Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, January 08, 2019
Consent
SUBJECT:
Title
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION NO. 19-011 TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE BY WHICH SHIPPERS TRANSPORT EXPRESS, MUST TERMINATE OPERATIONS AND VACATE THE SITE LOCATED AT 1150 EAST SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD, CITY OF CARSON (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The City Council is being asked to approve a Resolution to formally memorialize its approval of an extension to Shippers Transport Express, Inc.'s ("Shippers") operation of cargo container storage/truck parking facilities on the property located at 1150 East Sepulveda Blvd., (the "Property"). The extension request was considered and approved by the City Council during it closed session meeting held on December 4, 2018, 2018, which action was reported out during the Council Meeting held on such date, but was made subject to the required payments for such extension by Shippers, or by Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC ("Tesoro"), as the landowner of the Property, as set forth in Resolution No. 17-088 (the "Compliance Resolution") adopted by the City Council.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
ADOPT RESOLUTION 19-011 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE BY WHICH SHIPPERS TRANSPORT EXPRESS, MUST TERMINATE OPERATIONS AND VACATE THE SITE LOCATED AT 1150 EAST SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD, CITY OF CARSON
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III. ALTERNATIVES
1. DO NOT APPROVE the Resolution.
2. TAKE another action that the City Council deems appropriate and consistent with the requirements of the Compliance Resolution.
IV. BACKGROUND
Shippers originally took up occupancy of a portion of the Property in November 1999 pursuant to a ground lease for truck parking and the operation of a cargo container facility. Thereafter, Shippers expanded its operations to ultimately include approximately 59 acres in total, which are currently subject to certain ground leases with Tesoro. Various disputes emerged between the City and Shippers regardin...
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