HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 59-79RESOLUTION NO. 59-7b
RESOLUTION OF INTENTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD TO CONSIDER THE GRANTING OF
A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT AND USE POLES, WIRES,
CABLES, CONDUITS AND APPURTENANCES UNDER, ALONG
OR UPON ANY OR ALL PUBLIC STREETS IN THE CITY
OF BAKERSFIELD.
WHEREAS, Warner Cable Corporation, has filed with the
Council of the City of Bakersfield, 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:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAKERSFIELD 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 Clerk of the City is hereby directed
to publish once within fifteen days after the passage of this
resolution in the Bakersfield Californian, a newspaper of general
circulation within said City, and that said notice shall be as
follows:
"NOTICE OF INTENTION TO HOLD HEARING FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING GRANTING APPLICATION
FOR FRANCHISE"
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Warner Cable Corporation, a
corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the
laws of the State of Illinois, has filed its application with the
Council of the City of Bakersfield requesting the Council to grant
it a franchise within the city limits of Bakersfield, to use or
construct and use, poles, wires, cables, conduits and appurtenances
for the purpose of transmitting and distributing electricity and
electrical impulses and signals for television and/or radio purposes,
namely, to produce reproductions of sights and sounds to the residents
of the City of Bakersfield, under, along or upon any or all public
streets, ways, alleys and places of th~ City of Bakersfield as the
same now exist or hereafter exist.
The principal feature of the ordinance is as follows:
1. The term of the franchise is for eighteen years with
a renewal period of seventeen years.
2. The amount payable to the City for the franchise is
three percent (3%) of the gross annual receipts of the company
from its operation in the City.
3. The franchise is non-exclusive.
For further.particulars relative to the proposed ordin-
ance granting said franchise, reference is made to the ordinance on
file in the City Clerk's office, 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield,
California.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that any and all persons
having any objections to the granting of said franchise may appear
before the City Council at City Hall at the hour of 8 o'clock p.m.
on Wednesday, the 8th day of August, 1979, and be heard thereon.
Dated: July 11, 1979.
~~YCLER~ a Ex Officio
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I'HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on the llth day of July, 1979, by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN BART~,/i/~RISTENSEN' MEANS, MILLER, PAYNE, RATTY,
NOES: COUNCILMEN
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: ~T~49 ~
AssTA,.,NG: co~Nc,~MEN:
YC~LER~O
CIT ~ticio Clerk of
Council of the City of Bakersfield
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APPROV~ as t~' form:
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