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RESOLUTION NO. 70-94
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, URGING THE EDISON COMPANY TO PROVIDE CUSTOMERS IN
ORANGE COUNTY WITH 3,500 LUMEN MERCURY VAPOR LUMINAIRE LIGHTS;
REQUESTING CONCURRENCE OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN
SAID REQUEST AND PRESENTING FACTS IN SUPPORT THEREFOR.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
THAT WHEREAS, this Council feels that an improvement over the relatively
obsolete 2,500 lumen incandescent luminaire is desirable in the intermediate
range without the need to step up to a 7,000 lumen mercury vapor unit which
is the smallest unit that Edison makes available at the present time in this
area; and
WHEREAS, this Council finds and declares that other utility companies
in the United States as well as cooperative utilities have 3,000 and 3,500
lumen units available to the customers as it is a regular manufactured unit;
and
WHEREAS, the Edison Company has recognized this size of unit as being
a desirable unit in use by including it in their latest LS -2 or customer -
owned rate schedule and the State Highway Department is using this size in
certain installations; and
WHEREAS, this Council feels that asking for the availability of this
unit is a valid request in view of the fact that Edison has recently been
granted a rate increase of fifteen percent on the 2,500 and 4,000 lumen
incandescent lamps which would be replaced by the requested 3,500 lumen
mercury vapor unit; and
WHEREAS, this Council finds and declares that no Edison owned (LS -1)
rate is available or will be suggested by the Edison Company but on the
basis of the relative cost of other mercury vapor units it should be priced
lower than the existing rate for the 2,500 lumen incandescent, while
resulting in a substantial increase in light output.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the California Edison Company is
hereby requested to provide and that the Public Utilities Commission is
hereby requested to concur in said request that 3,500 lumen mercury vapor
luminaire lights be made available to the governing agencies in Orange
County which provide street lighting as a part and portion of their govern-
ing services; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the California Edison Company is hereby
requested to make available to the consumer a range of desirable street
light sizes and the consumer is not to be denied a desirable available unit
purely as a result of an arbitrary or capricious decision by the California
Edison Company which is the sole source of energy and lights for the cities
in Orange County; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, when duly passed
and executed, be forwarded to the California Edison Comapny and to the
California Public Utilities Commission.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of October, 1970.
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Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa M
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I. EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 70-94 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by
the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 19th day of October, 1970.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 20th day of October, 1970.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk the
City Council of the City of Cost Mesa
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