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RESOLUTION NO. 5156
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF VERNON APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION OF A ~mMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
("MOD"), CALIFORNIA-OREGON TRANSMISSION PROJECT,
AND A SUPPLEMENTAL LETTER AGREEr~NT TO THIRD
500-KV AC LINE MOU BY THE CITIES OF ANAHEIM,
AZUSA, BANNING, COLTON, RIVERSIDE AND VERNON
("SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC AGENCIES"); CALI-
FORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES ("CDWR");
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY ("PG&E"), SAN
DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY ("SDG&E"), AND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY ("SCE"),
COLLECTIVELY "INVESTOR-OWNED UTILITIES", THE
WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION ("WAPA"),
TRANSMISSION AGENCY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
(" AGENCY II ) AND THE LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF
WATER AND POWER (" LADWP" )
WHEREAS, the Agency, the Investor-Owned Utilities,
CDWR and WAPA, have carried out studies related to possible
alternative methods of developing additional transmission
facilities between California and the Pacific Northwest; and
WHEREAS, Public Law 98-360 and the Conference Report
on H.R. 5653 authorizes the Secretary of Energy ("Secretary") to
participate with non-federal entities in developing the
California-Oregon Transmission Project ("Project") by upgrading
certain facilities and authorizes the Secretary to construct or
participate in the construction of such additional facilities
as he deems necessary to allow mutually beneficial power sales
between the Pacific Northwest and California, and to accept and
use funds contributed by non-federal entities, including
investor-owned and publicly owned utilities, for that purpose;
and
WHEREAS, WAPA has published a notice in the Federal
Register on August 6, 1984, inviting participation in a new
500 kV
line; and
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1 WHEREAS, Vernon submitted a statement of interest to
2 WAPA in accordance with said notice; and
3 WHEREAS, the Secretary has entered into negotiations
4 with all interested non-federal entities for the financing,
5 planning and construction of a new 500 kV AC line and associated
6 facilities; and
7 WHEREAS, the Secretary has met with the participants
8 and others and has conferred in and observed the negotiation of
9 the MOU by the participants; and
10 WHEREAS, Mr. Hulett, the personal representative of
11 the Secretary, invited Vernon to attend some of the preliminary
12 negotiations; and
13 WHEREAS, Mr. Hulett, representatives of the Agency and
14 the Investor-Owned Utilities, and CDWR have all participated in
15 the negotiations leading to the final MOU and that Vernon was
16 not invited and did not participate in said negotiations; and
17 WHEREAS, Vernon has met with representatives of SCE
18 and received verbal assurances concerning their assumption of an
19 obligation to provide transfer capability to Vernon if Vernon
20 participates in the third AC line; and
21 WHEREAS, the Project, when constructed, will, parallel
22 in part the DC line between California and the Pacific Northwest,
23 and the operation of the Project may affect the operation of the
24 DC line, and for that reason the LADWP, the operator of the DC
25 line, was invited to be a member of the Management Committee as
26 set forth in the MOU; and
27 WHEREAS, the Project has been evaluated from a
28 technical viewpoint and has been found to be technically
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1 feasible; and
2 WHEREAS, utilities in Northwest and in
3 California have determined that of the Project will
4 provide mutual benefits to their regions; and
5 WHEREAS, in order to d velop the Project in accordance
6 with the MOU, the participants i to take all appropriate
7 actions including the negotiatio execution of a definitive
8 participation agreement, and oth r agreements as necessary; and
9 WHEREAS, the City of V determined that it
10 is desirable and in the best int the customers of the
11 Vernon electric system to enter 'nto the MOU and the Supplemental
12 Letter Agreement to the third 50 AC line MOU respecting the
13 implementation of a provision co sharing of nonfirm
14 energy in participation contract among the participants pursuant
15 to the MOU.
16 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT SOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
17 THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
18 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon
19 hereby finds and determines that the terms and conditions of the
20 MOU and Supplemental Letter Agreement be, and the same are,
21 hereby approved. A copy of said MOU and Supplemental Letter
22 Agreement have been presented to the City Council concurrently
23 with this Resolution and the City Council hereby orders said
24 MOU and Supplemental Letter Agreement to be received and filed
25 by the City Clerk.
26 SECTION 2: That the City Council of the City of Vernon
27 hereby authorizes the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute said
28 MOU and Supplemental Letter Agreement for, and on behalf of,
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1 the City of Vernon and the City Clerk is hereby instructed to
2 deliver the executed documents to Lloyd H. Harvego of Resource
3 l-1anagement International, Inc.
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SECTION 3: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
5 certify to the passage of this Resolution and thereupon and
6 thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of December, 1984.
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L~_ONIS C. MAL . RG, May
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12 BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of
Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being
Resolution No. 5156
, was duly adopted by the City Council of
the City of Vernon, and was approved by the Mayor of said City
Ian adjourned
at >> regular meeting of the City Council held on Tuesday,
December 18
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City
Clerk
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