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RESOLUTION NO. 91
A RESOLUTION .BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO GRANT THE GAS FRANCHISE APPLIED
FOR BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY
UNDER DIVISION 3, CHAPTER 2 OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, KNOWN AS THE FRANCHLSE ACT OF 1937.
WHEREAS, this Council has received from Southern California Gas Company,
a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State
of California, and engaged as a public utility corporation in transmitting and
distributing gas for all purposes to consumers in various municipalitieP and
communities in the State of California, including the City of Downey, an appli-
cation, under andpursuant b the provisions of Divisions 3, Chapter 2 of the
Public Utilities Code of the State of California, for a franchise, which said
application states , in compliance with the provisions of Section 6231 thereof,
that the purpose for which the franchise therein applied for is desired is to lay
anduue pipes and appurtenances for transmitting and distributing gas for any and
all purposes under , along, across or upon the public streets, ways, alleys and
places, as the same now or may hereafter exist within the City of Downey; and
that the term for which the franchise therein applied for indeterminate, as
defined in Section 6264 of the Public Utilities Code of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, said application further states that the applicant, if granted the
franchise therein applied for, will pay to the City of Downey, during the life of
such franchise, two per cent (2%) of the gross annual receipts of applicant arising
firEm the use, operation or possession of said franchise; provided, however, that
such payment shall in no event be less than one per cent (1%P of the gross annual
receipts of applicant derived from the sale of gas within the limits of the City of
Dowhey, under said gas franchise.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this City Council under and
pursuant to the provisions of Section 6232 of the Public Utilities Code of the State
of California, does hereby declare its intention to grant to Southern California
Gas Company the franchise so applied for; and Monday, the 24th day of June ,I957,
at 8:00 o'clock P.M. , at the place where this City Council usually meets , to wit
Council Chambers, 8419 E 2nd St., Downey California, is herebe fixed as the
day, hour and place when and where all persons having any objection to the granting
of such franchise may appear before this City Council and be heard thereon , (the
time so fixed for such hearing being not less than twenty (20) nor more than sixty
(60) days after the date of the passage of this resolution); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of this City Council is hereby
directed to publish a notice at least once within fifteen (15) days after the passage
of this resolution, in a newspaper of general circulation within this City of Downey,
to wit, in the Downey Livewire, in the words and figures as follows, to wit:
"NOTICE OF INTENTION TO GRANT GAS FRANCHISE"
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given by the City Council of the City of Downey that it intends
0 "1 to grant, under and pursuant to Divisions 3, Chapter 2 of the Public Utilities Code
, of the State of California, known as the Franchise Act of 1937, to Southern California
Gas Company a corporation, a franchise to lay and use pipes and appurtenances
for transmitting and distributing gas for any and all purposes under, along, across
or upon the public streets, ways, alleys or places, as the same now or may here
after exist within the City of Downey; and...that Snday, the 2,4th day of June, 1957,
at 8:00 o'clock,P.M., at the place where this City Council usually meets, to wit,
8410 2nd St., Downey, California, is hereby fixed as the day, hour and place when
and where any and all persons having any objection to the granting of said franchise
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may appear before this City Council and be heard thereon. At any time not
later than the hour so set for the hearing of objections, any person interested
may make written protest, stating objections against the granting of such franchise.
Such protest must be signed by the protestant and be deliveredto the .clerk of this
City Council.
The term for which said franchise is proposed to be granted is indetermite,
as defined in Section 6264 of the Public Utilities Code of the State of California.
The grantee of said franchise, and its successors and assigns, will, during
the life of said franchise, pay to the City of Downey two per cent (2%) of the gross
annual receipts of the grantee and its successors and ssigns arising from the use,
operation or possession of said franchise; provided, however, that such payment
shall in no event be less than one per cent (1%) of the gross annual receipts of
the grantee, its successors and assigns, derived from the sale of gas within the
limits of the City of Downey under said gas franchise. Said percentage will be
paid annually from the date of the granting of said franchise, and in the event
such payment shall not be made said franchise will be forfeited.
Dated June 3rd,1957
,W
Clerk of the City ourrcil of the
City of Downey
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