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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 020-82 PG&E GasFranchise RESOLUTION NO. 20-82 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO GRANT GAS FRANCHISE WHEREAS Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a California utility corp- oration, has filed with the City Council of the City of Dublin an application requesting that a franchise be granted to it of the character and for the purposes mentioned in the form of notice hereinafter set forth; and WHEREAS in the opinion of said Council the public good requires that said franchise be granted; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that said Council intends to grant said franchise, that hearing of objection to the granting thereof will be held at the time and place specified in the form of notice hereinafter set forth which the Clerk of said City is hereby directed to publish at least once within fifteen days after the passage of this resolution in The Valley Times, a newspaper of general circulation within said City, and that said notice shall be in the following words and figures: "NOTICE OF INTENTION TO GRANT FRANCHISE" NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a California utility corporation, has filed its application with the Council of the City of Dublin requesting said Council to grant it a franchise under the Franchise Act of 1937, to install, maintain and use pipes and appurtenances under, along, across and upon the public streets and places within said City for transmitting and distributing gas to the public for any and all purposes. If said franchise shall be granted to it, said Pacific Gas and Electric Company, its successors and assigns, hereinafter designated grantee, shall during the life thereof pay to said City two per cent of the gross annual receipts of said grantee arising from the use, operation or possession of said franchise; provided, however, that such payment shall in no event be less than one per cent of the gross annual receipts derived by grantee from the sale of gas within the limits of said City. Said percentage will be paid annually from the date of the granting of the franchise applied for and in the event such payment shall not be made said franchise shall be forfeited. -1- NOTICE IS HEREBY FURl'HER GIVEN that any and all persons having any objections to the granting of said franchise may appear before said Council at the City Hall of said City at the hour of 7:30 p.m. on Monday, the 24th day of May, 1982, and be heard thereon; and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that at any time not later than the hour so set for hearing objections any person interested may make written protest stating objections against the granting of said franchise which protest must be signed by the protestant and delivered to the City Clerk of said City and the Council shall at the time set for hearing said objections proceed to hear and pass upon all protests so made. For further particulars reference is hereby made to said application filed as aforesaid in the office of said Council, and also to the resolution adopted on the 26th day of April, 1982, declaring its intention to grant said franchise. Dated: April 26, 1982. By order of the Council of the City of Dublin. The foregoing resolution was duly passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Dublin at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 26th day of April, 1982, by the following vote: AYES: CouncilmembersBurton, Heqarty, Jeffery, Moffatt and Mayor Sn~der NAYS: Councilmembers None ABSENT: Councilmembers None M~yor of the City~f D~lin ATTEST: Clerk of the~l~ity of Dublin