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Resolution No. 92891 RESOLUTION NO. 9289 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 3 VERNON APPROVING, RATIFYING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS WITH 4 VARIOUS PARTIES RELATING TO THE VERNON POWER PLANT 5 AND THE COLDWATER PROJECT 6 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon (the "City") owns and operates 7 its own electric system which services the City's constituents; and 8 WHEREAS, the City constructed the Malburg Generating Station 9 ("MGS") within the City limits for the purpose of producing 10 additional generating capacity; and 11 WHEREAS, the City is in the process of developing a natural 12 gas -fired combined cycle power plant located within City limits 13 officially named the Vernon Power Plant (the "VPP Project") for the 14 purpose of installing additional generating capacity that will yield 15 an efficient, cost-effective, and reliable source of electric 16 generation to the City; and 17 WHEREAS, the City is in the process of evaluating its 18 portfolio of power and transmission rights and generation assets, 19 associated power purchase agreements and potential transactions 20 regarding the MGS, the VPP Project and associated real and personal 21 assets owned by the City (collectively, the "Coldwater Project"); and 22 WHEREAS, the City desires to preserve and protect its rights 231 by entering into confidentiality agreements with various parties in a 24 manner that preserves the confidentiality and protected status of the 25 documents, materials, and information to be exchanged, retained and 26 used; and 27 WHEREAS, to facilitate discussions relating to the Coldwater 28 Project and the VPP Project, the Director of Light & Power executed a 1 Confidentiality Agreement on April 2, 2007 with TransCanada Pipeline 2 USA Ltd. (the "Agreement"), subject to ratification by the City 3 Council; and 4 WHEREAS, to facilitate discussions, studies, contractual 5 sales or purchase arrangements regarding the Coldwater Project and the 6 development, erection, and operation of the VPP Project, the Director 7 of Light & Power executed numerous Confidentiality Agreements with 81 various parties on April 12, 2007, setting forth the terms and 9 conditions under which certain confidential information and documents 10 will be exchanged, retained and used by the parties, subject to 11 ratification by the City Council; and 12 WHEREAS, the City Council desires to approve and ratify the 13 actions of the Director of Light & Power in executing the numerous 14 Confidentiality Agreements on April 2, 2007 and April 12, 2007; and 15 WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the Coldwater and VPP 16 Projects and avoid any unnecessary delays to the completion of the 17 Projects which could potentially impact the City, staff is - 18 recommending that the Acting City Administrator, or his designee, be 19 authorized to execute future Confidentiality Agreements with various 20 parties after approval as to form by the City Attorney relating to the 21 Projects and to do all other actions deemed necessary or advisable to 22 facilitate the Confidentiality Agreements; and 23 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon has 24 determined that, pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of 25 Section 2.27 of the Vernon City Code, it is in the public interest and 26 necessity to enter into the various Confidentiality Agreements with 27 the various parties. 28 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE - 2 - 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 II CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true II and correct. SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 11 ratifies the Director of Light & Power's execution of the Confidentiality Agreement on April 2, 2007 with TransCanada Pipeline USA Ltd., a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated by reference, and ratifies the Director of Light & Power's execution of various Confidentiality Agreements on April 12, 2007 with various parties in substantially the same form as Exhibit A. SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby approves and authorizes the Acting City Administrator, or his designee, to execute any future Confidentiality Agreements with various parties after approval as to form by the City Attorney to complete the Coldwater and VPP Projects on behalf of the City and to do all other actions or to execute any document as shall be required to implement the confidentiality agreements or that are deemed necessary or advisable during the evaluation process. SECTION 4: The Acting 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 16th day of April, 2007. A TEST: ANUELA GIRON, A ting City Clerk �-LEONIS C. MALBURG, M yor - 3 - I STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ss 2 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) 3 4 I, MANUELA GIRON, Acting City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do 5 hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 6 9289, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at a 7 regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Monday, April 16, 8 2007, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the City of 9 Vernon. 10 11 �ANUELAON, Acting City Clerk 12 (SEAL) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 4 - EXHIBIT ",A CONFIDENT1ALIIY AGREEMENT This Confidentiality Agreement (this "Agreement") entered into between TransCanada PipeLine USA Ltd. ("IransCanada") and the City of Vernon, California ("Vernon") (with TransCanada and Vernon each sometimes referred to as a "Party" and collectively sometimes as the "Parties"). WHEREAS Vernon has been developing a combined cycle power plant to be located in Vernon, California; -- AND WHEREAS Vernon and TransCanada wish to enter into discussions about TransCanada's possible investment in the proposed power plant (the "Proposed Transaction"); AND WHEREAS each Party will be required to review certain confidential and proprietary information of the other Party and its Affiliates in order to determine whether to participate in the Proposed Transaction; AND WHEREAS IransCanada and Vernon have agreed to disclose such confidential and proprietary information to each other on the condition that such information be retained in confidence and dealt with in accordance with the following provisions; NOW IHEREFORE in consideration of the disclosure of such confidential and proprietary information by IransCanada to Vernon and by Vernon to TransCanada, and of the mutual covenants and agreements of the Parties contained herein, the Parties agree as follows; 1. Definitions In this Agreement the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (a) "Affiliate" means in relation to a Party any company or corporation which (i) directly or indirectly controls such Party-, (ii) is directly or indirectly controlled by such Party; or (iii) is directly or indirectly controlled by a company of- corporation which directly or indirectly controls such Party; where "control" means the right to exercise votes attaching to more than fifty percent (501/9) of the voting shares of the company or corporation in question, provided that a partnership which is a Party and which is comprised solely of the other companies or corporations which are Affiliates, as described above, shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of each such company or corporation and its other Affiliates; (b) "Confidential Information" means all information, in whatever- form, whether factual, interpretive or strategic, furnished by or on behalf of the Provider hereunder, directly or indirectly to the Recipient, including but not limited to, all contracts, financial information, financial strategies, engineering reports, environmental reports, land and lease information, technical and economic data, marketing information and field notes, marketing strategies, marketing methods, sketches, photographs, computer records or software, specifications, models, or other information which is or may be either applicable to or related in any way to the assets, business or affairs of the Provider or its Affiliates, or the Proposed Transaction, together with all analyses, compilations, data studies or other documents prepared by the Recipient or its Representatives containing or based upon, in whole or in part, information acquired by the Recipient during the course of its Review.. Confidential Information shall not include Non-proprietary Information; (e) "Non-proprietary Information" means the information with respect to which the Recipient is able to establish: (i) at the time of disclosure was or thereafter became generally available to the public, other than as a result of any act or omission by the Recipient or its Representatives or anyone to whom the Recipient or its Representatives disclosed such information; (ii) was or became lawfully known to the Recipient or its Representatives on a non -confidential basis and not in contravention of any applicable law from a source (other than the Provider) that is entitled to disclose the information; or (iii) was already lawfully in the possession of the Recipient or its Representatives or was lawfully acquired by them, provided that, such information is not subject to another confidentiality agreement or other obligation of secrecy; and provided that, any combination of the information which comprises part of the Confidential Information shall not be deemed to be Non-proprietary Information merely because individual parts of t7rat information were within the scope of the above clauses unless the combination itself was within the scope of any of the above clauses; (d) "Provider" shall mean the Party or its Representative who is providing information to the other Party, being IiansCanada, Vernon or their respective Affiliates, as the context requires; (e) "Recipient" shall mean the Party or its Representative that is receiving information horn the other Party, being IransCanada, Vernon or their respective Affiliates, as the context requiies; (f) "Representatives" means the directors, officers, employees, agents, lawyers, engineers, accountants, consultants and financial advisers of a Party or Affiliates of a Party; and (g) "Review" means the Recipient's review of any information provided by the Provider for the purposes of the Proposed Iransaction. 2, Use and Non -disclosure The Recipient shall: (a) keep the Confidential Information in strict confidence and not use the Confidential Information for any purpose whatsoever, directly or indirectly, whether in competition with the Provider or otherwise, other than for the purpose of conducting the Review; (b) disclose only such portions of the Confidential Information to its Representatives as is required for the purpose of conducting the Review and only to those Representatives who have a need to know the same; (c) be liable for any breach of this Agreement by it or any of its Representatives and the Recipient covenants that, in the case of disclosure of Confidential Information to any of its Representatives, such persons shall be informed at the time of disclosure of the confidential and proprietary nature of the Confidential Information; (d) keep a list of all its Representatives to whom any Confidential Information has been delivered and shall provide the Provider with that list immediately upon written request; and (e) not disclose, without the prior written consent of the Provider, any Confidential Information to any person other- than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except in the event that the Recipient or its Representatives are required by law to otherwise disclose any Confidential Information. Prior to any such disclosure, the Recipient shall immediately provide to the Provider written notice thereof so that Provider may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy or waive compliance by the Recipient with this clause. In the event that any court or administrative body requires disclosure of the Confidential Information, then the Recipient or any of its Representatives required to provide such disclosure will furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information which is legally required and, further, shall each exercise their best efforts to obtain reasonable assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded such Confidential Information 3.. Acknowledements by Recipient the Recipient acknowledges that: (a) the Confidential Information is proprietary to the Provider, and provided to the Recipient solely for the purpose of the Review; (b) the provision by the Provider of any Confidential Information to any other third party does not render such Confidential Information as Mon -proprietary Information; (c) without prejudice to the terms and conditions of any eventual agreement or agreements relating to the Proposed Transaction, the Provider does not make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the Confidential Information; (d) it will rely upon its own investigations, due diligence and analysis in evaluating and in satisfying itself' as to all matters relating to the Proposed Transaction; (e) the Provider shall have no liability to the Recipient or any of its Representatives resulting from any use of the Confidential Information by the Recipient or any of its Representatives; and (f) no commitment or contract relating to the Proposed Iransaction shall exist unless and until definitive agreements have been executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Parties 4.. Acknowledgement by TransCanada TransCanada is considering a possible investment in a combined cycle power plant being developed by Vernon to be located in Vernon, California As such, Vernon will usually be the Provider and TransCanada will usually be the Recipient of Confidential Information However, from time to time, TransCanada may be the Provider and Vernon may be the Recipient of Confidential Information. TransCanada acknowledges that as a public entity Vernon is subject to the requirements of the California Public Records Act and that this may hinder Vernon's ability to maintain the confidentiality of'Confidential Information. 5 Return of Confidential Information At any time, upon the written request of the Provider for any reason whatsoever, and within five (5) days of such request, the Recipient shall return all original copies of the Confidential Information to the Provider and shall destroy any and all copies or other reproductions or extracts thereof, together with such documents, memoranda, notes and other writings whatsoever prepared by Recipient and its Representatives based on the Confidential Information. Upon any such request, a senior- officer of Recipient shall promptly certify in writing to the Provider that all of the documents constituting Confidential Information, including documents constituting Confidential Information held by its Representatives, have been returned or destroyed 6.. Failure or Delay Not Waiver It is understood and agreed by the Recipient that any failure or delay by the Provider in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof'preclude any other or future exercise of any right (equitable or otherwise), power or privilege hereunder: 7.. Duration of Agreement This Agreement shall remain in force and effect for a period of two (2) years from the date hereof' notwithstanding that the Confidential Information may have been returned or copies thereof destroyed prior to the expiration of'such time period 8.1 Iniunctive Relief the Recipient acknowledges that monetary damages would not be a sufficient remedy for a breach of this Agreement by the Recipient or any of its Representatives and agrees that in addition to any other remedy to which Provider or its Affiliates may be entitled under this Agreement, at law or in equity, Provider or its Affiliates shall be entitled to injunctive relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to specifically enforce the terms and provisions hereof, 9.. Notices Notices, where required herein, shall be sufficiently given if delivered personally, by courier or by fax or other electronic means directed as follows: City of Vernon 4305 Sanfe Fe Avenue Vernon, California 90058 Attention: Donal O'Callaghan, Director of Light and Power Fax: (323) 587-7596 TransCanada PipeLine USA Ltd. c/o Suite 900 1400 SW Fifth Avenue Portland, OR 9 7201 Attention: Peter G. Lund Fax: (503) 833-4913 Such notice shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of actual delivery in the case of personally delivered or courier- and in the case of notices sent by fax or other electronic means on the next business day following the date of receipt. Either Party may change its address or fax number hereunder from time to time by giving written notice of'such to the other Party 10. Severance If'any provision of* this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be wholly or partially unenforceable for any reason, such unenforceability will not affect the enforceability of the balance of this Agreement and all provisions of this Agreement shall, if alternative interpretations are applicable, be construed so as to preserve the enforceability hereof' 11. Entire Agreement This Agreement expresses the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the communication and delivery of Confidential Information and supersedes and cancels all prior communications, understandings and agreements between the Parties, whether written or oral, express or implied. Ihis Agreement shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns 12. Governing Law and Jurisdiction This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the Federal laws applicable therein and the courts of New York shall have jurisdiction to entertain applications for injunctive relief'and all other actions arising in connection with this Agreement. 13. Enurement Ihis Agreement shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns. 14•. Counteraart Execution Ihis Agreement may be executed and delivered in counterparts with the same effect as if both Parties had signed and delivered the same copy, and when each Party has executed and delivered a counterpart, all counterparts together constitute one Agreement Delivery of a copy of this Agreement by facsimile or electronic mail is good and sufficient deliver y.. 5 IN WITNESS WHEREOF each of the Parties has executed this Agreement as of'the 2"a day of April, 2007 TRANSCANADA PIPELINE USA LTD.. THE CITY O O 1 P berg Donal O'Callaghan Deputy General Counsel Director of Light and Power Per: GARFV y,.t4_Na Vice Fles;ii�tit, kick Maflaup.ment SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS CITY CLERK'S OFFICE INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM DATE: April 30, 2007 TO: Donal O'Callaghan, Director of Light & Power FROM: Nelly Giron, Acting City Clerk RE: Resolution No. 9289 - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Vernon Approving, Ratifying and Authorizing the Execution of Confidentiality Agreements with Various Parties Relating to the Vernon Power Plant and the Coldwater Project Transmitted herewith is a copy of the fully executed confidentiality agreement and Resolution No. 9289, referenced above, which was approved and ratified by City Council on April 16, 2007. Thank you. NG:dr c: Resolution No. 9289 Agreement No. 07-037