RESOLUTION NO. ______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE, CALIFORNIA APPROVING THE GRANT OF AN EASEMENT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON (SCE) ACROSS BRISTOW PARK TO ALLOW FOR THE INSTALLATION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL SUPPLY SYSTEMS AND INTERNAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ELECTRICAL POWER TO VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS WHEREAS, as part of the County of Los Angeles’ (“County”) effort in promoting the use of electric vehicles (“EV”), the County is seeking to install 10 EV charging stations along with electrical infrastructures in the parking lot of Dorothy Kirby Probation Center located at 1500 S. McDonnell Avenue, Commerce, CA 90040; and WHEREAS, the County is partnering with Southern California Edison (“SCE”) by utilizing SCE’s incentive program to subsidize the majority of the installation cost for the EV charging stations; and WHEREAS, the new EV charging stations will benefit not only the County, but the community at large since the charging stations will be publicly available; and WHEREAS, SCE has requested an easement across a portion of Bristow Park, a City-owned property located at 1466 S. McDonnell Avenue, Commerce, CA 90040 and identified at Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 5244-005-902, -903, and -904 (“Bristow Park”), for the installation, operation, and maintenance of overhead electrical supply systems and internal communication systems for SCE’s sole use, consisting of poles, guys and anchors, crossarms, wires and other appurtenant fixtures and equipment necessary or useful for distributing electrical energy and for transmitting intelligence by electrical means, solely for the purpose of providing electrical power to electric vehicle charging stations, in, on, over across and along certain real property in the City of Commerce; and WHEREAS, SCE’s role is to construct the necessary infrastructure and deliver power to the EV charging stations, which includes installing a small transformer on a power pole and running overhead electrical lines to the EV charging stations location. SCE will own and maintain all conduit, conductor and electrical equipment supplying energy to the EV charging stations; and WHEREAS, the requested easement, attached here in as Exhibit A, is necessary to ensure adequate electrical service to the new EV charging stations; and WHEREAS, granting the easement will not interfere with the use or function of Bristow Park since there will be no ground mounted structures, only overhead electrical supply systems will be installed at the City park; and WHEREAS, there is no fiscal impact associated with the approval and execution of the proposed easement.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Commerce hereby finds and declares that the foregoing recitals are true and correct, and incorporates them herein as findings and as a substantive part of this Resolution.
Section 2. Approves the grant of an easement to SCE across a portion of Bristow Park, as described in the legal description and attached herein as Exhibit “A”.
Section 3. Authorizes the City Manager to execute the easement agreement and any related easement documents necessary to carry out the intent of this Resolution, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
Section 4. The Mayor is authorized to execute this Resolution for and on behalf of the City of Commerce.
Section 5. This Resolution shall take full force and effect immediately upon adoption by the City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 23rd day of June 2026.
Kevin Lainez, Mayor
ATTEST:
Pat Jacquez-Nares, Interim City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
“GRANT OF EASEMENT TO SCE”