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RESOLUTION NO. 6149
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 5985 AND APPROVING
AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE MEAD-PHOENIX
AND MEAD-ADELANTO PROJECT AGREEMENTS BY AND
BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERNON AND VARIOUS PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE AGENCIES IN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon by Ordinance
on February 16, 1982, approved the terms and conditions of a
Development Agreement for the Mead-Phoenix DC Intertie
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between Phoenix, Arizona,
and Southern
("Mead-Phoenix Project")
Nevada; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council by Resolution No. 5154 on December
18, 1984, approved the terms and conditions of a Project Planning
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Agreement for the Mead/Mccullough-Victorville/Adelanto Transmission
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Project ("Mead-Adelanto Project") between Southern California and
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Southern Nevada; and
WHEREAS, the City Council by Resolution No. 5985 on
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September 23, 1991, approved the Composite Development Agreement
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which reconstituted the Mead-Phoenix Project and the Mead-Adelanto
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Project as two separate 500 Kv AC transmission systems in order to
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coordinate and interconnect the projects at a new, jointly-owned
substation called the Marketplace Substation in Southern Nevada near
the existing McCullough Substation and Mead substation; and
WHEREAS, the preliminary project agreements were received
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subject to certain conditions set forth in the Composite Development
Agreement, which conditions have been met, including minor changes
approved by the project committees and the addition of new parties to
the agreement; and
1 WHEREAS, the execution copies of said agreements have been
2 received and Resolution No. 5985 can be amended to provide that the
3 preliminary copies be discarded; and
4 WHEREAS, the owners and project participants which will be
5 executing the project agreements consist of the following:
6 Arizona Public service Company
7 City of Anaheim
8 City of Azusa
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16 Department of Water and Power of the City of Los Angeles
17 M-S-R Public Power Agency
18 Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power
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20 Southern California Public Power Authority
21 Tucson Electric Power Company
22 United States Department of Energy, Western Area Power
23 Administration
24 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon will own a 6.25% share
25 (approximately 75 MW)of the Mead-Adelanto Project and the following
26 shares of the various components in the Mead-Phoenix Project:
27 Westwing-Mead Component, 2.1538% (approximately 28 MW); Mead
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City of Banning
City of Burbank
City of Colton
City of Glendale
City of Pasadena
city of Riverside
City of Vernon
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1 Substation Component, 3.7934% (approximately 48 MW) ; and
2 Mead-Marketplace Component, 4.0497% (approximately 75 MW); and
3 WHEREAS, the overall construction costs to the ci ty of
4 Vernon for said projects is estimated at $25,000,000 during the next
5 four years, and the annual ownership and operation costs will be
6 assessed after construction of the projects; and
7 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon will participate in either a
8 separate project or a transmission service contract to interconnect
9 its interest in the Mead-Adelanto Project to the Southern California
10 Edison control area, and for that purpose the Adelanto-Lugo Project,
11 Adelanto-Lugo Transmission Line, Adelanto switching station,
12 Interconnection Agreement was approved by Resolution No. 5985 in case
13 such an interconnection becomes necessary, but said agreement will
14 not be executed until the Adelanto-Lugo Project participation
15 Agreement is ready for execution; and
16 WHEREAS, approval of this resolution will authorize
17 execution of the following project agreements, copies of which have
18 been submitted to the City Council concurrently herewith:
19 (a) Mead-Phoenix Project:
20 Mead-Phoenix Joint Ownership Agreement
21 Mead-Phoenix Fiscal Agency Agreement
22 Mead-Phoenix Construction Management Agreement
23 Mead-Phoenix Operation Agreement
24 Mead-Phoenix Land Rights Agreement
25 Interconnection at Mead Substation of the Mead-Phoenix
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1 (b) Mead-Adelanto Project:
2 Mead-Adelanto Joint ownership Agreement
3 Mead-Adelanto Fiscal Agency Agreement
4 Mead-Adelanto Construction Management Agreement
5 Mead-Adelanto Operation Agreement
6 Mead-Adelanto Project, Marketplace-Adelanto
7 Transmission Line, Adelanto switching station
8 Interconnection Agreement
9 Los Angeles-Vernon, Adelanto-Victorville/Lugo, Firm
10 Transmission Service Agreement
11 (c) Mead-Phoenix Project and Mead-Adelanto Project:
12 Marketplace Substation Participation Agreement
13 Marketplace Static Var compensator, Adelanto Switching
14 Station, Interconnection Agreement
15 WHEREAS, the agreement for the Interconnection at Mead
16 Substation of the Mead-Phoenix Project requires a certificate that
17 the City of Vernon has approved said agreement by resolution, and a
18 certified copy of this resolution will be attached thereto as
19 evidence of approval; and
20 WHEREAS, the Los Angeles-Vernon, Adelanto-victorville/Lugo,
21 Firm Transmission Service Agreement requires a certificate that all
22 necessary local, state and Federal regulatory authorizations and
23 approvals have been obtained, and a copy of a certificate stating
24 that no such approvals are required in order for the city of Vernon
25 to execute said agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit A for
26 execution by the Chief Executive Officer of Light and Power; and
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1 WHEREAS, completion of said projects will require the
2 preparation, approval, and execution of agreements to interconnect
3 the Mead-Phoenix Project at the Westwing Substation near Phoenix,
4 Arizona, and to interconnect the Marketplace Substation to the nearby
5 McCullough Substation in Southern Nevada, which agreements are
6 currently being negotiated and will be submitted to the City Council
7 for approval at a later date.
8 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
9 CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
10 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
11 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true
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13 SECTION 2: The City Council hereby approves the Mead-
14 Phoenix Project and the Mead-Phoenix Project Agreements, copies of
15 which have been presented to it concurrently with this resolution as
16 set forth below; the City Council hereby orders said copies to be
17 received and filed by the City Clerk and the preliminary copies
18 received pursuant to Resolution No. 5985 to be discarded; and the
19' City council authorizes the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute said
20 agreements and to submit the requisite number of executed signature
21 pages to the addressee listed on Exhibit A:
22 Mead-Phoenix Joint Ownership Agreement
23 Mead-Phoenix Fiscal Agency Agreement
24 Mead-Phoenix Construction Management Agreement
25 Mead-Phoenix Operation Agreement
26 Mead-Phoenix Land Rights Agreement
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1 Interconnection at Mead Substation of the Mead-Phoenix
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3 SECTION 3: The City Council hereby approves the
4 Mead-Adelanto Project and the Mead-Adelanto Project Agreements,
5 copies of which have been presented to it concurrently with this
6 resolution as set forth below; the City council hereby orders said
7 copies to be received and filed by the City Clerk and the preliminary
8 copies received pursuant to Resolution No. 5985 to be discarded; and
9 the City council authorizes the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute
10 said agreements and to submit the requisite number of executed
11 signature pages to the addressee listed on Exhibit A:
12 Mead-Adelanto Joint Ownership Agreement
13 Mead-Adelanto Fiscal Agency Agreement
14 Mead-Adelanto Construction Management Agreement
15 Mead-Adelanto operation Agreement
16 Mead-Adelanto Project, Marketplace-Adelanto
17 Transmission Line, Adelanto switching station
18 Interconnection Agreement
19 Los Angeles-Vernon, Adelanto-Victorville/Lugo, Firm
20 Transmission Service Agreement
21 SECTION 4: The City Council also approves the following
22 proj ect agreements which pertain to the Marketplace Substation and
23 its equipment which will be jointly owned by the Mead-Phoenix Project
24 and the Mead-Adelanto Project, copies of which agreements have been
25 presented to it concurrently with this resolution as set forth below;
26 the City Council hereby orders said copies to be received and filed
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1 Resolution No. 5985 to be discarded; and the City Council authorizes
2 the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute said agreements and to submit
3 the requisi te number of executed signature pages to the addressee
4 listed on Exhibit A:
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Marketplace Substation Participation Agreement
Marketplace Static Var compensator, Adelanto switching
station, Interconnection Agreement
SECTION 5: The City Clerk is directed to attach a copy of
resolution to the agreement entitled "Interconnection at Mead
10 Substation of the Mead-Phoenix project" and to submit the requisite
11 number of copies of this resolution to the addressee listed on
12 Exhibit A as evidence of the approval of said agreement.
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SECTION 6: Bruce V. Malkenhorst as Chief Executive Officer
14 of Light and Power is directed to execute the certif icate of
15 Regulatory Authorizations and Approvals, a copy of which is attached
16 hereto as Exhibit A, and to submit the requisite number of copies to
17 the addressee listed thereon.
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SECTION 7:
The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
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20 thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of August, 1992.
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I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon,
4 do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No.
5 6149, was dUly adopted by the City council of the city of Vernon at
6 a regular meeting of the city Council duly held on Tuesday, August
7 18, 1992, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the city of
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATIONS AND APPROVALS
Set forth below is the list of all local, state and Federal
regulatory authorizations and approvals which are required for the City
of Vernon to execute and deliver the Mead-phoenix Project Agreements
and Mead-Adelanto Project Agreements:
No local, state and Federal regulatory
authorizations and approvals are required for the
city of Vernon to execute and deliver the above-
named agreement.
The city council of the city of Vernon by Resolution No. 6149
on August 18, 1992 authorized the execution of the following named
project agreements and this certificate. A copy of said resolution is
enclosed and is currently in force and effect.
(a) Mead-phoenix Project:
Mead-Phoenix Joint Ownership Agreement
Mead-Phoenix Fiscal Agency Agreement
Mead-Phoenix Construction Management Agreement
Mead-Phoenix operation Agreement
Mead-Phoenix Land Rights Agreement
Interconnection at Mead substation of the Mead-phoenix
project
(b) Mead-Adelanto Project:
Mead-Adelanto Joint Ownership Agreement
Mead-Adelanto Fiscal Agency Agreement
Mead-Adelanto Construction Management Agreement
Mead-Adelanto operation Agreement
Mead-Adelanto Project, Marketplace-Adelanto Transmission
Line, Adelanto switching station Interconnection
Agreement
Los Angeles-Vernon, Adelanto-Victorville/Lugo, Firm
Transmission Service Agreement
(c) Mead-Phoenix Project and Mead-Adelanto project:
Marketplace Substation participation Agreement
Marketplace Static Var compensator, Adelanto switching
station, Interconnection Agreement
I hereby state that the City of Vernon is authorized to
deliver the above-named agreements in accordance with the provisions of
the composite Development Agreement for Mead-phoenix project and Mead-
Adelanto Project, which agreement is dated December 17, 1991.
CITY OF VERNON
By:
Chief Executive Officer of
Light & power
Date:
Send to: Attention: Edward W. Long
Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon
333 South Grand Avenue, suite 2030
Los Angeles, California 90071