Ordinance No. 740
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ORDINANCE NO. 740
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF VERNON FIXING THE
RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY
DISTRIBUTED AND SUPPLIED BY THE SAID CITY O:F
VERNON WITHIN 1'1'S BOUNDARIES.
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6 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF' VERNON DOES ORDAIN
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8 SECTION I
9 The said City Council hereby finds that the immediate
10 preservation of the public health and safety requires this
11 ordinance to be passed as an urgency measure and as such shall
12 take effect immediately upon the passage thereof by the City
13 Council. The following is a declaration of the facts con-
14 stituting the urgency.
151 The City of Vernon is the owner of a retail electrical
16 distribution system within its boundaries, which system has been
17 and now is operated by Southern California Edison Company pursuant
18 to a written agreement. Said agreement expires on December 31,
19 1961. Attempts to negotiate a further agreement with Southern
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California Edison Company have been unsuccessful and by letter
dated December 19, 1961, Southern California Edison Company
informed the Mayor and City Council of the City of Vernon that
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Said electrical distribution system and its orderly I
operation are vital to the health and safety of the City of vernon,1
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all previous offers of said company with respect to the operation
of said electrical system were withdrawn, and that the most
recent offer of the City of Vernon was unacceptable to Southern
California Edison Company.
It therefore appears that on, or
shortly after, January 1, 1962, the City of Vernon will receive
possession of said electrical distribution system.
its inhabitants and the places of business therein.
fore urgent and necessary that the rates to be charged and
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collected, and the terms, provisions, conditions, rules and
regulations respecting the distribution of electrical energy be
enacted and in effect on or before January 1, 1962.
SECTION II
The rates to be charged and collected, and the terms,
provisions, conditions, rules and regulations respecting the
distribution of electrical energy supplied by the City of Vernon
on and after January 1, 1962, are hereby fixed as, and shall be
those rates, terms, provisions, conditions, rules and regulations
set forth in a certain document entitled "Tariff Schedules
Applicable to Electric Service of Southern California Edison
13 December 27, 1961. Provided, however, that nothing contained in
Compan~1 filed with the City Clerk of the City of Vernon on
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this ordinance shall be deemed to incorporate herein by reference,
or imply that all of said above-mentioned "Tariff Schedules
Applicable to Electric Service of Southern California Edison
Company" is hereby made a part of this ordinance, and the matters
incorporated herein by reference are limited to rates charged for
electrical energy and rules affecting customers and matters
related, and provided further that any provision therein relating
to the exercise of jurisdiction by the Public Utilities Commission
of the State of California shall be deemed to refer to and mean
the City Council of the City of Vernon.
SECTION III
The City Clerk of the City of Vernon is hereby directed
to keep and maintain three (3) copies of the above-mentioned
"Tariff Schedules Applicable to Electric Service of Southern
California Edison Company" in the office of the City Clerk of the
City of Vernon, and make said tariff schedules available on
request for examination in said office.
SECTION IV
There being no newspaper printed, published, and
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1. circulated in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby directed
2 to certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall post same,
3 or cause same to be posted, in three of the most public places in
4 the City of Vernon, to wit: the northwest corner of 38th Street
5 and Santa Fe Avenue; the northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard
6 and Pacific Boulevard; and on the bulletin board in the lobby of
the City Hall of said City, located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all
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in the City of Vernon, Los Angeles County, California; that this
Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the
date of posting.
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ADOPTED and APPROVED this 27th day of December, 1961.
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16 ATTEST:
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21 I STATE OF' CALIFORNIA )
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22 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
23 I, F. A. ZIEMER, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was passed and
24' adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon, signed by the
Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk, all at an
25 adjourned regular meeting thereof held on the 27th day of
December, 1961, and that the same was passed and adopted by the
26 following vote, to wit:
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Councilmen - Anderson, Furlong, Mail1iard,
Na1burg, Poxon
Councilmen - None
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A YES :
Absent:
Councilmen - None
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AFE'IDAVIT OF POSTING
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY 01' LOS ANGELES) ss
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CITY OF VERNON )
I, E'. A. ZIEMER, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
hereby certify that I did, on the 27th day of December, 1961, post
three (3) copies of Ordinance No. 740 , one in each of the follow-
ing places, to wit: at the northwest corner of 38th Street and
Santa Fe Avenue, at the northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard and
Pacific Boulevard, and on the bulletin board in the lobby of the
City Hall of the City of Vernon, located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue,
in said City, there being no newspaper of general circulation
printed and published in the City of Vernon.
Signed this 27th day of December, 1961.
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:F. A. iemer, City Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 2 th~... ~~ecember,
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J p. . L. R. BURCH
My Commission Expires March 24, 196';
Notary Public in and for
County of Los Angeles,
State of California
1961.
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