Resolution 422
RESOLUTION NO.422
WHEREAS, Pacific Gas and Electric Company,a California utility
corporation,has filed with the Common Council of the City of Gilroy
an application requesting that a franchise be granted, to it of the
character and for the purposes mentioned in the form of notice here-
inafter 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;
NQW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that said Common Council intends to
grant said franchise, that he~ring of objections to the granting
thereof will be held at the time and place specified in the form ~
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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 Gilroy Evening Dispatch,a news-
paper of ~eneral circulation within said City, and that said notice
shall be in the following word and figures:
RESOLU Tlb~Q tfM~:N~blff'*P~ rl~"T-\+~~t T~~~N9fil~~ HI SE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Pacific Gas and
Electric Company,a California utility corporation,has filed its
application with the Common Council of the City of Gilroy re-
questing said Council to grant it a franchise for an indeterminate
period,under the Franchise Act of 1937,to construct,maint ain,and
use poles, wires, conduits and appurtenances, including communication
'oitouits,in,along,across,upon and under the public streets and
places within said City for transmitting and distributing elec-
tricityto the public for any and all purposes.
If said franchise be granted to it,said
Pacific Gas and Electric Company,its successors and assigns,here-
inafter designated grantee, shall during the period commencing
on the effective date of said franchise and terminating on June
17,1972, pay to said City two per cent of the gross annual receipts
of grantee derived from the sale of electricity within the limits
of city. Thereafter said grantee shall during the life of said
franchise pay to said City two per cent of the gross annual
receipts of said ~rantee 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 electricity within
the limits of said City.
All franchise payments will be paid annually
from the date of the granting of the franchise applied for and
in the event any such payment shall not be made said franchise
shall be forfeited. Said Common Council proposes to ~rant said
franchise for an indeterminate period.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that any and
all persons having any objections to the granting of said fran-
chise may appear before.said Council at the City Hall of said
City at the hour of A p.m. on Monday,the 13th day of May,1957,
and be heard thereof;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 propest 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 SID 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 15th
day of April,1957,declaring its intention to grantsaid franchise.
Dated:April 16,1957.
By order of the Common Council of the City
of Gilroy. (]
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Clerk of the City f Gilroy
The foregoing resolution was duly passed and adopted by the Common
Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular adjourned meeting of the
said Common Council held on the 15th day of April,1957,by the follow-
ing vote:
AYES:
NAYS :;
ABSENT:
Councilmen Pate,Sanchez,Gallo,Petersen,Rush,Wentworth
Councilmen None
Councilmen None
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ATTEST:
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