RESOLUTION NO. 2024-017
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON
EXTENDING THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH PACIFIC PIPELINE SYSTEM, INC.
SECTION 1. Recitals.
A. On April 8, 1997, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 6937 declaring its intention to grant a Franchise to Pacific Pipeline System, Inc. (Franchisee) to install, maintain and operate a pressurized steel pipeline and appurtenances in and under Alameda Street in the City of Vernon.
B. On May 20, 1997, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1046 granting a Franchise to Franchisee to install, maintain and operate a pressurized steel pipeline and appurtenances in and under Alameda Street in the City of Vernon for a term of twentyfive (25) years.
C. On July 5, 2000, Pacific Pipeline Systems notified the City that 96 feet of 20” crude oil pipeline and a control cabinet on the median were constructed in the City’s right-ofway under the Vernon Franchise. The Franchise term expired on May 20, 2022.
D. On November 15, 2021, the Public Works Department received a written request from the Franchisee to extend the Franchise for an additional term of twenty-five (25) years.
E. Pursuant to Section 4 of Ordinance No. 1046 and upon written request by Franchisee, the City Council has the discretion to extend the Franchise by resolution, without a public hearing, for one additional term of twenty-five (25) years.
F. The City Council wishes to extend the Franchise for an additional twenty-five (25) years pursuant to Section 4 of Ordinance No. 1046, effective May 21, 2022.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby finds that this action is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, because it consists of the maintenance, repair or minor alteration of existing facilities and equipment and involves negligible or no expansion of an existing use.
Resolution No. 2024-017
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SECTION 4. Effective May 21, 2022, the City Council hereby approves the extension of the Franchise to Pacific Pipeline System, Inc. for an additional twenty-five (25) years.
SECTION 5. The Deputy City Clerk shall certify the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED August 20, 2024.
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JUDITH MERLO, Mayor
ATTEST:
YONNIE PAKER,
Deputy City Clerk
(seal)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ZAYNAH N. MOUSSA,
City Attorney