Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, August 06, 2019
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 19-1932: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, TO GRANT A NONPUBLIC UTILITY PIPELINE FRANCHISE TO PRAXAIR, INC.
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I. SUMMARY
Praxair, Inc. is requesting that the City grant it a nonpublic utility pipeline franchise. Praxair will adhere to the same franchise agreement fees as Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company, LLC and Torrance Pipeline Company, LLC, a subsidiary of PBF Holding Company, LLC. As a result, Praxair will be paying the City an additional $24,875.94 on an annual basis.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following action:
INTRODUCE FOR FIRST READING, "ORDINANCE NO. 19-1932, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING A NONPUBLIC UTILITY PIPELINE FRANCHSIE TO PRAXAIR, INC."
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate, that is consistent with the requirements of the law.
IV. BACKGROUND
On October 3, 1989, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 89-884 granting to Union Carbide Industrial Gases, Inc., a Delaware corporation, a twenty-five (25) year nonpublic utility pipeline franchise within the City of Carson.
On August 7, 1990, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 90-912, amending Ordinance No. 89-884, and granting to Union Carbide Industrial Gases, Inc. a renewed twenty-five (25) year nonpublic utility pipeline franchise within the City of Carson.
Effective June 30, 1992, Union Carbide Industrial Gases, Inc. changed its name to Praxair, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
On December 5, 1995, the City Council passed Resolution No. 95-115, approving the addition of 25,574 feet of existing pipeline purchased from GATX Terminals Corporation ("GATX") to the nonpublic utility pipeline franchise granted to Praxair under Ordinance No. 89-884, as amended by Ordinance No. 90-912.
On April 16, 1996, the City Council passed Resolution No. 96-024, app...
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