RESOLUTION NO. 2022-02-XXXX
A RESOLUTION OF INTENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO GRANT A FRANCHISE TO SIGNAL HILL PETROLEUM, INCORPORATED AND THE INTERESTS, RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND DUTIES TO LAY AND USE PIPES AND APPURTENANCES FOR TRANSMITTING AND DISTRIBUTING OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FOR ANY AND ALL LAWFUL PURPOSES UNDER AND ALONG THE PUBLIC STREETS, WAYS, ALLEYS, AND PLACES, AS THE SAME NOW OR MAY HEREAFTER EXIST, WITHIN THIS CITY WHEREAS, Section 6232 of the California Public Utilities Code provides that upon receipt of an application to grant a franchise, the City Council may adopt a resolution declaring its intent to grant the franchise applied for; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Signal Hill has received an application from Signal Hill Petroleum, Inc. requesting the right, privilege and franchise to lay and use pipes and appurtenances for the transmission of oil and petroleum products for any and all lawful purposes under and along the public streets, ways, alleys and places, as the same now or may hereafter exist, within the City; and WHEREAS, Signal Hill Petroleum, Inc. has provided the City with information concerning its internal organization and its experience and resources, financial, managerial, and otherwise, to perform its obligations under a franchise; and WHEREAS, Sections 6231 and 6235 of Chapter 2, Article 2 of the Public Utilities code sets forth the procedure for granting a franchise.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Signal Hill, California, as follows:
Section 1. That the 22nd day of March 2022, at the hour of 7:00 p.m. is hereby fixed as the time and place at which all persons interested in or objecting to the proposed granting of said franchise to Signal Hill Petroleum, Inc. may appear and be heard. A public hearing will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Section 54953 (as amended by AB 361) which authorizes teleconferenced meeting sunder the Brown Act during certain proclaimed states of emergency. The Governor of California proclaimed a state of emergency related to COVID-19 on March 4, 2020.
Section 2. That the City Clerk of the City of Signal Hill shall cause notice of the adoption of this resolution to be published within a newspaper of general circulation within the City of Signal Hill within 15 days hereof and not less than 20 days of the date of its intention to adopt an ordinance granting Signal Hill Petroleum, Inc. the right, privilege, and franchise to lay and use pipes and appurtenances for transmitting and distributing oil and petroleum products for any and all lawful purposes under and along specified public streets, ways, alleys and spaces, as the same now or may hereafter exist, within said City. Said notice of the City Clerk shall state the date, time and place referred to in Section 1 above when all persons having any objection to granting of the franchise may appear before the City Council and be heard thereon, and shall state that the franchisee and its successors and assigns will, during the life of the franchise, pay annually from the effective date of the franchise the amounts set forth in the franchise, that the franchise is for a 15-year period, and that if all payments are not made in accordance with the franchise, the franchise will be forfeited.
Section 3. That particulars with reference to pipe locations may be obtained from maps and documents on file in the office of the Public Works Director of the City of Signal Hill, California.
Section 4. Execution by the franchisee of the Franchise Agreement with the City of Signal Hill, California, and the filing of the Franchise Agreement thereafter with the City Clerk, shall constitute written acceptance of the franchise in accordance with Public Utilities Code 6235.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council on this 22nd day of February, 2022.
KEIR JONES
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CARMEN BROOKS
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SIGNAL HILL )
I, CARMEN BROOKS, City Clerk of the City of Signal Hill, California, hereby certify that Resolution No. 2022-02-XXXX was adopted by the City Council of the City of Signal Hill, California at a regular meeting held on the 22nd day of February 2022, and that the same was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
CARMEN BROOKS
CITY CLERK
Resolution No. 2022-02-XXXX
February 22, 2022