HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 60-66 RESOLUTION NO. 60-66
RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO GRANT GAS FRANCHISE
WHEREAS Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a California
utility 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 purposes mentioned in the form
of noticehereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS in the opinion of said Council the public good
requires that said franchise be granted;
NOW~ THEREFORE~ BE IT RESOLVED that said 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 within
fifteen (15} days after the passage of this resolution in
Bakersfield Californian , a newspaper of general circulation
within said City, and that said notice shall be in the following
words and figures:
"NOTICE OF INTENTION TO GRANT FRANCHISE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, a California utility corporation, has filed its
application with the Council of the City of Bakersfield
requesting said Council to grant it a franchise pursuant
to the Charter of the City of Bakersfield and the
Franchise Act of 1937 (a)~ to use, for transmitting and
distributing gas within said City for any and all
purposes other than those authorized under Section 19 of
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Article XI of the Constitution of the State of California,
as said section read prior to its amendment on
October 10, 1911, all pipes and appurtenances which now
are or may hereafter be lawfully placed in the public
streets, ways and places within said. City, and ~).-to lay
and use in said public streets, ways and places all pipes
and appurtenances necessary or proper for said purposes.
If said franchise shall be granted to it, said
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, its successors and
assigns, hereinafter designated grantee, shall during
the life. thereof pay to said City two per cent (2%)_ of
the gross annual receipts of said grantee arising from
the use, operation or possession of said franchise;
provided, however, that such payment shall in no event
be less than a sum which shall be equivalent to one per
cent (1%~ of the gross annual receipts derived by grantee
from the sale of gas within the limits of said City under
both the franchise to be granted .and the franchise now.
owned by said grantee by virtue of Section 19 of
Article XI of the Constitution of the State of California
as said section read prior to its amendment on
October 10, 1911. Said percentage will 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. Said City Council
propose~ to grant said franchise for an indeterminate
period.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that any and all
persons having any interest in or objection to the granting
of said franchise may appear before said Council at the
City Hall of said City at the hour of 8:00 p.m. on
Monday , the 10~h day of Octobe~ , 1966, and be
heard thereof; and
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that at any time not
later than the hour so 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 delivered
to the City Clerk of said City, and the Council shall at
the.time set for hearing said objections proceed to hear
and pass upon all protests so made.
For further particulars reference is hereby made
to said application filed as aforesaid in the office of
said Council, and also to the resolution adopted on the
12th day of September , 1966, declaring said
Council's intention to grant said franchise.
Dated: September 12 1966
By order of the Council of the City of Bakersfield.
City Clerk an -Officio Clerk
of the Council of the City of
Bakers field."
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 12th day of September , 1966, by
the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Councilmen Balfanz, Doolin, Hosking,
Park, Rucker, Stiern, Whirremote
None
None
City ~ ~r~~ and Ex'~O of 1 iciO Cl~r[')
the Council of the City of Bakersfield.
MAYOR -o E~,~a~ C ity,~fdf Baker s f i e 1 d
~--$eDtember
· 1966.
APPROVED:
City Attorney
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