. Any neglect, omission or
refusal by said grantee to file said verified statement, or to
pay said percentage at the times or in the manner hereinbefore
provided, shall constitute grounds for the declaration of a
forfeiture of this franchise and of all rights of grantee
hereunder.
Section 6: The Grantee shall remove or relocate, at the
request of the City and without expense to the City, any poles,
wires, conduits and appurtenances installed, used or maintained
under this franchise if and when made necessary by any change of
grade, alignment or width of any streets, including the
construction of any subway or viaduct by the City; provided,
however, that Grantee shall not be required to bear the expense
of any removal or relocation made at the request of the City on
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behalf of or for the benefit of, any developer or other third
party.
Section 7: This Ordinance shall become effective thirty
(30) days after its final passage, unless suspended by referendum
petition filed as provided by law.
Section 8: The grantee of this franchise shall pay to
the City a sum of money sufficient to reimburse it for all
publication expenses incurred by it in connection with the
granting of this franchise; said payment to be made within thirty
(30) days after the City shall have furnished said grantee with a
written statement of such expenses.
Section 9: The franchise granted hereby shall not
become effective until written acceptance thereof shall have been
filed by the grantee with the City Clerk of said City.
Section 10: The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance
to be posted within fifteen (15) days after its passage in three
(3) public places within said City.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of
said City held on the 22 day of January, , 1990, and
finally adopted and ordered posted at a regular meeting of said
City Council held on the _ 2 _ day of February , 1990, by the
following vote:
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AYES: Council Member rittsr Faton. Hpndar-,on,Matr_alf
NOES: Council Member
ABSENT: Council Member Semans
ATTEST:
Deputy City Clerk of th City of
Yucaipa
(SEAL)
Gary R. Pitts, Mayor
RESOLUTION NO89-29
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
YUCAIPA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS INTENTION
TO GRANT AN ELECTRIC FRANCHISE TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
WHEREAS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, a
California corporation, has filed with the City Council of the
City of Yucaipa, an application requesting that a franchise be
granted to it of the character and for the purpose mentioned in
the form of notice hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, in the opinion of said City Council the public
good requires that said franchise be granted;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that said City Council
intends to grant said franchise, that hearing of objections to
the granting thereof will be held at the time and place specified
in the form of notice hereinafter set forth which the City Clerk
of said City is hereby directed to publish at least once in
the Yucaipa News Mirror , a newspaper of general circulation
published nearest to said City, and to post in three (3) public
places in said City, within fifteen (15) days after the passage
of this resolution, and that said notice shall be substantially
in the following words and figures:
"NOTICE OF INTENTION TO GRANT FRANCHISE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Southern California
Edison Company, a California corporation, has filed its
application with the City Council of the City of
Yucaipa, requesting that said City Council';19zantnto,.�-t.: .
a franchise for an indeterminate period, pursuant to the
Franchise Act of 1937, to use and to construct and use,
for transmitting and distributing electricity for any
and all purposes, poles, wires, conduits and
appurtenances, including communication circuits
necessary or proper therefor, in, along, across, upon,
over and under the public streets, ways, alleys and
places within the City of Yucaipa for all purposes.
If said franchise shall be granted to it, said
Southern California Edison Company, its successors and
assigns, hereinafter designated grantee, during the life
of said franchise will pay to said City two percent (2%)
of the gross annual receipts of said grantee arising
from the use,operation or possession of -said
franchises; except provided that this payment shall not
be less than one percent (1%) of the gross annual
receipts derived by grantee from the sale of electricity
within the limits of said City. Such percentage shall
be paid annually from the date of the granting of the
franchise applied for, and in the event such payment
shall not be made said franchise shall be forfeited.
The City Council of the City of Yucaipa proposes to
grant said franchise for an indeterminate period.-
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NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that any and all
persons having any objections to the granting of said
franchise may appear before said City Council at
the Cnijoril fhamharg, 142a2 Yucaipa Rnulavarri
Yuca i pa
California, at the hour of
3:00
o'clock p.m.
on s the 22_ day
of auua Y 1990, and be heard thereon; and
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that 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
Council at the time set for hearing said objections
shall proceed to hear and pass upon all protests so
made; and
For further particulars reference is hereby made to
said Application which is on file in the office of said
City Clerk, and also to the resolution adopted by said
City Council on the 27th day of December , 1989,
declaring its intention to grant said franchise.
DATED THIS 27 day of December._, 1989.
By order of the City Council of the City of Yucaipa,
California. -
City Clrk
City of Yucaipa
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The foregoing Resolution was duly passed and adopted by
the City Council of the City of Yucaipa at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the 27 day of December 1989,
by the following vote:
AYES: Council Member Pitts, Semans, Eaton, Metcalf
and Henderson
NOES: Council Member
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
City of Yucaipa
State of California
(SEAL)
Council Member
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Mayor,ity of Yucaipa,
State f California
SCE
Southern California Edison Company '
P. O. BOX 800
2244 WALNUT GROVE AVENUE
ROSEMEAD. CALIFORNIA 91770
December 4, 1989
CITY OF YUCAIPA
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
and its City Council
Gentlemen:
Re: Application for Franchise
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, a California
corporation, as Applicant, hereby applies for a franchise
pursuant to the Franchise Act of 1937, and avers as follows:
(a) Applicant's name and address is:
Southern California Edison Company
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
Rosemead, California 91770
Attention: Norman G. Kuch, Attorney
(b) The purpose and term of said franchise shall be:
1. To use, or to construct and use, poles, wires,
conduits and appurtenances, including communication
circuits necessary or proper therefor, for
transmitting and distributing electricity for all
purposes, in, under, along, across, upon and over
the public streets, ways, alleys and places within
the City of Yucaipa.
2. The term of said franchise requested is
indeterminate as provided for in the Franchise Act
of 1937. (Public Utilities Code § 6261.)
(c) If said franchise shall be granted to it, Applicant will
pay to the City during the life thereof, two percent
(2%) of the gross annual receipts of Applicant arising
from the use, operation or possession of said franchise,
except that this payment shall be not less than one
percent (1%) of Applicant's gross annual receipts
derived from the sale of electricity within the limits
of said City. (Public Utilities Code § 6231.)
City of Yucaipa
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December 4, 1989
We request that said franchise be granted by ordinance
in the form which accompanies the form of resolution which we
have prepared and submit herewith for your use should you elect
to use the same.
Yours very truly,
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
By_ OL_ �l
Vic& PresidTent
ATTEST: As iGtant SPCr@ ary
(SEAL)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LQ S Rn -t e � ss.
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November 27, 1989
BILL COVINGTON
INTERIM CITY MANAGER
Re: Proposed 1937 Act Franchise to be
Granted by the City of Yucaipa
Enclosed for your use in connection with your
negotiations with the above City for an indeterminate franchise
under the Franchise Act of 1937 are the following documents:
1. Application for Electric Franchise.
2. Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Yucaipa, California, declaring its intention to
grant an electric franchise to Southern California
Edison Company.
3.
Proposed Ordinance.
4.
Proposed letter for your signature
to the City
Council of the City of Yucaipa.
5.
Form of Affidavit of Mailing to the
District
Engineer, Division of Highways, of
the Application
for Electric Franchise.
6.
Affidavit of Posting.
7.
Excerpts from Minutes of Hearing of
Notice of
Intention and First Reading.
8.
Excerpts from Minutes of Meeting.
(Application
filed and Resolution of Intention adopted.)
9.
Excerpts from Minutes. (Adoption of
Franchise
Ordinance.)
10.
1937 Act Franchise.
11.
Affidavit of Posting Certified Copy
of Ordinance.
I suggest that you discuss the form of resolution and
the proposed ordinance with the City Clerk and members of the
City Council. If the form of resolution and ordinance is
acceptable to them and the members of the City Council indicate a
willingness to grant to this Company an electric franchise for an
indeterminate period under the Franchise Act of 1937, please
prepare and execute the original letter addressed to the City
Council and deliver the same to the City Clerk, together with the
Resolution of the City Council of the City of Yucaipa,
California, declaring its intention to grant an electric
franchise and the Ordinance.
The procedure to be followed in securing this franchise
should be as follows:
A. Filing of Application for Electric Franchise,
1. You will file with the City Clerk the original
executed Application for Electric Franchise, the
original copy of the form of Resolution of the City
Council, declaring its intention to grant an
electric franchise to Southern California Edison
Company and the original copy of the Ordinance,
together with your letter of transmittal.
2. The City Clerk should present the Application to
the City Council at an ensuing regular meeting.
B. Mailing of Application for Electric Franchise to
Di tict Director.
1.v Please request the City Clerk to mail, without
delay, a copy of the Application for Electric
Franchise to:
District Director, District 08
California Department of Transportation,
247 West Third Street,
(P.O. Bog 231)
San Bernardino, CA 92403
2. After the City Clerk has mailed the Application for
.Electric Franchise to the District Director, will
you please request him to execute and deliver to
you for transmittal to me, an Affidavit of
Mailing. A suggested form of Affidavit of Mailing
is enclosed which you will please deliver to the
City Clerk.
C. Adoption of Resolution of the City Council of the City
of Yucaipa, California,.Declaring its Intention to Grant
an Electric Franchise to Southern California Edison
Company,
1. If the City Council is willing to grant the Company
a franchise, the resolution declaring its intention
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to grant an electric franchise will be adopted at a
regular meeting_ There must, of course, be a
quorum present.
2. Please see that the time for hearing objections to
the granting of the franchise is inserted on page 2
of the Resolution. The law requires that the datg
/fixed for hearing such objection shal_1__be_not—l.e _s
than twenty days nor more than sixty days after—the
/ date of the Passage of the Resolution. Please see
(� that the date fixed for such hearing and inserted
in this Resolution complies with this requirement.
This date for hearing objections also should
correspond to the date of a regular meeting of the
City Council.
3. Please also see that the name of the newspaper in
which the notice is to be published is inserted on
page 1 of the Resolution. This notice must be
published in a newspaper which has been adjudicated
to be a newspaper of general circulation which has
been established, printed and published at regular
intervals within said City at least one year
preceding the date of publication. If there is no
such newspaper within the City, then the notice
should be published in a newspaper which has been
adjudicated to be a newspaper of general
circulation published nearest to said City.
4. Following the adoption of the resolution, please
ve the City Clerk certify a copy of the
solution and forward the same to me promptly in
der that I may receive them for checking the
galley proof of the notice which is referred to
below.
5. Please obtain from the City Clerk and forward to me
a certified copy of excerpts of the minutes of the
meeting of the City Council showing the filing of
the application for the franchise and the adoption
of the resolution of intention. These minutes
should show the hour, date and place of the
meeting; that it was a regular meeting; the names
jof the members of the City Council present or
` absent; that a quorum was present and the vote of
each member present upon said resolution. A sample
copy of such minutes is enclosed for your
guidance. I suggest you discuss this form of
minutes with the City Council prior to the meeting
in order that the proceedings may conform therewith.
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D. Publication of Notice of Intention to Grant Franchise.
1. A conformed copy of the Resolution of the City
Council, Declaring its Intention to Grant an
Electric Franchise to Southern California Edison
Company after being adopted by the City Council
should be forwarded without delay by the City Clerk
to the newspaper in which_ the Notice of Intention
to Grant Franchise is to be published. This notice
must be published at least once within fifteen days
after the passage of the resolution of intention.
The resolution of intention must not be published
in its entirety but only that portion which begins
with the words "NOTICE OF INTENTION TO GRANT
FRANCHISE" (page 1 of the resolution) and ends with
the words "City of Yucaipa" (page 3 of the
resolution). Please see that only the "Notice of
Intention to Grant Franchise" is published.
2. Will you please obtain from the publisher of the
newspaper, a galley proof of the Notice of
Intention to Grant Franchise contained in the above
mentioned part of the resolution. Please impress
upon the publisher that the published Notice to
Grant Franchise must contain no typographical
errors and must be an exact copy of the notice as
set forth in the Resolution adopted by the City
Council. The City Clerk may require the publisher
to furnish him with a galley proof so that he may
check the publication. Even though this be true,
the publisher should also be required to read the
galley and be responsible for its accuracy. In
addition, I urge that you also read the galley and
be certain that it is an exact copy of the Notice
of Intention contained in the Resolution.
3. Please forward to me a galley proof of the Notice
of Intention as soon as possible in order that I
may also check the galley and advise you of any
corrections which should be made prior to the
publication.
4. Please obtain from the publisher, and transmit to
me, an executed Affidavit of Publication of the
Notice of Intention with a copy of the published
notice attached to the affidavit..
s. The Company will pay the publication charges for
publishing the Notice of Intention to Grant
Franchise. Therefore, please obtain and forward to
me a copy of the statement covering the cost of
,such publication. I will secure the necessary
`.voucher and forward the same to you for delivery.
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Posting of Notice of Intention to Grant Franchise.
1. It also will be necessary that the Notice of
Intention to Grant Franchise be posted in three
public places in the City within fifteen days of
_1// the adoption of the Resolution of Intention. Only
that portion of the Resolution of Intention which
is published should be posted; that is, commencing
with the words "NOTICE OF INTENTION TO GRANT
FRANCHISE" page 1 of the Resolution and continuing
to the words "City of Yucaipa" page 3 of said
Resolution. Would you arrange with the publisher
of the newspaper in which the notice is to be
published to give the City Clerk a copy of said
notice.
2. Please obtain from the City Clerk and forward to
me, an Affidavit of Posting of said notice. A c9py
of the notice should be attached to and made a part
of the affidavit. I am enclosing a copy of a -form
to be used in case the City does not have a -form of
Affidavit of Posting.
Hearing of objections and First Reading of Ordinance,
1. The hearing of objections to the granting of the
franchise will be held by the City Council at the
hour, upon the date, and at the place specified in
the Notice of Intention to Grant Franchise. At
this meeting, the City Clerk will announce whether
or not any written objections have been filed. If
so, the City Council will proceed to hear the
objections. After the City Council hears the
objections to the granting of the franchise, should
any be filed, it will overrule and deny such
objections if it wishes to grant the franchise.
This action should be noted in the minutes of the
meeting. Also, if no objections have been filed,
this fact should be noted in the minutes of the
meeting.
2. Thereafter, the franchise ordinance may be
introduced and a first reading had thereof. This
first reading must be had at a regular meeting of
the City Council and.usually is had upon the same
date as and immediately following the hearing of
objections to the granting of the franchise. There
must, of course, be a quorum present at the time of
the hearing of objections and the first reading of
the ordinance.
3., Please obtain from the City Clerk and forward to me
a certified copy of the excerpts of the minutes of
the meeting of the City Council with reference to
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the hearing of objections to the granting of said
franchise and the first reading of the Ordinance.
These minutes should show the hour, date and place
of the meeting; that it was a regular or an
adjourned regular meeting; the names of the members
the City Council present or absent; that a
quorum was present, that all protests and
objections made or filed to the granting of said
franchise be and the same are overruled and denied;
the vote upon the foregoing motion; and that the
franchise ordinance was thereupon given its first
reading. A sample copy of such minutes is also
enclosed for your guidance. I suggest that you
discuss these minutes with the City Clerk prior to
the meeting in order that the proceedings may
conform.
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1 At the next regular or adjourned regular meeting of
the City Council held not less than five days
following the first reading of the ordinance, a
second reading of the ordinance may be had, after
which the ordinance may be adopted by the City
Council. At least three Council Members must vote
for the passage of the ordinance.
2. Following the adoption of the ordinance, please
have the City Clerk conform and certify a copy and
forward the same to me.
3. Please obtain from the City Clerk and forward to
me, a certified copy of the excerpts of the minutes
of the meeting of the -City Council at which the
ordinance was adopted. These minutes should show
the hour, date and place of the meeting; that it
was a regular or an adjourned regular meeting; the
names of the members of the City Council present or
absent; that a quorum was present; that the
ordinance was given a second reading; that the
adoption of said ordinance was duly moved and
seconded; and the vote of each member present of
the City Council upon the adoption of said
ordinance.
H. Posting of Ordinance._
1. The ordinance must be posted within fifteen days
after its adoption in three public places within
the City. Please see that this is accomplished by
the City Clerk (Government Code 36933).
2 A soon as this posting has been accomplished, will
ou procure and forward to me, an Affidavit of
osting of said ordinance, to which should be
ttached a copy of the ordinance. I am enclosing a
opy of a form to be used in case the City does not
have a form of Affidavit of Posting.
I. Acceptance of Franchises._
1. Upon adoption of said ordinance, I will have
prepared and will forward to you an original
executed Acceptance of Franchise, as required by
the ordinance. You will file this Acceptance with
the City Clerk. It is the filing of the Acceptance
that causes the franchise ordinance to become
effective.,
I will appreciate it if you will attend all
meetings of the City Council at which any matters
pertaining to our franchise will be discussed. I
am available to attend these meetings when you deem
it necessary. It therefore will be necessary for
you to keep in close contact with the City Clerk so
that you will be advised as to the progress of our
franchise proceedings. All matters concerning the
franchise will be cleared through your office.
The proceedings in this franchise matter must be regular
in all respects. It therefore is of the utmost importance that
all matters be handled as I have outlined them above. Otherwise,
it may be necessary to go through the entire proceedings again.
In addition to the foregoing, and in order that I may be
kept currently advised as to the progress of the franchise
proceedings, please furnish to me, as soon as the information in
each instance becomes available, memorandums of the following:
1. The date the Application for Franchise is filed.
2. The date upon which the resolution of intention to
grant electric franchise is adopted.
3. The date, place, and time set for the hearing of
objections to the granting of the franchise.
4. The date that any objections are filed, together
with a copy thereof.
5. The action taken by the City Council with reference
to any such objections.
6. The date upon which the first reading of the
ordinance is had, the number assigned to said
ordinance, and the date set for the second reading.
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7. The date upon which the second reading is
had and the ordinance is adopted.
Y R. GON EZ
AREA MANAGER
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