File #: 2019-727    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Special Order Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 7/22/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/6/2019 Final action:
Title: PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 19-1932: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, TO GRANT A NONPUBLIC UTILITY PIPELINE FRANCHISE TO PRAXAIR, INC. (CITY COUNCIL)
Attachments: 1. Ordinance
Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, August 06, 2019
Special Orders of the Day


SUBJECT:
Title
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 19-1932: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, TO GRANT A NONPUBLIC UTILITY PIPELINE FRANCHISE TO PRAXAIR, INC. (CITY COUNCIL)

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I. SUMMARY

Praxair, Inc. is requesting that the City grant it a nonpublic utility pipeline franchise. On July 16, 2019, the City Council has passed a resolution declaring its intention to grant a nonpublic utility pipeline franchise to Praxair and to hold a public hearing for all persons having interest in or any objection to the matter. Praxair will adhere to the same franchise agreement fees as Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company, LLC, Torrance Pipeline Company, LLC, a subsidiary of PBF Holding Company, LLC, and Shore Terminals, 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 actions
1. OPEN THE Public Hearing, TAKE public testimony, and CLOSE Public Hearing; AND
2. INTRODUCE for first reading, "ORDINANCE NO. 19-1932, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING A NONPUBLIC UTILITY PIPELINE FRANCHISE TO PRAXAIR, INC."


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III. ALTERNATIVES

1. If the City Council determines that the terms and conditions of the attached Ordinance require further changes, then pursuant to Charter Section 1001.B, the City shall restart the franchise award process with a Resolution of Intention reflecting the revised terms and conditions
2. 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 Ord...

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