HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 18-41RESOLUTION NO. ]~8~41
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND
OTHER OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD TO COLLECT DATA RELATIVE TO THE
PUBLIC UTILITY WATER QUESTION.
WHEREAS, qualified electors equal in number to not less
than thirty-five percentum of the votes cast at the last munici-
pal election at which all qualified registered electors were en-
titled to vote have petitioned the Council of the City of Bakers-
field to submit, by ordinance, to the qualified electors of the
City, at any special election at which all qualified electors are
entitled to vote, a plan for the acquisition of the public utility
of the California Water Service Company for the furnishing and
supply of domestic water,
AND WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of Bakersfield provides
that before submitting any plan for the construction and establish-
ment of a public utility the Council shall cause an estimate to be
made and the cost to be ascertained at which such public utility
can be constructed or acquired;
AND WHEREAS, the Council will be unable to submit any
plan for the acquisition of such public utility without having
first obtained an estimate of the sum for which said utility may
be purchased on a voluntary sale or on condemnation, or otherwise;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAKERSFIELD that the City Manager ascertain for the Council the
cost at which such public utility can be constructed or acquired,
and that to such end he solicit an offer by and ascertain from the
California Water Service Company the price at which it would be
willing to sell its system in the City, and adjacent territory to
the City, and that the City Manager, with the aid of such other
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officers and employees of the City as he may deem necessary, pro-
ceed also to prepare, draw up and formulate data from which may
be ascertained and made an estimate of the cost at which such
public utility company can be constructed or acquired, in any
manner according to law, and that in the collection of such data
the City Manager, and such other officers and employees of the City
as he may deem necessary, are hereby authorized to consult with
the members and the employees of the Railroad Commission of the
State of California, and/or with the officers and employees of
other cities of this state, as may be deemed necessary by the
Manager.
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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/~day of November,
1941, by the following vote:
RYES, CLF.!*tENTS, MRRMR!)UKE, Ft, ORRIS, SIEIV~ON, ~,M II I~, 50LLERS, VV. RCRI414EN
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City Clerk~~and~rk of the
Council of~ the City of Bakersfield.
APPROVED by me this
day' of November, 1941.
MAY of EKe city of Bakersfield.