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RESOLUTION NO. 71-9
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING APPLICATION NO. 52336 TO THE CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION REQUESTING A RATE INCREASE BY
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY.
WHEREAS, the Southern California Edison Company has presented a rate
increase request of about 16.2 percent to the California Public Utilities
Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa is a large consumer of electrical
power to provide public services; and
WHEREAS, the proposed rate increase, if granted by the Public Utilities
Commission, would place an additional burden upon public monies at a time
when a major concern of local government is providing an acceptable level of
service to citizens within the funds available for the purpose; and
WHEREAS, a rate increase of 16.2 percent applied to the estimated
electric power needed to maintain City services would cost the taxpayers a
large additional amount of money with a possible resultant effect of an
increase in the tax rate of the City of Costa Mesa; and
WHEREAS, this City Council respects the good judgment and fairness of
the Public Utilities Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE as follows:
1. That the City Council respectfully requests and urges the California
Public Utilities Commission to deny the request of Southern California Edison
Company for an increase in electrical utility rates;
2. That the California Public Utilities Commission make it a policy
that a portion of future rate increases be allocated for the undergrounding
of electrical facilities;
3. That the City Clerk is directed to forward certified copies of this
resolution to all Southern California cities affected by the requested rate
increase and to elected representatives in the State Legislature who represent
the City of Costa Mesa.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this Tat day of March, 1971.
M or of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Co a Mesa
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I,
EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk of the City of
Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of
the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa,
hereby certify that the
above and
foregoing Resolution No. 71-9 was duly and
regularly passed and
adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Costa Mesa
held on
the lst day of March, 1971.
City Clerk and
ex -officio Cler of the
City Council of
the City of Co to Mesa
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