19820728 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes
MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD
JULY 28, 1982, AT 4:45 P.M., IN
THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE CITY
HALL, LOCATED AT 4305 SANTA FE
AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA
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MEMBERS PRESENT:
MEMBERS ABSENT:
McCormick, Ybarra, Gonzales, Davis
Malburg
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Pro Tern Ybarra.
The City Clerk indicated that the City Council had given
first reading to Ordinance No. 929 on July 22, 1982, and re-
commended that said Ordinance receive a second reading and final
approval.
ORDINANCE NO. 929 - An Ordinance of the City Council of
the City of Vernon Fixing Rates To Be Charged For Electrical
Energy Distributed And Supplied By Said City Within Its Bound-
aries And Repealing Certain Ordinances Of The City Of Vernon
Relating Thereto, was read by title for a second and final read-
ing.
It was moved by Gonzales, seconded by McCormick, that
Ordinance No. 929 receive and pass a second reading and be
adopted. Motion carried.
AYES:
NOES:
Absent:
Gonzales, McCormick, Ybarra, Davis
None
Malburg
Mr. Lewis R. Adams, Operations Manager of the Light and
Power Department, pre8ented an Energy Exchange Agreement by and
between the City of Glendale and the City of Vernon and re-
commended that the City of Vernon authorize the Chief Executive
Officer of the Light and Power Department to execute said Agree-
ment on its behalf.
It was moved by McCormick, seconded by Gonzales, that
the recommendation of the Operations Manager of the Light and
Power Department be approved and that the Chief Executive
Officer of the Light and Power Department be authorized to exe-
cute said Agreement on behalf of the City of Vernon. Motion
carried. Councilman Davis abstained.
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Communication From Bruce V. Malkenhorst, City Adminis-
trator/City Clerk, dated July 28, 1982, transmitting the status
report from Victor Vaits, Deputy Director of the Community
Services Department, dated July 22, 1982, concerning the Extra
Work Order #1 on Contract No. 449 for sewer reconstruction on
Exchange and Lorna Vista Avenues.
It was moved by Gonzales, seconded by McCormick, that
the status report on the Extra Work Order #1, Contract No. 449,
for sewer reconstruction on Exchange and Lorna Vista Avenues be
received and filed. Motion carried.
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The City Attorney reported that the City Council
had approved in substance, during an Executive Session of an
adjourned City Council Meeting, held July 22, 1982, that the
Mayor Pro Tern be authorized to execute a letter agreement with
Southern California Edison Company which would permit the City
to operate its diesel plant and therefore settle the issues
raised by the City of Vernon before the Federal Energy Regulat-
ory Commission in Docket No. ER8l-l77, Phase II.
Re further reported that the final draft of the letter
agreement submitted by Edison conformed to the letter consider-
ed by the City Council on July 22, 1982 and, therefore, re-
commended that the City Council ratify the execution of said
letter agreement by the Mayor Pro Tern.
It was moved by Gonzales, seconded by McCormick, that
the final draft of the letter agreement submitted by Edison be
approved and that the execution of said agreement by the Mayor
Pro Tern be ratified as being consistent with the Council's
previous instructions. Motion carried.
The City Attorney reported that negotiations with South-
ern California Edison Company towards reaching an agreement on
an Integrated Operations Agreement ("lOA") restricted to the
City's acquisition of an interest in the Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station had concluded and recommended that the City
approve the lOA and a side letter agreement which would provide
the City with the right to modify the lOA in the event that the
City's litigation efforts before the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission are successful and to permit the City of Vernon to
further restrict the effect of the lOA and its nonfirm energy
provisions.
It was moved by McCormick, seconded by Gonzales, that
the submitted lOA by and between Southern California Edison
Company and the City of Vernon and the attached side letter
agreement by and between Southern California Edison Company
and the City of Vernon be approved and the Mayor Pro Tern be
authorized to execute said lOA and said letter agreement on
behalf of the City or Vernon. Motion carried. Councilman
Davis abstained.
There being no further business, it was moved by Davis,
seconded by Gonzales, that the meeting be adjourned. Motion
carried.
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THOMAS A, YBARRA, Mayor Pro Tern
ATTEST:
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BRUCE V. MALKENRORST, City Administrator/
City Clerk