Resolution No. 1466
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AUTHORIZING
AN AIvLEND1\i1ENT TO THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT DATED AUGUST 10, 1938,
BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE CITY OF VERNON, UNDER-
TAKING A~u AGREEING, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1950,ON THE PART OF
THE CITY OF VERNON TO PAY ITS PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE COST
OF THE UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF THAT PORTION OF THE CITY OF
LOS ANGELES OUTFALL SEW~R SYSTEM USED BY THE CITY OF VERNON FOR
THE PURPOSE OF DISPOSING OF ITS SEWAGE, AND TO PAY ITS PROPOR-
TIONATE SHAF~ OF THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, MAIN-
TENANCE, UPKEEP AND REPAIR OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND
SUBMARINE TUBE AS CONSTRUCTED, OPERATED AND MAINTAINED BY THE
CITY OF LOS ANGELES AT HYPERION, AND TO PAY ITS PROPORTIONATE
SHARE OF THE COST OF CHLORINATION OF SEWAGE AT HYPER ION BY THE
CITY OF LOS ANGELES PURSUANT TO THE JUDGMENT, DECREE A1~ ORDER OF
COURT IN THE ACTION ENTITLED "PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
vs. THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, ET AL.", NO. 489890, AND AUTHORIZING
AND INSTRUCTING THE DISMISSAL OF THAT CERTAIN ACTION PENDING IN
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ENTITLED "CITY OF VERNON, A ~lUNICIPAL
CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF, vs. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, A MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION, DEFENDANT", NO. 558132
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Vernon is of the opinion
that the public interest, health, comfort, convenience and preser-
vation of the public peace, safety and morals, and the public
welfare of the City of Vernon require and will best be served by
an amendment of that certain contract dated August 10, 1938,
between the City of Los Angeles, a Municipal corporation, and the
City of Vernon, a Municipal corporation, covering the terms and
provisions under which the sewage of the City of Vernon originating
within Vernon Municipal Sewer District #1 is disposed of by the
City of Los Angeles, a Municipal corporation, as hereinafter in
this Resolution more particularly set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
Section 1: That effective January 1, 1950, the City of Vernon
undertakes and agrees:
To pay its proportionate share of the cost of
the upkeep and maintenance of that portion of the Los Angeles
Outfall Sewer System used by the City of Vernon for the
purpose of disposing of its sewage;
To pay its proportionate share of the cost of
the construction, operation, maintenance, upkeep and repair
of the sewage treatment plant and submarine tube, as con-
structed, operated and maintained by the City of Los
Angeles at Hyperion;
To pay its proportionate share of the cost of
chlorination of sewage at Hyperion by the City of Los
Angeles, pursuant to Judgment, Decree and Order of Court
in t~atparticular action entitled "People of the state of
California vs. The City of Los Angeles, et al", NO. 489890;
Section 2: That Section 1 of this Resolution shall become
effective and shall be binding upon the City of Vernon for all pur-
poses when the offer contained therein is accepted by the City of
Los Angeles, a Municipal corporation, by like Resolution adopted
by the City Council of the City of Los Angeles;
Section 3: That the City Attorney and Edwin L. Searle, as
substituted counsel representing the City of Vernon, as attorneys
of record in that certain action pending in the Superior Court of
the State of California in and for the County of Los Angeles,
entitled "The City of Vernon, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff,
vs. City of Los Angeles, a municipal corporation, D~fendanttl
NO. 558132, be and they are hereby authorized and instructed to
join with counsel of record of the City of Los Angeles in dismiss-
ing said last-mentioned action.
Section 4: That Edwin L. Searle and Francis Bates, City
Engineer of the City of Vernon, be and they are hereby authorized
and instructed to meet with the City Attorney and other Officers
of the City of Los Angeles, from time to time for the purpose of
negotiating such other and additional amendments to or modifications
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of said abovementioned Agreement dated August 10, 1938, as may be
necessary to render said contract fair and equitable for both
municipalitie.s, parties thereto, and that the said Edwin L.
Searle, and Francis Bates, shall from time to time report to the
Council of the City of Vernon the result of such negotiations
for such further action thereon as the Council of the City of
Vernon shall from time to time determine to be for the best
interests of the City of Vernon;
Section 5: That a copy or copies of this Resolution duly
attested and certified by the Deputy City Clerk of the City of
Vernon shall be furnished to Edwin L. Searle to be transmitted by
him to the City Attorney of the City of Los Angeles
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Vernon at
an adjourned regular meeting and approved by the Mayor of said
City, this 24th day of January, 1950.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Deputy City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA j
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS
CITY OF VERNON
I, G. A~ ANDERSON, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Vernon,
California, do certify that the whole number of members of the
Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Resolution,
being Resolution No.
, was passed and adopted by
said Council, approved and signed by the Mayor and ado~ted by the
Deputy City Clerk of said City, all at an adjourned regular
meeting of said Council held on the 24th day of January, 1950,
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmen
NOES:
ABSENT: J. B. LEONIS
Deputy City Clerk of the City
of Vernon, California