Resolution No. 1145
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RESOLUTION NO. 1145
A RESOr~UTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF VERNON BY WHICH THERE IS STRUCK OFF, SOLD
AND AWARDED BY SAID CITY COUNCIL TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY LTD., A CORPORATION,
A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, ALTER,
MAINTAIN A..1ID USE AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION AND
TRANSMISSION SYS'rJ!M CONSIsrING OF POLES, CROSS....
ARMS, CONDUITS, CABLES, WIRES AND OTHER APPLI-
ANCES AND APPURTENANCES (OTHER THAN TOWERS)
ON, ALONG, UPON, IN, UNDER AND ACROSS THE
FOLLOWING STREET AND ACROSS INTERSECTING ALLEYS,
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS .AND PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE
CITY OF VERNON, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, TO WIT:
BOYI.;E AVENUE FROM TEE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF
THE CITY TO FRUITLAND AVENUE, FOR THE PURPOSE
OF CONDUCTING, TRANSMITTING AND DISTRIBUTING
ElJWTRIC ENERGY FOR LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER PUR-
POSES AND FOR ANY AND ALL OTHER PURPOSES FOR
VffiICH ELECTRICITY CAN BE USED.
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The City Council of the City of Vernon does hereby
resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, on the .7th day of. April, , 1942,
Southern California Edison Company Ltd., a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the State of California, filed with
the City CounPil of the City of Vernon, State of California, an
application in writing requesting said City Council to advertise
for sale and sell the franchise therein set forth; and
WHEREAS, said City Council, by resolution duly passed
and adopted at a meeting of said City Council held on the 2nd day
of June, 1942, resolved to offer for sale to the highest bidder
a franchise for the period of possession by Southern California
Edison Company Ltd., its successors or assigns, of the property
leased to it by the City of Vernon under that certain agreement
between said City of Vernon and Southern California Edison Company
Ltd., approval of which agreement by the City of Vernon is provide
in that certain resolution of the City of Vernon duly adopted
by the City Council of said City at an adjourned regular meeting
thereof held February 23, 193'7, upon the terms, conditions and
restrictions imposed and required by law and by said resolution
so passed as aforesaid; and
WHEREAS, said City Council further resolved that sealed
bids for said franchise be received by said City Council up to
the hour of 3:00 o'clock P. M. on the 21st day of July, 1942, and
that said bids be opened at said last mentioned time and date, and
that said franchise be thereupon struck off, sold and awarded to
the person, firm or corporation making the highest bid therefor,
in the manner provided by law; and
WHEREAS, at a meeting of said Council held on the 2nd
day of June, 1942, said City Council did prescribe and fix the sum
of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to be the penal sum or amount
of the bond required by law to be filed by the successful bidder
for said franchise; and
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WHEREAS, said City Council did, by the aforesaid reso-
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lution,authorize the ,City Clerk of said City of Vernon, for and
on behalf or said City Council, to advertise, in the manner and tor
the period required bylaw, statements of all aforesaid facts and
matters, together wi t.h statements of all other facts and matters '
in connection with the grantIng of said franchise as requireq by
law to be advertised and publi shed; and
WHEREAS, it appears to the CIty Council by Attldavit. ot
Publication on rIle that in pursuance of said order of said City
Council said City Clerk did as required by law cause to be adver-
tised and publishedsta'tements of all other facts and matters in
connection with the g,+-anting of said franchise, said advertIsement
and pUblication being made for and duringthe.time and in all
respects in the manner required by law; and
'W.8J!iJ:<J!;AS, the only bid made by any person,firm or cor-
poration was made by Southern California Eq.ison Company Ltci., the
sealed bid of said Southern California Edison Company Ltd. being
One Hundred Dollars{tlOO.OO),and said bid complying in every
respect and particular with the laws of the State of California,
and a certl:f'ied check for the total sum of One Hundred Dollars
($lOO.OO) payable to the Treasurer of the City of Vernon accompany
ing Said sealed,bid;
NOW, THEREFORE, .the City Council of the City of Vernon
does hereby resolve as follows:
Tl'le franchise or privilege to construct, operate, alter,
maintain and use an electric distribution and transmission system
consisting of poles,crossarms, conduits, cables, wires and other
appliances and appurtenances (other than towers) for the purpose
of conducting, transmitting and distributing electrioity and elec-
trio energy for llght, heat and p~wer purposes,and for any and
all other purposes for which electricity can beuseci, on, along,
upon, in, under and aoross the fOllowing street,and across Inter~
sectingalJ..eys, public. highways and public places within the City
or Vernon, State of California, to wit: BOYIE AVENUE from the
south boundary line of the City to Frultland Avenue; said franohls
or privilege to be limited as to time to the period. of possession
by Southern California. Edison Company Ltd., itssuccess(l)rs or
assigns, of the property leased to it by the City of Vernon under
that certain agreement between said City of Vernon and Southern
CalifornialSdison CompanyLtd.,approval,of which by the City of
Vernon Is provided for in that certain resolution of the'Cltyof
Vernon duly adop.ted by the City Council of .said City at an adjourn
regular meeting thereof held February 23, 1937, is hereby duly
struck off, sold and awarded by the City Connell of the City of
Vernon to Southern California Edison Company Ltd., a corporation,
its successors or assigns, as the highest bidder, for the sum of
One Hundred Dollars . <$100.00) lawful money of the United states.
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I. T. ;r. FURLONG, Clty Clerk of the City of Vernon, .do
hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a
regular meeting .ofthe City Council of the City of Vernon on the
4'i1l'.: day of Aug.', 1942, and waS adopted by the following vote:
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SCheidAr, Peralta,
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Councilmen
Ayes:
Mayor:
Absent:
Leonis
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resolution is hereby approved this 4th day of