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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955 page 1 ORDINANCE NO. 1955 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA CALIFORNIA GRANTING TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO LAY AND USE, FOR TRANSMITTING AND DISTRIBUTING WATER FOR ANY AND ALL PURPOSES, PIPELINES AND OTHER FACILITIES, IN, ALONG, ACROSS, UPON AND UNDER THE PUBLIC STREETS, WAYS, ALLEYS AND PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF ARCADIA. The City council of the City of Arcadia' does ordain as follows: Section 1. Whenever in this ordinance the words or phrases hereinafter in this section defined are used, it is intended that they shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the following definitions (unless, in the given instance, the context wherein they are used shall clearly import a different meaning)p; (a) The Word "Grantee" shall mean the corporation to which the franchise contemplated in this ordinance is granted and its lawful successors or assigns ; (b) The Word "city" shall mean the city of Arcadia a municipal corporation of the State of California, in its present incorporated form or in any later reorganized, consolidated, enlarged or reincorporated form'.; (c) The Word "Streets" shall mean the public streets, ways, alleys and places, except state freeways, as the same now or may hereafter exist within said City; (d) The Phrase "pipes and Appurtenances" shall mean pipes, pipelines and distribution and transmission systems consisting of mains, distribution and transmission pipes and other properties and facilities, together with services, traps, manholes and other necessary or appropriate appurtenances, for the purpose of transmitting and distributing water. ' (e) The Phrase "Lay and Use" erect, install, operate, maintain, or remove. shall mean to lay, construct, use, repair, replace, relocate , (f) The word "Franchise" shall mean and include any authorization granted hereunder in terms of a franchise, privilege, permit, license or otherwise to lay and use pipes and appurtenances for transmitting and distributing water for any and all purposes under, along, across or upon the public streets, 1955 page 2 ways, alleys and places in the City, and shall include and be in lieu of any existing or future City requirement to obtain a license or permit for the privilege of transacting and carrying on a business within the City. section 2. The right, privilege and franchise, subject to each and all of the terms and conditions contained in this ordinance, and pursuant to and upon the terms and conditions of Article XIII, Franchises, section 1300 through 1303 of the Arcadia city Charter, be and the same is hereby granted 'to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, to lay and use pipes and appurtenances for transmitting and distributing water for any and all purposes, under, along, across or upon the streets. section 3. The term of this franchise shall be from November 22. 1991to November 22, 1996 ,that is to say, this franchise shall endure in full force and effect until, with the consent of the Public utilities Commission of the State of California, it is voluntarily surrendered or abandoned by the Grantee, or until the state or some municipal or public corporation thereunto duly authorized by law shall purchase by voluntary agreement or shall condemn and take under the power of eminent domain, all property actually used and useful in the exercise of this franchise and situated within the territorial limits of the State, municipal, or public corporation purchasing or condemning such property, or until this franchise is forfeited for non-compliance with its terms by the Grantee. section 4. For each full or fractional calendar year of the life of this franchise, the Grantee shall pay to the City at the times hereinafter specified, in lawful money of the United states, a sum annually which shall be equivalent to two percent (2%) of the gross annual receipts of Grantee arising from the use, operation or possession of this franchise. section 5. The Grantee shall file with the Clerk of the city, within three (3) months after the expiration of the calendar year, or fractional calendar year, following the date of the granting of this franchise, and within three (3) months after the expiration of each subsequent calendar year or fraction thereof during which this franchise is in effect, a verified statement showing in detail for the term of the franchise in such calendar or fractional year, as the case may be, the total gross receipts of the Grantee arising from the use, operation or possession of this franchise and the total gross receipts of the Grantee derived from the sale of water within the City. The Grantee shall pay to the City within fifteen (15) days after the time for filing said statement, in lawful money of the United States, the above required percentage of its gross receipts for 1955 page 3 the calendar year, or fractional calendar year, covered by said statement. Any neglect, omission or refusal by said Grantee to file such verified statement, or to pay said percentage, at the times or in the manner hereinbefore provided, shall be grounds for the declaration of a forfeiture of this franchise and of all rights thereunder. Section 6. This grant is made in lieu of all other franchises, rights, or privileges that have been granted by the state or some municipal or public corporation now owned by the Grantee to lay and use pipes and appurtenances in the streets of the City for transmitting and distributing water and the acceptance of the franchise hereby granted shall operate as (i) an abandonment within the limits of the city of all such other franchises, rights and privileges that have been granted by the state or some municipal or public corporation in lieu of which this franchise is granted and (ii) an agreement to comply with the terms and conditions hereof, section 7. The franchise granted hereunder shall not become effective until written acceptance thereof shall have been filed by the Grantee thereof with the Clerk of the city. When so filed, such acceptance shall constitute a continuing agreement of the Grantee that if and when the City shall thereafter annex or consolidate with, additional territory, any and all franchises, rights and privileges owned by the Grantee therein shall likewise be deemed to be abandoned as to all streets within the limits of such territory. section 8. The City reserves the right to improve any street or portion thereof over and within the area for which said franchise is granted, including the change of grade, relocation of right-of-way, realignment of right-of-way, change in width, construction or reconstruction of any such street, or any portion thereof. Within ninety (90) days after receipt by Grantee of a notice in writing from the City of the fact that work is to be done pursuant to any such reserved right and specifying the general nature of the work and the area in which the same is to be performed, the Grantee shall do all things necessary to protect its franchise property during the progress of such work and if ordered by the City Council the Grantee shall disconnect, remove, or relocate its pipes and appurtenances within the street to such extent, in such manner, and for such period as shall be necessary to permit the performance of such work in an economical manner, and in accordance with the general recognized engineering and construction methods, and to permit the maintenance, operation and use of such public improvement of the street as so improved. All of such things shall be done and the work shall be performed by the Grantee at its sole cost and expense. In the event that the City shall hereafter construct, install, reconstruct or repair any bridge or artificial support in or 1955 page 4 underlying any street in which any pipes or appurtenances of the Grantee are located, and in the event that the cost thereof be increased in order to provide for the installation, maintenance or operation of any such pipes or appurtenances in or on the street area which said bridge or other artificial support covers or underlies, then the Grantee shall pay to the City the full amount of such increase of cost, upon completion of such construction, installation or repair. Any damage done directly or indirectly to any such public improvement by the Grantee, in exercising directly or indirectly any right, power or privilege under this franchise, or in performing any duty under or pursuant to the provisions of this franchise, shall be promptly repaired by said Grantee, at its sole cost and expense. section 9. The Grantee of this franchise shall (a) construct, install and maintain all pipes and appurtenances in accordance and in conformity with all of the applicable ordinances, rules and regulations heretofore or hereafter adopted by the city council in the exercise of its police powers and not in conflict with the authority of the State of California, and, as to State highways, subject to the provisions of general laws relating to the location and maintenance of such facilities therein; in constructing, installing and maintaining the pipes and appurtenances the Grantee shall make and backfill all excavations in such manner and way as to leave the surface of the public street, alley, highway, or public place in a good condition as it was prior to said excavation, as well as to conform to the statutes of the State of California and the ordinances of the City of Arcadia as they now exist or may hereafter be amended with respect to the securing of permits for excavations filling and obstructions of city and state highways; (b) pay to the City, on demand, the cost of all repairs to public property made necessary by any operations of the Grantee under this franchise; (c) indemnify and hold harmless the City and its officers from any and all liability for damage proximately resulting from any operations under this franchise, and be liable to the City for all damages proximately resulting from the failure of said Grantee well and faithfully to observe and perform each and every provision of this franchise and each and every applicable provision of Article XIII, Franchises, section 1300 through 1303 of the Arcadia City Charter. (d) remove or relocate, without expense to the City, and facilities installed, used and maintained under this franchise if and when made necessary by any lawful change or grade, alignment or width of any street, or the construction 1955 page 5 therein or thereunder of any subway, viaduct, sewer, storm drain, pipeline o~ other improvement, made by the city. This franchise shall not constitute an agreement or undertaking by the City, nor impose upon the City any obligation, to pay any part of the costs of removal or relocation of any of the pipes and appurtenances when requi~ed in order to accommodate construction of any state freeway; p~ovided, however, that Grantee shall not be required to bear the expense of any removal or relocation made at the request of the City on behalf or for the benefit of any private developer or other non-governmental third party. (e) file with the city Council within ninety (90) days, after any sale, transfer, assignment or lease of this franchise, or any part thereof, or of any of the rights or privileges granted thereby, written evidence of the same, certified thereto by the Grantee or its duly authorized officers; and (f) promptly repair, at the sole cost and expense of the Grantee and to the complete satisfaction of the City, any damage to any street or public improvement caused directly or indirectly by the Grantee in exercising, directly or indirectly, any right, power or privilege under this franchise or in performing any duty under or pursuant to any of the provisions of this franchise. Section 10. The franchise granted hereunder shall not in any way to any extent impair or affect the right of the City to acquire the property of the Grantee hereof either by purchase or through the exercise of the right of eminent domain, and nothing herein contained shall be construed to contract away or to modify or to abridge, either for a term or in perpetuity, the City's right of eminent domain in respect to the Grantee or any value before any court or other public authority in any proceeding of any character. Section 11. The grantee shall obtain an excavation permit, and pay the standard and generally applicable fee therefor, before commencing any excavation in the pUblic right- of-way. The grantee shall file a set of excavation plans with the City Engineer which shall be subject to his or her review. In the event of an emergency threatening the life, health, safety, or property, where it is not possible to obtain an excavation permit prior to commencement of the work, the grantee may commence such work provided that with-in seventy-two (72) hours thereafter the grantee shall make application to the City Engineer for an excavation permit in accordance with the foregoing procedures. Section 12. the grantee shall provide the City of Arcadia with Evidence of Broad Form comprehensive general public liability and property damage insurance with a carrier authorized 1955 page 6 by the Insurance Commission to transact the business of insurance in the state of California to a combined single limit of $1,000,000 covering the obligations or operation of the grantee conducted pursuant to this franchise in which the City of Arcadia, its officers, and employees shall be named additional insured. section 13. (a) If the Grantee shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions or conditions hereof, and shall not, within ninety (90) days after written demand for compliance, begin the work of compliance, or after such beginning shall not prosecute the same with due diligence to completion, then the City Council may declare this franchise forfeited. (b) The City may sue in its own name for the forfeiture of this franchise, in the event of non-compliance by the Grantee, its successors or assigns, with any of the conditions thereof. section 14. The Grantee shall pay to the City a sum of money sufficient to reimburse it for all publication and posting expenses incurred by it in connection with the granting of this franchise; such payment to be made within thirty (30) days after the City shall furnish such Grantee with a written statement of such expenses. section 15. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published at least once in the Arcadia newspaper of general circulation, which is printed, published and circulated in the City of Arcadia. section 16. After the publication of this ordinance, the Grantee shall file with the City Clerk a written acceptance of the franchise hereby granted, and an agreement to comply with the terms and conditions hereof. section 17. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance. First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said city held on the 8th day of October , 1991, and finally adopted and ordered posted at a regular meeting of said city Council held on the 22nd day of October 1991 by the following vote: 1955 page 7 AYES: council Member Ciraulo. Faschinq. Harbicht. Younq and Gil b council Member NOES: Council Member None council Member ATTEST: ~J ci Clerk of' th Arcadia I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of Ordinance No. 1955 . Approved by city Council October 22. 1991 ~. ,d)J ~~ ci Clerk \ 1955