Resolution No. 6250
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RESOLUTION NO. 6250
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON DECLARING ITS OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE
NATURAL GAS UTILITY SERVICES TO ALL CUSTOMERS
LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF VERNON
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the city of Vernon adopted
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Resolution No. 5946 on June 20, 1991, which established the City
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of Vernon Gas Municipal utility Department and appointed the City
Administrator/City Clerk to be the Chief Executive Officer of said
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Department;
WHEREAS, on April 16, 1991, a stipulated judgment between
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Southern California Gas Company ("SoCalGas") and the City of
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Vernon was approved by the Los Angeles superior Court ("LASC") in
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LASC Case No. BC 018540, which provided that the City of Vernon
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may supply competing gas service to customers located within the
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City of Vernon; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Vernon has intervened in CPUC Docket
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No. A.91-03-039 (SoCalGas 1991 ACAP), a rate case filed by
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SoCalGas for setting of transportation gas rates pending before
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the California Public utilities Commission ("CPUC"), requesting
that the CPUC establish a wholesale rate for the City of Vernon in
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order to permit the City of Vernon to offer competing gas service
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to customers located within the City of Vernon; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon adopted
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Resolution No. 6180 on November 10, 1992, which approved a Notice
of Rescission of the franchise by and between the City of Vernon
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and SoCalGas adopted by Ordinance No. 607 on May 6, 1947; and
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WHEREAS, Administrative Law Judge Patrick in CPUC Docket
No. A.91-03-039 issued a proposed decision on March 22, 1993,
which provided the City of Vernon with a wholesale rate for gas
transportation service; and
WHEREAS, the proposed opinion in CPUC Docket No. A.91-03-
039 is presently pending before the CPUC for its approval or
modification.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That the City Council of the City of Vernon
does hereby find and determine that the recitals contained
hereinabove are true and correct.
SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
provides that the City of Vernon Gas Municipal utility Department
will offer to provide gas transportation and gas service to all
customers located within the City of Vernon and will hold a
nondiscriminatory open season to permit customers to elect service
from the City of Vernon.
SECTION 3: The City of Vernon Gas Municipal utility
Department will not require a customer located within the City of
Vernon to take service from the City if said customer elects to
continue to receive said service from SoCalGas pursuant to the
franchise adopted in Ordinance No. 607.
SECTION 4: The Chief Executive Officer of the Gas
Municipal utility Department is hereby instructed to provide
customers located within the City of Vernon an open season for at
least 90 days to permit said customers to fully consider the
merits of electing service from the city of Vernon.
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SECTION 5: The city of Vernon Gas Municipal utility
Department will provide service on terms that are just and
reasonable and not unduly discriminatory.
SECTION 6: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
certify to the passage of this resolution and thereupon and
thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of May, 1993.
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BR CE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
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I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of
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Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being
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Resolution No. 6250, was duly adopted by the City Council of the
City of Vernon at a regular meeting of the City Council duly held
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on Tuesday, Mav 4, 1993, and thereafter was duly signed by the
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Mayor of the City of Vernon.
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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