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Resolution No. 6112 . , . ( 1 2 RESOLUTION NO. 6112 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN SUNLAW COGENERATION PARTNERS I AND THE CITY OF VERNON FOR COGENERATION FACILITY AT DOWNEY ROAD AT 50TH 4 5 6 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon and Sunlaw Cogeneration 7 Partners I (hereinafter "Sunlaw") entered into a Transmission 8 Service Agreement dated July 19, 1984 for a cogeneration facility 9 located at Downey Road and 50th Street within the City of Vernon; 10 and 11 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon and Sunlaw dispute some of 12 the rights and duties of the parties under the Transmission Service 13 Agreement; and 14 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon and Sunlaw desire to resolve 15 their dispute and to amend the Transmission Service Agreement as 16 set forth in Amendment No. One to the Agreement; and 17 WHEREAS, as part of this dispute resolution, Sunlaw 18 agrees to pay to the City of Vernon before July 1, 1992 the sums 19 owed as the Fuel Use Franchise Fees for both this facility and the 20 cogeneration facility located at the southwest corner of Vernon and 21 Alcoa Avenues. 22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE 23 CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS: 24 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 25 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are 26 true and correct. 27 SECTION 2: The City Council of the city of Vernon hereby 28 approves the Amendment, a copy of which has been presented to the . ' 1 City Council concurrently with this resolution, and the City 2 Council hereby orders said Amendment to be received and filed by 3 the City Clerk. SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 4 5 authorizes the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute said Amendment 6 for, and on behalf of, the City of Vernon. 7 SECTION 4: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall 8 certify to the passage of this resolution, and thereupon and 9 thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. 10 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of June, 1992. 11 12 13 / --'~ 14 ATr~ / ~~ 15 BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2- )' " ( ; " 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )ss 2 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) 3 I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the ci ty of 4 Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being 5 Resolution No. 6112, was duly adopted by the City Council of the 6 City of Vernon at a regular meeting of the City Council duly held 7 on Tuesday, June 16, 1992, and thereafter was duly signed by the 8 Mayor of the City of Vernon. A-/~ 9 10 11 12 13 BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, city Clerk ( SEAL) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3- I .. --.. ~ 1 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO TRANSMISSION SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR FACILITY LOCATED AT LOCATED AT DOWNEY ROAD AT 50TH 2 3 4 This Amendment Number One to Transmission Service originals, at is ::::O:.n:a::::::a i:;;ec::e t5:l ;1 aU:l::::: 5 6 Agreement 7 BY AND BETWEEN CITY OF VERNON, a Municipal corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Vernon"), 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, Vernon, CA 90058 8 9 11 12 SUNLAW COGENERATION PARTNERS I, a California Limited Partnership (her~inaftarraferredto as "cogenerator"), 2045 East Vernon Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90058 10 AND 13 RECITALS 14 WHEREAS, Vernon and cogenerator entered into that 15 certain Transmission Service Agreement dated July 19, 1984 for 16 facilities located at the southwest corner of Vernon and Alcoa 17 Avenues in the City of Vernon; and 18 WHEREAS, Vernon and cogenerator dispute some of . the 19 rights and duties of the parties under the Trans1l\ission service 20 Agreement; and 21 WHEREAS, Vernon and cogenerator desire to resolve their 22 disputes and to amend the Transmission Service Agreement so as 23 to reflect the agreement set forth herein; and 24 WHEREAS, as part of this dispute resolution, 25 cogenerator agrees to pay to Vernon on or before July 1, 1992, 26 as a Fuel Use Franchise Fee, for the period prior to January 1, 27 1991, the lesser of (a) the total sum of Three Hundred Twenty 28 Thousand Dollars ($320,000.00) or, (b) based on verifiable - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 records, a fee equal to one percent (1%) of the purchase price of all fuel purchased from sources other than southern California Gas Company, and consumed in the cogeneration Facility, plus interest on the amount paid at the rate Of nine percent (9%) per annum from January 1, 1991, until paid (sums stated herein being the total amount due and payable. for both facilities, each facility being subject to a separate agreement); and WHEREAS, as part of the dispute resolution, . Vernon agrees that the payments received from cogenerator to date constitute full payment of all capital costs for the construction of the interconnection facilities; and WHEREAS, as part of the dispute resolution, Vernon shall maintain the Interconnection Facilities and cogenerator shall pay to Vernon the actual cost thereof, estimated to be approximately Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per year. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, promises, and conditions contained herein, and the Recitals heretofore stated, cogenerator agrees to pay Vernon the sum set forth above, plus interest as stated, and the parties hereto agree to amend the Transmission Service Agreement as follows: 1. section 7.1 is amended to read as follows: "7.1 Vernon shall render a monthly billing to cogenerator for Transmission Service and Fuel Use Franchise Fee for the preceding month. The amount of the billing shall be the monthly charge computed in -2- 1 accordance with the charges provided for in Article 5, 2 Article 6 and Article 35." 3 2. Article 27.0 is amended to read as follows: 4 "27.0 Ownership andOoeration of Interconnection Facilities 5 "27.1 Cogenerator has commenced parallel operation 6 of. the Cogeneration Facility and written approval 7 for operation of the Interconnection Facility has 8 been given by Vernon. 9 "27.2 Cogenerator shall own and operate the 10 Interconnection Facilities. 11 "27.3 Vernon shall maintain the Interconnection 12 Facilities. 13 "27..4.1 Cogenerator shall pay to Vernon the 14 actual cost of maintenance labor and material, 15 plus a fifteen percent (15%) administrative 16 fee. 17 "27.4.2 Vernon shall periodically submit to 18 Cogenerator bills for payment of maintenance 19 labor and materials. Such bills shall specify 20 date(s) of service, type of service, man- 21 hours, hourly rate and cost of materials, plus 22 the fifteen percent (15%) administrative fee. 23 Payment of these bills shall be subject to the 24 same conditions set forth in section 7.4. 25 "27.4.3 Vernon shall supply miscellaneous 26 parts and materials routinely carried in stock 27 by Vernon. Non-stock items and all major 28 -3- 1 components required for maintenance or repair 2 will be supplied by cogenerator, and will.not 3 be subj ect to the fifteen percent (15%) 4 administrative fee. 5 "27.4.4 cogenerator shall have the right, 6 dur ing regular business hours and upon 7 reasonable notice, to audit Vernon's books and 8 records for the purpose of confirming the 9 accuracy of the monthly reports of the actual 10 cost of maintenance, labor and materials." 11 3. Article 35.0 is amended to read as follows: 12 "35.0 Fuel Use Franchise Fee - Cogenerator acknowledges that 13 Vernon has reduced its transmission fees in recognition that the 14 cogeneration Facility will consume natural gas as its primary 15 fuel source and that Vernon therefore will receive additional 16 franchise fees from Southern California Gas Company at the. rate 17 of one percent (1%) of "gross billing" of all natural gas 18 consumed in the cogeneration Facility. If cogenerator should 19 acquire its fuel (whether natural gas or otherwise) from its own 20 source or a third party source which is not obligated to pay to 21 Vernon a franchise fee for the use by cogenerator of such fuel, 22 then Cogenerator shall pay to Vernon a fee equal to one percent 23 (1%) of the purchase price or cost, as applicable, of such fuel 24 which is consumed in the Cogeneration Facility. Such. purchase 25 price or cost shall include all transportation charges not 26 otherwise paid to Southern California Gas Company and, in the 27 case of natural gas, shall include all charges paid to any party 28 -4- 1 other than Southern California Gas Company (whether .outside or 2 within the State of California), except that such purchase price 3 or cost shall not include legal and accounting fees. The Fuel 4 Use Franchise Fee also shall not be applied to those amounts of 5 fuel other than natural gas used for up to three hundred (300) 6 hours per year for testing or reliability purposes. 7 "35.1 For purposes of calculating the Fuel USe 8 Franchise Fee applicable to fuel obtained by 9 Cogenerator from its own source (as opposed to third 10 party purchases), the "cost" of such fuel shall be the 11 reasonable cost and expense associated with obtaining 12 the fUel and delivering it to the Southern California 13 Gas Company system. Such "cost" shall include all 14 transportation charges not otherwise.. paid to Southern 15 California Gas Company and, in the case of natural gas, 16 shall include all charges as set forth above. 17 "35.2 For purposes of calculating the Fuel Use 18 Franchise Fee applicable to fuel obtained by 19 Cogenerator from a third-party source (as opposed to 20 Cogenerator's own source purchases), the "cost" of such 21 f u e 1 s hall be the pur c h a se p r ice or co s t , as 22 apPlicable, of such fuel which is consumed in the 23 Cogeneration Facility. Such "cost" shall include all 24 transportation charges not otherwise paid to Southern 25 California Gas Company and, in the case of natural gas, 26 shall include all. charges as set forth above. 27 "35.3 Cogeherator shall provide to Vernon by the tenth 28 -5- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ( lOth) day of each month a report disclosing the most current information regarding the purchase price or cost of fuel consumed in the Cogeneration Facility for prior months. wi th r~spect to payments made by Cogenerator to Southern California Gas Company, such information shall disclose all payments made through and including the second month preceding the month of disclosure. With respect to all other payments, Cogenerator shall disclose all payments made through and including the month immediately preceding the month of disclosure, to the extent such information is available. "35.4 It is agreed between the parties that the obligation of Cogenerator to pay the Fuel Use Franchise Fee according to the method set forth herein commenced with the month of January, 1991." "35.5 Vernon shall have the right, during regu1ar business hours and upon reasonable notice, to audit Cogenerator's books and records for the purpose of confirming the accuracy of the .monthly reports of the purchase price of fuel consumed. Cogenerator further agrees to obtain from its own sources of fuel and from third-party sources all information reasonably required by Vernon to conf irm the accuracy of the entries relating to all fuel purchased from sources other than Southern California Gas Company in Cogenerator's books and records." -6- '" . . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement to. be effective 1992 on the date(s) adjacent to their respective CITY OF VERNON MALKENHORSr, city Clerk ATTEST: /? BRUCE V. APPROVED AS TO.. FORM: CavJ\b" '0.~ DAVIO B. BIlEARLEY; city 'ttorney By: By: DATED: ~ ~ , 1992 By: DATED: ..:r~ ~ , 1992 By: SUNLAW COGENERATION PARTNERS. I, a California Limited Partnership Operating Energy, L.P., its General Partner Sunlaw Operating corporation, General Partner of Operating Energy, L.P. -7- ~- ACKNOWLEDGMENT: The Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt of the Assignees' Consent and, pursuant to Section 9.2 of the Indenture, consenys to the Amendment Number One To Transmission Service Agreement For Facility Located At Downey Road At 50th. Dated: June 10 , 1992 BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST. AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION BY:..~ Name-: SheriB. Ball Its: Senior Authorized Officer -8-